UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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 20, 2020	 	

	
								
Commission File
Number	 	Exact Name of Each Registrant as specified in its
charter; State of Incorporation; Address; and
Telephone Number	 	IRS Employer
Identification No.	
1-8962	 	PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION	 	86-0512431	
 	 	(an Arizona corporation)	 	 	
 	 	400 North Fifth Street, P.O. Box 53999	 	 	
 	 	Phoenix	Arizona	85072-3999	 	 	 	
 	 	(602)	250-1000	 	 	 	 	

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

			
Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered	
Common Stock	PNW	The New York Stock Exchange	

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

		
Emerging growth company	☐	

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On May 20, 2020, at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (the “Company”), the following items set forth in our Proxy Statement were voted upon:

Item 1. The nominees listed below were elected directors with the respective votes set forth opposite their names:
NUMBER OF VOTES

						
 	FOR	 	WITHHELD	 	BROKER
NON-VOTE	
Glynis A. Bryan	73,847,482	 	16,069,938	 	7,750,705	
Denis A. Cortese, M.D.	88,821,280	 	1,096,140	 	7,750,705	
Richard P. Fox	87,584,945	 	2,332,475	 	7,750,705	
Jeffrey B. Guldner	84,029,100	 	5,888,320	 	7,750,705	
Dale E. Klein, Ph.D.	89,409,090	 	508,330	 	7,750,705	
Humberto S. Lopez	86,254,786	 	3,662,634	 	7,750,705	
Kathryn L. Munro	83,332,288	 	6,585,132	 	7,750,705	
Bruce J. Nordstrom	83,951,875	 	5,965,545	 	7,750,705	
Paula J. Sims	89,466,000	 	451,420	 	7,750,705	
James E. Trevathan, Jr.	88,853,297	 	1,064,123	 	7,750,705	
David P. Wagener	89,493,517	 	423,903	 	7,750,705	

Item 2. The advisory resolution to approve executive compensation, as disclosed in the 2020 Proxy Statement, was approved, with the following votes cast:

NUMBER OF VOTES

							
FOR	 	AGAINST	 	ABSTAIN	 	BROKER
NON-VOTE	
84,232,459	 	5,053,175	 	631,786	 	7,750,705	

Item 3. The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent accountant for the year ending December 31, 2020 was ratified, with the following votes cast:

NUMBER OF VOTES

					
FOR	 	AGAINST	 	ABSTAIN	
92,071,657	 	5,339,052	 	257,416	

Item 4. The shareholder proposal asking the Company to amend its governing documents to reduce the ownership threshold to 10 percent to call special shareholder meetings was not approved, with the following votes cast:

NUMBER OF VOTES

							
FOR	 	AGAINST	 	ABSTAIN	 	BROKER
NON-VOTE	
34,477,408	 	54,944,354	 	495,658	 	7,750,705	

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.

	
			
 	 	PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION	
 	 	(Registrant)	
 	 	 	
Dated: May 26, 2020	 	By: /s/ Robert E. Smith	
 	 	Robert E. Smith	
 	 	Senior Vice President and	
 	 	General Counsel