6-K
illumin Holdings Inc. (ILLMF)
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of April 2022
Commission File Number 001-40469
AcuityAds Holdings Inc.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
70 University Ave., Suite 1200
Toronto, Ontario
M5J 2M4
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
| ¨ Form 20-F | x Form 40-F |
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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Exhibit 99.1 of this Form 6-K is incorporated by reference as an additional exhibit to the registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-10 (File No. 333-256909) and Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-258901).
DOCUMENTS INCLUDED AS PART OF THIS REPORT
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| 99.1 | Advance Notice By-Law of AcuityAds Holdings Inc. |
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, thereunto duly authorized.
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| Date: April 22, 2022 | By: | /s/ Elliot Muchnik | |
| Name: | Elliot Muchnik | ||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 99.1
ADVANCE NOTICE BY-LAW
(Adopted by the Board of Directors of AcuityAds Holdings Inc. (the “Corporation”) with immediate effect on April 20, 2022)
ARTICLE 1
NOMINATION OF DIRECTORS
Section 1.1 Subject only to the Canada Business Corporations Act (the “Act”), applicable securities laws and the articles of the Corporation, only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set out in this Section 1.1 shall be eligible for election as directors to the board of directors (the “Board”) of the Corporation. Nominations of persons for election to the Board may only be made at an annual meeting of shareholders, or at a special meeting of shareholders called for any purpose at which the election of directors is a matter specified in the notice of meeting, as follows:
| (a) | by or at the direction of the Board or an authorized officer of the Corporation, including pursuant to<br>a notice of meeting; |
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| (b) | by or at the direction or request of one or more shareholders pursuant to a proposal made in accordance<br>with the provisions of Act or a requisition of shareholders made in accordance with the provisions of the Act; or |
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| (c) | by any person entitled to vote at such meeting (a “Nominating Shareholder”), who: (A)<br>is, at the close of business on the date of giving notice provided for in Section 1.3 below and on the record date for notice of<br>such meeting, either entered in the securities register of the Corporation as a holder of one or more shares carrying the right to vote<br>at such meeting or who beneficially owns shares that are entitled to be voted at such meeting; and (B) has given timely notice in proper<br>written form as set forth in this Article 1. |
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Section 1.2 For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing Section 1.1 shall be the exclusive means for any person to bring nominations for election to the Board before any annual or special meeting of shareholders of the Corporation.
Section 1.3 In addition to any other applicable requirement, for a nomination made by a Nominating Shareholder to be timely notice (a “Timely Notice”), the Nominating Shareholder’s notice must be received by the corporate secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation:
| (a) | in the case of an annual meeting of shareholders (including an annual and special meeting), not later<br>than the close of business on the thirtieth (30^th^) day before the date of the meeting; provided, however, if the date (the<br> “Notice Date”) on which the first public announcement made by the Corporation of the date of the annual meeting is<br>less than 50 days prior to the meeting date, not later than the close of business on the 10^th^ day following the Notice Date; |
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| (b) | in the case of a special meeting (which is not also an annual meeting) of shareholders called for any<br>purpose which includes the election of directors to the board, not later than the close of business on the 15^th^ day following<br>the day on which the first public announcement of the date of the special meeting is made by the Corporation |
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Section 1.4 To be in proper written form, a Nominating Shareholder’s notice to the corporate secretary must comply with this Section and disclose or include, as applicable:
| (a) | as to each person whom the Nominating Shareholder proposes to nominate for election as a director (a “ProposedNominee”): |
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| (i) | their name, age, business and residential address; |
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| (ii) | the principal occupation, business or employment both presently and for the past five years; |
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| (iii) | whether the Proposed Nominee is a “resident Canadian” within the meaning of the Act; |
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| (iv) | the number of securities of each class of voting securities of the Corporation beneficially owned, or<br>controlled or directed, directly or indirectly, by the Proposed Nominee, as of the record date for the meeting of shareholders (if such<br>date shall then have been made publicly available and shall have occurred) and as of the date of such notice; |
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| (v) | a description of any relationships, agreements, arrangements, or understandings (including financial,<br>compensation or indemnity related) between the Proposed Nominee or any affiliates or associates of, or any person or entity acting jointly<br>or in concert with, the Proposed Nominee or the Nominating Shareholder, in connection with the Proposed Nominee’s nomination and<br>election as director; and |
