UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
December 21, 2021
EVOLVING SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | 001-34261 (Commission File Number) | 84-1010843 (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
9800 Pyramid Court, Suite 400 Englewood, Colorado | 80112 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (303) 802-1000
Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share | EVOL | The Nasdaq Capital Market |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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ITEM 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders |
On December 21, 2021, Evolving Systems, Inc. (“Evolving Systems” or the “Company”) held a special meeting of stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) to vote on the following matters:
1. | To approve the sale and transfer of substantially all of the direct and indirect operating subsidiaries of Evolving Systems and all of its assets (the “Sale”) to ETI-NET, Inc., a Quebec corporation (“ETI-NET”), Said Hini, an individual (“Hini”), and Investissements RIV Europe Limitee, a Quebec corporation (“IRE” and, together with Hini and ETI-NET, “Buyers”) pursuant to that certain Equity Purchase Agreement dated October 15, 2021, by and among Evolving Systems, Evolving Systems Holdings Ltd. and Buyers (the “Equity Purchase Agreement”), that certain Software Purchase Agreement dated October 15, 2021, by and among Evolving Systems, Evolving Systems NC, Inc. and ETI-NET (the “US Software Purchase Agreement”), and that certain Software Purchase Agreement dated October 15, 2021, by and among Evolving Systems, Evolving Systems Limited and ETI-NET (the “UK Software Purchase Agreement” and together with the US Software Purchase Agreement and the Equity Purchase Agreement, the “Purchase Agreements”); |
2. | To approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, certain compensation that may be paid or become payable to Evolving Systems’ named executive officers in connection with the Sale; and |
3. | To adjourn the Special Meeting to a later time or date, if necessary or appropriate (as determined in good faith by our board of directors), from time to time, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes at the time of the Special Meeting to approve the Sale. |
As of the close of business on November 16, 2021, the record date for the Special Meeting, there were 12,257,715 shares of Evolving Systems’ common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the Special Meeting. 8,198,726 shares of the Company’s common stock were represented in person or by proxy at the Special Meeting, constituting a quorum. A summary of the voting results for the proposals is set forth below:
Proposal 1: Approval of the Sale:
The Company’s stockholders voted to approve the Sale. The following are tabulated votes “For” and “Against” the Sale, as well as the number of “Abstentions”:
For | Against | Abstained | |||
7,703,721 | 483,994 | 11,011 |
Proposal 2: Approval, on an Advisory (Non-Binding) Basis, of Compensation that may be Payable to Certain Named Executive Officers in Connection with the Sale
The Company’s stockholders approved on an advisory (non-binding) basis, specified compensation that may be paid or become payable to the named executive officers of the Company in connection with the Sale. The following are the tabulated votes “For” and “Against” this proposal, as well as the number of “Abstentions”:
For | Against | Abstained | |||
7,045,279 | 972,358 | 181,089 |
Proposal 3: Adjournment of the Special Meeting
Because the Company’s stockholders approved the Sale, the vote on the proposal to approve the adjournment of the Special Meeting from time to time, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes at the time of the Special Meeting to approve the proposal to approve the Sale was not called.
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.
Dated: December 21, 2021
Evolving Systems, Inc.
(Registrant)
By: | /s/ Mark P. Szynkowski | |
Mark P. Szynkowski | ||
Senior Vice President of Finance & Secretary |