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 20, 2015 (May 19, 2015)

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

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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 Tuesday, May 19, 2015 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 27, 2015, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 168,996,100 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. A quorum of 153,943,218 shares of common stock was present or represented at the Annual Meeting. The board of directors has elected Mr. James M. Funk to the role of lead independent director.

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

 

  1. Stockholders elected each of the Company’s ten nominees for directors to serve a term of one year to expire at the 2016 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  

Anthony V. Dub

      141,685,772         98.47 %      2,082,546         113,167         10,061,733   

V. Richard Eales

      142,123,653         98.77 %      1,642,968         114,864         10,061,733   

Allen Finkelson

      141,481,884         98.33 %      2,284,711         114,890         10,061,733   

James M. Funk

      142,366,602         98.94 %      1,402,093         112,790         10,061,733   

Christopher A. Helms

      143,097,790         99.45 %      611,609         172,086         10,061,733   

Jonathan S. Linker

      141,277,826         98.19 %      2,489,935         113,724         10,061,733   

Mary Ralph Lowe

      143,237,725         99.55 %      531,437         112,323         10,061,733   

Kevin S. McCarthy

      138,932,649         96.56 %      4,832,991         115,845         10,061,733   

John H. Pinkerton

      142,359,891         98.94 %      1,406,432         115,162         10,061,733   

Jeffrey L. Ventura

      140,514,288         97.65 %      2,731,762         635,435         10,061,733   

 

  2. Stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Named Executive Officers.

 

Votes For

  

% of Voted

  

Votes Against

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

138,586,881   96.32%   4,924,669   369,935   10,061,733

 

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

 

Votes For

  

% of Voted

  

Votes Against

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

153,223,640   99.53%   607,173   112,405   —  

 

  4. The stockholder proposal to adopt a “proxy access” bylaw was approved:

 

Votes For

  

% of Voted

  

Votes Against

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

87,435,806   60.76%   56,119,765   325,914   10,061,733

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 20, 2015

 

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