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 (Date of earliest event reported):    May 9, 2012

 

Legacy Reserves LP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (432) 689-5200

 

NOT APPLICABLE

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Item 5.07  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

Legacy Reserves LP’s 2012 annual meeting of unitholders (the “Annual Meeting”) was held Wednesday, May 9, 2012.  At the Annual Meeting, two items were submitted to unitholders for vote:  the election of seven nominees to serve on the board of directors of Legacy Reserves GP, LLC, our general partner (the “Board”), during 2012 and until our next annual meeting, and the ratification of the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as independent registered public accounting firm of Legacy Reserves LP for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012.  There were no solicitations in opposition to the Board’s solicitations.  Out of a total of 47,920,179 units outstanding and entitled to vote, 43,484,288 units (90.74%) were present at the meeting in person or by proxy.

 

Election of Directors

 

There were seven nominees for election to serve as directors of our general partner. Each of the nominees for election to the Board was a director of our general partner at the time of the Annual Meeting. The final results of the voting with respect to each nominee to the board were as follows:

 

Nominee		For		Withheld		Broker Non-Votes
Cary D. Brown		22,770,989		150,070		20,563,229
Kyle A. McGraw		22,753,365		167,694		20,563,229
Dale A. Brown		22,274,472		646,587		20,563,229
G. Larry Lawrence		22,506,413		414,646		20,563,229
William D. Sullivan		22,517,568		403,491		20,563,229
William R. Granberry		22,312,734		608,325		20,563,229
Kyle D. Vann		22,514,379		406,680		20,563,229

 

There were no votes against.

 

Ratification of the Appointment of BDO USA, LLP as our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2012

 

The final results of the voting with respect to the ratification of the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012 were as follows:

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
43,163,616		252,465		68,207		0

 

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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.

 

	Legacy Reserves LP
	By:	Legacy Reserves GP, LLC,
		its General Partner
Date: May 15, 2012	By:	/s/ Dan G. LeRoy
	Name:	Dan G. LeRoy
	Title:	Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

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