Ambac Financial Group Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Property-Casualty Insurers
Finance
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 16, 2024
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
A Special Meeting of Stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) of Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on October 16, 2024 via live webcast. As of the record date, September 3, 2024, 47,440,995 shares of voting common stock were outstanding and eligible to vote at the Special Meeting, and 38,019,302 shares, or approximately 80%`, were present or represented by proxy at the Special Meeting. Set forth below is a brief description of each matter voted upon at the Special Meeting and the results of voting on each such matter. The proposals are described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 6, 2024 (the “Proxy Statement”).
1.The Company’s stockholders voted to approve the stock purchase agreement, dated June 4, 2024, by and between the Company and American Acorn Corporation (“Buyer”), a Delaware corporation owned by funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., providing for the sale by the Company to Buyer of all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $2.50 per share, of Ambac Assurance Corporation, a Wisconsin stock insurance company and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Sale,” and such proposal, the “Sale Proposal”), as such Sale could be considered to constitute the sale of substantially all of the Company’s property and assets within the meaning of Section 271 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
Number of Votes For | Number of Votes Against | Number of Votes Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||||||
| 36,055,056 | 1,924,034 | 40,212 | — | |||||||||||||||||
2.The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation that may under certain circumstances, be paid or provided by the Company to its named executive officers in connection with the Sale.
Number of Votes For | Number of Votes Against | Number of Votes Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||||||
| 33,992,230 | 3,751,107 | 275,965 | — | |||||||||||||||||
3.The Company’s stockholders approved the adjournment of the Special Meeting, if necessary or appropriate, in order to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes at the time of the Special Meeting to approve the Sale Proposal.
Number of Votes For | Number of Votes Against | Number of Votes Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||||||
| 34,585,893 | 3,366,541 | 66,868 | — | |||||||||||||||||
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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.
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| Dated: | October 16, 2024 | By: | /s/ William J. White | |||||||||||||||||
| William J. White | ||||||||||||||||||||
First Vice President, Secretary and Assistant General Counsel | ||||||||||||||||||||
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