Form 8-K

 

 

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): April 27, 2010

 

 

CABOT OIL & GAS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-10447   04-3072771

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

Three Memorial City Plaza

840 Gessner Road, Suite 1400

Houston, Texas

    77024
(Address of principal executive offices)     (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (281) 589-4600

 

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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

At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (the “Company”) held on Tuesday, April 27, 2010, the matters voted upon and the number of votes cast for or against, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes as to such matters, were as stated below.

The following nominees for directors were elected to serve three-year terms expiring in 2013:

 

Nominee

  

For

  

Against

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

David M. Carmichael

   85,851,673    1,280,949    109,072    4,516,672

Robert L. Keiser

   85,227,044    1,905,609    109,041    4,516,672

The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for 2010 was ratified:

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

88,203,173

   3,447,405    107,788    0

The stockholder proposal relating to the preparation of a report on the Company’s hydraulic fracturing operations was not adopted:

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

22,061,756

   39,398,598    25,781,340    4,516,672

 

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SIGNATURE

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.

 

CABOT OIL & GAS CORPORATION
By:   /S/    SCOTT C. SCHROEDER        
  Scott C. Schroeder
  Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal Financial Officer)

Date: April 30, 2010

 

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