UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM N-PX
ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF
REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY
Investment Company Act file number 811-21507
Allspring Utilities and High Income Fund
_____________________________________________________
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
1415 Vantage Park Drive, Charlotte, NC 28203
_____________________________________________________
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Andrew Owen
Allspring Funds Management, LLC
1415 Vantage Park Drive
Charlotte, NC 28203
_____________________________________________________
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 800-222-8222
Date of fiscal year-end: 8/31
Date of reporting period: 07/01/22 - 06/30/23
Item 1. Proxy Voting Record
============ Allspring Utilities and High Income Fund (Closed End) =============
ALLIANT ENERGY CORPORATION
Ticker: LNT Security ID: 018802108
Meeting Date: MAY 23, 2023 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 22, 2023
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Stephanie L. Cox For For Management
1b Elect Director Patrick E. Allen For For Management
1c Elect Director Michael D. Garcia For For Management
1d Elect Director Susan D. Whiting For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency One Year One Year Management
4 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management
Auditors
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AMEREN CORPORATION
Ticker: AEE Security ID: 023608102
Meeting Date: MAY 11, 2023 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 13, 2023
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Warner L. Baxter For For Management
1b Elect Director Cynthia J. Brinkley For For Management
1c Elect Director Catherine S. Brune For For Management
1d Elect Director J. Edward Coleman For For Management
1e Elect Director Ward H. Dickson For For Management
1f Elect Director Noelle K. Eder For For Management
1g Elect Director Ellen M. Fitzsimmons For For Management
1h Elect Director Rafael Flores For For Management
1i Elect Director Richard J. Harshman For For Management
1j Elect Director Craig S. Ivey For For Management
1k Elect Director James C. Johnson For For Management
1l Elect Director Martin J. Lyons, Jr. For For Management
1m Elect Director Steven H. Lipstein For For Management
1n Elect Director Leo S. Mackay, Jr. For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency One Year One Year Management
4 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management
Auditors
5 Disclose GHG Emissions Reductions Against Against Shareholder
Targets
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
Ticker: AEP Security ID: 025537101
Meeting Date: APR 25, 2023 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 28, 2023
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Nicholas K. Akins For For Management
1.2 Elect Director J. Barnie Beasley, Jr. For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Ben Fowke For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Art A. Garcia For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Linda A. Goodspeed For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Donna A. James For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Sandra Beach Lin For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Margaret M. McCarthy For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Oliver G. 'Rick' For For Management
Richard, III
1.10 Elect Director Daryl Roberts For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Julia A. Sloat For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Sara Martinez Tucker For For Management
1.13 Elect Director Lewis Von Thaer For For Management
2 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management
Auditors
3 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement For For Management
4 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
5 Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency One Year One Year Management
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC.
Ticker: AWK Security ID: 030420103
Meeting Date: MAY 10, 2023 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 17, 2023
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Jeffrey N. Edwards For For Management
1b Elect Director Martha Clark Goss For For Management
1c Elect Director M. Susan Hardwick For For Management
1d Elect Director Kimberly J. Harris For For Management
1e Elect Director Laurie P. Havanec For For Management
1f Elect Director Julia L. Johnson For For Management
1g Elect Director Patricia L. Kampling For For Management
1h Elect Director Karl F. Kurz For For Management
1i Elect Director Michael L. Marberry For For Management
1j Elect Director James G. Stavridis For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency One Year One Year Management
4 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management
Auditors
5 Oversee and Report a Racial Equity Against Against Shareholder
Audit
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION
Ticker: ATO Security ID: 049560105
Meeting Date: FEB 08, 2023 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: DEC 12, 2022
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director John C. Ale For For Management
1b Elect Director J. Kevin Akers For For Management
1c Elect Director Kim R. Cocklin For For Management
1d Elect Director Kelly H. Compton For For Management
1e Elect Director Sean Donohue For For Management
1f Elect Director Rafael G. Garza For For Management
1g Elect Director Richard K. Gordon For For Management
1h Elect Director Nancy K. Quinn For For Management
1i Elect Director Richard A. Sampson For For Management
1j Elect Director Diana J. Walters For For Management
1k Elect Director Frank Yoho For For Management
2 Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors For For Management
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BRISTOW GROUP INC.
Ticker: VTOL Security ID: 11040G103
Meeting Date: AUG 02, 2022 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JUN 06, 2022
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Christopher S. Bradshaw For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Lorin L. Brass For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Wesley E. Kern For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Robert J. Manzo For Withhold Management
1.5 Elect Director G. Mark Mickelson For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Maryanne Miller For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Christopher Pucillo For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Brian D. Truelove For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditors For For Management
A Please Mark FOR if the Stock Owned of None For Management
Record or Beneficially by You is Owned
and Controlled ONLY by U.S. Citizens
or Mark Against if Such Stock is Owned
or Controlled by Any Person Who is NOT
a U.S. Citizen
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BRISTOW GROUP INC.
Ticker: VTOL Security ID: 11040G103
Meeting Date: JUN 07, 2023 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 10, 2023
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Christopher S. Bradshaw For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Lorin L. Brass For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Wesley E. Kern For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Robert J. Manzo For Withhold Management
1.5 Elect Director G. Mark Mickelson For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Maryanne Miller For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Christopher Pucillo For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Brian D. Truelove For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditors For For Management
A Please Mark FOR if the Stock Owned of None For Management
Record or Beneficially by You is Owned
and Controlled ONLY by U.S. Citizens
or Mark Against if Such Stock is Owned
or Controlled by Any Person Who is NOT
a U.S. Citizen.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC.
Ticker: CNP Security ID: 15189T107
Meeting Date: APR 21, 2023 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 24, 2023
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Wendy Montoya Cloonan For For Management
1b Elect Director Earl M. Cummings For For Management
1c Elect Director Christopher H. Franklin For For Management
1d Elect Director David J. Lesar For For Management
1e Elect Director Raquelle W. Lewis For For Management
1f Elect Director Martin H. Nesbitt For For Management
1g Elect Director Theodore F. Pound For For Management
1h Elect Director Phillip R. Smith For For Management
1i Elect Director Barry T. Smitherman For For Management
2 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management
Auditors
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
4 Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency One Year One Year Management
5 Disclose Scope 3 Emissions and Setting Against Against Shareholder
Scope 3 Emission Targets
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CMS ENERGY CORPORATION
Ticker: CMS Security ID: 125896100
Meeting Date: MAY 05, 2023 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 07, 2023
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Jon E. Barfield For For Management
1b Elect Director Deborah H. Butler For For Management
1c Elect Director Kurt L. Darrow For For Management
1d Elect Director William D. Harvey For For Management
1e Elect Director Garrick J. Rochow For For Management
1f Elect Director John G. Russell For For Management
1g Elect Director Suzanne F. Shank For For Management
1h Elect Director Myrna M. Soto For For Management
1i Elect Director John G. Sznewajs For For Management
1j Elect Director Ronald J. Tanski For For Management
1k Elect Director Laura H. Wright For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency One Year One Year Management
4 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management
Auditors
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORPORATION
Ticker: CEG Security ID: 21037T109
Meeting Date: APR 25, 2023 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 01, 2023
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Joseph Dominguez For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Julie Holzrichter For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Ashish Khandpur For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency One Year One Year Management
4 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management
Auditors
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DENBURY INC.
Ticker: DEN Security ID: 24790A101
Meeting Date: JUN 01, 2023 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 03, 2023
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Kevin O. Meyers For For Management
1b Elect Director Anthony M. Abate For For Management
1c Elect Director Caroline G. Angoorly For For Management
1d Elect Director James N. Chapman For For Management
1e Elect Director Christian S. Kendall For For Management
1f Elect Director Lynn A. Peterson For For Management
1g Elect Director Brett R. Wiggs For For Management
1h Elect Director Cindy A. Yeilding For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency One Year One Year Management
4 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management
Auditors
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DOMINION ENERGY, INC.
Ticker: D Security ID: 25746U109
Meeting Date: MAY 10, 2023 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 03, 2023
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1A Elect Director James A. Bennett For For Management
1B Elect Director Robert M. Blue For For Management
1C Elect Director D. Maybank Hagood For For Management
1D Elect Director Ronald W. Jibson For For Management
1E Elect Director Mark J. Kington For For Management
1F Elect Director Kristin G. Lovejoy For For Management
1G Elect Director Joseph M. Rigby For For Management
1H Elect Director Pamela J. Royal For For Management
1I Elect Director Robert H. Spilman, Jr. For For Management
1J Elect Director Susan N. Story For For Management
1K Elect Director Michael E. Szymanczyk For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency One Year One Year Management
4 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management
Auditors
5 Amend Right to Call Special Meeting For For Management
6 Amend Advance Notice Provisions for For For Management
Director Nominations
7 Require Independent Board Chair Against For Shareholder
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DTE ENERGY COMPANY
Ticker: DTE Security ID: 233331107
Meeting Date: MAY 04, 2023 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 07, 2023
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director David A. Brandon For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Charles G. McClure, Jr. For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Gail J. McGovern For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Mark A. Murray For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Gerardo Norcia For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Robert C. Skaggs, Jr. For For Management
1.7 Elect Director David A. Thomas For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Gary H. Torgow For For Management
1.9 Elect Director James H. Vandenberghe For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Valerie M. Williams For For Management
2 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management
Auditors
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
4 Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency One Year One Year Management
5 Amend Right to Call Special Meeting For For Management
6 Reduce Ownership Threshold for Against Against Shareholder
Shareholders to Call Special Meeting
7 Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy Against For Shareholder
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION
Ticker: DUK Security ID: 26441C204
Meeting Date: MAY 04, 2023 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 06, 2023
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Derrick Burks For For Management
1b Elect Director Annette K. Clayton For For Management
1c Elect Director Theodore F. Craver, Jr. For For Management
1d Elect Director Robert M. Davis For For Management
1e Elect Director Caroline Dorsa For For Management
1f Elect Director W. Roy Dunbar For For Management
1g Elect Director Nicholas C. Fanandakis For For Management
1h Elect Director Lynn J. Good For For Management
1i Elect Director John T. Herron For For Management
1j Elect Director Idalene F. Kesner For For Management
1k Elect Director E. Marie McKee For For Management
1l Elect Director Michael J. Pacilio For For Management
1m Elect Director Thomas E. Skains For For Management
1n Elect Director William E. Webster, Jr. For For Management
2 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management
Auditors
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
4 Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency One Year One Year Management
5 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
6 Adopt Simple Majority Vote None For Shareholder
7 Create a Committee to Evaluate Against Against Shareholder
Decarbonization Risk
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ENTERGY CORPORATION
Ticker: ETR Security ID: 29364G103
Meeting Date: MAY 05, 2023 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 07, 2023
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Gina F. Adams For For Management
1b Elect Director John H. Black For For Management
1c Elect Director John R. Burbank For For Management
1d Elect Director Patrick J. Condon For For Management
1e Elect Director Kirkland H. Donald For For Management
1f Elect Director Brian W. Ellis For For Management
1g Elect Director Philip L. Frederickson For For Management
1h Elect Director M. Elise Hyland For For Management
1i Elect Director Stuart L. Levenick For For Management
1j Elect Director Blanche Lambert Lincoln For For Management
1k Elect Director Andrew S. Marsh For For Management
1l Elect Director Karen A. Puckett For For Management
2 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management
Auditors
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
4 Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency One Year One Year Management
5 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
6 Amend Certificate of Incorporation to For For Management
Allow Exculpation of Officers
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EVERGY, INC.
Ticker: EVRG Security ID: 30034W106
Meeting Date: MAY 02, 2023 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 01, 2023
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director David A. Campbell For For Management
1b Elect Director Thomas D. Hyde For For Management
1c Elect Director B. Anthony Isaac For For Management
1d Elect Director Paul M. Keglevic For For Management
1e Elect Director Mary L. Landrieu For For Management
1f Elect Director Sandra A.J. Lawrence For For Management
1g Elect Director Ann D. Murtlow For For Management
1h Elect Director Sandra J. Price For For Management
1i Elect Director Mark A. Ruelle For For Management
1j Elect Director James Scarola For For Management
1k Elect Director C. John Wilder For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management
Auditors
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EVERSOURCE ENERGY
Ticker: ES Security ID: 30040W108
Meeting Date: MAY 03, 2023 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 07, 2023
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Cotton M. Cleveland For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Francis A. Doyle For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Linda Dorcena Forry For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Gregory M. Jones For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Loretta D. Keane For For Management
1.6 Elect Director John Y. Kim For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Kenneth R. Leibler For For Management
1.8 Elect Director David H. Long For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Joseph R. Nolan, Jr. For For Management
1.10 Elect Director William C. Van Faasen For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Frederica M. Williams For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency One Year One Year Management
4 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
5 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management
6 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management
Auditors
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EXELON CORPORATION
Ticker: EXC Security ID: 30161N101
Meeting Date: APR 25, 2023 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 01, 2023
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Anthony Anderson For For Management
1b Elect Director W. Paul Bowers For For Management
1c Elect Director Calvin G. Butler, Jr. For For Management
1d Elect Director Marjorie Rodgers For For Management
Cheshire
1e Elect Director Linda Jojo For For Management
1f Elect Director Charisse Lillie For For Management
1g Elect Director Matthew Rogers For For Management
1h Elect Director John Young For For Management
2 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management
Auditors
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
4 Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency One Year One Year Management
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FIRSTENERGY CORPORATION
Ticker: FE Security ID: 337932107
Meeting Date: MAY 24, 2023 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 27, 2023
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Jana T. Croom For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Steven J. Demetriou For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Lisa Winston Hicks For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Paul Kaleta For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Sean T. Klimczak For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Jesse A. Lynn For For Management
1.7 Elect Director James F. O'Neil, III For For Management
1.8 Elect Director John W. Somerhalder, II For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Andrew Teno For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Leslie M. Turner For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Melvin Williams For For Management
2 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management
Auditors
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
4 Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency One Year One Year Management
5 Reduce Ownership Threshold for For For Management
Shareholders to Call Special Meeting
to 20%
6 Submit Severance Agreement Against Against Shareholder
(Change-in-Control) to Shareholder Vote
7 Establish a New Board Committee on Against Against Shareholder
Decarbonization Risk
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NEXTERA ENERGY, INC.
Ticker: NEE Security ID: 65339F101
Meeting Date: MAY 18, 2023 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 22, 2023
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Nicole S. Arnaboldi For For Management
1b Elect Director Sherry S. Barrat For For Management
1c Elect Director James L. Camaren For For Management
1d Elect Director Kenneth B. Dunn For For Management
1e Elect Director Naren K. Gursahaney For For Management
1f Elect Director Kirk S. Hachigian For For Management
1g Elect Director John W. Ketchum For For Management
1h Elect Director Amy B. Lane For For Management
1i Elect Director David L. Porges For For Management
1j Elect Director Deborah "Dev" Stahlkopf For For Management
1k Elect Director John A. Stall For For Management
1l Elect Director Darryl L. Wilson For For Management
2 Ratify Deloitte & Touche as Auditors For For Management
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
4 Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency One Year One Year Management
5 Disclose Board Skills and Diversity Against For Shareholder
Matrix
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ONE GAS, INC.
Ticker: OGS Security ID: 68235P108
Meeting Date: MAY 25, 2023 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 27, 2023
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Robert B. Evans For For Management
1.2 Elect Director John W. Gibson For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Tracy E. Hart For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Michael G. Hutchinson For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Robert S. McAnnally For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Pattye L. Moore For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Eduardo L. Rodriguez For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Douglas H. Yaeger For For Management
2 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management
Auditors
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INCORPORATED
Ticker: PEG Security ID: 744573106
Meeting Date: APR 18, 2023 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 17, 2023
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Ralph A. LaRossa For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Susan Tomasky For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Willie A. Deese For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Jamie M. Gentoso For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Barry H. Ostrowsky For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Valerie A. Smith For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Scott G. Stephenson For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Laura A. Sugg For For Management
1.9 Elect Director John P. Surma For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Alfred W. Zollar For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency One Year One Year Management
4a Eliminate Supermajority Vote For For Management
Requirements for Certain Business
Combinations
4b Eliminate Supermajority Vote For For Management
Requirements to Remove a Director
Without Cause
4c Eliminate Supermajority Vote For For Management
Requirement to Make Certain Amendments
to By-Laws
5 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management
Auditors
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEMPRA ENERGY
Ticker: SRE Security ID: 816851109
Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2023 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 17, 2023
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Andres Conesa For For Management
1b Elect Director Pablo A. Ferrero For For Management
1c Elect Director Jeffrey W. Martin For For Management
1d Elect Director Bethany J. Mayer For For Management
1e Elect Director Michael N. Mears For For Management
1f Elect Director Jack T. Taylor For For Management
1g Elect Director Cynthia L. Walker For For Management
1h Elect Director Cynthia J. Warner For For Management
1i Elect Director James C. Yardley For For Management
2 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management
Auditors
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
4 Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency One Year One Year Management
5 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management
6 Change Company Name to Sempra For For Management
7 Amend Articles of Incorporation For For Management
8 Require Independent Board Chair Against Against Shareholder
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
STARWOOD PROPERTY TRUST, INC.
Ticker: STWD Security ID: 85571B105
Meeting Date: MAY 18, 2023 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 28, 2023
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Richard D. Bronson For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Jeffrey G. Dishner For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Camille J. Douglas For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Deborah L. Harmon For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Solomon J. Kumin For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Fred Perpall For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Fred S. Ridley For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Barry S. Sternlicht For Withhold Management
1.9 Elect Director Strauss Zelnick For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency One Year One Year Management
4 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management
Auditors
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
THE SOUTHERN COMPANY
Ticker: SO Security ID: 842587107
Meeting Date: MAY 24, 2023 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 27, 2023
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Janaki Akella For For Management
1b Elect Director Henry A. "Hal" Clark, For For Management
III
1c Elect Director Anthony F. "Tony" For For Management
Earley, Jr.
1d Elect Director Thomas A. Fanning For For Management
1e Elect Director David J. Grain For For Management
1f Elect Director Colette D. Honorable For For Management
1g Elect Director Donald M. James For For Management
1h Elect Director John D. Johns For For Management
1i Elect Director Dale E. Klein For For Management
1j Elect Director David E. Meador For For Management
1k Elect Director Ernest J. Moniz For For Management
1l Elect Director William G. Smith, Jr. For For Management
1m Elect Director Kristine L. Svinicki For For Management
1n Elect Director Lizanne Thomas For For Management
1o Elect Director Christopher C. Womack For For Management
1p Elect Director E. Jenner Wood, III For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency One Year One Year Management
4 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management
Auditors
5 Eliminate Supermajority Vote For For Management
Requirement
6 Adopt Simple Majority Vote Against For Shareholder
7 Adopt Scope 3 GHG Emissions Reduction Against For Shareholder
Targets Aligned with Paris Agreement
Goal
8 Report on Feasibility of Net-Zero GHG Against Against Shareholder
Emissions
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WEC ENERGY GROUP, INC.
Ticker: WEC Security ID: 92939U106
Meeting Date: MAY 04, 2023 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 23, 2023
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Ave M. Bie For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Curt S. Culver For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Danny L. Cunningham For For Management
1.4 Elect Director William M. Farrow, III For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Cristina A. For For Management
Garcia-Thomas
1.6 Elect Director Maria C. Green For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Gale E. Klappa For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Thomas K. Lane For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Scott J. Lauber For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Ulice Payne, Jr. For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Mary Ellen Stanek For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Glen E. Tellock For For Management
2 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management
Auditors
3 Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency One Year One Year Management
4 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
XCEL ENERGY INC.
Ticker: XEL Security ID: 98389B100
Meeting Date: MAY 24, 2023 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 27, 2023
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Elect Director Megan Burkhart For For Management
1b Elect Director Lynn Casey For For Management
1c Elect Director Bob Frenzel For For Management
1d Elect Director Netha Johnson For For Management
1e Elect Director Patricia Kampling For For Management
1f Elect Director George Kehl For For Management
1g Elect Director Richard O'Brien For For Management
1h Elect Director Charles Pardee For For Management
1i Elect Director Christopher Policinski For For Management
1j Elect Director James Prokopanko For For Management
1k Elect Director Kim Williams For For Management
1l Elect Director Daniel Yohannes For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management
Executive Officers' Compensation
3 Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency One Year One Year Management
4 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management
Auditors
========== END NPX REPORT
SIGNATURES
PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, THE
REGISTRANT HAS DULY CAUSED THIS REPORT TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY THE
UNDERSIGNED, THERE UNTO DULY AUTHORIZED.
ALLSPRING UTILITIES AND HIGH INCOME FUND
BY: /S/ ANDREW OWEN
NAME: ANDREW OWEN
TITLE: PRESIDENT
DATE: August 24, 2023