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 20, 2014 (May 20, 2014)

 

 

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 Tuesday, May 20, 201 at 9:00 a.m. Central Time at the Norris Conference Center, Red Oak Ballroom A, 304 Houston Street in Fort Worth, Texas. As of March 28, 2014, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 163,759,495 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. A quorum of 150,349,862 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 2015 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		138,203,731		99.18%		848,066		293,666		11,004,399
V. Richard Eales		138,282,405		99.23%		771,030		292,028		11,004,399
Allen Finkelson		137,710,903		98.82%		1,342,473		292,087		11,004,399
James M. Funk		138,552,161		99.43%		435,769		357,533		11,004,399
Jonathan S. Linker		138,045,558		99.06%		1,007,414		292,491		11,004,399
Mary Ralph Lowe		138,646,100		99.49%		341,615		357,748		11,004,399
Kevin S. McCarthy		136,752,273		98.13%		2,233,880		359,310		11,004,399
John H. Pinkerton		138,285,750		99.23%		769,610		290,103		11,004,399
Jeffrey L. Ventura		138,496,126		99.39%		561,702		287,635		11,004,399

 

2.

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

 

Votes For		% of Voted		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
133,858,446		96.06%		5,057,038		429,979		11,004,399

 

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
149,518,472		99.44%		541,458		289,932		—

 

4.

The stockholder proposal seeking a report for investors on the Company’s policies and plans to set quantitative targets for methane emissions was withdrawn on May 19, 2014. On that date, Proposal 4 had received less than 10% of “Votes For” the proposal.

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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 20, 2014