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Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On April 17, 2024, the Company filed a certificate of amendment (the “Certificate of Amendment”) to the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The Certificate of Amendment amends the Certificate of Incorporation to (i) give the Company the option to extend the date by which the Company must effect a Business Combination beyond April 18, 2024, up to nine (9) times for an additional (1) month each time to January 18, 2025, upon the deposit into the Trust Account of $25,000 for each calendar month and (ii) to remove the geographic limitations for a Business Combination., which requires the deletion of Section J of the Sixth Article in the Charter: “J. At no time, the Corporation shall undertake a Business Combination with any entity being based in or having the majority of its operations in China (including Hong Kong and Macau).”
The foregoing description is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the full text of the Certificate of Amendment, 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 April 15, 2024, the Company held the Special Meeting. On March 27, 2024, the record date for the Special Meeting, there were 4,500,336 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to be voted at the Special Meeting, approximately 81.19% of which were represented in person or by proxy at the Special Meeting.
The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders at the Special Meeting are as follows:
The Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation Proposal
The stockholders approved the proposal to amend the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation pursuant to an amendment to the Charter in the form set forth in Annex A to the Proxy Statement to extend the date by which the Company must effect a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses from April 18, 2024, up to nine (9) times for an additional one (1) month each time to January 18, 2025, upon the deposit into the Trust Account of $25,000 for each month.
| FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | ||
| 3,321,022 | 332,581 | 0 |
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The Geographic Limitation Amendment Proposal
The stockholders approved an amendment to the Charter to remove the geographic limitations for a Business Combination. Such proposal, if approved, requires the deletion of Section J of the Sixth Article in the Charter: “J. At no time, the Corporation shall undertake a Business Combination with any entity being based in or having the majority of its operations in China (including Hong Kong and Macau).”
| FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | ||
| 3,421,022 | 232,581 | 0 |
The Adjournment Proposal
The Company approved a proposal to adjourn the Special Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies if, based upon the tabulated vote at the time of the Special Meeting, there are not sufficient votes to approve one or more proposals presented to stockholders for vote.
| FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | ||
| 3,319,523 | 334,080 | 0 |
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits:
| Exhibit | Description | |
| 3.1 | Certificate of Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
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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: April 17, 2024
| HUDSON ACQUISITION I CORP. | ||
| By: | /s/ Warren Wang | |
| Name: | Warren Wang | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
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