SEC Form 8-K filed by Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.
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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On May 29, 2025, Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp. (the “Company”) held its 2025 annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”), at which the Company’s shareholders approved, among other items, the Company’s amended and restated 2022 Incentive Plan (the “Restated Plan”). The Restated Plan was approved by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) on March 27, 2025, and it became effective on the date of the Annual Meeting.
The Restated Plan provides for an increase of 13,500,000 shares available for issuance under the Restated Plan over the number of shares of the Company’s common stock available for issuance under the Company’s 2022 Incentive Plan in effect prior to the amendment and restatement. Grants under the Restated Plan of stock options and stock appreciation rights will continue to reduce the shares available under the Restated Plan on a one-for-one basis. The number of shares authorized for issuance under the Restated Plan will continue to be decreased by 2.0 shares for each share issued pursuant to awards other than an option or stock appreciation right (or other award subject to an exercise price, strike price or similar concept) (a “full value award”) under the Restated Plan’s fungible share ratio.
Under the Restated Plan, no more than 30,000,000 shares may be issued upon the exercise of incentive stock options (“ISOs”). In addition, no ISOs may be granted under the Restated Plan after the date that is 10 years following the earlier of (1) the date the Board approved the Restated Plan or (2) the date the shareholders approved the Restated Plan. The Restated Plan will continue until terminated in accordance with its terms.
A more detailed description of the Restated Plan is set forth in the section entitled “Proposal No. 4 - Approval of the Amendment and Restatement of the 2022 Incentive Plan” in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 16, 2025 (the “Proxy Statement”). The foregoing description of the Restated Plan does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Restated Plan, which is filed as Appendix B to the Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On May 29, 2025, shareholders of the Company approved four proposals at its Annual Meeting. Of the 183,749,328 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding as of the record date, 159,081,706 shares were represented at the Annual Meeting.
A description of each matter voted upon at the Annual Meeting is described in detail in the Proxy Statement. The number of votes cast for and against and the number of abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to each matter voted upon are set forth below.
Proposal 1: Annual Election of Directors
The voting results for the annual election of directors are as follows:
| Shares Voted | ||||||||||||||||
| Name of Candidate | For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
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| Oliver G. (Chip) Brewer III |
136,988,354 | 811,006 | 394,875 | 20,887,471 | ||||||||||||
| John F. Lundgren |
135,284,683 | 2,791,055 | 118,497 | 20,887,471 | ||||||||||||
| Erik J Anderson |
136,287,184 | 1,470,708 | 436,343 | 20,887,471 | ||||||||||||
| Russell L. Fleischer |
136,153,307 | 1,599,759 | 441,169 | 20,887,471 | ||||||||||||
| Bavan M. Holloway |
137,015,722 | 1,065,590 | 112,923 | 20,887,471 | ||||||||||||
| Scott M. Marimow |
135,467,081 | 2,284,242 | 442,912 | 20,887,471 | ||||||||||||
| Adebayo O. Ogunlesi |
131,003,668 | 7,071,938 | 118,629 | 20,887,471 | ||||||||||||
| Varsha R. Rao |
136,050,562 | 2,036,139 | 107,534 | 20,887,471 | ||||||||||||
| Linda B. Segre |
135,074,232 | 2,819,503 | 300,500 | 20,887,471 | ||||||||||||
| Anthony S. Thornley |
135,401,908 | 2,504,303 | 288,024 | 20,887,471 | ||||||||||||
| C. Matthew Turney |
134,120,211 | 3,821,839 | 252,185 | 20,887,471 | ||||||||||||
Proposal 2: Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Company’s shareholders ratified, on an advisory basis, the Audit Committee’s appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. The following sets forth the results of the voting with respect to this proposal:
| Shares Voted | ||||
| For |
Against |
Abstentions | ||
| 157,162,093 | 1,612,598 | 307,015 | ||
Proposal 3: Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation
The Company’s shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The following sets forth the results of the voting with respect to this proposal:
| Shares Voted | ||||||
| For |
Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 135,582,960 | 2,383,329 | 227,946 | 20,887,471 | |||
Proposal 4: Approval of Amendment and Restatement of 2022 Incentive Plan
The Company’s shareholders approved the Restated Plan. The following sets forth the results of the voting with respect to this proposal:
| Shares Voted | ||||||
| For |
Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 135,623,046 | 2,412,791 | 158,398 | 20,887,471 | |||
No other items were presented for shareholder approval at the Annual Meeting.
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.
| TOPGOLF CALLAWAY BRANDS CORP. | ||||||
| Date: June 2, 2025 | By: | /s/ Heather D. McAllister | ||||
| Name: | Heather D. McAllister | |||||
| Title: | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | |||||