nwe-20260430

Delaware

000-56598

93-2020320

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

3010 W. 69th Street

Sioux Falls

South Dakota

57108

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

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Registrant	Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.	Common stock	NWE	Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in 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).

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.

On April 30, 2026, NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. d/b/a NorthWestern Energy (Nasdaq: NWE) (the “Company”), held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, 55,972,114 shares of common stock, par value $.01, were present in person or by proxies. This represented over 91 percent of the 61,499,066 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders:

•Ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2026; and

•Approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, as described in the Company's Proxy Statement.

1. Election of Directors. The Board of Directors of the Company nominated nine persons for election as directors of the Company, each to hold office for a one-year term expiring at the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. Each nominee was an incumbent director, and no other person was nominated. The votes cast for or withheld with respect to each nominee were as follows:


Name of Director	For	Withheld	Broker Non-Votes
Brian Bird	51,101,454	111,768	4,758,892
Sherina Maye Edwards	50,951,533	261,689	4,758,892
Dave Goodin	51,102,859	110,363	4,758,892
Jan Horsfall	50,509,775	703,447	4,758,892
Britt Ide	50,000,831	1,212,391	4,758,892
Kent Larson	51,104,441	108,781	4,758,892
Linda Sullivan	51,055,568	157,654	4,758,892
Mahvash Yazdi	50,573,556	639,666	4,758,892
Jeffrey Yingling	50,906,318	306,904	4,758,892

2. Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The votes cast with respect to the ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered accounting firm for 2026 were as follows:

3. Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation. The votes cast with respect to the advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation were as follows:


Exhibit No.						Description of Document
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File – the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document

* filed herewith

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.


						NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.

			By:			/s/ Timothy P. Olson
						Timothy P. Olson
						Corporate Secretary


For	Against	Abstain
54,542,567	1,405,988	23,559


For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
50,209,283	944,608	59,331	4,758,892