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)

 

(Zip Code)


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  416-214-1483


(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2. below):


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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 Company’s 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 Company’s 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 Company’s 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 Company’s 2013 Equity Performance Plan (Proposal 4); (v) to cast an advisory vote on a non-binding resolution to approve the compensation of the Company’s 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 Company’s Board of Directors of Silberstein Ungar, PLLC as the Company’s 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 director’s 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

 

Shares Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proposal 3

3,889,919,017

 

1,064,002,461

 

12,462,585

 

-0-


 

Shares For

 

Shares Against

 

Shares

Abstaining

 

Broker

Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Company’s 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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:  September 17, 2013

By:

 /s/ Robert Landau

 

 

 

Name:  Robert Landau

 

 

 

Title:  Chief Executive Officer