UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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BM
Technologies, Inc.
201 King of
Prussia Road, Suite 350
Wayne, PA 19087
May
2,
2022
Dear
Stockholder:
You are
cordially invited to participate in BM Technologies, Inc.’s 2022
Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held virtually on June
15, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time, at the
following website: https://www.cstproxy.com/bmtechnologies/2022/.
The Notice of
Annual Meeting and proxy statement accompanying this letter provide
an outline of the business to be conducted at the meeting. I will
also report on the progress of the Company during the past year and
answer stockholders’ questions.
It is
important that your shares be represented at the Annual Meeting. If
you are unable to participate in the meeting, I urge you to vote
your shares by telephone or over the internet, or by completing,
signing, dating and returning your proxy card or voting instruction
form so that your shares will be represented at the Annual Meeting.
Instructions for voting are described in the Notice, the Proxy
Statement and the proxy card. We urge you to complete, sign, date
and return your proxy card or authorize your proxy by telephone or
through the internet as soon as possible even if you currently plan
to participate in the Annual Meeting. This will not prevent you
from voting virtually but will assure that your vote is counted if
you are unable to participate in the meeting.
Today, BMTX is
one of the largest digital banking platforms and
banking-as-a-service providers in the country. We are on a
mission to financially empower millions of Americans by providing a
more affordable, transparent, and consumer friendly banking
experience. We were one of the first neo banking fintechs to go
public last year, are one of the first to have a profitable
business model and are now among the first fintechs embracing a
bank charter to create an innovative fintech bank with a
sustainable, profitable business model into the future.
We continue to
execute on our mission of providing millions of Americans with a
better banking experience and are working to create significant
shareholder value over the next 3-5 years by executing on our
strategy.
On behalf of
your Board of Directors, thank you for your continued interest and
support.
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BM TECHNOLOGIES,
INC.
201 King of Prussia Road,
Suite 350
Wayne, PA 19087
NOTICE OF VIRTUAL ANNUAL
MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON
JUNE 15, 2022
Online Meeting Only — No Physical Meeting
Location
https://www.cstproxy.com/bmtechnologies/2022
To the Stockholders of BM Technologies, Inc.:
The 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of BM Technologies, Inc.
(the “Company”) will be conducted virtually on June 15, 2022,
at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time), at the following website:
https://www.cstproxy.com/bmtechnologies/2022, for the
following purposes:
1. To elect three Class II
directors to serve until their respective successors have been duly
elected and qualified (Proposal No. 1);
2. To ratify the appointment of
BDO USA LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm
for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 (Proposal No. 2);
and
3. To transact such other
business as may properly come before the meeting, or any
adjournments or postponements thereof.
This year we are using the Internet as our primary means of
furnishing proxy materials to stockholders. Accordingly, most
stockholders will not receive printed copies of our proxy
materials. We are instead mailing a Notice of Internet Availability
of Proxy Materials with instructions for accessing the proxy
materials and voting via the Internet (the “Notice”). This delivery
method allows us to conserve natural resources and reduce the cost
of delivery while also meeting our obligations to you, our
stockholders, to provide information relevant to your continued
investment in the Company. If you received the Notice by mail and
would like to receive a printed copy of our proxy materials, you
should follow the instructions in the Notice for requesting those
materials. We encourage you to review the proxy materials and vote
your shares.
You or your proxyholder can participate, vote, and examine our
stockholder list at the virtual annual meeting by visiting
https://www.cstproxy.com/bmtechnologies/2022 and using the
control number included on your proxy card or voting instruction
form. You have the right to receive notice of and to vote at the
meeting if you were a stockholder of record at the close of
business on April 29, 2022. Whether or not you expect to
participate in the virtual meeting, please vote by signing the
enclosed proxy card and returning it promptly in the
self-addressed envelope provided. If a
broker or other nominee holds your shares in “street name,” your
broker has enclosed a voting instruction form, which you should use
to vote those shares. The voting instruction form indicates whether
you have the option to vote those shares by telephone or by using
the internet. In the event there are not sufficient votes for a
quorum or to approve or ratify any of the foregoing proposals at
the time of the Annual Meeting, the Annual Meeting may be adjourned
in order to permit further solicitation of the proxies by the
Company.
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This
is an important meeting. To ensure proper representation at the
meeting, please indicate your vote as to the matters to be acted on
at the meeting by following the instructions provided in Notice,
the Proxy Statement and the proxy card. Even if you vote your
shares prior to the meeting, you still may participate in the
meeting and vote your shares virtually.
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BM TECHNOLOGIES,
INC.
201 King of Prussia Road,
Suite 350
Wayne, PA 19087
PROXY
STATEMENT
2022 Virtual Annual Meeting
of Stockholders
To Be Held on June 15, 2022
Online Meeting Only — No Physical Meeting
Location
https://www.cstproxy.com/bmtechnologies/2022
This proxy statement is furnished in connection with the
solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of
BM Technologies, Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”) for use
at our 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be conducted
virtually via live webcast on June 15, 2022, at
10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time), and at any adjournments thereof
(the “Annual Meeting”). You or your proxyholder can participate,
vote, and examine our stockholder list at the virtual annual
meeting by visiting https://www.cstproxy.com/bmtechnologies/2022 and using the
control number included on your proxy card or voting instruction
form.
This Proxy Statement and our Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2021 (the “Annual Report”) are available to
stockholders at https://ir.bmtxinc.com. On
or about May 6, 2022, we will begin mailing to our
stockholders a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials
(the “Notice”) containing instructions on (a) how to access
and review this Proxy Statement and the Annual Report via the
Internet and (b) how to obtain printed copies of this Proxy
Statement, the Annual Report and a proxy card. The Notice also
explains how you may submit your proxy over the Internet. If you
received a Notice and would like to receive a printed copy of our
proxy materials, you should follow the instructions for requesting
those materials included in the Notice.
We encourage you to vote your shares, either by voting virtually at
the Annual Meeting or by granting a proxy (i.e., authorizing
someone to vote your shares). If you vote by telephone or over the
internet, or by completing, signing, dating and returning your
proxy card or voting instruction form, and we receive your vote in
time for the meeting, the persons named as proxies will vote the
shares registered directly in your name in the manner that you
specified. If you give no instructions
on the proxy card, the shares covered by the proxy card will be
voted FOR the election of the nominees as director and FOR the
other matters listed in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting
of Stockholders.
Your
vote is important. Whether or not you plan to participate in the
Annual Meeting, please promptly vote your shares by telephone or
over the Internet, or by completing, signing, dating and returning
your proxy card or voting instruction form prior
to the Annual Meeting so
that your shares will be represented at the Annual Meeting.
Instructions for voting are described in the Notice, the Proxy
Statement and the proxy card.
Important
notice regarding the availability of proxy materials for the annual
stockholder meeting to be held on June 15,
2022:
The
Notice of Annual Meeting, proxy statement, proxy card and our
Annual Report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 are
available at the following internet address: https://ir.bmtxinc.com.
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE
MEETING
When
is the Annual Meeting?
The Annual Meeting will be conducted virtually on June 15,
2022, at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time).
Where will the Annual Meeting
be held?
The Annual Meeting will be conducted virtually via live webcast at
https://www.cstproxy.com/bmtechnologies/2022.
What
items will be voted on at the Annual Meeting?
There are two matters scheduled for a vote:
1. To elect three Class II
directors to serve until their respective successors have been duly
elected and qualified (Proposal No. 1);
2. To ratify the appointment of
BDO USA LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm
for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 (Proposal No. 2);
and
3. To transact such other
business as may properly come before the meeting, or any
adjournments or postponements thereof.
As of the date of this proxy statement, we are not aware of any
other matters that will be presented for consideration at the
Annual Meeting.
What
are the recommendations of the Board of Directors?
Our Board of Directors recommends that you vote:
“FOR” the election of
the three Class II director nominees named herein to serve on
the Board of Directors; and
“FOR” the ratification
of the appointment of BDO USA LLP as our independent registered
public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31,
2022.
Will
the Company’s directors be in attendance at the Annual
Meeting?
The Company encourages, but does not require, its directors to
attend annual meetings of stockholders. The Company expects all its
directors to attend the Annual Meeting virtually.
Why
did I receive a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy
Materials in the mail instead of a printed set of proxy
materials?
Under rules adopted by the SEC, we are permitted to furnish our
proxy materials over the Internet to our stockholders by delivering
a Notice in the mail. Instead of mailing printed copies of the
proxy materials to our stockholders, we are mailing the Notice to
instruct stockholders on how to access and review the Proxy
Statement and Annual Report over the Internet at https://ir.bmtxinc.com. The
Notice also instructs stockholders on how they may submit their
proxy over the Internet or via phone. If you received a Notice and
would like to receive a printed copy of our proxy materials, you
should follow the instructions in the Notice for requesting these
materials.
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INFORMATION ABOUT
VOTING
Who
is entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting?
Only stockholders of record at the close of business on the record
date, April 29, 2022, are entitled to receive notice of the
Annual Meeting and to vote the shares for which they are
stockholders of record on that date at the Annual Meeting, or any
postponement or adjournment of the Annual Meeting. As of the close
of business on April 29, 2022, we had 12,273,438 shares of
common stock outstanding.
How
do I vote?
With respect to Proposal No. 1, you may either vote “FOR”
each of the Class II nominees to the Board of Directors, or
you may vote “WITHHOLD AUTHORITY” for the nominees. For each of the
other proposals to be voted on, you may vote “FOR” or “AGAINST,” or
abstain from voting altogether. The procedures for voting are
fairly simple:
Stockholders of
Record: Shares Registered in Your
Name. If on April 29, 2022, your shares were registered
directly in your name with the Company’s transfer agent,
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, then you are a
stockholder of record. If you are a stockholder of record, you may
vote virtually at the Annual Meeting or vote by giving us your
proxy. You may give us your proxy submitting it over the internet
or via phone or by completing, signing, dating and returning your
proxy card. Whether or not you plan to
participate in the Annual Meeting, we urge you to give us your
proxy by telephone or over the Internet, or by completing, signing,
dating and returning your proxy card or voting instruction form, to
ensure your vote is counted. You may still participate
in the Annual Meeting and vote virtually if you have already voted
by proxy or have otherwise given your proxy authorization.
• VIRTUALLY: To
vote virtually, participate in the Annual Meeting, and submit your
vote via the website.
• BY
MAIL: If you received a proxy card by
mail and choose to vote by mail, simply complete, sign and date the
enclosed proxy card and return it promptly in the postage paid
envelope provided. If you return your signed proxy card to us
before the Annual Meeting, we will vote your shares as you
direct.
