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, 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 LnSuite 100

HoustonTexas 77079

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(713600-2600

(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 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

Via Renewables, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 31, 2023 (“Annual Meeting”). A total of 6,363,807 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class A common stock”), and Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class B common stock” and, together with the Class A common stock, the “Common Stock”), representing 88.6% of the total shares of Common Stock outstanding and eligible to vote as of the record date, were represented in person or by valid proxies at the Annual Meeting. This percentage constituted a quorum. The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting were as follows:

 

Proposal 1:The following nominee was elected to serve as a Class III director for a term expiring at the 2026 Annual Meeting by the votes set forth in the table below:

 

Nominee

For

Withheld

Broker Non-Votes

Amanda E. Bush

5,358,970

333,848

670,989

 

Proposal 2: The appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountant for the year ending December 31, 2023 was ratified by the Company’s shareholders by the votes set forth in the table below:

 

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

6,246,164

84,858

32,785

 

Proposal 3: The compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers was approved, on an advisory basis, by the votes set forth in the table below:

 

For

 

 

Against

 

 

Abstain

 

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

5,472,259

 

 

 

200,064

 

 

 

20,495

 

 

 

670,989

 

 

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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.

 

Dated: June 1, 2023

 

Via Renewables, Inc.

By:/s/Mike Barajas

Name:

Mike Barajas
Title:Chief Financial Officer

 

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