Summary of SWIFT ENERGY CO

Change in Directors or Principal Officers, Submission of Matters to a Vote of Sec

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

At the May 8, 2012, annual meeting of shareholders, shareholders of Swift Energy Company ("Swift Energy" or the "Company") approved amending the First Amended and Restated Swift Energy Company 2005 Stock Compensation Plan (the "2005 Plan") to increase the number of shares of the Company's common stock available for award by 225,000 shares. The amendment was recommended by the Company's board of directors and described in the Company's proxy statement for the 2012 annual meeting. A copy of the amendment is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

The Company's annual meeting of shareholders was held on May 8, 2012. At the record date, 42,824,356 shares of common stock were outstanding and entitled to one vote per share upon all matters submitted at the meeting. At the annual meeting, Clyde W. Smith, Jr., Terry E. Swift and Charles J. Swindells were elected to serve as directors of Swift Energy for three-year terms to expire at the 2015 annual meeting of shareholders. These directors were elected by the following votes:

                   Nominees for Director      For       Withheld
                   Clyde W. Smith, Jr.     35,208,606   3,164,195
                   Terry E. Swift          35,407,807   2,964,994
                   Charles J. Swindells    37,188,910   1,183,891

The following proposals were also approved at the annual meeting:

                                                                                Broker
               Proposal                     For        Against      Abstain    Non-Vote
Proposal to increase the number of
shares of common stock that may be
issued under the Company's First
Amended and Restated 2005 Stock
Compensation Plan                        27,848,037   10,295,167     229,597   2,704,063
Proposal to amend the Swift Energy
Company Employee Stock Purchase Plan
to increase the number of shares of
the Company's common stock available
for issuance by up to 500,000
additional shares                        37,817,091      258,765     296,945   2,704,063
Company's Independent Auditor for the
fiscal year ending December 31, 2012     38,889,252    2,171,872      15,740           0
Non-binding advisory vote on the
compensation of the Company's named
executive officers as presented in the
proxy statement                          29,672,495    8,446,154     254,152   2,704,063

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)      Exhibits

Exhibit
Number                          Description
 10.1     Amendment No. 7 to the First Amended and Restated Swift
          Energy Company 2005 Stock Compensation Plan