Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On April 21, 2025, Bolt Projects Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) effected a 1-for-20 reverse stock split of its common stock (the “Reverse Stock Split”). As previously disclosed, at its special meeting of stockholders held on April 9, 2025 (the “Special Meeting”), the stockholders of the Company approved a proposal to authorize the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), in its discretion following the Special Meeting, to amend the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) to effect a reverse stock split of all of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, in a ratio within the range from each whole number between and including ten (10) and twenty (20) (the “Reverse Split Ratios”). On April 9, 2025, following the Special Meeting, the Board approved the Reverse Stock Split at a ratio of 1-for-20. On April 21, 2025, the Company filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware a certificate of amendment (the “Certificate of Amendment”) to amend the Certificate of Incorporation to effect the Reverse Stock Split. The Reverse Stock Split has become effective at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on April 21, 2025.
As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, every 20 shares of the Company’s common stock issued or outstanding were automatically reclassified into one new share of common stock, subject to the treatment of fractional shares as described below, without any action on the part of the holders. Proportionate adjustments will be made to the number of shares underlying the Company’s outstanding warrants and equity awards, as applicable, as well as to the number of shares issuable under the Company’s equity incentive plans and certain existing agreements, as well as the exercise price, as applicable. The common stock issued pursuant to the Reverse Stock Split remain fully paid and non-assessable. The Reverse Stock Split did not affect the number of authorized shares of common stock or the par value of the common stock.
No fractional shares will be issued in connection with the Reverse Stock Split. Stockholders who would otherwise be entitled to receive fractional shares as a result of the Reverse Stock Split will be entitled to a cash payment in lieu thereof at a price equal to the fraction to which the stockholder would otherwise be entitled multiplied by the closing sales price per share of the common stock (as adjusted to give effect to the Reverse Stock Split) on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC on April 21, 2025, the last trading day immediately preceding the effective time of the Reverse Stock Split.
Trading of the Company’s common stock on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC is expected to commence on a split-adjusted basis when the market opens on April 22, 2025, under the existing trading symbol “BLSK.” The new CUSIP number for the Company’s common stock following the Reverse Stock Split is 09769B 206. The Company’s public warrants will continue to trade on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “BLSKW” with the same CUSIP number.
The foregoing description of the Certificate of Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Certificate of Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements, including within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements regarding the Reverse Stock Split process and expected trading on a split-adjusted basis. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “aim,” “anticipate,” “approach,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “goal,” “intend,” “look,” “may,” “mission,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “pursue,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would,” or the negative thereof and similar words and expressions. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to our failure to meet the continued listing requirements of Nasdaq could result in a delisting of our common stock and other important factors discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” in our Prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 4, 2025, as such factors may be updated from time to time in our filings with the SEC. Any such forward-looking statements represent management’s estimates as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K. While we may elect to update such forward-looking statements at some point in the future, except as required by law, we disclaim any obligation to do so, even if subsequent events cause our views to change. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any date subsequent to the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K.