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Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (i858)
i404-8800
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:
Title of each class
Trading
Symbol
Name of each exchange on which registered
iCommon Stock, $0.0001 par value
iPSMT
iNASDAQ
Global Select Market
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).
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On February
1, 2024, at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the stockholders of PriceSmart, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “Charter Amendment”), to provide for the exculpation of certain officers of the Company against personal liability to the extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as further described in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 19, 2023.
The
Charter Amendment became effective upon the Company’s filing of a Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on February 1, 2024 (the “Certificate of Amendment”). The foregoing description of the Charter Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Certificate of Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters
to a Vote of Security Holders.
The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of PriceSmart, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on February 1, 2024 through a virtual meeting platform at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/PSMT2024. As of the record date, there were 30,516,876 shares outstanding and entitled to vote. There were 28,446,815 shares voted during the meeting or by proxy. Directors are elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares present during the meeting or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors. Each of the nominees of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) received such a plurality and was re-elected to the Board. Stockholders also (i) approved, on an advisory basis, the
compensation of the Company's named executive officers for fiscal year 2023; (ii) approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to provide for the limitation of liability of officers of the Company as permitted pursuant to a recent amendment to the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”); and (iii) ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending August
31, 2024. The Company’s stockholders approved every “one year” as the frequency of a stockholder vote on compensation of the named executive officers of the Company. Based on such vote, the Board has determined that it will hold an advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers annually until the next required vote on the frequency of such a stockholder advisory vote.
1. To elect directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are elected and qualified:
Votes
For
Votes Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
Sherry S. Bahrambeygui
26,015,308
1,444,627
986,880
Jeffrey R. Fisher
25,091,309
2,368,626
986,880
Gordon
H. Hanson
27,075,986
383,949
986,880
Beatriz V. Infante
27,342,076
117,859
986,880
Leon C. Janks
20,070,574
7,389,361
986,880
Patricia
Márquez
26,056,650
1,403,285
986,880
David N. Price
25,747,862
1,712,073
986,880
Robert E. Price
26,893,562
566,373
986,880
David
R. Snyder
25,841,183
1,618,752
986,880
John D. Thelan
27,421,059
38,876
986,880
Edgar Zurcher
25,280,494
2,179,441
986,880
2.
To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers for fiscal year 2023:
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstain
Broker
Non-Votes
Total Shares Voted
25,408,977
2,025,619
25,339
986,880
3. To approve, on an advisory basis, the frequency of holding an advisory vote on executive compensation:
One
Year
Two Years
Three Years
Abstain
Total Shares Voted
26,158,897
2,209
1,287,806
11,023
4.
To approve an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to provide for the limitation of liability of officers of the Company as permitted pursuant to recent amendment to the DGCL:
Votes
For
Votes Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
Total Shares Voted
26,353,445
1,030,742
75,748
986,880
5. To ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's
independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2024:
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstain
Total Shares Voted
28,174,902
263,915
7,998
Item
8.01. Other Events.
On February 1, 2024, the Company’s Board of Directors declared the Company’s annual cash dividend in the total amount of $1.16 per share, with $0.58 per share payable on February 29, 2024 to stockholders of record as of February 15, 2024 and $0.58 per share payable on August 30, 2024 to stockholders of record as of August 15, 2024. PriceSmart anticipates the ongoing payment of annual dividends in subsequent periods, although the actual declaration of future
dividends, if any, the amount of such dividends, and the establishment of record and payment dates is subject to final determination by the Board of Directors at its discretion after its review of the Company’s financial performance and anticipated capital requirements, taking into account the uncertain macroeconomic conditions on our results of operations and cash flows.
The cover page from this Current report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL.
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.
