Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 5, 2026
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Vitesse Energy, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
001-41546
88-3617511
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS. Employer Identification No.)
5619 DTC Parkway,Suite 700
Greenwood Village,Colorado
80111
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (720)361-2500
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
VTS
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).
Emerging growth company x
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders were requested to: (1) elect eight directors to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors for a term of office expiring at the Company’s 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; and (2) ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.
The following are the final voting results on proposals considered and voted upon at the Annual Meeting, each of which is more fully described in the Definitive Proxy Statement:
Proposal No. 1 - Election of Directors. Each of the directors that were up for election was elected for a term of one year. Votes regarding the election of these directors were as follows:
NOMINEE
VOTES FOR
VOTES AGAINST
VOTES ABSTAINED
BROKER NON-VOTES
Linda L. Adamany
21,576,304
1,448,566
148,878
7,029,180
Jamie Benard
21,787,202
1,218,347
168,199
7,029,180
Brian P. Friedman
21,792,301
1,230,719
150,728
7,029,180
Daniel J. O’Leary
20,633,790
2,394,034
145,924
7,029,180
Cathleen M. Osborn
21,631,399
1,388,453
153,896
7,029,180
Gary D. Reaves
22,032,901
985,413
155,434
7,029,180
Randy I. Stein
21,676,465
1,341,730
155,553
7,029,180
Joseph S. Steinberg
19,955,842
3,062,853
155,053
7,029,180
Proposal No. 2 - Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. Deloitte & Touche LLP was ratified as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2026. The voting results were as follows:
VOTES FOR
VOTES AGAINST
VOTES ABSTAINED
29,213,741
821,700
167,487
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.