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): September 11, 2013
Pacific Gold Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada |
| 000- 32629 |
| 98-0408708 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
| (Commission File Number) |
| (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
848 N. Rainbow Blvd. #2987 Las Vegas, Nevada 89107 |
| 89107 |
(Address of principal executive offices) |
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Registrants telephone number, including area code: 416-214-1483
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Item 5.07 — Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
The 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting) of Pacific Gold Corp. (the Company) was held on September 11, 2013.
The Companys stockholders voted on seven proposals as follows: (i) to elect two directors for the ensuing year (Proposal 1); (ii) to approve an amendment to the Companys Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock from 3,000,000,000 to 10,000,000,000, subject to the Board of Directors authority to abandon such amendment (Proposal 2); (iii) to approve an amendment to the Companys Articles of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of its Common Stock at a specific ratio within a range from 1-for-50 to 1-for-200 and to grant authorization to the Board of Directors to determine, at its discretion, the timing and the specific ratio of the reverse stock split, subject to the Board of Directors authority to abandon such amendment (Proposal 3); (iv) to approve the Companys 2013 Equity Performance Plan (Proposal 4); (v) to cast an advisory vote on a non-binding resolution to approve the compensation of the Companys executive officers (Proposal 5); (vi) to cast an advisory vote on a non-binding resolution to recommend the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation (Proposal 6); and (vii) to ratify the selection by the Companys Board of Directors of Silberstein Ungar, PLLC as the Companys independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013 (Proposal 7).
All nominees for election to the Board as Directors were elected to serve until the 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors are elected and qualified, or until such directors earlier death, resignation or removal. The stockholders also approved Proposals 2, 3, 4 and 5, selected 3 years for Proposal 6, and ratified Proposal 7. The number of votes cast for, against or withheld and the number of abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to each Proposal is set forth below.
Proposal 1 | Shares For |
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| Broker Non-Votes |
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Robert Landau | 3,287,339,952 |
| 287,605,376 |
| 1,391,438,735 |
Mitchell Geisler | 3,301,735,963 |
| 273,209,365 |
| 1,391,438,735 |
| Shares For |
| Shares Against |
| Shares Abstaining |
| Broker Non-Votes |
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Proposal 2 | 3,743,897,130 |
| 1,197,431,129 |
| 21,455,808 |
| 3,599,996 |
| Shares For |
| Shares Against |
| Shares Abstaining |
| Broker Non-Votes |
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Proposal 3 | 3,889,919,017 |
| 1,064,002,461 |
| 12,462,585 |
| -0- |
| Shares For |
| Shares Against |
| Shares Abstaining |
| Broker Non-Votes |
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Proposal 4 | 3,201,003,624 |
| 331,884,955 |
| 42,056,749 |
| 1,391,438,735 |
| Shares For |
| Shares Against |
| Shares Abstaining |
| Broker Non-Votes |
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Proposal 5 | 3,138,904,643 |
| 403,339,551 |
| 32,701,133 |
| 1,391,438,736 |
| 1 Year |
| 2 Years |
| 3 Years |
| Shares Abstaining |
| Broker Non-Votes |
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Proposal 6 | 211,213,156 |
| 18,997,269 |
| 3,159,419,349 |
| 185,311,053 |
| 1,391,443,236 |
| Shares For |
| Shares Against |
| Shares Abstaining |
| Broker Non-Votes |
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Proposal 7 | 3,981,800,596 |
| 629,269,742 |
| 353,389,083 |
| 1,924,642 |
The Board of Directors has considered the stockholder vote regarding the frequency of advisory votes on executive compensation and determined that the Company will hold an advisory vote on its executive compensation every 3 years until the next vote by the Board on frequency, which will be no later than the Companys Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2019.
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.
| PACIFIC GOLD CORP. |
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Date: September 17, 2013 | By: | /s/ Robert Landau |
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| Name: Robert Landau |
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| Title: Chief Executive Officer |
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