Form 8-K

 

 

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 23, 2018

 

 

GOODRICH PETROLEUM CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-12719   76-0466193

(State or other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

801 Louisiana, Suite 700

Houston, Texas

  77002
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (713) 780-9494

Not Applicable

(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:

 

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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).

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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.  ☐

 

 

 


Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

The Company held its Annual Meeting on May 23, 2018. At the meeting, the Company’s stockholders were requested to: (1) elect three Class II directors to serve on the Company’s Board for a term of office expiring at the Company’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, (2) ratify the selection of Moss Adams LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018, and (3) approve on an advisory basis, the compensation of certain of the Company’s executive officers set forth in the Proxy Statement (“Named Executive Officers”). Each of these items is more fully described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed on April 23, 2018. The Company filed Definitive Additional Materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 11, 2018 removing Proposal Four regarding approval of the Third Amendment to the Goodrich Petroleum Corporation 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan from stockholder consideration at the Annual Meeting.

The certified results of the matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting are as follows:

Proposal No. 1 — Election of Class II Directors:

 

Nominee

   For      Withheld      Broker Non-Votes  

Ronald F. Coleman

     7,071,626        1,951,287        770,692  

K. Adam Leight

     7,071,626        1,951,287        770,692  

Thomas M. Souers

     7,258,477        1,764,436        770,692  

Proposal No. 2 — Ratification of the Selection of Moss Adams LLP:

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstain

9,791,677

   1,925    3

Proposal No. 3 — Approval of Named Executive Officer Compensation:

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstain

  

Broker Non-Votes

2,976,278

   3,711,073    2,335,562    770,692


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.

 

    GOODRICH PETROLEUM CORPORATION
Date: May 25, 2018     By:  

/s/ Michael J. Killelea

      Michael J. Killelea
      Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary