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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): May 8, 2025

 

INTELLIGENT PROTECTION MANAGEMENT CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-38717   20-3191847
(State or other jurisdiction of   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
incorporation)       Identification No.)

 

30 Jericho Executive Plaza, Suite 400E

Jericho, NY

  11753
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 967-5120

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Not Applicable

 

 

 

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 Instruction A.2. below):

 

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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   IPM   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 (§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 Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 5 — Corporate Governance and Management

  

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

 

As described below under Item 5.07 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, on May 8, 2025, at the annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Intelligent Protection Management Corp. (the “Company”), the Company’s stockholders approved the Intelligent Protection Management Corp. 2025 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2025 LTIP”). As a result, the 2025 LTIP became effective on May 8, 2025.

 

A description of the 2025 LTIP was included under the heading “Proposal 5: The Approval of the Intelligent Protection Management Corp. 2025 Long-Term Incentive Plan” in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 18, 2025 (the “Proxy Statement”). Such description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the 2025 LTIP, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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

 

The Company held its Annual Meeting on May 8, 2025. The voting results on the matters submitted to the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting are set forth below. A more detailed description of each proposal was included in the Proxy Statement.

 

Proposal 1: Election of (i) Yoram (Rami) Abada, (ii) Kara Jenny, (iii) Jason Katz, (iv) Lance Laifer, (v) Sidney Rabsatt, (vi) John Silberstein and (vii) Barry Sloane to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), each to serve for a one-year term until the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2026.

 

Nominee  Votes
Cast For
   Votes
Withheld
   Broker
Non-Votes
Yoram (Rami) Abada   4,999,640    49,873    650,887 
Kara Jenny   4,984,990    64,523    650,887 
Jason Katz   5,024,295    25,218    650,887 
Lance Laifer   4,982,042    107,471    650,887 
Sidney Rabsatt   5,010,740    38,773    650,887 
John Silberstein   4,986,702    62,811    650,887 
Barry Sloane   4,996,095    53,418    650,887 

 

Proposal 2: Ratification of the appointment of Grassi & Co., CPAs, P.C. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.

 

Votes Cast For   Votes Cast Against   Abstentions
5,665,428   19,832   15,140

 

Proposal 3: Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

 

Votes Cast For   Votes Cast Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
4,984,463   54,580   10,470   650,887

 

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Proposal 4: Approval, on an advisory basis, of the frequency of future advisory votes on named executive officer compensation.

 

One Year   Two Years   Three Years   Abstentions
553,481   162,293   4,310,735   23,004 

 

Proposal 5: Approval of the 2025 LTIP.

 

Votes Cast For   Votes Cast Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
4,963,046   60,035   26,432   650,887

 

Proposal 6: Authorization and approval of an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from 25,000,000 to 50,000,000.

 

Votes Cast For   Votes Cast Against   Abstentions
5,623,014   73,631   3,755

 

Each of the proposals acted upon by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting received a sufficient number of votes to be approved.

 

Based on these results and consistent with the Company’s recommendation, the Board has determined that the Company will conduct future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers every three years. This policy will remain in effect until the next stockholder vote on the frequency of advisory votes on executive compensation, which is expected to occur at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2031.

 

Section 9 — Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.   Description
10.1   Intelligent Protection Management Corp. 2025 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

  

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: May 9, 2025    
       
    INTELLIGENT PROTECTION MANAGEMENT CORP.
       
    By: /s/ Jason Katz
      Jason Katz
      Chief Executive Officer

 

 

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