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): May 25, 2010
CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Oklahoma (State or other jurisdiction of |
001-32886 (Commission File Number) |
73-0767549 (I.R.S. Employer |
| 302 N. Independence, Suite 1500 (Address of principal executive offices) |
73701 (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (580) 233-8955
Not Applicable.
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5.07 — Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Continental Resources, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on May 25, 2010. At the meeting, the Company’s stockholders were requested to: (1) elect three Class I directors to serve on the Company’s board of directors for a term of office expiring at the Company’s 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and (2) ratify the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010. Each of these items is more fully described in the Company’s proxy statement filed on April 13, 2010.
The certified results of the matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting are as follows:
Proposal No. 1 — Election of Class I Directors: The election of each Class I director was approved as follows:
| Nominee |
For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| Harold G. Hamm |
150,207,432 | 8,136,789 | 6,364,351 | |||
| David L. Boren |
158,151,239 | 192,982 | 6,364,351 | |||
| John T. McNabb, II |
158,208,029 | 136,192 | 6,364,351 |
Proposal No. 2 — Ratification of the Selection of Grant Thornton LLP: The ratification of the selection of Grant Thornton LLP was approved as follows:
| For |
Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 164,609,670 |
31,903 | 66,999 | — |
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 thereunto duly authorized.
| CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC. | ||||||
| (Registrant) | ||||||
| Date: May 28, 2010 | By: | /s/ JOHN D. HART | ||||
| John D. Hart | ||||||
| Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | ||||||