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 23, 2013 (May 22, 2013)

 

 

RANGE RESOURCES CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-12209   34-1312571
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

100 Throckmorton, Suite 1200

Ft. Worth, Texas

  76102
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (817) 870-2601

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report): Not applicable

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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ITEM 5.07 SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

The annual stockholders meeting (the “Annual Meeting”) of Range Resources Corporation (the “Company”) was held on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. Central Time at the Norris Conference Center, Red Oak Ballroom, 304 Houston Street in Fort Worth, Texas. As of March 26, 2013, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 163,065,817 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. A quorum of 149,286,452 shares of common stock was present or represented at the Annual Meeting.

The matters submitted to a vote of security holders at the Annual Meeting were as follows:

 

  1. Stockholders elected each of the Company’s nine nominees for directors to serve a term of one year to expire at the 2014 Annual Meeting or until their successors are duly elected and qualified, as set forth below:

 

Name

   Votes For      % of Voted     Votes Against      Abstentions      Broker Non-Votes  

Anthony V. Dub

     140,092,255         98.66     1,819,904         69,082         7,305,211   

V. Richard Eales

     139,971,173         98.58     1,939,274         70,794         7,305,211   

Allen Finkelson

     137,681,532         96.97     4,230,182         69,527         7,305,211   

James M. Funk

     138,133,969         97.29     3,778,223         69,049         7,305,211   

Jonathan S. Linker

     139,952,274         98.57     1,961,727         67,240         7,305,211   

Mary Ralph Lowe

     140,651,148         99.06     1,263,257         66,836         7,305,211   

Kevin S. McCarthy

     136,984,177         96.48     4,930,694         66,370         7,305,211   

John H. Pinkerton

     141,000,707         99.30     732,073         248,461         7,305,211   

Jeffrey L. Ventura

     140,463,860         98.93     1,450,624         66,757         7,305,211   

 

  2. Stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Named Executive Officers.

 

Votes For

  

% of Voted

  

Votes Against

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

122,077,702

   85.98%    19,354,354    549,185    7,305,211

 

  3. Stockholders ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth below:

 

Votes For

  

% of Voted

  

Votes Against

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

148,588,140

   99.53%    640,379    57,933    0

 

  4. The stockholder proposal seeking a report for investors on how the Company is measuring, mitigating and setting reduction targets and disclosing methane emissions did not receive the vote of the majority of shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the proposal.

 

Votes For

  

Votes Against

  

% of Voted

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

25,989,975

   93,652,530    65.96%    22,338,736    7,305,211


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.

 

 

RANGE RESOURCES CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ David P. Poole

    David P. Poole
    Senior Vice President-General
    Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Date: May 23, 2013

 

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