As previously disclosed, on October 3, 2022, Poshmark, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (“Poshmark” or the “Company”), entered into an
Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), with NAVER
Corporation, a public corporation organized under the laws of the
Republic of Korea (“NAVER” or “Parent”), Proton Parent, Inc., a
Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent
(“Proton Parent”), and Proton Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware
corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Proton Parent,
pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company
(the “Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger as an
indirect subsidiary of Parent. On November 25, 2022, Poshmark
filed its definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A (the
“Definitive Proxy Statement”), as such may be supplemented from
time to time, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”) with respect to the special meeting of Poshmark’s
stockholders scheduled to be held on December 27, 2022 (the
“special meeting”).
This Schedule 14A (the “Schedule”) is being filed to update and
supplement the Definitive Proxy Statement. The information
contained in this Schedule is incorporated by reference into the
Definitive Proxy Statement and should be read in conjunction with
the Definitive Proxy Statement, which should be read in its
entirety.
In connection with the Merger Agreement, seven complaints have been
filed as individual actions in United States District Courts. Three
cases have been filed in the United States District Court for the
Southern District of New York and are captioned O’Dell v.
Poshmark, Inc. et al., 1:22-cv-09779 (filed
November 16, 2022); Wolfson v. Poshmark, Inc. et al.,
1:22-cv-10134 (filed
November 29, 2022); and Coffman v. Poshmark, Inc. et
al., 1:22-cv-10229 (filed
December 2, 2022). Three cases have been filed in the United
States District Court for the Northern District of California and
are captioned Olive v. Poshmark, Inc. et al., 3:22-cv-07337 (filed
November 21, 2022); Bushansky v. Poshmark, Inc. et al.,
3:22-cv-07373 (filed
November 22, 2022); and Da Camara v. Poshmark, Inc. et
al., 3:22-cv-07379 (filed
November 22, 2022). One case has been filed in the United
States District Court for the District of Delaware and is captioned
Jones v. Poshmark, Inc. et al., 1:22-cv-01562-UNA (filed
December 2, 2022). The foregoing complaints are referred to as
the “Merger Actions.”
The Merger Actions generally allege that the Definitive Proxy
Statement, filed by the Company with the SEC on November 25,
2022, or the Preliminary Proxy Statement, filed by the Company with
the SEC on November 15, 2022 misrepresents and/or omits
certain purportedly material information relating to the Company’s
financial projections, the analyses performed by the financial
advisor to the Board of Directors of Poshmark (the “Poshmark
Board”) in connection with the Merger, potential conflicts of
interest of the Company’s officers and directors, and the events
that led to the signing of the Merger Agreement, among other
things. The Merger Actions assert violations of Section 14(a)
of the Exchange Act, and Rule 14a-9 promulgated thereunder, against
all defendants (the Company and its Board of Directors) and
violations of Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act against the
Poshmark Board. The Merger Actions seek, among other things, an
injunction enjoining the stockholder vote on the Merger and the
consummation of the Merger unless and until certain additional
information is disclosed to Poshmark stockholders, and costs of the
action, including plaintiffs’ attorneys’ fees and experts’ fees.
Certain demand letters have also been sent to the Company by
purported stockholders making similar disclosure allegations.
The Company cannot predict the outcome of the Merger Actions. The
Company believes that the Merger Actions are without merit. If
additional similar complaints are filed, absent new or
significantly different allegations, the Company will not
necessarily disclose such additional filings.
While the Company believes that the disclosures set forth in the
Definitive Proxy Statement comply fully with all applicable law and
denies the allegations in the pending Merger Actions described
above, in order to moot plaintiffs’ disclosure claims, avoid
nuisance and possible expense and business delays, and provide
additional information to its stockholders, the Company has
determined voluntarily to supplement certain disclosures in the
Definitive Proxy Statement related to plaintiffs’ claims with the
supplemental disclosures set forth in this Schedule (the
“Supplemental Disclosures”). Nothing in the Supplemental
Disclosures shall be deemed an admission of the legal merit,
necessity or materiality under applicable laws of any of the
disclosures set forth herein. To the contrary, the Company
specifically denies all allegations in the Merger Actions described
above that any additional disclosure was or is required or
material.