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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
At the Company’s 2023 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) held on December 6, 2023, the stockholders of Safe & Green Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), approved the Safe & Green Holdings Corp. 2023 Subsidiaries Equity Incentive Plan (the “2023 Plan”). A summary of the material terms of the 2023 Plan is incorporated herein by reference from pages 37 – 43 of the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A for the Annual Meeting (the “Definitive Proxy Statement”), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13, 2023. The summary of the 2023 Plan included in the Definitive Proxy Statement is not intended to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the 2023 Plan. The 2023 Plan is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On December 6, 2023, at the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on the following six (6) proposals and votes were cast as described below. These matters are described in detail in the Definitive Proxy Statement.
The final results for Proposals 1 – 6 as set forth in the Definitive Proxy Statement are as follows:
Proposal No. 1
The following seven (7) individuals were re-elected as directors, each to serve a one year term expiring at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until such director’s successor is duly elected and qualified with the following votes:
For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes |
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Paul M. Galvin | 6,870,729 | 445,997 | 3,206,661 | |||||||||
David Villarreal | 6,924,207 | 392,519 | 3,206,661 | |||||||||
Christopher Melton | 6,448,532 | 868,194 | 3,206,661 | |||||||||
Shafron Hawkins | 6,663,884 | 652,842 | 3,206,661 | |||||||||
Vanessa Villaverde | 6,913,397 | 403,329 | 3,206,661 | |||||||||
Jill Anderson | 6,977,703 | 339,023 | 3,206,661 | |||||||||
Thomas Meharey | 6,919,562 | 397,164 | 3,206,661 |
Proposal No. 2
The stockholders ratified and approved the appointment of Whitley Penn LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ended December 31, 2023 based on the votes set forth below:
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
10,145,576 | 351,138 | 26,671 | 0 |
Proposal No. 3
The stockholders approved, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers (“say-on-pay”), as disclosed in the Definitive Proxy Statement. The results of the voting for this proposal were as follows:
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
6,547,033 | 723,357 | 46,336 | 3,206,661 |
Proposal No. 4
The stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, at a ratio of 1-for-10 to 1-for-20 (the “Range”), with the ratio within such Range to be determined at the discretion of the Board and included in a public announcement. The results of the voting for this proposal were as follows:
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
9,147,943 | 1,361,482 | 13,962 | 0 |
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Proposal No. 5
The stockholders approved the adoption of the 2023 Subsidiaries Equity Incentive Plan. The results of the voting for this proposal were as follows:
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||
6,393,690 | 885,346 | 37,690 | 3,206,661 |
Proposal No. 6
The stockholders approved the adjournment of the 2023 Annual Meeting, based on the votes set forth below; however, an adjournment was not needed as Proposals 4 and 5 received a sufficient number of votes for approval. The results of the voting for this proposal were as follows:
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
9,201,983 | 1,303,106 | 18,296 | 0 |
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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. | Description | |
10.1 | Safe & Green Holdings Corp. 2023 Subsidiaries Equity Incentive Plan | |
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
SAFE & GREEN HOLDINGS CORP. | |||
Dated: December 11, 2023 | By: | /s/ Patricia Kaelin | |
Name: | Patricia Kaelin | ||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
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