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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): June 4, 2025

 

Prairie Operating Co.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-41895   98-0357690
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

55 Waugh Drive, Suite 400

Houston, Texas

  77007
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

(713) 424-4247

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))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value   PROP   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

 

Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

On June 4, 2025, the stockholders of Prairie Operating Co. (the “Company”) approved an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the 2024 Amended & Restated Prairie Operating Co. Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “LTIP”). As further described below under Item 5.07 of this Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Current Report”), the Company’s stockholders approved the Amendment at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders that was held on June 4, 2025 (the “Annual Meeting”). The Amendment increases the number of shares of the Company’s common stock that the Company may issue under the LTIP from 7,500,000 shares to 15,000,000 shares. A copy of the Amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

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

 

At the Annual Meeting, only stockholders of record at the close of business on April 8, 2025, the record date for the Annual Meeting (the “Record Date”), were entitled to vote. As of the Record Date, 42,942,127 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, 35,686,743 shares of the Company’s Common Stock were voted in person or by proxy for the three proposals set forth below, each of which is described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 22, 2025.

 

Proposal No. 1 - Election of Directors

 

The Company’s stockholders elected the director nominees below to the Board of Directors of the Company to hold office until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are elected, by the vote indicated below:

 

Director Nominees   Votes For   Votes Against   Broker Non-Votes
Edward Kovalik   31,001,682   154,347   4,445,399
Gary C. Hanna   31,014,903   151,038   4,445,399
Gizman I. Abbas   30,385,645   763,242   4,445,399
Richard N. Frommer   30,966,222   189,377   4,445,399
Jonathan H. Gray   30,483,593   674,103   4,445,399
Stephen Lee   30,426,826   730,466   4,445,399
Erik Thoresen   30,481,335   675,269   4,445,399

 

Proposal No. 2 - Approval of an Amendment to the 2024 Amended & Restated Prairie Operating Co. Long-Term Incentive Plan

 

The Company’s stockholders approved the Amendment, by the vote indicated below:

 

Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
17,659,688   13,545,776   35,880   4,445,399

 

Proposal No. 3 - Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Accounting Firm

 

The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Ham, Langston & Brezina, L.L.P. as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, by the vote indicated below:

 

Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions
35,512,443   72,544   101,756

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

Exhibits.

 

EXHIBIT
NUMBER
  DESCRIPTION
10.1   Amendment No. 1 to the 2024 Amended & Restated Prairie Operating Co. Long-Term Incentive Plan.
104   The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K formatted in Inline XBRL.

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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

 

Date: June 6, 2025

 

  PRAIRIE OPERATING CO.
     
  By: /s/ Daniel T. Sweeney
  Name: Daniel T. Sweeney
  Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary