---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-061130"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COP"
cik: "0001163165"
company_name: "CONOCOPHILLIPS"
filed_at: "2026-05-14T20:00:29+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T20:02:29.503143+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ConocoPhillips annual meeting: all 13 directors elected, auditor ratified, independent chairman proposal defeated

## Summary
- All 13 nominated directors elected with votes for ranging from ~946M to ~973M; broker non-votes ~109M on each.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for 2026 approved: 1,055,769,841 for, 37,870,484 against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 943,706,422 for, 39,445,969 against, 2,594,764 abstentions.
- Stockholder proposal for independent board chairman not approved: 274,246,111 for, 705,606,221 against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-061130
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COP
- cik: 0001163165
- company_name: CONOCOPHILLIPS
- filed_at: 2026-05-14T20:00:29+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1163165/000110465926061130/0001104659-26-061130-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1163165/000110465926061130/tm2614551d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  CONOCOPHILLIPS shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2026 at the 2026-05-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-12
  source text: The ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2026 was approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1163165/000110465926061130/0001104659-26-061130-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CONOCOPHILLIPS shareholders rejected Stockholder Proposal – Independent Board Chairman at the 2026-05-12 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-12
  source text: A stockholder proposal for the Company to require that two separate people hold the office of the Chairman and the office of the Chief Executive Officer was not approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1163165/000110465926061130/0001104659-26-061130-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CONOCOPHILLIPS shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-05-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-12
  source text: All 13 nominated directors were elected to serve a one-year term.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1163165/000110465926061130/0001104659-26-061130-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CONOCOPHILLIPS shareholders approved Advisory Vote on the Compensation of our Named Executive Officers at the 2026-05-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-12
  source text: The advisory vote on the compensation of our Named Executive Officers was approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1163165/000110465926061130/0001104659-26-061130-index.htm

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