UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
 
 
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):
 
May 30, 2018
Marathon Oil Corporation
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
Delaware
1-5153
25-0996816
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 (State or other jurisdiction
_____________
 (Commission
______________
 (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)
File Number)
Identification No.)
  
 
 
5555 San Felipe Street, Houston, Texas
 
77056
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 (Address of principal executive offices)
 
___________
 (Zip Code)
 
 
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
 
(713) 629-6600
Not Applicable
_____________________________________________
Former name or former address, if changed since last report

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Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On May 30, 2018, Marathon Oil Corporation ("MRO") filed an Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of capital stock from 1,126 million to 1,951 million and to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from 1,100 million to 1,925 million. A copy of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated by reference herein. The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation became effective on May 30, 2018 and, as further discussed below under Item 5.07, was approved by MRO's stockholders at MRO's 2018 Annual Meeting held on May 30, 2018.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
MRO's Annual Meeting of Stockholders was held on May 30, 2018. In connection with the meeting, proxies were solicited pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Following are the voting results on the matters voted upon at the meeting, all of which are described more fully in our 2018 Proxy Statement.
1. Each of our directors was elected for a term expiring in 2019.
NOMINEE
VOTES FOR
VOTES AGAINST
VOTES ABSTAINED
BROKER NON-VOTES
Gregory H. Boyce
565,340,444
29,669,590
762,246
108,740,456
Chadwick C. Deaton
562,435,340
32,569,916
767,024
108,740,456
Marcela E. Donadio
567,317,386
27,729,363
725,531
108,740,456
Douglas L. Foshee
592,662,451
2,425,823
684,006
108,740,456
M. Elise Hyland
592,765,653
2,357,020
649,607
108,740,456
Dennis H. Reilley
565,395,260
29,608,271
768,749
108,740,456
Lee M. Tillman
567,381,693
27,755,394
635,193
108,740,456
2. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP was ratified as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2018.
VOTES FOR
VOTES AGAINST
VOTES ABSTAINED
686,726,589
16,321,290
1,464,857
3. The compensation of our named executive officers was approved, on an advisory basis.
VOTES FOR
VOTES AGAINST
VOTES ABSTAINED
BROKER NON-VOTES
568,052,743
25,741,401
1,978,136
108,740,456
4. An amendment to MRO's Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock was approved.
VOTES FOR
VOTES AGAINST
VOTES ABSTAINED
639,516,065
59,245,098
5,751,573
Item 8.01. Other Events
On May 30, 2018, following MRO's Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the Board of Directors reduced the size of the Board to seven directors.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.






SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Marathon Oil Corporation
  
 
 
 
June 1, 2018
 
By:
 /s/ Gary E. Wilson
 
 
 
Name: Gary E. Wilson
 
 
 
Title: Vice President, Controller
and Chief Accounting Officer





AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
MARATHON OIL CORPORATION
* * * * * *
Marathon Oil Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, hereby certifies as follows:

1.      The name of the corporation is Marathon Oil Corporation and the name under which the corporation was originally incorporated is USX HoldCo, Inc. The date of filing of its original Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State was May 30, 2001. The Certificate of Incorporation was further amended and restated and filed with the Secretary of State on April 25, 2007.

2.      Pursuant to Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the amendment set forth herein has been duly approved by the Board of Directors and stockholders of Marathon Oil Corporation.

3.      Pursuant to Section 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, this Restated Certificate of Incorporation further restates and integrates and further amends the provisions of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of this corporation by (i) amending Article Fourth to increase the number of authorized shares of capital stock from 1,126 million to 1,951 million and to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from 1,100 million to 1,925 million.

4.      The text of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation as amended or supplemented heretofore is further amended hereby to read as herein set forth in full:

First: The name of the Corporation (which is hereinafter referred to as the "Corporation") is
MARATHON OIL CORPORATION
Second: Its registered office and place of business in the State of Delaware is located at 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The registered agent in charge thereof upon whom process against the Corporation may be served is The Corporation Trust Company.
Third: The purposes of the Corporation are to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
Fourth: The total number of shares of capital stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is One Billion Nine Hundred Fifty One Million (1,951,000,000), of which One Billion Nine Hundred Twenty Five Million (1,925,000,000) shares shall be Common Stock having a par value of one dollar ($1.00) per share and Twenty Six Million (26,000,000) shares shall be shares of Preferred Stock, without par value (hereinafter called “Preferred Stock”).
A statement of the designations of the Preferred Stock or of any series thereof, and the powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, or of the authority of the Board of Directors to fix by resolution or resolutions such designations and other terms not fixed by the Certificate of Incorporation, is as follows:




1. The Preferred Stock may be issued in one or more series, from time to time, with each such series to have such designation, powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, as shall be stated and expressed in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of such series adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, subject to the limitations prescribed by law and in accordance with the provisions hereof, the Board of Directors being hereby expressly vested with authority to adopt any such resolution or resolutions. The authority of the Board of Directors with respect to each such series shall include, but not be limited to, the determination or fixing of the following:
(i) The distinctive designation and number of shares comprising such series, which number may (except where otherwise provided by the Board of Directors in creating such series) be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares then outstanding) from time to time by like action of the Board of Directors;
(ii) The dividend rate of such series, the conditions and times upon which such dividends shall be payable, the relation which such dividends shall bear to the dividends payable on any other class or classes of stock or series thereof, or any other series of the same class, and whether dividends shall be cumulative or non-cumulative;
(iii) The conditions upon which the shares of such series shall be subject to redemption by the Corporation and the times, prices and other terms and provisions upon which the shares of the series may be redeemed;
(iv) Whether or not the shares of the series shall be subject to the operation of a retirement or sinking fund to be applied to the purchase or redemption of such shares and, if such retirement or sinking fund be established, the annual amount thereof and the terms and provisions relative to the operation thereof;
(v) Whether or not the shares of the series shall be convertible into or exchangeable for shares of any other class or classes, with or without par value, or of any other series of the same class, and, if provision is made for conversion or exchange, the times, prices, rates, adjustments, and other terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange;
(vi) Whether or not the shares of the series shall have voting rights, in addition to the voting rights provided by law, and, if so, subject to the limitation hereinafter set forth, the terms of such voting rights;
(vii) The rights of the shares of the series in the event of voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, or upon the distribution of assets of the Corporation;
(viii) Any other powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of the shares of such series, as the Board of Directors may deem advisable and as shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation.
2. The holders of shares of the Preferred Stock of each series shall be entitled to receive, when and as declared by the Board of Directors, out of funds legally available for the payment of dividends, dividends at the rates fixed by the Board of Directors for such series, and no more, before any dividends, other than dividends payable in Common Stock, shall be declared and paid, or set apart for payment, on the Common Stock with respect to the same dividend period.




