Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc 8-K, filed Jun 23, 2020
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (WBD)
8-K
2020-06-23
For: 2020-06-18
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About this 8-K
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc filed this 8-K on June 23, 2020, reporting on events of June 18, 2020.
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): June 18, 2020
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Commission File Number: 001-34177
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On June 18, 2020, the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Discovery, Inc. (the “Company”) was held by means of remote communication. The following are the results of the voting on the proposals submitted to stockholders at the Annual Meeting.
1. Stockholders elected each of the Company’s six nominees for director, three elected by the holders of shares of our Series A common stock and Series B common stock voting together as a single class, and three elected by the holders of shares of our Series A-1 convertible participating preferred stock voting separately as a class, as set forth below:
Director Nominees Elected by Holders of Shares of Series A Common Stock and Series B
Common Stock as Class III Directors
| Name | Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||
| Robert R. Bennett | 135,148,081 | 47,314,852 | 17,051,115 | ||||||||
| John C. Malone | 118,950,577 | 63,512,356 | 17,051,115 | ||||||||
| David M. Zaslav | 146,187,137 | 36,275,796 | 17,051,115 | ||||||||
Director Nominees Elected by Holders of Series A-1 Convertible Participating Preferred Stock
| Name | Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||
| S. Decker Anstrom | 7,852,582 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Robert J. Miron | 7,852,582 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Steven A. Miron | 7,852,582 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
2. Stockholders ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020, as set forth below:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | ||||||
| 267,588,121.00 | 2,192,140.00 | 407,029.00 | ||||||
3. Stockholders approved the advisory resolution on 2019 named executive officer compensation, as set forth below:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||
| 153,741,433 | 98,815,485 | 579,257 | 17,051,115 | ||||||||
4. Stockholders did not approve the stockholder proposal regarding simple majority vote, as set forth below:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||
| 71,777,067 | 180,496,529 | 862,579 | 17,051,115 | ||||||||
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
| 101 | Inline XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Date File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document | ||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) | ||||
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.
Discovery, Inc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date: June 23, 2020 | By: | /s/ Bruce Campbell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bruce Campbell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chief Development, Distribution & Legal Officer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||