Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders |
On June 10, 2021, Grubhub Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) held a virtual special meeting of its stockholders (the “Special Meeting”). As of the close of business on April 27, 2021, the record date for the Special Meeting, there were 93,347,555 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding and entitled to vote. A total of 56,521,111 shares of the Company’s common stock were present in person (virtually) or by proxy at the Special Meeting, representing approximately 60.54% of the total number of shares outstanding and entitled to vote at the Special Meeting, which constituted a quorum. Additional information on each of the proposals voted upon at the Special Meeting is contained in the definitive proxy statement/prospectus for the Special Meeting, which was filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 12, 2021, and was first mailed to the Company’s stockholders on or about May 12, 2021.
Set forth below are the results of the proposals voted on at the Special Meeting.
Proposal 1. The Merger Agreement Proposal: A proposal to adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 10, 2021, as amended by the First Amendment to the Agreement and Plan and Merger, dated as of September 4, 2020, and as further amended by the Second Amendment to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 12, 2021 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Just Eat Takeaway.com, N.V., Checkers Merger Sub I, Inc. and Checkers Merger Sub II, Inc. (the “Merger Agreement Proposal”). Voting results were as follows:
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For | | Against | | Abstain | | Broker Non-Vote |
56,362,616 | | 9,297 | | 149,198 | | N/A |
The Merger Agreement Proposal was approved by the requisite vote of the Company’s stockholders.
Proposal 2. The Non-Binding Compensation Proposal: A proposal to approve, by a non-binding, advisory vote, certain compensation that may be paid or become payable to named executive officers of the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (the “Non-Binding Compensation Proposal”). Voting results were as follows:
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For | | Against | | Abstain | | Broker Non-Vote |
55,008,993 | | 646,760 | | 865,358 | | N/A |
The Merger-Related Compensation Proposal was approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, by the Company’s stockholders.
Proposal 3. The Adjournment Proposal: A proposal to adjourn the Special Meeting from time to time, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies in the event there are not sufficient votes at the time of the Special Meeting to approve the Merger Agreement Proposal (the “Adjournment Proposal”). Voting results were as follows:
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For | | Against | | Abstain | | Broker Non-Vote |
52,178,492 | | 3,502,298 | | 840,321 | | N/A |
Adjournment of the Special Meeting was not necessary or appropriate because there were sufficient votes at the time of the Special Meeting to approve the Merger Agreement Proposal.
On June 10, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing the results of the Special Meeting. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference.