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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.
Effective as of June 27, 2023, our 2017 equity incentive plan was amended to increase the number of shares of our common stock available for the grant of stock options from 13,300,000 to 28,300,000.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On June 27, 2023, we held our annual meeting of stockholders. At the meeting, our stockholders:
| 1. | elected Cameron Chell, James P. Geiskopf, Edmund C. Moy and Shelly Murphy as the directors of our company; | |
| 2. | ratified the appointment of Integritat Audit, Accounting & Advisory, LLC as our independent registered public accounting firm; and | |
| 3. | approved an amendment of our 2017 equity incentive plan to increase the number of shares of common stock available for the grant of stock options from 13,300,000 to 28,300,000. |
The final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of our stockholders are set forth below. There were 98,690,066 shares issued and outstanding on the record date for the meeting.
Proposal 1. Election of directors:
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||||
| Cameron Chell | 24,174,076 | 634,264 | 65,417 | 6,881,372 | ||||
| James P. Geiskopf | 24,146,233 | 663,859 | 63,665 | 6,881,372 | ||||
| Edmund C. Moy | 24,143,834 | 664,480 | 65,443 | 6,881,372 | ||||
| Shelly Murphy | 24,153,541 | 657,830 | 62,386 | 6,881,372 |
Proposal 2. To ratify the appointment of Integritat Audit, Accounting & Advisory, LLC as our independent registered public accounting firm:
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 31,428,324 | 169,905 | 156,900 | 0 |
Proposal 3. To approve an amendment of our 2017 equity incentive plan to increase the number of shares of common stock available for the grant of stock options from 13,300,000 to 28,300,000:
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 23,552,879 | 1,204,175 | 116,703 | 6,881,372 |
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
| 10.1 | Amended Equity Incentive Plan |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
SIGNATURES
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.
| METAWORKS PLATFORMS, INC. | |
| /s/ Scott Gallagher | |
| Scott Gallagher | |
| President | |
| June 30, 2023 |