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: June 9, 2022
(Date of earliest event reported)
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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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.
As described in Item 5.07 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, on June 9, 2022, at the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Meeting”) of Earthstone Energy, Inc. (the “Company”), the Company's stockholders approved the Company’s proposal for the election of three individuals to serve as Class I directors of the Company for three-year terms expiring in 2025.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The Meeting was held on June 9, 2022 at which the Company’s stockholders voted on the proposals identified below.
At the close of business on April 13, 2022, the record date for the Meeting, 73,440,800 shares of the Class A Common Stock and 34,271,766 shares of the Company’s Class B common stock (collectively with the Class A Common Stock, the “Common Stock”), were issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the Meeting. Stockholders owning a total of 91,581,037 shares of Common Stock voted at the Meeting, representing approximately 85% of the shares of the Common Stock outstanding as of the record date for the Meeting.
Proposal 1 - Election of Class I Directors
Each of the nominees for Class I director was duly elected by the Company’s stockholders, with votes as follows:
| Nominee | For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||||||
| Frank A. Lodzinski | 77,228,759 | 14,044,542 | 307,736 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ray Singleton | 75,348,777 | 15,924,524 | 307,736 | |||||||||||||||||
| Douglas E. Swanson, Jr. | 78,340,387 | 12,932,914 | 307,736 | |||||||||||||||||
The Company’s continuing directors after the Meeting include Robert J. Anderson, Frost Cochran, David S. Habachy, Jay F. Joliat, Phillip D. Kramer, Frank A. Lodzinski, Ray Singleton, Zachary G. Urban and Robert L. Zorich.
Proposal 2 - Approval, on an advisory basis, of the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers
The stockholders approved the proposal, as set forth below:
| For | Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||||||
| 90,639,810 | 583,005 | 50,485 | 307,736 | |||||||||||||||||
Proposal 3 - Ratification of the Selection of Moss Adams LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2022
The stockholders ratified of the selection of Moss Adams LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2022, as set forth below:
| For | Against | Abstentions | ||||||||||||
| 91,565,368 | 13,473 | 2,196 | ||||||||||||
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.
| EARTHSTONE ENERGY, INC. | |||||||||||
| Date: | June 9, 2022 | By: | /s/ Tony Oviedo | ||||||||
| Tony Oviedo | |||||||||||
| Executive Vice President - Accounting and Administration | |||||||||||