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): May 17, 2013 (May 16, 2013)
LAREDO PETROLEUM HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware | 001-35380 | 45-3007926 | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
15 W. Sixth Street, Suite 1800, Tulsa, Oklahoma | 74119 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (918) 513-4570
Not Applicable
(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.
Laredo Petroleum Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") held its 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on May 16, 2013. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders were requested to: (1) elect directors to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) for a term of office expiring at the Company’s 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified; (2) ratify the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2013; and (3) approve an advisory (non-binding) resolution regarding the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. As of March 20, 2013, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 129,362,696 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting and a total of 125,469,361 (approximately 97%) were represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting, constituting a quorum. The following are the final voting results on proposals considered and voted upon at the Annual Meeting, each of which is more fully described in the Company’s proxy statement filed on April 2, 2013:
1. Each of the Directors that were up for re-election or election was elected for a term of one year. Votes regarding the election of these directors were as follows:
NOMINEE | VOTES FOR | WITHHELD | BROKER NON-VOTES | ||||||
Randy A. Foutch | 122,167,497 | 347,953 | 2,953,911 | ||||||
Jerry R. Schuyler | 122,112,520 | 402,930 | 2,953,911 | ||||||
Peter R. Kagan | 105,094,452 | 17,420,998 | 2,953,911 | ||||||
James R. Levy | 122,157,703 | 357,747 | 2,953,911 | ||||||
B.Z. (Bill) Parker | 122,396,312 | 119,138 | 2,953,911 | ||||||
Pamela S. Pierce | 122,346,399 | 169,051 | 2,953,911 | ||||||
Ambassador Francis Rooney | 105,107,433 | 17,408,017 | 2,953,911 | ||||||
Dr. Myles W. Scoggins | 122,377,608 | 137,842 | 2,953,911 | ||||||
Edmund P. Segner, III | 122,377,208 | 138,242 | 2,953,911 | ||||||
Donald D. Wolf | 122,341,934 | 173,516 | 2,953,911 | ||||||
2. Grant Thornton LLP was ratified as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2013. The voting results were as follows:
VOTES FOR | VOTES AGAINST | VOTES ABSTAINED | BROKER NON-VOTES | ||||||
125,391,621 | 75,203 | 2,537 | 0 | ||||||
3. The voting results for the advisory (non-binding) resolution regarding the compensation of the Company's named executive officers were as follows:
VOTES FOR | VOTES AGAINST | VOTES ABSTAINED | BROKER NON-VOTES | |||||||
122,347,856 | 154,775 | 12,819 | 2,953,911 | |||||||
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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.
LAREDO PETROLEUM HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
Dated: May 17, 2013 | By: | /s/ KENNETH E. DORNBLASER |
Kenneth E. Dornblaser | ||
Senior Vice President and General Counsel | ||
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