Solitario Resources Corp. filed SEC Form 8-K: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year, Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Changes in Fiscal Year.
As further described in Item 5.07 below, at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Solitario Resources Corp. (“Solitario”) held on June 19, 2025, Solitario’s shareholders approved an amendment to Solitario’s Articles of Incorporation to increase the authorized number of shares of Solitario common stock to 200 million shares (the “Amendment”). The Amendment was filed with the Colorado Secretary of State on June 19, 2025, and was effective upon filing.
ITEM 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On June 19, 2025, Solitario held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders at which holders of 46,809,118 shares of common stock were present in person or by proxy. The four matters identified below were submitted to a vote of the shareholders. Each proposal is more fully described in the Solitario’s definitive Proxy Statement filed with the United States Securities Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 28, 2025.
1. | Election of Directors. Six directors were elected to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are elected and qualified, with each director receiving the votes below: |
Number of Shares
Name | For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | ||||
John Labate | 36,709,921 (95.86% of shares voting) | 1,584,390 | 8,514,807 | ||||
James Hesketh | 28,812,899 (75.50% of shares voting) | 9,381,412 | 8,514,807 | ||||
Christopher E. Herald | 37,923,481 (99.03% of shares voting) | 370,830 | 8,514,807 | ||||
Gil Atzmon | 37,346,238 (97.52% of shares voting) | 948,073 | 8,514,807 | ||||
Joshua D. Crumb | 37,393,704 (97.65% of shares voting) | 900,607 | 8,514,807 | ||||
Debbie Mino-Austin | 37,318,979 (97.45% of shares voting) | 975,332 | 8,514,807 | ||||
2. | Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation: The shareholders approved the following resolution concerning the compensation of Solitario’s named executive officers, with 31,364,442 shares voting for (81.90% of shares voting), 678,139 shares voting against, 6,251,730 shares abstaining, and 8,514,807 broker non-votes. |
“RESOLVED THAT: Solitario shareholders approve the compensation of Solitario’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the Company’s proxy statement, dated April 28, 2025, pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the SEC set forth in Item 402 of Regulation S-K, including, but not limited to, the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the compensation tables, and any related material disclosed in the proxy statement for the 2025 annual meeting.” | |
3. | Increase in the number of authorized shares: The shareholders approved an amendment to Solitario’s Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of Solitario’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share to 200,000,000 shares , with 39,518,949 shares voting for (84.43% of shares voting), 1,658,231 shares voting against and 5,631,938 shares voting to abstain. |
4. | Appointment of Auditors. The appointment of Assure CPA, LLC as Solitario’s auditors for fiscal year 2025 was ratified, with 41,181,729 shares voting for (87.98% of shares voting), 29,922 shares voting against, 5,597,466 shares voting to abstain. |
ITEM 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
On June 19, 2025, Solitario issued a press release announcing the results of the annual meeting of shareholders held on June 19, 2025. A copy of that press release is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1.
The information furnished under this Item 7.01, including the exhibits, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by reference to such filing.
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ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
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| Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL document) |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
June 20, 2025
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| By: | /s/ James R. Maronick |
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| James R. Maronick, Chief Financial Officer |
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