UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


FORM 8-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

 

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 10, 2020

 

GOLDEN MINERALS COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

DELAWARE

 

1-13627

 

26-4413382

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or
organization)

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

350 Indiana Street, Suite 650

Golden, Colorado 80401

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 839-5060

 

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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

Common Stock, $0.01 par value   AUMN   NYSE American

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §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. ¨

 

 

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Item 5.03Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
Item 5.07Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  
Signature

 

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

On June 12, 2020, Golden Minerals Company (the “Company”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Original Form 8-K”) disclosing the results of the votes cast as reported by an independent third party at its 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”), which was held on June 10, 2020. The voting results for Proposal No. 3 were incorrectly tabulated and were subsequently disclosed in the Original Form 8-K. This Current Report on Form 8-K/A amends the Original Form 8-K to (i) disclose the correct voting results for Proposal No. 3, (ii) state that Proposal No. 3 was not approved by the stockholders, (iii) disclose that the Company has retracted its filing of the Third Amendment to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on June 11, 2020, and (iv) restate the remaining information included in the Original Form 8-K.

 

Item 5.03Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

 

On June 11, 2020, the Company filed a Third Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Third Amendment”) in order to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from 200,000,000 shares to 300,000,000 shares, as provided in Proposal No. 3 submitted to the stockholders at the Annual Meeting. As noted above, due to an error in tabulating the votes, the Company has determined that it did not receive sufficient votes in favor of the amendment (without counting broker non-votes, which is the position disclosed by the Company in its proxy statement). Therefore, the Company has filed a Certificate of Correction in order to render the Third Amendment null and void.

 

Item 5.07Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

Of the 127,858,935 shares of common stock outstanding and which are entitled to vote as of the record date, 93,467,202 shares (73.10%) were present or represented by proxy at the Meeting.  The Company’s stockholders (1) approved the election of Jeffrey G. Clevenger, Warren M. Rehn, W. Durand Eppler, Kevin R. Morano, Terry M. Palmer, Andrew N. Pullar and David H. Watkins as directors of the Company to hold office until the 2021 annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are elected, (2) ratified the appointment of Plante & Moran, PLLC to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020, and (3) did not approve an increase in the Company’s authorized common stock from 200,000,000 to 300,000,000 shares by amending the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. The votes on the proposals were cast as set forth below:

 

1.Election of seven (7) directors to hold office until the 2021 annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are elected.

 

Name  Votes For  Votes Withheld  Broker Non-Votes
Jeffrey G. Clevenger  65,811,982  2,240,716  25,414,504
Warren M. Rehn  67,437,392  615,306  25,414,504
W. Durand Eppler  66,273,347  1,779,351  25,414,504
Kevin R. Morano  67,355,697  697,001  25,414,504
Terry M. Palmer  67,380,699  671,999  25,414,504
Andrew N. Pullar  67,535,321  517,377  25,414,504
David H. Watkins  67,419,724  632,974  25,414,504

 

 

 

 

2.Ratification of the selection of Plante & Moran, PLLC to serve as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020.

 

Votes For  Votes Against  Abstentions
92,130,576  352,308  984,317

 

 

3.Approval of an increase in the Company’s authorized common stock from 200,000,000 to 300,000,000 shares by amending the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

 

Votes For  Votes Against  Abstentions  Broker Non-Votes
60,689,258  5,990,871  1,372,569  25,414,504

 

Because a majority of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock did not vote in favor of Proposal No. 3 (not including broker non-votes), this Proposal was not approved.

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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: June 16, 2020

 

  Golden Minerals Company
   
   
  By: /s/ Robert P. Vogels
    Name: Robert P. Vogels
    Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer