On March 22, 2013, Abraxas Petroleum Corp. announced that it has received notice from Clinton Group, Inc. announcing its intention to nominate 3 director candidates for election to the Company's Board at the Company's 2013 annual meeting of shareholders: Katherine Taaffe Richard, William H. Armstrong III, and James Wylie McFarland. In addition, the Company urged shareholders in its proxy statement to elect 3 incumbent, independent directors to the Company's Board: Harold D. Carter, Brian L. Melton, and Edward P. Russell at the annual meeting of shareholders of the Company by using its proxy card.