UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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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 19, 2020
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Slack Technologies, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | 001-38926 (Commission File Number) | 26-4400325 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) | ||||||
500 Howard Street
San Francisco, California 94105
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
(415) 630-7943
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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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, par value $0.0001 per share | WORK | 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 19, 2020, the Company held its 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The Company’s stockholders voted on two proposals at the Annual Meeting, each of which is described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 5, 2020. Holders of the Company’s Class A common stock were entitled to one vote for each share held as of the close of business on April 21, 2020 (the “Record Date”), and holders of the Company’s Class B common stock were entitled to ten votes for each share held as of the close of business on the Record Date. The Class A common stock and Class B common stock (the “common stock”) voted as a single class on all matters. Present at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy were holders of 504,053,703 shares of common stock, together representing a total of 1,705,003,507 votes, or a majority of the voting power of all issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock as of the Record Date, and constituting a quorum under the Company’s bylaws. The final results with respect to each such proposal are set forth below.
Proposal 1 — Election of Directors.
The stockholders elected each of the persons named below as Class I directors to serve until the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The results of such vote were:
| Nominee | Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||
| Stewart Butterfield | 1,560,872,228 | 42,915,202 | 101,216,077 | ||||||||
| John O’Farrell | 1,526,118,742 | 77,668,688 | 101,216,077 | ||||||||
Proposal 2 — Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
The stockholders ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2021. The results of such vote were:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | ||||||
| 1,704,046,484 | 396,137 | 560,886 | ||||||
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 22, 2020 | Slack Technologies, Inc. | |||||||
| By: | /s/ Allen Shim | |||||||
| Name: | Allen Shim | |||||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||||||