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 9, 2023

 

Talos Energy Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware		001-38497		82-3532642
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

333 Clay Street, Suite 3300 Houston, Texas		77002
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(713) 328-3000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock		TALO		NYSE

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).

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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.  ☐

 

 

 

Item 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Talos Energy Inc. (the “Company”) held on May 9, 2023, the Company’s stockholders were asked to consider and vote upon the following three proposals: (1) to elect five Class II directors to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors for a term of office expiring at the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, (2) to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2023 fiscal year and (3) to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers for the 2022 fiscal year, as disclosed in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 5, 2023 (the “Proxy Statement”). The following are the final voting results for the proposals considered and voted upon at the Annual Meeting, each of which is more fully described in the Proxy Statement:

 

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The Class II directors that were up for election at the Annual Meeting were each elected for a two-year term expiring at the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and until their successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal. Votes regarding the election of these directors were as follows:

 

NOMINEE		VOTES FOR		VOTES AGAINST		VOTES ABSTAINED		BROKER NON-VOTES
Mr. Timothy S. Duncan		85,647,697		248,721		20,072		17,732,546
Mr. John “Brad” Juneau		75,383,981		10,508,779		23,730		17,732,546
Mr. Donald R. Kendall, Jr.		83,466,521		2,427,000		22,969		17,732,546
Ms. Shandell M. Szabo		85,303,524		590,200		22,766		17,732,546
Mr. Richard M. Sherrill		85,296,750		596,773		22,967		17,732,546

 

2.	Ernst & Young LLP was ratified as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2023 fiscal year. The voting results were as follows:

 

VOTES FOR		VOTES AGAINST		VOTES ABSTAINED
103,267,740		329,767		51,529

 

3.	The Board proposal seeking approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers for the 2022 fiscal year was approved. The voting results were as follows:

 

VOTES FOR		VOTES AGAINST		VOTES ABSTAINED		BROKER NON-VOTES
72,928,407		12,966,818		21,265		17,732,546

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: May 17, 2023

 

 

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