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): April 19, 2023

 

Via Renewables, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-36559

 

46-5453215

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

 

12140 Wickchester Ln, Ste 100

Houston, Texas 77079

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

 

(713) 600-2600

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

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:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading Symbols(s)

 

Name of exchange on which registered

Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share

 

VIA

 

The NASDAQ Global 

Select Market

8.75% Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate

Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share

 

VIASP

 

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

 

Emerging growth company  

 

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 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On April 19, 2023, Via Renewables, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors has temporarily suspended the quarterly cash dividend on its Class A common stock. The Company also announced that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend on its 8.75% Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”) in the amount of $0.73989 per share of Series A Preferred Stock. The Company will pay the dividend on the Series A Preferred Stock on July 17, 2023 to holders of record as of July 1, 2023. A copy of the press release is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, is being “furnished” and not “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and is not incorporated by reference into any registration statement filed by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Exchange Act, unless specifically identified therein as being incorporated by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

99.1

 

Press Release of Via Renewables, Inc. dated April 19, 2023

104

 

Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

 

2

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release of Via Renewables, Inc. dated April 19, 2023

104

 

Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

 

3

 

 

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.

 

Dated: April 20, 2023

 

Via Renewables, Inc.
   
By:/s/Mike Barajas

Name:

Mike Barajas

 
Title:

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

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