---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000083350-26-000011"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RSRV"
cik: "0000083350"
company_name: "RESERVE PETROLEUM CO"
filed_at: "2026-05-20T14:58:04+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T14:59:30.883066+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Reserve Petroleum declares $10.00/share cash dividend payable June 16, 2026

## Summary
- Board approved $10.00 per share dividend, payable June 16, 2026 to holders of record on June 3, 2026.
- All eight director nominees elected with strong support; no significant opposition noted.
- HoganTaylor LLP ratified as independent auditor for fiscal 2026 with 77,708 votes for, 39 against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000083350-26-000011
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RSRV
- cik: 0000083350
- company_name: RESERVE PETROLEUM CO
- filed_at: 2026-05-20T14:58:04+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/83350/000008335026000011/0000083350-26-000011-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/83350/000008335026000011/rsrv-20260519.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  RESERVE PETROLEUM CO shareholders approved Ratification of the Selection of HoganTaylor LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accountants for 2026 at the 2026-05-19 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-19
  source text: Proposal For Against Abstentions Broker Non-votes 2. Ratification of the Selection of HoganTaylor LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accountants for 2026 77,708 39 12,445 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/83350/000008335026000011/0000083350-26-000011-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  RESERVE PETROLEUM CO shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-05-19 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-19
  source text: Nominee For Against Abstentions Broker Non-votes James L. Tyler 79,274 — 22 10,896 Robert L. Savage 70,427 — 8,869 10,896 Marvin E. Harris, Jr. 79,274 — 22 10,896 Eddy R. Ditzler 79,292 — 4 10,896 William M.(Bill) Smith 79,274 — 22 10,896 Doug S. Fuller 79,274 — 22 10,896 Cameron R. McLain 70,785 — 8,511 10,896 Kyle McLain 70,921 — 8,375 10,896
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/83350/000008335026000011/0000083350-26-000011-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.