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)
March 28, 2018
DAVIDsTEA Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
Canada | | 001-37404 | | 98-1048842 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
5430 Ferrier
Town of Mount-Royal,
Québec, Canada
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
H4P 1M2
(Zip Code)
(888) 837-0006
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name of former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On March 28, 2018, Porchlight Equity Management, LLC (“Porchlight”), TDM Asset Management PTY Ltd. (“TDM”) and Edgepoint Wealth Management, Inc. (“Edgepoint”) together sent a letter to the board of directors of DAVIDsTEA Inc. in response to Rainy Day Investments’ (“RDI”) recent proposal of a slate of nominees for election at the company’s 2018 annual meeting of shareholders and to RDI’s recent related press releases. Porchlight, TDM and Edgepoint are each shareholders of the company. The letter is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
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SIGNATURE
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.
| DAVIDsTEA Inc. |
| | |
| By: | /s/ Joel Silver |
| Name: | Joel Silver |
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer |
Date: April 3, 2018
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