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 1, 2021

 


 

HighPeak Energy, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     

Delaware

333-235313

84-3533602

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

     

421 W. 3rd St., Suite 1000

Fort Worth, Texas 76102

(address of principal executive offices) (zip code)

     

(817) 850-9200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 


 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

☐         Written communication pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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☐         Pre-commencements 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

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered

Common Stock

HPK

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Warrant

HPKEW

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

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 5.07         Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

The 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of HighPeak Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on June 1, 2021, (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders of the Company (i) elected two Class A director nominees to the Board to serve for a term of three years expiring at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2024 and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until the earlier of death, resignation of removal and (ii) ratified the appointment of Weaver and Tidwell, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021. The voting results for each proposal were as follows:

 

 

1.

To elect the two Class A director nominees to the Board of Directors:

 

 

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

Jay M. Chernosky

83,004,532

0

50,410

2,141,950

Sharon F. Fulgham

83,004,531

0

50,411

2,141,950

       

 

2.

To ratify the appointment of Weaver and Tidwell, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021:

 

 

For

Against

Abstain

 
 

85,079,851

2,008

115,033

 

 

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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.

 

  HIGHPEAK ENERGY, INC.
   
Date: June 1, 2021   
  By:  /s/ Steven W. Tholen 
  Name:  Steven W. Tholen
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

        

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