UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM8-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 6, 2019
Tilray, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
| Delaware | 001-38594 | 82-4310622 | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
1100 Maughan Road Nanaimo, BC, Canada | V9X 1J2 | |||
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (844)845-7291
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 | ||
| Class 2 Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share | TLRY | The Nasdaq Global Select Market |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule12b-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 6, 2019, Tilray, Inc. (“Tilray”) held a Special Meeting of Stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) at 10:00 a.m., local time, at the offices of Cooley LLP, 1700 Seventh Avenue, Suite 1900, Seattle, Washington 98101-1355. At the Special Meeting Tilray’s stockholders voted on three proposals, each of which is described in more detail in Tilray’s proxy statement/prospectus/information statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 12, 2019 (the “Proxy Statement”). The following is a brief description of each matter voted upon and the certified voting results.
Proposal No. 1. Stockholders voted to approve the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated as of September 9, 2019 (the “Merger Agreement”) by and among Tilray, Privateer Holdings, Inc. (“Privateer”), Down River Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Tilray, and Michael Blue, as the Stockholder Representative, a copy of which is attached as Annex A to the Proxy Statement, and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the merger, the issuance of shares of Tilray’s Class 1 and Class 2 common stock to Privateer’s stockholders and optionholders pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement and the change of control resulting from the merger. The final voting results were as follows:
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||
226,799,609 | 136,333 | 38,484 | 0 |
Proposal No. 2. Stockholders voted to approve the Tilray Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, in the form attached as Annex B of the Proxy Statement. The final voting results were as follows:
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||
226,790,490 | 139,526 | 44,410 | 0 |
Proposal No. 3. Stockholders voted to approve an adjournment of the Special Meeting to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes in favor of Proposal Nos. 1 and 2. The final voting results were as follows:
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||
226,751,709 | 177,240 | 45,477 | 0 |
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 thereunto duly authorized.
| Tilray, Inc. | ||||||
| Date: December 12, 2019 | By: | /s/ Brendan Kennedy | ||||
| Brendan Kennedy | ||||||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||