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 10, 2016

 

 

PrimeEnergy Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

0-7406   11-2695037
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

9821 Katy Freeway, Houston, Texas 77024

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 713-735-0000

 

 

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PRIMEENERGY CORPORATION

Section 5 - Corporate Governance and Management

Item 5.07 - Submission of matters to a vote of Security Holders

The Annual Meeting of stockholders of PrimeEnergy Corporation (the “Company”) was held on May 10, 2016. The matters listed below were submitted to a vote of the stockholders through the solicitation of proxies, and the proposals were described in the Company’s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 22, 2016. There were 2,294,553 shares of the Company outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. There were 1,758,674 shares of the Company present in person or by proxy at the meeting. The final results of the stockholder votes are listed below.

Proposal No. 1 – Election of Directors

Seven persons were nominated by management for election as Directors of the Company, each for a term of one year. Beverly A. Cummings, Charles E. Drimal, H.Gifford Fong, Thomas S.T. Gimbel, Clint Hurt, Jan Smeets and Ebersole Gaines Wehrle were currently serving as Directors of the Company. There were no other persons serving as Directors and there was no Director whose term of office continued after the meeting. There were no other nominees and there was no solicitation in opposition to management’s nominees. All of such nominees were elected. The names of each Director elected at the meeting and the number of shares voted for or withheld for each nominee is as follows. There were no abstentions and 477,004 broker non-votes.

 

Name

   For      Withheld  

Beverly A. Cummings

     1,666,750         91,924   

Charles E. Drimal, Jr.

     1,736,383         22,291   

H. Gifford Fong

     1,736,108         22,566   

Thomas S.T. Gimbel

     1,736,118         22,556   

Clint Hurt

     1,714,638         44,036   

Jan Smeets

     1,723,668         35,006   

Ebersole Gaines Wehrle

     1,736,108         22,566   

Proposal No. 2 – An advisory, non-binding resolution to approve executive compensation described in the proxy statement

The stockholders approved the proposed resolution regarding the compensation of the Company’s Principal Executive Officer and the Principal Financial Officer as disclosed in the proxy statement, as follows:

 

For

     1,752,991   

Against

     4,833   

Abstain

     850   

Broker non-votes

     477,004   


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this current report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

Dated: May 10, 2016     PrimeEnergy Corporation
    By:  

/s/ Beverly A. Cummings

    Name:   Beverly A. Cummings
      Executive Vice President