Current Report Filing (8-k)
April 17 2023 - 5:01PM
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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): April 17, 2023
STAGWELL INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
Delaware |
001-13718 |
86-1390679 |
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) |
(Commission
File Number) |
(IRS Employer
Identification
No.) |
One World Trade Center, Floor 65
New York, NY 10007
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(646) 429-1800
(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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Written communications pursuant
to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
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Soliciting material pursuant
to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
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Pre-commencement communications
pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
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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
symbol(s) |
Name
of each exchange on which registered |
Class
A Common Stock, $0.001 par value |
STGW |
NASDAQ |
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 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.
On April 17, 2023, Stagwell
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), filed a Certificate of Amendment (the “Amendment”)
to its Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. Pursuant to the
Amendment, each share of Class B common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Class B Common Stock”) issued and outstanding
or held by the Company as of immediately prior to the filing of the Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware was
automatically reclassified as and converted into 1.25 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Class
A Common Stock”) with any fractional shares to which a holder of Class B Common Stock would have been entitled rounded up to
the nearest whole share of Class A Common Stock.
As
previously disclosed in the Company’s Information Statement on Schedule 14C filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
March 27, 2023 (the “Information Statement”), on February 23, 2023, the holders of (i) an aggregate of 1,640 shares
of Class B Common Stock, constituting a majority of the 2,271 shares of Class B Common Stock issued and outstanding on such date, and
(ii) an aggregate of 26,502,414 shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company and 160,909,058 shares of Class C common stock, par value
$0.00001 per share (together with the Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock, the “Common Stock”), of the
Company, constituting a majority of the voting power of the 292,835,667 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on such date, acting
by written consent without a meeting, voted to approve the adoption of the Amendment.
The foregoing description
of the Amendment set forth above does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment and the
Information Statement. A copy of the Amendment is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by
reference.
Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation
or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
The disclosures set forth
in Item 3.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K are incorporated into this Item 5.03 by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: April 17, 2023
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STAGWELL INC. |
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By: |
/s/ Peter McElligott |
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Peter McElligott |
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General Counsel |
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