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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On May 5, 2022, W&T Offshore, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Bart P. “Trey” Hartman, III to Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, effective immediately. In conjunction with this change, Mr. Hartman will assume the Principal Accounting Officer role from Ms. Janet Yang, who will remain as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, in which capacity she will continue in her role as Principal Financial Officer of the Company.
Mr. Hartman joined W&T Offshore as Controller in April 2021. He previously served as Vice President – Controller for Sheridan Production Company from 2015 to 2020. Prior to joining Sheridan, Mr. Hartman served as Vice President and Controller at Halcon Resources Corporation from 2012 to 2015. Before joining Halcon Resources, Mr. Hartman held various successive roles including Assistant Controller at Petrohawk Energy from 2006 to 2011 and at BHP Billiton (after the sale of Petrohawk) from 2011 to 2012. Mr. Hartman began his career in the Audit practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP in 1997 and moved to industry in 2002. Mr. Hartman has a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and a Master of Science in Accounting from Texas A&M University. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Texas.
There are no family relationships between Mr. Hartman and any director or executive officer of the Company. Except as described above, there are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Hartman and any other persons pursuant to which he was selected as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On May 3, 2022, the Company held its Annual Meeting in Houston, Texas. 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 definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 24, 2022.
Proposal 1: To elect four directors to hold office until the 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. All nominees were elected by the votes indicated.
Nominee | Voted For | Voted Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||
Ms. Virginia Boulet | 60,898,149 | 34,776,736 | 23,164,269 | |||
Mr. Daniel O. Conwill IV | 74,644,045 | 21,030,840 | 23,164,269 | |||
Mr. Tracy W. Krohn | 93,656,493 | 2,018,392 | 23,164,269 | |||
Mr. B. Frank Stanley | 61,980,667 | 33,694,218 | 23,164,269 |
Proposal 2: To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers. The proposal was approved by the votes indicated.
For | Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||
53,725,804 | 41,541,593 | 407,488 | 23,164,269 |
Proposal 3: To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent public accountants for the year ended December 31, 2022. The proposal was approved by the votes indicated.
For | Against | Abstentions | ||
116,284,456 | 2,186,841 | 367,857 |
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.
W&T OFFSHORE, INC. (Registrant) | ||
Dated: May 5, 2022 | By: | /s/ Janet Yang |
Name: | Janet Yang | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |