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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. |
Appointment of Ms. Nancy Dunlap to the Board of Directors
On October 5, 2022 the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of SandRidge Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Ms. Nancy Dunlap to serve as a member of the Board. Ms. Dunlap will also join the Audit Committee.
Ms. Dunlap (age 70) has served since 1999 as the private counsel and head/Chairman of the private family office of Jon S. Corzine, former New Jersey Governor and United States Senator. Ms. Dunlap has served as a director of Icahn Enterprises G.P. Inc., the general partner of Icahn Enterprises L.P., since April 2021. Ms. Dunlap was previously a director of CVR Refining, LP, an independent downstream energy limited partnership, from July 2018 to February 2019.
Ms. Dunlap received a Juris Doctor from St. John’s University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts from University of Denver.
Ms. Dunlap will serve as a member of the Board until the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders. Ms. Dunlap’s appointment was not pursuant to any arrangements or understandings between Ms. Dunlap and the Company or any other person. Ms. Dunlap has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction or series of similar transactions contemplated by Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. Ms. Dunlap will enter into the Company’s standard form of Directors’ indemnification agreement with the Company, pursuant to which the Company agrees to indemnify its directors to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and to advance expenses in connection with proceedings as described in the indemnification agreement.
| Item 7.01. | Regulation FD Disclosure |
On October 6, 2022, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Ms. Dunlap to the Board of Directors. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, is intended to be furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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| 99.1 | Press Release by SandRidge Energy, Inc. dated October 6, 2022. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) | |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
| SandRidge Energy, Inc. | ||||||
| Dated: October 6, 2022 | By: | /s/ Salah Gamoudi | ||||
| Name: | Salah Gamoudi | |||||
| Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer | |||||