UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 2, 2024
Cemtrex
Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-37464 | 30-0399914 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
135 Fell Court Hauppauge, NY |
11788 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (631) 756-9116
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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 | CETX | Nasdaq Capital Market |
CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K
Cemtrex, Inc.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
Our Board has approved, and stockholders holding at least a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of our classes of voting stock have approved, by written consent in lieu of a special meeting, an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation to increase the authorize shares of Common Stock from 50,000,000 shares to 70,000,000 shares (the “Increase in Authorized Shares Certificate of Amendment”). The additional Common Stock authorized by the Increase in Authorized Shares Certificate of Amendment has rights identical to our currently outstanding Common Stock. The Company filed the Increase in Authorized Shares Certificate of Amendment, which was effective upon filing, with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on August 2, 2024.
The foregoing summary of the Increase in Authorized Shares Certificate of Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit Number | Exhibit Title | |
3.1 | Certificate of Amendment, dated August 2, 2024 | |
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
CEMTREX, INC. | ||
Date: August 2, 2024 | By: | /s/ Saagar Govil |
Saagar Govil | ||
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer |
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EXHIBIT 3.1
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF THE
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
CEMTREX INC.
(a Delaware corporation)
The undersigned, Saagar Govil, hereby certifies that:
1. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Cemtrex Inc. (the “Corporation”), a Delaware corporation, and is duly authorized by the resolutions adopted and approved at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Corporation to execute this instrument.
2. This Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was duly approved by the Corporation’s Board of Directors, and duly adopted by stockholders holding a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock and preferred stock of the Corporation, in accordance with the applicable provisions of Sections 228 and 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
3. The first paragraph of Article 4 of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
ARTICLE 4. CAPITAL STOCK. The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Eighty Million (80,000,000) shares, consisting of (i) Seventy Million (70,000,000) shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, and (ii) Ten Million (10,000,000) shares of Preferred Stock, par value of $0.001 per share. Except as otherwise provided by law, the shares of stock of the Corporation, regardless of class, may be issued by the Corporation from time to time in such amounts, for such consideration and for such corporate purposes as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.
4. The vote by which the stockholders holding shares in the corporation entitling them to exercise at least a majority of the voting power, or such greater proportion of the voting power as may be required in the case of a vote by classes or series, or as may be required by the provisions of the articles of incorporation have voted in favor of the amendment is: 39,962 shares of common stock, 50,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock and 132,298 shares of Series I Preferred Stock, voting as a single class, for 88.8% of the voting capital of the Corporation.
5. This Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation shall be effective upon filing.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation to be executed this 2nd day of August, 2024.
By: | /s/ Saagar Govil | |
Saagar Govil | ||
Chief Executive Officer |