--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0001753926-23-000806" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "VANI" cik: "0001266806" company_name: "Vivani Medical, Inc." filed_at: "2023-06-16T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-13T22:23:43.873964+00:00" event_type: "other_material" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.3 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Vivani Medical shareholders approve reincorporation to Delaware and governance changes at annual meeting ## Summary - All five director nominees elected with >=98% of votes cast: Gregg Williams, Aaron Mendelsohn, Dean Baker, Alexandra Larson, Adam Mendelsohn. - Ratification of BPM as independent auditor for FY2023 approved: 35,330,026 for, 73,358 against, 145,310 abstain. - Reincorporation from California to Delaware approved: 28,968,542 for, 103,485 against, 5,614 abstain. - Charter provisions approved: eliminating cumulative voting, limiting director removal without cause, board-only special meetings, and no action by written consent. - Exclusive forum provisions for intra-corporate and Securities Act claims approved; advisory vote on executive compensation also passed. ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0001753926-23-000806 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: VANI - cik: 0001266806 - company_name: Vivani Medical, Inc. - filed_at: 2023-06-16T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: other_material - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.3 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.07, 9.01 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1266806/000175392623000806/0001753926-23-000806-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1266806/000175392623000806/g083601_8k.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001753926-23-000806 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001753926-23-000806.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001753926-23-000806.txt ## Key facts - Shareholder Votes Vivani Medical, Inc. shareholders approved Inclusion of provision in Delaware Charter disallowing cumulative voting at the 2023-06-15 meeting. - Proposal: charter amendment - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-06-15 source text: Proposal 4A : The stockholders approved a proposal to include a provision of the Company’s new Certificate of Incorporation in Delaware (the “Delaware Charter”) disallowing cumulative voting, as set forth below: Votes Non-Votes 28,761,039 218,095 98,507 6,471,052 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1266806/000175392623000806/0001753926-23-000806-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Vivani Medical, Inc. shareholders approved Approval of reincorporation from California to Delaware at the 2023-06-15 meeting. - Proposal: charter amendment - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-06-15 source text: Proposal 3 : The stockholders approved a proposed reincorporation pursuant to which the Company will change the state of its incorporation from California to Delaware, as set forth below: Votes Non-Votes 28,968,542 103,485 5,614 6,471,052 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1266806/000175392623000806/0001753926-23-000806-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Vivani Medical, Inc. shareholders approved Inclusion of provision in Delaware Bylaws permitting only the Board to call special meetings at the 2023-06-15 meeting. - Proposal: charter amendment - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-06-15 source text: Proposal 4C : The stockholders approved a proposal to include a provision of the Company’s new Bylaws in Delaware (the “Delaware Bylaws”) permitting only the Board to call special meetings, as set forth below: Votes Non-Votes 26,713,084 723,481 1,641,076 6,471,052 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1266806/000175392623000806/0001753926-23-000806-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Vivani Medical, Inc. shareholders approved Inclusion of provisions disallowing action by written consent of stockholders at the 2023-06-15 meeting. - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-06-15 source text: Proposal 4D : The stockholders approved a proposal to include provisions of the Delaware Charter and Bylaws disallowing action by written consent of stockholders, as set forth below: Votes Non-Votes 26,695,069 666,911 1,715,661 6,471,052 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1266806/000175392623000806/0001753926-23-000806-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Vivani Medical, Inc. shareholders approved Election of five director nominees to serve until the 2024 Annual Meeting at the 2023-06-15 meeting. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-06-15 source text: Proposal 1 : The stockholders elected each of the five director nominees to the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) to serve until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified, as set forth below: Director Name Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Gregg Williams 28,610,760 466,881 6,471,052 Aaron Mendelsohn 28,694,356 383,285 6,471,052 Dean Baker 29,005,584 72,057 6,471,052 Alexandra Larson 29,005,855 71,786 6,471,052 Adam Mendelsohn 29,007,613 70,028 6,471,052 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1266806/000175392623000806/0001753926-23-000806-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Vivani Medical, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of BPM, LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-06-15 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-06-15 source text: Proposal 2 : The stockholders, on an advisory basis, ratified the appointment of BPM, LLP as Vivani’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, as set forth below: Votes Non-Votes 35,330,026 73,358 145,310 0 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1266806/000175392623000806/0001753926-23-000806-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Vivani Medical, Inc. shareholders approved Inclusion of provision in Delaware Charter limiting right to remove directors without cause at the 2023-06-15 meeting. - Proposal: charter amendment - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-06-15 source text: Proposal 4B : The stockholders approved a proposal to include a provision of the Delaware Charter limiting the Company’s stockholders’ right to remove directors without cause, as set forth below: Votes Non-Votes 28,074,961 988,192 14,488 6,471,052 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1266806/000175392623000806/0001753926-23-000806-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Vivani Medical, Inc. shareholders approved Inclusion of provision for exclusive forum for intra-corporate claims in Delaware Court of Chancery at the 2023-06-15 meeting. - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-06-15 source text: Proposal 4E : The stockholders approved a proposal to include a provision of the Delaware Charter providing that, unless Vivani Delaware consents in writing to the selection of an alternate forum, certain intra-corporate claims may be brought exclusively in the Delaware Court of Chancery (or, if such court lacks subject matter jurisdiction, the other state or federal courts in the State of Delaware), as set forth below: Votes Non-Votes 27,299,674 130,461 1,647,506 6,471,052 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1266806/000175392623000806/0001753926-23-000806-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Vivani Medical, Inc. shareholders approved Inclusion of provision requiring exclusive federal forum for Securities Act claims at the 2023-06-15 meeting. - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-06-15 source text: Proposal 4F : The stockholders approved a proposal to include a provision of the Delaware Charter requiring any complaint asserting a cause of action under the Securities Act of 1933 to be brought exclusively in the federal district courts of the United States, unless the Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, as set forth below: Votes Non-Votes 27,315,559 116,065 1,646,017 6,471,052 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1266806/000175392623000806/0001753926-23-000806-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Vivani Medical, Inc. shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote on compensation of named executive officers at the 2023-06-15 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-06-15 source text: Proposal 5 : The stockholders, on a non-binding advisory basis, approved the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as set forth below: Votes Non-Votes 28,751,018. 256,320 70,303. 6,471,052 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1266806/000175392623000806/0001753926-23-000806-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. 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