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 31, 2011

Toreador Resources Corporation

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-34216

75-0991164

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS employer

Identification No.)

c/o Toreador Holding SAS

5 rue Scribe

Paris, France

75009

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip code)

+33 1 47 03 34 24

(Registrant’s telephone number including area code)

None

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

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Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

(a)

On May 31, 2011, Toreador Resources Corporation (“Toreador”) held its 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

(b)

The final results of voting for each matter submitted to a vote of stockholders at the meeting are set forth below.

(i)

The following directors were elected at the meeting and the voting for each director was as follows:


Nominee	For		Withheld		Broker Non- Votes
Bernard de Combret		8,422,865		479,771		10,538,673
Adam Kroloff		8,419,120		483,516		10,538,673
Craig M. McKenzie		8,422,965		479,671		10,538,673
Ian Vann		5,967,738		2,934,898		10,538,673
Herbert C. Williamson III		8,419,320		483,316		10,538,673

(ii)

The non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation was approved by the following vote:


	For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non- Votes
Non-binding Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation		8,250,534		600,311		8,250,534		10,538,673

(iii)

The non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote on executive compensation was as follows:


	1 Year		2 Years		3 Years		Abstain		Broker Non- Votes
Non-binding Advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote on executive compensation		7,932,841		85,609		850,095		34,091		10,538,673

(iv)

Ernst & Young Audit was ratified as Toreador’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year 2011 by the following vote:


	For		Against		Abstain
Ernst & Young Audit		19,270,749		75,706		94,854

(d)

As set forth in (b)(iii) above, a majority of the votes cast by stockholders voted, on an advisory basis, to hold the advisory vote on executive compensation every 1 year. As such, Toreador’s Board of Directors has decided that it will hold such advisory vote on executive compensation every 1 year until the next required advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote on executive compensation, which will occur no later than the annual meeting of stockholders held in 2017.

Item 8.01

Other Events

At the meeting of the Board of Directors held immediately after the 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the directors elected Adam Kroloff to serve as the non-executive Chairman of the Board until the next annual meeting of stockholders, or until his successor is duly elected and qualified. Mr. Kroloff has served as a director of Toreador since June 2009 and has also served as the Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and previously, as the Chairman of the Compensation Committee.

Mr. Kroloff is an executive with 20 years of experience in the oil and gas business. He has worked internationally for more than a decade and has held a range of corporate roles. Mr Kroloff’s career has focused on the areas of governance, strategy and risk management. Prior to joining the industry, he was a litigator. Mr Kroloff holds a Juris Doctorate from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Claremont McKenna College.

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.


	TOREADOR RESOURCES CORPORATION

Date: June 3, 2011	By:	/s/ Craig M. McKenzie
		Craig M. McKenzie
		President and Chief Executive Officer

TOREADOR RESOURCES CORP 8-K