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): July 27, 2015
Whiting Petroleum Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 1-31899 | 20-0098515 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
1700 Broadway, Suite 2300, Denver, Colorado 80290-2300
(Address of principal executive offices, including ZIP code)
(303) 837-1661
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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| Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
(d) On July 27, 2015, the Board of Directors of Whiting Petroleum Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Carin S. Knickel as a director of the Company effective July 27, 2015 to serve for a term expiring at the Company’s 2017 annual meeting of stockholders. The Board of Directors of the Company also appointed Ms. Knickel to serve on the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board of Directors.
Ms. Knickel will participate in the Company’s standard non-employee director compensation arrangements (on a pro-rated basis for her period of service in her first year as a director) described under “Director Compensation” in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 20, 2015. In connection with her appointment, Ms. Knickel will be entering into the Company’s Indemnification Agreement, a form of which was filed as Exhibit 10.10 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2008.
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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.
| WHITING PETROLEUM CORPORATION | ||||||
| Date: July 27, 2015 | By: | /s/ James J. Volker | ||||
| James J. Volker | ||||||
| Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||
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