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EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP. 2024-2025 Proxy Voting Records

At EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP.'s shareholder meeting held June 12, 2025, in the 2024-2025 proxy season, 73 asset managers reported how they voted on 5 ballot items in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 408 separate fund positions. On the most widely held item on that ballot — TO APPROVE, ON A NON-BINDING ADVISORY BASIS, THE COMPENSATION OF THE COMPANY'S NAMED EXECUTIVE… — EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP.'s filing reports the proposal as approved, with 99.8% support of the votes cast (FOR divided by FOR plus AGAINST, the conventional basis for proxy support; abstentions, broker non-votes and unvoted shares are excluded because none of them took a side). Source: EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP.'s Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 13, 2025.

Download data (CSV): ballot items · votes by manager · column guide.

Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP.’s Form 8-K, filed June 13, 2025 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated November 8, 2026.

  • 5Ballot items
  • 73Asset managers
  • 408Fund votes
  • June 12, 2025Meeting date

Results at a glance

Meeting of June 12, 2025: 5 items on EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP.’s Form 8-K, filed June 13, 2025: 2 approved · 3 without a stated outcome.

Material dissent

None.

Material dissent: a director nominee under 80% of the votes cast, say-on-pay under 70%, any other item the board put forward under 80%, or a shareholder proposal with more than 50%, on the company’s own Form 8-K tally. How this is decided

Proxy season: 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026

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Official 2024-2025 meeting results reported by EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP.

These tallies are EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed June 13, 2025 (Item 5.07, “Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders”). They cover every share voted at the meeting, not just the funds that file Form N-PX.

EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP. — official shareholder meeting results, meeting held June 12, 2025
Ballot itemForAgainst AbstainWithheldBroker non-votesSupport (of votes cast)Reported outcomeVoting standard
Elect Director: Michael R. Morrisett 23,976,047---- 266,4025,139,748 99%Not verified—
Elect Director: Vice Admiral Andrew L. Lewis (Ret.) 23,621,464---- 620,9855,139,748 97%Not verified—
Elect Director: J. Kevin Vann 24,032,734---- 209,7155,139,748 99.1%Not verified—
2. Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation 24,208,03528,8425,572 --5,139,748 99.8%Approved—
3. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 29,353,53811,63617,023 --0 99.9%Approved—

This meeting is also recorded here as June 11, 2025; both records come from the same filing, so the date should be checked against it.

Source: EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on June 13, 2025 — read the filing on EDGAR.

How asset managers voted at the EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP. 2024-2025 meeting

Each item below shows how the 73 asset managers that disclosed a EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP. vote in their SEC Form N-PX filings actually voted. Share totals are the shares those managers' funds voted, summed across every fund they report.

1. Elect Director: J. Kevin Vann

Outcome not verifiedDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Not verified

Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

99.1% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 99.1%
FOR: 24,032,734WITHHELD: 209,715
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 28 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: J. Kevin Vann

EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: J. Kevin Vann”): 24,032,734 for, 209,715 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed June 13, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 99.1% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 28 asset managers below reported 881,470 for, 83,120 withheld.

FOR
FOR: 881,470WITHHOLD: 83,120
Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors: J. Kevin Vann” at EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP., 2024-2025
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Vanguard499,1850 00For
BlackRock282,7690 00For
Charles Schwab00 053,631Withhold
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC28,5000 00For
Equitable10,4560 06,075Mixed
Fidelity12,4940 00For
Lincoln Financial10,4000 00For
Global X00 09,190Withhold
Goldman Sachs00 08,779Withhold
Northern Trust8,4630 00For
AIG/SunAmerica8,1030 00For
Pacific Life4,1380 00For
Voya00 03,891Withhold
ProShares3,1720 00For
Bridge Builder Trust2,9220 00For
Victory Capital2,7020 00For
DWS2,5210 00For
Columbia Threadneedle2,0670 00For
Nationwide1,4050 00For
SEI00 01,033Withhold
TIAA9640 00For
Calvert00 0508Withhold
State Street5040 00For
Brinker Capital Destinations Trust3220 00For
PENN SERIES FUNDS INC2000 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 28 asset managers. All 28 are in the interactive database (link above).

2. Elect Director: Michael R. Morrisett

Outcome not verifiedDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Not verified

Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

99% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 99%
FOR: 23,976,047WITHHELD: 266,402
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 28 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Michael R. Morrisett

EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Michael R. Morrisett”): 23,976,047 for, 266,402 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed June 13, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 99% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 28 asset managers below reported 905,926 for, 58,664 withheld.

FOR
FOR: 905,926WITHHOLD: 58,664
Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors: Michael R. Morrisett” at EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP., 2024-2025
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Vanguard499,1850 00For
BlackRock282,7690 00For
Charles Schwab53,6310 00For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC28,5000 00For
Equitable10,4560 06,075Mixed
Fidelity00 012,494Withhold
Lincoln Financial10,4000 00For
Global X00 09,190Withhold
Goldman Sachs00 08,779Withhold
Northern Trust8,4630 00For
AIG/SunAmerica00 08,103Withhold
Pacific Life4,1380 00For
Voya00 03,891Withhold
ProShares00 03,172Withhold
Bridge Builder Trust2,9220 00For
Victory Capital00 02,702Withhold
DWS00 02,521Withhold
Columbia Threadneedle2,0670 00For
Nationwide1,4050 00For
SEI00 01,033Withhold
TIAA9640 00For
Calvert00 0508Withhold
State Street5040 00For
Brinker Capital Destinations Trust3220 00For
PENN SERIES FUNDS INC2000 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 28 asset managers. All 28 are in the interactive database (link above).

3. Elect Director: Vice Admiral Andrew L. Lewis (Ret.)

Outcome not verifiedDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Not verified

Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

97% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 97%
FOR: 23,621,464WITHHELD: 620,985
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 28 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Vice Admiral Andrew L. Lewis (Ret.)

EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Vice Admiral Andrew L. Lewis (Ret.)”): 23,621,464 for, 620,985 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed June 13, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 97% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 28 asset managers below reported 603,947 for, 46,452 withheld, 314,191 abstained.

FORABSTAIN
FOR: 603,947ABSTAIN: 314,191WITHHOLD: 46,452
Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors: Vice Admiral Andrew L. Lewis (Ret.)” at EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP., 2024-2025
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Vanguard499,1850 00For
BlackRock00 282,7690Abstain
Charles Schwab53,6310 00For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC00 28,5000Abstain
Equitable00 016,531Withhold
Fidelity12,4940 00For
Lincoln Financial10,4000 00For
Global X00 09,190Withhold
Goldman Sachs00 08,779Withhold
Northern Trust8,4630 00For
AIG/SunAmerica8,1030 00For
Pacific Life00 04,138Withhold
Voya00 03,891Withhold
ProShares3,1720 00For
Bridge Builder Trust00 2,9220Abstain
Victory Capital2,7020 00For
DWS2,5210 00For
Columbia Threadneedle2,0670 00For
Nationwide00 01,405Withhold
SEI00 01,033Withhold
TIAA00 0964Withhold
Calvert00 0508Withhold
State Street5040 00For
Brinker Capital Destinations Trust3220 00For
PENN SERIES FUNDS INC2000 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 28 asset managers. All 28 are in the interactive database (link above).

4. Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation

Official resultFund totals may overlapSECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESReported outcome: Approved

Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

99.8% Approved · of votes cast

FOR 99.8%
FOR: 24,208,035AGAINST: 28,842
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 73 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: TO APPROVE, ON A NON-BINDING ADVISORY BASIS, THE COMPENSATION OF THE COMPANY'S NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.

EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP.’s own tally for this item (“2. Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation”): 24,208,035 for, 28,842 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed June 13, 2025 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal Two — Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation The stockholders voted to approve, on an advisory basis, named executive officer compensation.”
Support: 99.8% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).

Fund voting reports: 28 asset managers voting on “TO APPROVE, ON A NON-BINDING ADVISORY BASIS, THE COMPENSATION OF THE COMPANY'S NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.” at EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP., 2024-2025
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Vanguard499,1850 00For
BlackRock282,7690 00For
Charles Schwab53,6310 00For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC28,5000 00For
Equitable16,5310 00For
Fidelity12,4940 00For
Lincoln Financial10,4000 00For
Global X9,1900 00For
Goldman Sachs8,7790 00For
Northern Trust8,4630 00For
AIG/SunAmerica8,1030 00For
Pacific Life4,1380 00For
Voya3,8910 00For
ProShares3,1720 00For
Bridge Builder Trust2,9220 00For
Victory Capital2,7020 00For
DWS2,5210 00For
Columbia Threadneedle2,0670 00For
Nationwide1,4050 00For
SEI1,0330 00For
TIAA9640 00For
Calvert5080 00For
State Street5040 00For
Brinker Capital Destinations Trust3220 00For
PENN SERIES FUNDS INC2000 00For

Fund voting reports, all 28 managers: 964,590 for. Showing the 25 largest; every one is in the interactive database (link above).

Institutional-manager reports: 57 asset managers voting on “TO APPROVE, ON A NON-BINDING ADVISORY BASIS, THE COMPENSATION OF THE COMPANY'S NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.” at EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP., 2024-2025
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
BlackRock165,3280 00For
Northern Trust105,4840 00For
State Street85,7000 00For
MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp59,3440 00For
Charles Schwab53,6310 00For
Verdence Capital Advisors LLC46,1230 00For
Vanguard25,9790 00For
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC19,9570 00For
STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM15,6900 00For
Ethic Inc.10,8350 00For
Dimensional9,3730 00For
PARAMETRIC PORTFOLIO ASSOCIATES LLC7,9800 00For
JPMorgan7,1790 00For
AllianceBernstein6,0750 00For
EXENCIAL WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC5,7870 00For
Invesco4,2670 00For
Voya3,8910 00For
NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND3,4280 00For
Rhumbline3,3560 00For
Victory Capital2,7020 00For
LEGACY FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.00 2,6590Abstain
T. Rowe Price2,3790 00For
Goldman Sachs2,0080 00For
BANK OF AMERICA NA1,7350 00For
Nuveen1,6210 00For

Institutional-manager reports, all 57 managers: 661,271 for, 2,249 against, 2,659 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; every one is in the interactive database (link above).

5. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Official resultAUDIT-RELATEDReported outcome: Approved

99.9% Approved · of votes cast

FOR 99.9%
FOR: 29,353,538AGAINST: 11,636
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 28 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: RATIFICATION OF GRANT THORNTON LLP AS INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR 2025.

EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP.’s own tally for this item (“3. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm”): 29,353,538 for, 11,636 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed June 13, 2025 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal Three – Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The stockholders voted to ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2025.”
Support: 99.9% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 28 asset managers below reported 964,590 for.

FOR
FOR: 964,590
Largest asset managers voting on “RATIFICATION OF GRANT THORNTON LLP AS INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR 2025.” at EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP., 2024-2025
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Vanguard499,1850 00For
BlackRock282,7690 00For
Charles Schwab53,6310 00For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC28,5000 00For
Equitable16,5310 00For
Fidelity12,4940 00For
Lincoln Financial10,4000 00For
Global X9,1900 00For
Goldman Sachs8,7790 00For
Northern Trust8,4630 00For
AIG/SunAmerica8,1030 00For
Pacific Life4,1380 00For
Voya3,8910 00For
ProShares3,1720 00For
Bridge Builder Trust2,9220 00For
Victory Capital2,7020 00For
DWS2,5210 00For
Columbia Threadneedle2,0670 00For
Nationwide1,4050 00For
SEI1,0330 00For
TIAA9640 00For
Calvert5080 00For
State Street5040 00For
Brinker Capital Destinations Trust3220 00For
PENN SERIES FUNDS INC2000 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 28 asset managers. All 28 are in the interactive database (link above).

Largest EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP. shareholders voting in 2024-2025

Ranked separately for each type of Form N-PX report. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two tables can list the same shares and are never added together. Each is ranked by the shares voted on the item that the most managers of that type reported, shown as a share of the 33,719,727 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.

Fund voting reports: top EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP. shareholders by shares voted on “TO APPROVE, ON A NON-BINDING ADVISORY BASIS, THE COMPENSATION OF THE COMPANY'S NAMED EXECUTIVE…”, 2024-2025
#Asset manager % of shares outstanding
1Vanguard 1.48%
2BlackRock 0.84%
3Charles Schwab 0.16%
4QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC 0.08%
5Equitable 0.05%
6Fidelity 0.04%
7Lincoln Financial 0.03%
8Global X 0.03%
9Goldman Sachs 0.03%
10Northern Trust 0.03%
Institutional-manager reports: top EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP. shareholders by shares voted on “TO APPROVE, ON A NON-BINDING ADVISORY BASIS, THE COMPENSATION OF THE COMPANY'S NAMED EXECUTIVE…”, 2024-2025
#Asset manager % of shares outstanding
1BlackRock 0.49%
2Northern Trust 0.31%
3State Street 0.25%
4MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp 0.18%
5Charles Schwab 0.16%
6Verdence Capital Advisors LLC 0.14%
7Vanguard 0.08%
8GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.06%
9STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.05%
10Ethic Inc. 0.03%

Reported EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP. holdings and ownership

As disclosed to the SEC in Form 13F (quarter-end holdings of 30 large managers), Schedules 13D and 13G (beneficial ownership above 5%) and the company’s own proxy statement (DEF 14A). Each row names its form.

EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP. holdings and ownership disclosed for the 2024-2025 proxy season
Holder % outstanding Disclosure
Phil E. Mulacek 21.17% DEF14A
BlackRock 2.72% 13F
Vanguard Group 2.64% 13F
Michael R. Morrisett 2.57% 13D
Mason H. Matschke 2.45% DEF14A
Geode Capital 1.35% 13F
State Street 0.55% 13F
Northern Trust 0.48% 13F
Benjamin J. Marchive II 0.27% DEF14A
Andrew L. Lewis 0.25% DEF14A

Percentages above are of 33,719,727 shares outstanding, as reported by EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP. on its Form 10-Q dated May 9, 2025 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2024-2025 meeting, not today’s. Each holding is as of its own filing, which may be dated before or after the meeting.

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Every figure above is derived from filings made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission: Form N-PX, in which registered funds disclose how they voted every proxy and institutional managers disclose their votes on executive pay (say-on-pay, say-on-frequency and golden parachutes), and Form 8-K Item 5.07, in which the company reports its own meeting results. Shares outstanding are taken from EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP.’s 10-Q dated May 9, 2025. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on November 8, 2026; a live search always shows the current data.

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