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 12, 2015
Bill Barrett Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-32367 | 80-0000545 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File No.) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 1099 18th Street, Suite 2300 Denver, Colorado |
80202 | |||
| (Address of principal executive office) |
(Zip Code) | |||
(303) 293-9100
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former names 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:
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| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of the Security Holders. |
At the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders held on May 12, 2015, the results of the balloting were as follows:
Election of directors to our Board of Directors to hold office until the annual meeting of shareholders to be held in the year 2016 and thereafter until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
| Name of Nominee |
Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| Carin M. Barth |
36,132,309 | 469,461 | 5,100,783 | |||||||||
| Kevin O. Meyers |
33,014,650 | 3,587,120 | 5,100,783 | |||||||||
| Jim W. Mogg |
36,064,678 | 537,092 | 5,100,783 | |||||||||
| William F. Owens |
36,071,567 | 530,203 | 5,100,783 | |||||||||
| Edmund P. Segner, III |
35,975,557 | 626,213 | 5,100,783 | |||||||||
| Randy I. Stein |
36,144,818 | 456,952 | 5,100,783 | |||||||||
| Michael E. Wiley |
36,144,082 | 457,688 | 5,100,783 | |||||||||
| R. Scot Woodall |
36,133,440 | 468,330 | 5,100,783 | |||||||||
Proposal to approve an advisory (non-binding) resolution regarding the compensation of our named executive officers (“say-on-pay”).
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Votes Abstaining |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 34,681,672 |
1,763,423 | 156,675 | 5,100,783 |
Ratification of Deloitte & Touche, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2015.
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Votes Abstaining |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 41,157,049 |
297,727 | 247,777 | 0 |
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.
| Date: May 12, 2015 | BILL BARRETT CORPORATION | |||||
| By: | /s/ Kenneth A. Wonstolen | |||||
| Kenneth A. Wonstolen | ||||||
| Senior Vice President — General Counsel; and | ||||||
| Secretary | ||||||