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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): September 24, 2021

 

ASCENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-32919   20-3672603
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

  12300 Grant Street  
  Thornton, CO 80241  
  (Address of principal executive offices)   

 

  (720) 872-5000  
  (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)  

 

Not Applicable 

(Former name, former address, and former fiscal year, 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 (17 CFR 230.425)

  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Common   ASTI   OTC

 

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).

 

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 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On September 15, 2021, Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Long-Term Supply and Joint Development Agreement (“JDA”) with TubeSolar AG (“TubeSolar”). TubeSolar is a significant existing stakeholder in the Company.

 

Under the terms of the JDA, the Company will produce, and TubeSolar will purchase, thin-film photovoltaic (“PV”) foils (“PV Foils”) for use in TubeSolar’s solar modules for agricultural photovoltaic (“APV”) applications that require solar foils for its production.

 

Ascent and TubeSolar have jointly established a subsidiary company in Germany, in which TubeSolar holds a minority stake of 30% (the “JV”). The purpose of the JV is to establish and operate a PV manufacturing facility in Germany that will produce and deliver PV Foils exclusively to TubeSolar. Until the JV facility is fully operational, PV Foils will be manufactured in the Company’s existing facility in Thornton, Colorado. The parties expect to jointly develop next generation tooling for use in manufacturing PV Foils at the JV facility.

 

Under the JDA, the Company will receive up (i) to $4 million of non-recurring engineering (“NRE”) fees, (ii) up to $13.5 million of payments upon achievement of certain agreed production and cost structure milestones, and (iii) product revenues from sales of PV Foils to TubeSolar.

 

The JDA has no fixed term, and may only be terminated by either party for breach.

 

The foregoing description of the JDA does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the JDA Agreement. The Company intends to file a redacted copy of the JDA as an exhibit to a future periodic report of the Company.

 

Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

 

To the extent required by Item 3.03 of Form 8-K, the information contained in Item 5.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 

On September 23, 2021, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (the “Certificate of Amendment”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock from 20 billion to 30 billion.

 


A copy of
the Certificate of Amendment is filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

       
(d) Exhibits    
 

 

Exhibit

Number

  Description
       
  3.1   Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company dated September 23, 2021
       
  104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (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.

 

 
                 
                 
        ASCENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
       
September 24, 2021       By:   /s/ Michael Gilbreth
                Name: Michael Gilbreth
                Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.1

 

 

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

TO THE

AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

ASCENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies as follows:

 

FIRST: That the Board of Directors of the Corporation has duly adopted resolutions (i) authorizing the Corporation to execute and file with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware this Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (this “Amendment”) and (ii) declaring this Amendment to be advisable, submitted to and considered by the stockholders of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon for approval by the affirmative vote of such stockholders in accordance with the terms of the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) and Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) and recommended for approval by the stockholders of the Corporation.

 

SECOND: That this Amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Incorporation and the provisions of Section 242 of the DGCL by the Board of Directors and stockholders of the Corporation.

 

THIRD: That the capital of the Corporation shall not be reduced under or by reason of this Amendment.

 

FOURTH: That upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, the Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended such that the first sentence of Article 4 of the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to read in its entirety as follows:

 

“The total number of shares of all classes of stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is thirty billion (30,000,000,000) shares of common stock, having a par value of $0.0001 per share, and twenty-five million (25,000,000) shares of preferred stock, having a par value of $0.0001 per share.”

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be executed by Michael Gilbreth, its Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, this 23rd day of September, 2021.

 

ASCENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

 

By: /s/ Michael Gilbreth

 

Name: Michael Gilbreth

 

Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer