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Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
At the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Talos Energy Inc. (the “Company”) held on May 29, 2025, the Company’s stockholders were asked to consider and vote upon the following proposals: (1) to elect the seven director nominees to the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”), each to serve for a term of office expiring at the Company’s 2026 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2026 Annual Meeting”), (2) to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the Company’s named executive officers’ (“NEOs’”) compensation for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, (3) to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s NEOs for every one year, every two years, every three years or stockholders may abstain from voting, and (4) to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, each as disclosed in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 18, 2025 (the “Proxy Statement”).
The following are the final voting results for the proposals considered and voted upon at the Annual Meeting, each of which is more fully described in the Proxy Statement:
1. | The seven director nominees that were up for election at the Annual Meeting were each elected for a one-year term expiring at the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting, and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. Votes regarding the election of the following director nominees were as follows: |
NOMINEE |
VOTES FOR | VOTES AGAINST | VOTES ABSTAINED | BROKER NON-VOTES | ||||||
Mr. Neal P. Goldman |
133,072,711 | 15,754,869 | 150,367 | 11,427,124 | ||||||
Mr. Paul R. Goodfellow |
148,656,096 | 172,169 | 149,682 | 11,427,124 | ||||||
Ms. Paula R. Glover |
146,596,387 | 2,191,974 | 189,586 | 11,427,124 | ||||||
Mr. John “Brad” Juneau |
148,423,445 | 404,094 | 150,408 | 11,427,124 | ||||||
Mr. Richard M. Sherrill |
148,377,109 | 450,304 | 150,534 | 11,427,124 | ||||||
Mr. Charles M. Sledge |
146,130,657 | 2,697,014 | 150,276 | 11,427,124 | ||||||
Ms. Shandell M. Szabo |
148,317,431 | 509,127 | 151,389 | 11,427,124 |
Mr. Donald R. Kendall, Jr.’s term as a member of the Board expired in connection with the Annual Meeting and, accordingly, effective as of the end of the Annual Meeting, Mr. Kendall’s service on the Board and each of the committees on which he served concluded, and the size of the Board was reduced from eight to seven directors.
2. | The Board’s proposal seeking approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the Company’s NEOs’ compensation for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 was approved. The voting results were as follows: |
VOTES FOR |
VOTES AGAINST |
VOTES ABSTAINED |
BROKER NON-VOTES | |||
135,898,374 | 11,919,768 | 1,159,805 | 11,427,124 |
3. | The Company’s stockholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, a frequency of every year for future advisory votes on the Company’s NEOs’ compensation. The voting results were as follows: |
1 YEAR |
2 YEARS |
3 YEARS |
VOTES ABSTAINED |
BROKER NON-VOTES | ||||
140,948,715 | 18,958 | 7,822,710 | 187,564 | 11,427,124 |
Based on the results of the vote for Proposal 3, and consistent with the recommendation of the Company’s Board, the Company has determined that it will hold an advisory vote on executive compensation on an annual basis until the next stockholder advisory vote on this matter.
4. | The Board’s proposal seeking the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025 was approved. The voting results were as follows: |
VOTES FOR |
VOTES AGAINST |
VOTES ABSTAINED | ||
158,274,631 | 1,844,025 | 286,416 |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: June 2, 2025
TALOS ENERGY INC. | ||
By: | /s/ William S. Moss III | |
Name: | William S. Moss III | |
Title: | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
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