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): December 6, 2012

 


 

Evolution Petroleum Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

001-32942

(Commission File Number)

 

Nevada

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

41-1781991

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

2500 City West Blvd., Suite 1300, Houston, Texas 77042

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(713) 935-0122

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 


 

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):

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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

 

The Company held its Annual Meeting on December 6, 2012 in Houston, Texas at the Company’s principal executive offices. At the Annual Meeting, stockholders were requested to (1) elect directors to hold office until the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; and (2) ratify the appointment of Hein & Associates, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, all of which were described in the Company’s Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement.

 

The following actions were taken by the Company’s stockholders with respect to each of the proposals:

 

1.                                      Elect directors to hold office until the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.  The number of votes cast in favor of each nominee was as follows:

 

Nominee

 

Voted For

 

Votes Withheld

 

Broker Non-
Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert S. Herlin

 

15,036,122

 

209,244

 

8,811,336

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Laird Q. Cagan

 

13,054,511

 

2,190,855

 

8,811,336

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edward J. DiPaolo

 

14,995,447

 

249,919

 

8,811,336

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

William E. Dozier

 

15,022,519

 

222,847

 

8,811,336

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kelly W. Loyd

 

14,995,447

 

249,919

 

8,811,336

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gene G. Stoever

 

15,034,251

 

211,115

 

8,811,336

 

 

2.                                      Ratify Hein & Associates, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013. The appointment was ratified and approved by the votes indicated:

 

Voted For

 

Voted Against

 

Abstentions

 

24,021,045

 

32,257

 

3,400

 

 

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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.

 

 

Evolution Petroleum Corporation

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

Dated: December 11, 2012

By:

/s/Sterling H. McDonald

 

Name:

Sterling H. McDonald

 

Title:

Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

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