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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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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 5, 2020

 

 

TRANSATLANTIC PETROLEUM LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Bermuda

001-34574

None

(State or other jurisdiction of

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

incorporation)

 

Identification No.)

 

16803 Dallas Parkway

Addison, Texas

 

 

 

75001

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (214) 220-4323

 

(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))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ticker Symbol

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name of each exchange on which registered 

Common shares, par value $0.10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TAT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NYSE American

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  



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

TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd. (the “Company”) held its annual general meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on June 5, 2020 to (i) elect five directors to the board of directors, each to serve for a term of office to expire at the close of the next annual general meeting and to hold office until his successor has been duly elected or appointed (“Proposal 1”), (ii) appoint DMF Sistem Uluslararası Bağımsız Denetim Danışmanlık ve YMM A.Ş. to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2020 and to authorize the Company’s audit committee to determine their remuneration (“Proposal 2”), and (iii) approve, on an advisory basis, the Company’s executive compensation (“Proposal 3”). For more information about the foregoing proposals, see the Company’s definitive proxy statement, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 20, 2020.

The table below shows the final results of the voting at the Annual Meeting:

 

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

Proposal 1

 

 

 

 

N. Malone Mitchell 3rd

39,831,556

1,536,031

19,168

8,140,797

Charles J. Campise

39,635,575

1,732,311

18,869

8,140,797

K. Kirk Krist

39,759,399

1,608,346

19,010

8,140,797

H. Lee Muncy

39,907,911

1,459,998

18,846

8,140,797

Gregory K. Renwick

37,259,506

4,108,425

18,824

8,140,797

 

 

 

 

 

Proposal 2

46,777,499

2,697,254

52,799

 

 

 

 

 

Proposal 3

40,321,399

1,016,529

48,827

8,140,797

Item 7.01Regulation FD Disclosure.

On June 8, 2020, the Company issued a press release announcing the final results of the voting at the Annual Meeting. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

On June 8, 2020, the “Company posted an updated 2020 Annual Meeting presentation to its website at www.transatlanticpetroleum.com.  A copy of the presentation is attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 attached hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference to Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K in such a filing.

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)Exhibits.

 


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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.

 

Date:

June 8, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRANSATLANTIC PETROLEUM LTD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Tabitha Bailey

 

 

 

Tabitha Bailey

 

 

 

Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary

 

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