UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 7, 2023

 

ABVC BIOPHARMA, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada		001-40700		26-0014658
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

44370 Old Warm Springs Blvd. Fremont, CA		94538
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number including area code: (510) 668-0881

 

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

☐	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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

 

Title of Each Class		Trading Symbol		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share		ABVC		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company ☐

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 

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

 

On July 7, 2023, ABVC BioPharma, Inc. (the “Company”) held a special meeting of shareholders (the “Special Meeting”). At the Special Meeting, the Company’s shareholders voted on 1 proposal. At the beginning of the Special Meeting, 19,044,974 shares of common stock, which represents 57.57% of the voting power of the shares entitled to vote at the Special Meeting, were represented by proxy, which constituted a quorum for the transaction of business.

 

We are filing this Current Report on Form 8-K to disclose the voting results from the Special Meeting.

 

1.

To approve granting the Board the authority to effect one or more reverse splits of the Company’s issued and outstanding Common Stock by a ratio of up to one-for-fifteen, at any time or from time to time, prior to July 7, 2024, with the exact timing and amount of each split to be determined by the Board in its sole discretion and file a Certificate of Amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation regarding same.

  

For		Against		Abstain
18,631,480		413,494		0

 

The Company’s board of directors intends to effect a reverse stock split within the approved ratio in the near future. The Company will file another current report on Form 8-K to disclose when such split is implemented.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit Number		Exhibit
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

	ABVC BioPharma, Inc.
July 7, 2023	By:	/s/ Uttman Patil
		Uttman Patil
		Chief Executive Officer

 

 

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