{"url_path":"/sec/dec/8-k/2026-05-12/item-5-07","section_key":"item-5-07","section_title":"Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-05-12","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1922446/0001922446-26-000045-index.html","accession_number":"0001922446-26-000045","cik":"0001922446","ticker":"DEC","issuer_name":"Diversified Energy Co","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1922446/0001922446-26-000045-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001922446","primary_entity_name":"Diversified Energy Co"},"word_count":419,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 5.07\n\nSubmission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders\n\nOn May 6, 2026, Diversified Energy Company (the “Company”) held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Company’s Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders elected each of the Company’s five director nominees to serve until the Company’s 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The Company’s shareholders also approved the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2026. Further, the Company’s shareholders approved on an advisory basis the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement, and an annual advisory vote on compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. In accordance with these results and its previous recommendation, the Company’s Board of Directors determined that future advisory votes on executive compensation will be held annually until the next required advisory vote on the frequency of shareholders votes on the compensation of named executive officers.\n\n(1)Election of Director Nominees\n\nThe shareholders elected the director nominees by the following votes:\n\nNominee\n\nVotes For\n\nVotes Against\n\nAbstentions\n\nBroker Non-Votes\n\nDavid E. Johnson\n\n37,027,433\n\n507,190\n\n18,305\n\n5,981,602\n\nRobert Russell Hutson, Jr.\n\n37,006,713\n\n530,249\n\n15,966\n\n5,981,602\n\nKathryn Z. Klaber\n\n34,637,577\n\n2,893,591\n\n21,760\n\n5,981,602\n\nMartin K. Thomas\n\n36,674,226\n\n860,254\n\n18,448\n\n5,981,602\n\nDavid J. Turner, Jr.\n\n36,698,854\n\n835,722\n\n18,352\n\n5,981,602\n\n(2)Ratification of Independent Auditor\n\nThe shareholders ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 by the following votes:\n\nVotes For\n\nVotes Against\n\nAbstentions\n\nBroker\n\nNon-Votes\n\n43,483,877\n\n33,369\n\n17,284\n\n-\n\n(3)Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation\n\nThe shareholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers by the following votes:\n\nVotes For\n\nVotes Against\n\nAbstentions\n\nBroker\n\nNon-Votes\n\n36,892,924\n\n258,439\n\n401,565\n\n5,981,602\n\n(4)Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Executive Compensation\n\nThe shareholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers by the following votes:\n\n1 Year\n\n2 Years\n\n3 Years\n\nAbstentions\n\nBroker\n\nNon-Votes\n\n36,920,265\n\n28,498\n\n233,475\n\n370,690\n\n5,981,602\n\nSIGNATURES\n\nPursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.\n\nDiversified Energy Company\n\nMay 12, 2026\n\nBy:\n\n/s/ Benjamin M. Sullivan\n\nDate\n\nBenjamin M. Sullivan\n\nSenior Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Risk Officer and Corporate Secretary"}