GULFSLOPE ENERGY, INC. : Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders, Amendments to Articles of Inc. or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year, Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders, Financial Statements and Exhibits (form 8-K)

Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

The information in Item 5.03 hereof is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal

          Year.

At the 2022 Annual Meeting, the Company's stockholders approved an amended and restated certificate of incorporation incorporating an amendment to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company's common stock from to 1,500,000,000 to 3,000,000,000 (the "Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation"). The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was previously approved by the Board of Directors, subject to stockholder approval. Accordingly, on October 4, 2022, the Company filed the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

The foregoing description of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation is qualified in its entirety by reference to Exhibit 3.1 filed herewith and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On September 30, 2022, the Company held its 2022 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 Proxy Statement.

Proposal One. To Elect Directors. Each of the three nominees listed below was elected a director of the Company to hold office until the next annual meeting of the stockholders and until his successor has been duly elected and qualified, based upon the following votes:

     Nominee       Number of Shares   Number of Shares   Number of Shares     Number of
                      Voted For        Voted Against        Abstaining    Broker Non-Votes
John N. Seitz        622,193,240         1,180,860             -0-           213,554,114
Paul L. Morris       617,517,099         5,785,001             -0-           213,554,114
Richard S. Langdon   608,497,499         14,804,601            -0-           213,554,112

Proposal Two. To ratify the selection of Pannell Kerr Forster of Texas, P.C. as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022. The Company's stockholders ratified, by the following votes:

Number of Shares Number of Shares Number of Shares Number of

   Voted For      Voted Against      Abstaining    Broker Non-Votes
  824,438,048        272,219         12,145,946          -0-

Proposal Three. To approve an amendment to our certificate of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock of the Company from 1,500,000,000 to 3,000,000,000.The Company's stockholders approved the amendment to the Company's certificate of incorporation increasing the authorized shares of common stock from 1,500,000,000 to 3,000,000,000, by the following votes:

Number of Shares Number of Shares Number of Shares Number of

   Voted For      Voted Against      Abstaining    Broker Non-Votes
  803,116,532       21,727,238       12,012,442          -0-

Proposal Four. To Approve a Reverse Split. The Company's stockholders approved an amendment to the Company's certificate of incorporation to effect one or a series of reverse splits of the Company's common stock at a ratio of not less than 1-for-2 and not greater than 1-for-200, with the exact ratio to be set within such range in the discretion of the Board of Directors, without further approval or authorization of the Company's stockholders, by the following votes:

Number of Shares Number of Shares Number of Shares Number of

   Voted For       Voted Against     Abstaining    Broker Non-Votes
  795,917,674       40,205,056        733,484            -0-

Proposal Five. To approve an amendment to our certificate of incorporation that eliminates reference to the classification of the board of directors into classes with staggered terms. The Company's stockholders did not approve an amendment to the Company's certificate of incorporation to eliminate reference to the classification of the board of directors into classes with staggered terms, by the following votes:

Number of Shares Number of Shares Number of Shares Number of

   Voted For       Voted Against     Abstaining    Broker Non-Votes
  613,759,792       5,783,952        3,758,356       213,554,114

Proposal Six. To approve a non-binding advisory resolution on executive compensation. The Company's stockholders approved a non-binding advisory resolution on executive compensation by the following votes:

Number of Shares Number of Shares Number of Shares Number of

   Voted For       Voted Against     Abstaining    Broker Non-Votes
  603,730,402       16,524,238       3,047,460       213,554,114

Proposal Seven. To vote on whether advisory votes on executive compensation should occur every one, two or three years. The Company's stockholders approved the timing by the following votes:

  Number of Shares      Number of Shares    Number of Shares   Number of Shares
Voted For Three Years  Voted For Two Years  Voted For One Year    Abstaining
     255,346,680          297,606,914          68,109,892         2,238,614




  Number of
Broker Non-Votes
  213,554,114

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits . The information in the Exhibit Index hereto is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

                                    Exhibit
  No.   Description
  3.1     Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of GulfSlope Energy,
        Inc., dated effective September 30, 2022 (filed herewith)
  104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
        document)

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