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): May 15, 2023
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On May 15, 2023, we held our 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, at which stockholders voted on proposals to (i) elect the seven directors listed below, each to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified; (ii) ratify the Audit Committee’s appointment of Marcum LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023; (iii) approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers. There were 16,585,336 shares of common stock represented either in person or by proxy at the meeting.
The final voting results for each of the proposals are as follows:
Election of Directors (Item 1): The stockholders elected the following individuals as directors of the Company with the following votes:
| Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Benjamin Allen | 14,573,758 | 7,712 | 2,003,866 | |||||||||||||||||
| W. Carl Drew | 14,573,607 | 7,863 | 2,003,866 | |||||||||||||||||
| Daniel Gill | 14,574,385 | 7,085 | 2,003,866 | |||||||||||||||||
| Patrick Goepel | 14,441,332 | 140,138 | 2,003,866 | |||||||||||||||||
| Grace Lee | 14,440,838 | 140,632 | 2,003,866 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bradford Oberwager | 14,573,457 | 8,013 | 2,003,866 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bjorn Reynolds | 12,896,518 | 1,684,952 | 2,003,866 | |||||||||||||||||
Ratification of the Audit Committee’s appointment of Marcum LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023 (Item 2): The stockholders ratified the appointment of Marcum LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023. The proposal was supported by 99.93% of the votes cast “for” or “against” it, including abstentions.
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||||||
| 16,574,309 | 6,608 | 4,419 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers (Item 3): On an advisory basis, the stockholders approved the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The proposal was supported by 95.17% of the votes cast “for” or “against” it, including abstentions.
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||||||
| 13,876,630 | 153,926 | 550,914 | 2,003,866 | |||||||||||||||||
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| ASURE SOFTWARE, INC. | ||||||||
| Dated: May 15, 2023 | By: | /s/ John Pence | ||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||