Solid Power, Inc 8-K, filed May 25, 2023
Solid Power, Inc. (SLDP)
About this 8-K
Solid Power, Inc filed this 8-K on May 25, 2023, reporting on events of May 24, 2023.
Items reported
- Item 5.07: Shareholder vote results
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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On May 24, 2023, Solid Power, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2023 annual meeting of stockholders. Of the 177,515,091 shares of common stock entitled to vote at the annual meeting, 120,253,069 were voted.
At the annual meeting, the stockholders elected the three individuals nominated to be Class II directors, ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, and cast an advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes regarding executive compensation.
Election results for the directors nominated at the annual meeting were as follows:
| Nominee | For | Withhold | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| Steven Goldberg | 83,827,301 | 4,947,494 | 31,478,274 | |||||||||
| Aleksandra Miziolek | 81,308,306 | 7,466,489 | 31,478,274 | |||||||||
| MaryAnn Wright | 87,359,919 | 1,414,876 | 31,478,274 | |||||||||
Election results for the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young, LLP as the independent registered accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 were as follows:
| For | Against | Abstain | ||||||||
| 118,614,231 | 1,346,737 | 292,101 | ||||||||
Election results for the advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes regarding executive compensation were as follows:
| One Year | Two Years | Three Years | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||||||
| 87,396,306 | 266,476 | 886,634 | 225,379 | 31,478,274 | ||||||||||||||
In light of the results of this advisory vote, and consistent with the recommendation of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), the Board has determined that the Company will hold an advisory vote on executive compensation for named executive officers every year until the next required advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes regarding executive compensation.
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.
| Dated: May 25, 2023 | SOLID POWER, INC. | |
| By: | /s/ James Liebscher | |
| Name: James Liebscher | ||
| Title: Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | ||