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): May 19, 2025
AXIL BRANDS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Delaware | 001-41958 | 47-4125218 |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
9150 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 245, Beverly Hills, California 90212
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(888) 638-8883
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
| Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share | AXIL | The NYSE American LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company 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).
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| Item 5.03 | Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
On May 19, 2025, AXIL Brands, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (“Certificate of Amendment”) with the Delaware Secretary of State to decrease the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, from 450,000,000 shares to 15,000,000 shares and to decrease the number of authorized shares of the Company’s preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, from 300,000,000 shares to 28,000,000 shares and correspondingly decrease the number of shares of preferred stock designated as Series A Preferred Stock from 250,000,000 shares to 27,773,500 shares, which was effective upon filing. As previously disclosed in the Company’s Definitive Information Statement on Schedule 14C filed on April 28, 2025, holders of a majority of the Company’s outstanding stock entitled to vote approved and adopted the Certificate of Amendment by written consent without a meeting of stockholders in accordance with Section 228 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
The foregoing summary of the Certificate of Amendment does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the full text of the Certificate of Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description of Exhibit | |
| 3.1 | Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of AXIL Brands, Inc., effective as of May 19, 2025 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the inline XBRL document). |
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.
| AXIL BRANDS, INC. | ||
| Date: May 19, 2025 | By: | /s/ Jeff Toghraie |
| Name: | Jeff Toghraie | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
Exhibit 3.1
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
AXIL BRANDS, INC.
AXIL Brands, Inc., (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), does hereby certify as follows:
| 1. | This Certificate of Amendment (the “Certificate of Amendment”) amends the provisions of the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on June 9, 2015, as amended by that Certificate of Amendment filed on June 13, 2022, that Certificate of Amendment filed on January 12, 2024, and that Certificate of Amendment filed on February 12, 2024 (as amended, the “Certificate of Incorporation”). |
| 2. | Paragraph A of Article IV of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation shall be amended and restated as follows: |
“A. Classes of Stock. This Corporation is authorized to issue two classes of stock to be designated, respectively, “Common Stock” and “Preferred Stock.” The total number of shares that this Corporation is authorized to issue is forty-three million (43,000,000) shares, of which fifteen million (15,000,000) shares shall be Common Stock each with a par value of $0.0001 per share, and twenty-eight million (28,000,000) shares shall be Preferred Stock, each with a par value of $0.0001 per share. The number of authorized shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote.”
| 3. | Paragraph D of Article IV of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation shall be amended and restated as follows: |
“D. Series A Preferred. A series consisting of twenty-seven million, seven hundred seventy-three thousand, five hundred (27,773,500) shares of Preferred Stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share is hereby established and designated as the “Series A Preferred Stock” of this Corporation. The Series A Preferred Stock shall have the rights, preferences and privileges, and shall be subject to the restrictions, as are hereinafter set forth below.”
| 4. | These amendments were duly adopted and approved by the Board of Directors and stockholders of the Corporation in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 228 and 242 of the DGCL. |
| 5. | This Certificate of Amendment shall become effective upon the filing of this Certificate of Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. |
| 6. | All other provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation shall remain in full force and effect. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be executed by the undersigned duly authorized officer this 19th day of May, 2025.
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AXIL BRANDS, INC.
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| /s/ Jeff Toghraie | |
| Name: Jeff Toghraie | |
| Title: Chief Executive Officer |