---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-078943"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "APA"
cik: "0001841666"
company_name: "APA Corp"
filed_at: "2024-03-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T07:21:56.455408+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# APA shareholders approve stock issuance for Callon Petroleum merger; close expected April 1

## Summary
- Shareholders voted 226.0M for, 2.0M against, and 2.4M abstentions at March 27 special meeting.
- Record date for the special meeting was February 15, 2024.
- Merger agreement (Jan 3, 2024) is expected to close April 1, 2024, subject to customary closing conditions.
- No adjournment motion was needed because votes were sufficient to approve the issuance proposal.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-078943
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: APA
- cik: 0001841666
- company_name: APA Corp
- filed_at: 2024-03-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1841666/000119312524078943/0001193125-24-078943-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1841666/000119312524078943/d771419d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-078943.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  APA Corp shareholders approved Approval of issuance of shares of common stock of APA in connection with the merger with Callon Petroleum Company at the 2024-03-27 meeting.
  - Proposal: merger approval
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-27
  source text: The number of shares voted for or against, as well as abstentions, with respect to the Issuance Proposal presented at the Special Meeting was: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 225,998,399.658 1,966,932.972 2,383,248.712
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1841666/000119312524078943/0001193125-24-078943-index.htm

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