Form 8-K

 

 

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): June 19, 2015

 

 

PARSLEY ENERGY, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-36463   46-4314192

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification Number)

303 Colorado Street, Suite 3000

Austin, Texas 78701

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

(737) 704-2300

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Parsley Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on June 19, 2015, in Austin, Texas, for the following purposes: (1) to elect two directors to the class of directors with terms expiring at the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and (2) to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015. Each of these items is more fully described in the Company’s proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2015.

At the close of business on April 20, 2015, the record date for the Annual Meeting, 108,762,018 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock and 32,145,296 shares of the Company’s Class B common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.

Proposal 1 – Election of Directors

Each of the two nominees for director was duly elected by the Company’s stockholders, with votes as follows:

 

Nominee

   Shares For      Shares Against      Shares Abstaining      Broker Non-Votes  

Chris Carter

     95,622,265         4,673,266         16,154         8,969,369   

Dr. Hemang Desai

     100,087,855         206,776         17,054         8,969,369   

Proposal 2 – Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditors

The appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015 was ratified by the Company’s stockholders, with votes as follows:

 

Shares For

 

Shares Against

 

Shares Abstaining

 

Broker Non-Votes

109,184,200   49,939   46,915   —  


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.

 

PARSLEY ENERGY, INC.
By:

/s/ Colin W. Roberts

Colin W. Roberts
Vice President—General Counsel

Dated: June 22, 2015

 

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