UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of report April 24, 2019

 

Commission File Number: 001-37464

 

 

Cemtrex Inc.

(Exact name of small business issuer as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

30-0399914

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

19 Engineers Lane, Farmingdale, New York 11735

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(631) 756-9116

(Registrant’s Telephone number)

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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

 

On April 19, 2019 the Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Cemtrex Inc. (“Centrex” or the “Company”) was held. For more information about the proposals set forth, please see the Company’s 2018 Proxy Statement. On the record date of February 22, 2019 there were 14,505,131 shares of the Company’s common stock issued, outstanding and entitled to vote, 4,019,192 votes of the Company’s Series 1 Preferred Stock, and 14,650,182 votes of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock held by Aron Govil, Executive Director of the Company, for a total of 33,1075,205 voting shares. At the Annual Meeting, a total of 30,335,626 voting shares (for a quorum of 91.44%) were represented in person or by proxy at the meeting. Set forth below are the final voting results for the proposals voted on at the Annual Meeting.

 

Proposal 1 – Voting to elect five nominees to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) for a one-year term expiring at the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders, or until their successors are elected and qualified:

 

   Number of shares 
Nominee  For   Abstain   Broker Non-votes 
Saagar Govil   22,405,490    487,382    7,442,754 
Aron Govil   22,377,688    515,184    7,442,754 
Raju Panjwani   22,703,144    189,728    7,442,754 
Sunny Patel   22,707,166    185,706    7,442,754 
Mitodi Filipov   22,717,464    175,408    7,442,754 

 

Each nominee was elected by the Company’s shareholders, consistent with the recommendation from the Board.

 

Proposal 2 - To approve an amendment to Cemtrex’s Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized share capital of Cemtrex from 30,000,000 shares to 50,000,000 shares

 

  For: 29,599,489
  Against: 3,577,916
  Abstain: 158,221

 

Proposal 2 was approved by the Company’s shareholders, consistent with the recommendation from the Board.

 

Proposal 3 - Ratification of the Appointment of the Company’s Independent registered public accounting firm: Voting to ratify Haynie & Company as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019:

 

  For: 29,696,157
  Against: 317,928
  Abstain: 321,541

 

Proposal 3 was approved by the Company’s shareholders, consistent with the recommendation from the Board.

 

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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.

 

  Cemtrex Inc.
     
Date: April 24, 2019    
  By: /s/ Saagar Govil
  Name: Saagar Govil
  Title:

President, CEO & Chairman of the Board

 

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