EL PASO CORP/DE
2009 Shareholder Voting Results
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Proposals presented for a stockholders’ vote at our Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May6, 2009, included the election of eleven directors; the approval of the El Paso Corporation 2005Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended and restated, to increase the number of sharesavailable for issuance by 12.5 million; the approval of the El Paso Corporation EmployeeStock Purchase Plan, as amended and restate
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Proposals presented for a stockholders’ vote at our Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May6, 2009, included the election of eleven directors; the approval of the El Paso Corporation 2005Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended and restated, to increase the number of sharesavailable for issuance by 12.5 million; the approval of the El Paso Corporation EmployeeStock Purchase Plan, as amended and restated, to extend the term of the plan until such time as noadditional shares remain available for purchase; and the ratification of the appointment of Ernst &Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December31, 2009.
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See our best practices for Say on PaySee our best practices for Executive Compensation See our best practices for CSRSee our best practices for Board ElectionsSee our best practices for Classified BoardsProposal 1
Each of the eleven directors nominated by El Paso was elected with the following votingresults:
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See our best practices for Board Elections| Nominee | For | Against | Abstain | |||||||||
Juan Carlos Braniff | 587,503,213 | 12,208,228 | 1,826,729 | |||||||||
James L. Dunlap | 590,398,636 | 9,296,720 | 1,842,814 | |||||||||
Douglas L. Foshee | 586,381,261 | 13,343,649 | 1,813,260 | |||||||||
Robert W. Goldman | 580,723,930 | 18,943,849 | 1,870,391 | |||||||||
Anthony W. Hall Jr. | 590,163,199 | 9,410,986 | 1,963,986 | |||||||||
Thomas R. Hix | 590,895,950 | 8,768,819 | 1,873,400 | |||||||||
Ferrell P. McClean | 590,527,139 | 9,156,064 | 1,854,968 | |||||||||
Steven J. Shapiro | 590,229,848 | 9,457,720 | 1,850,602 | |||||||||
J. Michael Talbert | 590,577,728 | 9,059,536 | 1,900,907 | |||||||||
Robert F. Vagt | 481,688,729 | 117,923,943 | 1,925,498 | |||||||||
John L. Whitmire | 590,713,660 | 8,862,740 | 1,961,770 | |||||||||
Proposal 2
The El Paso Corporation 2005 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended and restated, wasapproved with the following voting results:
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See our best practices for Say on PaySee our best practices for Executive Compensation | For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Vote | |||||||||||||
| Proposal toapprove the El PasoCorporation 2005Omnibus IncentiveCompensation Plan,as amended andrestated, toincrease the numberof shares availablefor issuance by12.5 millionSee our best practices for Executive Compensation See our best practices for Say on Pay | 464,384,350 | 21,053,449 | 1,879,815 | 114,226,711 | ||||||||||||
Proposal 3
The El Paso Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended and restated, was approvedwith the following voting results:
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Vote | |||||||||||||
| Proposal toapprove the El PasoCorporationEmployee StockPurchase Plan, asamended andrestated, to extendthe term of theplan until suchtime as noadditional sharesremain availablefor purchase | 478,950,720 | 6,796,611 | 1,570,885 | 114,226,109 | ||||||||||||
Proposal 4
The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as El Paso’s independent registered public accountingfirm for the fiscal year 2009 was ratified with the following voting results:
| For | Against | Abstain | ||||||||||
| Proposal to ratify theappointment of Ernst & Young LLPas our independent registeredpublic accounting firm for thefiscal year ending December 31,2009 | 595,341,727 | 4,360,647 | 1,841,951 | |||||||||
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