Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders ofTelephone and Data Systems, Inc. (TDS) held onMay 19, 2022 , based on the below voting results, the shareholders of TDS approved theTelephone and Data Systems, Inc. 2022 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the 2022 Incentive Plan). The purposes of the 2022 Incentive Plan are: (i) to align the interests of the stockholders of TDS and recipients of awards under the 2022 Incentive Plan by increasing the proprietary interest of such recipients in TDS' growth and success; (ii) to advance the interests of TDS by attracting and retaining officers and other employees of TDS and certain of its affiliates; and (iii) to motivate such persons to act in the long-term best interests of TDS and TDS' shareholders. A total of 5 million Common Shares are reserved for issuance under the 2022 Incentive Plan. Under the 2022 Incentive Plan, TDS is authorized to grant incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, bonus stock awards, restricted stock awards, restricted stock unit awards, other stock-based awards and performance awards. The 2022 Incentive Plan will be administered by a committee selected by the TDS Board of Directors and made up of two or more members of the TDS Board of Directors, each of whom is intended to be a "Non-Employee Director" within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Participants in the 2022 Incentive Plan will consist of certain employees of TDS and certain of its affiliates selected by the committee in its sole discretion. The 2022 Incentive Plan will terminate as of the first annual meeting of TDS' shareholders to occur on or afterMay 19, 2032 , unless terminated earlier by the TDS Board of Directors. Other terms of the 2022 Incentive Plan, including material terms of performance goals under such plan, are set forth under Proposal 3 of the TDS definitive proxy statement dated April 6 , 202 2 , as filed with the SEC on Schedule 14A onApril 6, 2022 , which are incorporated by reference herein.
The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the 2022 Incentive Plan, which is included as Exhibit 10.1 to this Form 8-K and incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02.
United States Cellular Corporation (UScellular), a subsidiary of TDS, filed a Form 8-K datedMay 17, 2022 , which included shareholder approval of the UScellular 2022 Long-Term Incentive Plan, which will be used to determine compensation paid to the UScellular President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Because UScellular is a principal business unit of TDS, the President and CEO of UScellular is a named executive officer of TDS. Accordingly, the UScellular 2022 Long-Term Incentive Plan that was filed by UScellular is incorporated as an Exhibit to this Form 8-K.
The provisions of the UScellular 2022 Long-Term Incentive Plan are described in,
and filed as Exhibit 10.1, to UScellular's Form 8-K dated
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders on
1.Election of Directors.
The following directors received the following votes and were elected:
a. For the election of eight Directors of TDS by the holders of Series A Common Shares: Nominee For Withhold Broker Non-vote James W. Butman 73,232,587 - 980 LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr. 73,232,587 - 980 Letitia G. Carlson, M.D. 73,232,587 - 980 Prudence E. Carlson 73,232,587 - 980 Walter C. D. Carlson 73,232,587 - 980 Kimberly D. Dixon 73,232,587 - 980 Christopher D. O'Leary 73,232,587 - 980 Laurent C. Therivel 73,232,587 - 980
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- b. For the election of four Directors of TDS by the holders of Common Shares: Nominee For Withhold Broker Non-vote Clarence A. Davis 94,618,077 3,228,026 4,570,603 George W. Off 54,681,023 43,165,079 4,570,603 Wade Oosterman 91,184,270 6,661,832 4,570,603 Dirk S. Woessner 91,534,501 6,311,602 4,570,603
2.Proposal to ratify the selection of
The proposal received the following votes and was approved:
For Against Abstain Broker Non-vote 126,091,521 489,063 52,336 -
3.Proposal to approve the TDS 2022 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
The proposal received the following votes and was approved:
For Against Abstain Broker Non-vote 108,846,204 15,327,931 74,724 2,384,060
4.Proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named
executive officers as disclosed in TDS' Proxy Statement dated
The proposal received the following votes and was approved:
For Against Abstain Broker Non-vote 122,905,842 1,261,628 81,390 2,384,060
5.Shareholder Proposal to recapitalize TDS' outstanding stock to have an equal vote per share.
The proposal received the following votes and was defeated:
For Against Abstain Broker Non-vote
44,495,607 79,667,157 86,095 2,384,060
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) The following exhibits are being filed herewith:
Exhibit Number Description of Exhibits 10.1Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. 2022
Long-Term Incentive Plan, is
hereby incorporated by reference from
Exhibit A to the TDS definitive
proxy statement datedApril 6, 2022 , which was filed with theSEC on Schedule 14A onApril 6, 2022 . 10.2United States Cellular Corporation 2022 Long-Term Incentive Plan, is hereby incorporated by reference from Exhibit A to the UScellular definitive proxy statement datedApril 5, 2022 , which was filed with theSEC on Schedule 14A onApril 5, 2022 . 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.
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