8-K

UNITED

STATES

SECURITIES

AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington,

D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION13 OR 15(D)

OF THE SECURITIESEXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 17, 2023

AMPLIFY ENERGY

CORP.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

500 Dallas Street, Suite 1700 Houston, Texas

77002

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

(713

) 490-8900

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable

(Former name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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):

Securities RegisteredPursuant to Section 12(b)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

On May 17, 2023, Amplify Energy Corp. (the “Company”) held its 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) virtually for the following purposes: (1) to elect seven directors to serve on the Company’s board of directors with a term of office expiring at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; (2) to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023; and (3) to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The proposals voted upon at the Annual Meeting and the final voting results are indicated below. For additional information on these proposals, please see the Company’s proxy statement on Schedule 14A that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7, 2023, as supplemented on April 28, 2023.

Proposal 1 — Election of Directors

Deborah G. Adams, James E. Craddock, Patrice Douglas, Christopher W. Hamm, Randal T. Klein, Todd R. Snyder and Martyn Willsher were elected to continue to serve as the Company’s directors until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. Votes regarding the persons elected as directors were as follows:

Proposal 2 — Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2023 was ratified. The voting results were as follows:

Proposal 3 — Approval of the Compensation, on a Non-Binding Advisory Basis, of the Company’s Named Executive Officers

The compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, as follows:

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.