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 19, 2016 (May 18, 2016)

 

 

RANGE RESOURCES CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-12209   34-1312571

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

100 Throckmorton, Suite

1200

Ft. Worth, Texas

   76102
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (817) 870-2601

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

 

 

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ITEM 5.07 SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

The annual stockholders meeting (the “Annual Meeting”) of Range Resources Corporation (the “Company”) was held on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. Central Time at the Worthington Renaissance Hotel, Bur Oak Room, 200 Main Street in Fort Worth, Texas. As of March 24, 2016, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 169,744,170 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. A quorum of 154,961,033 shares of common stock was present or represented at the Annual Meeting.

The matters submitted to a vote of security holders at the Annual Meeting were as follows:

 

  1. Stockholders elected each of the Company’s nine nominees for directors to serve a term of one year to expire at the 2017 Annual Meeting or until their successors are duly elected and qualified, as set forth below:

 

Name

    Votes For      % of Voted     Votes Against      Abstentions      Broker Non-Votes  

Brenda A. Cline

      133,532,770         96.20 %      5,231,787         37,120         16,159,356   

Anthony V. Dub

      131,694,379         94.87 %      6,801,889         305,409         16,159,356   

Allen Finkelson

      130,902,669         94.30 %      7,827,483         71,525         16,159,356   

James M. Funk

      133,151,494         95.92 %      5,617,315         32,868         16,159,356   

Christopher A. Helms

      133,080,217         95.87 %      5,686,555         34,905         16,159,356   

Mary Ralph Lowe

      132,702,345         95.60 %      6,062,668         36,664         16,159,356   

Gregory G. Maxwell

      133,581,382         96.23 %      5,186,779         33,516         16,159,356   

Kevin S. McCarthy

      129,945,452         93.61 %      8,778,439         77,786         16,159,356   

Jeffrey L. Ventura

      131,227,983         94.54 %      7,269,986         303,708         16,159,356   

 

  2. Stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the Company’s executive compensation philosophy, policies and procedures, as set forth below:

 

Votes For

  

% of Voted

  

Votes Against

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

129,567,125   93.34%   9,150,423   84,129   16,159,356

 

  3. Stockholders approved the terms of the Company’s 2005 Equity Plan.

 

Votes For

  

% of Voted

  

Votes Against

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

136,620,421   98.42%   2,116,875   64,381   16,159,356

 

  4. Stockholders ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2016, as set forth below:

 

Votes For

  

% of Voted

  

Votes Against

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

154,424,478   99.65%   499,983   36,572   —  

 

  5. The stockholder proposal requesting publication of a political spending report was not approved:

 

Votes For

  

% of Voted

  

Votes Against

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

50,568,562   36.43%   66,141,995   22,091,120   16,159,356

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.

 

RANGE RESOURCES CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ David P. Poole

  David P. Poole
  Senior Vice President-General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Date: May 19, 2016

 

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