form8-k.htm


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
May 4, 2010
(Date of earliest event reported)


 
Callon Petroleum Company
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware
 
001-14039
 
64-0844345
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)


200 North Canal St.
Natchez, Mississippi  39120
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)


(601) 442-1601
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


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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Section 5 — Corporate Governance and Management

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
 
At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held May 4, 2010, shareholders elected  two (2) Class I directors to hold office until the 2013 annual meeting of shareholders (Proposal 1) and ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2010 (Proposal 2). The vote tabulation follows for each proposal:
 
 
Proposal 1 — Election of Directors
 
Nominee
 
For
 
Withheld
 
Broker Non-Votes
John C. Wallace
 
14,597,937
 
1,695,917
   
Larry D. McVay
 
14,597,111
 
1,696,743
   
 
The Company’s Class II directors, B.F. Weatherly and Richard O. Wilson, will each continue to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors until the Company’s 2011 annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor is elected and has qualified, or until his earlier death, resignation or removal. The Company’s Class III directors, Fred L. Callon and L. Richard Flury, will each continue to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors until the Company’s 2012 annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor is elected and has qualified, or until his earlier death, resignation or removal.
 
 
Proposal 2 – Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the year ending December 31, 2010
 
                 
For
 
Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-Votes
   
                 
22,833,959
 
72,407
 
119,826
       

 
 

 
 
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.


 
Callon Petroleum Company
     
May 4, 2010
By:   
/s/ B. F. Weatherly
   
B. F. Weatherly
   
Executive Vice President and
   
Chief Financial Officer