UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 23, 2016

 

LILIS ENERGY, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada   001-35330   74-3231613

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer
Identification Number)

 

216 16 th Street, Suite #1350    
Denver, CO   80202
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(303) 893-9000

(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: 

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 3.01. Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

  

As previously disclosed, on February 9, 2016, the Nasdaq Hearings Panel (the “Panel”) granted Lilis Energy, Inc.’s (the “Company”) request for continued listing on Nasdaq pursuant to an extension through May 23, 2016 to evidence compliance with all applicable requirements for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market. May 23, 2016 represented the maximum amount of time available to the Company under the Nasdaq Listing Rules. The Company was unable to timely satisfy the terms of the Panel’s decision, through its noncompliance with Nasdaq Listing Rules 5450(a)(1), regarding the minimum bid price requirement, and 5450(b)(1)(A), regarding the minimum stockholder’s equity requirement. By letter dated May 25, 2016, Nasdaq notified the Company that trading in its securities on Nasdaq would be suspended effective with the open of business on Thursday, May 26, 2016. The Company expects its securities will be eligible to trade on the OTC Markets' Pink current information tier effective with the open of business on Thursday, May 26, 2016 and will continue to trade under the ticker symbol "LLEX." The Company plans to have its securities trading on the OTCQB Marketplace and intends to take the necessary steps to re-list on Nasdaq as soon as possible.

 

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

 

(e)   2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan

 

At the 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of the Company held on May 23, 2016, the Company’s stockholders approved its 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2016 Plan”). The number of shares of common stock available for grant under the plan is 50 million shares. The Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) and the Compensation Committee of the Board previously approved the 2016 Plan, subject to such stockholder approval. The Company’s executive officers and directors are eligible to participate in the 2016 Plan.

 

A more detailed summary of the principal features of the 2016 Plan can be found in the Company’s joint proxy statement/prospectus for its Annual Meeting, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 12, 2016 (the “Prospectus”). The foregoing description does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such summary and the full text of the plan filed as Annex E to the Prospectus, both of which are incorporated herein by reference. 

 

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

 

As described in Item 5.02(e) above, the Company held its Annual Meeting on May 23, 2016. Eleven proposals were acted upon at the Annual Meeting, each of which is described briefly below and in detail in the Prospectus. The matters voted upon and the number of votes cast for or against, as well as the number of abstentions as to such matters, were as follows:

 

Proposal 1 : The proposal to approve and adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 29, 2015, as amended on January 20, 2016 and March 24, 2016, and as it may be further amended from time to time, by and among the Company, Lilis Merger Sub, Inc. and Brushy Resources, Inc.and the transactions contemplated thereby was approved by a majority of votes cast at the Annual Meeting:

 

FOR AGAINST ABSTAINED
15,604,635 52,547 0

 

Proposal 2 : The approval and adoption of the 2016 Plan was approved by a majority of votes cast at the Annual Meeting;

  

FOR AGAINST ABSTAINED
14,937,830 716,036 3,316

 

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Proposal 3 : The approval of the full conversion of the Company’s outstanding 8% Senior Secured Convertible Debentures was approved by a majority of votes cast at the Annual Meeting;

 

FOR AGAINST ABSTAINED
15,569,216 87,666 300

 

Proposal 4 : The approval and adoption of the amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series A 8% Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Stock”) was approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of the Preferred Stock at the Annual Meeting;

  

FOR AGAINST ABSTAINED
4,054 0 0

 

Proposal 5 : The approval of the full conversion of the Company’s outstanding Series A 8% Convertible Preferred Stock was approved by a majority of votes cast at the Annual Meeting;

  

FOR AGAINST ABSTAINED
15,568,408 88,454 320

  

Proposal 6 : The ratification and approval of a reverse stock split of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock was approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock at the Annual Meeting;

 

FOR AGAINST ABSTAINED
15,456,312 200,700 170

  

Proposal 7 : The approval of a potential issuance of 20% or more of the Company’s outstanding common stock under the Company’s unsecured subordinated convertible notes and warrants to purchase to common stock was approved by a majority of votes at the Annual Meeting;

 

FOR AGAINST ABSTAINED
14,948,609 708,503 70

 

Proposal 8 : Election of Directors:

 

The following nominees, each of whom was nominated for election by the Board and included in the Prospectus, were elected by the stockholders at the Annual Meeting to serve on the Board until the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders and their successors are elected and qualified:

 

  FOR WITHHELD ABSTAINED
Nuno Brandolini 15,149,688 507,494  
Abraham Mirman   15,570,865 86,317  
General Merrill McPeak 15,149,388 507,794  
Ronald D. Ormand 15,620,068 37,114  
R. Glenn Dawson 15,077,485 496,286  

 

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Proposal 9 : In an advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as described in the Prospectus, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved by a majority of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting:

 

FOR AGAINST ABSTAINED
15,452,672 201,215 3,295

 

Proposal 10 : The ratification of the selection of Marcum LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016 was ratified by a majority of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting:

 

FOR AGAINST ABSTAINED
15,599,206 57,904 72

 

Proposal 11 : The consideration and approval on any proposal to authorize the Board, in its discretion, to adjourn the annual meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies in favor of the proposals listed above at the time of the Annual Meeting

 

FOR AGAINST ABSTAINED
14,933,692 718,223 5,267

 

There were no broker non-votes cast with respect to any of the proposals.

 

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date:  May 25, 2016 LILIS ENERGY, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Kevin Nanke
    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

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