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

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LAREDO PETROLEUM, INC. (NYSE:LPI) 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.

Laredo Petroleum, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2017 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on May 10, 2017.
At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders were requested
to: (1) elect Randy A. Foutch, Peter R. Kagan and Edmund P. Segner,
III (the “Class I directors”) to serve on the Company’s Board of
Directors (the “Board”) for terms of office expiring at the
Company’s 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and thereafter until
his successor is elected and qualified or his earlier resignation
or removal, and elect Dr. Myles W. Scoggins (the “Class II
director”) to serve on the Board for a term of office expiring at
the Company’s 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and thereafter
until his successor is elected and qualified or his earlier
resignation or removal; (2) ratify the selection of Grant Thornton
LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm
for the year ending December 31, 2017; and (3) approve an advisory
(non-binding) resolution regarding the compensation of the
Company’s named executive officers. As of March 13, 2017, the
record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 242,584,430 shares
of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual
Meeting and a total of 225,864,721 (approximately 93.10%) were
represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting,
constituting a quorum. The following are the final voting results
on proposals considered and voted upon at the Annual Meeting, each
of which is more fully described in the Company’s proxy statement
filed on March 21, 2017:
1. Each of the Class I directors were elected to the Board to
serve a three-year term expiring at the Company’s 2020 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders and thereafter until his successor is
elected and qualified or his earlier resignation or removal, and
the Class II director was elected to serve a one-year term
expiring at the Company’s 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
and thereafter until his successor is elected and qualified or
his earlier resignation or removal. Votes regarding the election
of these directors were as follows:
NOMINEE
VOTES FOR
WITHHELD
BROKER NON-VOTES
Randy A. Foutch
211,736,844
2,557,592
11,570,285
Peter R. Kagan
209,186,366
5,108,070
11,570,285
Edmund P. Segner, III
211,603,480
2,690,956
11,570,285
Dr. Myles W. Scoggins
210,487,765
3,806,671
11,570,285
2. Grant Thornton LLP was ratified as the Company’s independent
registered public accounting firm for the year ending December
31, 2017. The voting results were as follows:

VOTES FOR
VOTES AGAINST
VOTES ABSTAINED
BROKER NON-VOTES
225,273,845
378,060
212,816
3. The voting results for the advisory (non-binding) resolution
regarding the compensation of the Company’s named executive
officers were as follows:
VOTES FOR
VOTES AGAINST
VOTES ABSTAINED
BROKER NON-VOTES
178,433,748
35,735,734
124,954
11,570,285


About LAREDO PETROLEUM, INC. (NYSE:LPI)

Laredo Petroleum, Inc. (Laredo) is an independent energy company focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of oil and natural gas properties, and the transportation of oil and natural gas from such properties primarily in the Permian Basin in West Texas. The Company’s segments include Exploration and production, and Midstream and marketing. The exploration and production of oil and natural gas properties are conducted by the Company through the exploration and development of its acreage in the Permian Basin. It focuses on development activities in over four targets for horizontal drilling (Upper, Middle and Lower Wolfcamp and Cline formations). It has over 131,760 of the net acres in the Permian-Garden City area. The Midstream and marketing segment’s operations are conducted by its subsidiary, Laredo Midstream Services, LLC, which buys, sells, gathers and transports oil, natural gas and water. This system gathers, transports and delivers over 69,000 barrels per day.

LAREDO PETROLEUM, INC. (NYSE:LPI) Recent Trading Information

LAREDO PETROLEUM, INC. (NYSE:LPI) closed its last trading session down -0.08 at 12.29 with 4,672,024 shares trading hands.