3. Whenever, at any time, dividends on the then outstanding Preferred Stock as may be required with respect to any series outstanding shall have been paid or declared and set apart for payment on the then outstanding Preferred Stock, and after complying with respect to any retirement or sinking fund or funds for any series of Preferred Stock, the Board of Directors may, subject to the provisions of the resolution or resolutions creating any series of Preferred Stock, declare and pay dividends on the Common Stock, and the holders of shares of the Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to share therein.
4. The holders of shares of the Preferred Stock of each series shall be entitled upon liquidation or dissolution or upon the distribution of the assets of the Corporation to such preferences as provided in the resolution or resolutions creating such series of Preferred Stock, and no more, before any distribution of the assets of the Corporation shall be made to the holders of shares of the Common Stock.
5. Except as otherwise provided by a resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors creating any series of Preferred Stock or by the General Corporation Law of Delaware, the holders of shares of the Common Stock issued and outstanding shall have and possess the exclusive right to notice of stockholders' meetings and the exclusive power to vote. The holders of shares of the Preferred Stock issued and outstanding shall, in no event, be entitled to more than one vote for each share of Preferred Stock held by them unless otherwise required by law.
As used in this Article Fourth, the term “Board of Directors” shall include the Board of Directors of the Corporation and, to the extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, any duly authorized committee of such Board of Directors.
Fifth: The existence of the Corporation is to be perpetual.
Sixth: The private property of the stockholders shall not be subject to the payment of corporate debts to any extent whatever.
Seventh: The number of directors of the Corporation shall be fixed from time to time by, or in the manner provided in, its by-laws and may be increased or decreased as therein provided; but the number thereof shall not be less than three.
At the 2007 annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, the successors of the directors whose terms expire at that meeting shall be elected for a term expiring at the 2008 annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation; at the 2008 annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, the successors of the directors whose terms expire at that meeting shall be elected for a term expiring at the 2009 annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation; and at each annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation thereafter, the directors shall be elected for terms expiring at the next succeeding annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation.
In the case of any increase in the number of directors of the Corporation, the additional director or directors shall be elected by the Board of Directors.
In the case of any vacancy in the Board of Directors from death, resignation, disqualification or other cause, a successor to hold office for the unexpired portion of the term of the director whose place shall be vacant, and until the election of his successor, shall be elected by a majority of the Board of Directors then in office, though less than a quorum.
Eighth: The Board of Directors shall have power to adopt, amend and repeal the by-laws at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors, provided that notice of intention to adopt,




amend or repeal the by-laws in whole or in part shall have been included in the notice of meeting; or, without any such notice, by a vote of two-thirds of the directors then in office.
Stockholders may adopt, amend and repeal the by-laws at any regular or special meeting of the stockholders by an affirmative vote of the majority of shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote thereon, provided that notice of intention to adopt, amend or repeal the by-laws in whole or in part shall have been included in the notice of the meeting.
Any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders or otherwise, may not be taken without a meeting, prior notice and a vote, and stockholders may not act by written consent.
Ninth: The Board of Directors from time to time shall determine whether and to what extent, and at what times and places, and under what conditions and regulations, the accounts and books of the Corporation, or any of them, shall be open to the inspection of the stockholders, and no stockholder shall have any right to inspect any account or book or document of the Corporation, except as conferred by law or authorized by the Board of Directors, or by the stockholders.
Tenth: The directors may from time to time declare such dividends as they shall deem advisable and proper, subject to the provisions of Article Fourth and to such restrictions as may be imposed by law, and cause the Corporation to pay the same to the stockholders at such times as they shall fix.
The Board of Directors shall have power to issue bonds, debentures, or other obligations, either non-convertible or convertible into the Corporation's stock, subject to the provisions of Article Fourth and upon such terms, in such manner and under such conditions in conformity with law, as may be fixed by the Board of Directors prior to the issue of such bonds, debentures or other obligations.
Eleventh: No director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty by such director as a director, except (i) for breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law,
(iii) pursuant to Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. No amendment to or repeal of this Article Eleventh shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any director of the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.
Twelfth: The powers and authorities hereinbefore conferred upon the Board of Directors are in furtherance and not in limitation of those conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware.
Thirteenth: The Corporation reserves the right at any time and from time to time to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law, and all rights preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.
5.      This Restated Certificate of Incorporation was duly adopted and approved by the Board of Directors and the stockholders in accordance with Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.






IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said Marathon Oil Corporation has caused this Certificate to be signed by Reginald D. Hedgebeth, its Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, this 30 th day of May, 2018.


By: /s/ Reginald D. Hedgebeth______
Reginald D. Hedgebeth