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): June 1, 2018
EMCOR Group, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

1-8267
11-2125338
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

301 Merritt Seven, Norwalk, CT
06851-1092
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)

(203) 849-7800

(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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Item 5.02.    Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensation Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 (b)
On June 1, 2018, Mr. Stephen W. Bershad retired as a director of EMCOR Group, Inc. (the "Company") pursuant to the Company's Director Retirement Policy. Mr. Bershad had also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company.
 
 
Item 5.07.    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On June 1, 2018 at the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of EMCOR Group, Inc. (the "Company"), the stockholders of the Company voted on the following four items:

1.
To elect eleven directors to serve until the Company's next Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

2.
To consider a non-binding advisory resolution approving executive compensation.

3.
To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent auditors for 2018.

4.
To consider a shareholder proposal regarding special shareholder meetings.
 

The results were as follows:

Proposal 1.   The nominees for director were elected based upon the following votes:

 
Nominee
 
Shares For

Shares Against
 
Abstentions
Broker
Non-Votes
 
John W. Altmeyer
49,488,904
1,856,031
10,731
2,193,204
David A.B. Brown
49,271,748
2,073,302
10,616
2,193,204
Anthony J. Guzzi
50,934,589
411,991
9,086
2,193,204
Richard F. Hamm, Jr.
47,300,503
4,044,430
10,733
2,193,204
David H. Laidley
50,344,640
1,000,296
10,730
2,193,204
Carol P. Lowe
51,041,941
303,304
10,421
2,193,204
M. Kevin McEvoy
50,116,267
1,228,783
10,616
2,193,204
William P. Reid
50,974,568
369,978
11,120
2,193,204
Jerry E. Ryan
49,904,260
1,441,036
10,370
2,193,204
Steven B. Schwarzwaelder
50,117,081
1,227,852
10,733
2,193,204
Michael T. Yonker
49,828,018
1,516,986
10,662
2,193,204


All of the Company's incumbent directors standing for election were re-elected.

On May 31, 2018, the independent members of the Board of Directors elected Mr. Anthony J. Guzzi, our President and Chief Executive Officer, as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, effective after and contingent upon his re-election as a director at the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Following the Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the independent members of the Board of Directors elected Mr. M. Kevin McEvoy as the independent Lead Director of the Board of Directors of the Company.


Proposal 2.    The proposal for stockholders to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers was approved based upon the following votes:

Shares For                                                      47,223,120
Shares Against                                             4,117,613
Shares Abstaining                                            14,933
Broker Non-Votes                                      2,193,204


Proposal 3.     The proposal for stockholders to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young  LLP as the Company's independent auditors for 2018 was approved based upon the following votes:

Shares For                                                      52,138,257
Shares Against                                            1,402,064
Shares Abstaining                                              8,549


There were no broker
non-votes on this item.


Proposal 4.     The proposal for stockholders to consider a proposal requiring the Board of Directors of the Company to take steps to permit holders in the aggregate of 10% of the Company's common stock to call special shareowner meetings was not approved, based upon the following votes:

Shares For                                                      20,415,749
Shares Against                                          30,917,254
Shares Abstaining                                            22,663
Broker Non-Votes                                      2,193,204



 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
   
EMCOR GROUP, INC.
       
       
       
Date: June 1, 2018
 
By:
/s/ Maxine L. Mauricio
     
Name: Maxine L. Mauricio
Title: Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and
Secretary