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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On July 18, 2025, Jones Soda Co. (the “Company”) held its 2025 annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) for the purpose of holding a shareholder vote on Proposals 1, 2 and 3 set forth below. A total of 63,084,985 shares of the Company’s common stock constituting a quorum, were represented in person or by valid proxies at the Annual Meeting.
At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders (i) re-elected each of Paul Norman, Ronald Dissinger, Clive Sirkin, Gregg Reichman and Mark Murray as members of the Company’s board of directors to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified, or until such director’s earlier resignation, removal or death; (ii) approved, on an advisory basis, the Company’s 2024 named executive officer compensation; and (iii) ratified the appointment of Berkowitz Pollack Brant Advisors + CPAs (“Berkowitz”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.
The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting, as set forth in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 4, 2025, are as follows:
Proposal 1. At the Annual Meeting, the terms of all current members of the Company’s board of directors expired. All of the five nominees for director were elected to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified, or until such director’s earlier resignation, removal or death. The result of the votes to elect the five directors were as follows:
Directors | For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
Paul Norman | 25,649,355 | 10,289,760 | 27,145,870 | |||||||||
Ronald Dissinger | 27,326,477 | 8,612,638 | 27,145,870 | |||||||||
Clive Sirkin | 25,602,461 | 10,336,654 | 27,145,870 | |||||||||
Gregg Reichman | 25,587,367 | 10,351,748 | 27,145,870 | |||||||||
Mark Murray | 24,549,859 | 11,389,256 | 27,145,870 |
Proposal 2. At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the Company’s 2024 named executive officer compensation (the “Named Executive Officer Compensation”). The result of the votes to approve, on an advisory basis, the Named Executive Officer Compensation was as follows:
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
24,961,889 | 10,103,144 | 874,082 | 27,145,870 |
Proposal 3. At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders approved the ratification of the appointment of Berkowitz as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. The result of the votes to approve Berkowitz was as follows:
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
43,962,452 | 16,936,123 | 2,186,410 | - |
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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: July 21, 2025 | JONES SODA CO. |
/s/ Scott Harvey | |
Scott Harvey | |
Chief Executive Officer |
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