Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp
For the period ended May 7, 2024. Filed Mar 21, 2024.
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May 7, 2024 · Filed Mar 21, 2024
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A
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| Message from our CEODear Stockholders of Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation,On behalf of the Board of Directors and employees of Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation (“Magnolia,” the “Company,” “we,” “our” and “us”), we cordially invite you to participate in our 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) to be held on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, at 8:00 a.m. Central Time, via live webcast at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/MGY2024. The attached Notice of 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and this proxy statement will serve as your guide to the business to be conducted during the Annual Meeting.In terms of Magnolia’s performance in 2023, we entered the year faced with an industry environment in which costs for oilfield services and materials reflected the previous year’s higher commodity prices, not current prices. Our team took proactive measures to address this challenge with our supply chain and operations staff partnering with service providers and material vendors to better align costs within 2023’s lower commodity price environment. As a result, our total capital spending was 17 percent lower than our initial 2023 budget, and we generated additional free cash flow while achieving production growth of 9 percent. Moreover, production at our Giddings asset increased by 46 percent in 2023, while well costs at that asset declined by more than 20 percent from year-ago levels thanks to operating efficiencies and strong well performance.Consistent with our commitment to enhance per share value over the long term, we returned 74 percent of the $413 million in free cash flow(1) we generated in 2023 to our stockholders in the form of share repurchases and dividends. We repurchased 9.6 million shares of Magnolia stock in 2023, reducing our diluted weighted average share count outstanding by 5 percent and increased our annual cash dividend by 15 percent. In addition, we completed a record $355 million of bolt-on oil and gas property acquisitions, enhancing our opportunity set and improving the overall value of the business. After all our activities, including capital expenditures, acquisitions, and the significant return of cash to stockholders, we ended the year with a substantial cash balance of $401 million and just $400 million of long term debt.We remain focused on our priorities in the areas of safety, environmental stewardship, workforce diversity, stakeholder and community outreach, and corporate governance. In line with those priorities, we enhanced the disclosures in our 2023 Sustainability Report, providing statistics on our Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions in 2022, new discussions and metrics related to reductions in diesel fuel consumption and associated emissions, our efforts to partner with vendors across our supply chain, and our commitment to respecting human rights. We also expanded reporting on our quantitative metrics to cover four full years of Magnolia’s performance on these measures, when available. These updates and enhancements further our commitment to keeping stakeholders informed about our efforts to develop oil and natural gas resources safely and responsibly.I commend our team for their focus and performance in 2023. Their efforts helped us deliver another solid year of execution on Magnolia’s overall strategy and core principles, including disciplined capital spending, high operating margins, consistent free cash flow, and moderate production growth.As we approach this year’s Annual Meeting, I want to remind you that your vote is important to Magnolia. We encourage you to sign and return your proxy card or vote by telephone or electronically over the Internet following the instructions on the Notice as soon as possible, so that your shares will be represented and voted at the Annual Meeting.Thank you for being a stockholder and for the trust you have in Magnolia.Sincerely,Christopher G. Stavros President and Chief Executive Officer______________ | | |
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| Christopher G. StavrosPresident and Chief Executive Officer | ||
| (1)A reconciliation of free cash flow to the nearest GAAP measure is set forth in Annex A. | ||
Forward-Looking Statements
This proxy statement includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). All statements, other than statements of historical facts included or incorporated by reference in this proxy statement, including, without limitation, statements regarding Magnolia’s future financial position, business strategy, budgets, and plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of management, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, the Company’s management. In addition, forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “could,” “should,” “will,” “may,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “plan,” “continue,” the negative of such terms, and other similar terminology, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words. Although Magnolia believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, the Company can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to have been correct.
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company’s expectations include, but are not limited to: (i) legislative, regulatory or policy changes, including those following any change in presidential administrations; (ii) the market prices of oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids (“NGLs”), and other products or services; (iii) the supply and demand for oil, natural gas, NGLs, and other products or services, including the impacts of actions taken by OPEC and other state-controlled oil companies; (iv) production and reserve levels; (v) the timing and extent of the Company’s success in discovering, developing, producing and estimating reserves; (vi) geopolitical and business conditions in key regions of the world; (vii) drilling risks; (viii) economic and competitive conditions; (ix) the availability of capital resources; (x) capital expenditures and other contractual obligations; (xi) weather conditions; (xii) inflation rates; (xiii) the availability of goods and services; (xiv) cyber attacks; (xv) the occurrence of property acquisitions and divestitures; (xvi) the integration of acquisitions; (xvii) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Magnolia; (xviii) the securities or capital markets and related risks such as general credit, liquidity, market and interest-rate risks; and (xix) other factors disclosed in our 2023 Form 10-K. All of Magnolia’s forward-looking information is subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results expected. Although it is not possible to identify all factors, these risks and uncertainties including the risk factors and the timing of any of those risk factors are further discussed in the reports that we have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including our 2023 Form 10-K.
Except as otherwise required by applicable law, Magnolia assumes no duty to update or revise its forward-looking statements based on changes in internal estimates or expectations, to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this proxy statement, or otherwise.
Notice of 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
March 21, 2024
To the Stockholders of Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation (“Magnolia,” the “Company,” “we,” “our” or “us”) 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) will be held on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, at 8:00 a.m. Central Time. The Annual Meeting will be held in a virtual meeting format only, conducted via live webcast atwww.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/MGY2024, which allows us to provide real-time communication and easy access for stockholders and to facilitate participation since stockholders can join from any location. The Annual Meeting is being held for the following purposes:
| Proposal | Description | Board Recommendation |
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| Proposal 1 | To elect eight directors to serve on our Board of Directors for a one year term, commencing on the date of the Annual Meeting | FOR each nominee |
| Proposal 2 | To approve an advisory, non-binding resolution regarding the compensation of Magnolia’s Named Executive Officers for 2023 (“say-on-pay vote”) | FOR |
| Proposal 3 | To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the 2024 fiscal year | FOR |
We will also transact other business that may properly come before the Annual Meeting.
Voting
Only holders of record of Magnolia’s Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock at the close of business on March 8, 2024 (the “Record Date”) are entitled to receive notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof.
It is important that your shares are represented at the Annual Meeting and voted in accordance with your wishes. Even if you plan to attend the virtual Annual Meeting, we urge you to vote in advance electronically over the Internet or by telephone or, if you receive paper proxy materials, by completing and returning the enclosed proxy card.
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| Go to www.proxyvote.com: You can use the Internet 24 hours a day to transmit your voting instructions. Have your proxy card or Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials in hand when you access the website and follow the instructions. | | Call 1-800-690-6903: You can use any touchtone telephone. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and follow the instructions. | | If you received a printed copy of the proxy materials, you may submit your vote by completing, signing, and dating your proxy card and returning it in the prepaid envelope to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, New York 11717. | |
Notice of 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
The Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials for the 2024 Annual Meeting (the “Notice”), this proxy statement and the form of proxy card are first being sent ormade available to stockholders on or about March 21, 2024, along with instructions on accessing our 2023 Form 10-K. The Notice, which will be mailed to most of our stockholders, provides instructions on how to access and review proxy materials over the Internet and submit proxies electronically. We believe the Notice process allows us to provide our stockholders with relevant information in a timely manner, while saving costs and reducing the environmental impact of our Annual Meeting. If you received the Notice and would instead prefer to receive a paper copy of the materials, you should follow the instructions for requesting such materials provided in the Notice.
We appreciate the confidence you have placed in us through your investment.
By order of the Board of Directors,
Timothy D. Yang**
**Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Land
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 7, 2024
The Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials for the 2024 Annual Meeting (the “Notice”), the proxy statement for the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation (the “Annual Meeting”) and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 (the “2023 Form 10-K”) are available at: www.proxyvote.com.
You may vote electronically over the Internet using the instructions on the Notice, by telephone, or, if you received a paper copy of the proxy card, by signing and returning it in the envelope provided. You may revoke your proxy at any time before the Annual Meeting by following the instructions in this proxy statement. You may also attend the Annual Meeting virtually and vote on the Proposals when presented. You will need the 16-digit control number provided on your proxy card, voting instruction form, or Notice to vote at the Annual Meeting. See “Questions and Answers about the Annual Meeting” for information about voting by telephone or electronically over the Internet, how to revoke a proxy, and how to vote shares at the virtual Annual Meeting.
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