-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, ChU+dOfIkoOZmEsh1JpJgdpdbOtSvCqafLrQr0jAQnG/wyPn3bcybSXGmxP7Eh/l sXV5327inkjNxTBdryjYdg== 0000351817-09-000013.txt : 20090515 0000351817-09-000013.hdr.sgml : 20090515 20090514175041 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000351817-09-000013 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20090512 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20090515 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090514 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SWIFT ENERGY CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000351817 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311] IRS NUMBER: 203940661 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-08754 FILM NUMBER: 09828062 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 16825 NORTHCHASE DR STE 400 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77060 BUSINESS PHONE: 2818742700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 16825 NORTHCHASE DRIVE STREET 2: SUITE 400 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77060 8-K 1 sfy_8k-5122009.htm FORM 8-K sfy_8k-5122009.htm
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 (or Date of Earliest Event Reported):  May 12, 2009
 

SWIFT ENERGY COMPANY
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
 

Texas
1-8754
20-3940661
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

16825 Northchase Drive, Suite 400
 
Houston, Texas 77060
 
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(281) 874-2700
(Registrant’s telephone number)

Not Applicable
 
(Former Name or former address, if changed since last report)
 

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Item 5.02.
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
 
At the May 12, 2009 annual meeting of shareholders, shareholders of Swift Energy Company (“Swift Energy” or the “Company”) approved amending the First Amended and Restated Swift Energy Company 2005 Stock Compensation Plan (the “2005 Plan”) to increase the number of shares of the Company’s common stock available for award by 1,250,000 shares.  The amendment was recommended by the Company’s board of directors and described in the Company’s proxy statement for the 2009 annual meeting. A copy of the amendment is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto.
 
Also, the shareholders of Swift Energy re-elected Clyde W. Smith, Jr., Terry E. Swift and Charles J. Swindells to serve three-year terms on Swift Energy’s board of directors as Class I Directors.
 
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
(a)           Exhibit.

The following exhibit is filed with this report on Form 8-K:
 
Exhibit
Number
Description
   
10.1
Amendment No. 2 to the First Amended and Restated Swift Energy Company 2005 Stock Compensation Plan


 
 
 

SIGNATURE
 
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.
 

Date:  May 13, 2009

     
Swift Energy Company
       
By: 
/s/ Alton D. Heckaman, Jr.
         
Alton D. Heckaman, Jr.
Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
 

 
 
 


EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit
Number
Description
   
10.1
Amendment No. 2 to the First Amended and Restated Swift Energy Company 2005 Stock Compensation Plan


EX-10.1 2 sfy_ex101-5122009.htm EXHIBIT 10.1 sfy_ex101-5122009.htm
AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO THE
SWIFT ENERGY COMPANY
FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED
2005 STOCK COMPENSATION PLAN

SWIFT ENERGY COMPANY, a Texas corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to the authority granted in Section 14(b) of the Swift Energy Company First Amended and Restated 2005 Stock Compensation Plan (the “Plan”), hereby amends the Plan, effective as of May 12, 2009, as follows:
 
WITNESSETH:
 
WHEREAS, the Plan provides for the maximum aggregate number of shares of the Company’s common stock in respect of which Awards may be granted under the 2005 Plan as 2,850,000 shares (“Plan Maximum”); and
 
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company and the requisite number of the Company’s shareholders have approved the Plan Maximum to be increased by up to an additional 1,250,000 shares:
 
NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan shall read as follows:
 
1.  
Existing Section 5(b) of the Plan shall remain in its entirety except that “2,850,000” be deleted and “up to 4,100,000” be substituted in its place.
 
2.  
Except as amended hereby, the Plan shall remain in full effect.
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Plan is amended effective as of the day and year first above written.
 
 
SWIFT ENERGY COMPANY
 
By:
/s/ Alton D. Heckaman, Jr.
   
Alton D. Heckaman, Jr.
Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer

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