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) June 18, 2019

 

 

Square, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-37622   80-0429876

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1455 Market Street, Suite 600

San Francisco, CA 94103

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(415) 375-3176

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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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

Class A Common Stock, $0.0000001 par value per share   SQ   New York Stock Exchange

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 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On June 18, 2019, Square, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2019 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The stockholders of the Company voted on the following two proposals at the Annual Meeting, each of which is more fully described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2019:

 

  1.

To elect four Class I directors to serve until the Company’s 2022 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified; and

 

  2.

To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

Holders of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0000001 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”), were entitled to one vote on each proposal for each share held as of the close of business on April 23, 2019 (the “Record Date”), and holders of the Company’s Class B common stock, par value $0.0000001 per share (the “Class B Common Stock”), were entitled to ten votes on each proposal for each share held as of the close of business on the Record Date. The Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock voted as a single class on all matters.

At the beginning of the Annual Meeting, present in person or by proxy were holders of 177,727,559 shares of Class A Common Stock and 85,728,347 shares of Class B Common Stock, together representing 86.02% of the combined voting power of all issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, constituting a quorum.

The final voting results for each of these proposals are detailed below.

 

1.

Election of Directors

 

Nominee

   Votes For      Votes
Withheld
 

Jack Dorsey

     992,250,481        42,760,933  

David Viniar

     990,102,224        44,909,190  

Paul Deighton

     992,393,270        42,618,144  

Anna Patterson

     991,256,568        43,754,846  

Each director-nominee was duly elected as a Class I director to serve until the Company’s 2022 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified.

 

2.

Advisory Vote on Compensation of Named Executive Officers

 

Votes For

  

Votes Against

  

Votes Abstained

1,025,402,560    9,116,905    491,949

The stockholders advised that they were in favor of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.


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.

 

SQUARE, INC.
By:   /s/ Sivan Whiteley
 

Sivan Whiteley

 

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Date: June 20, 2019

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