flora_8k.htm

 

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 6, 2023

 

Flora Growth Corp.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Province of Ontario

 

001-40397

 

Not Applicable

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

3406 SW 26th Terrace, Suite C-1

 

 

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

 

33132

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (954) 842-4989

 

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:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading symbol

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Shares, no par value

 

FLGC

 

Nasdaq Capital Market

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

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 6, 2023, Flora Growth Corp., a corporation organized under the laws of the Province of Ontario (the “Company”), held its 2023 Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The final voting results for the proposals submitted to a vote of the Company’s shareholders at the Annual Meeting are as follows:

 

Proposal 1: Election of eiht directors to the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) to hold office until the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their respective successors are elected or appointed:

 

 

 

Votes

 

 

 

Broker

Director

 

For

 

Withheld

 

Non-Votes

Hussein Rakine

 

46,751,535

 

3,593,374

 

21,729,263

Clifford Starke

 

47,687,963

 

2,656,946

 

21,729,263

John Timothy Leslie

 

22,289,294

 

28,055,615

 

21,729,263

Beverly Richardson

 

47,230,538

 

3,114,371

 

21,729,263

Edward Woo

 

43,839,270

 

6,505,639

 

21,729,263

Juan Carlos Gomez Roa

 

43,649,586

 

6,695,323

 

21,729,263

Kevin Taylor

 

47,679,010

 

2,665,899

 

21,729,263

Thomas Solomon

 

47,877,622

 

2,467,287

 

21,729,263

 

Proposal 2: Reappointment of Davidson & Company LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as auditors of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 and authorization of the Board to fix their renumeration.

 

Votes

 

 

 

Broker

For

 

Withhold

 

Non-Votes

69,850,843

 

2,223,329

 

0

 

Proposal 3: Approval of an amendment to the articles of the Company, as amended from time to time (the “Articles”), to effect a reverse stock split with respect to the Company’s issued and outstanding common shares, no par value, on the basis of the consolidation ratio to be selected by the Board within a range between 5 pre-consolidation shares for 1 post-consolidation share and 25 pre-consolidation shares for 1 post-consolidation share.

 

 Votes

 

Votes

 

 

 

Broker

For

 

Against

 

Abstentions

 

Non-Votes

64,424,776

 

5,750,644

 

1,898,752

 

0

 

Proposal 4: Approval of an amendment to the Company’s Articles to create a new class of preferred shares, issuable in series, and to provide for the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the common shares and the preferred shares, as a class.

 

Votes

 

Votes

 

 

 

Broker

For

 

Against

 

Abstentions

 

Non-Votes

36,082,763

 

13,945,516

 

316,630

 

21,729,263

 

Proposal 5: Approval of a special resolution authorizing the Board, in its sole discretion, to amend the Company’s Articles to change the name of the Company to “Just Brands Corp.” or to such other name as the Board, in its sole discretion, determines to be appropriate and which the Director under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) may accept.

 

Votes

 

Votes

 

 

 

Broker

For

 

Against

 

Abstentions

 

Non-Votes

66,384,030

 

4,946,040

 

744,102

 

0

 

Proposal 6: Approval of an amendment to the Company’s 2022 Incentive Compensation Plan to increase the number of shares issuable thereunder from 6 million to 19 million shares.

 

Votes

 

Votes

 

 

 

Broker

For

 

Against

 

Abstentions

 

Non-Votes

37,073,081

 

13,010,316

 

261,512

 

21,729,263

 

No other matters were considered or voted upon at the Annual Meeting.

 

 

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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.

 

FLORA GROWTH CORP.

 

Dated: June 6, 2023

By:

/s/ Hussein Rakine

Name: Hussein Rakine

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

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