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DIGERATI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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DIGERATI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

825 W. Bitters, Suite 104

San Antonio, Texas 78216

NOTICE OF ACTION TO BE TAKEN PURSUANT TO WRITTEN CONSENT

OF STOCKHOLDERS IN LIEU OF A MEETING

To the Stockholders of Digerati Technologies, Inc.:

Notice is hereby given that stockholders holding a majority of our outstanding capital stock on the basis of voting power, pursuant to a written consent, dated November 17, 2020, have authorized and approved an amendment (the “Amendment”) of our Articles of Incorporation to:

Amend our Articles of Incorporation to: (i) increase our authorized capitalization from 150,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and 50,000,000 shares of blank check preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, to 500,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and 50,000,000 shares of blank check preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share; and (ii) provide that no amendment to the Bylaws that contradicts Article II, Section 14 of the Bylaws (providing that the Acquisition of Controlling Interest Statute (Nevada Revised Statutes §78.378 through §78.3793, inclusive, does not apply to purchases of a “controlling interest” (as defined in the Acquisition of Controlling Interest Statute)) shall be implemented solely on the basis of a vote of a majority of our entire Board of Directors.

The Amendment was approved on November 17, 2020 by the unanimous written consent of our Board of Directors and on November 17 , 2020 by the consent of the holders of shares of our Common Stock and our Series F Super Voting Preferred Stock, which stock represents approximately 63% of the shares, on the basis of voting power, eligible to vote on the Amendment.

The accompanying Information Statement, which describes the Amendment in more detail, is being furnished to our stockholders for informational purposes only, pursuant to Section 14(c) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules and regulations prescribed thereunder. The stockholder consent that we have received constitutes the only stockholder approval required for the Amendment under the Nevada Revised Statutes, our Articles of Incorporation and our Bylaws. Accordingly, the Amendment will not be submitted to the other stockholders of the Company for a vote.

The record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of the action by written consent is November 17, 2020 (the “Record Date”). Pursuant to Rule 14c-2 under the Exchange Act, the Amendment will not be filed until at least twenty (20) calendar days after the mailing of this Information Statement to our stockholders. This Information Statement will be mailed on or about February __, 2021 to stockholders of record on the Record Date.

WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR A PROXY AND YOU ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SEND US A PROXY.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE HOLDERS OF A MAJORITY OF OUR OUTSTANDING SHARES OF CAPITAL STOCK ON THE BASIS OF VOTING POWER HAVE ALREADY APPROVED THE AMENDMENT OF OUR ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION BY WRITTEN CONSENT IN LIEU OF A MEETING. SUCH WRITTEN CONSENT IS SUFFICIENT TO SATISFY THE STOCKHOLDER VOTE REQUIREMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH AN AMENDMENT TO OUR CHARTER UNDER NEVADA LAW AND OUR CHARTER DOCUMENTS. NO ADDITIONAL VOTING WILL CONSEQUENTLY BE NEEDED TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT.

	By order of the Board of Directors,

	/s/ Arthur L. Smith
	Arthur L. Smith
	Chief Executive Officer
	February__, 2021

DIGERATI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

825 W. Bitters, Suite 104

San Antonio, Texas 78216

INFORMATION STATEMENT

CONCERNING CORPORATE ACTION AUTHORIZED BY WRITTEN CONSENT OF STOCKHOLDERS OWNING A MAJORITY OF VOTING SHARES ENTITLED TO VOTE THEREON

GENERAL

Digerati Technologies, Inc. (the “Company,” “we” or “us”) is furnishing this Information Statement to you to provide a description of actions taken by our Board of Directors (the “Board”) by unanimous written consent on November 17, 2020, and the holders of a majority of our outstanding voting capital stock by written consent (the “Majority Stockholders”) on November 17, 2020, in accordance with the relevant sections of the Nevada Revised Statutes of the State of Nevada (the “NRS”), our Articles of Incorporation and our Bylaws (the “Bylaws”).

This Information Statement is being mailed on or about February __, 2021 to stockholders of record on November 17, 2020 (the “Record Date”). This Information Statement is being delivered only to inform you of the corporate action described herein before such action takes effect in accordance with Rule 14c-2 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). No action is requested or required on your part.

WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR A PROXY AND YOU ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SEND US A PROXY.

THIS IS NOT A NOTICE OF A MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS AND NO MEETING OF OUR STOCKHOLDERS WILL BE HELD TO CONSIDER ANY MATTER DESCRIBED HEREIN.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE HOLDERS OF MORE THAN A MAJORITY OF OUR OUTSTANDING SHARES ENTITLED TO VOTE HAVE VOTED TO AUTHORIZE THE CORPORATE ACTION. THE NUMBER OF VOTES RECEIVED IS SUFFICIENT TO SATISFY THE STOCKHOLDER VOTE REQUIREMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE CORPORATE ACTION DESCRIBED HEREIN AND, CONSEQUENTLY, NO ADDITIONAL VOTE WILL BE NEEDED TO APPROVE SUCH CORPORATE ACTION.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CORPORATE ACTION

On November 17, 2020, the Board approved resolutions by unanimous written consent, and on November 17, 2020, the Majority Stockholders delivered an executed written consent, authorizing and approving the taking of all steps necessary to amend (the “Amendment”) the Company’s Articles of Incorporation filed with the Nevada Secretary of State (the “Articles of Incorporation”) to: (i) increase our authorized capitalization from 150,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and 50,000,000 shares of blank check preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, to 500,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and 50,000,000 shares of blank check preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share; and (ii) provide that no amendment to the Bylaws that contradicts Article II, Section 14 of the Bylaws (providing that the Acquisition of Controlling Interest Statute (Nevada Revised Statutes §78.378 through §78.3793, inclusive, does not apply to purchases of a “controlling interest” (as defined in the Acquisition of Controlling Interest Statute)) shall be implemented solely on the basis of a vote of a majority of the entire Board.

OUTSTANDING SHARES AND VOTING RIGHTS

Pursuant to the Articles of Incorporation and the NRS, a vote by the holders of at least a majority of our outstanding capital stock is required to effect the Amendment. Each share of our common stock entitles its holder to one vote on each matter submitted to the Company’s stockholders. Each share of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and our Series C Convertible Preferred Stock entitles its holder to no voting rights, and our shares of Series F Super Voting Preferred Stock entitle its holders to vote on each matter submitted to the Company’s stockholders in an amount equal to 50% of the aggregate voting power of all stockholders plus one million votes. As of the Record Date, our authorized capitalization consisted of 150,000 shares of our common stock, 1,000,000 shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, 1,000,000 shares of our Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, and 100 shares of our Series F Super Voting Preferred Stock, of which 122,182,410 shares of our common stock were issued and outstanding, 407,477 shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding, 0 shares of our Series C Convertible Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding, and 100 shares of our Series F Super Voting Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding. Arthur L. Smith, our Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board, Antonio Estrada, our Chief Financial Officer, and Craig Clement, a member of the Board, collectively own all of the outstanding shares of our Series F Super Voting Preferred Stock and an aggregate of 31,259,534 shares of our common stock, and, as such, held, as of the Record Date, 63% of our outstanding voting capital stock. Messrs. Smith, Estrada and Clement delivered to the Company an executed written consent dated November 17, 2020, authorizing the Amendment.

As the Majority Stockholders consented to the Amendment on November 17, 2020, by means of a written consent in lieu of a meeting in accordance with 78.320 of the NRS, and because the Majority Stockholders have sufficient voting power to approve such actions through their ownership of the Company’s capital stock, no other stockholder vote will be solicited in connection with the Amendment or this Information Statement.

The Company has asked brokers and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries to forward this Information Statement to the beneficial owners of the Company’s common stock and will reimburse such persons for out-of-pocket expenses incurred in forwarding such material.

Financial Information

Our audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes filed with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July 31,2020 are incorporated herein by reference.

No Dissenter’s Rights

No stockholder is entitled to dissenter’s rights in connection with the Amendment and we will not provide our stockholders with such rights.

AMENDMENT TO THE COMPANY’S ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

The Board and the Majority Stockholders have approved an amendment to: (i) increase our authorized capitalization from 150,000,000 shares of our common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and 50,000,000 shares of our blank check preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, to 500,000,000 shares of our common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and 50,000,000 shares of our blank check preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share; and (ii) provide that no amendment to the Bylaws that contradicts Article II, Section 14 of the Bylaws (providing that the Acquisition of Controlling Interest Statute (Nevada Revised Statutes §78.378 through §78.3793, inclusive, does not apply to purchases of a “controlling interest” (as defined in the Acquisition of Controlling Interest Statute)) shall be implemented solely on the basis of a vote of a majority of the entire Board. Pursuant to Rule 14c-2 under the Exchange Act, the actions will not be effective, and the Certificate will not be filed, until twenty (20) days after the date this Information Statement is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and a copy thereof is mailed to each of the Company’s stockholders. It is presently contemplated that such filing will be made on or about February __, 2021.

The Authorized Capital Increase

The purpose of the Authorized Capital Increase is to increase the number of shares of our common stock available in order to have sufficient shares of our common stock to (i) allow for the full exercise or conversion of outstanding stock options, warrants, preferred stock and convertible notes and to satisfy any related reserve requirements, (ii) to ensure sufficient shares of our common stock are available to allow the Company to pursue strategic financing and/or acquisition transactions, and (iii) provide for such other corporate purposes as the Board determines in its discretion including the Company’s plan to uplist to the Nasdaq or NYSE American stock exchange.

Except as we may be required to do so upon exercise or conversion of outstanding stock options, warrants, preferred stock and convertible notes, we currently have no other plans, proposals or arrangements, written or otherwise, to issue any of the additional authorized common shares resulting from the increase in the number of our authorized shares of common stock.

To the extent that additional authorized shares of our common stock are issued in the future, they will decrease our existing stockholders’ percentage equity ownership and, depending upon the price at which they are issued, could be dilutive to our existing stockholders. Through their ownership of shares of our Series F Super Voting Preferred Stock, Arthur L. Smith, our Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board, Antonio Estrada, our Chief Financial Officer, and Craig Clement, a member of the Board, have the ability to control the vote on all matters submitted to a vote of our stockholders. Such control of our Company may adversely affect the price of our common stock.

Controlling Interest Provision

NRS Sections 78.378 through 78.3793, inclusive (the “Acquisition of Controlling Interest Statute”), prohibits an acquiror, under certain circumstances, from voting its shares of a corporation’s stock after crossing three outstanding voting power ownership threshold percentages: one-fifth or more but less than one-third, one-third but less than a majority, unless the acquiror obtains approval of the corporation’s disinterested stockholders. The Acquisition of Controlling Interest Statute only applies to Nevada corporations with at least 200 stockholders of record, including at least 100 stockholders of record who are Nevada residents, and which conducts business directly or indirectly in Nevada. The Second Amended and Restated Bylaw of the Company (the “Bylaws”), in Article II, Section 14, contains a provision that provides that the Acquisition of Controlling Interest Statute does not apply to purchases of a “controlling interest” (as defined in the Acquisition of Controlling Interest Statute) in the Company (the “Controlling Interests Provision”). While the Bylaws can be amended solely by Board action, the Board feels it is the best interest of shareholders to only allow the Controlling Interests Provision to be changed by action of the Company’s stockholders. The Board believes this is in keeping with the intention of the Controlling Interests Provision.

General

As the result of the Amendment, the par value of our common stock will remain at $0.001 per share, and the number of authorized shares of our blank check preferred stock will remain at 50,000,000. The relative rights and limitations of the shares of our common stock will also remain unchanged.

The holders of shares of our common stock are not entitled to preemptive rights with respect to the issuance of additional shares of common stock or securities convertible into or exercisable for shares of our common stock.

The Amendment will not change the terms of our common stock. The additional shares of our common stock for which authorization is sought will have the same voting rights, the same rights to dividends and distributions and will be identical in all other respects to our common stock which is currently authorized.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE AMENDMENT

Pursuant to Rule 14c-2 under the Exchange Act, the Amendment will not be effective until at least twenty (20) days after the date on which this Information Statement is filed with the SEC and a copy hereof has been mailed to each of the Company’s stockholders. The Company anticipates that this Information Statement will be mailed to our stockholders as of the Record Date on or about February __, 2021. Therefore, the Company anticipates that the Amendment will be effective, and the Certificate amending our Articles of Incorporation will be filed with the Secretary of State for the State of Nevada, on or around February __, 2021.

INTEREST OF CERTAIN PERSONS IN FAVOR OF OR OPPOSITION TO MATTERS ACTED UPON

None of our directors or executive officers has any substantial interest resulting from the Amendment.

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

The following table sets forth certain information regarding beneficial ownership of our common stock and Series F Super Voting Preferred Stock, our only classes of voting stock, as of the Record Date, by (i) each person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding common stock or our outstanding Series F Super Voting Preferred Stock, (ii) each of our directors and executive officers, and (iii) all of our executive officers and directors as a group.

