Bakkt Holdings Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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UNITED STATES
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On May 31, 2024, Bakkt Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, 1,289,372 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock (“Class A Common Stock”) and 7,107,277 shares of the Company’s Class V common stock (“Class V Common Stock” and, together with the Class A Common Stock, the “Common Stock”), in each case after giving effect to the Company’s previously disclosed 1-for-25 reverse stock split effected on April 29, 2024 (the “Reverse Stock Split”). At the Annual Meeting, shares representing 64.5% of the voting power of all issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock as of April 8, 2024, the record date for the Annual Meeting, and constituting a quorum for the transaction of business, were present in person or by proxy and voted on the following three proposals, each of which is described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 19, 2024. The voting results provided below reflect share amounts after giving effect to the Reverse Stock Split.
1.The stockholders elected the three individuals listed below as directors to serve on the Board of Directors of the Company, each to serve until the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders or until his successor is duly elected and qualified or until his earlier death, resignation or removal. The voting results were as follows:
Name | Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||||||
Sean Collins | 7,090,703 | 1,305,946 | — | |||||||||||||||||
Richard Lumb | 7,955,305 | 441,344 | — | |||||||||||||||||
Andrew Main | 8,113,941 | 282,708 | — | |||||||||||||||||
2. The second proposal was omitted.
3. The stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan to authorize 938,625 additional shares of Class A Common Stock (after giving effect to the Reverse Stock Split). The voting results were as follows:
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||||||
7,370,966 | 1,021,531 | 4,122 | — | |||||||||||||||||
4. The stockholders did not approve a shareholder proposal requesting the adoption of a simple majority vote standard. The voting results were as follows:
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||||||
909,252 | 7,480,999 | 6,399 | — | |||||||||||||||||
SIGNATURE
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.
Dated: June 6, 2024
| BAKKT HOLDINGS, INC. | ||||||||
| By: | /s/ Marc D'Annunzio | |||||||
| Name: | Marc D’Annunzio | |||||||
| Title: | General Counsel and Secretary | |||||||