Whole Earth Brands Inc - Ordinary Shares (FREE) 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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 9, 2022

Whole Earth Brands, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-38880	38-4101973
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

125 S. Wacker Drive

Suite 3150
Chicago, IL 60606

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (312) 840-6000

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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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 $0.0001 per share	FREE	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Warrants to purchase one-half of one share of common stock	FREEW	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

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 Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company x

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Annual Meeting of Whole Earth Brands, Inc. Stockholders

On June 9, 2022, the Company held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) at which the stockholders voted on the proposals set forth below, each of which is described in greater detail in the definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2022. As of April 21, 2022, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 42,022,996 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding. At the Annual Meeting, there were 29,881,400 shares of our common stock present in person or represented by proxy.

Set forth below are the final voting results from the Annual Meeting:

Proposal One: Election of Directors

To elect seven Directors:

Name of Director	For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non- Votes
Irwin D. Simon		18,354,103		7,757,325		88,843		3,681,129
Albert Manzone		25,417,771		693,357		89,143		3,681,129
Anuraag Agarwal		25,397,482		714,248		88,541		3,681,129
Steven M. Cohen		24,919,071		1,095,251		185,949		3,681,129
Denise M. Faltischek		24,411,081		1,700,655		88,535		3,681,129
Ira J. Lamel		25,389,796		721,835		88,640		3,681,129
John M. McMillin III		24,909,913		1,201,615		88,743		3,681,129

For Proposal One, each of the Directors received a plurality of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting and, as a result, each was elected to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders.

Proposal Two: Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Proposal	For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non- Votes
To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022		28,534,763		1,231,112		115,525		0

Proposal Two received an affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the total number of votes of the capital stock represented at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote on the proposal and, as a result, was approved.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit Number	Description
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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.

	Whole Earth Brands, Inc.
Date: June 13, 2022	By:	/s/ Ira W. Schlussel
		Ira W. Schlussel
		Vice-President and Chief Legal Officer