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 25, 2021

THE ALKALINE WATER COMPANY INC.

Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada

 

000-55096

 

EIN 99-0367049

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

of incorporation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

8541 E. Anderson Drive, Suite 100/101
Scottsdale, Arizona  85255
(Address of principal executive offices and Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (480) 656-2423

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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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, par value $0.001 per share

WTER

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC



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 25, 2021, we held our annual meeting of stockholders. At the meeting, our stockholders:

 

1.

elected Richard A. Wright, David A. Guarino, Aaron Keay, Frank Lazaran, and Brian Sudano as the directors of our company; and

 

 

 

 

2.

ratified the appointment of Prager Metis CPAs, LLC as our independent registered public accounting firm.

 

 

 

The final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of our stockholders are set forth below.

Proposal 1.  Election of directors:

 

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

Richard A. Wright

14,940,777

627,894

134,653

23,659,118

David A. Guarino

14,876,393

672,845

154,086

23,659,118

Aaron Keay

14,831,175

672,761

199,388

23,659,118

Frank Lazaran

14,839,395

471,402

174,127

23,659,118

Brian Sudano

15,315,204

151,801

236,319

23,659,118

Proposal 2.  To ratify the appointment of Prager Metis CPAs, LLC as our independent registered public accounting firm:

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

38,143,575

816,880

401,987

23,659,118



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.

THE ALKALINE WATER COMPANY INC.

/s/ Richard A. Wright    

Richard A. Wright

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

June 25, 2021