8-K

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 24, 2020

Remark Holdings, Inc.

Delaware	001-33720	33-1135689
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
800 S. Commerce St. Las Vegas, NV	89106	702-701-9514
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)	(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
(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:

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

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

Title of each class	Trading Symbol	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share	MARK	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

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. ☐

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

On July 23, 2020, Remark Holdings, Inc. (“we”, “us” or “our”) held our 2020 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2020 Annual Meeting”). At the 2020 Annual Meeting, our stockholders approved an amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of our common stock to 300,000,000, and we filed a Certificate of Amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter Amendment”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on July 23, 2020 to reflect this amendment, which became effective immediately upon filing. The foregoing description of the Charter Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Charter Amendment, which is filed herewith as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

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

On July 23, 2020, we submitted the following matters to a vote of our stockholders at our 2020 Annual Meeting:

•the election of five directors to serve until our 2021 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified;

•a proposal to ratify the appointment of Cherry Bekaert LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020; and

•a proposal to approve the Charter Amendment.

As of May 28, 2020, the record date of the 2020 Annual Meeting, 99,377,416 shares of our common stock were outstanding and eligible to vote.

Our stockholders, by the requisite vote, approved the election of each director nominee, the ratification of the appointment of Cherry Bekaert LLP, and the Charter Amendment. The tables below present the number of votes for, against or withheld, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes, as to each such matter, including a separate tabulation with respect to each such nominee for director, as applicable.

	For	Withheld	Broker Non-Votes
Director nominees
Theodore P. Botts	27,792,305	4,344,658	36,446,155
Brett Ratner	27,706,391	4,430,572	36,446,155
Daniel Stein	27,751,383	4,385,580	36,446,155
Kai-Shing Tao	27,872,603	4,264,360	36,446,155
Elizabeth Xu	27,842,591	4,294,372	36,446,155

	For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
Ratification of the appointment of Cherry Bekaert LLP	62,102,837	3,830,477	2,649,804	N/A
Approval of the Charter Amendment	54,953,506	12,709,128	920,484	—

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit	Description
3.1	Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

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.

			Remark Holdings, Inc.
Date:	July 24, 2020	By:	/s/ Kai-Shing Tao
		Name:	Kai-Shing Tao
		Title:	Chief Executive Officer

EX-99.1

EXHIBIT 3.1

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

TO THE

AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

REMARK HOLDINGS, INC.

REMARK HOLDINGS, INC. (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), hereby certifies as follows:

1. The name of the Corporation is Remark Holdings, Inc. The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on December 23, 2014 and amended on January 12, 2016, June 7, 2016 and April 6, 2017 (as amended, the “Certificate of Incorporation”).

2. This Certificate of Amendment amends and restates Section 1 of Article IV of the Certificate of Incorporation to read in its entirety as follows:

Shares, Classes and Series Authorized. The total number of shares of all classes of capital stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Three Hundred One Million (301,000,000) shares, of which Three Hundred Million (300,000,000) shares shall be Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (hereinafter called “Common Stock”) and One Million (1,000,000) shares shall be Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (hereinafter called “Preferred Stock”).

3. This Certificate of Amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the DGCL by the directors and stockholders of the Corporation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Amendment this 23rd day of July, 2020.

REMARK HOLDINGS, INC.
By:	/s/ Kai-Shing Tao
	Name:	Kai-Shing Tao
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

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