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Empire Petroleum Corporation 2025-2026 Proxy Voting Records

Name: Empire Petroleum Corporation 2025-2026 proxy voting records
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At Empire Petroleum Corporation's shareholder meeting held June 17, 2026, in the 2025-2026 proxy season, 66 asset managers reported how they voted on 6 ballot items in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 499 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 Corporation's filing reports the proposal as approved, with 98% 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 Corporation's Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 22, 2026.

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

Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and Empire Petroleum Corporation’s Form 8-K, filed June 22, 2026 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated November 8, 2026.

6Ballot items
66Asset managers
499Fund votes
June 17, 2026Meeting date

Results at a glance

Meeting of June 17, 2026: 6 items on Empire Petroleum Corporation’s Form 8-K, filed June 22, 2026: 3 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

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Official 2025-2026 meeting results reported by Empire Petroleum Corporation

These tallies are Empire Petroleum Corporation’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed June 22, 2026 (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 Corporation — official shareholder meeting results, meeting held June 17, 2026
Ballot item	For	Against	Abstain	Withheld	Broker non-votes	Support (of votes cast)	Reported outcome	Voting standard
Elect Director: Michael R. Morrisett	20,291,265	--	--	878,573	9,239,010	96%	Not verified	—
Elect Director: Vice Admiral Andrew L. Lewis (Ret.)	20,509,740	--	--	660,098	9,239,010	97%	Not verified	—
Elect Director: J. Kevin Vann	20,564,930	--	--	604,908	9,239,010	97%	Not verified	—
2. Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation	20,676,312	425,115	68,411	--	9,239,010	98%	Approved	—
3. Approval of the Empire Petroleum Corporation 2026 Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan	20,679,661	489,113	1,064	--	9,239,010	98%	Approved	—
4. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	30,104,778	2,163	301,907	--	0	99.9%	Approved	—

Source: Empire Petroleum Corporation, Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on June 22, 2026 — read the filing on EDGAR.

How asset managers voted at the Empire Petroleum Corporation 2025-2026 meeting

Each item below shows how the 66 asset managers that disclosed a Empire Petroleum Corporation 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 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

97% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 97%

FOR: 20,564,930WITHHELD: 604,908

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 28 asset managers

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

Empire Petroleum Corporation’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: J. Kevin Vann”): 20,564,930 for, 604,908 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed June 22, 2026 (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 555,459 for, 60,139 withheld, 1 abstained.

FOR

FOR: 555,459ABSTAIN: 1WITHHOLD: 60,139

Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors: J. Kevin Vann” at Empire Petroleum Corporation, 2025-2026
Asset manager	For	Abstain	Withheld	Vote
Vanguard	399,110	1	378	For
BlackRock	46,998	0	0	For
Fidelity	44,799	0	0	For
Charles Schwab	0	0	38,972	Withhold
Lincoln Financial	12,500	0	0	For
Goldman Sachs	10,915	0	0	For
Equitable	4,492	0	5,023	Mixed
AIG/SunAmerica	7,912	0	0	For
BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC	7,763	0	0	For
Global X	0	0	7,315	Withhold
TIAA	0	0	5,607	Withhold
State Street	4,964	0	0	For
Pacific Life	3,889	0	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	2,922	0	0	For
DWS	2,521	0	0	For
ProShares	2,235	0	0	For
Northern Trust	1,307	0	0	For
Nationwide	1,279	0	0	For
Venerable Variable Insurance Trust	0	0	1,231	Withhold
SEI	0	0	1,033	Withhold
Principal	919	0	0	For
Calvert	0	0	508	Withhold
Brinker Capital Destinations Trust	322	0	0	For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC	201	0	0	For
PENN SERIES FUNDS INC	200	0	0	For

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 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

96% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 96%

FOR: 20,291,265WITHHELD: 878,573

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 28 asset managers

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

Empire Petroleum Corporation’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Michael R. Morrisett”): 20,291,265 for, 878,573 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed June 22, 2026 (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: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 28 asset managers below reported 534,986 for, 80,612 withheld, 1 abstained.

