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 26, 2013

 

GRAN TIERRA ENERGY INC.

 

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada 98-0479924
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

Commission file number: 000-34018

 

300, 625 - 11th Avenue S.W.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2R 0E1

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (403) 265-3221

 

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):

 

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

 

Gran Tierra Energy Inc. held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 26, 2013. The following is a brief description of each matter voted upon at the Annual Meeting, as well as the final tally of (1) the number of votes for or withheld for each director, (2) the number of votes for, against or abstaining for each other matter, and (3) the number of broker non-votes with respect to each matter. A more complete description of each matter is set forth in the Gran Tierra Energy’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2013 (the “Proxy Statement”).

 

1. Gran Tierra Energy’s stockholders elected each of the directors proposed by Gran Tierra Energy for re-election, to serve until Gran Tierra Energy’s 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until his respective successor has been elected and qualified. The tabulation of votes on this matter was as follows:

 

Nominee  Shares
Voted For		   Shares
Withheld		 
Dana Coffield   148,600,018    364,938 
Jeffrey Scott   148,628,693    336,263 
Verne Johnson   137,304,596    11,660,360 
Nicholas G. Kirton   148,111,893    853,063 
J. Scott Price   87,208,000    61,756,956 
Gerald Macey   148,135,418    829,538 

 

There were 30,633,331 broker non-votes for this proposal.

 

 
 

 

 

2. Gran Tierra Energy’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, a resolution approving the compensation of Gran Tierra Energy’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement. The tabulation of votes on this matter was as follows:

 

  Shares voted for: 132,127,053
  Shares voted against: 16,590,423
  Shares abstaining: 247,480
  Broker non-votes: 30,633,331

  

4. Gran Tierra Energy’s stockholders ratified the selection of Deloitte LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of Gran Tierra Energy for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2013. The tabulation of votes on this matter was as follows:

 

  Shares voted for: 179,276,479
  Shares voted against: 154,997
  Shares abstaining: 166,811
  Broker non-votes: 0

 

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.

 

Dated: June 27, 2012   GRAN TIERRA ENERGY INC.
     
     
  By:  /s/ David Hardy
    Name: David Hardy
    Title: General  Counsel, Vice President, Legal and Secretary