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 19, 2020

 

 

CEMTREX, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware   001-37464   30-0399914
(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission   (IRS Employer
of incorporation)   File Number)   Identification No.)

 

276 Greenpoint Ave Bld. 8 Suite 208    
Brooklyn, NY   11101
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

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

 

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:

 

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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   CETX   Nasdaq Capital Market
Series 1 Preferred Stock   CETXP   Nasdaq Capital Market
Series 1 Warrants   CETXW   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 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

On May 15, 2020 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 2020 Proxy Statement. On the record date of April 9, 2020, 8,190,582 shares of Common Stock were issued and outstanding. In addition, there were 1,000,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding which are entitled to vote 8,272,488 shares in the aggregate, 100,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock outstanding which are entitled to vote 81,987,726 shares in the aggregate, and 2,216,683 shares of Series 1 Preferred Stock outstanding which are entitled to vote 4,433,366 shares in the aggregate, accordingly, a total of 102,884,162 voting shares. At the Annual Meeting, a total of 101,487,689 voting shares (for a quorum of 98.64%) 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 Votes 
Nominee  For   Abstain   Broker Non-Votes 
Saagar Govil   94,985,311    660,350    5,833,028 
Aron Govil   94,993,138    652,523    5,833,028 
Raju Panjwani   95,187,912    457,749    5,833,028 
Sunil Verma   95,190,590    455,071    5,833,028 
Mitodi Filipov   95,190,869    454,792    5,833,028 

 

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

 

Proposal 2 - 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, 2020:

 

  For: 99,839,415
  Against: 1,639,274

 

Proposal 2 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: May 19, 2020    
  By: /s/ Saagar Govil
  Name: Saagar Govil
  Title:

President, CEO & Chairman of the Board

 

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