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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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 14, 2011 (December 8, 2011)
Magellan Petroleum Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
| 1-5507 | 06-0842255 | |
| (Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | |
| 7 Custom House Street, 3rd Floor, Portland, ME | 04101 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |
207-619-8500
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
The Company held its 2011 Annual Meeting on December 8, 2011, in Denver (Broomfield), CO. The following three Class II directors were elected to the 8-member Board of Directors: (a) Nikolay V. Bogachev, a director since 2009 and the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Young Energy Prize, s.a., the Company’s strategic investor; (b) William H. Hastings, the Company’s Senior Advisor for Business Development and its former President and Chief Executive Officer; and (c) J. Thomas Wilson, a director since 2009 and the Company’s current President and Chief Executive Officer. Each of these directors will serve a term of office of three years, expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 2014.
The certified results of the matters voted upon at the meeting, which are more fully described in the Company’s 2011 Proxy Statement, are as follows:
| For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes |
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| Election of Directors |
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| Nikolay V. Bogachev |
24,922,247 | 3,308,191 | 19,885,564 | |||||||||
| William H. Hastings |
26,187,052 | 2,043,387 | 19,885,564 | |||||||||
| J. Thomas Wilson |
26,175,247 | 2,055,191 | 19,885,564 | |||||||||
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
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| Proposed non-binding advisory resolution regarding approval of the compensation of our named executive officers. |
18,479,166 | 8,815,933 | 935,339 | 19,885,564 | ||||||||||||
| One Year | Two Years | Three Years | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
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| Proposed frequency of the non-binding shareholder vote regarding the approval of the compensation of our named executive officers. |
25,267,741 | 253,457 | 2,344,368 | 364,873 | 19,885,564 | |||||||||||||||
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
|||||||||||||
| Ratification of the Appointment of Ehrhardt Keefe Steiner & Hottman PC as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011. |
47,408,725 | 419,088 | 288,190 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Item 8.01 Other Events
Company Press Release
On December 12, 2011, the Company issued a press release announcing the voting results of shareholders at the 2011 Annual Meeting held on December 8, 2011 in Denver (Broomfield), CO. A copy of the Company’s press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is hereby incorporated by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
| (d) | Exhibits. |
The following document is filed herewith as an exhibit:
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Company press release dated December 12, 2011. | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
| MAGELLAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION | ||
| By: | /s/ J. Thomas Wilson | |
| Name: J. Thomas Wilson | ||
| Title: President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
Dated: December 14, 2011
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Company press release dated December 12, 2011. | |