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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On May 5, 2020, the Company held its annual meeting of shareholders in a virtual-only meeting format, at which the Company’s shareholders considered and voted on the items described below:
| 1. | The following persons were elected to serve as directors of the Company, each to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, based upon the following votes: |
| Name of Nominee | Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| Jerry C. Atkin | 42,015,719 | 1,094,829 | 3,125,066 | |||||||||
| W. Steve Albrecht | 42,032,711 | 1,077,837 | 3,125,066 | |||||||||
| Russell A. Childs | 42,463,882 | 646,666 | 3,125,066 | |||||||||
| Henry J. Eyring | 41,851,635 | 1,258,913 | 3,125,066 | |||||||||
| Meredith S. Madden | 42,870,609 | 239,939 | 3,125,066 | |||||||||
| Ronald J. Mittelstaedt | 41,977,163 | 1,133,385 | 3,125,066 | |||||||||
| Andrew C. Roberts | 42,821,999 | 288,549 | 3,125,066 | |||||||||
| Keith E. Smith | 42,658,922 | 451,626 | 3,125,066 | |||||||||
| Steven F. Udvar-Hazy | 31,809,773 | 11,300,775 | 3,125,066 | |||||||||
| James L. Welch | 41,107,521 | 2,003,027 | 3,125,066 | |||||||||
| 2. | The Company’s shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, based upon the following votes: |
| Votes for approval | 42,102,488 | |||
| Votes against | 971,412 | |||
| Abstentions | 36,648 | |||
| Broker Non-Votes | 3,125,066 |
| 3. | The Company’s shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020, based upon the following votes: |
| Votes for approval | 45,617,069 | |||
| Votes against | 607,398 | |||
| Abstentions | 11,147 |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| SKYWEST, INC. | ||
| Dated: May 7, 2020 | By | /s/ Eric J. Woodward |
| Eric J. Woodward, Chief Accounting Officer | ||