UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM 8-K/A

 

 

 

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 25, 2019

 

 

 

  REAL GOODS SOLAR, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Colorado 001-34044 26-1851813

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

110 16 th Street, Suite 300, Denver, CO 80202

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 222-8300

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ 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)
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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. ¨

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934: None

   

Title of Each Class Trading Symbol(s) Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
N/A N/A N/A

 

 

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

On June 26, 2019, the Company (as defined below) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Original 8-K”) to report the final voting results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of shareholders at the 2019 annual meeting of shareholders. The Original 8-K inadvertently switched Ian Bowles and Dennis Lacey’s voting results for Proposal 1. The Company is filing this Amendment No. 1 to correct the voting results for Proposal 1. No other modifications to the Original 8-K are being made by this Amendment No. 1.

 

 

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

 

On June 25, 2019, Real Goods Solar, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2019 annual meeting of shareholders. The final voting results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of shareholders at the 2019 annual meeting of shareholders were as follows:

 

  (1) The Company’s shareholders elected all nominees named in the proxy statement for the meeting to the Company’s board of directors, each to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 2020 or until their successors are duly elected and qualified, with the following vote:

 

    For   Withheld   Broker non-votes
Ian Bowles   16,857,493   6,511,744   68,148,878
Dennis Lacey   13,479,106   9,890,161   68,148,878
George Neble   16,519,399   6,849,868   68,148,878

 

Former directors Robert Scott and Pavel Bouska were not nominated for re-election at the 2019 annual meeting of shareholders. 

 

  (2) The Company’s shareholders did not approve, an amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to increase the authorized number of shares of Class A common stock from 150,000,000 to 250,000,000:

 

For   Against   Abstain   Broker non-votes
43,822,939   47,399,629   295,577   0

 

  (3) The Company’s shareholders did not approve, on an advisory basis, named executive officer compensation with the following vote:

 

For   Against   Abstain   Broker non-votes
9,093,435   13,024,846   1,250,986   68,148,878

 

  (4) The Company’s shareholders supported one year as the rate of frequency of future advisory votes on named executive officer compensation with the following vote:

 

1 Year   2 Years   3 Years   Abstain   Broker non-votes
9,463,065   1,710,355   8,244,869   3,950,978   68,148,878

 

The Company has considered the outcome of this advisory vote and has determined that the Company will conduct future advisory votes on named executive officer compensation every 1 year, the next one in 2020, until the next required advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on named executive officer compensation, which the Company expects to hold no later than its 2025 annual meeting of shareholders.

 

  (5) The Company’s shareholders ratified the appointment of BDO USA, LLP to audit the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the 2019 fiscal year, with the following vote:

 

For   Against   Abstain   Broker non-votes
78,509,659   10,685,174   2,323,309   0

   

 

 

 

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.

 

  REAL GOODS SOLAR, INC.  
       
  By: /s/ Alan Fine  
    Alan Fine  
    Chief Financial Officer  

  

Date: June 26, 2019