Kosmos Energy Ltd 8-K/A, filed Jun 10, 2024
Kosmos Energy Ltd. (KOS)
8-K/A
2024-06-10
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About this 8-K/A
Kosmos Energy Ltd filed this 8-K/A on June 10, 2024, reporting on events of June 6, 2024.
Items reported
- Item 5.07: Shareholder vote results
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
June 10, 2024 (June 6, 2024 )
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
This Form 8-K/A is being filed as an amendment to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Kosmos Energy Ltd. (the "Company") on June 7, 2024 to correct the originally reported vote totals for proposal number 4 at the Company's 2024 annual stockholders meeting. For proposal number 4, the vote totals should have reflected 15,072,702 shares cast for "Three Years" and 385,031,723 votes cast for "One Year".
The 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Kosmos Energy Ltd. (the “Company”) was held on June 6, 2024. There were 471,548,508 shares of common stock entitled to vote at the meeting, and a total of 433,692,941 shares of common stock (approximately 91.97%) were represented at the meeting. The proposals voted upon at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and the final results of the vote on each proposal were as follows:
Proposal 1 – To elect three Class II directors to a three-year term to serve until the 2027 annual stockholders meeting.
Each nominee for director was elected by a vote of the stockholders as follows:
Nominee | Votes For | Votes Against | Abstain | Not Voted (Broker Non-Votes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Adebayo O. Ogunlesi | 367,320,778 | 35,243,888 | 1,745,470 | 29,382,805 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Deanna L. Goodwin | 371,407,423 | 31,147,711 | 1,755,002 | 29,382,805 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sir John Grant | 316,632,840 | 85,154,367 | 2,522,929 | 29,382,805 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Proposal 2 - To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 and to authorize the Company’s Audit Committee of the Board of Directors to determine their remuneration.
The proposal was approved by a vote of the stockholders as follows:
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstain | ||||||||||||
| 422,479,931 | 8,976,590 | 2,236,420 | ||||||||||||
Proposal 3 - To provide a non-binding, advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation.
The compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved by a nonbinding, advisory vote of the stockholders as follows:
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstain | Not Voted (Broker Non-Votes) | |||||||||||||||||
| 387,756,806 | 13,394,938 | 3,158,392 | 29,382,805 | |||||||||||||||||
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Proposal 4 - To provide a non-binding, advisory vote to approve the frequency of holding non-binding, advisory votes to approve the Company’s named executive officer compensation (“Say-on-Pay Vote”).
The results of the non-binding, advisory vote of the stockholders on the frequency of named executive compensation non-binding, advisory votes were as follows:
One Year | Two Years | Three Years | Abstain | Not Voted (Broker Non-Votes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 385,031,723 | 87,425 | 15,072,702 | 4,118,286 | 29,382,805 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Based on the voting results of Proposal 4, the Board determined on June 6, 2024, that the Company will continue to hold future Say-on-Pay Votes every year until the occurrence of the next advisory vote on the frequency of Say-on-Pay Votes at the company's annual stockholders meeting in 2030.
Proposal 5 - To provide a non-binding, advisory vote on a stockholder proposal regarding a report on tax payments.
The proposal failed to pass by a vote of the stockholders as follows:
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstain | Not Voted (Broker Non-Votes) | |||||||||||||||||
| 92,418,272 | 305,460,133 | 6,431,731 | 29,382,805 | |||||||||||||||||
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: June 10, 2024
| KOSMOS ENERGY LTD. | |||||||||||
| By: | /s/ JASON E. DOUGHTY | ||||||||||
| Jason E. Doughty | |||||||||||
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | |||||||||||
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