UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

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 6, 2019 (June 5, 2019)

KBL MERGER CORP. IV

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (302) 502-2727

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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.  ☐

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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

On June 5, 2019, in connection with the Meeting (defined below), KBL Merger Corp. IV (the “Company”) filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter”), a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On June 5, 2019, the Company held a special meeting of stockholders (the “Meeting”). At the Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Charter extending the date by which the Company must consummate its initial business combination and the date for cessation of operations of the Company if the Company has not completed an initial business combination from June 7, 2019 to September 9, 2019 (or December 9, 2019 if the Company has executed a definitive agreement for an initial business combination by September 9, 2019) or such earlier date as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Extension Amendment Proposal”).

Set forth below are the final voting results for the Extension Amendment Proposal:

Stockholders holding 1,580,762 public shares exercised their right to redeem such public shares into a pro rata portion of the Trust Account. As a result, an aggregate of approximately $16,476,233 was removed from the Trust Account to pay such holders. Following such redemptions, a total of approximately $49,933,473 will remain in the Company’s trust account.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

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.

Dated: June 6, 2019

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