The Marygold Companies Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The Company’s 2023 annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) was held on November 17, 2023. On November 17, 2023, Issuer Direct, the inspector of election for the Annual Meeting (“ID”), delivered its certification of final voting results for the Annual Meeting to the Company. The final voting results reflect that out of a total of 40,370,659 shares outstanding and eligible to vote as of September 18, 2023, the record date, 23,397,772 shares were voted in person or represented by proxies. The final voting results for the shares voted, and the results for each proposal presented to the shareholders, are as set forth below:
Management Proposals:
1. Election to the Board of the following 9 director nominees:
For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||
Nicholas D. Gerber | 23,397,644 | 128 | 0 | |||||||||
Stuart Crumbaugh | 23,397,623 | 149 | 0 | |||||||||
David W. Neibert | 23,397,644 | 128 | 0 | |||||||||
Scott Schoenberger | 23,317,739 | 80,033 | 0 | |||||||||
James Alexander | 23,397,647 | 125 | 0 | |||||||||
Matt Gonzalez | 23,397,644 | 128 | 0 | |||||||||
Erin Grogan | 23,317,810 | 79,962 | 0 | |||||||||
Joya Delgado Harris | 23,317,810 | 79,962 | 0 | |||||||||
Derek Mullins | 23,397,644 | 128 | 0 |
The following 9 directors were elected at the Annual Meeting. Nicholas D. Gerber, Stuart Crumbaugh, David W. Neibert, Scott Schoenberger, James Alexander, Matt Gonzalez, Erin Grogan, Joya Delgado Harris, and Derek Mullins. In addition, ID has advised the Company that there were zero broker non-votes on proposal 1.
2. Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Company’s 2023 proxy statement:
For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
23,392,520 | 5,235 | 17 | 0 |
ID has advised the Company that there were zero broker non-votes on proposal 2.
3. Ratification of the appointment of BPM, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal ending June 30, 2024.
For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
25,924,439 | 79,778 | 0 | 2,606,445 |
ID has advised the Company that there were 2,606,445 broker non-votes on proposal 3.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: November 21, 2023 | THE MARYGOLD COMPANIES, INC. | |
By: | /s/ Nicholas D. Gerber | |
Name: | Nicholas D. Gerber | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |