Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers.
As further described under Item 5.07 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, on July
28, 2020 the stockholders of Sundance Energy Inc. (the "Company") approved the
Sundance Energy Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") at the Company's
2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting"). The Plan allows the
Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") to grant stock options, stock
appreciation rights, restricted stock, dividend equivalents, restricted stock
units and other stock or cash-based awards to the Company's employees,
consultants and directors, subject to criteria as determined by the Board. An
initial pool of 750,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.001
("Common Stock") has been authorized for issuance under the Plan. The Board had
previously approved the Plan, subject to stockholder approval, as a replacement
to the long-term incentive plan of the Company's predecessor, Sundance Energy
Australia Limited, which such long-term incentive plan was suspended in
connection with the Company's redomiciliation in 2019.
A more complete description of the Plan is contained in the Company's definitive
proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12,
2020 (the "Proxy Statement"), under the heading "Proposal 2 Approval of our
2020 Equity Incentive Plan," which is incorporated by reference to this Item
5.02. The description of the Plan set forth above and in the Proxy Statement is
qualified in their entirety by reference to the text of the Plan filed as
Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and incorporated by reference
to this Item 5.02.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The Company held its previously adjourned Annual Meeting on July 28, 2020. At
the Annual Meeting, the Company's stockholders voted on three proposals, each of
which are described in more detail in the Company's Proxy Statement. At the
Annual Meeting, a total of 3,445,824 shares of the Company's Common Stock were
present in person or represented by proxy, representing approximately 50.12% of
the Company's outstanding Common Stock as of the May 29, 2020 record date.
The following is a brief description of each matter voted upon and the results
of such voting, including the number of votes cast for each matter and the
number of votes cast against, abstentions and broker non-votes, if applicable,
with respect to each matter.
Proposal 1 - Election of Directors: Prior to the Annual Meeting, the Board
designated each of the persons named below as nominees for election as
directors. Each nominee was, at the time of such nomination and at the time of
the Annual Meeting, a director of the Company. At the Annual Meeting, each
nominee was elected as a director of the Company by the following vote:
Broker Non-
Nominee For Against Abstain Votes
Stephen J. McDaniel 2,194,135 86,633 24,275 1,140,781
Eric P. McCrady 2,185,598 88,114 31,331 1,140,781
Judith D. Buie 2,193,198 83,991 27,854 1,140,781
Damien A. Hannes 1,330,469 950,601 23,973 1,140,781
H. Weldon Holcombe 1,335,620 941,391 28,032 1,140,781
Neville W. Martin 1,884,457 392,414 28,172 1,140,781
Thomas L. Mitchell 1,335,724 941,189 28,130 1,140,781
Proposal 2 - 2020 Equity Incentive Plan: The Company's stockholders approved the
Sundance Energy Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan by the following vote:
For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes
1,236,431 1,036,051 32,561 1,140,781
Proposal 3 - Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP: The
Company's stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the
Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending
December 31, 2020 by the following vote:
For Against Abstain
3,380,912 38,019 26,893
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. Description of Exhibit
10.1 Sundance Energy Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan
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