FOXO TECHNOLOGIES INC.
For the period ended Nov 15, 2024. Filed Nov 15, 2024.
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DEF 14A 1 formdef14a.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Filed by the Registrant ☒
Filed by a Party other than the Registrant ☐
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| ☐ | Preliminary Proxy Statement |
| ☐ | Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2)) |
| ☒ | Definitive Proxy Statement |
| ☐ | Definitive Additional Materials |
| ☐ | Soliciting Material under §240.14a-12 |
FOXO TECHNOLOGIES INC.
(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)
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FOXO TECHNOLOGIES INC.
729 N. Washington Ave., Suite 600
Minneapolis, MN 55401
TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF FOXO TECHNOLOGIES INC.:
It is my pleasure to invite you to attend the 2024 special meeting of stockholders (the “Special Meeting”), of FOXO Technologies Inc. to be held at 9:30 a.m., Central Time on November 29, 2024. The formal meeting notice and proxy statement for the Special Meeting are attached.
The Special Meeting will be a completely virtual meeting of stockholders, which will be conducted via live audio webcast. You will be able to attend the Special Meeting online, vote and submit your questions during the Special Meeting by visiting https://www.cstproxy.com/foxotechnologies/2024.
We are pleased to utilize the virtual stockholder meeting technology to provide ready access and cost savings for our stockholders and the company. The virtual meeting format allows attendance from any location in the world.
Even if you are planning on attending the Special Meeting online, please promptly submit your proxy vote electronically atwww.cstproxyvote.com and entering your unique 12 digit control number, so your shares will be represented at the Special Meeting. Instructions on voting your shares are on the proxy materials you received for the Special Meeting. Even if you plan to attend the Special Meeting online, it is strongly recommended you complete and return your proxy card before the Special Meeting date, to ensure that your shares will be represented at the Special Meeting if you are unable to attend. If you attend the Special Meeting online and wish to vote at the Special Meeting, you will be able to do so even if you have previously returned your proxy card.
On behalf of our Board of Directors, thank you for your continued support and interest.
| November 15, 2024 | Sincerely, |
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| /s/ Bret Barnes | |
| Bret Barnes | |
| Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors |
729 N. Washington Ave., Suite 600
Minneapolis, MN 55401
NOTICE OF 2024 SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 29, 2024
TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF FOXO TECHNOLOGIES INC.:
Notice is hereby given that the 2024 special meeting of stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) of FOXO Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its subsidiaries (the “Company,” “FOXO”, “our,” “we” or “us”), will be held as a “virtual meeting” via live audio webcast on November 29, 2024, at 9:30 a.m., Central Time, for the following purposes, as more fully described in the accompanying proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”):
To approve and adopt a proposal to amend our Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), to effect a reverse stock split of our issued and outstanding Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”), any time before September 30, 2025, at a ratio ranging from one-for-five (1:5) to one-for-one hundred (1:100) (the “Reverse Split”) with the exact ratio within such range to be determined at the sole discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), without further approval or authorization of our stockholders before the filing of an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation effecting the proposed Reverse Split;
To approve, for purposes of complying with NYSE American Rule 713, the issuance of shares of Class A Common Stock in an amount equal to or in excess of 20% of our Class A Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such issuance in connection with the Exchange Agreement (the “Smithline Exchange Agreement”) with Smithline Family Trust II (“Smithline”);
To approve, for purposes of complying with NYSE American Rule 713, the issuance of shares of Class A Common Stock in an amount equal to or in excess of 20% of our Class A Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such issuance in connection with the Strata Purchase Agreement dated October 13, 2023 with ClearThink Capital Partners, LLC (“ClearThink”), as supplemented by the Supplement to Strata Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 13, 2023, and as amended, with ClearThink Capital Partners, LLC (the “Strata Purchase Agreement”) whereby ClearThink agreed to purchase up to $5,000,000 of shares of our Class A Common Stock and in connection with the Finder’s Fee Agreement, dated as of October 9, 2023, as amended (the “Finder Agreement”), with J.H. Darbie & Co., Inc., a registered broker-dealer (the “Finder”);
To approve, for purposes of complying with NYSE American Rule 713, the issuance of shares of Class A Common Stock in an amount equal to or in excess of 20% of our Class A Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such issuance in connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”) with an institutional investor (the “Purchaser”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue to the Purchaser and subsequent purchasers who will also be parties to the SPA (the Purchaser, together with the purchasers, the “Purchasers”) Senior Notes in the aggregate principal amount of up to $2,800,000 (each a “Note” or, together, the “Notes”);
To approve the adjournment of the Special Meeting, if necessary or advisable, to solicit additional proxies in favor of the foregoing proposals if there are not sufficient votes to approve the foregoing proposals; and
Pursuant to our Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”), our Board has fixed the close of business on November 15, 2024 as the record date (the “Record Date”) for determination of stockholders entitled to notice and to vote at the Special Meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof. Only holders of record of the Company’s common stock on that date are entitled to have their votes counted at the Special Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.
Our Special Meeting will be a “virtual meeting” of stockholders which will be conducted exclusively online via live audio webcast.
You will be able to attend the Special Meeting via live audio webcast by visiting FOXO’s virtual meeting website at https://www.cstproxy.com/foxotechnologies/2024 on November 29, 2024, at 9:30 a.m., Central Time. Upon visiting the meeting website, you will be prompted to enter the 12-digit Control Number provided to you on the Notice that you received for the Special Meeting. The unique Control Number allows us to identify you as a stockholder and will enable you to securely log on, vote and submit questions during the Special Meeting on the meeting website. Further instructions on how to attend and participate in the Special Meeting via the Internet, including how to demonstrate proof of stock ownership, are available at https://www.cstproxy.com/foxotechnologies/2024.
Your vote is very important. Whether or not you attend the Special Meeting virtually, it is important that your shares be represented. You may vote your proxy by submitting a proxy card electronically atwww.cstproxyvote.com and entering your unique 12 digit control number. Voting instructions are provided in the enclosed proxy card and included in the accompanying Proxy Statement. Even if you have voted by proxy, you may still vote in person if you attend the Special Meeting. If you participate virtually in the Special Meeting, you may vote at that time, even if you previously submitted your vote. Even if you plan to participate in the Special Meeting, we urge you to vote as soon as possible as described in the Proxy Statement.
IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE
SPECIAL MEETING TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 29, 2024: THE COMPANY’S PROXY MATERIALS ARE
AVAILABLE AT HTTPS://WWW.CSTPROXY.COM/FOXOTECHNOLOGIES/2024.
| November 15, 2024 | By Order of our Board of Directors |
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| /s/ Bret Barnes | |
| Bret Barnes | |
| Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THIS PROXY MATERIAL AND VOTING | 3 |
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| SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT | 9 |
| CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PERSON TRANSACTIONS | 10 |
| PROPOSAL 1 – AMENDMENT TO THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION TO EFFECT A REVERSE SPLIT | 17 |
| PROPOSAL 2 – APPROVAL OF THE ISSUANCE OF SHARES IN CONNECTION WITH THE SMITHLINE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 713(A) AND 713(B) OF THE NYSE AMERICAN COMPANY GUIDE | 24 |
| PROPOSAL 3 – APPROVAL OF THE ISSUANCE OF SHARES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CLEARTHINK STRATA PURCHASE AGREEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 713(A) AND 713(B) OF THE NYSE AMERICAN COMPANY GUIDE | 27 |
| PROPOSAL 4 – APPROVAL OF THE ISSUANCE OF SHARES IN CONNECTION WITH THE SENIOR NOTE EXCHANGE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 713(A) AND 713(B) OF THE NYSE AMERICAN COMPANY GUIDE | 32 |
| PROPOSAL 5 – APPROVAL OF ONE OR MORE ADJOURNMENTS OF THE SPECIAL MEETING TO A LATER DATE OR DATES TO SOLICIT ADDITIONAL PROXIES IF THERE ARE INSUFFICIENT VOTES TO APPROVE EACH OF THE PROPOSALS IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT | 34 |
| OTHER BUSINESS | 35 |
| STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS | 35 |
| HOUSEHOLDING INFORMATION | 35 |
| WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION | 36 |
| APPENDIX A | 37 |
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PROXY STATEMENT
FOR
2024 SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
NOVEMBER 15, ** 2024**
Your proxy is solicited by the board of directors of FOXO Technologies Inc. (the “Company,” “FOXO”, “our,” “we” or “us”) for our 2024 Special Meeting of Stockholders (the “Special Meeting”), to be held November 29, 2024, at 9:30 a.m., Central Time. Our Special Meeting will be a “virtual meeting” of stockholders, which will be conducted exclusively online via live audio webcast. The Company’s principal executive office is located at 729 N. Washington Ave., Suite 600, Minneapolis MN 55401, and the telephone number is (612) 800-0059.
At the Special Meeting, you will be asked to consider and vote upon the following matters:
To approve and adopt a proposal to amend our Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), to effect a reverse stock split of our issued and outstanding Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”), any time before September 30, 2025, at a ratio ranging from one-for-five (1:5) to one-for-one hundred (1:100) (the “Reverse Split”) with the exact ratio within such range to be determined at the sole discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), without further approval or authorization of our stockholders before the filing of an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation effecting the proposed Reverse Split;
To approve, for purposes of complying with NYSE American Rule 713, the issuance of shares of Class A Common Stock in an amount equal to or in excess of 20% of our Class A Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such issuance in connection with the Exchange Agreement (the “Smithline Exchange Agreement”) with Smithline Family Trust II (“Smithline”);
To approve, for purposes of complying with NYSE American Rule 713, the issuance of shares of Class A Common Stock in an amount equal to or in excess of 20% of our Class A Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such issuance in connection with the Strata Purchase Agreement dated October 13, 2023 with ClearThink Capital Partners, LLC (“ClearThink”), as supplemented by the Supplement to Strata Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 13, 2023 with ClearThink Capital Partners, LLC (the “Strata Purchase Agreement”) whereby ClearThink agreed to purchase up to $5,000,000 of shares of our Class A Common Stock and in connection with the Finder’s Fee Agreement, dated as of October 9, 2023, as amended (the “Finder Agreement”), with J.H. Darbie & Co., Inc., a registered broker-dealer (the “Finder”);
To approve, for purposes of complying with NYSE American Rule 713, the issuance of shares of Class A Common Stock in an amount equal to or in excess of 20% of our Class A Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such issuance in connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”) with an institutional investor (the “Purchaser”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue to the Purchaser and subsequent purchasers who will also be parties to the SPA (the Purchaser, together with the purchasers, the “Purchasers”) Senior Notes in the aggregate principal amount of up to $2,800,000 (each a “Note” or, together, the “Notes”);
To approve the adjournment of the Special Meeting, if necessary or advisable, to solicit additional proxies in favor of the foregoing proposals if there are not sufficient votes to approve the foregoing proposals; and
Pursuant to our Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”), our Board has fixed the close of business on November 15, 2024 as the record date (the “Record Date”) for determination of stockholders entitled to notice and to vote at the Special Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. Holders of our Class A Common Stock are entitled to vote at the Special Meeting. Our Special Meeting will be a “virtual meeting” of stockholders which will be conducted exclusively online via live audio webcast.
You will be able to attend the Special Meeting via live audio webcast by visiting our virtual meeting website at https://www.cstproxy.com/foxotechnologies/2024 on November 29, 2024, at 9:30 a.m., Central Time. Upon visiting the meeting website, you will be prompted to enter the 12-digit Control Number provided to you on the Notice that you received for the Special Meeting. The unique Control Number allows us to identify you as a stockholder and will enable you to securely log on, vote and submit questions during the Special Meeting on the meeting website.
Further instructions on how to attend and participate in the Special Meeting via the Internet, including how to demonstrate proof of stock ownership, are available at https://www.cstproxy.com/foxotechnologies/2024.
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