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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
At the special meeting of the stockholders of New Relic, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“New Relic” or the “Company”) held on November 1, 2023 at 7:00 a.m. Pacific time (the “Special Meeting”), the stockholders voted on the matters set forth below.
| 1. | Proposal to adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger (as it may be amended from time to time), dated as of July 30, 2023, (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Crewline Buyer, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Crewline Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and New Relic (the “Merger Agreement Proposal”). The proposal was approved based on the following votes: |
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions | ||
| 57,315,051 | 29,144 | 37,562 |
| 2. | Proposal to approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation that may be paid or become payable to New Relic’s named executive officers that is based on or otherwise relates to the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. The proposal was approved based on the following votes: |
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions | ||
| 55,258,853 | 1,419,913 | 702,991 |
| 3. | Proposal to adjourn the Special Meeting to a later date or dates if necessary or appropriate to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes to adopt the Merger Agreement at the time of the Special Meeting. The proposal was approved based on the following votes; however this proposal was not necessary following the approval of the Merger Agreement Proposal and was therefore not implemented. |
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions | ||
| 55,611,310 | 1,712,935 | 57,512 |
Each proposal is described in detail in New Relic’s definitive proxy statement, dated September 25, 2023, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 25, 2023, and first mailed to New Relic’s stockholders on or about September 25, 2023.
As of the close of business on the record date for the Special Meeting, which was September 20, 2023, there were 71,020,661 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Special Meeting. Each share of common stock was entitled to one vote per share. At the beginning of the meeting a total of 57,380,730 shares of New Relic’s common stock, representing approximately 80.79% of New Relic’s shares of common stock outstanding as of the record date for the Special Meeting were represented virtually or by proxy at the Special Meeting, and constituted a quorum to conduct business at the Special Meeting.
| Item 8.01 | Other Events |
On November 2, 2023, New Relic issued a press release announcing the results of the Special Meeting. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is incorporated by reference herein.
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| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
Exhibits
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press release, dated Novemeber 2, 2023, issued by New Relic, Inc. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document. | |
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SIGNATURE
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.
| New Relic, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ David Barter | |
| David Barter | ||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||
Dated: November 2, 2023
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