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): December 4, 2014
Evolution Petroleum Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
001-32942
(Commission File Number)
Nevada (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | 41-1781991 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |
2500 City West Blvd., Suite 1300, Houston, Texas 77042
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(713) 935-0122
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On December 4, 2014, Evolution Petroleum Corporation (the "Company") held its 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") in Houston, Texas at the Company’s principal executive offices. The stockholders of the Company considered and voted upon the three proposals listed below, each of which is more fully described in the Company's definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 28, 2014. Holders of 31,681,879 shares of common stock of the Company, representing approximately 96.6% of the Company's issued and outstanding shares of common stock as of the October 20, 2014 record date, were present in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting, and the final voting results with respect to each of the proposals is set forth below.
Proposal 1. Election of directors. The Company's stockholders elected five directors to serve a one-year term expiring at the 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The results of the voting for each nominee were as follows:
Name of the Nominee | For | % of Voted | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||
Robert S. Herlin | 25,205,538 | 99.4 | % | 157,410 | 6,318,931 | |||||||
William E. Dozier | 25,299,387 | 99.7 | % | 63,561 | 6,318,931 | |||||||
Gene G. Stoever | 25,251,155 | 99.6 | % | 111,793 | 6,318,931 | |||||||
Edward J. DiPaolo | 24,788,326 | 97.7 | % | 574,622 | 6,318,931 | |||||||
Kelly W. Loyd | 25,176,527 | 99.6 | % | 110,423 | 6,318,931 | |||||||
No other person received any votes.
Proposal 2. The appointment of Hein & Associates LLP as the Company's independent auditor for fiscal year ending June 30, 2015 was ratified. The voting results were as follows:
For | % of Voted | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||
31,438,124 | 99.2 | % | 232,587 | 11,168 | - | |||||||
Proposal 3. The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation for the Company's named executive officers. The voting results were as follows:
For | % of Voted | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
24,481,584 | 96.5 | % | 824,741 | 56,623 | 6,318,931 | ||||||||
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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.
Evolution Petroleum Corporation (Registrant) | ||
December 8, 2014 | By: | /s/ Randall D. Keys |
Randall D. Keys | ||
President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | ||
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