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
September 22, 2023
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
Yotta Acquisition Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Delaware | 001-41357 | N/A00-0000000 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
1185 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 301 New York, NY 10036 | 10036 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 612-1400
N/A
(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 |
| ☒ | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act |
| ☐ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act |
| ☐ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
| Units | YOTAU | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||
| Common Stock | YOTA | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||
| Warrants | YOTAW | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||
| Rights | YOTAR | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).
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 5.03 AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OR BYLAWS; CHANGE IN FISCAL YEAR.
The disclosure set forth in Item 5.07 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 5.07 SUBMISSION OF A MATTER TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.
On September 22, 2023, the Company held a Special Meeting of Stockholders (the “Special Meeting”). The record date for the stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Special Meeting was August 7, 2023. At the close of business on that date, the Company had 7,303,594 shares of common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to be voted at the Special Meeting. Of the 7,303,594 shares of common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to be voted at the Special Meeting, 6,096,911shares (or 83.48%), constituting a quorum, were represented in person or by proxy at the Special Meeting. At the Special Meeting, three proposals were submitted to the Company’s stockholders. The proposals are described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Proposal 4 was not voted on at the Special Meeting. The final voting results were as follows:
Proposal 1
The Company’s stockholders approved the amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination from September 22, 2023 to August 22, 2024 the “Extended Termination Date”), based upon the voting results set forth below.
| For | Against | Abstain |
| 5,712,254 | 384,637 | 0 |
Proposal 2
The Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s investment management trust agreement, dated as of April 19, 2022, as amended on April 19, 2023, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, to provide that the time for the Company to complete its initial business combination under the Trust Agreement shall be extended from September 22, 2023 to August 22, 2024 (the “Second Trust Amendment”) without depositing any additional funds the trust account based upon the voting results set forth bleow.
| For | Against | Abstain |
| 5,456,938 | 261,869 | 0 |
Proposal 3
A proposal to amend Article Sixth, Paragraph D. of the Amended Charter to modify the net tangible asset requirement to state that the Company will not consummate any business combination unless it (i) has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon consummation of such business combination, or (ii) is otherwise exempt from the provisions of Rule 419 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Approval of the NTA Amendment Proposal required the affirmative vote of at least upon the voting results set forth below.
| For | Against | Abstain |
| 5,867,411 | 229,480 | 20 |
The Company had solicited proxies to approve an adjournment proposal but this proposal was not presented at the meeting.
The Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation on September 22, 2023 reflecting the amendments approved at the Special Meeting. A copy of the Company’s Certificate of Amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated by reference.
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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| (d) | Exhibits |
The following exhibit is filed herewith:
| Exhibit No. | Description of Exhibits | |
| 3.1 | Certificate of Amendment | |
| 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.
| Dated: September 28, 2023 | Yotta Acquisition Corporation | |
| By: | /s/ Hui Chen | |
| Name: | Hui Chen | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
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