Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
At a special meeting of stockholders of Poshmark, Inc. (the “Company” or “Poshmark”) held on December 27, 2022 (the “Special Meeting”), the Company’s stockholders voted to approve the Company’s pending acquisition by NAVER Corporation, a public corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of Korea (“Naver”). As of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K, the transaction is expected to close in early January 2023.
As of November 2, 2022, the record date for the Special Meeting, there were 54,649,854 shares of Poshmark Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class A common stock”) and 24,592,080 shares of Poshmark Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class B common stock” and together with Class A common stock, the “Poshmark common stock” or “Company common stock”), outstanding and entitled to vote at the Special Meeting. Each holder of Class A common stock was entitled to one (1) vote for each share of Class A common stock owned of record on the record date and each holder of Class B common stock was entitled to ten (10) votes for each share of Class B common stock owned of record on the record date. At the Special Meeting, a total of 258,471,032 votes, representing approximately 85.99% of the voting power of the outstanding shares of Poshmark common stock entitled to vote, were present virtually or by proxy, constituting a quorum to conduct business.
At the Special Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on the proposal listed below. The proposal is described in detail in the Company’s proxy statement for the Special Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 25, 2022 (the “Proxy Statement”). The final results of the votes regarding the proposal are set forth below. There are no recorded broker non-votes.
Proposal 1: The Merger Proposal
To adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 3, 2022 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Naver, Proton Parent, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Naver (“Proton Parent”), and Proton Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Proton Parent (“Merger Sub”). Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company and the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub will cease, with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Naver (the “Merger”).
The total number of the votes (based on the voting power of shares of Poshmark common stock entitled to vote) with respect to the Merger Agreement Proposal were as follows and the proposal was approved:
|
|
|
|
|
Votes For |
|
Votes Against |
|
Abstentions |
258,328,439 |
|
86,220 |
|
56,373 |
The proposal to approve the adjournment of the Special Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there were insufficient votes to adopt the Merger Agreement, was not voted upon at the Special Meeting because there were sufficient votes at the time of the Special Meeting to approve Proposal 1.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. These forward-looking statements are based on the Company’s current expectations, estimates and projections about the expected date of closing of the proposed transaction and the potential benefits thereof, its business and industry, management’s beliefs and certain assumptions made by the Company and NAVER, all of which are subject to change. In this context, forward-looking statements often address expected future business and financial performance and financial condition, and often contain words such as “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “could,” “seek,” “see,” “will,” “may,” “would,” “might,” “potentially,” “estimate,” “continue,” “expect,” “target,” similar expressions or the negatives of these words or other comparable terminology that convey