Bit Digital, Inc 6-K, filed Sep 22, 2023
Bit Digital, Inc (BTBT)
About this 6-K
Bit Digital, Inc filed this 6-K on September 22, 2023.
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 September 2023
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
Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐
Other Events - Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On September 20, 2023, Bit Digital, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2023 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) the approval of the 2023 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan; and (iii) ratification of the appointment of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.
At the Meeting, a total of 16,404,424 ordinary shares of the Company voted in person or by proxy, out of 88,304,801 (18.57%) ordinary shares entitled to vote at the Meeting; and 50,000,000 preference shares voted at the Meeting or an aggregate of 48.01% 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 | 57,117,072 | 0 | 9,284,687 |
| Erke Huang | 63,561,371 | 0 | 2,843,053 |
| Ichi Shih | 55,714,293 | 0 | 10,524,026 |
| Yan Xiong | 60,323,217 | 0 | 6,078,542 |
| Brock Pierce | 60,328,616 | 0 | 6,073,142 |
| Proposal 2. | |||
| Approval of the 2023 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan | 65,710,355 | 609,007 | 85,062 |
| Proposal 3. | |||
| Ratification of Appointment of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm | 66,082,600 | 62,620 | 259,205 |
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/ Samir Tabar | |
| Name: | Samir Tabar | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
Date: September 22, 2023