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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 25, 2021

 

Stem Holdings, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Nevada   000-55751   61-1794883

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File No.)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

2201 NW Corporate Blvd, Suite 205

Boca Raton, FL 33431

  33431
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (561) 237-2931

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol   Name of exchange on which registered
Common Stock par value $0.001   STMH   OTCQX

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

[  ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
   
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Item 5.07 Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
   
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
   
SIGNATURES

 

  
   

 

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

Stem Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on June 25, 2021. There were 220,351,263 outstanding shares eligible to vote as of the record date for the 2021 Annual Meeting and 142,921,596 shares were present either in person or by proxy at the meeting (which represented 64.86% of the issued and outstanding shares eligible to vote). At the meeting, the following actions were taken:

 

(i) The Company’s shareholders elected eight directors to the Company’s Board of Directors for terms expiring at the Annual Meeting in the year 2022. The directors elected, as well as the number of votes cast for and votes withheld for each individual are set forth below:

 

Nominee  Votes For   % Voted For   Withheld   % Withheld 
                 
Adam Berk   114,543,233    93.74%   7,646,695    6.26%
Steve Hubbard   108,186,501    88.54%   14,003,427    11.46%
Garrett M. Bender   118,186,501    96.70%   4,033,137    3.30%
Lindy Snider   92,957,565    76.08%   29,232,363    23.92%
Dennis Suskind   113,017,096    92.49%   9,172,832    7.51%
Salvador Villanueva   81,048,034    66.33%   41,141,894    33.67%
Brian Hayek   90,045,577    73.69%   21,144,351    26.31%
Robert L. B. Diener   92,738,915    75.90%   29,451,013    24.10%

 

(ii) The Company’s shareholders approved a proposal to amend the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized common shares from 300,000,000 shares to 750,000,000 shares, with the following votes:

 

   Amount 
Votes for approval:   101,346,890 
Votes against:   40,701,750 
% Voted for approval   71.34%
% Voted against approval:   28.65%
Abstentions:   872,956 
% Abstentions:   0.6%

 

  
   

 

(iii) The Company’s shareholders approved a proposal to authorize a reverse split of the Company’s outstanding Common Shares, at the discretion of the Board of Directors within a range of one (1) post-split common share for each two (2) pre-split common shares outstanding on the record date and ten (10) pre-split common share, with the following votes:

 

   Amount 
Votes for approval:   102,360,870 
Votes against:   39,011,014 
% Voted for approval   72.40%
% Voted against approval:   27.59%
Abstentions:   1,549,712 
% Abstentions:   1.16%

 

(iv) The Company’s shareholders approved a proposal to authorize a change of name of the Company to Driven by Stem, Inc., with the following votes:

 

   Amount 
Votes for approval:   138,508,078 
Votes against:   3,475,365 
% Voted for approval   97.55%
% Voted against approval:   2.44%
Abstentions:   938,153 
% Abstentions:   0.6%

 

(v) The Company’s shareholders approved a proposal to ratify the Audit Committee’s appointment of LJ Soldinger LLC as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending September 30, 2021, with the following votes:

 

   Amount 
Votes for approval:   136,896,783 
Votes against:   5,158,273 
% Voted for approval   96.36%
% Voted against approval:   3.63%
Abstentions:   866,540 
% Abstentions:   0.6%

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

None.

 

  
   

 

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.

 

Stem Holdings, Inc.  
   
By: /s/ Adam Berk  
Name: Adam Berk  
Title: President  

 

Dated: June 28, 2021