UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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 9, 2012

 

 

PETROQUEST ENERGY, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

DELAWARE   72-1440714
(State of Incorporation)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

400 E. Kaliste Saloom Rd., Suite 6000

Lafayette, Louisiana

  70508
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

Commission File Number: 001-32681

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (337) 232-7028

 

 

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

PetroQuest Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 9, 2012. The following proposals were submitted to the holders of the Company’s common stock (the “Common Stock”) for a vote:

 

  1. The election of six nominees to the Board of Directors;

 

  2. The adoption of the 2012 Employee Stock Purchase Plan;

 

  3. The ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012; and

 

  4. An advisory vote on the Company’s executive compensation.

The results of such votes were as follows:

1. The following votes were cast in the election of six nominees to the Board of Directors:

 

Name of Nominee

   Number of Votes
Voted For
     Number of Votes
Withheld
     Number of Broker
Non-Votes
 

Charles T. Goodson

     42,901,123         934,157         11,364,624   

William W. Rucks, IV

     42,494,186         1,341,094         11,364,624   

E. Wayne Nordberg

     42,487,725         1,347,555         11,364,624   

Michael L. Finch

     42,716,610         1,118,670         11,364,624   

W. J. Gordon, III

     41,906,003         1,929,277         11,364,624   

Charles F. Mitchell, II, M.D.

     41,889,233         1,946,047         11,364,624   

2. The following votes were cast in the adoption of the 2012 Employee Stock Purchase Plan:

 

Number of Votes
Voted For

   Number of Votes
Voted Against
     Number of Votes
Abstaining
     Number of
Broker Non-Votes
 

43,466,612

     274,621         94,047         11,364,624   

3. The following votes were cast in the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012:

 

Number of Votes
Voted For

   Number of Votes
Voted Against
     Number of Votes
Abstaining
     Number of
Broker Non-Votes
 

54,743,165

     307,690         149,049         0   


4. The following advisory (non-binding) votes were cast to approve the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, compensation tables and narrative discussion in the 2012 Proxy Statement:

 

Number of Votes
Voted For

   Number of Votes
Voted Against
     Number of Votes
Abstaining
     Number of
Broker Non-Votes
 

37,519,922

     6,053,728         261,630         11,364,624   


SIGNATURE

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 14, 2012

 

PETROQUEST ENERGY, INC.

/s/ Daniel G. Fournerat

Daniel G. Fournerat

Executive Vice President, General

Counsel, Chief Administrative

Officer and Secretary