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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001922446-26-000045"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DEC"
cik: "0001922446"
company_name: "Diversified Energy Co"
filed_at: "2026-05-12T20:29:11+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-12T20:30:32.383762+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Diversified Energy shareholders elect all five director nominees at 2026 annual meeting

## Summary
- All director nominees elected: Johnson (37.0M for), Hutson (37.0M), Klaber (34.6M), Thomas (36.7M), Turner (36.7M).
- Ratification of PwC as auditor approved: 43.5M for, 33k against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed: 36.9M for, 258k against.
- Shareholders voted for annual frequency of future advisory votes (36.9M for 1 year); board adopts annual frequency.
- Broker non-votes of ~5.98M on director and compensation matters; no non-votes on auditor ratification.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001922446-26-000045
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DEC
- cik: 0001922446
- company_name: Diversified Energy Co
- filed_at: 2026-05-12T20:29:11+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1922446/000192244626000045/0001922446-26-000045-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1922446/000192244626000045/dec-20260506.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001922446-26-000045.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Diversified Energy Co shareholders approved Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Executive Compensation at the 2026-05-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-06
  source text: (4) Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Executive Compensation The shareholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers by the following votes: 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 36,920,265 28,498 233,475 370,690 5,981,602
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1922446/000192244626000045/0001922446-26-000045-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Diversified Energy Co shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2026-05-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-06
  source text: (3) Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation The shareholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers by the following votes: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 36,892,924 258,439 401,565 5,981,602
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1922446/000192244626000045/0001922446-26-000045-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Diversified Energy Co shareholders approved Ratification of Independent Auditor at the 2026-05-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-06
  source text: (2) Ratification of Independent Auditor The shareholders ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 by the following votes: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 43,483,877 33,369 17,284 -
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1922446/000192244626000045/0001922446-26-000045-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Diversified Energy Co shareholders approved Election of Director Nominees at the 2026-05-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-06
  source text: (1) Election of Director Nominees The shareholders elected the director nominees by the following votes: Nominee Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes David E. Johnson 37,027,433 507,190 18,305 5,981,602 Robert Russell Hutson, Jr. 37,006,713 530,249 15,966 5,981,602 Kathryn Z. Klaber 34,637,577 2,893,591 21,760 5,981,602 Martin K. Thomas 36,674,226 860,254 18,448 5,981,602 David J. Turner, Jr. 36,698,854 835,722 18,352 5,981,602
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1922446/000192244626000045/0001922446-26-000045-index.htm

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