UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

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FORM 8-K



CURRENT REPORT



Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934





Date of Report

May  12, 2016

(Date of earliest event reported)





Callon Petroleum Company

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)













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)





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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders



Callon Petroleum Company (the “Company”) held its 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on May 12, 2016. At the Annual Meeting, shareholders (a) elected three  (3) Class I directors to hold office until the 2019 annual meeting of shareholders (Proposal #1), (b) approved, in an advisory (non-binding) vote, the Company's executive compensation (Proposal #2), (c) approved the amendment to Article Four of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, increasing the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock from 150,000,000 shares to 300,000,000 shares (Proposal #3) , and (d) ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2016 (Proposal #4). For additional information on these proposals, please see the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2016. 



Proposal 1 – Election of Class I Directors.





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







Proposal 3 – Approval of the Amendment to Article Four of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, Increasing the Number of Authorized Shares of Common Stock of the Company.







Proposal 4 – Ratification of Appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Year Ending December 31, 2016.







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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.











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