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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): September 3, 2020

 

LIGHTBRIDGE CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada

 

001-34487

 

91-1975651

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

of incorporation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

11710 Plaza America Drive, Suite 2000
Reston, VA 20190
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(571) 730-1200
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

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:

 

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 Act:

 

Title of Each Class:

 

Trading Symbol(s):

 

Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered:

Common Stock, $0.001 par value

 

LTBR

 

The Nasdaq Capital Market

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

 

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. ☐

   

 

 

     

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

    

As described in Item 5.07 below, Lightbridge Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on September 3, 2020. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved the Lightbridge Corporation 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2020 Plan”). The Company’s Board of Directors approved the 2020 Plan on March 9, 2020, subject to stockholder approval at the Annual Meeting.

    

A summary of the 2020 Plan is set forth in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting (the “2020 Proxy Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 27, 2020 and is incorporated herein by reference. That summary of the 2020 Plan does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the 2020 Plan, which is filed as Appendix A to the 2020 Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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

 

The Company held its Annual Meeting virtually on September 3, 2020. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on: (i) the election of five director nominees, (ii) the approval of the 2020 Plan, (iii) the approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, and (iv) ratification of BDO USA, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2020. The results of the votes are set forth below.

   

Proposal No. 1 – Election of Directors

   

The following nominees were elected as directors by the votes indicated to serve until the Company’s next annual meeting of stockholders, as set forth in the 2020 Proxy Statement:

 

Nominee

 

For

 

 

Withheld

 

 

Broker-Non Vote

 

Seth Grae

 

 

986,782

 

 

 

121,045

 

 

 

1,558,317

 

Thomas Graham, Jr.

 

 

1,044,696

 

 

 

63,131

 

 

 

1,558,317

 

Victor Alessi

 

 

1,020,899

 

 

 

86,928

 

 

 

1,558,317

 

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend

 

 

1,019,381

 

 

 

88,446

 

 

 

1,558,317

 

Daniel Magraw

 

 

1,020,889

 

 

 

86,938

 

 

 

1,558,317

 

 

Proposal No. 2 – Approval of the 2020 Plan

    

The proposal to approve the 2020 Plan as described in the 2020 Proxy Statement was approved by the stockholders by the following vote:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker-Non Vote

720,882

 

355,063

 

31,882

 

1,558,317

 

Proposal No. 3 – Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

   

The proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as described in the 2020 Proxy Statement was approved by the stockholders by the following vote:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker-Non Vote

722,647

 

354,311

 

30,869

 

1,558,317

 

Proposal No. 4 – Ratification of Auditors

   

The proposal to ratify the selection of BDO USA, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020 was approved by the stockholders by the following vote:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

2,554,811

 

74,994

 

36,339

 

 

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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.

 

 

LIGHTBRIDGE CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

Dated: September 3, 2020

By:

/s/ Seth Grae

 

 

Name:

Seth Grae

 

 

Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

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