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):

May 20, 2015 (May 19, 2015)

 

 

RANGE RESOURCES CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		001-12209		34-1312571
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

100 Throckmorton, Suite 1200 Ft. Worth, Texas		76102
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (817) 870-2601

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report): Not applicable

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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ITEM 5.07 SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

The annual stockholders meeting (the “Annual Meeting”) of Range Resources Corporation (the “Company”) was held on Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. Central Time at the Worthington Renaissance Hotel, Bur Oak Room, 200 Main Street in Fort Worth, Texas. As of March 27, 2015, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 168,996,100 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. A quorum of 153,943,218 shares of common stock was present or represented at the Annual Meeting. The board of directors has elected Mr. James M. Funk to the role of lead independent director.

The matters submitted to a vote of security holders at the Annual Meeting were as follows:

 

1.

Stockholders elected each of the Company’s ten nominees for directors to serve a term of one year to expire at the 2016 Annual Meeting or until their successors are duly elected and qualified, as set forth below:

 

Name		Votes For				% of Voted				Votes Against				Abstentions				Broker Non-Votes
Anthony V. Dub			141,685,772				98.47	%			2,082,546				113,167				10,061,733
V. Richard Eales			142,123,653				98.77	%			1,642,968				114,864				10,061,733
Allen Finkelson			141,481,884				98.33	%			2,284,711				114,890				10,061,733
James M. Funk			142,366,602				98.94	%			1,402,093				112,790				10,061,733
Christopher A. Helms			143,097,790				99.45	%			611,609				172,086				10,061,733
Jonathan S. Linker			141,277,826				98.19	%			2,489,935				113,724				10,061,733
Mary Ralph Lowe			143,237,725				99.55	%			531,437				112,323				10,061,733
Kevin S. McCarthy			138,932,649				96.56	%			4,832,991				115,845				10,061,733
John H. Pinkerton			142,359,891				98.94	%			1,406,432				115,162				10,061,733
Jeffrey L. Ventura			140,514,288				97.65	%			2,731,762				635,435				10,061,733

 

2.

Stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Named Executive Officers.

 

Votes For		% of Voted		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
138,586,881		96.32%		4,924,669		369,935		10,061,733

 

3.

Stockholders ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth below:

 

Votes For		% of Voted		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
153,223,640		99.53%		607,173		112,405		—

 

4.

The stockholder proposal to adopt a “proxy access” bylaw was approved:

 

Votes For		% of Voted		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
87,435,806		60.76%		56,119,765		325,914		10,061,733

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: May 20, 2015

 

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