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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 16, 2012

Commission File
Number
Registrant; State of Incorporation;
Address and Telephone Number
IRS Employer
Identification No.
     
1-11459
PPL Corporation
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
(Pennsylvania)
Two North Ninth Street
Allentown, PA  18101-1179
(610) 774-5151
23-2758192
     

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Section 5 - Corporate Governance and Management
 
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

At PPL Corporation's (“PPL” or the “Company”) Annual Meeting of Shareowners held on May 16, 2012, the shareowners:

Elected all eleven nominees for the office of director.  The votes for individual nominees were:
 
   
Number of Votes
   
For
  
Withhold
Authority
  
Broker
Non-Vote
             
Frederick M. Bernthal
  
446,762,734
  
8,680,658
    
55,602,970
John W. Conway
  
445,702,825
  
9,740,567
    
55,602,970
Steven G. Elliott
  
449,029,230
  
6,414,162
    
55,602,970
Louise K. Goeser
  
443,215,920
  
12,227,471
    
55,602,970
Stuart E. Graham
  
443,848,037
  
11,595,355
    
55,602,970
Stuart Heydt
  
439,222,202
  
16,221,190
    
55,602,970
Raja Rajamannar
  
448,524,365
  
6,919,027
    
55,602,970
Craig A. Rogerson
  
444,161,400
  
11,281,992
    
55,602,970
William H. Spence
  
439,922,729
  
15,520,663
    
55,602,970
Natica von Althann
  
448,685,211
  
6,758,181
    
55,602,970
Keith H. Williamson
  
449,427,457
  
6,015,935
    
55,602,970

 
 
Approved the PPL Corporation 2012 Stock Incentive.  The vote was 424,139,130 in favor and 27,951,403 against, with 3,351,804 abstaining and 55,604,025 broker non-votes.  
 
Ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2012.  The vote was 504,316,808 in favor and 4,931,429 against, with 1,798,125 abstaining and no broker non-votes.
 
Approved a non-binding request of the PPL board of directors (“Board”) to approve the 2011 compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.  The vote was 423,372,605 in favor and 27,378,491 against, with 4,690,241 abstaining and 55,605,025 broker non-votes.
 
Approved a non-binding shareowner proposal requesting the Board to initiate the appropriate process to amend the Company’s governance documents to provide that director nominees be elected by the affirmative vote of the majority of votes cast at an annual meeting of shareholders, with a plurality vote standard retained for director elections where the number of director nominees exceeds the number of board seats to be filled.  The vote was 244,441,312 in favor and 205,196,347 against, with 5,803,733 abstaining and 55,604,970 broker non-votes.


 
 
 


SIGNATURE

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.


 
PPL CORPORATION
       
 
By:
/s/ Paul A. Farr
  
   
Paul A. Farr
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
  




Dated:  May 21, 2012