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): May 12, 2023

Bannix Acquisition Corp.

 (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (323) 682-8949

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

As previously disclosed, at a special meeting of the stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) of Bannix Acquisition Corp. (“Bannix”) held on March 8, 2023, Bannix’s stockholders voted in favor of a proposal to amend Bannix’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (as amended, the “Amended Charter”) to extend the date (the “Extension”) by which the Company must (1) complete a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or similar business combination involving the Company and one or more businesses (an “initial business combination”), (2) cease its operations except for the purpose of winding up if it fails to complete such initial business combination, and (3) redeem 100% of the Company’s common stock (“common stock”) included as part of the units sold in the Company’s initial public offering that was consummated on September 14, 2021 (the “IPO”), from March 14, 2023, and to allow the Company, without another stockholder vote, to further extend the date to consummate a business combination on a monthly basis up to twelve (12) times by an additional one (1) month each time after March 14, 2023 or later extended deadline date, by resolution of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”), if requested by Instant Fame, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“Sponsor”), upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable deadline date, until March 14, 2024, or a total of up to twelve (12) months after March 14, 2023 (such date as extended, the “Deadline Date”), unless the closing of a business combination shall have occurred prior thereto.

Also as previously disclosed, if an Extension is implemented, the Sponsor or its designees will deposit into the trust account, as a loan, the lesser of (x) $75,000 or (y) $0.07 per public share multiplied by the number of public shares outstanding (the “Contribution”), in connection with each Extension.

On May 12, 2023, the Board, at the request of the Sponsor, determined to implement a third Extension and to extend the Deadline Date for an additional month to June 14, 2023. The $75,000 for the third Extension were provided by EVIE Autonomous Ltd., which was previously funded to the Company on April 19, 2023.

The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Extension Note, copies of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The disclosure contained in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 2.03.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On May 12, 2023, Bannix issued a press release, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein, announcing the extension of the Deadline Date to June 14, 2023.

The information in this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by reference in such a filing. Furthermore, the furnishing of information under Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is not intended to constitute a determination by Bannix that the information contained herein, including the exhibits hereto, is material or that the dissemination of such information is required by Regulation FD.

(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed with this Form 8-K:

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.