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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): August 25, 2022 

 

PLANET GREEN HOLDINGS CORP.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) 

 

Nevada   001-34449   87-0430320

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

36-10 Union Street, 2nd Floor

Flushing, NY 11345

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, and Zip Code)

 

(718) 799-0380

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) 

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share   PLAG   NYSE American

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

  ¨ Written communication 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 communication pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

  ¨ Pre-commencement communication pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On August 25, 2022, at the Annual Meeting of Planet Green Holdings Corp. (the “Company”), stockholders elected Bin Zhou, Lili Hu, Luojie Pu, King Fai Leung and Yang Cao to serve as directors of the Company for one-year terms, expiring at the Company’s 2023 annual meeting. As of August 25, 2022, Chao Chen is no longer a member of the board of directors.

 

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

 

On August 29, 2022, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment (the “Certificate of Amendment”) to its Articles of Incorporation (as amended, the “Charter”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada to increase the total number of shares of all classes of stock which the Company has authority to issue to 1,100,000,000 consisting of (a) 1,000,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and (b) 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, to be issued from time to time with such rights, preferences and priorities as the Board of Directors shall designate.

 

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

On August 25, 2022, the Company held its 2022 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) at which the stockholders voted on the proposals set forth below, each of which is described in greater detail in the definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 12, 2022 (the “Proxy Statement”).

 

As of June 28, 2022 (the “Record Date”), there were 60,081,930 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company issued and outstanding. At the Annual Meeting, there were 42,814,844 shares voted, either in person or by proxy, and each of the proposals were approved by the stockholders. The final voting results for each matter submitted to the stockholders at the Annual Meeting are as follows:

 

1.The Director Election Proposal-- To elect each of the five (5) directors identified herein to the Company’s board of directors, with such directors to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until their respective successors are elected and qualified:

 

Election of Directors   For   Withheld
Bin Zhou   40,459,853   21,785
Lili Hu   40,459,853   21,784
Luojie Pu   40,466,052   15,586
King Fai Leung   40,376,798   104,840
Yang Cao   40,376,813   104,825

 

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2.Authorized Capital Increase Proposal-- to approve and adopt a proposal for amendment to the Company’s articles of incorporation to increase the total number of shares of all classes of stock which the Company has authority to issue to 1,100,000,000 consisting of (a) 1,000,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and (b) 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, to be issued from time to time with such rights, preferences and priorities as the Board of Directors shall designate.

 

Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions
40,345,174   133,913   2,551

 

3.The Auditor Ratification Proposal-- To ratify the appointment of WWW, P.C. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022:

 

Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions
42,775,646   13,432   25,766

 

4.The Adjournment Proposal-- to approve the proposal to authorize the adjournment the Annual Meeting to a later date in order to obtain sufficient votes to approve the foregoing proposals if there are not sufficient votes to approve such proposals:

 

Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions
42,590,625   207,148   17,071

 

Although this proposal received sufficient votes to be approved, as a result of the approval of each of the foregoing proposals, the adjournment of the Annual Meeting was determined not to be necessary or appropriate.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

  Description
3.1   Certificate of Amendment
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

 

PLANET GREEN HOLDINGS CORP.
   
  By: /s/ Bin Zhou
  Name:  Bin Zhou
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
   
Date: August 30, 2022  

 

 

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Exhibit 3.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Article II is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Nevada is 112 North Curry Street, Carson City, NV, 89703, USA. The name of the registered agent of the Corporation at such address is CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY.”

 

Article IV Section A is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“A. Authorized. The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the Corporation has authority to issue is 1,100,000,000, consisting of (a) 1,000,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), and (b) 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, to be issued from time to time with such rights, preferences and priorities as the Board of Directors shall designate.”

 

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AMNEDED AND RESTATED

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

PLANET GREEN HOLDINGS CORP.

 

PLANET GREEN HOLDINGS CORP., a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Nevada (the “Corporation”), by its Chief Executive Officer, hereby certifies as follows:

 

1. The name of the Corporation is “Planet Green Holdings Corp.”

 

2. The Amendment of Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation was filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada on October 1, 2018.

 

3. This Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation restates, integrates and amends the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation.

 

4. This Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (“Amended and Restated Articles”) was duly adopted by joint written consent of the directors and stockholders of the Corporation in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 78.403 of the Nevada Revised Statute (“NRS”).

 

5. The text of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended and restated to read in full as follows:

 

THE UNDERSIGNED, for the purpose of forming a corporation for the transaction of business and the promotion and conduct of objects and purposes hereinafter stated, under the provisions of and subject to the requirements of the laws of the State of Nevada, does make, record and file these Articles of Incorporation, in writing, and does hereby certify:

 

ARTICLE I 

NAME OF CORPORATION

 

The name of the Corporation is Planet Green Holdings Corp.

 

ARTICLE II 

ADDRESS OF REGISTERED OFFICE;

NAME OF REGISTERED AGENT

 

The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Nevada is 112 North Curry Street, Carson City, NV, 89703, USA. The name of the registered agent of the Corporation at such address is CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY

 

ARTICLE III

PURPOSE

 

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may now or hereafter be organized pursuant to laws of the State of Nevada.

 

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ARTICLE IV

CAPITAL STOCK

 

A.Authorized. The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the Corporation has authority to issue is 1,100,000,000, consisting of (a) 1,000,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), and (b) 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, to be issued from time to time with such rights, preferences and priorities as the Board of Directors shall designate.

 

B.Consideration for Issuance. The Corporation may, from time to time, issue and sell authorized shares of stock for consideration per share not less than the par value thereof, either in money, property or services, or for such other consideration, as permitted by law and as fixed by the Board. All such shares of stock so issued shall be fully paid and nonassessable.

 

C.Voting Rights. The holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each share so held with respect to each matter voted on by the stockholders of the Corporation. There will be no cumulative voting. Stockholders shall have the power, if the Bylaws so provide, to hold their meetings either within or without the State of Nevada.

 

D.Liquidation Rights. Subject to the rights of any outstanding preferred stock, upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, the holders of stock shall be entitled to receive all remaining assets of the Corporation and such assets shall be distributed ratably among the holders of stock on the basis of the number of shares of stock held by each of them. Neither the merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into another corporation, nor the merger or consolidation of another corporation with or into the Corporation, nor the sale, transfer or lease of all or substantially all the assets of the Corporation, or the reduction of the capital stock of the Corporation, shall be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation within the meaning of this paragraph.

 

E.Dividend Rights. Dividends may be paid on the stock as and when declared by the board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board”).

 

F.No Preemptive Rights. No holder of any shares of stock shall, as such holder, have any rights, preemptive or otherwise, to purchase, subscribe for or otherwise acquire any shares of stock, whether now or hereafter authorized, which at any time are offered for sale or sold by the Corporation.

 

G.Preferred Stock. The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series. The Board of Directors is hereby authorized to provide for the issuance of shares of Preferred Stock in one or more series and, by filing a certificate pursuant to the applicable law of the State of Nevada, to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each such series, and to fix the designation, powers, preferences and rights of the shares of each such series and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof.

 

H.“Upon the effectiveness of the amendment to the certificate of incorporation containing this sentence (the “Conversion Effective Time”), every 25 shares of Common Stock of the Corporation that are issued and outstanding as of October 1, 2018 shall be automatically combined and converted (the “Conversion”) into one share of Common Stock (collectively, the “Conversion Shares”).

 

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I.Within five business days following receipt of the Conversion Shares, each holder shall return the certificates for the shares of Common Stock to the Corporation, provided that failure by the holder to return a certificate for preferred stock will have no effect on the Conversion pursuant to this Article IV, which Conversion shall be deemed to occur upon the issuance by the Corporation of the Conversion Shares.

 

J.Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, there shall be no fractional shares issued and, in lieu thereof, a holder of Common Stock as of October 1, 2018 who would otherwise be entitled to a fraction of a share as a result of the reclassification, following the Conversion Effective Time, shall upon the surrender of such holders’ old stock certificate receive that number of shares of Common Stock as rounded up to the nearest whole share.”

 

ARTICLE V

DURATION

 

The Corporation shall have perpetual existence.

 

ARTICLE VI

BYLAWS

 

The Board shall have the power to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws except as specifically provided for in the Bylaws.

 

ARTICLE VII

LIMITATION ON DIRECTOR LIABILITY

 

A.Except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Nevada, no director or officer of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders or creditors for any damages as a result of any act or failure to act in such person’s capacity as a director or officer unless it is proven that (a) such person’s act or failure to act constituted a breach of such person’s fiduciary duties as a director or officer and (b) such person’s breach of those duties involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of law.

 

B.If the laws of the State of Nevada are amended after the approval of this Article VII to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors or officers of the Corporation, then the liability of directors and officers of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of Nevada, as amended.

 

C.Any repeal or modification of this Article VII shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director or officer of the Corporation with respect to acts or omissions of such director or officer prior to the time of such repeal or modification.

 

ARTICLE VIII

INDEMNIFICATION

 

A.Indemnification of Authorized Representatives. The Corporation shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of Nevada, as such laws may be amended from time to time, any person who was or is a party to, or is threatened to be made a party to, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”) by reason of the fact that such person was or is a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or was or is serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorney’s fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such proceeding. The Corporation shall be required to indemnify a person in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if the proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board, except with respect to a proceeding for the enforcement of rights to indemnification or advancement of expenses in accordance with Section C hereof.

 

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B.Advancing Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses actually and reasonably incurred in defending a third party proceeding or corporate proceeding in advance of the final disposition of such proceeding and within thirty (30) days of receipt by the secretary of the Corporation, if required by law, of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Article VIII. The financial ability of any director or officer to make a repayment contemplated by this section shall not be a prerequisite to the making of an advance.

 

C.Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses (including attorney’s fees) under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the claimant was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

D.Scope of this Article VIII. The indemnification of directors and officers and advancement of expenses, as authorized by the preceding provisions of this Article VIII, shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in an official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.

 

E.Insurance. The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any loss, liability or expense, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such loss, liability or expense under the laws of the State of Nevada.

 

F.Amendment or Repeal. Any repeal or modification of the provisions of this Article VIII shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.

 

ARTICLE IX

AMENDMENTS

 

The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in these Articles of Incorporation in the manner now and hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon officer, directors and stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, these Articles of incorporation have been executed this 29th day of August 2022.

 

  By: /s/ Bin Zhou
  Name:  Bin Zhou
  Title: Chairman & CEO

 

 

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