UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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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): June 2, 2016
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Commission file number: 001-33615
Concho Resources Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware |
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76-0818600 |
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(State or other jurisdiction |
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(I.R.S. Employer |
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of incorporation) |
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Identification No.) |
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One Concho Center |
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600 West Illinois Avenue |
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Midland, Texas |
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79701 |
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(Address of principal executive offices) |
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(432) 683-7443 |
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(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) |
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Concho Resources Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on June 2, 2016. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders were requested to (i) elect two Class III directors to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors for a term of office expiring at the Company’s 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, (ii) ratify the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors’ selection of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016, and (iii) approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. Each of these items is more fully described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 19, 2016.
At the close of business on April 4, 2016, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 131,560,287 shares of the Company’s common stock issued, outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. The results of the matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting are as follows:
Proposal No. 1 — Election of Class III Directors: The election of each Class III director was approved as follows:
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Nominee |
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Broker Non-Votes |
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Gary A. Merriman |
116,238,743 |
791,163 |
2,652,309 |
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Ray M. Poage |
115,930,129 |
1,099,777 |
2,652,309 |
Proposal No. 2 — Ratification of the Selection of Grant Thornton LLP: The ratification of the selection of Grant Thornton LLP was approved as follows:
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Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes |
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119,283,893 |
387,953 |
10,367 |
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Proposal No. 3 — Approval, on an Advisory Basis, of the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers: The compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved, on an advisory basis, as follows:
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Broker Non-Votes |
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115,889,319 |
1,025,830 |
114,757 |
2,652,309 |
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.
CONCHO RESOURCES INC.
Date: June 2, 2016 By: /s/ Travis L. Counts
Name: Travis L. Counts
Title: Vice President and General Counsel