DIAMONDBACK ENERGY, INC. (NASDAQ:FANG) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the Annual Meeting) at One
Park Avenue, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. At the Annual Meeting, the
Companys stockholders voted on three proposals, each of which is
described in more detail in the Companys definitive proxy
statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
April 28, 2017. The following is a brief description of each
matter voted upon and the results of such voting, including the
number of votes cast for each matter and the number of votes cast
against, votes withheld, abstentions and broker non-votes, if
applicable, with respect to each matter.
Houston and Mark L. Plaumann were elected to continue to serve as
the Companys directors until the 2018 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders and until their respective successors are elected.
The results of the vote on Proposal 1 were as follows:
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Name of Nominee
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For
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Withheld
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Non-Votes
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Steven E. West
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79,364,019
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9,742,937
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2,830,217
|
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Travis D. Stice
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88,203,470
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903,486
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2,830,217
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Michael P. Cross
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88,137,848
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969,108
|
2,830,217
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David L. Houston
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87,921,896
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1,185,060
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2,830,217
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Mark L. Plaumann
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88,141,208
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965,748
|
2,830,217
|
compensation paid to the Companys named executive officers. The
results of the vote on Proposal 2 are as follows:
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For
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Against
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Abstain
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Non-Votes
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65,914,969
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23,165,415
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26,272
|
2,830,217
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auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017 was
ratified. The results of the vote on Proposal 3 are as follows:
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For
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Against
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Abstain
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Non-Votes
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91,653,563
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163,534
|
128,076
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About DIAMONDBACK ENERGY, INC. (NASDAQ:FANG)
Diamondback Energy, Inc. is an independent oil and natural gas company. The Company is focused on the acquisition, development, exploration and exploitation of unconventional onshore oil and natural gas reserves in the Permian Basin in West Texas. Its total net acreage position in the Permian Basin is approximately 84,680 net acres. The Company, through its subsidiary Viper Energy Partners LP (Viper), owns mineral interests underlying approximately 46,560 gross (17,060 net) acres primarily in Midland County, Texas in the Permian Basin. Approximately 60% of these net acres are operated by the Company. It has drilled or participated in the drilling 490 gross wells on its leasehold acreage in Permian Basin area, primarily targeting the Wolfberry play. The Permian Basin area covers a portion of western Texas and eastern New Mexico. Its activities are focused on the Clearfork, Spraberry, Wolfcamp, Cline, Strawn and Atoka formations, which it collectively refers as the Wolfberry play.