FOR

FOR: 534,986ABSTAIN: 1WITHHOLD: 80,612

Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors: Michael R. Morrisett” at Empire Petroleum Corporation, 2025-2026
Asset manager	For	Abstain	Withheld	Vote
Vanguard	399,110	1	378	For
BlackRock	46,998	0	0	For
Fidelity	0	0	44,799	Withhold
Charles Schwab	38,972	0	0	For
Lincoln Financial	12,500	0	0	For
Goldman Sachs	10,915	0	0	For
Equitable	4,492	0	5,023	Mixed
AIG/SunAmerica	0	0	7,912	Withhold
BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC	0	0	7,763	Withhold
Global X	0	0	7,315	Withhold
TIAA	5,607	0	0	For
State Street	4,964	0	0	For
Pacific Life	3,889	0	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	2,922	0	0	For
DWS	0	0	2,521	Withhold
ProShares	0	0	2,235	Withhold
Northern Trust	1,307	0	0	For
Nationwide	1,279	0	0	For
Venerable Variable Insurance Trust	1,231	0	0	For
SEI	0	0	1,033	Withhold
Principal	0	0	919	Withhold
Calvert	0	0	508	Withhold
Brinker Capital Destinations Trust	322	0	0	For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC	201	0	0	For
PENN SERIES FUNDS INC	200	0	0	For

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 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

97% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 97%

FOR: 20,509,740WITHHELD: 660,098

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 Corporation’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Vice Admiral Andrew L. Lewis (Ret.)”): 20,509,740 for, 660,098 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed June 22, 2026 (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.

The 28 asset managers below reported 533,797 for, 31,681 withheld, 50,122 abstained.

FOR

FOR: 533,797ABSTAIN: 50,122WITHHOLD: 31,681

Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors: Vice Admiral Andrew L. Lewis (Ret.)” at Empire Petroleum Corporation, 2025-2026
Asset manager	For	Abstain	Withheld	Vote
Vanguard	398,334	1	1,155	For
BlackRock	0	46,998	0	Abstain
Fidelity	44,799	0	0	For
Charles Schwab	38,972	0	0	For
Lincoln Financial	12,500	0	0	For
Goldman Sachs	10,915	0	0	For
Equitable	0	0	9,515	Withhold
AIG/SunAmerica	7,912	0	0	For
BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC	7,763	0	0	For
Global X	0	0	7,315	Withhold
TIAA	0	0	5,607	Withhold
State Street	4,964	0	0	For
Pacific Life	0	0	3,889	Withhold
Bridge Builder Trust	0	2,922	0	Abstain
DWS	2,521	0	0	For
ProShares	2,235	0	0	For
Northern Trust	1,307	0	0	For
Nationwide	0	0	1,279	Withhold
Venerable Variable Insurance Trust	0	0	1,231	Withhold
SEI	0	0	1,033	Withhold
Principal	919	0	0	For
Calvert	0	0	508	Withhold
Brinker Capital Destinations Trust	322	0	0	For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC	0	201	0	Abstain
PENN SERIES FUNDS INC	200	0	0	For

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

4. Approval of the Empire Petroleum Corporation 2026 Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan

Official resultCOMPENSATIONReported outcome: Approved

98% Approved · of votes cast

FOR 98%

FOR: 20,679,661AGAINST: 489,113

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 28 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: TO APPROVE THE EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORPORATION 2026 STOCK AND INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN.

Empire Petroleum Corporation’s own tally for this item (“3. Approval of the Empire Petroleum Corporation 2026 Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan”): 20,679,661 for, 489,113 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed June 22, 2026 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal Three – Approval of the Empire Petroleum Corporation 2026 Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan The stockholders voted to approve the 2026 Plan.”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 28 asset managers below reported 615,599 for.

FOR

FOR: 615,599

Largest asset managers voting on “TO APPROVE THE EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORPORATION 2026 STOCK AND INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN.” at Empire Petroleum Corporation, 2025-2026
Asset manager	For	Vote
Vanguard	399,489	For
BlackRock	46,998	For
Fidelity	44,799	For
Charles Schwab	38,972	For
Lincoln Financial	12,500	For
Goldman Sachs	10,915	For
Equitable	9,515	For
AIG/SunAmerica	7,912	For
BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC	7,763	For
Global X	7,315	For
TIAA	5,607	For
State Street	4,964	For
Pacific Life	3,889	For
Bridge Builder Trust	2,922	For
DWS	2,521	For
ProShares	2,235	For
Northern Trust	1,307	For
Nationwide	1,279	For
Venerable Variable Insurance Trust	1,231	For
SEI	1,033	For
Principal	919	For
Calvert	508	For
Brinker Capital Destinations Trust	322	For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC	201	For
PENN SERIES FUNDS INC	200	For

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

5. Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation

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

Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

98% Approved · of votes cast

FOR 98%

FOR: 20,676,312AGAINST: 425,115

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 66 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 Corporation’s own tally for this item (“2. Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation”): 20,676,312 for, 425,115 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed June 22, 2026 (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: 98% 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 Corporation, 2025-2026
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
Vanguard	399,489	0	For
BlackRock	46,998	0	For
Fidelity	44,799	0	For
Charles Schwab	38,972	0	For
Lincoln Financial	12,500	0	For
Goldman Sachs	10,915	0	For
Equitable	9,515	0	For
AIG/SunAmerica	7,912	0	For
BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC	7,763	0	For
Global X	7,315	0	For
TIAA	0	5,607	Against
State Street	4,964	0	For
Pacific Life	3,889	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	2,922	0	For
DWS	2,521	0	For
ProShares	2,235	0	For
Northern Trust	1,307	0	For
Nationwide	1,279	0	For
Venerable Variable Insurance Trust	1,231	0	For
SEI	1,033	0	For
Principal	919	0	For
Calvert	508	0	For
Brinker Capital Destinations Trust	322	0	For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC	201	0	For
PENN SERIES FUNDS INC	200	0	For

Fund voting reports, all 28 managers: 609,992 for, 5,607 against. Showing the 25 largest; every one is in the interactive database (link above).

Institutional-manager reports: 47 asset managers voting on “To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the company's named executive officers.” at Empire Petroleum Corporation, 2025-2026
Asset manager	For	Against	Abstain	Vote
State Street	150,012	0	0	For
&PARTNERS	110,857	0	0	For
Vanguard	89,419	0	0	For
Northern Trust	82,389	0	0	For
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	69,133	0	0	For
MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp	61,749	0	0	For
BlackRock	61,717	0	0	For
Charles Schwab	42,613	0	0	For
STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM	15,530	0	0	For
Dimensional	14,460	0	0	For
PARAMETRIC PORTFOLIO ASSOCIATES LLC	7,830	0	0	For
BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	7,763	0	0	For
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA	7,100	0	0	For
AllianceBernstein	6,775	0	0	For
JPMorgan	6,310	0	0	For
Nuveen	0	6,264	0	Against
Goldman Sachs	5,045	0	0	For
Fidelity	4,657	0	0	For
Invesco	4,352	0	0	For
BANK OF AMERICA NA	3,739	0	0	For
NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND	3,428	0	0	For
Verdence Capital Advisors LLC	3,056	0	0	For
T. Rowe Price	2,954	0	0	For
LEGACY FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.	0	0	2,659	Abstain
Rhumbline	2,348	0	0	For

Institutional-manager reports, all 47 managers: 771,224 for, 7,911 against, 2,659 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; every one is in the interactive database (link above).

6. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Official resultAUDIT-RELATEDReported outcome: Approved

99.9% Approved · of votes cast

FOR 99.9%

FOR: 30,104,778AGAINST: 2,163

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 2026.

Empire Petroleum Corporation’s own tally for this item (“4. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm”): 30,104,778 for, 2,163 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed June 22, 2026 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal Four – 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 2026.”
Support: 99.9% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 28 asset managers below reported 615,599 for.

FOR

FOR: 615,599

Largest asset managers voting on “RATIFICATION OF GRANT THORNTON LLP AS INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR 2026.” at Empire Petroleum Corporation, 2025-2026
Asset manager	For	Vote
Vanguard	399,489	For
BlackRock	46,998	For
Fidelity	44,799	For
Charles Schwab	38,972	For
Lincoln Financial	12,500	For
Goldman Sachs	10,915	For
Equitable	9,515	For
AIG/SunAmerica	7,912	For
BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC	7,763	For
Global X	7,315	For
TIAA	5,607	For
State Street	4,964	For
Pacific Life	3,889	For
Bridge Builder Trust	2,922	For
DWS	2,521	For
ProShares	2,235	For
Northern Trust	1,307	For
Nationwide	1,279	For
Venerable Variable Insurance Trust	1,231	For
SEI	1,033	For
Principal	919	For
Calvert	508	For
Brinker Capital Destinations Trust	322	For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC	201	For
PENN SERIES FUNDS INC	200	For

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

Largest Empire Petroleum Corporation shareholders voting in 2025-2026

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 39,792,204 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.

Fund voting reports: top Empire Petroleum Corporation shareholders by shares voted on “To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the company's named executive…”, 2025-2026
#	Asset manager	% of shares outstanding
1	Vanguard	1.00%
2	BlackRock	0.12%
3	Fidelity	0.11%
4	Charles Schwab	0.10%
5	Lincoln Financial	0.03%
6	Goldman Sachs	0.03%
7	Equitable	0.02%
8	AIG/SunAmerica	0.02%
9	BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC	0.02%
10	Global X	0.02%

Institutional-manager reports: top Empire Petroleum Corporation shareholders by shares voted on “To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the company's named executive…”, 2025-2026
#	Asset manager	% of shares outstanding
1	State Street	0.38%
2	&PARTNERS	0.28%
3	Vanguard	0.22%
4	Northern Trust	0.21%
5	GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	0.17%
6	MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp	0.16%
7	BlackRock	0.16%
8	Charles Schwab	0.11%
9	STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM	0.04%
10	Dimensional	0.04%

Reported Empire Petroleum Corporation 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 Corporation holdings and ownership disclosed for the 2025-2026 proxy season
Holder	% outstanding	Disclosure
Energy Evolution Master Fund, Ltd.	29.39%	13D
Phil E. Mulacek	29.09%	DEF14A
BlackRock	2.28%	13F
Michael R. Morrisett	2.20%	DEF14A
Mason H. Matschke	2.12%	DEF14A
Vanguard Group	1.93%	13F
Geode Capital	1.08%	13F
State Street	0.54%	13F
Northern Trust	0.33%	13F
Benjamin J. Marchive II	0.26%	DEF14A

Percentages above are of 39,792,204 shares outstanding, as reported by Empire Petroleum Corporation on its Form 10-Q dated May 11, 2026 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2025-2026 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 Corporation’s 10-Q dated May 11, 2026. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on November 8, 2026; a live search always shows the current data.

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Empire Petroleum Corporation 2025-2026 Proxy Voting Records

Results at a glance

Material dissent

Official 2025-2026 meeting results reported by Empire Petroleum Corporation

How asset managers voted at the Empire Petroleum Corporation 2025-2026 meeting

1. Elect Director: J. Kevin Vann

2. Elect Director: Michael R. Morrisett

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

4. Approval of the Empire Petroleum Corporation 2026 Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan

5. Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation

6. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Largest Empire Petroleum Corporation shareholders voting in 2025-2026

Reported Empire Petroleum Corporation holdings and ownership

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