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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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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 14, 2024

 

Forward Industries, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

New York   001-34780   13-1950672
(State or Other Jurisdiction   (Commission   (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation)   File Number)   Identification No.)

 

700 Veterans Memorial Hwy. Suite 100

Hauppauge, New York 11788

(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)

 

(631) 547-3055

(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, par value $0.01 per share FORD The NASDAQ Capital Market

 

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 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 Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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

 

On June 10, 2024, at a special meeting of shareholders, the shareholders of Forward Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) approved an amendment to the Company’s certificate of incorporation to authorize a reverse stock split of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock at a ratio to be determined in the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors within a range of one-for-three through one-for-10, as previously disclosed on the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on June 10, 2024.

 

The Company’s Board of Directors approved a one-for-10 reverse stock split (the “Reverse Stock Split”) of the Company’s common stock and the filing of a Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation (the “Amendment”) to effectuate the Reverse Stock Split.

 

On June 14, 2024, the Company filed the Amendment with the New York State Department of State. As a result, every 10 shares of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock will automatically be combined into one share of common stock. No fractional shares will be issued as a result of the Reverse Stock Split. Shareholders of record who would otherwise be entitled to receive a fractional share will be entitled to the rounding up of the fractional share to the nearest whole number.

 

Beginning with the opening of trading on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, the Company’s common stock will continue to trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “FORD” on a split-adjusted basis under the new CUSIP number, 349862409.

 

The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No. Description of Exhibit
3.1Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of Forward Industries, Inc.
104Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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.

 

  FORWARD INDUSTRIES, INC.  
       
Date: June 20, 2024 By: /s/ Kathleen Weisberg  
    Name: Kathleen Weisberg  
    Title: Chief Financial Officer  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 3.1

 

 

STATE OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF STATE I hereby certify that the annexed copy for FORWARD INDUSTRIES, INC., File Number 240614000791 has been compared with the original document in the custody of the Secretary of State and that the same is true copy of said original. WITNESS my hand and official seal of the Department of State, at the City of Albany, on June 14 , 2024 . WALTER T . MOSLEY Secretary of State BRENDAN C. HUGHES Executive Deputy Secretary of State Authentication Number : 100005912399 To Verify the authenticity o f this document you may access the Division of Corporation’s Document Authentication Website at http : / / ec01p . dos.ny.go v

 

 

 

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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OF THE

CERTIFICATE O F INCORPORATION

OF

FORWARD INDUSTRIES, INC.

Under Section 805 of the Business Corporation Law

 

1.. The current name of the corporation is: Forward Industries, Inc. The name under which the Corporation was originally formed is Progress Heat Sealing Co., Inc.

 

2. The original certificate of incorporation was filed with the Department of State on March 6, 1961.

 

3. Upon filing of this Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation (the “Effective Time”) the Corporation shall effect a one-for-10 reverse stock split of its issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”). The Corporation is authorized to issue 44,000,000 shares, par value $0.01, consisting of 40,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 4,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Preferred Stock”).

 

Immediately prior to the Effective Time, (i) 10,061,185 shares of Common Stock are issued and outstanding; (ii) 100,000 shares of Series A Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 (“Series A’’) are authorized with 0 shares issued or outstanding; (iii) 29,938,815 shares of Common Stock are unissued; and (iv) 4,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock are unissued. As a result of the reverse stock split, at the Effective Time, 1,006,123 shares of Common Stock shall be issued and outstanding and 38,993,877 shares of Common Stock shall be unissued, subject to adjustment due to rounding up any fractional shares which holders would be entitled to receive on account of the reverse stock split to whole shares. As a result of the reverse stock split, at the Effective Time, there will be an additional 9,055,062 shares of Common Stock unissued and a decrease of 9,055,062 shares of Common Stock issued.

 

The amendment effected by this certificate of amendment is as follows:

 

Paragraph THIRD of the Certificate of Incorporation relating to the number of shares of stock of the Company is amended to read in its entirety as follows:

 

“THIRD: The aggregate number of shares which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 44,000,000, $0.01 par value per share, of which 4,000,000, par value $0.01 per share shall be designated as “preferred stock’’ and 40,000,000, par value $0.01 per share shall be designated “common stock’’.

 

Authority is hereby expressly granted to the Board of Directors of the Corporation from time to time to issue the preferred stock as preferred stock of any series and, in connection with the creation of each such series, to fix by the resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of shares thereof, the number of shares of such series, and the designations, relative rights, preferences, and limitations of such series, to the full extent now or hereafter permitted by the laws of the State of New York.

 

Effective on the acceptance date of this amendment (the “Reverse Split Date”), each 10 shares of common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Reverse Split Date (referred to in this paragraph as the “Old Common Stock”) automatically and with out any action on the part of the holder thereof will be reclassified and changed into one share of new common stock, par value $0.01 per share (referred to in this paragraph as the “New Common Stock” ), subject to the treatment of fractional share interests as described below. Each holder of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Reverse Split Date represented outstanding shares of Old Common Stock (the “Old Certificates”) will be entitled to receive, upon surrender of such Old Certificates to the Company for cancellation, a certificate or certificates (the “New Certificate” , whether one or more) representing the number of whole shares of the New Common Stock in to which and for which the shares of the Old Common Stock formerly represented by such Old Certificates so surrendered are reclassified under the terms hereof. From and after the Reverse Split Date, Old Certificates shall represent only the right to receive New Certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof. Any fraction of a share of Common Stock that would otherwise have resulted from the foregoing combination shall be rounded up to the nearest whole share of Common Stock.

 

 

 

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If more than one Old Certificate shall be surrendered at one time for the account of the same shareholder, the number of full shares of New Common Stock for which New Certificates shall be issued shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of shares represented by the Old Certificates so surrendered. In the event that the Company determines that a holder of Old Certificates has not tendered all his, her or its certificates for exchange, the Company shall carry forward any fractional share until all certificates of that holder have been presented for exchange. The Old Certificates surrendered for exchange shall be properly endorsed and otherwise in proper form for transfer. From and after the Reverse Split Date, the amount of capital represented by the shares of the New Common Stock into which and for which the shares of the Old Common Stock are reclassified wider the term hereof shall be an amount equal to the product of the number of issued and outstanding share of New Common Stock and the $0.01 par value of each such share.”

 

FOURTH: The certificate of amendment was authorized by the vote of the board of directors followed by a vote of a majority of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon at a meeting of shareholders .

  

 

/s/ Kathleen Weisberg   Kathleen Weisberg
6/14/2024   (Name of Signer)
     
    Chief Financial Officer
    (Title of Signer)

 

 

 

 

 

  Filed with the NYS Department of State on 6/14/2024  
  Filing Number 240614000791 DOS ID: 135940  

 

 

 

 

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