Item 8.01 Other Events.
Warrior Met Coal, Inc. (the "Company") held its annual meeting of stockholders
on April 27, 2021 (the "2021 Annual Meeting"). At the 2021 Annual Meeting, each
director nominee received a plurality of the votes cast at the meeting and was
re-elected to the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board"). As reflected in
the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on April 29, 2021, Alan H. Schumacher, a member of the Board,
received a greater number of "withheld" votes than "for" votes cast at the
meeting for his re-election to the Board. In light of the results of the
stockholder vote at the 2021 Annual Meeting, the Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee of the Board (the "Committee") considered Mr. Schumacher's
nomination for re-election to the Board, taking into account the factors below,
and recommended to the Board that Mr. Schumacher be nominated for re-election at
the Company's annual meeting of stockholders to be held on April 26, 2022 (the
"2022 Annual Meeting"). The Board unanimously decided to nominate Mr. Schumacher
for re-election at the 2022 Annual Meeting. Mr. Schumacher did not participate
in the proceedings of either the Committee or the Board with respect to his
nomination.
The Board determined that it was in the best interests of the Company and its
stockholders to nominate Mr. Schumacher for re-election at the 2022 Annual
Meeting. In making its decision, the Board discussed Glass Lewis's
recommendation that investors "withhold" their vote with respect to
Mr. Schumacher's re-election at the 2021 Annual Meeting on the basis of his
"service on too many audit committees." The Board believed that, despite
Institutional Shareholder Services' recommendation that investors vote for
Mr. Schumacher's re-election, Mr. Schumacher received more "withheld" votes than
"for" votes because certain investors considered Mr. Schumacher to be
overcommitted in terms of his public company audit committee service. At the
time of the 2021 Annual Meeting, Mr. Schumacher served on the audit committees
of five public companies, including the Audit Committee of the Board. Since the
2021 Annual Meeting, Mr. Schumacher has resigned from the board of directors and
the audit committee of one public company, reducing his audit committee service
to four public companies, including the Audit Committee of the Board. The Board
believed that Mr. Schumacher had appropriately addressed investor concerns by
reducing his public company audit committee commitments and that his
simultaneous service on more than three audit committees of public companies
does not impair his ability to serve on the Audit Committee of the Board. Glass
Lewis has recommended that investors vote for Mr. Schumacher's re-election at
the 2022 Annual Meeting. Additionally, Mr. Schumacher is a retired financial
executive who has focused his time solely on his board service. Finally, the
Board considered Mr. Schumacher's substantial contributions to the Board since
2017, including as a result of his extensive knowledge of accounting principles,
financial reporting and internal controls and his experience as a director on
the boards of several public companies.
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