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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On April 10, 2023, Verb Technology Company, Inc. (the “Company”), held a special meeting of stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) to vote on four Proposals, as identified below. Present virtually, or represented by valid proxy at the Special Meeting were a total of 77,367,918 shares of the Company’s common stock, out of a total of 153,610,152 shares of common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, and the one share of the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Stock”) that was issued and outstanding, and entitled to vote as of the record date for the Special Meeting, constituting a quorum.
As previously described in in the Company’s Proxy Statement, the holder of record of the one outstanding share of the Company’s Preferred Stock was entitled to 700,000,000 votes. The Preferred Stock had the right to vote only on Proposal 1 and Proposal 2, but the votes could only be cast in the same proportion, both For and Against as the shares of the common stock voted on Proposal 1 and Proposal 2. As such, the votes of the Preferred Stock could not change the outcome of the vote of the common stock, only amplify it.
The following proposals, each as described further in the Proxy Statement, were voted upon by the stockholders:
Proposal 1 – Increase in the Number of Shares of Authorized Common Stock
Stockholders approved the amendment to increase the number of authorized common stock from 200,000,000 to 400,000,000 shares, based on the votes listed below:
For | Against | Abstain | ||
589,236,632 (75.85%) | 187,561,105 (24.14%) | 570,181 |
Proposal 2 – Reverse Stock Split
Stockholders approved the board of directors to effect a Reverse Stock Split of the outstanding shares of our common stock within one (1) year of April 10, 2023, at a specific ratio within a range of one-for-five (1-for-5) to a maximum of a one-for-forty (1-for-40) split, with the specific ratio to be fixed within this range by the board of directors in its sole discretion without further stockholder approval, based on the votes listed below:
For | Against | Abstain | ||
654,072,880 (84.16%) | 123,068,063 (15.83%) | 226,975 |
Proposal 3 – Incentive Plan Amendment
Stockholders approved the amendment to the Company’s 2019 Incentive Compensation Plan to increase the number of shares authorized under the plan by 15,000,000 shares of common stock, based on the votes listed below:
For | Against | Abstain | ||
28,761,933 (74.25%) | 9,973,901 (25.74%) | 386,308 |
Proposal 4 – Nasdaq Approval
Stockholders approved the issuance of common stock in partial or full satisfaction of the outstanding amounts due under that certain Promissory Note dated November 7, 2022 issued by the Company to an accredited investor, based on the votes listed below:
For | Against | Abstain | ||
29,828,003 (80.00%) | 7,453,155 (19.99%) | 1,840,984 |
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.
Date: April 14, 2023 | VERB TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, INC. | |
By: | /s/ Rory J. Cutaia | |
Name: | Rory J. Cutaia | |
Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer |