SBOW SilverBow Resources Inc

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(A) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. )

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SILVERBOW RESOURCES, INC.

(Name of the Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

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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 (or Date of Earliest Event Reported): May 21, 2024

SilverBow Resources, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

920 Memorial City Way, Suite 850

Houston, Texas 77024

(Address of principal executive offices)

(281) 874-2700

(Registrant’s telephone number)

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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

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 ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

As previously announced, SilverBow Resources, Inc. (“SilverBow”) convened its 2024 annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) as scheduled at 10:00 a.m., Central Time, on May 21, 2024, and adjourned the Annual Meeting without commencing any business in order to allow additional time for recent developments to be considered by SilverBow’s shareholders. The Annual Meeting will be reconvened at 10:00 a.m., Central Time, on May 29, 2024 at Hotel ZaZa Memorial City, 9787 Katy Freeway Houston, Texas 77024. The record date of March 22, 2024, and the proposals to be voted on at the Annual Meeting remain unchanged. Shareholders who have voted do not need to recast their votes, and proxies previously submitted in respect of the Annual Meeting will be voted at the adjourned meeting unless properly revoked.

Important Additional Information About the SilverBow Annual Meeting

SilverBow, its directors and certain of its executive officers and employees are or will be participants in the solicitation of proxies from shareholders in connection with SilverBow’s 2024 Annual Meeting. SilverBow has filed the Definitive Proxy Statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on April 9, 2024 in connection with the solicitation of proxies for the 2024 Annual Meeting, together with a WHITE proxy card.

The identity of the participants, their direct or indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, and other information relating to the participants are available in the Definitive Proxy Statement (available  here) in the section entitled “Security Ownership of Board of Directors and Management” and Appendix F. To the extent holdings of SilverBow’s securities by SilverBow’s directors and executive officers changes from the information included in this communication, such information will be reflected on Statements of Change in Ownership on Forms 3, 4 or 5 filed with the SEC. These documents are available free of charge as described below.

SHAREHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS TO BE FILED BY SILVERBOW WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN OR WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Shareholders are able to obtain, free of charge, copies of all of the foregoing documents, any amendments or supplements thereto at the SEC’s website (http://www.sec.gov). Copies of the foregoing documents, any amendments or supplements thereto are also available, free of charge, at the “Investor Relations” section of SilverBow’s website (https://www.sbow.com/investor-relations).

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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.

Date: May 21, 2024

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