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): January 4, 2023
AVALON GLOBOCARE CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-38728 | 47-1685128 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification Number) |
4400 Route 9 South, Suite 3100, Freehold, New Jersey 07728
(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)
732-780-4400
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbols | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
| Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share | ALBT | The Nasdaq Capital Market |
Item 3.03. Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders.
On October 19, 2022, Avalon GloboCare Corp. (the “Company”) received a written consent in lieu of a meeting of Stockholders from holders of shares of common stock representing approximately 61.4% of the total issued and outstanding shares of common stock of the Company approving the granting of discretionary authority to the Board of Directors (the “Board”), at any time for a period of 12 months after the date of the Written Consent, to authorize the adoption of an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Rested Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), to effect a reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock at a ratio between 1 for 2 to 1 for 10, such ratio to be determined by the Board, or to determine not to proceed with the reverse stock split.
On December 22, 2022, the Company, filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “Certificate of Amendment”), which effected a reverse stock split of its common stock at a ratio of 1-to-10 with an effective time of, 12:01 a.m. eastern time, January 5, 2023 (the “Reverse Stock Split”), which was approved by the Board on December 19, 2022. Trading of the Company’s common stock on The NASDAQ Capital Market on a split-adjusted basis is expected to begin at the opening of trading on January 5, 2023 with a new CUSIP number (05344R 203).
As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, each 10 shares of common stock will be combined into one share of common stock and the total number of shares of common stock outstanding will be reduced from approximately 99.9 million shares to approximately 9.9 million shares. Because the Certificate of Amendment did not reduce the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock, the effect of the Reverse Stock Split was to increase the number of shares of common stock available for issuance relative to the number of shares issued and outstanding. The Reverse Stock Split did not alter the par value of the Company’s common stock or modify any voting rights or other terms of the Company’s common stock. No fractional shares would be issued if, as a result of the Reverse Stock Split, a stockholder would otherwise become entitled to a fractional share. Instead, stockholders who otherwise would be entitled to receive fractional shares because they held a number of shares not evenly divisible by the ratio of the Reverse Stock Split will automatically be entitled to receive an additional share of common stock. In other words, any fractional share will be rounded up to the nearest whole number.
The above description of the Certificate of Amendment and the Reverse Stock Split is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Certificate of Amendment, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1.
Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On December 22, 2022, the Company filed the Certificate of Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated herein by reference, to effect the Reverse Stock Split. The description of the Certificate of Amendment and the Reverse Stock Split set forth in Item 3.03 of this Current Report is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
The following exhibit is filed herewith:
(d) Exhibits.
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Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 3.1 | Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, of Avalon GloboCare Corp. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Date File (embedded within the Inline XRBL document) | |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| AVALON GLOBOCARE CORP. | |||
| Dated: January 4, 2023 | By: | /s/ Luisa Ingargiola | |
| Name: | Luisa Ingargiola | ||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | ||
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Exhibit 3.1
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
AVALON GLOBOCARE CORP.
Avalon GloboCare Corp. (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended (the “DGCL”), does hereby certify as follows:
1. The name of the Corporation is Avalon GloboCare Corp. The Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was originally filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on July 28, 2014 under the original name of the Corporation, Global Technologies Corp., and was amended by the Certificate of Amendment filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on October 18, 2016. An Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on April 24, 2018 (the “Certificate of Incorporation”).
2. The Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”), acting in accordance with the provisions of Sections 141 and 242 of the DGCL, adopted resolutions amending and restating Article IV of the Certificate of Incorporation thereof relating to the capital stock of the Corporation, so that, as amended and restated, Article IV shall be and read in its entirety, as follows:
ARTICLE IV
CAPITAL STOCK
The total number of shares of capital stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Five Hundred Million (500,000,000), of which (i) Four Hundred Ninety Million (490,000,000) shares shall be a class designated as common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), and (ii) Ten Million (10,000,000) shares shall be a class designated as undesignated preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Undesignated Preferred Stock”).
Except as otherwise provided in any certificate of designations of any series of Undesignated Preferred Stock, the number of authorized shares of the class of Common Stock or Undesignated Preferred Stock may from time to time be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares of such class outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL.
The powers, preferences and rights of, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions upon, each class or series of stock shall be determined in accordance with, or as set forth below in, this Article IV.
A. COMMON STOCK
Subject to all the rights, powers and preferences of the Undesignated Preferred Stock and except as provided by law or in this Certificate (or in any certificate of designations of any series of Undesignated Preferred Stock):
(a) the holders of the Common Stock shall have the exclusive right to vote for the election of directors of the Corporation (the “Directors”) and on all other matters requiring stockholder action, each outstanding share entitling the holder thereof to one vote on each matter properly submitted to the stockholders of the Corporation for their vote; provided, however, that, except as otherwise required by law, holders of Common Stock, as such, shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Certificate (or on any amendment to a certificate of designations of any series of Undesignated Preferred Stock) that alters or changes the powers, preferences, rights or other terms of one or more outstanding series of Undesignated Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series of Undesignated Preferred Stock are entitled to vote, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, on such amendment pursuant to this Certificate (or pursuant to a certificate of designations of any series of Undesignated Preferred Stock) or pursuant to the DGCL;
(b) dividends may be declared and paid or set apart for payment upon the Common Stock out of any assets or funds of the Corporation legally available for the payment of dividends, but only when and as declared by the Board of Directors or any authorized committee thereof; and
(c) upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, the net assets of the Corporation shall be distributed pro rata to the holders of the Common Stock.
B. UNDESIGNATED PREFERRED STOCK
The Board of Directors or any authorized committee thereof is expressly authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to provide by resolution or resolutions for, out of the unissued shares of Undesignated Preferred Stock, the issuance of the shares of Undesignated Preferred Stock in one or more series of such stock, and by filing a certificate of designations pursuant to applicable law of the State of Delaware, to establish or change from time to time the number of shares of each such series, and to fix the designations, powers, including voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers, preferences and the relative, participating, optional or other special rights of the shares of each series and any qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof.
C. REVERSE STOCK SPLIT
Upon the effectiveness of the amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation adding this paragraph thereto (the “Effective Time”), each ten (10) shares of outstanding Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share ( “Old Common Stock”), of the Corporation issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be, without any action of the holder thereof, automatically combined into one (1) validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “New Common Stock”) of the Corporation (the “Reverse Split”). Each stock certificate that, immediately prior to the Effective Time, represented shares of Old Common Stock shall, from and after the Effective Time, automatically and without the necessity of presenting the same for exchange, represent that number of whole shares of New Common Stock into which the shares of Old Common Stock represented by such certificate shall have been combined. No fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued as a result of the Reverse Split. In the event the Reverse Split leaves a stockholder with a fraction of a share, the number of shares due to the stockholder shall be rounded up. For example, if the Reverse Split leaves an individual stockholder with one and one half shares, the stockholder will be issued, post Reverse Split, two whole shares.
3. The foregoing amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation was duly approved by the Board.
4. Thereafter, pursuant to a resolution of the Board, this Certificate of Amendment was submitted to the stockholders of the Corporation for their approval, and was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the DGCL.
5. This amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation shall be effective on and as of as of the effective time of 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on January 5, 2023.
In Witness Whereof, the undersigned has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be signed by its duly authorized officer on the 19th day of December, 2022.
| Avalon GloboCare Corp. | ||
| By: | /s/ David Jin | |
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Name: Title: |
David Jin Chief Executive Officer | |