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CONOCOPHILLIPS Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements 2012

May 14, 2012

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Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements

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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

ConocoPhillips

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware 001-32395 01-0562944
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

600 North Dairy Ashford

Houston, Texas 77079

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (281) 293-1000

n/a

(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:

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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

ConocoPhillips held its annual stockholders meeting on May 9, 2012. A brief description of each proposal and the voting results are summarized below.

A Company proposal to elect 9 directors:

Voted For Voted Against Abstentions Broker Nonvotes
Richard L. Armitage 845,758,358 36,325,745 2,921,055 196,357,925
Richard H. Auchinleck 846,416,528 35,602,116 2,986,514 196,357,925
James E. Copeland, Jr. 842,914,182 39,094,696 2,996,280 196,357,925
Ryan M. Lance 858,229,188 24,201,041 2,574,929 196,357,925
Mohd. H. Marican 864,637,712 17,074,861 3,292,585 196,357,925
Robert A. Niblock 840,684,165 41,226,340 3,094,653 196,357,925
Harald J. Norvik 841,011,810 41,068,696 2,924,652 196,357,925
William K. Reilly 841,468,996 40,287,018 3,249,144 196,357,925
William E. Wade, Jr. 775,378,548 106,442,363 3,184,247 196,357,925

A Company proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as ConocoPhillips’ independent registered public accounting firm for 2012:

Voted For Voted Against Abstentions Broker Nonvotes
Ratification of Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as ConocoPhillips’ Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm 975,105,397 103,999,069 2,258,617 —

A Company proposal for stockholders to provide an advisory approval of the compensation of our Named Executive Officers:

Voted For Voted Against Abstentions Broker Nonvotes
Advisory Approval of the Compensation of our Named Executive Officers 708,776,870 171,094,803 5,133,485 196,357,925

Stockholder proposals relating to the following matters:

Voted For Voted Against Abstentions Broker Nonvotes
Company Environmental Policy (Louisiana Wetlands) 48,753,801 723,719,959 112,531,398 196,357,925
Accident Risk Mitigation 61,671,382 706,578,985 116,754,791 196,357,925
Report on Grassroots Lobbying Expenditures 195,801,453 584,169,681 105,034,024 196,357,925
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets 201,293,573 543,431,482 140,220,356 196,357,925
Gender Expression Non-Discrimination 229,325,219 507,099,963 148,520,229 196,357,925

All 9 nominated directors were elected and the appointment of the independent auditors was ratified. The compensation of the Company’s named executive officers in 2011 was approved and the five stockholder proposals presented were not approved.

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.

CONOCOPHILLIPS
May 14, 2012 /s/ Janet Langford Kelly
Janet Langford Kelly
Senior Vice President, Legal,
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary