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Executive Change · Shareholder Vote
Filed Sep 24, 2019 · 6y ago · Accession 0001493152-19-014470
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View original ↗Securities and Exchange Commission on August
15, 2019, which description is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the 2020 Plan is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the full text of the 2020 Plan, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by
reference.
Restricted
Stock Awards
Effective
September 18, 2019, the Compensation Committee of the Board awarded Edward Karr, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer,
President and Director, 200,000 performance-based restricted stock units (“ RSUs ”) pursuant to a Restricted
Stock Unit Award Agreement (the “ Karr Award Agreement ”). The RSUs will vest upon the earlier to occur
of (i) a Change in Control (as defined in the 2020 Plan) and (ii) a material discovery of a mineral deposit, as determined by
the Compensation Committee of the Board in its sole discretion. The foregoing description of the Karr Award Agreement does not
purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Karr Award Agreement, which is attached hereto as
Exhibit 10.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Effective
September 18, 2019, the Compensation Committee of the Board awarded David Rector, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer,
75,000 performance-based RSUs pursuant to a Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (the “ Rector Award Agreement ”).
The RSUs will vest upon the earlier to occur of (i) a Change in Control (as defined in the 2020 Plan) and (ii) a material discovery
of a mineral deposit, as determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board in its sole discretion. The foregoing description
of the Rector Award Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Rector Award
Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.3 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item
5.07
Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On
September 18, 2019, the Company held the Annual Meeting, at which the following proposals were voted upon:
Proposal
1 : Election of (i) Edward M. Karr, (ii) John N. Braca, (iii) Timothy M. Janke, (iv) Andrew Kaplan, (v) Ryan K. Zinke and (vi)
Douglas Newby to the Board, each to serve for a one-year term until the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2020.
Nominee
Votes
Cast For
Votes
Withheld
Broker
Non-Votes
Edward
M. Karr
7,875,216
829,971
6,704,130
John
N. Braca
7,799,649
905,538
6,704,130
Timothy
M. Janke
7,882,724
822,463
6,704,130
Andrew
Kaplan
7,583,481
1,121,706
6,704,130
Ryan
K. Zinke
7,656,526
1,048,661
6,704,130
Douglas
Newby
7,888,370
816,817
6,704,130
Upon
Mr. Newby’s election to the Board, the Board appointed him to serve as the chair of the Company’s Audit Committee
and a member of the Company’s Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
Proposal
2 : Ratification of the appointment of KBL, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the
fiscal year ending April 30, 2020.
Votes
Cast For
Votes
Cast Against
Abstentions
14,987,377
61,471
288,429
Proposal
3 : Advisory vote to approve executive compensation.
Votes
Cast For
Votes
Cast Against
Abstentions
Broker
Non-Votes
7,661,949
951,647
91,591
6,704,130
Proposal
4 : Advisory vote to determine the frequency of future advisory votes on the Company’s executive compensation.
1
Year
2
Years
3
Years
Abstentions
Broker
Non-Votes
1,470,097
75,302
6,990,796
160,886
6,712,236
Proposal
5 : Vote to adopt the 2020 Plan.
Votes
Cast For
Votes
Cast Against
Abstentions
Broker
Non-Votes
7,586,515
1,007,546
111,226
6,704,030
Proposal
6 : Vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s articles of incorporation to effect a reverse stock split at a ratio
not less than 1-for-2 and not greater than 1-for-10, with the exact ratio to be set within that range at the discretion of the
Board before September 18, 2020, without further approval or authorization of the Company’s stockholders.
Votes
Cast For
Votes
Cast Against
Abstentions
12,496,090
2,589,706
323,520
Each
of the proposals acted upon by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting received a sufficient number of votes to
be approved.
Based
on these results and consistent with the Company’s recommendation, the Board has determined that the Company will conduct
future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers every three years. This policy will
remain in effect until the next stockholder vote on the frequency of advisory votes on executive compensation, which is expected
to occur at the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of stockholders.
Item
7.01
Regulation
FD Disclosure.
On
September 19, 2019, the Company issued a press release announcing the voting results of the Annual Meeting. A copy of the press
release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.
On
September 23, 2019, the Company issued a press release announcing the election of Mr. Newby to the Board. A copy of the press
release is furnished as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.
The
information in this Item 7.01 (including Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 attached hereto) is being furnished and shall not be deemed to
be filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise
be subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof and regardless of any general
incorporation language in such filing.
Item
9.01
Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Description
10.1
U.S. Gold Corp 2020 Stock Incentive Plan.
10.2
Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement, dated as of September 18, 2019, by and between Edward Karr and U.S. Gold Corp.
10.3
Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement, dated as of September 18, 2019, by and between David Rector and U.S. Gold Corp.
99.1
Press release dated September 19, 2019.
99.2
Press release dated September 23, 2019.
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.
Date:
September 24, 2019
U.S.
GOLD CORP.
By:
/s/
Edward M. Karr
Edward
M. Karr, Chief Executive Officer
Filing details
- Company
- U.S. GOLD CORP.
- Ticker
- USAU
- CIK
- 27093
- Form type
- 8-K
- Filing date
- Sep 24, 2019
- Report date
- Sep 18, 2019
- Document
- form8-k.htm
- Size
- 300 KB