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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 28, 2023

 

 

Desktop Metal, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware   001-38835   83-2044042

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

63 3rd Avenue

Burlington, MA 01803

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(978) 224-1244

(Registrant’s telephone number, include area code)

 

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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 Instructions A.2 below):

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:

 

Title of each class  

Trading
Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange
on which registered

Class A Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share   DM   The New York Stock Exchange

 

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. ¨

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.02. Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

As previously disclosed, on May 25, 2023, Desktop Metal, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Desktop Metal”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Stratasys Ltd., an Israeli company (“Stratasys”), and Tetris Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Stratasys (“Merger Sub”). The Merger Agreement would have provided, subject to its terms and conditions, that Merger Sub would merge with and into Desktop Metal, with Desktop Metal surviving the merger as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Stratasys (the “Merger”).

 

At an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of Stratasys held on September 28, 2023, Stratasys shareholders did not approve the terms of the Merger Agreement. Accordingly, on September 28, 2023, Stratasys sent Desktop Metal a notice of termination of the Merger Agreement. The notice terminates the Merger Agreement, and Desktop Metal expects to be compensated for certain agreed-upon expenses in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement.

 

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

 

A special meeting of stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) of Desktop Metal, Inc. (“Desktop Metal”) was held virtually at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on September 28, 2023. The Special Meeting was held in order to consider and vote upon the proposals set forth in the joint proxy statement/prospectus filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 28, 2023 (the “Proxy Statement”), to (i) adopt the Merger Agreement (the “Merger Agreement Proposal”), (ii) approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation that may be paid or become payable to Desktop Metal’s named executive officers that is based on or otherwise relates to the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (the “Advisory Compensation Proposal”) and (iii) approve the adjournment of the Special Meeting to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes at the time of the Desktop Metal special meeting to approve the Desktop Metal Merger Agreement proposal or to ensure that any supplement or amendment to the accompanying joint proxy statement/prospectus is timely provided to Desktop Metal stockholders (the “Adjournment Proposal”). The proposals are described in detail in the Proxy Statement.

 

At the Special Meeting, (i) the Merger Agreement Proposal was approved by the affirmative vote of holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding Desktop Metal Class A common stock entitled to vote thereon, and (ii) the Advisory Compensation Proposal was approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the votes cast. As there were sufficient votes to approve the Merger Agreement at the time of the Special Meeting, the Adjournment Proposal was not presented to stockholders.

 

As of the close of business on July 31, 2023, the record date for the Special Meeting, there were an aggregate of 322,892,034 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) outstanding, each of which was entitled to one vote with respect to each proposal. A total of 173,037,065 shares of Common Stock, representing approximately 53.58% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock entitled to vote, were present in person or represented by proxy, constituting a quorum to conduct business at the Special Meeting.

 

The following are the final voting results on the proposals considered and voted upon at the Special Meeting, each of which is more fully described in the Proxy Statement:

 

I.The Merger Agreement Proposal – To adopt the Merger Agreement:

 

For   Against   Abstain
163,878,200   8,779,644   379,221

 

II.The Advisory Compensation Proposal – To approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation that may be paid or become payable to Desktop Metal’s named executive officers that is based on or otherwise relates to the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement:

 

For   Against   Abstain
158,919,794   12,028,318   2,088,953

 

 

 

 

III.The Adjournment Proposal – To approve the adjournment of the Special Meeting to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes at the time of the Desktop Metal special meeting to approve the Desktop Metal Merger Agreement proposal or to ensure that any supplement or amendment to the Proxy Statement is timely provided to Desktop Metal stockholders:

 

For   Against   Abstain
156,667,036   14,901,103   1,468,926

 

Item 8.01. Other Information.

 

On September 28, 2023, Desktop Metal issued a release announcing the results of the Special Meeting and the expected termination of the Merger Agreement. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.  
99.1 Press Release dated September 28, 2023.
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the inline XBRL document).

 

 

 

 

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.

 

    Desktop Metal, Inc.
     
Date:  September 29, 2023 By: /s/ Meg Broderick
    Name:   Meg Broderick
    Title: General Counsel and Corporate Secretary