Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal
Year.
At the 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting") of Veritiv
Corporation ("Veritiv" or the "Company") held on May 3, 2023, the shareholders
approved an amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
of Veritiv (the "Charter") providing for an amendment to the Charter to provide
for the exculpation of officers as permitted by Delaware law (the "Amendment").
Accordingly, on May 5, 2023, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment of
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of
the State of Delaware implementing the Amendment. A copy of the Certificate of
Amendment is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is
incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
At the Annual Meeting, of the 13,545,458 shares of Veritiv common stock
outstanding and entitled to vote, 12,579,582 shares were represented,
constituting a quorum. At the Annual Meeting, Veritiv shareholders voted on four
proposals and cast their votes as described below. The proposals are described
in detail in the Company's definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A, filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2023 (the "Proxy
Statement").
Item Veritiv shareholders elected as directors the nine nominees named in the
No. 1 : Proxy Statement and recommended by the Company's Board of Directors to
serve for a one year term expiring at the 2024 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders and until their respective successors are elected and
qualified, as follows:
Votes Broker
Name Votes For Against Abstentions Non-Votes
Salvatore A. Abbate 11,681,170 43,134 5,081 850,197
Autumn R. Bayles 11,415,830 304,629 8,926 850,197
Shantella E. Cooper 11,462,884 257,592 8,909 850,197
David E. Flitman 11,544,546 179,362 5,477 850,197
Tracy A. Leinbach 11,463,494 260,449 5,442 850,197
Stephen E. Macadam 11,559,522 161,437 8,426 850,197
Gregory B. Morrison 11,573,515 146,941 8,929 850,197
Michael P. Muldowney 11,572,675 151,790 4,920 850,197
Charles G. Ward, III 11,547,204 176,890 5,291 850,197
Item No. 2: Veritiv shareholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche
LLP as Veritiv's independent registered public accounting firm for
2023, as follows:
Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes
12,520,934 54,827 3,821 0
Item No. 3: Veritiv shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, Veritiv's
executive compensation, as follows:
Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes
11,453,639 264,499 11,247 850,197
Item No. 4: Veritiv shareholders approved the Amendment to the Company's Charter
to provide for the exculpation of officers as permitted by Delaware
law, as follows:
Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes
10,919,963 797,136 12,286 850,197
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
The following exhibits are included with this report:
Exhibit No. Exhibit Description
3.1 Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of Veritiv Corporation dated May 5, 2023
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
document).
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