Form 8-K

 

 

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): May 16, 2013 (May 14, 2013)

 

 

ConocoPhillips

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-32395   01-0562944

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

600 North Dairy Ashford Houston,

Texas 77079

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (281) 293-1000

n/a

(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:

 

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

ConocoPhillips held its annual stockholders meeting on May 14, 2013. A brief description of each proposal and the voting results are summarized below.

A Company proposal to elect 10 directors:

 

     Number of Shares  
     Voted For      Voted Against      Abstentions      Broker Nonvotes  

Richard L. Armitage

     820,275,653         9,585,799         3,739,599         217,822,267   

Richard H. Auchinleck

     809,935,856         20,007,152         3,658,043         217,822,267   

James E. Copeland, Jr.

     818,963,817         11,087,705         3,549,529         217,822,267   

Jody L. Freeman

     820,851,240         7,395,112         5,354,699         217,822,267   

Gay Huey Evans

     815,152,084         12,536,672         5,912,295         217,822,267   

Ryan M. Lance

     802,959,368         23,417,928         7,223,755         217,822,267   

Mohd H. Marican

     816,163,303         13,887,968         3,549,780         217,822,267   

Robert A. Niblock

     813,718,266         16,204,501         3,678,284         217,822,267   

Harald J. Norvik

     815,271,784         14,713,105         3,616,162         217,822,267   

William E. Wade, Jr.

     809,105,812         20,887,297         3,607,942         217,822,267   

A Company proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as ConocoPhillips’ independent registered public accounting firm for 2013:

 

     Number of Shares  
     Voted For      Voted Against      Abstentions      Broker Nonvotes  

Ratification of Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as ConocoPhillips’ Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     966,875,009         80,931,961         3,616,348         —     

A Company proposal for stockholders to provide an advisory approval of the compensation of our Named Executive Officers:

 

     Number of Shares  
     Voted For      Voted Against      Abstentions      Broker Nonvotes  

Advisory Approval of the Compensation of our Named Executive Officers

     684,995,213         140,995,853         7,609,985         217,822,267   

Results of stockholder proposals submitted to a vote were:

 

     Number of Shares  
     Voted For      Voted Against      Abstentions      Broker Nonvotes  

Report on Grassroots Lobbying Expenditures

     192,898,769         545,253,223         95,449,059         217,822,267   

Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets

     205,227,419         492,289,335         136,084,297         217,822,267   

All 10 nominated directors were elected and the appointment of the independent auditors was ratified. The compensation of the Company’s named executive officers in 2012 was approved and the two stockholder proposals presented were not approved.


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.

 

  CONOCOPHILLIPS
  /s/ Janet Langford Kelly
May 16, 2013  

Janet Langford Kelly

Senior Vice President, Legal,

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary