UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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 12, 2010

 

FOREST OIL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

New York

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

1-13515

 

25-0484900

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

707 17th Street, Suite 3600, Denver, Colorado

 

80202

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

303.812.1400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 5.02                                             Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers.

 

On May 12, 2010, the shareholders of Forest Oil Corporation (“Forest’) approved Amendment Number 2 to Forest’s 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2007 Plan Amendment”) to (i) add 4,000,000 shares available for issuance pursuant to awards under the plan, (ii) further restrict the ability of Forest to reprice or exchange underwater options or stock appreciation rights without shareholder approval, and (iii) provide that payments in connection with a corporate change are not triggered prior to the consummation of a transaction constituting such corporate change.

 

The foregoing is not a complete description of all of the terms and provisions of the 2007 Plan Amendment and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the 2007 Plan Amendment, a copy of which is attached as exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

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

 

On May 12, 2010, Forest Oil Corporation (“Forest”) held its 2010 annual meeting of shareholders (the Annual Meeting”).  At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders of Forest voted on the following proposals:

 

(a)           Election of three Class I Directors;

 

(b)           Approval of the 2007 Plan Amendment; and

 

(c)           Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Forest’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2010.

 

On the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 112,436,665 shares issued, outstanding and entitled to vote.  Shareholders holding 98,782,587 shares were present at the meeting, in person or represented by proxy.   The results of the voting at the Annual Meeting were as follows:

 

Election of Directors

 

Director

 

Votes For

 

Votes
Withheld

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loren K. Carroll

 

90,525,374

 

2,229,126

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Patrick R. McDonald

 

91,849,695

 

904,805

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Raymond I. Wilcox

 

91,847,299

 

907,201

 

 

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2007 Plan Amendment

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

77,545,784

 

15,984,726

 

43,885

 

 

Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

98,678,439

 

67,424

 

36,724

 

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

 

 

(d)

Exhibits.

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.1

 

Amendment No. 2 to the Forest Oil Corporation 2007 Stock Incentive Plan.

 

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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.

 

 

 

 

 

FOREST OIL CORPORATION

 

 

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated:

May 13, 2010

By

/S/Cyrus D. Marter IV

 

 

 

Cyrus D. Marter IV

 

 

 

Senior Vice President, General

 

 

 

Counsel and Secretary

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS FILED WITH THE CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K

 

Exhibit

 

Description

 

 

 

10.1

 

Amendment No. 2 to the Forest Oil Corporation 2007 Stock Incentive Plan.

 

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