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DEVON ENERGY CORP/DE — fact timeline

Source-grounded facts extracted from DEVON ENERGY CORP/DE's SEC 8-K filings across all families, newest first. Each cites a verbatim SEC excerpt.

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Governance Changes

DEVON ENERGY CORP/DE: Increased authorized shares of common stock from 1,000,000,000 to 2,000,000,000 (effective 2026-05-07).

“On May 7, 2026, the Company filed an amendment to the Company’s restated certificate of incorporation (the “ Authorized Share Charter Amendment ”), effective as of such date, increasing the number of authorized shares of Company Common Stock from 1,000,000,000 to 2,000,000,000.”
M&A Transactions

DEVON ENERGY CORP/DE completed an acquisition involving Coterra Energy Inc. (closed 2026-05-07).

“On May 7, 2026, following approval by the stockholders of both Devon and Coterra at special meetings held on May 4, 2026, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement were consummated.”

Marcus A. Watts was appointed as director at DEVON ENERGY CORP/DE.

“Thomas E. Jorden, Amanda M. Brock, Jacinto J. Hernandez, Jeffrey E. Shellebarger and Marcus A. Watts (each, a "Legacy Coterra Director"”

Jeffrey E. Shellebarger was appointed as director at DEVON ENERGY CORP/DE.

“Thomas E. Jorden, Amanda M. Brock, Jacinto J. Hernandez, Jeffrey E. Shellebarger and Marcus A. Watts (each, a "Legacy Coterra Director"”

Jacinto J. Hernandez was appointed as director at DEVON ENERGY CORP/DE.

“Thomas E. Jorden, Amanda M. Brock, Jacinto J. Hernandez, Jeffrey E. Shellebarger and Marcus A. Watts (each, a "Legacy Coterra Director"”

Amanda M. Brock was appointed as director at DEVON ENERGY CORP/DE.

“Thomas E. Jorden, Amanda M. Brock, Jacinto J. Hernandez, Jeffrey E. Shellebarger and Marcus A. Watts (each, a "Legacy Coterra Director"”

Thomas E. Jorden was appointed as director at DEVON ENERGY CORP/DE.

“Thomas E. Jorden, Amanda M. Brock, Jacinto J. Hernandez, Jeffrey E. Shellebarger and Marcus A. Watts (each, a "Legacy Coterra Director"”

John Sherrer changed role as Vice President, Accounting and Controller at DEVON ENERGY CORP/DE.

“John Sherrer will continue with the Company as Vice President, Accounting and Controller.”

Gregory F. Conaway was appointed as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at DEVON ENERGY CORP/DE.

“the appointment of Gregory F. Conaway as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company to succeed John Sherrer as principal accounting officer of the Company.”

Jeffrey L. Ritenour changed role as Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Development Officer at DEVON ENERGY CORP/DE.

“Jeffrey L. Ritenour will continue with the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Development Officer”

Shannon E. Young III was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at DEVON ENERGY CORP/DE.

“the appointment of Shannon E. Young III as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company to succeed Jeffrey L. Ritenour as principal financial officer of the Company”

Robert A. Mosbacher, Jr. resigned as director at DEVON ENERGY CORP/DE.

“Effective upon and in connection with the consummation of the Merger, each of the following directors of the Devon Board tendered their resignations to the Company: John E. Bethancourt, Barbara M. Baumann, Gennifer F. Kelly, Michael N. Mears and Robert A. Mosbacher, Jr.”

Michael N. Mears resigned as director at DEVON ENERGY CORP/DE.

“Effective upon and in connection with the consummation of the Merger, each of the following directors of the Devon Board tendered their resignations to the Company: John E. Bethancourt, Barbara M. Baumann, Gennifer F. Kelly, Michael N. Mears and Robert A. Mosbacher, Jr.”

Gennifer F. Kelly resigned as director at DEVON ENERGY CORP/DE.

“Effective upon and in connection with the consummation of the Merger, each of the following directors of the Devon Board tendered their resignations to the Company: John E. Bethancourt, Barbara M. Baumann, Gennifer F. Kelly, Michael N. Mears and Robert A. Mosbacher, Jr.”

Barbara M. Baumann resigned as director at DEVON ENERGY CORP/DE.

“Effective upon and in connection with the consummation of the Merger, each of the following directors of the Devon Board tendered their resignations to the Company: John E. Bethancourt, Barbara M. Baumann, Gennifer F. Kelly, Michael N. Mears and Robert A. Mosbacher, Jr.”

John E. Bethancourt resigned as director at DEVON ENERGY CORP/DE.

“Effective upon and in connection with the consummation of the Merger, each of the following directors of the Devon Board tendered their resignations to the Company: John E. Bethancourt, Barbara M. Baumann, Gennifer F. Kelly, Michael N. Mears and Robert A. Mosbacher, Jr.”

Brent Smolik was appointed as Lead Independent Director of the Devon Board at DEVON ENERGY CORP/DE.

“Effective upon the consummation of the Merger, Mr. Jorden was appointed as non-executive Chair of the Devon Board and Mr. Smolik was appointed as the Lead Independent Director of the Devon Board.”

Thomas E. Jorden was appointed as non-executive Chair of the Devon Board at DEVON ENERGY CORP/DE.

“Effective upon the consummation of the Merger, Mr. Jorden was appointed as non-executive Chair of the Devon Board”
Earnings Releases

DEVON ENERGY CORP/DE reported first quarter of 2026 results: net income $120 million, EPS $0.19 per diluted share.

“Devon reported net earnings of $120 million, or $0.19 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2026.”
Material Agreements

DEVON ENERGY CORP/DE amended First Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with the lenders and the letter of credit issuers party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent (effective 2026-03-24).

“On March 24, 2026, Devon Energy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), entered into a First Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “ Amendment ”), by and among the Company, as borrower, the lenders and the letter of credit issuers party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, which amends that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 24, 2023”
Material Agreements

DEVON ENERGY CORP/DE entered into Agreement and Plan of Merger with Coterra Energy, Inc. (effective 2026-02-01).

“On February 1, 2026, Devon Energy Corporation”

John Krenicki Jr. departed as Director at DEVON ENERGY CORP/DE.

“On March 4, 2025, John Krenicki Jr. informed the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Devon Energy Corporation (“Devon”) of his decision to retire from the Board at the end of his current term and not stand for re-election as a director at Devon’s 2025 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).”

Thomas J. Hellman was appointed as Senior Vice President, E&P Operations at DEVON ENERGY CORP/DE.

“and (ii) Thomas J. Hellman as Senior Vice President, E&P Operations, effective as of January 20, 2025”

John D. Raines was appointed as Senior Vice President, E&P Asset Management at DEVON ENERGY CORP/DE.

“On January 10, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Devon Energy Corporation (the “Company” or “Devon”) appointed (i) John D. Raines as Senior Vice President, E&P Asset Management, effective as of February 8, 2025”

Facts are extracted by an LLM and gated to those whose source quote is present verbatim in the filing text. Coverage is best-effort while backfill and monitoring mature; this is not yet a full-market index. See methodology.