UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | Trading Symbols(s) | Name of exchange on which registered | ||
8.75% Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share | VIASP | The NASDAQ Global Select Market |
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Via Renewables, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 31, 2023 (“Annual Meeting”). A total of 6,363,807 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class A common stock”), and Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class B common stock” and, together with the Class A common stock, the “Common Stock”), representing 88.6% of the total shares of Common Stock outstanding and eligible to vote as of the record date, were represented in person or by valid proxies at the Annual Meeting. This percentage constituted a quorum. The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting were as follows:
Proposal 1:The following nominee was elected to serve as a Class III director for a term expiring at the 2026 Annual Meeting by the votes set forth in the table below:
Nominee | For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
Amanda E. Bush | 5,358,970 | 333,848 | 670,989 | |||||||||
Proposal 2: The appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountant for the year ending December 31, 2023 was ratified by the Company’s shareholders by the votes set forth in the table below:
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
6,246,164 | 84,858 | 32,785 | — | |||||||||||
Proposal 3: The compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers was approved, on an advisory basis, by the votes set forth in the table below:
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| 5,472,259 |
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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.
Dated: June 1, 2023
Via Renewables, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/Mike Barajas | |
Name: | Mike Barajas | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
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| Entity Registrant Name | Via Renewables, Inc. |
| Entity Central Index Key | 0001606268 |
| Document Type | 8-K |
| Amendment Flag | false |
| Entity Emerging Growth Company | false |
| Document Period End Date | May 31, 2023 |
| Entity Incorporation State Country Code | DE |
| Entity File Number | 001-36559 |
| Entity Tax Identification Number | 46-5453215 |
| Entity Address Address Line 1 | 12140 Wickchester Ln |
| Entity Address Address Line 2 | Suite 100 |
| Entity Address City Or Town | Houston |
| Entity Address State Or Province | TX |
| Entity Address Postal Zip Code | 77079 |
| City Area Code | 713 |
| Local Phone Number | 600-2600 |
| Written Communications | false |
| Soliciting Material | false |
| Pre Commencement Tender Offer | false |
| Pre Commencement Issuer Tender Offer | false |
| Security 12b Title | Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share |
| Trading Symbol | VIA |
| Security Exchange Name | NASDAQ |