Gaming Partners International Corporation (NASDAQ:GPIC) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
On March 12, 2019, Gaming Partners International Corporation (the “Company”) held a special meeting of its stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) to consider and vote on a proposal to approve the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 27, 2018 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Angel Holdings Godo Kaisha, a company organized under the laws of Japan (“Angel”), and AGL Nevada Corporation, a Nevada corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Angel (“Merger Sub”), providing for the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Angel. At the Special Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted to approve the Merger Agreement. The Company’s stockholders also voted to approve the adjournment of the Special Meeting, if necessary or appropriate in the view of the Company’s board of directors, to solicit additional proxies if there were not sufficient votes at the time of the Special Meeting to approve the Merger Agreement, but such adjournment was deemed unnecessary.
As of the close of business on February 1, 2019, the record date for the Special Meeting, there were 8,085,594 outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock entitled to vote. At the Special Meeting, 6,942,141 shares of common stock, or approximately 85.85%, were represented in person or by proxy, and, therefore, a quorum was present.
The final voting results for each matter submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders at the Special Meeting are set forth below:
Proposal 1: Approval of the Merger Agreement.
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
6,909,294 | 31,865 |
Proposal 2: Adjournment of the Special Meeting.
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
[…] | […] | […] | […] |
Each of the foregoing proposals were approved, having received “for” votes from a majority of the shares of Company common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Special Meeting.
About Gaming Partners International Corporation (NASDAQ:GPIC)
Gaming Partners International Corporation (GPIC) is a manufacturer and supplier of casino table game equipment. The Company operates in the casino table game products segment. The Company manufactures and supplies casino currency, with various security and design options, playing cards, table layouts, gaming furniture, table accessories, dice and roulette wheels. It also provides various radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies, including low- and high-frequency RFID casino currency, RFID solutions for casino currency (consisting of low- and high-frequency RFID casino currency readers, antennas, casino currency authentication software, casino currency inventory software applications and software maintenance services). Its products and services are used with casino table games, such as blackjack, poker, baccarat, craps and roulette. The Company’s products fall into two categories: non-consumable and consumable.