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): June 8, 2011
Quepasa Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada | 001-33105 | 86-0879433 | ||
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
324 Datura Street, Ste. 114 West Palm Beach, FL | 33401 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (561) 366-1249
(Former name or former address if changed since last report.) |
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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.
On June 8, 2011, Quepasa Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2011 annual meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) in West Palm Beach, Florida. At the Meeting, the shareholders approved an amendment to the Company’s 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) that increased the number of shares that may be issued under the Plan by 2,000,000 shares. The amendment to the Plan previously had been approved, subject to shareholder approval, by the Company’s Board of Directors.
Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
At the Meeting, our shareholders approved an amendment to our Articles of Incorporation (the “Amendment”) to declassify the Board of Directors and provide for the annual election of all directors. The Amendment is filed as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated herein by reference. Our Board of Directors previously approved an amendment to Section 4.02 of our Bylaws to eliminate the classified board, which became effective upon receiving shareholder approval of the Amendment. The amendment to the Bylaws is filed as Exhibit 3.2 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The results of each of the proposals voted on at the Meeting are listed below.
Proposal | For | Against | Withheld | Abstain |
(1) To elect the following as directors: | ||||
John Abbott | 3,122,018 | 15,961 | ||
Alonso Ancira | 2,634,511 | 503,468 | ||
Lars Batista | 3,117,945 | 20,034 | ||
Ernesto Cruz | 3,118,113 | 19,866 | ||
Malcolm Jozoff | 3,114,417 | 23,562 | ||
Lionel Sosa | 2,634,762 | 503,217 | ||
Dr. Jill Syverson-Stork | 3,118,112 | 19,867 | ||
(2) To approve an amendment to the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan increasing the shares available for grant. | 2,755,227 | 367,036 | 15,716 | |
(3) To approve an amendment to our Articles of Incorporation removing our classified Board of Directors. | 12,411,914 | 162,064 | 67,678 | |
(4) To approve reincorporating in Delaware. | 3,066,424 | 61,674 | 9,881 | |
(5) To ratify the appointment of our independent registered public accounting firm for 2011. | 12,539,917 | 67,313 | 34,426 |
As a result of Proposal 3 being approved, all of the directors were nominated for re-election until the 2012 annual meeting of shareholders. There were 9,503,677 broker non-votes relating to proposals 1, 2 and 4. Proposal 4 which required a majority vote of the outstanding shares did not pass.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
3.1 Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation
3.2 Amendment to the Amended and Restated Bylaws
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.
QUEPASA CORPORATION
Date: June 9, 2011 | By: /s/ Michael Matte |
Name: Michael Matte
Title: Chief Financial Officer