UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): June 1, 2018

 

CARBON ENERGY CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

Delaware   000-02040   26-0818050

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File

Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

1700 Broadway, Suite 1170, Denver, Colorado   80290
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

  (720) 407-7043  
  (Registrant’s telephone number including area code)  

 

  CARBON NATURAL GAS COMPANY  
  (Former Name or former address, if changed since last report)  

 

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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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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 13a of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 

  

 

 

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

 

Carbon Natural Gas Company, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), filed a certificate of amendment (the “ Certificate of Amendment ”) to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, pursuant to which (i) the Company changed its name to “Carbon Energy Corporation” (the “ Name Change ”) and (ii) increased the number of authorized shares of its $0.01 par value common stock (the “ Common Stock ”) from ten million (10,000,000) to thirty-five million (35,000,000) (the “ Authorized Stock Increase ”). In accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “ Board ”) approved the Name Change without stockholder approval. The Authorized Stock Increase was approved by the holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock and Series B Convertible Preferred Stock by a written consent dated April 23, 2018. The Certificate of Amendment was filed May 1, 2018 with a delayed effective date of June 1, 2018. The Board also approved an administrative amendment to the Company’s Amended & Restated Bylaws to reflect the Name Change (“ Amendment No. 1 to Amended & Restated Bylaws ”).

 

The foregoing summary of the Certificate of Amendment and Amendment No. 1 to Amended & Restated Bylaws does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Certificate of Amendment and Amendment No. 1 to Amended & Restated Bylaws, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibit 3(i) and Exhibit 3(ii) and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01     Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.   Description
3(i)   Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Carbon Natural Gas Company, effective June 1, 2018
3(ii)   Amendment No. 1 to Amended & Restated Bylaws of Carbon Natural Gas Company

 

  1  

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

 

    CARBON ENERGY CORPORATION
June 4, 2018    
    /s/ Patrick R. McDonald
   

Patrick R. McDonald,

Chief Executive Officer

 

  2  

 Exhibit 3(i)

 

 

State of Delaware

Secretary of State

Division of Corporations

Delivered 09:14 AM 05/01/2018

FILED 09:14 AM 05/01/2018

SR 20183198745 - FileNumber 4411454

 

Certificate of Amendment

 

to the

 

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

 

Of

 

Carbon Natural Gas Company

 

This Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Carbon Natural Gas Company (the “ Corporation ”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, is hereby duly adopted pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

1.           Article 1 of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Carbon Natural Gas Company is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety by the following:

 

“The name of the Corporation is Carbon Energy Corporation. ”

 

2.           Section 4.1 of Article 4 of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Carbon Natural Gas Company is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety by the following:

 

“4.1   Authorized Shares . The total number of shares of stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Thirty Six Million (36,000,000) shares, consisting of (i) Thirty Five Million (35,000,000) shares of common stock, each with par value of $0.01 (the “ Common Stock ”) and (ii) One Million (1,000,000) shares of preferred stock, each with par value of $0.01 (the “ Preferred Stock ”).”

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned authorized officer of the Corporation, for the purpose of amending the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law, does hereby make and file this Certificate of Amendment, hereby declaring and certifying that the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly has hereunto set his hand this 1st day of May, 2018.

 

This Certificate of Amendment shall become effective June 1, 2018.

 

  /s/ Kevin D. Struzeski
  Kevin D. Struzeski,
  Chief Financial Officer,
  Secretary and Treasurer

 

 

Exhibit 3(ii)

 

AMENDMENT No. 1

TO THE AMENDED & RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

CARBON NATURAL GAS COMPANY

  

WHEREAS, effective as of June 1, 2018, the name of Carbon Natural Gas Company (the “ Corporation ”) was changed to “Carbon Energy Corporation;” and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority provided by Section 109 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, Article 6 of the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and Article 13 of the Corporation’s Amended & Restated Bylaws, the Board of Directors of the Corporation is authorized and empowered to repeal, alter or amend the Corporation’s bylaws or adopt new bylaws for the Corporation; and

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors has determined that it is in the best interest of the Corporation to amend the Amended & Restated Bylaws to reflect the new name of the Corporation as set forth below (“ Amendment No. 1 to the Amended & Restated Bylaws ”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Directors hereby amends the Amended & Restated Bylaws to change the name of the Corporation from “Carbon Natural Gas Company” to “Carbon Energy Corporation.”

 

Except as modified by this Amendment No. 1 to the Amended & Restated Bylaws, the Amended & Restated Bylaws shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned authorized officer of the Corporation, for the purpose of amending the Amended & Restated Bylaws of Carbon Natural Gas Company, does declare and certify that the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly has hereunto set his hand this 1st day of June, 2018.

 

  /s/ Kevin D. Struzeski
  Kevin D. Struzeski,
  Chief Financial Officer,
  Secretary and Treasurer