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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): June 17, 2022

 

Veritone, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

001-38093

47-1161641

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

2420 17th St., Office 3002, Denver, CO

 

80202

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (888) 507-1737

 

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 Instructions A.2. below):

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share

 

VERI

 

The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

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 Section13(a) of the Exchange Act.

 

 

 

 


 

 

Item 5.07.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

The annual meeting of stockholders of Veritone, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on June 17, 2022.  Of the 36,062,187 shares of the Company’s common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting, there were present at the meeting, in person or by proxy, the holders of 22,324,676 shares of common stock, representing approximately 61.9% of the total number of shares entitled to vote at the meeting.  The following two proposals were presented and voted on at the meeting:

Proposal 1

To elect two nominees, Knute P. Kurtz and Nayaki R. Nayyar, as members of the Board, to serve for a three-year term expiring at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders in 2025.  The two nominees were elected by a plurality of the total votes cast.  The voting results were:

Nominee

For

Withheld

Broker Non-Votes

Knute P. Kurtz

9,044,215

4,285,854

8,994,607

Nayaki R. Nayyarr

9,830,519

3,449,550

8,994,607

Proposal 2

To ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.  Such proposal was approved by more than a majority of the total votes cast.  The voting results were:

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

22,294,157

10,779

19,740

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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.

 

Date: June 22, 2022

Veritone, Inc.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael L. Zemetra

 

 

Michael L. Zemetra

 

 

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

 

 

and Treasurer