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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): August 31, 2022

 

ADVENT TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-38742   83-0982969
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
         

200 Clarendon Street

Boston, MA 02116

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 655-6000

 

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)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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   ADN   The Nasdaq Capital Market
Warrants to purchase one share of common stock, each at an exercise price of $11.50   ADNWW   The Nasdaq Capital Market

 

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

 

On August 31, 2022, the Board of Directors of Advent Technologies Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) approved and adopted the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (the “Second Amended and Restated Bylaws”) that amends the quorum for a stockholders’ meeting to be at least one third (1/3) of all issued and outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Company entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy.

 

The foregoing summary of the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in their entirety by reference to the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws, copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

 

 

Exhibit
No.
  Description
3.1   Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Advent Technologies Holdings, Inc.
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.

 

  ADVENT TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS, INC.
   
  By:  /s/ James F. Coffey
Dated: September 2, 2022   Name:  James F. Coffey
    Title: Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel

 

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