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| (vi) | any other information that would be required to be disclosed in a dissident proxy circular or other filings<br>required to be made in connection with the solicitation of proxies for election of directors pursuant to the Act or applicable securities<br>law; |
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| (b) | as to each Nominating Shareholder giving the notice: |
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| (i) | their name, business and residential address; |
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| (ii) | the number of securities of each class of voting securities of the Corporation beneficially owned, or<br>controlled or directed, directly or indirectly, by the Nominating Shareholder or any other person with whom the Nominating Shareholder<br>is acting jointly or in concert with respect to the Corporation or any of its securities, as of the record date for the meeting of shareholders<br>(if such date shall then have been made publicly available and shall have occurred) and as of the date of such notice; |
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| (iii) | their interests in, or rights or obligations associated with, any agreement, arrangement or understanding,<br>the purpose or effect of which is to alter, directly or indirectly, the person’s economic interest in a security of the Corporation<br>or the person’s economic exposure to the Corporation; |
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| (iv) | full particulars of any proxy, contract, arrangement, agreement or understanding pursuant to which such<br>person, or any of its affiliates or associates, or any person acting jointly or in concert with such person, has any interests, rights<br>or obligations relating to the voting of any securities of the Corporation or the nomination of directors to the board; and |
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| (v) | any other information relating to such person that would be required to be included in a dissident proxy<br>circular or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to the Act<br>or as required by applicable securities law. |
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Reference to “Nominating Shareholder” in this Section 1.4 shall be deemed to refer to each shareholder that nominated or seeks to nominate a person for election as director in the case of a nomination proposal where more than one shareholder is involved in making the nomination proposal.
Section 1.5 To be considered timely and in proper form, a Nominating Shareholder’s notice shall be promptly updated and supplemented if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice shall be true and correct as of the record date for the meeting.
Section 1.6 Any notice, or other document or information required to be given to the corporate secretary pursuant to this Article 1 may only be given by personal delivery, facsimile transmission or by email (at such email address as may be stipulated from time to time by the corporate secretary for purposes of this notice), and shall be deemed to have been received and made only at the time it is served by personal delivery to the corporate secretary at the address of the principal executive offices of the Corporation, email (at the address as aforesaid) or sent by facsimile transmission (provided that receipt of confirmation of such transmission has been received); provided that if such delivery or electronic communication is made on a day which is a not a business day or later than 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on a day which is a business day, then such delivery or electronic communication shall be deemed to have been made on the next following day that is a business day.
Section 1.7 Additional Matters
| (1) | The chair of any meeting of shareholders of the Corporation shall have the power to determine whether<br>any proposed nomination is made in accordance with the provisions of this Article 1**,** and if any proposed nomination is not<br>in compliance with such provisions, must declare that such defective nomination shall not be considered at any meeting of shareholders. |
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| (2) | The board may, in its sole discretion, waive any requirement of this Article 1. |
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| (3) | For the purposes of this Article 1, “public<br> announcement” means disclosure in a press release disseminated by the Corporation through<br> a national news service in Canada, or in a document filed by the Corporation for public access<br> under its profile on the System of Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval at www.sedar.com. |
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| (4) | This Article 1 is subject to, and should be read in conjunction with, the Act and the articles. If<br>there is any conflict or inconsistency between any provision of the Act or the articles and any provision of this Section, the provision<br>of the Act or the articles will govern. |
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ARTICLE 2
ANNUAL OR SPECIAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
Section 2.1 No business may be transacted at an annual or special meeting of shareholders other than business that is either (i) specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board, (ii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board, or (iii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by any shareholder of the Corporation who complies with the proposal procedures set forth in Section 2.2 below.
Section 2.2 For business to be properly brought before a meeting by a shareholder of the Corporation, such shareholder must submit a proposal to the Corporation for inclusion in the Corporation’s management proxy circular in accordance with the requirements of the Act; provided that any proposal that includes nominations for the election of directors shall also comply with the requirements of Article 1.