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): April 22, 2014
NOBLE ENERGY, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-07964 | 73-0785597 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | Commission File Number | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
1001 Noble Energy Way Houston, Texas | 77070 | |||
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (281) 872-3100
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, 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:
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(d) Election of Director.
On April 22, 2014, the board of directors of Noble Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the board from 10 to 11 members and, to fill the resulting vacancy, elected David L. Stover, the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer, as a director effective as of that date to serve until the next annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders, at which time he will stand for reelection. As of the date of this report, Mr. Stover has not been appointed to any committee of the Company's board of directors. The Company will file an amendment to this report to disclose any such appointment within four business days after the information is determined or becomes available.
Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
The Company held its annual meeting of stockholders on Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at 9:30 a.m. central time in The Woodlands, Texas. Holders of an aggregate of 363,386,672 shares of the Company’s common stock at the close of business on March 5, 2014, were entitled to vote at the meeting, of which 328,002,022, or approximately 90.26% of the eligible voting shares, were represented in person or by proxy. The certified results of the matters voted upon at the meeting, which are more fully described in the Company’s annual proxy statement, are as follows:
Proposal #1 - To elect the ten nominees named in the proxy statement as members of the Company’s Board of Directors:
Name | For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Vote | ||||||||
Jeffrey L. Berenson | 310,869,782 | 1,089,859 | 806,721 | 15,235,660 | ||||||||
Michael A. Cawley | 308,774,619 | 3,726,529 | 265,214 | 15,235,660 | ||||||||
Edward F. Cox | 310,324,598 | 2,135,224 | 306,540 | 15,235,660 | ||||||||
Charles D. Davidson | 305,719,861 | 5,879,771 | 1,166,730 | 15,235,660 | ||||||||
Thomas J. Edelman | 310,228,927 | 1,772,181 | 765,254 | 15,235,660 | ||||||||
Eric P. Grubman | 310,947,799 | 1,011,285 | 807,278 | 15,235,660 | ||||||||
Kirby L. Hedrick | 310,416,606 | 1,583,689 | 766,067 | 15,235,660 | ||||||||
Scott D. Urban | 311,011,140 | 989,794 | 765,428 | 15,235,660 | ||||||||
William T. Van Kleef | 310,801,316 | 1,196,934 | 768,112 | 15,235,660 | ||||||||
Molly K. Williamson | 311,237,602 | 707,902 | 820,858 | 15,235,660 | ||||||||
Proposal #2 - To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent auditor for the fiscal year 2014:
For | Against | Abstain | ||
326,217,291 | 1,424,796 | 359,935 | ||
Proposal #3 - To approve, in a nonbinding advisory vote, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers:
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Vote | |||
305,641,294 | 6,295,427 | 829,150 | 15,236,151 | |||
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
NOBLE ENERGY, INC. | ||||||
Date: April 25, 2014 | By: | /s/ Aaron G. Carlson | ||||
Aaron G. Carlson | ||||||
Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary | ||||||