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): December 27, 2018 (December 21, 2018)

 

KBL MERGER CORP. IV

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware   001-38105   81-3832378
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

527 Stanton Christian Road

Newark, DE 19713

  19713
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (302) 502-2727

 

Not Applicable

(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. below):

 

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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  x

 

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.  o

 

 

 

  

 

 

Item 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

On December 21, 2018, KBL Merger Corp. IV (the “Company”) held its 2018 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Meeting”). At the Meeting, stockholders (i) re-elected two directors to serve as Class I directors on the Company’s board of directors (“Board”) until the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are elected and qualified and (ii) ratified the selection by the Board of WithumSmith+Brown, PC (“Withum”) to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2018.

 

Set forth below are the final voting results for each of the proposals:

 

Proposal No. 1 – Election of directors

 

 Andrew Sherman and Sherrill Neff were re-elected to serve as Class I directors. The voting results were as follows:

 

Name   For   Withheld   Broker Non-Votes
Andrew Sherman   6,909,654   54,980   2,198,684
Sherrill Neff   6,349,654   614,980   2,198,684

 

Proposal No. 2 – Ratification of independent registered public accounting firm

 

The stockholders ratified the selection of Withum to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2018. The voting results were as follows:

 

For     Against     Abstain
  9,108,338       54,980       0

 

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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.

 

  KBL MERGER CORP. IV
     
  By: /s/ Marlene Krauss, M.D.
  Name: Marlene Krauss, M.D.
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

  

Dated: December 27, 2018

 

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