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 21, 2025

 

UNITED AIRLINES HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware		001-06033		36-2675207
(State or other jurisdiction		(Commission		(IRS Employer
of incorporation)		File Number)		Identification Number)

 

233 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL		60606
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

 

(872) 825-4000

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Registrant		Title of Each Class		Trading Symbol		Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
United Airlines Holdings, Inc.		Common Stock, $0.01 par value		UAL		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
United Airlines Holdings, Inc.		Preferred Stock Purchase Rights		None		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). Emerging growth company ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o (a) The Company held its Annual Meeting on May 21, 2025.

 

 

 

Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

 

(b) The matters submitted to a vote at the Annual Meeting and the voting results of such matters are as follows:

 

Item 1 - Election of Directors. Holders of the Company’s common stock elected each of the 11 directors nominated by the Company’s Board of Directors to serve as directors of the Company, each for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2026 and until his or her successor has been elected and qualified or his or her earlier death, resignation or removal, based upon the votes set forth in the table below:

 

Name of Nominee		For				Against				Abstain				Broker Non-Votes
Rosalind Brewer			239,971,583				2,460,597				432,074				36,369,546
Michelle Freyre			238,976,689				3,455,710				431,855				36,369,546
Matthew Friend			238,918,838				3,516,878				428,538				36,369,546
Barney Harford			238,304,339				4,121,068				438,847				36,369,546
Michele J. Hooper			238,355,439				4,089,436				419,379				36,369,546
Walter Isaacson			233,124,587				9,265,613				474,054				36,369,546
J. Scott Kirby			240,113,416				2,396,037				354,801				36,369,546
Edward M. Philip			221,793,464				20,634,698				436,092				36,369,546
Edward L. Shapiro			238,937,758				3,487,701				438,795				36,369,546
Laysha Ward			237,399,375				5,067,554				397,325				36,369,546
James M. Whitehurst			234,343,232				8,063,503				457,519				36,369,546

 

The United Airlines Pilots Master Executive Council of the Air Line Pilots Association, International (the “ALPA”), the sole holder of the Company’s Class Pilot MEC Junior Preferred Stock, which provides the ALPA with the right to elect one member to the Company’s Board of Directors at each annual meeting of stockholders of the Company, elected Captain Brian Noyes at the Annual Meeting to serve as a director of the Company for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2026 and until his successor has been elected and qualified or his earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (the “IAM”), the sole holder of the Company’s Class IAM Junior Preferred Stock, which provides the IAM with the right to elect one member to the Company’s Board of Directors at each annual meeting of stockholders of the Company, elected Richard Johnsen at the Annual Meeting to serve as a director of the Company for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2026 and until his successor has been elected and qualified or his earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

Item 2 - Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2025 based upon the votes set forth in the table below:

 

For				Against				Abstain
	274,839,861				3,680,789				713,150

 

Item 3 - Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation. The Company’s stockholders approved a nonbinding, advisory resolution approving the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as set forth in the Proxy Statement, based upon the votes set forth in the table below:

 

For				Against				Abstain				Broker Non-Votes
	209,197,421				33,198,371				468,462				36,369,546

 

Item 4 – Stockholder Proposal Regarding Removal of the One-Year Stock Ownership Holding Period Required for Stockholders to Call a Special Meeting. The Company’s stockholders did not approve a stockholder proposal requesting that the Company eliminate the one-year stock ownership holding requirement for stockholders to exercise their right to request special meetings, based upon the votes set forth in the table below:

 

For				Against				Abstain				Broker Non-Votes
	43,763,344				192,439,319				6,661,591				36,369,546

 

The above items are described in more detail in the Company’s Proxy Statement.

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

UNITED AIRLINES HOLDINGS, INC.
By:	/s/ Robert S. Rivkin
Name:	Robert S. Rivkin
Title:	Senior Vice President & Chief Legal Officer

 

Date: May 28, 2025