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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): March 15, 2023

 

CRYPTYDE, INC.

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-41033   87-2755739

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

200 9th Avenue North, Suite 220

Safety Harbor, Florida

  34695
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (888) 765-8933

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Not Applicable

 

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

 

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, $0.001 par value   TYDE   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

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 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 report is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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

 

On March 16, 2023, Cryptyde, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Certificate of Amendment (the “Certificate of Amendment”) to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) with the Secretary of State of Delaware to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) from 250,000,000 to 500,000,000 and to make a corresponding change to the number of authorized shares of capital stock, effective as of 4:05 p.m. (New York time) on March 16, 2023 (the “Increase of Authorized Shares”). As reported below under Item 5.07 of this report, the Company held a special meeting of stockholders on March 15, 2023 (the “Special Meeting”), at which meeting the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation to authorize the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), at the Board’s discretion, to effect the Increase of Authorized Shares. Following the Special Meeting, the Board determined to effect the Increase of Authorized Shares.

 

For more information about the Increase of Authorized Shares, see the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 6, 2023 (the “Proxy Statement”), the relevant portions of which are incorporated herein by reference. The information set forth herein is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Certificate of Amendment, a copy of which is filed with this report as Exhibit 3.1.

 

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

The Special Meeting was held on March 15, 2023. The matters described below were submitted to a vote of the holders of the Company’s Common Stock and Series A Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class, at the Special Meeting. Each proposal is described in detail in the Proxy Statement. The final voting results are as follows:

 

  1. Proposal to approve an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation to authorize the Board, at the Board’s discretion, to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company’s Common Stock from 250,000,000 to 500,000,000 and to make a corresponding change to the number of authorized shares of capital stock (the “Share Increase Proposal”):

 

For   Against   Abstain 
 13,658,410,368    11,384,760,387    160,121,359 

 

 

 

 

  2. Proposal to approve an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation to effect, at the discretion of the Board but prior to the one-year anniversary of the date on which the reverse stock split is approved by the Company’s stockholders, a reverse stock split of all of the outstanding shares of Common Stock at a ratio in the range of 1-for-2 to 1-for-50, with such ratio to be determined by the Board in its discretion and included in a public announcement (the “Reverse Stock Split Proposal”):

 

For   Against   Abstain 
 15,158,213,939    9,771,377,350    273,700,825 

 

  3. Proposal to adjourn the Special Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary or appropriate, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies in the event that there are insufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the approval of the Share Increase Proposal or the Reverse Stock Split Proposal:

 

For   Against   Abstain 
 13,799,069,540    11,012,882,227    391,340,347 

 

For more information about the foregoing proposals, see the Proxy Statement, the relevant portions of which are incorporated herein by reference. The results reported above are final voting results. No other matters were considered or voted upon at the meeting.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.   Description
3.1   Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of Cryptyde, Inc.
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.

 

Date: March 16, 2023

 

  Cryptyde, Inc.
   
  By: /s/ Brian McFadden
  Name: Brian McFadden
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.1

 

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO

THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF CRYPTYDE, INC.

 

Pursuant to Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, Cryptyde, Inc., a corporation organized under and existing by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (“DGCL”), DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:

 

  1. The name of the corporation is Cryptyde, Inc. (the “Corporation”).
     
  2. The date of filing the original Certificate of Incorporation of this Corporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware was March 9, 2022.
     
  3. Resolutions were duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation setting forth this proposed Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation and declaring said amendment to be advisable and calling for the consideration and approval thereof at a meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation.
     
  4. Effective as of 4:05 PM, New York time, on March 16, 2023, the Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended by amending and restating paragraph (a) of Article FOURTH in its entirety as follows:

 

“(a) The total number of shares of capital stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is five hundred ten million (510,000,000) shares, consisting of five hundred million (500,000,000) shares of Common Stock, each having a par value of $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), and ten million (10,000,000) shares of Preferred Stock, each having a par value of $0.001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”).”

 

  5. The foregoing amendment was effected pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors of said corporation.
     
  6. Thereafter, pursuant to a resolution by the Board of Directors, this Certificate of Amendment was submitted to the stockholders of the Corporation for their approval in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the DGCL. Accordingly, said proposed amendment has been adopted in accordance with Section 242 of the DGCL.

 

[Signature page follows.]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Cryptyde, Inc. has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be duly executed by the undersigned duly authorized officer as of this 16th day of March, 2023.

 

  CRYPTYDE, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Brett Vroman
  Name: Brett Vroman
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

[Signature Page to Certificate of Amendment (Share Increase Amendment)]