EOG RESOURCES, INC. (NYSE:EOG) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

EOG RESOURCES, INC. (NYSE:EOG) 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.

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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 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:

Nominee

Shares For

% of Shares Voted

Shares Against

Shares Abstaining

Broker Non-Votes

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:

Shares For

% of Shares Voted

Shares Against

Shares Abstaining

Broker Non-Votes

501,807,225

98.96%

5,231,970

140,614

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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 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:

Shares For

% of Shares Voted

Shares Against

Shares Abstaining

Broker Non-Votes

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:

Shares For

% of Shares Voted

Shares Against

Shares Abstaining

Broker Non-Votes

452,834,153

95.48%

21,421,348

599,551

32,324,757


About EOG RESOURCES, INC. (NYSE:EOG)

EOG Resources, Inc. (EOG) explores for, develops, produces and markets crude oil and natural gas primarily in major producing basins in the United States, The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (Trinidad), the United Kingdom, The People’s Republic of China (China), Canada and, from time to time, select other international areas. The Company’s operations are all crude oil and natural gas exploration and production related. EOG’s total estimated net proved reserves include approximately 2,118 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMBoe), of which over 1,098 million barrels (MMBbl) is crude oil and condensate reserves, approximately 383 MMBbl include natural gas liquids (NGLs) reserves and over 3,825 billion cubic feet, or 637 MMBoe, includes natural gas reserves. The Company’s operations are focused in most of the productive basins in the United States with a focus on crude oil and, to a lesser extent, liquids-rich natural gas plays.

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