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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): June 4, 2024
 
 
 
HighPeak Energy, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
001-39464
84-3533602
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
     
421 W. 3rd St., Suite 1000
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
(address of principal executive offices) (zip code)
     
(817) 850-9200
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
 
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
☐ 
Written communication pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
☐ 
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
☐
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
☐
Pre-commencements communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of Each Class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock
HPK
The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrant
HPKEW
The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
 
Emerging growth company ☒
 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
 
 
 
 
 
Item 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
The 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of HighPeak Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on June 4, 2024 (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders of the Company (i) elected two Class A director nominees to the Board of Directors to serve for a term of three years expiring at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2027 and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until the earlier of death, resignation of removal and (ii) ratified the appointment of Weaver and Tidwell, L.L.P. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024. The voting results for each proposal were as follows:
 
 
1.
To elect the three Class A director nominees to the Board of Directors:
 
 
For
Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
Jay M. Chernosky
88,215,330
2,931,672
14,115,718
Sharon F. Fulgham
89,192,915
1,954,087
14,115,718
 
 
 
2.
To ratify the appointment of Weaver and Tidwell, L.L.P. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024:
 
For
Against
Abstain
104,722,689
429,213
110,818
 
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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.
 
 
HIGHPEAK ENERGY, INC.
  
       
Date: June 4, 2024
      
 
By:
/s/ Steven W. Tholen
  
 
Name:
Steven W. Tholen
  
 
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
  
 
 
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