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:  June 19, 2013

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

KODIAK OIL & GAS CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Commission File Number: 001-32920

 


 

Yukon Territory

 

N/A

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

1625 Broadway, Suite 250

Denver, Colorado 80202

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(303) 592-8075

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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:

 

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

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

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

 

On June 19, 2013, Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. (the “Company”) held its 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) to (i) elect the nominees to the Company’s Board of Directors to serve until the Company’s 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until successors are duly elected and qualified, (ii) conduct an advisory vote on executive compensation (the “Advisory Resolution”) and (iii) ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013.  The matters acted upon at the Annual Meeting are described in more detail in the Company’s proxy statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 14, 2013.  The following are the final voting tallies for the Annual Meeting:

 

 

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

Election of Directors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lynn A. Peterson

 

144,933,304

 

7,225,123

 

623,244

 

83,762,907

 

James E. Catlin

 

128,641,226

 

23,791,623

 

348,822

 

83,762,907

 

Rodney D. Knutson

 

147,460,280

 

5,168,958

 

152,432

 

83,762,908

 

Herrick K. Lidstone, Jr.

 

150,132,059

 

2,488,735

 

160,877

 

83,762,907

 

William J. Krysiak

 

150,151,262

 

2,476,074

 

154,335

 

83,762,907

 

Advisory Resolution

 

148,535,294

 

3,470,682

 

775,696

 

83,762,906

 

Ratification of independent registered public accounting firm

 

235,801,532

 

469,923

 

273,123

 

0

 

 

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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.

 

 

KODIAK OIL & GAS CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ James P. Henderson

 

 

James P. Henderson
Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Date:  June 21, 2013

 

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