Current Report Filing (8-k)

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)

December 5, 2022

Meta Materials Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada

001-36247

74-3237581

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1 Research Drive

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada B2Y 4M9

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(902) 482-5729

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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:

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

Title of each class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share

MMAT

The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

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.

Meta Materials Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”) held its 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on December 5, 2022, in accordance with the Company’s 2022 Proxy Statement sent to the Company’s stockholders on or around October 26, 2022 (the “Proxy Statement”). Of the 361,523,063 voting shares outstanding as of the record date, 192,556,738 voting shares were represented in person via internet webcast or by proxy, constituting approximately 53.26% of the total shares outstanding and entitled to vote. The matters voted on at the Annual Meeting and the votes cast with respect to each such matter are set forth below:

Election of Directors. Each of the following nominees was elected to serve as a director, to hold office until the Company’s 2023 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her respective successor has been duly elected and qualified, or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal, based on the following results of the voting:


Nominee	Votes For		Votes Withheld		Broker Non-Votes
John R. Harding		145,448,498		938,197		54,390,716
George Palikaras		145,387,404		999,291		54,390,716
Maurice Guitton		142,803,576		3,583,119		54,390,716
Allison Christilaw		144,989,039		1,397,656		54,390,716
Steen Karsbo		144,361,801		2,024,894		54,390,716
Eric M Leslie		143,135,644		3,251,050		54,390,716
Ken Hannah		144,841,033		1,545,662		54,390,716

Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. Proposal to ratify the appointment of KPMG, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 was ratified based on the following results of the voting:


Votes For	Votes Against	Abstentions
190,722,224	893,355	944,159

Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the Company’s executive compensation. Proposal to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s executive officers was approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, based on the following results of the voting:


Votes For	Votes Against	Abstentions	Broker Non-Votes
139,091,853	5,500,711	1,793,811	54,391,036

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.