UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 7, 2018 (March 5, 2018)
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InfoSonics Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Commission File Number: 001-32217

Maryland

33-0599368

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 


4435 Eastgate Mall, Suite 320

San Diego, CA 92121
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(858) 373-1600
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in 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.

 


 


 

Introductory Note

 

On July 25, 2017, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger between InfoSonics Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), Cooltech Holding Corp., a Nevada corporation (“Cooltech”), and InfoSonics Acquisition Sub, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Merger Sub”, and, together with Cooltech and the Company, the “Parties”) (as amended, the “Merger Agreement”). The Parties amended the Merger Agreement on September 14, 2017, and further amended the Merger Agreement on January 5, 2018. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, upon closing, Merger Sub will be merged with and into Cooltech, with Cooltech surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and disregarded for federal and state tax purposes (the “Merger”). The Merger is contemplated to close and be effective, on March 12, 2018 (the “Closing”).

 

The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Merger Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 26, 2017, Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 15, 2017, and Amendment No. 2 to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 8, 2018, each of which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.02Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

Approval of Cash Bonus

 

On March 5, 2018, the Compensation Committee of the Company’s board of directors approved a cash bonus payment to the Company’s Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Vernon A. LoForti, in the amount of $75,000 in recognition of his extraordinary contributions to the Company in connection with the Merger.

 

Item 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On March 7, 2018, the Company held a special meeting of its stockholders in San Diego, California.  The Company’s stockholders voted on, and approved, the following proposals:

 

Proposal No. 1Approve the issuance of InfoSonics common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“InfoSonics Common Stock”) and InfoSonics 0% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share in connection with the merger contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated July 25, 2017, among InfoSonics, Cooltech Holding Corp., a Nevada corporation and InfoSonics Acquisition Sub, Inc., a Nevada corporation, and all amendments thereto, and the corresponding change of control of InfoSonics.

 

 

Votes For

Votes Against

Votes

Abstaining

Broker

Non-Votes

1,833,956

22,404

27,585

1,050,275

 

Proposal No. 2 The issuance of InfoSonics Common Stock and warrants to purchase shares of InfoSonics Common Stock in a non-public offering in accordance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635.

 

Votes For

Votes Against

Votes

Abstaining

Broker

Non-Votes

1,829,837

23,143

30,965

1,050,275

 

 

 

 

 


 

Proposal No. 3 The issuance of InfoSonics Common Stock upon the conversion of three year 0% convertible notes and the exercise of warrants to purchase shares of InfoSonics Common Stock in a non-public offering in accordance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635.

 

Votes For

Votes

Against

Votes

Abstaining

Broker

Non-Votes

1,831,717

22,923

29,305

1,050,275

 

Proposal No. 4 The amendment of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to effect an increase in the authorized amount of Common Stock, from 40,000,000 shares of Common Stock, to 150,000,000 shares of Common Stock.

 

Votes For

Votes Against

Votes

Abstaining

Broker

Non-Votes

1,775,037

81,677

27,231

1,050,275

 

Proposal No. 5 An amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of InfoSonics Common Stock, to the extent required to qualify for the NASDAQ new listing requirements, by a ratio of not less than one-for-two and not more than one-for-twenty at any time prior to April 30, 2018, with the exact ratio to be set at a whole number within this range by the InfoSonics Board in its sole discretion to comply with the applicable NASDAQ listing requirements.

 

Votes For

Votes Against

Votes

Abstaining

Broker

Non-Votes

2,445,929

440,196

48,095

None

 

Proposal No. 6 The election of four directors nominated by the Company’s board of directors, each to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until a successor is elected and qualified.

 

Name of Nominee

Votes For

Votes Against

Votes

Abstaining

Broker

Non-Votes

Joseph Ram

1,751,009

29,981

102,955

1,050,275

Randall P. Marx

1,689,260

91,631

103,054

1,050,275

Robert S. Picow

1,690,932

90,058

102,955

1,050,275

Kirk A. Waldron

1,689,258

91,732

102,955

1,050,275

 

Proposal No. 7 To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation to be paid to InfoSonics’ named executive officers that is based on or otherwise relates to the Merger.

 

Votes For

Votes Against

Votes

Abstaining

Broker

Non-Votes

1,671,019

164,725

48,201

1,050,275

 

Proposal No. 8 The adjournment of a special meeting of the Company’s stockholders to a later date, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes at the time of the Special Meeting to approve the Merger Proposal or any of the other proposals.

 

Votes For

Votes Against

Votes

Abstaining

Broker

Non-Votes

2,696,748

182,888

54,584

None

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Item 8.01.Other Events.

 

On March 5, 2018, the Company’s board of directors approved the reverse split of the Company’s common stock at a ratio of one-for-five effective at the commencement of trading on March 9, 2018.

 

 

Signature

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.

 

 

 

InfoSonics Corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

March 7, 2018

By:

/s/ Vernon A. LoForti

 

 

 

Vernon A. LoForti

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer