AEAE 8-K
AltEnergy Acquisition Corp (AEAE)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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| Item 5.03. | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
The information disclosed in Item 5.07 of this Current Report on Form 8-K under the heading “Proposal 1” is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03 to the extent required.
| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On April 28, 2023, AltEnergy Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) held a special meeting of stockholders (the “Special Meeting”). As of April 10, 2023, the record date of the Special Meeting, there were 28,750,000 issued and outstanding shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) comprised of 23,000,000 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class A Shares”), and 5,750,000 shares of the Company’s Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share. At the Special Meeting, approximately 89% of the total shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the record date were present in person or by proxy, which constituted a quorum. A summary of the voting results at the Special Meeting for each of the proposals is set forth below.
Proposal 1
The Company’s stockholders approved the proposal to file an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of Delaware (the “Amendment”) to extend the date from May 2, 2023, to May 2, 2024 (the “Extension,” and such proposal, the “Extension Proposal”) by which the Company must (1) consummate a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (an “initial business combination”) or (2) cease its operations except for the purpose of winding up if it fails to complete such initial business combination, and redeem all of the Class A Shares included as part of the units sold in the Company’s initial public offering that was consummated on November 2, 2021. The voting results for such proposal were as follows:
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| 22,260,296 | 3,303,997 | 1,000 |
On April 28, 2023, to effectuate the Extension, the Company filed the Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Amendment, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Stockholders holding 21,422,522 Class A Shares exercised their right to redeem such shares for a pro rata portion of the funds in the Company’s trust account (“Trust Account”) in connection with the Extension. As a result, $222,365,779 (approximately $10.38 per share) will be removed from the Trust Account to pay such holders.
Proposal 2
The proposal to adjourn the Special Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary or convenient, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies in the event that there were insufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the approval of the Extension Proposal, was not presented at the Special Meeting as the Extension Proposal received a sufficient number of votes for approval.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits. |
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Description | |
| 3.1.1 | First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of AltEnergy Acquisition Corp. | |
SIGNATURE
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.
| ALTENERGY ACQUISITION CORP. | ||
| By: | /s/ Russell Stidolph | |
| Name: | Russell Stidolph | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
Date: April 28, 2023
Exhibit 3.1.1
FIRST AMENDMENT
TO THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
ALTENERGY ACQUISITION CORP.
(Pursuant to Section 242 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law)
The undersigned, being a duly authorized officer of ALTENERGY ACQUISITION CORP. (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, does hereby certify as follows:
1. The name of the Corporation is AltEnergy Acquisition Corp.
2. The Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation was filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on February 9, 2021. An Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on October 28, 2021 and was further updated pursuant to a Certificate of Correction filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on March 20, 2023 (the “Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation”).
2. This First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation amends the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
3. This First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was duly adopted by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 65% of the stock entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders in accordance with Article VII of the Amended and Restated Charter and the provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “DGCL”).
4. The text of Section 8.1(b) of Article VIII is hereby amended to read in full as follows:
“(b) Immediately after the Offering, a certain amount of the net offering proceeds received by the Corporation in the Offering (including the proceeds of any exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option) and certain other amounts specified in the Corporation’s registration statement on Form S-1, as initially filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 6, 2021 (the “Registration Statement”), shall be deposited in a trust account (the “Trust Account”), established for the benefit of the Public Stockholders (as defined below) pursuant to a trust agreement described in the Registration Statement. Except for the withdrawal of interest to pay franchise and income taxes, none of the funds held in the Trust Account (including the interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account) will be released from the Trust Account until the earliest to occur of (i) the completion of the initial Business Combination, (ii) the redemption of 100% of the Offering Shares (as defined below) if the Corporation is unable to complete its initial Business Combination within 30 months from the closing of the Offering and (iii) the redemption of shares in connection with a vote seeking to amend any provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity (as described in Section 8.7). Holders of shares of Common Stock included as part of the units sold in the Offering (the “Offering Shares”) (whether such Offering Shares were purchased in the Offering or in the secondary market following the Offering and whether or not such holders are the Sponsor or officers or directors of the Corporation, or affiliates of any of the foregoing) are referred to herein as “Public Stockholders.”.
5. The text of Section 8.2(d) of Article VIII is hereby amended to read in full as follows:
“(d) In the event that the Corporation has not consummated an initial Business Combination within 30 months from the closing of the Offering, the Corporation shall (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten (10) business days thereafter subject to lawfully available funds therefor, redeem 100% of the Offering Shares in consideration of a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest not previously released to the Corporation to pay its franchise and income taxes (less up to $100,000 of such net interest to pay dissolution expenses), by (B) the total number of then outstanding Offering Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish rights of the Public Stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining stockholders and the Board in accordance with applicable law, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to the Corporation’s obligations under the DGCL to provide for claims of creditors and other requirements of applicable law.”
6. The text of Section 8.7 of Article VIII is hereby amended to read in full as follows:
“Section 8.7 Additional Redemption Rights. If, in accordance with Section 8.1(a), any amendment is made to this Amended and Restated Certificate (a) to modify the substance or timing of the Corporation’s obligation to redeem 100% of the Offering Shares if the Corporation has not consummated an initial Business Combination within 30 months from the date of the closing of the Offering or to provide for redemption in connection with an initial Business Combination, the Public Stockholders shall be provided with the opportunity to redeem their Offering Shares upon the approval of any such amendment, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest not previously released to the Corporation to pay its franchise and income taxes, divided by the number of then outstanding Offering Shares; provided, however, that any such amendment will be voided, and this Article VIII will remain unchanged, if any stockholders who wish to redeem are unable to redeem due to the Redemption Limitation.”
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, AltEnergy Acquisition Corp. has caused this Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate to be duly executed in its name and on its behalf by an authorized officer as of this 28th day of April, 2023.
| By: | Russell Stidolph | |
| Russell Stidolph | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||