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): January 4, 2018 (December 29, 2017)

 

 

DGSE COMPANIES, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Nevada 1-11048 88-0097334

 (State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 (Commission

File Number) 

 (I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

  

 

13022 Preston Road

Dallas, Texas 75240

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including area code: (972) 587-4049

 

 

 

(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 Instruction A.2.):

 

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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 December 29, 2017, the Company held its 2017 annual meeting (the “Annual Meeting”) of stockholders (the “Stockholders”) at the Holiday Inn at 6055 LBJ Freeway, Dallas, TX 75240. The matters submitted to the Stockholders for a vote at the Annual Meeting were set forth in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 7, 2017 (the “Proxy Statement”) and distributed to the Stockholders. Stockholders representing 25,512,601, or 94.8%, of the shares of the Common Stock, outstanding and entitled to vote as of the record date, December 1, 2017, were represented at the meeting either in person or by proxy.

 

The matters proposed to the Stockholders for a vote were: (i) the election of each of John R. Loftus, Joel S. Friedman, Jim R. Ruth and Alexandra C. Griffin as members of the Company’s Board of Directors; (ii) the ratification of the Company’s appointment of Whitley Penn LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017; and (iii) to adjourn the Annual Meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies in favor of proposals one through two.

 

The final voting results of the Annual Meeting are set forth below.

 

Proposal One

 

The nominees named in the Proxy Statement (the “Proxy Statement Nominees”) were elected to the Board of Directors to serve until the next annual meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors are duly-elected and qualified (or until their death, resignation or removal, if earlier). The Proxy Statement Nominees were the only nominees to receive votes for their election at the meeting, and the Proxy Statement Nominees constitute the four nominees receiving the highest number of votes in favor of their election as directors. The results of the vote with respect to their respective elections were as follows:

 

Nominees Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes
John R. Loftus 19,915,813 23,456 5,573,332
Joel S. Friedman 19,920,940 18,329 5,573,332
Jim R. Ruth 19,920,663 18,606 5,573,332
Alexandra C Griffin 19,920,940 18,329 5,573,332

  

Proposal Two

 

The proposal to ratify the Company’s appointment of Whitley Penn LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017 was approved by the following vote:

  

Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes
25,377,522 128,422 6,657 0

  

   

 

 

Proposal Three

 

The proposal to adjourn the Annual Meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies in favor of proposals one through two was approved by the following vote. It was not necessary to adjourn the Annual Meeting as proposals one through two were approved at the Annual Meeting.

  

Votes For Votes Against Abstentions
24,813,643 696,125 2,833

  

   

 

  

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

  

 

  By: /s/ BRET A. PEDERSEN
    Bret A. Pedersen
                                                                                        Chief Financial Officer
                                                                                      (Principal Accounting Officer)

 

Date:  January 4, 2018