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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 24, 2020

 

DASAN ZHONE SOLUTIONS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

 

Delaware

000-32743

22-3509099

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File No.)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

5700 Tennyson Parkway, Suite 400

Plano, Texas 75024

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)

 

(469) 327-1531

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

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))

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

DZSI

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

On August 24, 2020, our board approved an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation to change our name to “DZS Inc.”.  On August 26, 2020, we filed a Certificate of Amendment to our Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Delaware Secretary of State reflecting the above action.  The name change took effect upon filing. The Company’s trading symbol “DZSI” did not change.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits. 

The following exhibit is filed herewith:

 

 

 

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

 

 

3.1

 

 

 

Certificate of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on August 26, 2020.

104

 

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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: August 27, 2020

 

DASAN Zhone Solutions, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Thomas J. Cancro

 

 

 

 

Thomas J. Cancro

 

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

Exhibit 3.1

 

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OF

RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

DASAN ZHONE SOLUTIONS, INC.

 

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Pursuant to Section 242 of the General

Corporation Law of the State of Delaware

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DASAN Zhone Solutions, Inc., a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), does hereby certify as follows:

 

1.The present name of the Corporation is DASAN Zhone Solutions, Inc.

 

2.The original certificate of incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on April 21, 1997 under the name MWD, Inc.

 

3.Article I of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

 

“The name of the corporation is DZS Inc. (the “Corporation”).”

 

4.This Amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be executed as of the 26th day of August, 2020.

 

 

DASAN ZHONE SOLUTIONS, INC.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Thomas J. Cancro

 

Thomas J. Cancro

 

Corporate Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer