Utz Brands, Inc 8-K, filed May 21, 2021
Utz Brands, Inc. (UTZ)
8-K
2021-05-21
For: 2021-05-20
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About this 8-K
Utz Brands, Inc filed this 8-K on May 21, 2021, reporting on events of May 20, 2021.
Items reported
- Item 5.07: Shareholder vote results
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): May 20, 2021
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||||||||||||
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (717 ) 637-6644
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||||||||||||
| Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share | UTZ | New York Stock Exchange | ||||||||||||
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
The 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Utz Brands, Inc. (the “Company”) was convened and immediately adjourned on May 6, 2021 to allow the Company’s stockholders sufficient time to review the amended annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 3, 2021. The adjourned Annual Meeting was reconvened on May 20, 2021.
Proxies for the meeting were solicited pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on three proposals. The proposals are described in detail in the Company’s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 26, 2021.
Present at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy were holders representing 131,269,628 shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock and Class V Common Stock (the “Common Stock”), representing approximately 95.93% of the eligible votes, constituting a quorum. A brief description and the final vote results for the proposals follow.
1.To elect three Class I directors on the Company’s Board of Directors until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are elected and qualified.
| Nominee | Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||
| John W. Altmeyer | 119,258,172 | 5,647,556 | 81,474 | 6,282,426 | ||||||||||
| Jason K. Giordano | 102,753,207 | 22,153,068 | 80,927 | 6,282,426 | ||||||||||
| B. John Lindeman | 124,790,771 | 114,537 | 81,894 | 6,282,426 | ||||||||||
As a result, each nominee was elected to serve as a director for a term expiring at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are elected and qualified.
2.To approve and adopt the Utz Brands, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||
| 124,914,706 | 55,234 | 17,262 | 6,282,426 | ||||||||
As a result, the Company’s stockholders approved and adopted the 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
3.To ratify the selection by our audit committee of Grant Thornton, LLP to serve as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending January 2, 2022.
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | ||||||
| 129,536,609 | 1,707,282 | 25,737 | ||||||
As a result, the Company’s stockholders ratified the selection of Grant Thornton, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 2, 2022.
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.
Utz Brands, Inc.
Dated: May 21, 2021
By: /s/ Cary Devore
Name: Cary Devore
Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer