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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. |
Election of Independent Director
On October 2, 2024, Murphy Oil Corporation (the “Company”) announced that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) has elected Robert B. Tudor, III, as an independent director to the Board, effective as of October 2, 2024.
Mr. Tudor will receive compensation as a non-employee director in accordance with the Company’s non-employee director compensation described in the Company’s proxy statement for the annual meeting in 2024 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 21, 2024.
| Item 7.01. | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
A copy of the Company’s press release announcing the election of Mr. Tudor as an independent director to the Board is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. The information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as otherwise expressly stated in such filing.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
| 99.1 | Press Release of Murphy Oil Corporation dated October 2, 2024. |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
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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.
| Date: October 2, 2024 | MURPHY OIL CORPORATION | ||
| By: | /s/ Paul D. Vaughan | ||
| Name: | Paul D. Vaughan | ||
| Title: | Vice President and Controller | ||
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