Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On June 8, 2022, Heritage Global Inc. (the "Company") held its 2022 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting"), at which the shareholders of the
Company approved the 2022 Heritage Global Inc. Equity Incentive Plan (the
"Equity Incentive Plan"), which, among other things, replaced the Heritage
Global Inc. 2016 Stock Option Plan and authorized the issuance of an aggregate
of 3,500,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.01 per share for
all awards granted after the Annual Meeting.
For a description of the terms and conditions of the Equity Incentive Plan, see
"Proposal Number 3: Approval of the 2022 Heritage Global Inc. Equity Incentive
Plan" in the Company's definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A (the "Proxy
Statement"), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 15,
2022, which description is incorporated herein by reference. Such description is
qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Equity Incentive
Plan attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and
incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
As of April 13, 2022, the record date for the Annual Meeting, a total of
36,677,837 shares of the Company's common stock and 565 shares of Series N
Preferred Stock were outstanding and entitled to vote on all matters presented
to the Company's shareholders at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, the
Company's shareholders considered the following proposals:
1.
To elect Ross Dove, Kelly Sharpe and Samuel L. Shimer as Class I directors;
2.
To ratify the appointment of Baker Tilly US, LLP as the Company's independent
auditor for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022; and
3.
To approve the 2022 Heritage Global Inc. Equity Incentive Plan (the "Equity
Incentive Plan").
Ross Dove, Kelly Sharpe and Samuel L. Shimer were elected to serve as Class I
directors. The results of the election were as follows:
Broker Non-
For Against Abstain Votes
Ross Dove 19,671,416 0 251,822 6,744,649
Kelly Sharpe 19,137,681 0 785,557 6,744,649
Samuel L. Shimer 18,934,736 0 988,502 6,744,649
Baker Tilly US, LLP was ratified as the Company's independent auditor for the
fiscal year ending December 31, 2022. The results of the vote were as follows:
For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes
26,647,168 13,608 7,111 0
The Equity Incentive Plan was approved by the shareholders. The results of the
vote were as follows:
For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes
19,025,245 316,899 581,094 6,744,649
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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. Description
10.1 2022 Heritage Global Inc. Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference to Appendix A to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement
on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
April 15, 2022)
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted in Inline eXtensible
Business Reporting Language)
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