Current Report Filing (8-k)

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 31, 2017

Petrolia Energy Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Texas	000-52690	86-1061005
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

710 N. Post Oak Rd., Ste. 512, Houston, Texas	77024
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 832-941-0011

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

Petrolia Energy Corporation (the “ Company ”, “ we ” and “ us ”) held its 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 31, 2017 (the “ Meeting ”). At the Meeting, an aggregate of 53,082,258 shares of common stock, or 67.2% of our 79,034,505 total outstanding shares of common stock as of April 21, 2017, the record date for the Meeting (the “ Record Date ”), were present at or were voted at the Meeting, constituting a quorum. The following proposals were voted on at the Meeting (as described in greater detail in our definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 21, 2017), with the results of such voting as follows:

Proposal			For		Against*
	1)	The election of seven (7) Directors to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “ Board ”), each to serve a term of one year and until their respective successors have been elected and qualified, or until their earlier resignation or removal

		a) Leo Womack		53,066,758		15,500
		b) Zel C. Khan		53,066,758		15,500
		c) Lee H. Lytton		53,066,758		15,500
		d) Joel Oppenheim		53,066,758		15,500
		e) Quinten Beasley		53,066,758		15,500
		f) James E. Burns		53,066,758		15,500
		g) Saleem Nizami		53,066,758		15,500

					For				Against				Abstain
	2)		To ratify the appointment of MaloneBailey, LLP, as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017			51,816,758				15,500				1,250

					For				Against				Abstain*
	3)		To approve the adjournment of the Annual Meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes at the time of the Annual Meeting for a quorum or to approve any of the proposals above			53,065,838				15,500				920

* There were no Broker Non-Votes on these proposals.

As such, each of the seven (7) director nominees were duly appointed to the Board of Directors by a plurality of the votes cast (there was no solicitation in opposition to management’s nominees as listed in its proxy statement), each to serve a term of one year and until their respective successors have been elected and qualified, or until their earlier resignation or removal, and proposals 2 and 3 were approved by a majority of the votes which were present, in person or by proxy at the Meeting.

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.