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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

May 15, 2014

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

SupportingDocument:dc6728240e6c47109999ce53ad84af26

Callon Petroleum Company

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware

001-14039

64-0844345

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

 

 

200 North Canal St.

Natchez, Mississippi  39120

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

 

(601) 442-1601

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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. below):

 

[ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held May 15, 2014, shareholders (a) elected three  (3) Class II directors to hold office until the 2017 annual meeting of shareholders (Proposal #1), (b) approved, in an advisory (non-binding) vote, the Company's Executive Compensation (Proposal #2), and (c) ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2014 (Proposal #3). The vote tabulation follows for each proposal: 

 

Proposal 1 – Election of Class II Directors.

 

 

 

 

 

Nominee

Votes cast For

Votes Withheld

Broker Non-Votes

Anthony J. Nocchiero

27,629,458

785,214

7,745,011

Matthew R. Bob

27,478,533

936,139

7,745,011

James M. Trimble

27,519,144

895,528

7,745,011

 

Proposal 2 – Approval, in an advisory (non-binding) vote, of the Company’s Executive Compensation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Votes cast For

Votes cast Against

Votes Abstained

Broker Non-Votes

27,278,970

791,977

343,724

 

Proposal 3 – Ratification of Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the year ending December 31, 2014.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Votes cast For

Votes cast Against

Votes Abstained

Broker Non-Votes

35,737,753

413,821

8,109

7,745,011

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

Callon Petroleum Company

 

 

 

 

March 16, 2014

By:  /s/ Joseph C. Gatto, Jr.

 

Joseph C. Gatto, Jr.

 

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer