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EX-3.1 - AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS - PENN VIRGINIA CORPd347963dex31.htm

 

 

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: May 7, 2012 (May 4, 2012)

(Date of Earliest Event Reported)

 

 

PENN VIRGINIA CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Virginia   1-13283   23-1184320

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

Four Radnor Corporate Center, Suite 200

100 Matsonford Road, Radnor, Pennsylvania

  19087
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (610) 687-8900

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

As previously announced, because of the mandatory retirement policy of Penn Virginia Corporation (the “Company”), the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) did not nominate Robert Garrett for reelection to the Board, and Mr. Garrett’s term expired on May 4, 2012, the date of the Company’s 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”).

 

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On May 4, 2012, the Board amended the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws to decrease the number of directors serving on the Board from eight to seven.

A copy of the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended, is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Annual Meeting was held on May 4, 2012. The following matters were voted upon by the shareholders at the Annual Meeting. Each such matter received the number of votes for, against or withheld, as well as the number of abstentions, set forth below for such matter. There were no broker non-votes on any of the matters set forth below.

 

  (1) The election of seven directors, each to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified:

 

NAME

   FOR    WITHHELD

John U. Clarke

   26,814,605    5,376,254

Edward B. Cloues, II

   28,034,855    4,156,004

Steven W. Krablin

   28,731,791    3,459,068

Marsha R. Perelman

   27,100,488    5,090,371

Philippe van Marcke de Lummen

   27,548,625    4,642,234

H. Baird Whitehead

   30,119,384    2,071,475

Gary K. Wright

   26,429,179    5,761,680

 

  (2) The approval of the advisory resolution approving executive compensation:

 

FOR    AGAINST    ABSTAIN
28,138,276    2,124,658    1,927,925

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

  3.1 Amended and Restated Bylaws of Penn Virginia Corporation.


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.

Date: May 7, 2012

 

Penn Virginia Corporation
By:  

/s/ Nancy M. Snyder

Name:   Nancy M. Snyder
Title:   Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary


Exhibit Index

 

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Description

3.1    Amended and Restated Bylaws of Penn Virginia Corporation.