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) October 15, 2021 (October 13, 2021)
American Noble Gas, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | | 001-17204 | | 20-3126437 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
15612 College Blvd.
Lenexa, KS 66219
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (913) 948-9512
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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| Item 5.03. | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
Effective as of 5:44 p.m. Eastern Time on October 14, 2021, Infinity Energy Resources, Inc. (the “Company”) changed its name to “American Noble Gas, Inc.” pursuant to a Certificate of Amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation (as amended to date, the “Charter”) filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
Also, effective October 14, 2021, the Company amended and restated its Bylaws to reflect the change of its name described above.
The foregoing descriptions of the amendments to the Company’s Charter and Amended and Restated Bylaws are not complete and are subject to and qualified in their entirety by reference to the descriptions of the additional changes to the Company’s Charter and Amended and Restated Bylaws which were approved in the annual meeting of shareholders discussed in Item 5.07 below, together with the Articles of Amendment, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended, a composite copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.2, each of which is incorporated herein by reference. In addition, a marked copy of the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws indicating changes made to this document, as it existed immediately prior to the adoption of the amendment, is attached as Exhibit 3.3, and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
The Company held its annual meeting of the shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on Wednesday, October 13, 2021. There were 13,222,427 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting, constituting approximately 58.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock on August 24, 2021, the record date for the Annual Meeting (the “Record Date”), and establishing a quorum. The matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting and the results of such voting are set forth below.
Proposal One: Election of Three Directors of the Company;
| Name | | Votes
For | | | Votes
Withheld | | | Broker
Non-Votes | |
| Stanton E. Ross | | | 12,224,764 | | | | 35,141 | | | | 962,522 | |
| Leroy C. Richie | | | 12,238,967 | | | | 20,938 | | | | 962,522 | |
| Daniel F. Hutchins | | | 12,242,206 | | | | 17,699 | | | | 962,522 | |
All nominees were duly elected.
Proposal Two: Approval of an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, removing the provision providing that any action taken by the stockholders by written consent in lieu of a meeting requires that all of the Company’s stockholders entitled to vote on such action consent in writing thereto (the “Stockholder Written Consent Amendment Proposal”);
Votes
For | | | Votes
Against/
Withheld | | | Abstain | | | Broker
Non-Votes | |
| | 12,216,109 | | | | 43,084 | | | | 712 | | | | 962,522 | |
The Stockholder Written Consent Amendment Proposal was approved.
Proposal Three: Approval of an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, increasing the Company’s authorized shares of common stock from 75,000,000 shares to 500,000,000 shares (the “Share Increase Proposal”);
Votes
For | | | Votes
Against/
Withheld | | | Abstain | | | Broker
Non-Votes | |
| | 12,917,630 | | | | 301,973 | | | | 2,824 | | | | -0- | |
The Share Increase Proposal was approved.
Proposal Four: Approval of an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, changing the Company’s name to American Noble Gas, Inc. (the “Name Change Proposal”);
Votes
For | | | Votes
Against/
Withheld | | | Abstain | | | Broker
Non-Votes | |
| | 13,091,528 | | | | 24,784 | | | | 106,115 | | | | -0- | |
The Name Change Proposal was approved.
Proposal Five: Approval of the adoption of the Company’s 2021 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan (the “2021 Plan Proposal”);
Votes
For | | | Votes
Against/
Withheld | | | Abstain | | | Broker
Non-Votes | |
| | 12,202,595 | | | | 36,548 | | | | 20,762 | | | | 962,522 | |
The appointment of RBSM LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2021 was ratified.
Proposal Six: Ratification of the appointment of RBSM LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2021;
Votes
For | | | Votes
Against/
Withheld | | | Abstain | | | Broker
Non-Votes | |
| | 12,726,423 | | | | 495,894 | | | | 110 | | | | -0- | |
The appointment of RBSM LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2021 was ratified.
Proposal Seven: Approval of a non-binding advisory proposal to approve the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers (the “Say-on-Pay Proposal”);
Votes
For | | | Votes
Against/
Withheld | | | Abstain | | | Broker
Non-Votes | |
| | 12,201,633 | | | | 42,018 | | | | 16,254 | | | | 962,522 | |
The non-binding Say-on-Pay Proposal was approved.
Proposal Eight: Approval of a non-binding advisory proposal on the frequency of the stockholder advisory vote on executive compensation (the “Say-on-Pay Frequency Proposal”);
Votes For
One-Year | | | Votes For Every
Two-years | | | Votes For Every
Three years | | | Abstain | | | Broker
Non-Votes | |
| | 138,112 | | | | 1,169,160 | | | | 10,940,933 | | | | 11,700 | | | | 962,522 | |
The non-binding Say-on-Pay Frequency proposal for every three years was approved.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
On October 13, 2021, the Company changed the address of its principal executive office to 15612 College Blvd., Lenexa, Kansas 66219.
(d) Exhibits.
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.
| Date: October 15, 2021 | American Noble Gas, Inc. |
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| | By: | /s/ Stanton E. Ross |
| | Name: | Stanton E. Ross |
| | Title: | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer |
