8-K

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): March 19, 2021

CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Oklahoma

001-32886

73-0767549

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation or organization)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

20 N. Broadway

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

73102

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (405) 234-9000

Not Applicable.

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

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading

symbol(s)

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, $0.01 par value

CLR

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 (17 CFR 230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR 240.12b-2). Emerging growth company ☐

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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.

On February 22, 2013, the Compensation Committee (the “Compensation Committee”) of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Continental Resources, Inc. (the “Company”) approved a cash bonus plan (the “CLR Bonus Plan”) that applies to employees of the Company, including the Company’s executive officers. The CLR Bonus Plan is designed to reward the Company’s employees for achieving annual performance and strategic goals. The CLR Bonus Plan provides for the annual payment of cash bonuses, subject to the discretion of the Compensation Committee. A description of the CLR Bonus Plan, as last updated in February of 2019, is filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2019, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2019 (the “Plan Description”).

On March 16, 2021, the Board, based upon the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, approved a change to the factors used to set the size of the annual bonus pool (the “Bonus Pool Factors”) from the factors used to set the annual bonus pool in prior years. The newly approved factors include: net cash provided by operating activities (weighted at 25%); return on capital employed (weighted at 25%); resource replacement ratio (weighted at 20%); health safety and environmental performance (weighted at 10%); production growth (weighted at 10%); and proved developed finding and development cost per barrel of oil equivalent (“Boe”) (weighted at 10%). The newly approved factors replace the following factors: net cash provided by operating activities (weighted at 25%); return on capital employed (weighted at 25%); production growth (weighted at 15%); relative total shareholder return (weighted at 10%); reserve growth (weighted at 10%); health safety and environmental performance (weighted at 10%); and proved developed finding and development cost per Boe (weighted at 5%).

The Bonus Pool Factors will first apply to the bonuses for 2021 expected to be paid in February 2022. The Bonus Pool Factors will remain in effect until changed by the Compensation Committee.

Other than as set forth above, the Plan Description remains unchanged. The Compensation Committee retains complete discretion to increase, decrease or leave the size of the annual bonus pool unchanged.

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.


	CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC. (Registrant)

Dated: March 19, 2021

	By:	/s/ John D. Hart
		John D. Hart
		Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer