---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-068945"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SD"
cik: "0001349436"
company_name: "SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC"
filed_at: "2026-06-15T22:14:28+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T10:08:01.439250+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SandRidge extends Tax Benefits Preservation Plan to 2029; shareholders approve incentive plan extension

## Summary
- Board extended Tax Benefits Preservation Plan through July 1, 2029; requires stockholder vote at 2027 annual meeting.
- Stockholders approved extension of 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan term to June 10, 2036.
- All six director nominees elected; highest vote: Grayson Pranin with 25,874,064 shares for.
- Grant Thornton LLP ratified as independent auditor for fiscal year 2026.
- Non-binding advisory 'say-on-pay' proposal approved with 25,190,485 votes for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-068945
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SD
- cik: 0001349436
- company_name: SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC
- filed_at: 2026-06-15T22:14:28+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.03, 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1349436/000121390026068945/0001213900-26-068945-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1349436/000121390026068945/ea0294825-8k_sandridge.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC shareholders approved Election of six directors to serve on the Company's Board until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders at the 2026-06-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-10
  source text: Election of six directors to serve on the Company’s Board until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; (2) Ratification of the selection of Grant Thornton LLP (“Grant Thornton”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026; (3) Non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation paid the Company’s named executive officers during 2025; and (4) Approval of the extension of the term of the Company’s Omnibus Incentive Plan to 2036.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1349436/000121390026068945/0001213900-26-068945-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation paid the Company's named executive officers during 2025 at the 2026-06-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-10
  source text: Non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation paid the Company’s named executive officers during 2025; and (4) Approval of the extension of the term of the Company’s Omnibus Incentive Plan to 2036.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1349436/000121390026068945/0001213900-26-068945-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC shareholders approved Ratification of the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 at the 2026-06-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-10
  source text: Ratification of the selection of Grant Thornton LLP (“Grant Thornton”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026; (3) Non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation paid the Company’s named executive officers during 2025; and (4) Approval of the extension of the term of the Company’s Omnibus Incentive Plan to 2036.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1349436/000121390026068945/0001213900-26-068945-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC shareholders approved Approval of the extension of the term of the Company's Omnibus Incentive Plan to 2036 at the 2026-06-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-10
  source text: Approval of the extension of the term of the Company’s Omnibus Incentive Plan to 2036.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1349436/000121390026068945/0001213900-26-068945-index.htm

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