DEVON ENERGY CORPORATION (NYSE:DVN) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

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DEVON ENERGY CORPORATION (NYSE:DVN) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

Item5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election
of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory
Arrangements of Certain Officers.

As further described under Item5.07 below, Devon Energy
Corporation (Devon or the Company) held its 2017 Annual Meeting
of Stockholders (the Annual Meeting) on June7, 2017. At the
Annual Meeting, Devons stockholders approved (i)the Devon Energy
Corporation Annual Incentive Compensation Plan (Amended and
Restated Effective as of January1, 2017) (the Incentive Plan) and
(ii)the Devon Energy Corporation 2017 Long-Term Incentive Plan,
effective as of June7, 2017 (the 2017 LTIP). Devons Board of
Directors (the Board) previously approved the Incentive Plan and
the 2017 LTIP, in each case subject to stockholder approval at
the Annual Meeting.

Incentive Plan

The Incentive Plan provides for the grant of incentive cash
bonuses that are intended to comply with Section162(m) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code).
Participation in the Incentive Plan is limited to employees who
(i)hold the title or position of executive vice president or
above or (ii)are officers under Section16 the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act). The maximum bonus
payment that any one participant may receive under the Incentive
Plan is limited to $6,000,000 in each 12-month period included
within the applicable performance period.

Under the Incentive Plan, participants will be eligible to
receive cash bonuses based upon the attainment of performance
goals established by the Compensation Committee of the Board (the
Compensation Committee) for a designated performance period,
which must be a period of at least 12 months. With respect to
bonuses that are intended to be performance-based compensation
under Section162(m) of the Code, payment of such bonuses must be
conditioned upon the attainment of performance goals that are
pre-established by the Compensation Committee. These performance
goals must be based on any one of, or combination of, the
following criteria: earnings; earnings per share (actual or
targeted growth); earnings before interest and taxes; pretax
earnings before interest, depreciation, amortization, exploration
and abandonment costs; pretax operating earnings after interest
expense and before incentives, service fees, and extraordinary or
special items or operating income; revenues; sales; debt level;
cost reduction targets; interest-sensitivity gap levels; cash
flow (including, but not limited to, cash flow before balance
sheet changes, free cash flow, net cash flow, net cash flow
before financing activities, cash flow from operations, increase
in cash flow return); capital expenditures; weighted average cost
of capital; debt/proved reserves; net income or gross income
(including, but not limited to, income after capital costs and
income before or after taxes); operating income; expense; working
capital; operating or profit margin; pre-tax margin; contribution
margin; return factors (including, but not limited to, return on
equity, capital employed, or investment; risk adjusted return on
capital; return on investors capital; return on average equity;
return on assets; and return on net assets); book value;
operating expenses (including, but not limited to, lease
operating expenses, severance taxes and other production taxes,
gathering and transportation and general and administrative
costs); unit costs; net borrowing, debt leverage levels, credit
quality, or debt ratings; accomplishment of mergers,
acquisitions, dispositions, or similar business transactions
(including, but not limited to, acquisition goals based on value
of assets acquired or similar objectives); debt to debt plus
stockholder equity; debt to EBIT or EBITDA; interest coverage;
total stockholder return; comparative stockholder return; market
price per share; book value per share; net asset value per share;
growth measures; debt to total capitalization ratio; asset
quality levels; investments; economic value added; stock price
appreciation; market capitalization; accounts receivables day
sales outstanding; accounts receivables to sales; achievement of
balance sheet or income statement objectives; market share;
assets; asset sale targets; non-performing assets; satisfactory
internal or external audits; improvement of financial ratings;
charge-offs; regulatory compliance; employee retention/attrition
rates; individual business objectives; risk management
activities, corporate value measures which may be objectively
determined (including, but not limited to, ethics, compliance,
environmental, diversity commitment, and safety); amount of the
oil, gas and/or other similar energy commodity reserves; costs of
finding oil, gas and/or other similar energy commodity reserves;
reserve replacement ratio, reserve additions, or other reserve
level measures; drilling results; natural gas, oil and/or other
energy commodity production, production and reserve growth;
implementation or completion of critical projects or processes;
production volume; sales volume; production efficiency; inventory
to sales; and inventory turns.

It is not possible to determine the specific amounts that may be
awarded or payable under the Incentive Plan after the Annual
Meeting, because any awards made thereunder are subject to the
discretion of the Compensation Committee. This summary of the
Incentive Plan is not complete and is qualified in its entirety
by reference to the full text of the Incentive Plan, which is
filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this report and is incorporated herein
by reference.

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2017 LTIP

The 2017 LTIP is an omnibus incentive plan that provides for the
grant of options, restricted stock, restricted stock units,
Canadian restricted stock units, performance units and stock
appreciation rights to eligible participants. The 2017 LTIP
replaces Devons 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the 2015 LTIP).
From and after the effective date of the 2017 LTIP, no further
awards may be made under the 2015 LTIP; however, awards
previously granted under the 2015 LTIP will continue to be
governed by the terms of the documents for such awards.

Subject to the terms of the 2017 LTIP, awards may be made under
the 2017 LTIP for a total of 33,500,000 shares of Devon common
stock, plus the number of shares of Devon common stock available
for issuance under the 2015 LTIP, including the shares of Devon
common stock subject to outstanding awards under the 2015 LTIP in
accordance with the provisions of the 2017 LTIP. The 2017 LTIP
also includes certain award limits, including:

the maximum number of shares that may be awarded in the form
of options or stock appreciation rights to an eligible
employee in any calendar year is 2,000,000;
the aggregate number of shares made subject to the grant of
performance-based awards that are payable in shares and are
intended to be performance-based compensation to an eligible
employee under Section162(m) of the Code in any calendar year
may not exceed 1,000,000 shares (based on a maximum award
level on the grant date);
the aggregate amount of cash made subject to the grant of
performance-based awards that are payable in cash and are
intended to be performance-based compensation to an eligible
employee under Section162(m) of the Code in any calendar year
may not exceed $10,000,000 (based on a maximum award level on
the grant date);
the maximum value of awards, calculated as of the grant date,
that may be granted to an eligible non-employee director in
any calendar year is $500,000; and
the maximum number of shares that may be awarded as incentive
stock options is 25,500,000 shares.

The Compensation Committee may determine that a restricted stock
award, restricted stock unit, Canadian restricted stock unit or
performance unit award granted to an eligible employee will be
considered performance-based compensation under Section162(m) of
the Code. As determined by the Compensation Committee,
performance-based awards will be based on the achievement of one
or more business criteria, individually or in combination, that
are substantially similar to the performance goals described
above under the Incentive Plan.

It is not possible to determine the specific amounts and types of
awards that may be granted under the 2017 LTIP after the Annual
Meeting, because any awards made thereunder are subject to the
discretion of the Compensation Committee or the full Board, as
applicable. This summary of the 2017 LTIP is not complete and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to full text of the 2017
LTIP, which is included as Exhibit 99.1 to Devons Registration
Statement on Form S-8, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on June7, 2017 (Commission File No.333-218561), and is
incorporated herein by reference.

Item5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security
Holders.

The Annual Meeting was held on Wednesday, June7, 2017. In
connection with the Annual Meeting, proxies were solicited to the
Exchange Act. The following are the voting results for the items
of business considered and voted upon at the Annual Meeting, all
of which were described in Devons Notice of 2017 Annual Meeting
of Stockholders and Proxy Statement, filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2017.

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1. The stockholders elected each of Devons nine nominees to
serve on the Board for a one-year term. The vote tabulation
with respect to the nominees was as follows:

NOMINEE

VOTES FOR AUTHORITY WITHHELD BROKER NON-VOTES

Barbara M. Baumann

400,777,956 2,227,655 50,165,592

John E. Bethancourt

400,195,565 2,810,046 50,165,592

David A. Hager

395,870,441 7,135,170 50,165,592

Robert H. Henry

400,680,104 2,325,507 50,165,592

Michael M. Kanovsky

396,401,116 6,604,495 50,165,592

Robert A. Mosbacher, Jr.

396,538,310 6,467,301 50,165,592

Duane C. Radtke

399,991,158 3,014,453 50,165,592

Mary P. Ricciardello

397,003,253 6,002,358 50,165,592

John Richels

399,846,853 3,158,758 50,165,592
2. The Board proposal for an advisory (non-binding) vote on the
compensation of Devons named executive officers was approved.
The results of the vote were as follows:
VOTES FOR VOTES AGAINST VOTES ABSTAINED BROKER NON-VOTES
384,296,601 17,279,216 1,429,794 50,165,592
3. The Board proposal seeking an advisory (non-binding) vote on
the frequency of advisory votes on the compensation of Devons
named executive officers was approved in favor of a one-year
frequency. The results of the vote were as follows:
ONE YEAR TWO YEARS THREE YEARS VOTES ABSTAINED BROKER NON-VOTES
354,670,577 519,345 46,773,022 1,042,667 50,165,592

Based on these results, and consistent with the Boards
recommendation to Devons stockholders in connection with such
vote, the Company has determined that, until the next required
vote on the frequency of such advisory votes on executive
compensation, the Company will hold a non-binding advisory vote
on the compensation of our named executive officers each year.

4. The appointment of KPMG LLP as Devons independent auditors
for 2017 was ratified. The results of the vote were as
follows:
VOTES FOR VOTES AGAINST VOTES ABSTAINED BROKER NON-VOTES
447,286,830 4,866,666 1,017,707
5. The Board proposal for the adoption of the Incentive Plan was
approved. The results of the vote were as follows:
VOTES FOR VOTES AGAINST VOTES ABSTAINED BROKER NON-VOTES
390,897,680 10,983,088 1,124,843 50,165,592

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6. The Board proposal for the adoption of the 2017 LTIP was
approved. The results of the vote were as follows:
VOTES FOR VOTES AGAINST VOTES ABSTAINED BROKER NON-VOTES
372,911,958 29,236,435 857,218 50,165,592
7. The stockholder proposal for a report on public policy
advocacy related to energy policy and climate change was not
approved. The results of the vote were as follows:
VOTES FOR VOTES AGAINST VOTES ABSTAINED BROKER NON-VOTES
106,120,281 292,866,449 4,018,881 50,165,592
8. The stockholder proposal for an assessment on the impact of
global climate change policies was not approved. The results
of the vote were as follows:
VOTES FOR VOTES AGAINST VOTES ABSTAINED BROKER NON-VOTES
164,760,900 233,594,178 4,650,533 50,165,592
9. The stockholder proposal for a report on lobbying policy and
activity was not approved. The results of the vote were as
follows:
VOTES FOR VOTES AGAINST VOTES ABSTAINED BROKER NON-VOTES
143,724,812 256,456,251 2,824,548 50,165,592
10. The stockholder proposal for an assessment of benefits and
risks of using reserve additions as a compensation metric was
not approved. The results of the vote were as follows:
VOTES FOR VOTES AGAINST VOTES ABSTAINED BROKER NON-VOTES
27,320,855 367,956,010 7,728,746 50,165,592
Item9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.

ExhibitNo.

Description

10.1* Devon Energy Corporation Annual Incentive Compensation Plan
(Amended and Restated Effective as of January1, 2017).
10.2 Devon Energy Corporation 2017 Long-Term Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit99.1 to the Companys
Registration Statement on FormS-8, filed June7, 2017
(Commission File No.333-218561)).
* Filed herewith

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About DEVON ENERGY CORPORATION (NYSE:DVN)

Devon Energy Corporation (Devon) is an independent energy company engaged in the exploration, development and production of oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs). The Company’s operations are concentrated in various North American onshore areas in the United States and Canada. The Company also produces over 1.6 billion cubic feet of natural gas a day and approximately 135 thousand barrels of NGLs per day. The Company operates through three segments: U.S., Canada and EnLink. Devon’s U.S. and Canadian segments are engaged in oil and gas exploration and production activities. EnLink’s operations consist of midstream assets and operations located across the United States. Its projects include Delaware Basin, STACK, Eagle Ford, Rockies Oil, Heavy Oil, Barnett Shale, and other assets, which are located in the Midland Basin, east Texas, Granite Wash and Mississippian-Lime areas. In addition, the Company holds interest in Jackfish and Pike.