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):

June 5, 2013

 

KOSMOS ENERGY LTD.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

Clarendon House 2 Church Street Hamilton, Bermuda		HM 11
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: +1 441 295 5950

 

 

(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):

 

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

 

o                                    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o                                    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o                                    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

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

 

The 2013 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Kosmos Energy Ltd. (the “Company”) was held on June 5, 2013. There were 389,319,606 common shares entitled to vote at the meeting and a total of 328,977,891 (approximately 84.50%) were represented at the meeting.

 

The proposals voted upon at the 2013 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and the final results of the vote on each proposal were as follows:

 

Proposal 1—The election of eleven directors to hold office until the 2014 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, and until their respective successors are elected.

 

Each nominee for director was elected by a vote of the shareholders as follows:

 

Nominees		Votes For		Votes Withheld		Not Voted (Broker Non-Votes)
John R. Kemp III		288,439,574		13,107,110		27,431,207
Brian F. Maxted		291,109,373		10,437,311		27,431,207
Sir Richard B. Dearlove		300,228,653		1,318,031		27,431,207
David I. Foley		290,863,750		10,682,934		27,431,207
David B. Krieger		290,736,897		10,809,787		27,431,207
Joseph P. Landy		289,945,064		11,601,620		27,431,207
Prakash A. Melwani		288,117,132		13,429,552		27,431,207
Adebayo (“Bayo”) O. Ogunlesi		300,057,023		1,489,661		27,431,207
Lars H. Thunell		300,230,153		1,316,531		27,431,207
Chris Tong		300,207,731		1,338,953		27,431,207
Christopher A. Wright		300,338,891		1,207,793		27,431,207

 

Proposal 2—The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013 and the authorization of the Company’s Audit Committee of the Board of Directors to determine their remuneration.

 

The proposal was approved by a vote of the shareholders as follows:

 

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstain
327,612,318		1,276,326		89,247

 

Proposal 3—Nonbinding, advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in its proxy statement.

 

The compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved by nonbinding, advisory vote of the shareholders as follows:

 

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstain		Not Voted (Broker Non-Votes)
301,271,934		213,368		61,382		27,431,207

 

2

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

Date: June 7, 2013
	KOSMOS ENERGY LTD.
	By:	/s/ W. Greg Dunlevy
		W. Greg Dunlevy
		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

3