Advent Technologies Holdings Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
Advent Technologies Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders on December 31, 2024. For more information about the proposals set forth below, please see the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 10, 2024. As of November 27, 2024, the record date of the annual meeting, there were 2,636,508 shares of common stock were issued and outstanding and 1,387,291 shares of common stock were present in person or by proxy at the annual meeting. The final voting results on each of the matters submitted to a vote of stockholders were as follows:
Proposal No. 1: To elect Robert Schwartz as a Class I director of the Board of Directors. The nominee listed below has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the Company as a Class I director with a term expiring at the 2027 annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders or until his successor is duly elected and qualified in accordance with our second amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws, or his earlier death, resignation or removal. The voting results were as follows:
| Director Nominee | Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| Robert Schwartz | 320,810 | 336,605 | 729,876 |
Proposal No. 2: To ratify the appointment of M&K CPAS, PLLC as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024. Approval of the proposal required the affirmative vote of a majority of all votes cast at the meeting. Abstentions had no effect on the result of the vote. The proposal was approved by a vote of stockholders as follows:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 942,513 | 440,522 | 4,256 | N/A |
Proposal 3: To approve the consideration of and action with respect to such other business and matters as may properly come before this meeting or any adjournments hereof. Approval of the proposal required the affirmative vote of a majority of all votes cast at the meeting. Abstentions had no effect on the result of the vote. The proposal was not approved by a vote of stockholders, with the vote tallies providing as follows:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 256,801 | 375,255 | 25,359 | 729,876 |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: January 2, 2025
| Advent Technologies Holdings, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Gary Herman | |
| Name: | Gary Herman | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
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