UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
| Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): | May 12, 2011 |
Aqua America, Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Pennsylvania | 001-06659 | 23-1702594 |
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_____________________ (State or other jurisdiction |
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| of incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) |
| 762 West Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania | 19010-3489 | |
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_________________________________ (Address of principal executive offices) |
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| Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: | 610-527-8000 |
Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Aqua America, Inc. was held on May 12, 2011 at the Drexelbrook Banquet Facility & Corporate Events Center, Drexelbrook Drive and Valley Road, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, pursuant to the Notice sent on or about April 1, 2011 to all shareholders of record at the close of business on March 14, 2011. At that meeting:
| 1. | The following nominees were elected as directors of Aqua America, Inc. for terms expiring in the year 2014 and received the votes set forth adjacent to the names below: |
| Name of Nominee | For | Withheld | ||||||
Mary C. Carroll |
80,220,637 | 1,889,984 | ||||||
Mario Mele |
80,338,891 | 1,771,730 | ||||||
Ellen T. Ruff |
76,567,566 | 5,543,055 | ||||||
There were a total of 31,915,139 broker non-votes for the election of directors.
Since the Board of Directors is divided into three classes with one class elected each year to hold the office for a three-year term, the term of office for the following directors continued after the Annual Meeting: Nicholas DeBenedictis; Richard H. Glanton; Lon R. Greenberg; Richard L. Smoot, William P. Hankowsky; and Andrew J. Sordoni, III
| 2. | The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the 2011 fiscal year was ratified by the following vote of: |
| For | Against | Abstain | ||||||
112,357,537
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1,191,369 | 476,854 | ||||||
| 3. | The advisory vote on the Company’s executive compensation programs as disclosed in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders was adopted by the following vote of: |
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
72,892,999
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6,205,093 | 3,012,529 | 31,915,139 | |||||||||
| 4. | The advisory vote on whether the frequency of the advisory vote on the Company’s executive compensation programs should be every one, two or three years received the following vote of: |
| Every 3 Years | Every 2 Years | Every 1 Year | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||||
38,980,050
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2,813,938 | 37,402,834 | 2,913,799 | 31,915,139 | ||||||||||||
Based on the results, the Company’s Board of Directors has adopted a policy to hold an advisory vote on the Company’s executive compensation every three years.
| 5. | The shareholder proposal requesting that the Board of Directors declassify the Board, received the following vote: |
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
48,515,242
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31,249,967 | 2,345,412 | 31,915,139 | |||||||||
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Aqua America, Inc. | ||||
| May 18, 2011 | By: |
Roy H. Stahl
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| Name: Roy H. Stahl | ||||
| Title: Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary | ||||