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 23, 2013 (May 22, 2013)

 

 

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 22, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. Central Time at the Norris Conference Center, Red Oak Ballroom, 304 Houston Street in Fort Worth, Texas. As of March 26, 2013, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 163,065,817 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. A quorum of 149,286,452 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 2014 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
Anthony V. Dub			140,092,255				98.66	%			1,819,904				69,082				7,305,211
V. Richard Eales			139,971,173				98.58	%			1,939,274				70,794				7,305,211
Allen Finkelson			137,681,532				96.97	%			4,230,182				69,527				7,305,211
James M. Funk			138,133,969				97.29	%			3,778,223				69,049				7,305,211
Jonathan S. Linker			139,952,274				98.57	%			1,961,727				67,240				7,305,211
Mary Ralph Lowe			140,651,148				99.06	%			1,263,257				66,836				7,305,211
Kevin S. McCarthy			136,984,177				96.48	%			4,930,694				66,370				7,305,211
John H. Pinkerton			141,000,707				99.30	%			732,073				248,461				7,305,211
Jeffrey L. Ventura			140,463,860				98.93	%			1,450,624				66,757				7,305,211

 

2.

Stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Named Executive Officers.

 

Votes For		% of Voted		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
122,077,702		85.98%		19,354,354		549,185		7,305,211

 

3.

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

 

Votes For		% of Voted		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
148,588,140		99.53%		640,379		57,933		0

 

4.

The stockholder proposal seeking a report for investors on how the Company is measuring, mitigating and setting reduction targets and disclosing methane emissions did not receive the vote of the majority of shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the proposal.

 

Votes For		Votes Against		% of Voted		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
25,989,975		93,652,530		65.96%		22,338,736		7,305,211

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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 23, 2013

 

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