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): December 12, 2023
AEYE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-39699 | 37-1827430 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| of incorporation) |
| One Park Place, Suite 200, Dublin, California | 94568 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (925) 400-4366
| (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 |
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 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On December 12, 2023, the Company held a Special Meeting of Stockholders (the “Meeting”). Present in person or by proxy at the Meeting were shares of common stock representing 146,599,005 votes, or approximately 78.5% of the 186,864,019 shares outstanding and entitled to vote as of the record date of October 25, 2023.
At the Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved the following proposal, which was described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 31, 2023. The final voting result for the proposal submitted to a stockholder vote at the Meeting is as follows:
Proposal One – to approve a series of ten alternative potential amendments to the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to authorize the Company’s Board of Directors to effect a reverse stock split of the issued shares of our common stock, at ratios of one share of common stock for each multiple of five issued shares of our common stock between and including five and fifty, which ratio to become effective as determined by the Board of Directors if the Board of Directors subsequently determines to proceed with the reverse stock split:
| For | Against | Abstain | ||
127,377,874 | 9,173,789 | 10,047,342 |
The Company did not present Proposal Two (approval of a proposal to adjourn the Meeting to a later date or time, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies if there were not sufficient votes at the time of the Meeting to approve Proposal One) at the Meeting.
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.
| AEye, Inc. | |||
| Dated: December 13, 2023 | |||
| By: | /s/ Andrew S. Hughes | ||
| Andrew S. Hughes | |||
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary | |||