Bit Digital, Inc 6-K, filed Aug 3, 2022
Bit Digital, Inc (BTBT)
About this 6-K
Bit Digital, Inc filed this 6-K on August 3, 2022.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of July 2022
Commission File Number: 001-38421
BIT DIGITAL, INC.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
33 Irving Place, New York, NY 10003
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F
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Other Events - Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On July 29, 2022, Bit Digital, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”). The following matters were submitted to a vote of the Company’s shareholders at the Meeting: (i) the election of five (5) directors to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified; (ii) to authorize the Board of Directors to effect a reverse stock split; and (iii) to approve and adopt amended and restated versions of the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association.
At the Meeting, a total of 14,435,571 ordinary shares of the Company voted in person or by proxy, out of 82,426,279 (17.5%) ordinary shares entitled to vote at the Meeting; and 50,000,000 preference shares voted at the Meeting or an aggregate of 48.7% of the Company’s voting securities. A quorum of more than one-third of all voting securities was present at the Meeting. Set forth below are the number of final votes cast for, against, abstained or withheld, as to each matter:
Proposal 1. Election of Five (5) Directors:
| Nominee | For | Against | Abstained/Withheld | |||||||||
| Zhaohui Deng | 58,167,657 | 0 | 6,267,917 | |||||||||
| Erke Huang | 63,649,141 | 0 | 786,432 | |||||||||
| Ichi Shih | 58,213,867 | 0 | 6,221,706 | |||||||||
| Yan Xiong | 62,279,904 | 0 | 2,155,669 | |||||||||
| Brock Pierce | 63,889,965 | 0 | 545,608 | |||||||||
| Proposal 2 | ||||||||||||
| To authorize Reverse Stock Split | 57,187,864 | 7,202,938 | 44,768 | |||||||||
| Proposal 3 | ||||||||||||
| To approve and adopt amended and restated versions of the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association. | 58,334,451 | 5,997,710 | 103,410 | |||||||||
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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, thereunto duly authorized.
| Bit Digital, Inc. | ||
| (Registrant) | ||
| By: |
/s/ Erke Huang | |
| Name: | Erke Huang | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
Date: August 3, 2022
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