MURPHY OIL CORP 8-K

What Happened Murphy Oil Corporation filed a Form 8-K on May 14, 2026 reporting the results of its annual meeting of stockholders held May 13, 2026. All ten director nominees were re-elected (votes tabulated to the nearest share). Stockholders also approved the advisory vote on executive compensation, the 2026 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors (2026 NED Plan), and ratified KPMG LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2026.

Key Details

• Directors: All ten management nominees were elected. Examples of vote tallies (For / Against / Abstain / Non-Votes): Claiborne P. Deming 115,489,401 / 3,309,977 / 250,847 / 12,483,996; Robert N. Ryan, Jr. 118,115,010 / 232,654 / 702,561 / 12,483,996.
• Say-on-pay (Proposal 2): Advisory approval of executive compensation—117,714,410 For, 988,954 Against, 346,861 Abstain; 12,483,996 non-votes.
• 2026 NED Plan (Proposal 3): Approved—115,379,463 For, 2,886,090 Against, 784,672 Abstain; 12,483,996 non-votes.
• Auditor ratification (Proposal 4): KPMG LLP ratified—128,702,169 For, 2,572,829 Against, 259,223 Abstain; no non-votes reported for this item.

Why It Matters These outcomes confirm continuity of Murphy Oil’s board and governance priorities and give management and the board shareholder approval on pay practices, the new non-employee director equity plan, and the company’s auditor. For investors, the ratification of KPMG and approval of the NED plan reduce near-term governance uncertainty; the advisory “say-on-pay” support signals majority backing of executive compensation but is non-binding. The reported vote counts (including ~12.48M non-votes on several items) are useful context when assessing shareholder engagement and the margin of support for governance proposals.