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

Welbilt, Inc. (the "Company") held its Special Meeting of Stockholders on
September 30, 2021 (the "Special Meeting"). The final results of each of the
proposals submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Special Meeting are set
forth below. Each such proposal is further described in the Company's definitive
proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission on August 31, 2021.

Proposal 1. The Company's stockholders voted to adopt and approve the Agreement
and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") with Ali Holding S.r.l., Ali Group
North America Corporation, and Ascend Merger Corp. (the "Merger Proposal") by
the votes indicated:

      For             Against        Abstentions
  96,009,789        264,185          240,458

Proposal 2. The Company's stockholders voted to approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation that may be paid or become payable to the Company's named executive officers that is based on or otherwise relates to the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement by the votes indicated:



      For              Against          Abstentions
  92,480,163        1,288,338          2,745,731



Proposal 3. The Company's stockholders voted to approve one or more adjournments
of the Special Meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies if a quorum
is not present or there are not sufficient votes cast at the Special Meeting to
approve the Merger Proposal by the votes indicated:

      For              Against          Abstentions
  88,745,085        5,131,205          2,638,142


Item 7.01.     Regulation FD Disclosure.

On the same date, the Company issued a press release providing an update on the
transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. The full text of the press
release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by
reference.

The information furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form
8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section
18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or
otherwise subject to liabilities under that section and shall not be deemed to
be incorporated by reference into any document filed under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date
hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.



(d)  Exhibits.
    Exhibit
      No.                                                Description

                          Press Release, dated September 30, 2021,

providing an update on the


      99.1              acquisition by Ali Group.
      101               Interactive data files pursuant to Rule 405 of

Regulation S-T, formatted in


                        Inline Extensible Business Reporting Language

("iXBRL").


      104               Cover page interactive data file (formatted in

iXBRL and contained in Exhibit


                        101).



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