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): December 3, 2019

CEMTREX, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (631) 756-9116

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

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CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K

Cemtrex, Inc.

December 3, 2019

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On December 2, 2019 Sunny Patel resigned his role as a Board Member.

Cemtrex, Inc. (the “Company”) has appointed a new independent director, Sunny Verma, effective December 2, 2019. Sunny will serve on the Board of Directors (the “Board”) for a one-year term.

Sunny Verma has been appointed an independent director of the Company on December 2, 2019 and is the Audit Committee chairman. Mr. Verma has over 21 years of diversified IT and software development experience and is Chief Operating Officer of a privately held Seva Technologies Inc., an Information Technology consulting firm since 2009. Mr. Verma has BS in Computer science and has extensive and diversified management and financial operations experience in a variety of technology industries.

The Board has determined that Sunny Verma satisfies the definition of “independent director” and the requirements for service on the Board’s Audit Committee as its Chair under the NASDAQ listing standards.

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.