UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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Explanatory Note
This Current Report on Form 8-K/A is being filed solely to correct a typographical error in a date appearing in Item 5.03 and on the signature page to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by registrant on January 23, 2024 (the “Original Report”). Except as amended by this Amendment, all information set forth in the Original Report and corresponding exhibit remains unchanged.
Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On January 18, 2024, The Simply Good Foods Company (the “Company”) held its 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) in virtual format only, via the internet, with no physical in-person meeting. On January 23, 2024, the Company filed a Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Restated Certificate”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to effect the amendments approved by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting. A summary of the material terms of the amendments included in the Restated Certificate are set forth in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 7, 2023 (the “Proxy Statement”). The summary of the amendments included in the Restated Certificate set forth in the Proxy Statement are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Restated Certificate, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On January 18, 2024, at the Annual Meeting, stockholders present in person, including by means of remote communication, or represented by proxy voted on the matters described below. The final voting results of the matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders were as follows:
Proposal 1. Election of 12 director nominees to serve until the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders and thereafter until their successors are duly elected and qualified:
| For | Withheld | Non-votes | ||||||||||
| Clayton C. Daley, Jr. | 93,252,381 | 883,570 | 1,175,177 | |||||||||
| Nomi P. Ghez | 86,073,631 | 8,062,320 | 1,175,177 | |||||||||
| Michelle P. Goolsby | 90,858,788 | 3,277,163 | 1,175,177 | |||||||||
| James M. Kilts | 88,771,940 | 5,364,011 | 1,175,177 | |||||||||
| Robert G. Montgomery | 93,482,095 | 653,856 | 1,175,177 | |||||||||
| Brian K. Ratzan | 93,483,701 | 652,250 | 1,175,177 | |||||||||
| David W. Ritterbush | 93,504,158 | 631,793 | 1,175,177 | |||||||||
| Joseph E. Scalzo | 92,662,001 | 1,473,950 | 1,175,177 | |||||||||
| Joseph J. Schena | 93,505,653 | 630,298 | 1,175,177 | |||||||||
| Geoff E. Tanner | 93,569,529 | 566,422 | 1,175,177 | |||||||||
| David J. West | 93,481,695 | 654,256 | 1,175,177 | |||||||||
| James D. White | 87,583,505 | 6,552,446 | 1,175,177 | |||||||||
Proposal 2. Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2024:
| For | Against | Abstain | Non-votes | |||||||||||
| 95,287,715 | 10,567 | 12,846 | 0 | |||||||||||
Proposal 3. The approval of the adoption of the Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of The Simply Good Foods Company in the form attached as Annex II to the Proxy Statement.
| For | Against | Abstain | Non-votes | |||||||||||
| 83,737,113 | 10,363,208 | 35,630 | 1,175,177 | |||||||||||
Proposal 4. The advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers:
| For | Against | Abstain | Non-votes | |||||||||||
| 92,321,485 | 1,797,600 | 16,866 | 1,175,177 | |||||||||||
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| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 3.1 | Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of The Simply Good Foods Company | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
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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.
| Date: | January 24, 2024 | By: | /s/ Shaun P. Mara | |
| Name: | Shaun P. Mara | |||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
| (Principal Financial Officer) |
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