Beneficial
Owners: Shares Registered in the Name of a
Broker or Bank. If on April 29, 2022, your shares were
held in an account at a brokerage firm, bank, dealer or other
similar organization, then you are the beneficial owner of shares
held in “street name,” and these proxy materials are being
forwarded to you by that organization. If you are a beneficial
owner of shares registered in the name of your broker, bank or
other agent, you should have received a proxy card and voting
instructions with these proxy materials from that organization
rather than from the Company. Simply complete and mail the proxy
card to ensure that your vote is counted. Alternatively, you may be
able to vote by telephone or over the internet as instructed by
your broker or bank. To vote virtually at the Annual Meeting, you
must obtain a valid proxy from your broker, bank or other agent.
Follow the instructions from your broker or bank included with
these proxy materials, or contact your broker or bank to request a
proxy card.
How
many votes do I have?
On each matter to be voted upon, you have one vote for each share
of common stock for which you are the stockholder of record as of
April 29, 2022.
What
does it mean if I receive more than one proxy card?
If you receive more than one proxy card, your shares are registered
in more than one name or are registered in different accounts.
Please provide a response for each proxy card you receive to ensure
that all your shares are voted.
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What
if I return a proxy card but do not make specific
choices?
If you return a signed and dated proxy card without marking any
voting selections, your shares will be voted: “FOR” the election of
the three Class II director nominees named herein to serve on
the Board of Directors and “FOR” the ratification of the
appointment of BDO USA LLP, as our independent registered public
accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31,
2022.
If any other matter is properly presented at the meeting, your
proxy (one of the individuals named on your proxy card) will vote
your shares as recommended by the Board of Directors or, if no
recommendation is given, will vote your shares using his or her
discretion.
Can I change my vote
after submitting my proxy card?
Yes. You can revoke your proxy at any time before the final vote at
the Annual Meeting. If you are the stockholder of record of your
shares, you may revoke your proxy in any one of three ways:
• You
may change your vote using the same method that you first used to
vote your shares;
• You
may send a written notice that you are revoking your proxy to BM
Technologies, Inc., 201 King of Prussia Road, Suite 350, Wayne,
Pennsylvania, Attention: Robert Ramsey, Chief Financial Officer;
or
• You
may participate in the Annual Meeting and vote virtually. Simply
participating in the Annual Meeting, however, will not, by itself,
revoke your proxy.
If your shares are held by your broker or bank as a nominee or
agent, you should follow the instructions provided by your broker
or bank.
How
are votes counted?
Votes will be counted by the inspector of election appointed for
the Annual Meeting, who will separately count “FOR” and “WITHHOLD
AUTHORITY” votes for Proposal No. 1, and with respect to
Proposal No. 2, “FOR,” “AGAINST” and “ABSTAIN.” A broker
non-vote occurs when a nominee, such
as a brokerage firm, bank, dealer or other similar organization,
holding shares for a beneficial owner, does not vote on a
particular proposal because the nominee does not have discretionary
voting power with respect to that proposal and has not received
instructions with respect to that proposal from the beneficial
owner. In the event that a broker, bank, custodian, nominee or
other record holder of our common stock indicates on a proxy that
it does not have discretionary authority to vote certain shares on
a particular proposal, then those shares will be treated as broker
non-votes with respect to that
proposal. Accordingly, if you own shares through a nominee, such as
a brokerage firm, bank, dealer or other similar organization,
please be sure to instruct your nominee how to vote to ensure that
your vote is counted on each of the proposals.
If your shares are held by your broker as your nominee (that is, in
“street name”), you will need to obtain a proxy form from the
institution that holds your shares and follow the instructions
included on that form regarding how to instruct your broker to vote
your shares. We believe that
Proposal No. 1 (election of directors) is a
non-routine
proposal. Since this proposal
to be voted on at the Annual Meeting is not a routine matter, the
broker or nominee that holds your shares will need to obtain your
authorization to vote those shares and will enclose a voting
instruction form with this proxy statement. The broker or nominee
will vote your shares as you direct on their voting instruction
form so it is important that you include voting
instructions.
Abstentions will be treated as shares present for the purpose of
determining the presence of a quorum for the transaction of
business at the Annual Meeting.
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How
many votes are needed to approve each proposal?
The following table describes the voting requirement for each
proposal:
Proposal 1
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Election of three Class II Directors
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The three nominees receiving the most “FOR” votes, among votes
properly cast virtually or by proxy, will be elected, even if they
receive approval from less than a majority of the votes cast.
Because the nominees are running unopposed, all nominees are
expected to be elected as directors, as all nominees who receive
votes in favor will be elected, while votes not cast or voted
“WITHHOLD AUTHORITY” will have no effect on the election
outcome.
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Ratification of the appointment of BDO USA LLP as independent
registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending
December 31, 2022
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This proposal must be approved by a majority of the outstanding
shares of common stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.
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How
many shares must be present to constitute a quorum for the Annual
Meeting?
A quorum of stockholders is necessary to hold a valid meeting. A
quorum will be present if at least a majority of the outstanding
shares entitled to vote are represented by stockholders present at
the Annual Meeting or by proxy. On April 29, 2022, the record
date, there were 12,273,438 shares outstanding and entitled to
vote. Thus, 6,136,720 shares must be represented by stockholders
present at the Annual Meeting or by proxy to have a quorum.
Your shares will be counted towards the quorum only if you submit a
valid proxy (or one is submitted on your behalf by your broker,
bank or other nominee) or if you vote virtually at the Annual
Meeting. Abstentions will be counted towards the quorum
requirement.
If a quorum is not present at the Annual Meeting, or if a quorum is
present but there are not enough votes to approve one or more of
the proposals, the person named as chair of the Annual Meeting may
adjourn the meeting to permit further solicitation of proxies. A
stockholder vote may be taken on one or more of the proposals in
this proxy statement prior to any such adjournment if there are
sufficient votes for approval on such proposal(s).
How
can I find out the results of the voting at the Annual
Meeting?
Preliminary voting results will be announced at the Annual Meeting.
Final voting results will be published in a Current Report on
Form 8-K that we expect to file
with the Securities and Exchange Commission within
four business days after the Annual Meeting. If final voting
results are not available to us in time to file a
Form 8-K within
four business days after the Annual Meeting, we intend to file
a Form 8-K to publish preliminary
results and, within four business days after the final results
are known to us, file an additional Form 8-K to publish the final results.
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ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
How
and when may I submit a stockholder proposal for the Company’s
2023 Annual Meeting?
We will consider for inclusion in our proxy materials for the 2023
Annual Meeting of Stockholders, stockholder proposals that are
received at our executive offices, in writing, no earlier than
February 13, 2023 and no later than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern
Time) on March 15, 2023, and that comply with our bylaws and
all applicable requirements of Rule 14a-8 promulgated under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the
Exchange Act. Proposals must be sent to our Corporate
Secretary at BM Technologies, Inc., 201 King of Prussia Road, Suite
350, Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087.
Pursuant to our bylaws, stockholders wishing to nominate persons
for election as directors or to introduce an item of business at an
annual meeting that are not to be included in our proxy materials
must have given timely notice thereof in writing to our Corporate
Secretary. To be timely for the 2023 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders, you must notify our Corporate Secretary, in writing,
no earlier than February 13, 2023, and no later than
5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on March 15, 2023. We also
advise you to review our bylaws, which contain additional
requirements about advance notice of stockholder proposals and
director nominations, including the different notice submission
date requirements in the event that the date of the notice for the
2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders is more than 30 days
before or 60 days after the first anniversary of the date of
the 2022 Annual Meeting. In accordance with our bylaws, our board
or chair of the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders may determine,
if the facts warrant, that a matter has not been properly brought
before the meeting and, therefore, may not be considered at the
meeting.
Pursuant to the Company’s bylaws, among other things, a
stockholder’s notice shall set forth information as to the
stockholder giving notice, as well as to each individual whom the
stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a
director:
• the
name, age, business address and residence address of such
individual;
• The
principal occupation or employment of the individual;
• the
class, series and number of any shares of stock of the Company that
are beneficially owned by such individual;
• all
other information relating to such individual that is required to
be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors
in an election contest (even if an election contest is not
involved), or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to
Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act (including such
individual’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement
as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected).
All nominees properly submitted to the Company (or which the
nominating and corporate governance committee otherwise elects to
consider) will be evaluated and considered by the members of the
nominating and corporate governance committee using the same
criteria as nominees identified by the nominating and corporate
governance committee itself.
How
can I obtain the Company’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K?
A copy of our 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2021 is available at https://ir.bmtxinc.com. You
also can obtain copies without charge at the SEC’s website at
www.sec.gov. Our
2021 Annual Report is not incorporated into this proxy statement
and shall not be considered proxy solicitation material.
We
will also mail to you without charge, upon written request, a copy
of any specifically requested exhibit to our Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2021. Requests should be sent
to: Corporate Secretary, BM Technologies, Inc., 201 King of Prussia
Road, Suite 350, Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087. A copy of our Annual
Report on Form 10-K has also been
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, and
may be accessed from the SEC’s homepage (www.sec.gov).
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Who
is paying for this proxy solicitation?
The Company will pay for the entire cost of soliciting proxies. The
Company may engage a third party proxy solicitor. The proxy
solicitor may call you and ask you to vote your shares. The proxy
solicitor will not attempt to influence how you vote your shares,
but only ask that you take the time to cast a vote. You may also be
asked if you would like to vote over the telephone and to have your
vote transmitted to our proxy tabulation firm.
In addition to these written proxy materials, directors, officers
and employees of BM Technologies, Inc. may also solicit proxies in
person, by telephone or by other means of communication; however,
the directors, officers and employees of BM Technologies, Inc. will
not be paid any additional compensation for soliciting proxies. In
addition to the solicitation of proxies by the use of the mail,
proxies may be solicited in person and/or by telephone or facsimile
transmission by any proxy solicitor, directors, officers or
employees of BM Technologies, Inc.
The Company may also reimburse brokerage firms, banks and other
agents for the cost of forwarding proxy materials to beneficial
owners.
How
many copies should I receive if I share an address with
another stockholder?
The SEC has adopted rules that permit companies and intermediaries,
such as brokers, to satisfy the delivery requirements for proxy
statements and annual reports with respect to two or more
stockholders sharing the same address by delivering a single proxy
statement addressed to those stockholders. This process, which is
commonly referred to as “householding,” potentially provides extra
convenience for stockholders and cost savings for companies.
Under this procedure, brokers are permitted to deliver a single
copy of our Notice and, as applicable, any additional proxy
materials that are delivered until such time as one or more of
these shareholders notifies their broker that they want to receive
separate copies. Once you have received notice from your broker
that they will be householding materials to your address,
householding will continue until you are notified otherwise or
until you revoke your consent. If at any time you no longer wish to
participate in householding and would prefer to receive a separate
proxy statement and Annual Report, or if you are receiving multiple
copies of the proxy statement and Annual Report and wish to receive
only one, please notify your broker if your shares are held in a
brokerage account or us if you are a stockholder of record. You can
notify us by sending a written request to: Corporate Secretary, BM
Technologies, Inc., 201 King of Prussia Road, Suite 350, Wayne,
Pennsylvania 19087, or by calling (571) 236-8851. In addition, the Company will promptly
deliver, upon written or oral request to the address or telephone
number above, a separate copy of the Annual Report and proxy
statement to a stockholder at a shared address to which a single
copy of the documents was delivered.
Whom
should I contact if I have any questions?
If you have any questions about voting your shares or about the
Annual Meeting, these proxy materials or your ownership of our
common stock, please contact Robert Ramsey, Chief Financial
Officer, 201 King of Prussia Road, Suite 350, Wayne, Pennsylvania
19087, Telephone: (571) 236-8851.
Important Notice Regarding
the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting to be
Held on June 15, 2022:
This Proxy Statement and the Annual Report are available
on-line at https://ir.bmtxinc.com.
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PROPOSAL NO. 1
ELECTION OF CLASS II DIRECTORS
The Board of Directors presently has seven members. Our Board of
Directors is divided into three classes. Each class has a
three-year term. Class I
directors hold office for a term expiring at the Annual Meeting of
Stockholders to be held in 2024, Class II directors hold
office for a term expiring at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to
be held in 2022 and Class III directors hold office for a term
expiring at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held in 2023.
Each director holds office for the term to which he or she is
elected and until his or her successor is duly elected and
qualified. Vacancies on the Board of Directors may be filled by
persons elected by a majority of the remaining directors and
nominated by the nominating and corporate governance committee. A
director elected by the Board of Directors to fill a vacancy in a
class, including any vacancies created by an increase in the number
of directors, shall serve for the remainder of the full term of
that class and until the director’s successor is duly elected and
qualified. Messrs. Aaron Hodari and Pankaj Dinodia are
Class I directors; Ms. Marcy Schwab and Messrs.
A.J. Dunklau and Mike Gill are Class II directors; and
Ms. Luvleen Sidhu and Mr. Brent Hurley are Class III
directors.
Director/Nominee(1)
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Age
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Class
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Term Expires
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Audit
Committee
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Nominating &
Corporate
Governance
Committee
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Compensation
Committee
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Marcy Schwab*
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II
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2022
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Chair
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A.J. Dunklau*
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II
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2022
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✔
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Mike
Gill*
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II
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2022
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✔
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Luvleen Sidhu
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III
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2023
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Brent Hurley
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III
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2023
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Chair
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✔
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Aaron Hodari
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I
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2024
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Pankaj Dinodia
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I
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2024
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✔
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Chair
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The Board of Directors has nominated three directors (upon the
recommendation of the nominating and corporate governance
committee), Ms. Schwab and Messrs. Dunklau and Gill, for
election as Class II directors. If elected at the Annual
Meeting, each of Ms. Schwab and Messrs. Dunklau and Gill would
serve until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his
successor is elected and has qualified, or, if sooner, until his
death, resignation or removal. Neither of Ms. Schwab and
Messrs. Dunklau and Gill is being nominated as a director for
election pursuant to any agreement or understanding between such
person and the Company. Each of Ms. Schwab and Messrs. Dunklau
and Gill has indicated their willingness to continue to serve if
elected and has consented to be named as a nominee. It is our
policy to encourage directors and nominees for director to attend
the Annual Meeting.
The directors will be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at
the meeting, which means that the two nominees receiving the
highest number of votes will be elected. Any shares not voted,
whether by withheld authority, abstention or otherwise, will have
no effect on the outcome of the election of directors. There are no
cumulative voting rights with respect to the election of
directors.
The Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR”
the election of all the nominees whose names are set forth on the
following pages. A stockholder can vote for or withhold his or her
vote from each nominee. In the absence of
instructions to the contrary, it is the intention of the persons
named as proxies to vote such proxy for the election of the
nominees named below. If a nominee should decline or be unable to
serve as a director, it is intended that the proxy will be voted
for the election of such person who is nominated as a replacement.
The Board of Directors has no reason to believe that the
Class II director nominees named will be unable or unwilling
to serve.
Information about the
Nominees and Directors
Biographical information with respect to the Class II nominees
up for election at the Annual Meeting, as well as each of the other
directors, and such person’s qualifications to serve as a director
is set forth on the succeeding pages. Unless otherwise indicated,
each director has held his or her principal occupation or other
positions with the same or predecessor organizations for at least
the last five years. There are currently no family
relationships among any director, nominee, or executive
officer.
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Nominees for Class II
Directors
Name, Address
and Age(1)
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Position(s)
Held with
BM Technologies, Inc.
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Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served
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Principal Occupation(s)
During Past
5 Years
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Other Directorships
Held by
Director/Nominee
During Past 5 Years
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Independent
Directors
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Marcy Schwab
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Director
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Class II director since Business Combination; term expires
2022
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President and Founder of Inspired Leadership, LLC, a consulting,
leadership advisory, and executive coaching services firm.
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None.
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A.J. Dunklau
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Director
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Class II director since Business Combination; term expires
2022
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General Manager Lightbox, a due diligence, risk management and
workflow solution provider from January 2021 to present.
CEO of Megalith Financial Acquisition Corp., a special purpose
acquisition company, from 2017 to January 2021.
Chief Strategy Officer of AGDATA, LP, an information
technology & services company, from April 2016 to
2017.
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None.
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Mike Gill
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Director
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Class II director since Business Combination; term expires
2022
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Retired attorney 2016-present.
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None.
|
Independent Directors
Marcy Schwab has
served as our director since our business combination with Megalith
Financial Acquisition Corporation that consummated January 4, 2021
(the “Business Combination”). Ms. Schwab is the President of
Inspired Leadership, LLC, which she founded in 2012. Inspired
Leadership, LLC provides consulting, leadership advisory, and
executive coaching services to Fortune 500 companies,
start-ups, federal, state and local
agencies and not-for-profits. Ms. Schwab has also served as principal
at thought LEADERS, LLC since 2016, and is a member at Forbes
Coaches Counsel. From July 2019 to September 2020, Ms.
Schwab served of chief of staff to the CEO of Reserve Trust Company
part time, and served as Vice President of Retail Banking at Sallie
Mae from 2010 to 2012. Ms. Schwab served in various roles at
Capital One, including Senior Vice President, Consumer Segment
Lending from 2008 to 2009, Vice President from 2007 to 2008, and
Senior Business Director from 1998 to 2007. Ms. Schwab brings
over 25 years of experience as a senior executive, consultant,
facilitator, and leadership coach. Ms. Schwab earned an MBA
from The Wharton School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in
Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. We believe that
Ms. Schwab is qualified to serve as a member of our Board of
Directors based on her experience as a senior leader at several
consumer focused financial services companies.
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A.J. Dunklau has
served as our director since the Business Combination and until the
Business Combination served as President of Megalith since its
inception, and served Chief Executive Officer of Megalith since
May 5, 2020. Since January 2021, Mr. Dunklau has
served as General Manager of LightBox, a provider of due diligence,
risk management, location intelligence and workflow solutions. From
2011 through 2017, Mr. Dunklau was an executive at AGDATA, LP,
a provider of payment facilitation, information services, and
software, which was sold to Vista Equity Partners in 2014. From
2016 to 2017 Mr. Dunklau served as AGDATA’s Chief Strategy
Officer and from 2014 to 2016 he served as its Head of Product
Management. From 2012 to 2014, Mr. Dunklau served as AGDATA’s
Executive Vice President and General Manager of Industry Platforms,
and prior to that served as Director of Business Development. From
2005 to 2011, he worked as a management consultant at
A.T. Kearney, where he consulted on global projects across a
range of industries, including financial services. Mr. Dunklau
received his Bachelors of Science in Business Administration from
Washington University in St. Louis and an MBA from the Harvard
Business School. We believe that Mr. Dunklau is qualified to
serve as a member of our Board of Directors based on his financial
and technology experience, and experience advising, developing and
growing financial services companies.
Mike Gill has served
as our director since the Business Combination. Mr. Gill is a
retired attorney who worked as Managing Director Global Complex
Contracting at Accenture LLP from 2003 to October 2016. At
Accenture LLP, Mr. Gill headed up a team of over 160 attorneys
worldwide, specializing in technology, digital, outsourcing, and
systems integration transactions and helping to negotiate and close
large and complex customer-facing
contracts across the world, including in the financial services
industry. Prior to working at Accenture, Mr. Gill practiced as
a transactional attorney for over 25 years in Kansas City,
Missouri specializing in professional services providers, including
consultants, accountants, architects and attorneys. Mr. Gill
also has experience in commercial litigation, including malpractice
and securities law defense. Mr. Gill earned his BS in Business
from University of Missouri and his JD from University of Missouri
School of Law. We believe that Mr. Gill is qualified to serve
as a member of our Board of Directors based on his legal
experience, experience within the financial services industry and
significant experience structuring and negotiating complex
transactions both domestically and globally.
Class III Directors
(continuing directors not up for re-election
at the Annual
Meeting)
Name, Address
and Age(1)
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Position(s)
Held with
BM Technologies, Inc.
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Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served
|
|
Principal Occupation(s)
During Past
5 Years
|
|
Other Directorships
Held by
Director/Nominee
During Past 5 Years
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Non-interested
Director
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Brent Hurley
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Director
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Class III director since Business Combination; term expires
2023
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Serial investor
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None.
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Interested
Director
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Luvleen Sidhu(2)
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Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
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Class III director since Business Combination; term expires
2023
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Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of BM Technologies, Inc. from
January 2021 to present.
Chief Executive Officer and President of BM Technologies, Inc. from
2020 to 2021.
Chief Strategy Officer and President of BM Technologies, Inc. from
2014 to 2020.
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None.
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Non-independent Director
Luvleen Sidhu has
served as BM Technologies’s Chief Executive Officer and Director
since 2020 and was the youngest female Founder and CEO to take a
company public at the time of listing when she took BM Technologies
public in 2021 (NYSE: BMTX). From February 2014 to present,
Ms. Luvleen Sidhu served as Chief Strategy Officer and
President of the Company and its predecessor, which she helped
found. Ms. Luvleen Sidhu earned her MBA from the Wharton
School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania and her
bachelor’s degree from Harvard University. After graduating from
Harvard and Wharton she was a management consultant at
Booz & co. in their financial services practice.
Ms. Luvleen Sidhu is a recognized leader in the industry and
was named one of Crain’s New York Business 2020 40 Under 40
and a “Rising Star in Banking & Finance” and “New York
Business 2021 Notable Women on Wall Street.” She was included in
Innovative Finance’s “Women in FinTech Powerlist 2020,” named one
of PaymentsSource’s “Most Influential Women in Payments: Next” in
2021, recognized by Banking Northeast as one its New York Women in
Banking in 2021, and received the honor of Fintech Woman of the
Year by Lendit Fintech for 2019 and again in February 2022 — the
first ever two-time winner. Before
attending business school at Wharton, she was an analyst at
Neuberger Berman and also worked as a director of corporate
development at Customers Bank. While at the company,
Ms. Luvleen Sidhu introduced several growth projects,
including partnering with a New York City-based start-up to
improve the banking experience through innovative technology.
Ms. Luvleen Sidhu has been featured regularly in the media
including on CNBC, Bloomberg Radio, Yahoo Finance, Fox News Radio
and in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes.com, American Banker,
Crain’s New York, FoxNews.com, among others. We believe that
Ms. Sidhu is qualified to serve as a member of our Board of
Directors based on her extensive experience creating and developing
the BMTX (formerly known as BankMobile) platform since our
inception and her fintech experience and insights.
Independent Director
Brent Hurley has
served as our director since the Business Combination. Since
July 2016, Mr. Hurley has been a serial angel investor in
various technology start-up companies
and participated in multiple venture funds. Mr. Hurley has
been a member of MFA Investor Holdings, the sponsor of MFAC, since
2018. From January 2015 to June 2016, Mr. Hurley was
Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder
of SayMore, a social network start-up
company. From November 2011 to January 2015,
Mr. Hurley served as Chief Financial Officer of MixBit, Inc.
(previously AVOS Systems), a multinational consumer technology
company backed by GV (formerly Google Ventures) and NEA. Prior
to that, Mr. Hurley was a founding team member of YouTube for
four years until its sale to Google, serving as Director of
Finance and Operations from 2005 to 2007 and, following the sale to
Google, Manager on the YouTube Strategic Partnerships Team. Prior
to that, Mr. Hurley was a buyside securities trader and
portfolio accountant at Fisher Investments. Mr. Hurley began
his career as an intern at PayPal, Inc. when it had less than 25
employees. Mr. Hurley served on the board of directors of
MixBit, a private company, from 2014 to 2018, and has served two
3-year terms on the Board of Trustees
at Albright College, and one term on the Harvard Business School
Alumni Board. Mr. Hurley earned his BS in Finance &
Philosophy from Albright College and his MBA from Harvard Business
School. We believe that Mr. Hurley is qualified to serve as a
member of our Board of Directors based his extensive experience
investing in and developing technology start-up companies and his finance and accounting
experience.
Class I Directors
(continuing directors not up for re-election
at the Annual
Meeting
Name, Address
and Age(1)
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|
Position(s)
Held with
the Company
|
|
Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served
|
|
Principal Occupation(s)
During Past
5 Years
|
|
Other Directorships
Held by
Director/Nominee
During Past 5 Years
|
Non-interested
Director
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Pankaj Dinodia
|
|
Director
|
|
Class I director since Business Combination; term expires
2024
|
|
Chief Executive Officer and founder of Dinodia Capital Advisors, a
SEBI-registered financial advisory
services firm based in New Delhi.
|
|
None.
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Name, Address
and Age(1)
|
|
Position(s)
Held with
the Company
|
|
Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served
|
|
Principal Occupation(s)
During Past
5 Years
|
|
Other Directorships
Held by
Director/Nominee
During Past 5 Years
|
Non-independent
Director
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Aaron Hodari
|
|
Director(2)
|
|
Class I director since Business Combination; term expires
2024
|
|
Managing Director of Schechter Private Capital, LLC, an investment
management company.
|
|
None.
|
Independent Director
Pankaj Dinodia has
served as our director since the Business Combination. Since
June 2011, Mr. Dinodia has been Chief Executive Officer
and founder of Dinodia Capital Advisors, a SEBI-registered financial advisory services firm based
in New Delhi, which provides strategic and merger and acquisitions
services and works closely with several family offices on global
investments and asset allocation. Prior to that, Mr. Dinodia
earned his MBA from the Harvard Business School. From
July 2008 to July 2009, Mr. Dinodia worked for
accounting firm S.R. Dinodia & Co., developing its
M&A Advisory practice. From July 2007 to July 2008,
Mr. Dinodia helped establish and run Goldman Sachs’ private
equity business in India. Prior to that, Mr. Dinodia had
served within the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs in
New York City since 2005, where he provided mergers and
acquisition and investment advisory services to global banks,
insurance and fintech companies. He has previously served as the
Founder & President of the Wharton Alumni Delhi Chapter as
well as on the Executive Board for the Harvard Business School Club
of India. Mr. Dinodia graduated magna cum laude at the Wharton
School, earning his BS Economics degree with a concentration in
finance. He also earned his MBA at the Harvard Business School. We
believe that Mr. Dinodia is qualified to serve as a member of
our Board of Directors based on his experience in banking,
investing and providing strategic advice and mergers and
acquisitions advisory services, as well has his experience
mentoring start-ups across industries,
including those in fintech and consumer industries.
Non-independent Director
Aaron Hodari has
served as our director since the Business Combination.
Mr. Hodari, a CFP and CIMA, is a Managing Director of
Schechter Private Capital, LLC. Aaron Hodari heads the firm’s
branch of Private Capital, including deal sourcing, due diligence,
deal structuring, and market opportunity identification, and
investor relations. Aaron also works directly with
ultra-high net worth families bring
them institutional quality investment management and advanced
financial planning solutions. He is also instrumental in the
development of correlated and non-correlated investment alternatives at Schechter,
helping identify investment allocations and manager selection.
Prior to joining Schechter, Aaron worked at BlackRock Financial
Management, New York, NY in the Institutional Account
Management group where he managed relationships with institutional
investors including pension funds, foundations &
endowments, and family offices. While there, he specialized in
customized fixed-income solutions,
commodities, and hedge funds. Aaron graduated from the University
of Michigan, where he majored in economics and played lacrosse. He
is a member of the CAIS Advisory Council. We believe that
Mr. Hodari is qualified to serve as a member of our Board of
Directors based on his financial and investment management
expertise.
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CORPORATE
GOVERNANCE
Our Board has adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines that address
items such as the qualifications and responsibilities of its
directors and director candidates and corporate governance policies
and standards applicable. In addition, our Board has adopted a Code
of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to all our employees,
officers and directors, including our Chief Executive Officer,
Chief Financial Officer and other executive and senior financial
officers. The full text of our Corporate Governance Guidelines and
our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics are posted on the Corporate
Governance portion of the Company’s website. We will post
amendments to our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics or waivers of
our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics for directors and officers
on the same website.
Board Composition
Our business affairs are managed under the direction of our Board.
Our Board consists of seven members, at least a majority of whom
qualify as independent within the meaning of the independent
director guidelines of the NYSE American. Ms. Luvleen Sidhu and
Mr. Hodari are not considered independent.
Our Board is divided into three staggered classes of directors. At
each annual meeting of our stockholders, a class of directors will
be elected for a three-year term to
succeed the same class whose term is then expiring, as follows:
• the
Class I directors are Aaron Hodari and Pankaj Dinodia, and
their terms will expire at the annual meeting of stockholders to be
held in 2024;
• the
Class II directors are A.J. Dunklau, Marcy Schwab, and
Mike Gill, and their terms will expire at the annual meeting of
stockholders to be held in 2022; and
• the
Class III directors are Luvleen Sidhu and Brent Hurley, and
their terms will expire at the annual meeting of stockholders to be
held in 2023.
Our Charter provides that the Company Board will consist of one or
more members, and the number of directors may be increased or
decreased from time to time by a resolution of the Company Board.
Each director’s term continues until the election and qualification
of his or her successor, or his or her earlier death, resignation,
or removal. Any increase or decrease in the number of directors
will be distributed among the three classes so that, as nearly as
possible, each class will consist of one-third of the total number of directors. This
classification of the Company Board may have the effect of delaying
or preventing changes in control of the Company.
Each of the Company’s officers serve at the discretion of the
Company Board and will hold office until his or her successor is
duly appointed and qualified or until his or her earlier
resignation or removal. There are no family relationships among any
of the directors or officers of the Company. The Company Board has
appointed Pankaj Dinodia as lead director to help management
coordinate with the independent directors.
Director
Independence
The Company’s Common Stock is listed on the NYSE American. Under
the NYSE rules, independent directors must comprise a majority of a
listed company’s board of directors. In addition, the NYSE rules
require that, subject to specified exceptions, each member of a
listed company’s audit, compensation and nominating and corporate
governance committees be independent. Under the NYSE rules, a
director will only qualify as an “independent director” if, in the
opinion of that company’s board of directors, that person does not
have a relationship that would interfere with the exercise of
independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a
director. Audit committee members must also satisfy the additional
independence criteria set forth in Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act and the rules of
the NYSE. Compensation committee members must also satisfy the
additional independence criteria set forth in
Rule 10C-1 under the
Exchange Act and the NYSE rules.
In order to be considered independent for purposes of
Rule 10A-3 under the
Exchange Act and under the rules of the NYSE, a member of an
audit committee of a listed company may not, other than in his or
her capacity as a member of the committee, the board of directors,
or any other board committee: (1) accept, directly or
indirectly, any consulting, advisory, or other compensatory fee
from the listed company or any of its subsidiaries; or (2) be
an affiliated person of the listed company or any of its
subsidiaries.
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To be considered independent for purposes of
Rule 10C-1 under the
Exchange Act and under the rules of the NYSE, the board of
directors must affirmatively determine that the member of the
compensation committee is independent, including a consideration of
all factors specifically relevant to determining whether the
director has a relationship to the company which is material to
that director’s ability to be independent from management in
connection with the duties of a compensation committee member,
including, but not limited to: (i) the source of compensation
of such director, including any consulting, advisory or other
compensatory fee paid by the company to such director; and
(ii) whether such director is affiliated with the company, a
subsidiary of the company or an affiliate of a subsidiary of the
company.
Our Board has undertaken a review of the independence of each
director and considered whether each director of the Company has a
material relationship with the Company that could compromise his or
her ability to exercise independent judgment in carrying out his or
her responsibilities. As a result of this review, we determined
that Pankaj Dinodia, Mike Gill, Brent Hurley, A.J. Dunklau,
and Marcy Schwab will be considered “independent directors” as
defined under the listing requirements and rules of the NYSE and
the applicable rules of the Exchange Act.
Board Leadership
Structure
We believe that the structure of our Board and its committees will
provide strong overall management of the Company.
Committees of the Company
Board
The Company Board has an audit committee, compensation committee
and nominating and corporate governance committee. The composition
and responsibilities of each of the committees of the Board of
Directors is described below. Members serve on these committees
until their resignation or until as otherwise determined by the
Company Board.
Audit Committee
Each of the members of the Company’s audit committee satisfies the
requirements for independence and financial literacy under the
applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and rules of the
NYSE. The Company also determines that Mr. Dunklau
qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in
the SEC rules and satisfies the financial sophistication
requirements of the NYSE. The Company’s audit committee is
responsible for, among other things:
• selecting
a qualified firm to serve as the independent registered public
accounting firm to audit the Company’s financial statements;
• helping
to ensure the independence and performance of the independent
registered public accounting firm;
• discussing
the scope and results of the audit with the independent registered
public accounting firm and reviewing, with management and the
independent registered public accounting firm, the Company’s
interim and year-end financial
statements;
• developing
procedures for employees to submit concerns anonymously about
questionable accounting or audit matters;
• reviewing
the Company’s policies on and oversees risk assessment and risk
management, including enterprise risk management;
• reviewing
the adequacy and effectiveness of internal control policies and
procedures and the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures;
and
• approving
or, as required, pre-approving, all
audit and all permissible non-audit
services, other than de minimis non-audit services, to be performed by the
independent registered public accounting firm.
The Company Board has adopted a written charter for the audit
committee, which is available on the Company’s website.
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Compensation
Committee
Each of the members of the Company’s compensation committee meet
the requirements for independence under the applicable rules and
regulations of the SEC and rules of the NYSE. The Company’s
compensation committee is responsible for, among other things:
• reviewing,
approving and determining the compensation of the Company’s
officers and key employees;
• reviewing,
approving and determining compensation and benefits, including
equity awards, to directors for service on the Company Board or any
committee thereof;
• administering
the Company’s equity compensation plans;
• reviewing,
approving and making recommendations to the Company Board regarding
incentive compensation and equity compensation plans; and
• establishing
and reviewing general policies relating to compensation and
benefits of the Company’s employees.
The Company Board has adopted a written charter for the
compensation committee, which is available on the Company’s
website.
Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee
Each of the members of the nominating and corporate governance
committee meet the requirements for independence under the
applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and rules of the
NYSE. The nominating and corporate governance committee is
responsible for, among other things:
• identifying,
evaluating and selecting, or making recommendations to the Company
Board regarding, nominees for election to our Board and its
committees;
• evaluating
the performance of our Board and of individual directors;
• considering,
and making recommendations to the Company Board regarding, the
composition of our Board and its committees;
• reviewing
developments in corporate governance practices;
• evaluating
the adequacy of the corporate governance practices and
reporting;
• reviewing
related person transactions; and
• developing,
and making recommendations to the Company Board regarding,
corporate governance guidelines and matters.
Our Board has adopted a written charter for the nominating and
corporate governance committee, which is available on our
website.
Code of Conduct and
Ethics
We have posted our Code of Conduct and Ethics and expect to post
any amendments to or any waivers from a provision of our Code of
Conduct and Ethics on our website, and also intend to disclose any
amendments to or waivers of certain provisions of our Code of
Conduct and Ethics in a Form 8-K.
Compensation Committee
Interlocks and Insider Participation
None of the Company’s officers currently serves, and in the past
year has not served, (i) as a member of the compensation
committee or the board of directors of another entity, one of whose
officers served on the Company’s compensation committee, or
(ii) as a member of the compensation committee of another
entity, one of whose officers served on the Company Board.
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Related Person Policy of the
Company
The Company has adopted formal written policy providing that the
Company’s officers, directors, nominees for election as directors,
beneficial owners of more than 5% of any class of the Company’s
capital stock, any member of the immediate family of any of the
foregoing persons and any firm, corporation or other entity in
which any of the foregoing persons is employed or is a general
partner or principal or in a similar position or in which such
person has a 5% or greater beneficial ownership interest, are not
permitted to enter into a related party transaction with the
Company without the approval of the Company’s nominating and
corporate governance committee, subject to the exceptions described
below.
A related person transaction is a transaction, arrangement or
relationship, or any series of similar transactions, arrangements
or relationships, in which the Company and any related person are,
were or will be participants in which the amount involves exceeds
the lesser of $120,000 or 1% of our average total assets.
Transactions involving compensation for services provided to the
Company as an employee or director are not covered by this
policy.
Under the policy, the Company will collect information that the
Company deems reasonably necessary from each director, executive
officer and, to the extent feasible, significant stockholder, to
enable the Company to identify any existing or potential
related-person transactions and to
effectuate the terms of the policy. In addition, under the Code of
Conduct, employees and directors have an affirmative responsibility
to disclose any transaction or relationship that reasonably could
be expected to give rise to a conflict of interest.
The policy will require that, in determining whether to approve,
ratify or reject a related person transaction, our nominating and
corporate governance committee, or other independent body of our
Board, must consider, in light of known circumstances, whether the
transaction is in, or is not inconsistent with, the Company’s best
interests and those of our stockholders, as our nominating and
corporate governance committee, or other independent body of our
Board, determines in the good faith exercise of its discretion.
Our nominating and corporate governance committee has determined
that certain transactions will not require the approval of the
nominating and corporate governance committee, including certain
employment arrangements of officers, director compensation,
transactions with another company at which a related party’s only
relationship is as a director, non-executive employee or beneficial owner of less
than 10% of that company’s outstanding capital stock, transactions
where a related party’s interest arises solely from the ownership
of our Common Stock and all holders of our Common Stock received
the same benefit on a pro rata basis and transactions available to
all employees generally.
Director
Attendance
Each director is strongly encouraged to attend each annual meeting
of stockholders. All directors attended the 2021 annual meeting of
stockholders, which was held virtually.
Our corporate governance guidelines provide that directors should
be prepared for and attend Board meetings and actively participate
in Board discussions. The Board met six times in 2021. Each
director attended 100% of all board and committee meetings for
which the director was a member.
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EXECUTIVE
COMPENSATION
The following sets forth information about the compensation paid to
or accrued by our principal executive officer and our two other
most highly compensated persons serving as executive officers as of
the periods indicated for services rendered for such periods. These
executives are referred to as our “named executive officers.”
Summary Compensation
Table
Name and
Principal Position
|
|
Year
|
|
Salary
($)(1)
|
|
Stock
Awards
($)(2)
|
|
Option
Awards
($)(3)
|
|
Nonequity
incentive
plan compensation
($)
|
|
All Other
Compensation
($)(4)
|
|
Total
($)
|
Luvleen
Sidhu
|
|
2021
|
|
$
|
284,808
|
|
$
|
16,483,518
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
$
|
8,544
|
|
$
|
16,776,870
|
Chief Executive
Officer
|
|
2020
|
|
$
|
285,577
|
|
$
|
100,300
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
$
|
8,100
|
|
$
|
393,977
|
|
|
2019
|
|
$
|
267,308
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
$
|
622,756
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
$
|
8,019
|
|
$
|
898,083
|
Robert
Diegel
|
|
2021
|
|
$
|
259,808
|
|
$
|
1,966,561
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
$
|
25,000
|
|
$
|
7,794
|
|
$
|
2,259,163
|
Chief Operating
Officer
|
|
2020
|
|
$
|
259,615
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
$
|
7,788
|
|
$
|
267,404
|
|
|
2019
|
|
$
|
240,277
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
$
|
311,378
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
$
|
7,208
|
|
$
|
558,863
|
Robert
Ramsey
|
|
2021
|
|
$
|
259,808
|
|
$
|
1,126,560
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
$
|
25,000
|
|
$
|
7,794
|
|
$
|
1,419,162
|
Chief Financial
Officer
|
|
2020
|
|
$
|
257,800
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
$
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
$
|
7,730
|
|
$
|
265,531
|
|
|
2019
|
|
$
|
225,000
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
$
|
56,251
|
|
$
|
56,250
|
|
$
|
8,100
|
|
$
|
345,601
|
Narrative Disclosure to the
Summary Compensation Table
The compensation paid to Ms. Sidhu, Mr. Diegel, and
Mr. Ramsey in 2021 consisted of base salary, certain cash
bonus incentive compensation, stock awards for past contributions
and future performance over the next 3-5 years, and a 401(K) match.
The stock awards in 2021 were atypical and included restricted
stock granted by Customers Bancorp as severance in exchange for
years of previous work to found (in the case of Ms. Sidhu who is a
founder of the company) and build BM Technologies, and for the
value created in connection with the Business Combination on
January 4, 2021; the company does not
consider this compensation
a part of current year
compensation given the award was for
years of past performance building the business.
Additionally, on September 30, 2021, BM Technologies, Inc.
granted restricted stock units from the 2020 equity incentive plan
to certain executives to incentivize long-term performance. 50% of these awards have a time
based, 4-year waterfall vesting
schedule and 50% have performance-based vesting criteria which if achieved, will
vest over a period of 3-5 years.
Employment
Agreements
We currently have employment agreements in place with
Ms. Luvleen Sidhu, our Chief Executive Officer and
Mr. Robert Diegel, our Chief Operating Officer.
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Ms. Luvleen Sidhu’s employment agreement has a term of
two years and provides for immediate vesting of any equity
incentive interests if terminated without cause or terminated for
good reason. Ms. Luvleen Sidhu’s employment agreement
automatically renews thereafter for successive two year periods
unless either the Company or the employee give written notice to
the other at least sixty (60) days prior to the end of the
applicable term.
Mr. Diegel’s employment agreement has a term of one year and
provides for accelerated vesting of any equity incentive interests
if terminated without cause or terminated for good reason. The
employment agreement automatically renews thereafter for successive
one-year periods unless either the
Company or the employee give written notice to the other at least
sixty (60) days prior to the end of the applicable term.
Ms. Luvleen Sidhu is entitled to receive an annual base salary
of at least $275,000 pursuant to her employment agreement and
incentive compensation in an amount, in such form, and at such time
as approved by our Board. Such incentive compensation may take the
form of cash payments (“Cash Bonus”), transfers of stock, stock
appreciation awards, restricted stock units or stock options.
Ms. Luvleen Sidhu is entitled to receive severance
compensation in the event of a termination of her employment by the
Company without “Cause” or by the executive for “Good Reason” in an
amount equal to the sum of her then current base salary plus the
average of the annual performance bonus (consisting of both cash
and other incentive compensation, but excluding the Company match
of any deferred compensation) provided to her with respect to the
three (3) fiscal years of the Company immediately
preceding the fiscal year of termination, for the greater of two
(2) years or the period of time remaining in the applicable
term, paid in equal installments on the normal pay dates following
Ms. Luvleen Sidhu’s separation from service with the Company,
subject to execution of a release of claims. Ms. Luvleen Sidhu
is also eligible for employee benefits and shall be entitled to a
fraction of any Cash Bonus for the fiscal year of the Company
within which Ms. Luvleen Sidhu’s termination of employment
occurs which, based upon the criteria established for such Cash
Bonus, would have been payable to her had she remained employed
through the date of payment.
Mr. Diegel is entitled to receive an annual base salary of at
least $250,000 pursuant to his employment agreement and incentive
compensation in an amount, in such form, and at such time as
approved by our Board. He is entitled to receive severance
compensation in the event of a termination of his employment by the
Company without “Cause” or by the executive for “Good Reason” in an
amount equal to the sum of his then current base salary plus the
average of the annual performance bonus (consisting of both cash
and other incentive compensation, but excluding the Company match
of any deferred compensation) provided to him with respect to the
three (3) fiscal years of the Company immediately
preceding the fiscal year of termination, for the greater of one
(1) year or the period of time remaining in the applicable
term, paid in equal installments on the normal pay dates following
his separation from service with the Company, subject to execution
of a release of claims. Mr. Diegel is also eligible for
employee benefits and shall be entitled to a fraction of any Cash
Bonus for the fiscal year of the Company within which their
termination of employment occurs which, based upon the criteria
established for such Cash Bonus, would have been payable to him had
he remained employed through the date of payment.
Equity Incentive
Plan
We have also entered into our 2020 Equity Incentive Plan, which
became effective upon the closing of the Business Combination. The
Equity Incentive Plan provides for the grant of incentive stock
options, or ISOs, nonstatutory stock options, or NSOs, stock
appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock unit
awards, performance-based stock
awards, and other forms of equity compensation, or collectively,
stock awards, all of which may be granted to employees, including
officers, non-employee directors
and consultants of us and its affiliates. Additionally, the Equity
Incentive Plan provides for the grant of performance cash awards.
ISOs may be granted only to employees. All other awards may be
granted to employees, including officers, and to non-employee directors and consultants.
Initially, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may
be issued pursuant to stock awards under the Equity Incentive Plan
after the Equity Incentive Plan becomes effective will not exceed
10% of the issued and outstanding shares of our common stock
immediately after the closing of the Business Combination.
The maximum number of shares of Common Stock subject to awards
granted under the Equity Incentive Plan or any other equity plan
maintained by us during any single fiscal year to any
non-employee director, taken
together with any cash fees paid to the director during the year,
will not exceed $300,000 in any calendar year.
The Equity Incentive Plan permits the grant of
performance-based stock and cash
awards. The Plan Administrator can structure such awards so that
stock or cash will be issued or paid pursuant to such award only
after the achievement of certain performance goals during a
designated performance period.
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Director
Compensation
Our Board adopted, non-employee director compensation plan
provides that we pay our non-employee directors an
annual fee of $20,000, paid in quarterly
installments. We also reimburse our directors for their reasonable
out of pocket expenses related to their
services as a member of our board of directors. In addition, our
non-employee
directors are also eligible to receive shares of
stock pursuant
to our 2020 Equity Incentive Plan.
The following table sets forth information regarding compensation
earned during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 by each
of our non-employee directors:
Name
|
|
Fees Paid
in Cash
($)
|
|
Fees Paid
in Stock
($)
|
|
Total
($)
|
Pankaj Dinodia
|
|
$
|
20,000
|
|
$
|
8,900
|
|
$
|
28,900
|
Mike Gill
|
|
$
|
20,000
|
|
$
|
8,900
|
|
$
|
28,900
|
Aaron Hodari
|
|
$
|
20,000
|
|
$
|
8,900
|
|
$
|
28,900
|
Brent Hurley
|
|
$
|
20,000
|
|
$
|
8,900
|
|
$
|
28,900
|
A.J. Dunklau
|
|
$
|
20,000
|
|
$
|
8,900
|
|
$
|
28,900
|
Marcy Schwab
|
|
$
|
20,000
|
|
$
|
8,900
|
|
$
|
28,900
|
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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The following includes a
summary of transactions since January 1, 2021 to which we have
been a party, in which the amount involved in the transaction
exceeded the lesser of $120,000 or 1% of our average total assets,
and in which any of our directors, executive officers or, to our
knowledge, beneficial owners of more than 5% of our capital stock
or any member of the immediate family of any of the foregoing
persons had or will have a direct or indirect material interest,
other than equity and other compensation, termination, change of
control, and other arrangements, which are described under the
section entitled “Executive Compensation.” For the purposes of this
section, “Megalith” refers to Megalith Financial Acquisition Corp.
prior to the Business Combination.
Related Person
Policy
Our code of ethics requires us to avoid, wherever possible, all
conflicts of interests, except under guidelines or resolutions
approved by our board of directors (or the appropriate committee of
our board) or as disclosed in our public filings with the
SEC. Under our code of ethics, conflict of interest situations
includes any financial transaction, arrangement or relationship
(including any indebtedness or guarantee of indebtedness) involving
us.
In addition, our audit committee, pursuant to its charter, is
responsible for reviewing and approving related party transactions
to the extent that we enter into such transactions. An affirmative
vote of a majority of the members of the audit committee present at
a meeting at which a quorum is present is required in order to
approve a related party transaction. A majority of the members of
the entire audit committee constitutes a quorum. Without a meeting,
the unanimous written consent of all the members of the audit
committee is required to approve a related party transaction.
Founders Shares
On November 13, 2017, MFA Investor Holdings LLC (the
“Sponsor”) purchased
4,312,500 Founder Shares for an aggregate price of $25,000. The
Founder Shares automatically converted into shares of Common Stock
upon the consummation of the Business Combination. MFA Investor
Holdings LLC forfeited 80,278 Founder Shares on September 21,
2018. The Founder Shares forfeited by the Sponsor were cancelled by
the Company.
The Sponsor agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer,
assign or sell any of its Founder Shares until the earlier to occur
of: (A) one year after the completion of an initial business
combination or (B) subsequent to the initial business
combination, (x) if the last sale price of the Common Stock
equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits,
stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like)
for any 20 trading days within any thirty (30) trading
day period commencing at least one-hundred fifty (150) days after the initial
business combination, or (y) the date on which we complete a
liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange or other similar
transaction that results in all of our stockholders having the
right to exchange their shares of Common Stock for cash, securities
or other property.
Placement Warrants
Concurrently with the closing of the Megalith IPO, the Sponsor and
Chardan Capital Markets, LLC (“Chardan”) purchased an
aggregate of 6,560,000 Placement Warrants at a price of $1.00 per
Placement Warrant (5,810,000 by the Sponsor and 750,000 by Chardan)
for an aggregate purchase price of $6,560,000. Each whole Placement
Warrant is exercisable for one whole share of Common Stock at a
price of $11.50 per share (subject to adjustment for stock splits,
stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like
and for certain issuances of equity or equity-linked securities). Concurrently with the
underwriter’s partial exercise of the over-allotment, Megalith consummated a private sale of
an additional 385,778 Placement Warrants to the Sponsor at a price
of $1.00 per Placement Warrant generating gross proceeds of
$385,778. The Placement Warrants are non-redeemable and exercisable on a cashless basis so
long as they are held by the Sponsor or its permitted transferees.
In addition, for as long as the Placement Warrants are held by
Chardan or its designees or affiliates, they may not be exercised
after five years from August 23, 2018.
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Support Services
The Company entered into an agreement whereby, commencing on
August 23, 2018 until January 4, 2021, Megalith paid an
affiliate of the Sponsor a monthly fee of $2,000 for office space,
as well as certain administrative and support services, as may be
required by Megalith from time to time. This agreement terminated
upon the Business Combination. In 2021, there were no payments
under this agreement.
Megalith paid an entity affiliated with its President and Chief
Executive Officer a fee of approximately $7,692 every
two weeks until January 4, 2021. This agreement
terminated upon the Business Combination. In 2021, there were no
payments under this agreement.
Sponsor Share
Letter
Pursuant to a letter agreement (the “Sponsor Share Letter”)
the Sponsor entered into concurrently with the Merger Agreement,
with Megalith and BankMobile, at the consummation of the Business
Combination, the Sponsor forfeited 2,932,222 of its Founder Shares,
subjected an additional 300,000 of its Founder Shares to potential
vesting and forfeiture based on a stock-price based earnout over a seven year period from
the Closing, and transferred 101,703 of its Founder Shares to
stockholders of Customers Bank at Closing. Sponsor also transferred
178,495 of its Founder shares and 1,311,501 private placement
warrants to certain investors in the PIPE Financing.
Registration
Rights
The holders of Megalith’s founder shares, private placement
warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of working
capital loans (and any shares of Common Stock issuable upon the
exercise of the private placement warrants and warrants that may be
issued upon conversion of working capital loans and upon conversion
of the founder shares) are entitled to registration rights pursuant
to a registration rights agreement, requiring us to register such
securities for resale (in the case of the founder shares, only
after conversion to Common Stock). The holders of the majority of
these securities are entitled to make up to three demands,
excluding short form demands, that we register such securities. In
addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to
registration statements filed by us, and rights to require us to
register for resale such securities pursuant to Rule 415 under
the Securities Act. However, the registration rights agreement
provides that we will not permit any registration statement filed
under the Securities Act to become effective until termination of
the applicable lock-up period. In the
case of the founder shares, the lock-up period will expire on the earlier of
(A) January 4, 2022, or (B) (x) if the last
sale price of Megalith’s Common Stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per
share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends,
reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any twenty
(20) trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least
one-hundred fifty (150) days
after January 4, 2021, or (y) the date on which we
complete a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange,
reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of
our stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of
Common Stock for cash, securities or other property. In the case of
the private placement warrants and the respective Common Stock
underlying such warrants, the lock-up
period will expire thirty (30) days after January 4,
2021. In the case of Chardan, in addition to the foregoing
restriction on transfer of the private placement warrants until
thirty (30) days after January 4, 2021, the private
placement warrants purchased by Chardan shall not be sold during
the offering, or sold, transferred, assigned, pledged or
hypothecated for a period of one-hundred eighty (180) days immediately
following the date of effectiveness of the registration statement
of which this prospectus forms a part or commencement of sales of
this offering, except to any member participating in the offering
and the officers or partners thereof, if all securities so
transferred remain subject to the lock-up restriction described in this sentence for the
remainder of the time period. Additionally, the private placement
warrants purchased by Chardan shall not be the subject of any
hedging, short sale, derivative, put or call transaction that would
result in the economic disposition of the securities by any person
for a period of one-hundred eighty
(180) days immediately following the date of effectiveness of
the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part or
commencement of sales of this offering. Furthermore,
notwithstanding the foregoing, pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110
Chardan may not exercise its demand and “piggyback” registration
rights after five (5) and seven (7) years, respectively,
after the effective date of the registration statement of which
this prospectus forms a part and may not exercise its demand rights
on more than one occasion. We will bear the expenses incurred in
connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
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Customers Bank
Prior to the Business Combination, we were a wholly-owned subsidiary of Customers Bank, which is the
wholly-owned bank subsidiary of
Customers Bancorp, Inc. Luvleen Sidhu is the daughter of
Mr. Jay Sidhu, the Chairman & CEO of Customers
Bancorp and the Executive Chairman of Customers Bank. Ms. Luvleen
Sidhu has served as our Chief Executive Officer since
January 2020 and was previously our President and Chief
Strategy Officer.
