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
January 14, 2020
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
Encana Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Canada | 1-15226 | 98-0355077 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
Suite 4400, 500 Centre Street SE, PO Box 2850 |
Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2P 2S5 |
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (403) 645-2000
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
Common Shares | ECA | New York Stock Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
ITEM 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On January 14, 2020, Encana Corporation (the “Corporation”) held a special meeting of securityholders (the “Special Meeting”). At the Special Meeting, the Corporation’s securityholders considered and voted upon the proposal to approve a series of reorganization transactions (the “Reorganization”), which will include (i) a plan of arrangement under Section 192 of the Canada Business Corporations Act involving, among others, the Corporation, securityholders of the Corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation, Ovintiv Inc. (“Ovintiv”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Corporation will complete a share consolidation on the basis of one post-consolidation share for each five pre-consolidation shares, and Ovintiv will ultimately acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Corporation in exchange for shares of Ovintiv on a one-for-one basis and become the parent company of the Corporation and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Arrangement”), and (ii) as soon as practicable following the Arrangement, Ovintiv migrating out of Canada and becoming a Delaware corporation.
The resolution to approve the Reorganization received the following votes:
# Votes For | % Votes For | # Votes Against | % Votes Against | |||||||||||||
Encana shareholders and incentive award holders, voting together as a single class | 853,854,689 | 90.16 | 93,168,706 | 9.84 | ||||||||||||
Encana shareholders, voting separately | 838,079,006 | 90.06 | 92,545,144 | 9.94 |
ITEM 8.01 | Other Events. |
On January 14, 2020, Encana issued a news release announcing the results of the Special Meeting. A copy of the news release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
ITEM 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) | Exhibits. |
Exhibit No. | Description | |||
Exhibit 99.1 | News Release dated January 14, 2020. | |||
Exhibit 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. | Description | |||
Exhibit 99.1 | ||||
Exhibit 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
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.
Dated: January 14, 2020 | ||||||
ENCANA CORPORATION | ||||||
(Registrant) | ||||||
By: | /s/ Dawna I. Gibb | |||||
Name: | Dawna I. Gibb | |||||
Title: | Assistant Corporate Secretary |