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 19, 2016
CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Oklahoma | 001-32886 | 73-0767549 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 20 N. Broadway Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
73102 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (405) 234-9000
Not Applicable.
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Continental Resources, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on May 19, 2016. At the meeting, the Company’s shareholders were requested to:
| • | elect two Class I members to the Company’s Board of Directors to serve until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2019; |
| • | ratify the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016; |
| • | vote on a shareholder proposal report on steps taken to foster Board gender diversity; |
| • | vote on a shareholder proposal report on monitoring and managing the level of methane emissions from operations; and |
| • | vote on a shareholder proposal report on results of policies and practices to minimize the impact of hydraulic fracturing operations. |
Each of these items is more fully described in the Company’s proxy statement filed on April 7, 2016. The certified results of the matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting are as follows:
Proposal No. 1 – Election of directors: The election of each director required the affirmative vote of a plurality of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting. The shareholders elected the following nominees:
| Nominee |
For |
Withheld |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| Harold G. Hamm (Class I) |
318,945,869 | 22,393,765 | 19,359,718 | |||
| John T. McNabb, II (Class I) |
338,240,397 | 3,099,237 | 19,359,718 |
Proposal No. 2 – Ratification of selection of independent registered public accounting firm: The ratification of the selection of Grant Thornton LLP required an affirmative vote from the majority of shares present and entitled to vote either in person or by proxy on this matter at the Annual Meeting. The shareholders approved the ratification of the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016. The voting results are as follows:
| For |
Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 360,014,632 | 549,691 | 135,029 | 0 |
Proposal No. 3 – Shareholder proposal report on steps taken to foster Board gender diversity: The approval of the shareholder proposal report on steps taken to foster Board gender diversity required an affirmative vote from the majority of shares present and entitled to vote either in person or by proxy on this matter at the Annual Meeting. The shareholders did not approve this proposal. The voting results are as follows:
| For |
Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 18,013,502 | 312,968,925 | 10,357,207 | 19,359,718 |
Proposal No. 4 – Shareholder proposal report on monitoring and managing the level of methane emissions from operations: The approval of the shareholder proposal report on monitoring and managing the level of methane emissions from operations required an affirmative vote from the majority of shares present and entitled to vote either in person or by proxy on this matter at the Annual Meeting. The shareholders did not approve this proposal. The voting results are as follows:
| For |
Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 18,415,986 | 313,264,629 | 9,659,019 | 19,359,718 |
Proposal No. 5 – Shareholder proposal report on results of policies and practices to minimize the impact of hydraulic fracturing operations: The approval of the shareholder proposal report on results of policies and practices to minimize the impact of hydraulic fracturing operations required an affirmative vote from the majority of shares present and entitled to vote either in person or by proxy on this matter at the Annual Meeting. The shareholders did not approve this proposal. The voting results are as follows:
| For |
Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 18,539,525 | 313,137,121 | 9,662,988 | 19,359,718 |
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.
| CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC. (Registrant) | ||||||
| Dated: May 24, 2016 | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Eric S. Eissenstat | |||||
| Eric S. Eissenstat | ||||||
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Risk Officer & Secretary | ||||||