Jay Sidhu is the Chairman & CEO of Customers Bancorp and
Executive Chairman of Customers Bank. Mr. Jay Sidhu also
served the Executive Chairman of the board of directors of Megalith
through August 7, 2020, and was a controlling member of the
Sponsor.
Samvir Sidhu is President and CEO of Customers Bank. He also served
on the board of directors of Megalith and was a member of the
Sponsor. Mr. Samvir Sidhu is the son of Mr. Jay Sidhu and
brother of Ms. Luvleen Sidhu.
Bhanu Choudhrie previously served on the board of directors of
Customers Bancorp. Mr. Choudhrie also served on the board of
directors of Megalith prior to the Business Combination and was a
controlling member of the Sponsor.
Customers Bancorp, Customers Bank, and BankMobile were parties to
an Amended and Restated Intercompany Services Agreement
(“Intercompany
Agreement”) until it was terminated upon the consummation of
the Business Combination.
Customers Bank and BankMobile were subject to a Non-Negotiable Demand Promissory Note and Line of
Credit Agreement (“Intercompany Note”)
until it was terminated upon the consummation of the Business
Combination.
Effective upon the consummation of the Business Combination, we
entered into with Customers Bank the Transition Services Agreement,
Licensing Agreement, Deposit Processing Services Agreement,
Non-Competition Agreement and Loan
Agreement.
Transition Services
Agreement
On January 4, 2021, we entered into that certain Transition
Services Agreement (the “Transition Services Agreement”) with
Customers Bank, pursuant to which each party agrees for a period of
up to twelve months to provide certain transition services
listed therein to the other party. In consideration for the
services, we will pay Customers Bank a service fee of $12,500 per
month, plus any expenses associated with the services. We may
terminate the Transition Services Agreement without penalty with at
least 30 days advance written notice if we determine there is
no longer a business need for the services. In 2021, we paid a
total of $150,000 under this agreement. On December 1, 2021, an
immaterial portion of the Transition Services Agreement was
extended through 3/31/2022 and has now been terminated.
License
Agreement
On January 4, 2021, we entered into that certain Software
License Agreement (the “License Agreement”)
with Customers Bank, providing that we grant a non-exclusive, nontransferable, royalty-free license to use the mobile banking technology
to Customers Bank for a period of ten years. The License
Agreement may be terminated upon either party’s uncured material
breach, provided that if the agreement is terminated for our
uncured material breach, then we shall pay Customers Bank an early
termination fee equal to the product of $10 million, and the
number of whole months remaining in the term divided by 120.
The license is subject to certain other restrictions on use and
customary conditions set forth in the License Agreement. To date,
our Partner Bank has not utilized the Company’s mobile banking
technology and zero consideration has been paid or recognized under
the Software License Agreement.
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Deposit Servicing
Agreement
On January 4, 2021, we entered into that certain Deposit
Processing Services Agreement (the “Deposit Servicing
Agreement”) with Customers Bank, providing that Customers
Bank would establish and maintain deposit accounts and other
banking services in connection with customized products and
services offered by us, and we would provide certain other related
services in connection with the accounts. The initial term
continues until December 31, 2022, which shall automatically
renew for additional three year terms unless either party gives
written notice of nonrenewal within 180 days prior to the
expiration of the term. The Deposit Servicing Agreement may be
terminated early by either party upon material breach, upon notice
of an uncured objection from a regulatory authority, or by us upon
90 days’ written notice upon the satisfaction of certain
conditions. As compensation, Customers Bank retains any and all
revenue generated from the funds held in the deposit accounts, and
in exchange, pays us a 3% servicing fee based on average monthly
deposit balances, subject to certain contractual adjustments, and a
monthly interchange fee equal to all debit card interchange
revenues on the demand deposit accounts, plus the difference
between Durbin Exempt and Durbin regulated interchange revenue, and
will pass through all customer account fees. In 2021, we were paid
a total of $82.3 million under this agreement. Of this amount,
$22.8 million was paid directly by Mastercard or individual account
holders.
Non-Competition
Agreement
On January 4, 2021, Customers Bank entered into that certain
Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement (the “Non-Competition
Agreement”) in favor
of and for the benefit of us, our subsidiaries and each of their
respective affiliates and successors (each, a “Covered Party”),
providing that Customers Bank will not for a period of 4 years
after the closing of the Business Combination directly or
indirectly engage in the “Business” (as defined in the
Non-Competition Agreement) in the
Territory (as defined in the Non-Competition Agreement), except for white label
digital banking services with previously identified parties and
passive investments of no more than 2% of a class of equity
interests of a competitor that is publicly traded. Customers Bank
also agreed not to directly or indirectly hire or solicit any
employees of a Covered Party.
Indemnification
Agreements
On January 4, 2021, we entered into standard indemnification
agreements with each of our senior officers and directors,
requiring us to indemnify him or her against certain liabilities
that may arise by reason of their service to us, to the fullest
extent permitted by Delaware law.
Loan Agreement
On January 4, 2021, we and our subsidiary BTMX, Inc. entered
into a Loan Agreement (the “Debt Agreement”) with
Customers Bank (the “Lender”) providing for
a line of credit of up to $10 million, subject to a borrowing
base requirement based on our and our subsidiary’s accounts
receivables. Borrowings made under the Debt Agreement are subject
to an interest rate equal to the 1-month London Interbank Offered Rate plus 375
basis points, and are secured by our and our subsidiary’s assets.
Borrowed funds may be repaid at any time without penalty.
Concurrent with signing the Debt Agreement, we drew approximately
$5.4 million under the Debt Agreement to refinance
intercompany debt owed by BankMobile to Customers Bank immediately
prior to the Closing. In 2021, we repaid the loan in full, and
incurred total of $95,717 of interest under this agreement.
On November 29, 2021, the Company entered into an agreement
with our Partner Bank which terminated the $10.0 million line
of credit. In addition, this agreement also gave the Company the
right to any shares that were forfeited as part of the
January 4, 2021 Share-Based
Compensation Award made by Customers Bank. During the
twelve months ended December 31, 2021, 14,500 forfeited
shares were reacquired by the Company and 19,000 forfeited shares
prior to the execution of the agreement were returned to our
Customers Bank.
Warrant Buyback
On March 1, 2022, the Company reached an agreement to
reacquire 1,169,963 Private Warrants at a price of $1.69 per
warrant, or a total cost of $2.0 million, from Ms. Sherry
Sidhu and Mr. Samvir Sidhu who are immediate family members of
our CEO. The repurchase settled on March 11, 2022. The
transaction price was established based on the range of market
prices during the repurchase conversations and was approved by the
Company’s Audit Committee.
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN
BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial
ownership of shares of our common stock by:
• each
person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of
any class of our common stock;
• all
executive officers and directors of the Company.
Beneficial ownership is determined according to the rules of the
SEC, which generally provide that a person has beneficial ownership
of a security if he, she or it possesses sole or shared voting or
investment power over that security, including options and warrants
that are currently exercisable or exercisable within
60 days.
In the table below, percentage ownership is based on 12,273,438
shares of common stock outstanding as of April 29, 2022. When
applicable, the table below includes the Common Stock underlying
any Placement Warrants because these securities are
exercisable.
Unless otherwise indicated, the Company believes that all persons
named in the table have sole voting and investment power with
respect to all shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by them.
Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each of the
following entities or individuals is 201 King of Prussia Road,
Suite 350, Wayne, PA 19087.
Beneficial Ownership
Table
Name
and Address of Beneficial Owner
|
|
Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned
|
|
% of
Class
|
Directors and Named Executive
Officers
|
|
|
|
|
|
Luvleen Sidhu(1)
|
|
871,748
|
|
7.10
|
%
|
Robert Diegel(2)
|
|
108,339
|
|
*
|
|
James Donahue(3)
|
|
33,000
|
|
*
|
|
James Dullinger
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
Robert Ramsey(4)
|
|
61,555
|
|
*
|
|
Pankaj Dinodia
|
|
1,000
|
|
*
|
|
Mike Gill
|
|
1,000
|
|
*
|
|
Aaron Hodari(5)
|
|
10,000
|
|
*
|
|
Brent Hurley
|
|
212,631
|
|
1.71
|
%
|
A.J. Dunklau
|
|
112,044
|
|
*
|
|
Marcy Schwab
|
|
1,000
|
|
*
|
|
All executive officers and directors as a group (11
individuals)
|
|
1,412,117
|
|
11.32
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Greater than Five Percent
Holders:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Schechter Private Capital Funds(6)
|
|
3,224,100
|
|
23.73
|
%
|
Walleye Capital LLC(7)
|
|
1,337,852
|
|
9.83
|
%
|
Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC(8)
|
|
611,498
|
|
4.98
|
%
|
Bhanu
Choudhrie(9)
|
|
2,001,935
|
|
14.4
|
%
|
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DELINQUENT SECTION
16(A) REPORTS
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires the
Company’s officers and directors, and persons who own more than 10%
of our Common Stock, to file reports of securities ownership and
changes in such ownership with the SEC. Officers, directors,
and greater than 10% stockholders also are required by SEC rules to
furnish the Company with copies of all
Section 16(a) forms they file.
Based solely on the Company’s review of Forms 3, 4 and 5 filed by
such persons and information provided by the Company’s directors
and officers, the Company believes that during the year ended
December 31, 2021, all Section 16(a) filing
requirements applicable to such persons were met in a timely
manner, with the following inadvertent exceptions: Robert Diegel,
Chief Operating Officer, filed late one Form 4 with respect to
one transaction in shares of common stock during the reporting
period; Forms 3 for Li Shen and Stephen Baranowski, our former
Chief Accounting Officers; Form 3s for James Dullinger and James
Donahue with respect to the issuance of RSUs; Luvleen Sidhu, Robert
Diegel, and Robert Ramsey filed late Forms 4 with respect to the
issuance of RSUs during the reporting period; and Brent Hurley,
Aaron Hodari, Pankaj Dinodia, Marcy Schwab, A.J. Dunklau and Mike
Gill filed late Form 4s with respect to receiving 1,000 shares
each.
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PROPOSAL NO. 2
RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Our Audit Committee has selected BDO USA, LLP (“BDO”) to serve
as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for
the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022. WithumSmith+Brown PC
(“Withum”) served as the
Company’s independent registered public accounting firm in fiscal
year 2020 and was the Company’s independent registered public
accounting firm until April 27, 2021 when the Audit Committee
appointed BDO as the Company’s independent registered public
accounting firm, effective April 29, 2021. The Company has
been advised by BDO that neither it nor any member thereof has any
financial interest, direct or indirect, in the Company or any of
its affiliates, in any capacity. One or more representatives of BDO
is expected to be present at this year’s Annual Meeting with an
opportunity to make a statement if he or she desires to do so and
to respond to appropriate questions.
Although the submission of the appointment of BDO is not required
by the Company’s bylaws or otherwise, the Board is submitting it to
the shareholders for ratification to ascertain their views. If the
shareholders do not ratify the appointment, we will not be bound to
seek another independent registered public accountant for 2021, but
the selection of other independent registered public accounting
firms will be considered in future years. Even if the
selection is ratified, the Audit Committee, in its discretion, may
select a different independent registered public accounting firm at
any time during the year if it determines that such a change would
be in the best interests of the Company and our shareholders.
The shares represented by your proxy will be voted “FOR” the
ratification of the selection of BDO unless you specify
otherwise.
Audit and Other Fees Paid to
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms
We have paid or expect to pay the following fees to BDO for work
performed in 2020 and 2021 or attributable to the audit of our 2020
and 2021 consolidated financial statements:
|
|
Fiscal Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
|
|
Fiscal Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
|
Audit Fees paid to BDO
|
|
$
|
621,216
|
|
$
|
296,237
|
Audit-Related Fees paid to BDO
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
Tax Fees paid to BDO
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
All Other Fees paid to BDO
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
100,610
|
TOTAL FEES PAID TO
BDO
|
|
$
|
621,216
|
|
$
|
396,847
|
Audit
Fees. Audit fees include fees for
services that normally would be provided by the accountant in
connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements and
that generally only the independent accountant can provide. In
addition to fees for the audit of our annual financial statements,
the audit of the effectiveness of our internal control over
financial reporting and the review of our quarterly financial
statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. This category contains fees for comfort letters,
consents, and assistance with and review of documents filed with
the SEC.
Audit-Related
Fees. Audit-related
fees are assurance related services that traditionally are
performed by the independent accountant, not included in the Audit
Fees category above, including statutory audits.
Tax
Fees. Tax fees include corporate and
subsidiary compliance and consulting.
All Other
Fees. Fees for other services would
include fees for products and services other than the services
reported above, including any non-audit fees.
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Pre-Approval
Policies and
Procedures
The Audit Committee has established, and our Board of Directors has
approved, a pre-approval policy that
describes the permitted audit, audit-related, tax and other services to be provided by
BDO USA LLP, the Company’s independent registered accounting firm.
The policy requires that the Audit Committee pre-approve the audit and non-audit services performed by the independent
registered accounting firm in order to assure that the provision of
such services does not impair the firm’s independence.
Any requests for audit, audit-related,
tax and other services that have not received general
pre-approval must be submitted to the
Audit Committee for specific pre-approval, irrespective of the amount, and cannot
commence until such approval has been granted. Normally,
pre-approval is provided at regularly
scheduled meetings of the Audit Committee. However, the Audit
Committee may delegate pre-approval
authority to one or more of its members. The member or members to
whom such authority is delegated shall report any pre-approval decisions to the Audit Committee at its
next scheduled meeting. The Audit Committee does not delegate its
responsibilities to pre-approve
services performed by the independent registered accounting firm to
management.
THE
BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” PROPOSAL NO. 2 TO RATIFY THE
APPOINTMENT OF OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING
FIRM.
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AUDIT COMMITTEE
REPORT(1)
The following is the report of the Audit Committee with respect to
the Company’s audited financial statements for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2021.
In executing its responsibilities, the Audit Committee has reviewed
and discussed our audited financial statements for fiscal year 2021
with our management. The Audit Committee also has discussed with
BDO, our independent auditor for fiscal year 2021, the matters
required to be discussed by PCAOB Auditing Standard No. AS 1301,
“Communications with Audit Committees.” In addition, the Audit
Committee has received written disclosures and a letter from our
independent auditor delineating all relationships between them and
us, consistent with the applicable requirements of the PCAOB
regarding the independent auditor’s communications with the Audit
Committee concerning independence, and has discussed with them
matters pertaining to their independence.
Based upon the reviews and discussions referred to above, the Audit
Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the fiscal
year 2021 audited financial statements be included in the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for
filing with the SEC. The Audit Committee and Board of
Directors have also recommended the selection of BDO USA LLP as our
independent auditor for fiscal year 2021.
From the members of the Audit Committee:
Marcy Schwab (Chair)
A.J. Dunklau
Pankaj Dinodia
April 29, 2022
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OTHER BUSINESS
The Board of Directors knows of no other business to be presented
for action at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. If any
matters do come before the meeting on which action can properly be
taken, it is intended that the proxies shall vote in accordance
with the judgment of the person or persons exercising the authority
conferred by the proxy at the meeting. The submission of a proposal
does not guarantee its inclusion in our proxy statement or
presentation at the meeting unless certain securities law
requirements are met.
You
are cordially invited to participate in the 2022 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders. Whether or not you plan to participate in the
meeting, you are requested to indicate your vote as to the matters
to be acted on at the meeting by following the instructions
provided in the enclosed proxy card or voting instruction
form.
|
|
By order of the Board of Directors
|
|
|

|
|
|
Robert Ramsey
|
|
|
Chief Financial Officer
|
Wayne, Pennsylvania
May 2, 2022
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YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT. PLEASE VOTE
TODAY. Vote by Mobile or Internet QUICK EASY IMMEDIATE IMMEDIATE -
24 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week or by Mail Your Mobile or Internet
vote authorizes the named BM Technologies, Inc. proxies to vote
your shares in the same manner as if you marked, signed and
returned your proxy card. Votes submitted electronically over the
Internet must be received by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on
June 14, 2022. INTERNET –
www.cstproxyvote.com Use the Internet to vote your proxy. Have your
proxy card available when you access the above website. Follow the
prompts to vote your shares. Vote at the Meeting – If you plan to
attend the virtual online annual meeting, you will need your 12
digit control number to vote electronically at the annual meeting.
To attend the annual meeting, visit:
https://cstproxy.com/bmtechnologies/2022 MOBILE VOTING – On your
Smartphone/Tablet, open the QR Reader and scan the below image.
Once the voting site is displayed, enter your Control Number from
the proxy card and vote your shares. PROXY MAIL – Mark, sign and
date your proxy card and return it in the
postage-paid envelope
provided. FOLD HERE • DO NOT SEPARATE • INSERT IN ENVELOPE PROVIDED
Please mark your votes like this THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS
A VOTE “FOR” PROPOSALS 1, 2 AND 3. 1. Election of Directors
(1) Marcy Schwab (2) A.J. Dunklau (3) Mike Gill FOR all Nominees
listed to the left WITHHOLD AUTHORITY to vote (except as marked to
the contrary for all nominees listed to the left) 2. Ratification
of appointment of BDO USA, LLP as independent registered public
accounting firm. FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN (Instruction: To withhold
authority to vote for any individual nominee, strike a line through
that nominee’s name in the list above) 3. To transact such other
matters as may properly come before the 2022 annual meeting or any
adjournment or postponement thereof. FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN CONTROL
NUMBER Signature Signature, if held jointly Date 2022. Note: Please
sign exactly as name appears hereon. When shares are held by joint
owners, both should sign. When signing as attorney, executor,
administrator, trustee, guardian, or corporate officer, please give
title as such.
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ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BM Technologies, Inc. The
undersigned appoints Luvleen Sidhu and Robert Ramsey, and each as
proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and
authorizes each of them to represent and to vote, as designated on
the reverse hereof, all of the shares of common stock of BM
Technologies, Inc. held of record by the undersigned at the close
of business on April 29, 2022 at the Annual Meeting of
Stockholders of BM Technologies, Inc. to be held on June
15, 2022, or at any adjournment
thereof. THIS PROXY WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED AS
INDICATED. IF NO CONTRARY INDICATION IS MADE, THE PROXY WILL BE
VOTED IN FAVOR OF ELECTING THE THREE NOMINEES TO THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS, AND IN FAVOR OF PROPOSAL 2, AND IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE JUDGMENT OF THE PERSONS NAMED AS PROXY HEREIN
ON ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE ANNUAL
MEETING. THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS. (Continued, and to be marked, dated and signed, on the
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You May Vote Your Proxy When You
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Prompts To Vote Your Shares. BM Technologies, Inc. c/o Continental
Proxy Services 1 State Street, New York NY 10004 BM Technologies,
Inc. 201 King of Prussia Road, Suite 350 Wayne, PA 19087 NOTICE OF
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS to be held on JUNE
15, 2022 *Shareholders are cordially
invited to attend the Virtual Annual Meeting and to vote on the
Internet or any Mobile device. Dear Shareholder, The 2022 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders of BM Technologies, Inc. will be conducted
virtually over the Internet. You will be able to attend the annual
meeting, vote your shares electronically and submit your questions
during the live webcast of the meeting being held on Tuesday,
June 15, 2022 at 10:00 AM (Eastern Time)
by visiting https://www.cstproxy.com/bmtechnologies/2022. Proposals
to be considered at the Annual Meeting: (1) To consider and act
upon a proposal to elect three Class II directors to the Company’s
Board of Directors; (2) To consider and act upon a proposal to
ratify the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as the Company’s independent
registered public accounting firm for the 2022 fiscal year ending
December 31, 2022; and (3) To transact such
other matters as may properly come before the 2022 annual meeting
or any adjournment or postponement thereof. The Board of Directors
recommends a vote “FOR” all nominees under Proposal
1, and “FOR” Proposals 2 and 3. Your
electronic vote authorizes the named proxies to vote your shares in
the same manner as if you marked, signed, dated, and returned the
proxy card. Vote at the Meeting – If you plan to attend the virtual
online annual meeting, you will need your 12 digit control number
to vote electronically at the annual meeting. To attend the annual
meeting, visit: https://cstproxy.com/ bmtechnologies/2022 Vote Your
Proxy on the Internet: Go to http://www.cstproxyvote.com Have your
notice available when you access the above website. Follow the
prompts to vote your shares. MOBILE VOTING – On your
Smartphone/Tablet, open the QR Reader and scan the below image.
Once the voting site is displayed, enter your Control Number from
the proxy card and vote your shares. CONTROL NUMBER To view the
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BM Technologies, Inc. 201 King of
Prussia Road, Suite 350 Wayne, PA 19087 Important Notice Regarding
the Availability of Proxy Materials For the 2022 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders to be Held On June 15, 2022 The following Proxy
Materials are available to you to review at:
https://www.cstproxy.com/bmtechnologies/2022 - the Company’s Annual
Report for the year ended December 31, 2021. -
the Company’s 2022 Proxy Statement. - the Proxy Card. - any
amendments to the foregoing materials that are required to be
furnished to shareholders This is not a ballot. You cannot use this
notice to vote your shares. This communication presents only an
overview of the more complete proxy materials that are available to
you on the Internet. We encourage you to access and review all of
the important information contained in the proxy materials before
voting. If you would like to receive a paper or
e-mail copy of these
documents, you must request one. There is no charge for such
documents to be mailed to you. Please make your request for a copy
as instructed below on or before May 31, 2022 to
facilitate a timely delivery. You may also request that you receive
paper copies of all future proxy materials from the Company.
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