pxdmay148k.htm
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 14, 2010
 

PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
Delaware
1-13245
75-2702753
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
     
5205 N. O'Connor Blvd., Suite 200, Irving, Texas
  
75039
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip Code)
     
 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (972) 444-9001
 
Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
 
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Item 5.07.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 
The annual meeting of stockholders of Pioneer Natural Resources Company (the “Company”) was held on May 14, 2010 in Irving, Texas. At the meeting, three proposals were submitted for a vote of stockholders (as described in the Company’s Proxy Statement dated April 1, 2010). The following is a brief description of each proposal and results of the stockholders’ votes.
 
 Election of Directors. Prior to the meeting, the Board designated three nominees as Class I Directors, Andrew D. Lundquist, Charles E. Ramsey, Jr. and Frank A. Risch, with their terms to expire at the annual meeting in 2013 when their successors are elected and qualified. Messrs. Lundquist, Ramsey and Risch were, at the time of such nomination and at the time of the meeting, directors of the Company.
 
 Each nominee was elected as a director of the Company, with the results of the stockholder voting being as follows:
 
                 
 
  
For
  
Authority
Withheld
  
Abstain
  
Broker
Non-Votes
         
Andrew D. Lundquist
  
87,350,453
  
785,474
  
—  
  
12,716,773
Charles E. Ramsey, Jr.
  
85,880,767
  
2,255,160
  
—  
  
12,716,773
Frank A. Risch
  
87,376,305
  
759,622
  
—  
  
12,716,773
 
In addition, the term of office for the following directors continued after the annual meeting: Scott D. Sheffield, Thomas D. Arthur, Edison C. Buchanan, Andrew F. Cates, R. Hartwell Gardner, Scott J. Reiman and Jim A. Watson.
 
 
Ratification of selection of independent auditors. The engagement of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for 2010 was submitted to the stockholders for ratification. Such engagement was ratified, with the results of the stockholder voting being as follows:
 
     
For
  
99,221,545
Against
  
1,580,776
Abstain
  
50,379
Broker non-votes
  
—  
 
Stockholder Proposal. There was one non-binding stockholder proposal presented for a vote at the meeting. A stockholder proposed that the Company’s Board of Directors initiate a process to amend the Company’s corporate governance documents to require that director nominees be elected by the affirmative vote of the majority of votes cast at an annual meeting of stockholders, with a plurality vote standard retained for contested director elections. The results of the stockholder voting on this proposal were as follows:
 
     
For
  
70,509,592
Against
  
12,052,771
Abstain
  
1,020,217
Broker non-votes
  
—  

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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.
 

 
 
PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY
  
       
       
 
By:  
/s/ Frank W. Hall                                                         
 
   
Frank W. Hall,
  
   
Vice President and Chief
  
   
Accounting Officer
  
       
Dated:  May 18, 2010
      

 
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