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): July 9, 2020

 

KBL MERGER CORP. IV

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware   001-38105   81-3832378
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

30 Park Place, Suite 45E

New York, NY

  10007
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

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):

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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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:

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)  

Name of each exchange on

which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share   KBLM   The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Warrants, each warrant exercisable for one-half of one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $5.75 per half share   KBLMW   The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Rights, exchangeable into one-tenth of one share of Common Stock   KBLMR   The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Units, each consisting of one share of Common Stock, one Warrant and one Right   KBLMU   The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

 

 

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

On July 9, 2020, in connection with the Special 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 July 9, 2020, the Company held a special meeting of stockholders (the “Special Meeting”). At the Special 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 July 9, 2020 to November 9, 2020 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:

 

For     Against     Abstain     Broker Non-Votes  
4,255,892     0     0     0  

 

Stockholders holding 106,186 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 $1,160,695.35 will be removed from the Company’s trust account to pay such holders. Following such redemptions, a total of approximately $10,279,476,43 will remain in the Company’s trust account.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.   Description
3.1   Fifth Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

 

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 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: July 13, 2020 KBL MERGER CORP. IV
   
  By: /s/ Marlene Krauss, M.D.
    Name: Marlene Krauss, M.D.
    Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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