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):

May 21, 2013

 

 

PETROQUEST ENERGY, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

DELAWARE   72-1440714
(State of Incorporation)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

400 E. Kaliste Saloom Rd., Suite 6000

Lafayette, Louisiana

  70508
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

Commission File Number: 001-32681

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (337) 232-7028

 

 

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:

 

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

PetroQuest Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 21, 2013. The following proposals were submitted to the holders of the Company’s common stock (the “Common Stock”) for a vote:

 

  1. The election of six nominees to the Board of Directors;

 

  2. The adoption of the 2013 Incentive Plan;

 

  3. The ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013; and

 

  4. An advisory vote on the Company’s executive compensation.

The results of such votes were as follows:

1. The following votes were cast in the election of six nominees to the Board of Directors:

 

Name of Nominee

   Number of Votes
Voted For
     Number of Votes
Withheld
     Number of
Broker
Non-Votes
 

Charles T. Goodson

     45,692,690         1,054,149         11,175,425   

William W. Rucks, IV

     45,169,253         1,577,586         11,175,425   

E. Wayne Nordberg

     45,167,403         1,579,436         11,175,425   

Michael L. Finch

     45,453,639         1,293,200         11,175,425   

W. J. Gordon, III

     45,450,840         1,295,999         11,175,425   

Charles F. Mitchell, II, M.D

     42,365,224         4,381,615         11,175,425   

2. The following votes were cast in the adoption of the 2013 Incentive Plan:

 

Number of Votes

Voted For

  

Number of Votes

Voted Against

  

Number of Votes

Abstaining

  

Number of

Broker Non-Votes

40,328,210

   6,318,140    100,489    11,175,425

3. The following votes were cast in the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013:

 

Number of

Votes Voted For

  

Number of Votes

Voted Against

  

Number of Votes

Abstaining

  

Number of

Broker Non-Votes

57,524,482

   344,383    53,399    0


4. The following advisory (non-binding) votes were cast to approve the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, compensation tables and narrative discussion in the 2013 Proxy Statement:

 

Number of Votes

Voted For

 

Number of Votes

Voted Against

 

Number of Votes

Abstaining

 

Number of

Broker Non-Votes

40,359,526

  6,186,228   201,085   11,175,425


SIGNATURE

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: May 22, 2013

 

PETROQUEST ENERGY, INC.

 /s/ Daniel G. Fournerat

Daniel G. Fournerat
Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer and Secretary