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): June 19, 2015
PARSLEY ENERGY, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Delaware | 001-36463 | 46-4314192 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification Number) |
303 Colorado Street, Suite 3000
Austin, Texas 78701
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
(737) 704-2300
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
Parsley Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on June 19, 2015, in Austin, Texas, for the following purposes: (1) to elect two directors to the class of directors with terms expiring at the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and (2) to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015. Each of these items is more fully described in the Company’s proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2015.
At the close of business on April 20, 2015, the record date for the Annual Meeting, 108,762,018 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock and 32,145,296 shares of the Company’s Class B common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.
Proposal 1 – Election of Directors
Each of the two nominees for director was duly elected by the Company’s stockholders, with votes as follows:
| Nominee |
Shares For | Shares Against | Shares Abstaining | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||||
| Chris Carter |
95,622,265 | 4,673,266 | 16,154 | 8,969,369 | ||||||||||||
| Dr. Hemang Desai |
100,087,855 | 206,776 | 17,054 | 8,969,369 | ||||||||||||
Proposal 2 – Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditors
The appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015 was ratified by the Company’s stockholders, with votes as follows:
| Shares For |
Shares Against |
Shares Abstaining |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 109,184,200 | 49,939 | 46,915 | — |
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.
| PARSLEY ENERGY, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Colin W. Roberts | |
| Colin W. Roberts | ||
| Vice President—General Counsel | ||
Dated: June 22, 2015
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