0000893538-14-000012.txt : 20140221 0000893538-14-000012.hdr.sgml : 20140221 20140221170201 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000893538-14-000012 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20140217 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20140221 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140221 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SM Energy Co CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000893538 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311] IRS NUMBER: 410518430 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-31539 FILM NUMBER: 14634544 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1775 SHERMAN STREET STREET 2: SUITE 1200 CITY: DENVER STATE: CO ZIP: 80203 BUSINESS PHONE: 303-861-8140 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1775 SHERMAN STREET STREET 2: SUITE 1200 CITY: DENVER STATE: CO ZIP: 80203 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ST MARY LAND & EXPLORATION CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940228 8-K 1 form8-k022114.htm 8-K Form 8-K 02.21.14



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)
February 21, 2014 (February 17, 2014)

SM Energy Company
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

    
Delaware
001-31539
41-0518430
(State or other jurisdiction
(Commission
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)
File Number)
Identification No.)


1775 Sherman Street, Suite 1200, Denver, Colorado
(Address of principal executive offices)
80203
(Zip Code)


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 861-8140


Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2.):

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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.

The following sets forth a summary of the base salaries for 2014 for SM Energy Company’s (the “Company”) Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and the other named executive officers of the Company for whom compensation disclosure was required in the Company’s most recent proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 11, 2013. On February 17, 2014, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company approved the following 2014 base salaries:

Name and Principal Position
2014 Base Salary
Anthony J. Best
Chief Executive Officer
$836,000
Javan D. Ottoson
President and Chief Operating Officer
$505,000
A. Wade Pursell
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
$438,000
David W. Copeland
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
$393,000
Herbert S. Vogel
Senior Vice President - Portfolio Development and Technical Services
$370,000









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.

 
 
 
SM ENERGY COMPANY
 
 
 
 
Date:
February 21, 2014
By:
/s/ DAVID W. COPELAND
 
 
 
David W. Copeland
 
 
 
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary