Star Equity Holdings Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders, Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year, Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
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Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.
The information set forth in Item 5.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is hereby incorporated by reference.
Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On October 11, 2024, Star Equity Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) filed an amendment to its Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter Amendment”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock, and to add shares of preferred stock as an additional class of capital stock.
On October 11, 2024, the Company also filed a Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Designations, Rights and Preferences of 10% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of Designations”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The Certificate of Designations sets forth the rights, powers and preferences of the Company’s Series A Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”). For more information on the Charter Amendment and the Certificate of Designations, please see the Company’s definitive proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 6, 2024.
The foregoing description of the Charter Amendment and the Certificate of Designations is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Charter Amendment and the Certificate of Designations, which are filed herewith as Exhibit 3.1 and Exhibit 3.2, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. | ||||
The 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of the Company was held pursuant to notice on October 10, 2024, at the Company’s offices at 53 Forest Avenue, Suite 101, Old Greenwich, Connecticut 06870. As of the record date of August 29, 2024, there were (i) 3,230,168 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting and (ii) 2,165,637 shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding and entitled to vote on Proposal 7 at the Annual Meeting. The total number of shares of common stock voted in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting was 2,655,717 shares, representing approximately 82.22% of the shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. The total number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock voted in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting was 1,199,075 shares, representing approximately 55.37% of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.
Each director nominee was elected and each other matter submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting, as described below, was approved by the requisite vote of the Company’s stockholders. The final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Company at the Annual Meeting are set forth below. The proposals are described in detail in the Company’s Proxy Statement, and are incorporated herein by reference.
Proposal 1 - The election of four directors, to serve until the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
| Director Nominee | Votes For | Votes Withheld | ||||||
| Jeffrey E. Eberwein | 1,992,767 | 33,156 | ||||||
| Todd Fruhbeis | 2,000,804 | 25,119 | ||||||
| Jennifer Palmer | 2,000,800 | 23,123 | ||||||
| Louis Parks | 2,000,717 | 25,206 | ||||||
Proposal 2 - The ratification of the appointment of Wolf & Company, P.C. as the independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024.
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | ||||||
| 2,651,606 | 3,954 | 157 | ||||||
Proposal 3 - The advisory (non-binding) approval of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | ||||||
| 1,993,936 | 30,620 | 1,367 | ||||||
Proposal 4 - Approval of amendments to the Star Equity Holdings, Inc. 2018 Incentive Plan (the “2018 Plan”) to increase the number of shares issuable under the 2018 Plan and to add shares of preferred stock as an additional class of capital stock under the 2018 Plan.
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | ||||||
| 1,986,549 | 36,335 | 3,039 | ||||||
Proposal 5 – Approval of the Star Equity Holdings, Inc. Amended Tax Benefit Preservation Plan.
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | ||||||
| 2,008,787 | 9,569 | 7,567 | ||||||
Proposal 6 – Approval of the Protective Amendment to Our Restated Certificate of Incorporation to Extend the Term of a Protective Provision to protect the tax benefits of the Company’s net operating loss carryforwards.
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | ||||||
| 1,996,723 | 8,042 | 21,158 | ||||||
Proposal 7 – Approval of the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Designations, Rights, and Preferences of 10% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock to amend the redemption provisions.
Common Shareholder Vote
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | ||||||
| 1,951,498 | 70,770 | 3,655 | ||||||
Preferred Shareholder Vote
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | ||||||
| 1,188,030 | 6,669 | 4,376 | ||||||
Based on the approval of the stockholders, our board of directors has determined that it will hold an advisory vote on the compensation of our executive officers every year until the next required vote on the frequency of such an advisory vote.
For Proposals 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, broker non-votes amounted to 629,794 shares of common stock.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits:
| Exhibit No. | Description | |||||||
| Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Star Equity Holdings, dated October 10, 2024 | ||||||||
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Designation, Rights and Preferences of 10.0% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, dated October 10, 2024 | ||||||||
| Rights Agreement, dated August 21, 2024 | ||||||||
2018 Incentive Plan, as amended on October 10, 2024 | ||||||||
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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.
| Star Equity Holdings, Inc. | |||||||||||
| By: | /s/ Richard K. Coleman, Jr. | ||||||||||
Richard K. Coleman, Jr. Chief Executive Officer | |||||||||||
Date: October 11, 2024