Item
5.03. | Amendments
to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
Series
E Preferred Stock
On
February 13, 2023, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Regional Health Properties, Inc. (“RHE,” the “Company,”
we,” “us” or “our”) declared a dividend of one one-thousandth (1/1,000th) of a share of the
Company’s Series E Redeemable Preferred Shares, no par value per share (the “Series E Preferred Stock”), for each outstanding
share of the Company’s common stock, no par value per share (the “Common Stock”), payable on February 28, 2023 to shareholders
of record at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 27, 2023 (the “Dividend Record Date”). The following is a summary of the
material terms and provisions of the Series E Preferred Stock.
General;
Transferability
Shares
of Series E Preferred Stock will be uncertificated and represented in book-entry form. No shares of Series E Preferred Stock may be transferred
by the holder thereof except in connection with a transfer by such holder of any shares of Common Stock held by such holder, in which
case a number of one one-thousandth (1/1,000th) of a share of Series E Preferred Stock equal to the number of shares of Common Stock
to be transferred by such holder will be automatically transferred to the transferee of such shares of Common Stock.
Voting
Rights
Each
share of Series E Preferred Stock will entitle the holder thereof to 1,000,000 votes per share (and, for the avoidance of doubt, each
fraction of a share of Series E Preferred Stock will have a ratable number of votes). Thus, each one-thousandth of a share of Series
E Preferred Stock will entitle the holder thereof to 1,000 votes. The outstanding shares of Series E Preferred Stock will vote together
with the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company as a single class exclusively with respect to (1) any proposal submitted to
holders of Common Stock to approve an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as currently in
effect, to (A) (i) reduce the liquidation preference of the Company’s 10.875% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares,
no par value per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), to $5.00 per share, (ii) eliminate accumulated and unpaid dividends
on the Series A Preferred Stock, (iii) eliminate future dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock, (iv) eliminate penalty events and
the right of holders of Series A Preferred Stock to elect directors upon the occurrence of a penalty event, (v) reduce the redemption
price of the Series A Preferred Stock in the event of an optional redemption to $5.00 per share, (vi) reduce the redemption price of
the Series A Preferred Stock in the event of a “change of control” to $5.00 per share and (vii) change the voting rights
of holders of Series A Preferred Stock when voting as a single class with any other class or series of stock to one vote per $5.00 liquidation
preference and (B) temporarily increase the authorized number of shares of the Company to 61,000,000 shares, consisting of 55,000,000
shares of common stock and 6,000,000 shares of preferred stock, and subsequently decrease the authorized number of shares of the Company
to 60,000,000 shares, consisting of 55,000,000 shares of common stock and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock (collectively, the “Common
Charter Amendment Proposal”), and (2) any proposal to approve the adjournment of any meeting of shareholders called for the purpose
of voting on the Common Charter Amendment Proposal (the “Adjournment Proposal”). The Series E Preferred Stock will not be
entitled to vote on any other matter, except to the extent required under the Georgia Business Corporation Code.
Unless
otherwise provided on any applicable proxy card or voting instructions with respect to the voting on the Common Charter Amendment Proposal
or the Adjournment Proposal, the vote of each share of Series E Preferred Stock (or fraction thereof) entitled to vote on the Common
Charter Amendment Proposal, the Adjournment Proposal or any other matter brought before any meeting of shareholders held to vote on the
Common Charter Amendment Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal shall be cast in the same manner as the vote, if any, of the share of
Common Stock (or fraction thereof) in respect of which such share of Series E Preferred Stock (or fraction thereof) was issued as a dividend
is cast on the Common Charter Amendment Proposal, the Adjournment Proposal or such other matter, as applicable, and the proxy card or
voting instructions with respect to shares of Common Stock held by any holder on whose behalf such proxy card or voting instructions
is submitted will be deemed to include all shares of Series E Preferred Stock (or fraction thereof) held by such holder. Holders of Series
E Preferred Stock will not receive a separate proxy card or opportunity to cast votes with respect to the Series E Preferred Stock on
the Common Charter Amendment Proposal, the Adjournment Proposal or any other matter brought before any meeting of shareholders held to
vote on the Common Charter Amendment Proposal.
Dividend
Rights
The
holders of Series E Preferred Stock, as such, will not be entitled to receive dividends of any kind.
Liquidation
Preference
The
Series E Preferred Stock will rank senior to the Common Stock as to any distribution of assets upon a liquidation, dissolution or winding
up of the Company, whether voluntarily or involuntarily (a “Dissolution”). The Series E Preferred Stock will rank junior
to the Series A Preferred Stock as to any distribution of assets upon a Dissolution. Upon any Dissolution, each holder of outstanding
shares of Series E Preferred Stock will be entitled to be paid out of the assets of the Company available for distribution to shareholders,
after the distribution to the holders of Series A Preferred Stock and prior and in preference to any distribution to the holders of Common
Stock, an amount in cash equal to $0.01 per outstanding share of Series E Preferred Stock.
Redemption
All
shares of Series E Preferred Stock that are not present in person or by proxy at any meeting of shareholders held to vote on the Common
Charter Amendment Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal as of immediately prior to the opening of the polls on the Common Charter Amendment
Proposal at such meeting (the “Initial Redemption Time”) will automatically be redeemed by the Company at the Initial Redemption
Time without further action on the part of the Company or the holder of shares of Series E Preferred Stock (the “Initial Redemption”).
Any outstanding shares of Series E Preferred Stock that have not been redeemed pursuant to an Initial Redemption will be redeemed in
whole, but not in part, (i) if such redemption is ordered by the Board in its sole discretion, automatically and effective on such time
and date specified by the Board in its sole discretion or (ii) automatically upon the approval by the Company’s shareholders of
the Common Charter Amendment Proposal at any meeting of shareholders held for the purpose of voting on such proposal.
Each
share of Series E Preferred Stock redeemed in any redemption described above will be redeemed for no consideration.
Miscellaneous
The
Series E Preferred Stock is not convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of any other class or series of stock or other securities
of the Company. The Series E Preferred Stock has no stated maturity and is not subject to any sinking fund. The Series E Preferred Stock
is not subject to any restriction on the redemption or repurchase of shares by the Company while there is any arrearage in the payment
of dividends or sinking fund installments.
The
Articles of Amendment Establishing Series E Redeemable Preferred Shares (the “Articles of Amendment”) was filed with the
Secretary of State of the State of Georgia and became effective on February 14, 2023. The foregoing description of the Series E Preferred
Stock does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Articles of Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit
3.1 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. |
On
February 14, 2023, the Company held its 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders at Sonesta Gwinnett Place Atlanta, located at 1775 Pleasant
Hill Road, Duluth, Georgia 30096 at 10:00 a.m. (the “Annual Meeting”). Following is a summary of the proposals that were
submitted to the holders of the Common Stock for approval at the Annual Meeting and a tabulation of the votes with respect to each proposal.
Each proposal is further described in the Company’s Notice of 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders with respect to the Annual Meeting
and the Definitive Proxy Statement with respect to the Annual Meeting (the “Proxy Statement”).
Proposal
1. To elect the six director nominees named in the Proxy Statement.
The
shareholders elected the following six individuals to the Board to serve until the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
and until their successors are elected and qualified, or until their earlier death, resignation or removal, other than Messrs. Grossman
and Martin, who will serve until the second consecutive dividend payment date following such time as the Company has paid all accumulated
and unpaid dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock. The voting results were as follows:
Nominee | |
For | |
Withheld | |
Broker
Non-Votes |
Michael
J. Fox | |
202,643 | |
105,577 | |
585,721 |
Kenneth
S. Grossman | |
186,823 | |
121,397 | |
585,721 |
Steven
L. Martin | |
189,014 | |
119,206 | |
585,721 |
Brent
Morrison | |
293,565 | |
14,655 | |
585,721 |
Kenneth
W. Taylor | |
289,460 | |
18,760 | |
585,721 |
David
A. Tenwick | |
223,617 | |
84,603 | |
585,721 |
Proposal
2. To consider an advisory vote on executive compensation.
The
shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the Company’s executive compensation. The voting results were as follows:
For |
|
Against |
|
Abstain |
|
Broker Non-Votes |
280,637 |
|
20,178 |
|
7,405 |
|
585,721 |
Proposal
3. To ratify the appointment of Cherry Bekaert LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year
ending December 31, 2022.
The
shareholders ratified the appointment of Cherry Bekaert LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for
the year ending December 31, 2022. The voting results were as follows:
For |
|
Against |
|
Abstain |
881,086 |
|
12,092 |
|
763 |