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): May 31, 2018
SendGrid, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | | 001-38275 | | 27-0654600 |
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) | | (Commission
File Number) | | (IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
1801 California Street, Suite 500
Denver, CO | | 80202 |
(Address of principal executive offices) | | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (888) 985-7363
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Section 5 - Corporate Governance and Management
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On May 31, 2018, SendGrid, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2018 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2018 Annual Meeting”), for the following purposes:
· to elect the nominees of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”), Fred Ball, Hilary Schneider and Sri Viswanath, to the Board to hold office until the Company’s 2021 annual meeting of stockholders; and
· to ratify the selection by the audit committee of the Board of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2018.
Of the 42,906,173 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding as of the record date, 37,501,156 shares, or 87.4%, were present via web portal or represented by proxy at the 2018 Annual Meeting. At the 2018 Annual Meeting, each of Fred Ball, Hilary Schneider and Sri Viswanath was re-elected as a director of the Company and the stockholders of the Company also ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2018. The final voting results on each of the matters submitted to a vote of stockholders at the 2018 Annual Meeting were as follows:
| | | | Votes For | | Votes Withheld | | Broker Non-Votes | |
1. | | Election of Directors | | | | | | | |
| | Fred Ball | | 34,577,176 | | 1,607,258 | | 1,316,722 | |
| | Hilary Schneider | | 35,942,860 | | 241,574 | | 1,316,722 | |
| | Sri Viswanath | | 35,955,483 | | 228,951 | | 1,316,722 | |
| | | | Votes For | | Votes Against | | Abstentions | |
2. | | Ratification of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2018 | | 37,441,654 | | 20,697 | | 38,805 | |
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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.
| SendGrid, Inc. |
Dated: June 4, 2018 | | |
| By: | /s/ Yancey Spruill |
| | Yancey Spruill |
| | Chief Financial Officer |
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