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 24, 2015

 

GRAN TIERRA ENERGY INC.

 

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada 98-0479924
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

Commission file number: 000-34018

 

300, 625 - 11th Avenue S.W.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2R 0E1

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (403) 265-3221

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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

 

Gran Tierra Energy Inc. held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 24, 2015. The following is a brief description of each matter voted upon at the Annual Meeting, as well as the final tally of (1) the number of votes for or withheld for each director, (2) the number of votes for, against or abstaining for each other matter, and (3) the number of broker non-votes with respect to each matter. A more complete description of each matter is set forth in the Gran Tierra’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 15, 2015 (the “Proxy Statement”).

 

1.                  Gran Tierra’s stockholders elected each of the nominees proposed by Gran Tierra to be elected, to serve until Gran Tierra’s 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until his respective successor has been elected and qualified. The tabulation of votes on this matter was as follows:

 

Nominee

 

Shares
Voted For

  

Shares
Withheld

 
J. Scott Price   184,616,209    4,843,607 
Gary S. Guidry   187,660,830    3,488,669 
Peter Dey   187,881,289    3,268,210 
Evan Hazell   172,828,665    18,320,834 
Robert B. Hodgins   176,493,690    14,655,809 
Ronald Royal   188,037,636    3,111,863 
David P. Smith   188,037,123    3,112,376 
Brooke Wade   188,049,434    3,100,065 

 

There were 39,565,152 broker non-votes for this proposal.

 

 

2.                  Gran Tierra’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, a resolution approving the compensation of Gran Tierra’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement. The tabulation of votes on this matter was as follows:

 

Shares voted for:   182,894,762 
Shares voted against:   6,967,112 
Shares abstaining:   1,287,625 
Broker non-votes:   39,565,152 

 

 
 

 

3.                  Gran Tierra’s stockholders ratified the selection of Deloitte LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of Gran Tierra for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2015. The tabulation of votes on this matter was as follows:

 

Shares voted for:   228,449,624 
Shares voted against:   2,037,514 
Shares abstaining:   227,513 
Broker non-votes:   0 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

Dated: June 25, 2015 GRAN TIERRA ENERGY INC.
       
  By:     /s/ David Hardy 
    Name:    David Hardy
    Title: V.P. Legal and General  Counsel