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Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.
To the extent required by Item 3.03 of Form 8-K, the information contained in Item 5.03 of this Current Report is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On April 25, 2024, ZyVersa Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a certificate of amendment to the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Amendment”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware relating to a 1-for-10 reverse stock split (the “Reverse Stock Split”) of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock (“Common Stock”). The Reverse Stock Split became effective on April 25, 2024 at 4:01 p.m., and the Common Stock is expected to begin trading on The Nasdaq Capital Market on a Reverse Stock Split-adjusted basis on April 26, 2024 at market open. The Company’s stockholders previously approved the Reverse Stock Split and granted the board of directors the authority to determine the exact split ratio and when to proceed with the Reverse Stock Split at the Company’s Special Meeting of Stockholders held on April 17, 2024. The Company’s board of directors approved the Reverse Stock Split in the ratio of 1-for-10.
The par value and other terms of the Common Stock were not affected by the Reverse Stock Split. The Company’s post-Reverse Stock Split Common Stock CUSIP number is 98987D 300.
A copy of the Amendment is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 3.1 | Certificate of Amendment filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on April 25, 2024. | |
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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 hereunto duly authorized.
| ZYVERSA THERAPEUTICS, INC. | ||
| April 25, 2024 | By: | /s/ Stephen Glover |
| Name: | Stephen Glover | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
Exhibit 3.1
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
ZYVERSA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
(Pursuant to Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware)
ZyVersa Therapeutics, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), does hereby certify as follows:
| 1. | That a resolution was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation pursuant to Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware setting forth an amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation and declaring said amendment to be advisable and that such amendment be submitted to the stockholders of the Corporation for their consideration, as follows: |
RESOLVED: That the second and third paragraphs of Article IV of the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation be and hereby is deleted in its entirety and the following is inserted in lieu thereof:
“Effective as of April 25, 2024 at 4:01 p.m. Eastern Time (the “Reverse Stock Split Effective Time”), a one-for-ten reverse stock split of the Corporation’s Common Stock shall become effective, pursuant to which each ten shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding and held of record by each stockholder of the Corporation or issued and held by the Corporation in treasury immediately prior to the Reverse Stock Split Effective Time shall be reclassified and combined into one (1) validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of Common Stock automatically and without any action by the holder thereof upon the Reverse Stock Split Effective Time and shall represent one share of Common Stock from and after the Reverse Stock Split Effective Time (such reclassification and combination of shares, the “Reverse Stock Split”). If, upon aggregating all of the shares of Common Stock held by a holder of Common Stock immediately following the Reverse Stock Split such holder would otherwise be entitled to a fractional share of Common Stock, the Corporation shall issue to such holder an additional fraction of a share of Common Stock as is necessary to round the number of shares of Common Stock held by such holder up to the nearest whole share, such that no person will hold fractional shares following the Reverse Stock Split.
Each stock certificate that, immediately prior to the Reverse Stock Split Effective Time, represented shares of Common Stock that were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Reverse Stock Split Effective Time shall, from and after the Reverse Stock Split Effective Time, automatically and without the necessity of presenting the same for exchange, represent that number of whole shares of Common Stock after the Reverse Stock Split Effective Time into which the shares formerly represented by such certificate have been reclassified (including those fractional shares issued by the Corporation in connection with the Reverse Stock Split to round the number of shares held by such holder at the Reverse Split Effective Time up to the nearest whole share); provided, however, that each person of record holding a certificate that represented shares of Common Stock that were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Reverse Stock Split Effective Time shall receive, upon surrender of such certificate, a new certificate evidencing and representing the number of whole shares of Common Stock after the Reverse Stock Split Effective Time into which the shares of Common Stock formerly represented by such certificate shall have been reclassified (including those fractional shares issued by the Corporation in connection with the Reverse Stock Split to round the number of shares held by such holder at the Reverse Split Effective Time up to the nearest whole share).”
| 2. | That, at a special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, the aforesaid amendment was duly adopted by the stockholders of the Corporation. |
| 3. | That the aforesaid amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate of Amendment has been executed by a duly authorized officer of the Corporation on this 25th day of April, 2024.
| ZYVERSA THERAPEUTICS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Stephen Glover | |
| Name: | Stephen Glover | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
[Signature Page to Certificate of Amendment]
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| Cover [Abstract] | |
| Document Type | 8-K |
| Amendment Flag | false |
| Document Period End Date | Apr. 25, 2024 |
| Current Fiscal Year End Date | --12-31 |
| Entity File Number | 001-41184 |
| Entity Registrant Name | ZYVERSA THERAPEUTICS, INC. |
| Entity Central Index Key | 0001859007 |
| Entity Tax Identification Number | 86-2685744 |
| Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code | DE |
| Entity Address, Address Line One | 2200 N. Commerce Parkway |
| Entity Address, Address Line Two | Suite 208 |
| Entity Address, City or Town | Weston |
| Entity Address, State or Province | FL |
| Entity Address, Postal Zip Code | 33326 |
| City Area Code | (754) |
| Local Phone Number | 231-1688 |
| Written Communications | false |
| Soliciting Material | false |
| Pre-commencement Tender Offer | false |
| Pre-commencement Issuer Tender Offer | false |
| Title of 12(b) Security | Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share |
| Trading Symbol | ZVSA |
| Security Exchange Name | NASDAQ |
| Entity Emerging Growth Company | true |
| Elected Not To Use the Extended Transition Period | false |