8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date Earliest Event Reported): June 15, 2022

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STEM, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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100 California St., 14th Fl, San Francisco, California 94111

(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)

1-877-374-7836

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

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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:

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Stem, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 15, 2022 (the “Annual Meeting”), at which the Company’s stockholders voted on the following matters:

•election of two Class I director nominees;

•ratification of the appointment of Deloitte and Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2022; and

•the approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, to hold an advisory vote on executive compensation every one year.

As of the record date, April 18, 2022, there were 154,016,596 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting. At the Annual Meeting, a total of 100,610,052 shares of the Company’s common stock entitled to vote were present or represented by proxy. A quorum being present, the voting results for the matters above are as follows:

Proposal 1 – Election of Directors. Each of the nominees was elected for a three-year term as follows:

Proposal 2 – Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte. The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP was ratified as follows:

Proposal 3 – Frequency of Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation. A frequency of every one year was approved as follows:

In accordance with the stockholder voting results and the recommendation of the Company’s Board of Directors, future stockholder advisory votes on executive compensation will occur every year. Accordingly, the first stockholder advisory vote on executive compensation will be held at the Company’s 2023 annual meeting of stockholders. The next required stockholder advisory vote regarding the frequency of holding an advisory vote on executive compensation will be in six years, at the Company’s 2028 annual meeting of stockholders.

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.

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