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 19, 2016 (May 18, 2016)

 

 

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 Wednesday, May 18, 2016 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 24, 2016, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 169,744,170 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. A quorum of 154,961,033 shares of common stock was present or represented at the Annual Meeting.

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

 

1.

Stockholders elected each of the Company’s nine nominees for directors to serve a term of one year to expire at the 2017 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
Brenda A. Cline			133,532,770				96.20	%			5,231,787				37,120				16,159,356
Anthony V. Dub			131,694,379				94.87	%			6,801,889				305,409				16,159,356
Allen Finkelson			130,902,669				94.30	%			7,827,483				71,525				16,159,356
James M. Funk			133,151,494				95.92	%			5,617,315				32,868				16,159,356
Christopher A. Helms			133,080,217				95.87	%			5,686,555				34,905				16,159,356
Mary Ralph Lowe			132,702,345				95.60	%			6,062,668				36,664				16,159,356
Gregory G. Maxwell			133,581,382				96.23	%			5,186,779				33,516				16,159,356
Kevin S. McCarthy			129,945,452				93.61	%			8,778,439				77,786				16,159,356
Jeffrey L. Ventura			131,227,983				94.54	%			7,269,986				303,708				16,159,356

 

2.

Stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the Company’s executive compensation philosophy, policies and procedures, as set forth below:

 

Votes For		% of Voted		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
129,567,125		93.34%		9,150,423		84,129		16,159,356

 

3.

Stockholders approved the terms of the Company’s 2005 Equity Plan.

 

Votes For		% of Voted		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
136,620,421		98.42%		2,116,875		64,381		16,159,356

 

4.

Stockholders ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2016, as set forth below:

 

Votes For		% of Voted		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
154,424,478		99.65%		499,983		36,572		—

 

5.

The stockholder proposal requesting publication of a political spending report was not approved:

 

Votes For		% of Voted		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
50,568,562		36.43%		66,141,995		22,091,120		16,159,356

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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 19, 2016

 

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