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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders |
At the 2022 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Green Thumb Industries Inc. (the “Company”) held on June 16, 2022, the Company’s shareholders:
| 1. | Set the number of directors of the Company at six; |
| 2. | Elected the six director nominees named in the Company’s 2022 Proxy Statement to serve as directors until the Company’s 2023 annual general meeting of shareholders or the date on which they otherwise cease to hold office under the British Columbia Corporations Act or under the Company’s articles; |
| 3. | Approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers; |
| 4. | Approved, on an advisory basis, the frequency of “Every Three Years” for the shareholder advisory vote to approve the compensation of the named executive officers; and |
| 5. | Approved the appointment of Baker Tilly US, LLP as auditors for the Company and authorized the Board to fix the auditors’ remuneration and terms of engagement. |
Proposal No. 1: Setting the number of directors of the Company at six:
| FOR |
WITHOLD | |
| 303,407,132 | 262,822 |
Proposal No. 2: Election of directors:
| FOR | WITHHOLD | BROKER NON VOTES |
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| Wendy Berger |
295,530,777 | 8,139,177 | 26,767,571 | |||||||||
| Anthony Georgiadis |
295,308,107 | 8,361,847 | 26,767,571 | |||||||||
| William Gruver |
295,492,775 | 8,177,179 | 26,767,571 | |||||||||
| Benjamin Kovler |
296,337,978 | 7,331,976 | 26,767,571 | |||||||||
| Dorri McWhorter |
301,908,343 | 1,761,611 | 26,767,571 | |||||||||
| Glen Senk |
301,003,111 | 2,666,843 | 26,767,571 | |||||||||
Proposal No. 3: The approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the Company’s proxy statement for the meeting.
| FOR |
AGAINST |
BROKER NON VOTES | ||
| 291,964,687 | 8,526,687 | 3,178,580 |
Proposal No. 4: The recommendation, on an advisory basis, of the frequency that the Company’s will hold an advisory shareholder vote to approve the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers.
| ONE YEAR |
TWO YEARS |
THREE YEARS | ||
| 109,654,758 | 474,742 | 188,627,301 |
Proposal No. 5: The appointment of Baker Tilly US, LLP as auditors for the Company and authorization of the Board to fix the auditors’ remuneration and terms of engagement:
| FOR |
WITHHOLD | |
| 327,628,344 | 2,809,181 |
SIGNATURE
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.
| GREEN THUMB INDUSTRIES INC. | ||||||
| Date: June 17, 2022 | /s/ Benjamin Kovler | |||||
| Benjamin Kovler | ||||||
| Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||