UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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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 22, 2023

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Lowell Farms Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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British Columbia, Canada

 

000-56254

 

N/A

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

file number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

 

19 Quail Run Circle, Suite B

Salinas, California 93907

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(831) 998-8214

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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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)

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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

N/A

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

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 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

Lowell Farms Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on June 22, 2023 (“Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, shareholders of the Company approved an amendment (the “Plan Amendment”) to the Indus Holdings, Inc. 2019 Stock and Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”) to increase the number of Subordinate Voting Shares authorized for issuance under the Plan by 10,000,000 shares from 13,205,932 to 23,205,932 shares of the Company’s Subordinate Voting Shares (the “Subordinate Voting Shares”). The Plan Amendment was previously approved by the Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee and the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) in May 2023 subject to shareholder approval. The principal purpose of the Plan is to promote the interests of the Company and its shareholders by aiding the Company in attracting and retaining employees, officers, consultants, advisors and nonemployee directors capable of assuring the future success of the Company, to offer such persons incentives to put forth maximum efforts for the success of the Company’s business and to compensate such persons through various stock and cash-based arrangements and provide them with opportunities for stock ownership in the Company, thereby aligning the interests of such persons with the shareholders. The Plan is currently administered by the Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board.

 

The description of the Plan Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the material terms and conditions of the Plan Amendment set forth in Proposal 3 of the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 1, 2023 (the “Proxy Statement”), and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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

 

The following matters were voted on by the shareholders at the Annual Meeting: (i) the election of six directors for the forthcoming year from the nominees proposed by the Board, (ii) the appointment of GreenGrowth CPAs as auditors for the Company and the authorization of the Board to fix the auditors’ remuneration and terms of engagement, and (iii) the amendment of the Plan as described in the Proxy Statement. The final voting results for each matter submitted to a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting are set forth below.

 

Proposal 1 – the election of six directors for the forthcoming year from the nominees proposed by the Board of the Company.

 

Nominee

 

Votes For

 

 

Votes Withheld

 

 

Broker Non-Vote

 

Mark Ainsworth

 

 

205,649,477

 

 

 

178,588

 

 

 

15,749,245

 

Ann Lawrence

 

 

205,633,408

 

 

 

194,657

 

 

 

15,749,245

 

William Anton

 

 

205,631,382

 

 

 

196,683

 

 

 

15,749,245

 

Brian Shure

 

 

205,651,557

 

 

 

176,508

 

 

 

15,749,245

 

Jeffrey Monat

 

 

205,650,282

 

 

 

177,783

 

 

 

15,749,245

 

Summer Frein

 

 

205,666,101

 

 

 

161,964

 

 

 

15,749,245

 

 

Proposal 2 – the appointment of GreenGrowth CPAs as auditors for the Corporation and the authorization of the Board to fix the auditors’ remuneration and terms of engagement.

 

Votes For

 

 

Votes Withheld

 

 

Broker Non-Vote

 

 

221,283,023

 

 

 

294,287

 

 

 

0

 

 

Proposal 3 – the amendment of the Company’s Plan

 

Votes For

 

 

Votes Against

 

 

Broker Non-Vote

 

 

205,287,694

 

 

 

540,371

 

 

 

15,749,245

 

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

104

 

Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

 

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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: June 28, 2023

Lowell Farms Inc.

 

 

By:

/s/ Mark Ainsworth

 

 

Mark Ainsworth

 

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

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