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): June 3, 2011
SANDRIDGE ENERGY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 1-33784 | 20-8084793 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 123 Robert S. Kerr Avenue Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
73102 | |||
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (405) 429-5500
Not Applicable.
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders |
| (a) | SandRidge Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Meeting”) on June 3, 2011. |
| (b) | Stockholders voted on the matters set forth below as follows: |
| (1) | Voting results for the election of Class II directors were as follows: |
| Name of Nominee |
Number of Votes Cast For |
Number of Votes Withheld |
Number of Broker Non-votes |
|||||||||
| Tom L. Ward |
253,312,966 | 8,086,193 | 92,395,343 | |||||||||
| Roy T. Oliver |
199,900,259 | 61,498,900 | 92,395,343 | |||||||||
| (2) | Voting results for the ratification of the appointment by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011 were as follows: |
| For |
Against |
Abstain |
Number of Broker Non-votes | |||
| 351,642,109 |
879,209 | 1,273,187 | – – | |||
| (3) | Voting results for the approval of an amendment to the SandRidge Energy, Inc. 2009 Incentive Plan were as follows: |
| For |
Against |
Abstain |
Number of Broker Non-votes | |||
| 195,715,807 |
63,395,793 | 2,287,559 | 92,395,343 | |||
| (4) | Voting results for the approval of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers were as follows: |
| For |
Against |
Abstain |
Number of Broker Non-votes | |||
| 184,053,118 |
75,934,769 | 1,411,272 | 92,395,343 | |||
| (5) | Voting results to recommend how frequently the vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers should occur were as follows: |
| One Year |
Two Years |
Three Years |
Abstain |
Number of Broker Non-votes | ||||
| 118,516,812 |
1,819,945 | 140,577,910 | 484,492 | 92,395,343 | ||||
| (d) | Based on the results set forth in Item (b)(5) above, the Company’s Board of Directors has determined that advisory votes on executive compensation will be submitted to stockholders on a triennial basis until the next advisory vote on the frequency of stockholder votes on executive compensation, which will occur not later than the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2017. |
SIGNATURE
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 thereunto duly authorized.
| SANDRIDGE ENERGY, INC. | ||||
| (Registrant) | ||||
| Date: June 8, 2011 | By: | /s/ Philip T. Warman | ||
| Philip T. Warman | ||||
| Senior Vice President and General Counsel | ||||