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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 (Date of earliest event reported): April 26, 2018 (April 24, 2018)
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EOG RESOURCES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | 1-9743 (Commission File Number) | 47-0684736 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
1111 Bagby, Sky Lobby 2
Houston, Texas 77002
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
713-651-7000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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EOG RESOURCES, INC.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The 2018 annual meeting of stockholders (Annual Meeting) of EOG Resources, Inc. (EOG) was held on April 24, 2018, in Houston, Texas, for the following purposes: (i) to elect eight directors to hold office until EOG's 2019 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified; (ii) to ratify the appointment by the Audit Committee of EOG's Board of Directors (Board) of Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as EOG's auditors for the year ending December 31, 2018; (iii) to approve an amendment and restatement of the EOG Resources, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (to be effective January 1, 2018), as further described below; and (iv) to hold a non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of EOG's named executive officers.
At the close of business on February 27, 2018, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 578,637,869 shares of EOG common stock issued, outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Proxies for the Annual Meeting were solicited by the Board pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended) and there was no solicitation in opposition to the Board's nominees for director.
Each of the eight nominees for director was duly elected by EOG's stockholders, with votes as follows:
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Nominee | Shares For | % of Shares Voted | Shares Against | Shares Abstaining | Broker Non-Votes |
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Janet F. Clark | 468,326,128 | 98.65% | 6,394,871 |
| 134,053 |
| 32,324,757 |
Charles R. Crisp | 453,771,128 | 95.79% | 19,901,989 |
| 1,181,935 |
| 32,324,757 |
Robert P. Daniels | 469,358,539 | 98.87% | 5,358,318 |
| 138,195 |
| 32,324,757 |
James C. Day | 463,445,104 | 97.62% | 11,289,623 |
| 120,325 |
| 32,324,757 |
C. Christopher Gaut | 463,493,306 | 97.95% | 9,660,947 |
| 1,700,799 |
| 32,324,757 |
Donald F. Textor | 456,492,815 | 96.15% | 18,236,793 |
| 125,444 |
| 32,324,757 |
William R. Thomas | 462,421,611 | 97.89% | 9,951,874 |
| 2,481,567 |
| 32,324,757 |
Frank G. Wisner | 443,541,748 | 94.87% | 23,963,324 |
| 7,349,980 |
| 32,324,757 |
The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as EOG's auditors for the year ending December 31, 2018, was ratified by EOG's stockholders, with votes as follows:
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Shares For | % of Shares Voted | Shares Against | Shares Abstaining | Broker Non-Votes |
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501,807,225 | 98.96% | 5,231,970 | 140,614 | -0- |
As described in EOG's definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, the amendment and restatement of EOG's Employee Stock Purchase Plan, if approved by our stockholders at the Annual Meeting, would (i) increase, by 2,500,000, the number of shares of our Common Stock available for issuance pursuant to stock options granted to eligible employees under the plan, (ii) extend the term of the plan to December 31, 2027 and (iii) effect certain other administrative and clarifying changes. The amendment and restatement was approved by EOG's stockholders by the following vote:
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Shares For | % of Shares Voted | Shares Against | Shares Abstaining | Broker Non-Votes |
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473,459,780 | 99.73% | 1,235,762 | 159,510 | 32,324,757 |
The EOG Resources, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2018) is filed as Exhibit 4.4(a) to EOG's Registration Statement on Form S-8, filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2018.
With respect to the non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of EOG's named executive officers as disclosed in EOG's definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, the compensation of EOG's named executive officers was approved by EOG's stockholders by the following vote:
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Shares For | % of Shares Voted | Shares Against | Shares Abstaining | Broker Non-Votes |
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452,834,153 | 95.48% | 21,421,348 | 599,551 | 32,324,757 |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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| | EOG RESOURCES, INC. (Registrant) |
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Date: April 26, 2018 | By: | /s/ TIMOTHY K. DRIGGERS Timothy K. Driggers Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Duly Authorized Officer) |