The number of shares of our common stock and our Series F Super Voting Preferred Stock beneficially owned by each person and entity identified below is determined under the rules of the SEC and the information is not necessarily indicative of beneficial ownership for any other purpose. Under such rules, beneficial ownership includes any shares as to which such person or entity has sole or shared voting power or dispositive power and also any shares over which the individual or entity has the right to acquire sole or shared voting or dispositive power within 60 days after the Record Date, including through the exercise of any stock option, warrant or other right. Unless otherwise indicated, each person and entity identified below has sole voting and dispositive power (or, in the case of individuals, shares such power with his or her spouse) with respect to the shares set forth in the following table. The inclusion herein of any shares deemed beneficially owned does not constitute an admission of beneficial ownership of those shares.

	Shares of Common Stock		Vested Warrants									Shares of Series F Super		Votes from Series F Super
Name of Beneficial Owner	Shares Owned Votes		and Options (1)		Total Beneficial Ownership		% Of Class (2)			Held via Warrant (3)		Voting Preferred Stock		Voting Preferred Stock		Total Votes		% Of Total Votes

INDIVIDUAL OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND NOMINEES

Arthur L. Smith		11,453,804		1,185,000		12,638,804		10.24	%		-		34		41,882,049		53,335,853		21.74	%
President, Chief Executive Officer Director

Antonio Estrada Jr.		10,087,936		1,120,000		11,207,936		9.09	%		-		33		40,650,195		50,738,131		20.68	%
Chief Financial Officer

Craig k. Clement		9,735,794		1,220,000		10,955,794		8.88	%		-		33		40,650,195		50,385,989		20.54	%
Chairman of the Board

Maxwell A. Polinsky Director		81,594		325,000		406,594		0.33	%		-		-		-		81,594		0.03	%

Post Road Special Opportunity Fund II LP		-		-		-		0.00	%		40,727,470		-		-		-		0.00	%

ALL OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND BENEFICIAL OWNERS AS A GROUP		31,359,128		3,850,000		35,209,128		28.54	%		40,727,470		100		123,182,439		154,541,567		62.98	%

(1)

The shares owned includes a Stock Grant of 1,350,000 shares of our common stock to the Executive Officers, with a market value at time of issuance of $256,500, the Stock Grant will vest upon the earlier of the Company achieving $15 million in annualized revenue or listing on a national securities exchange (e.g. NASDAQ or NYSE American) and will be subject to adjustment for any forward or reverse split of the Company's stock.

(2)

Based on 122,182,410 shares of our common stock outstanding as of the Record Date and 3,850,000 vested stock options as of the Record Date.

(3)

Represents twenty-five percent (25%) of the Company’s shares that are currently outstanding including the shares issuable to Post Road Special Opportunity Fund II LP (“Post Road”) pursuant to the exercise of the warrant issued to Post Road on the Record Date. The 107,701,179 warrant shares that Post Road reported it owned in the Schedule 13D it filed on November 27, 2020 represents twenty-five percent (25%) of the Company’s total shares of common stock, calculated on a fully diluted basis, which assumes future share issuances that are not certain or not yet contractually obligated to be issued. In addition, twenty-five percent (25%) of the 107,701,179 warrant shares are not yet vested and subject to forfeiture if the Company achieves certain performance targets which, if achieved, would result in the warrant being exercisable into twenty percent (20%) of the Company’s common stock, calculated on a fully-diluted basis as described above. If the minority stockholders of the Company’s majority owned subsidiary, T3 Communications, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“T3 Nevada”), convert their T3 Nevada shares into shares of the Company’s common stock, the number of shares into which the warrant may be exercised would also be decreased such that, if the Company also achieves certain performance targets, the warrant would be exercisable into fifteen percent (15%) of the Company’s common stock, calculated on a fully-diluted basis as described above. T3 Nevada’s minority stockholders have an obligation to (and may not otherwise) convert their T3 Nevada shares into shares of the Company’s common stock upon being asked to do so by the Company at any time after our common stock has a current market price of $1.50 or more per share for 20 consecutive trading days.

WHERE YOU CAN OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Exchange Act, and in accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information including annual and quarterly reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q, respectively, with the SEC. The SEC maintains a website (http://www.sec.gov) that contains the filings of issuers that file electronically with the SEC through the EDGAR system. Copies of such filings may also be obtained by writing to the Company at 825 Bitters, Suite 104, San Antonio, Texas 78216.

Any statement contained in a document that is incorporated by reference will be modified or superseded for all purposes to the extent that a statement contained in this Information Statement (or in any other document that is subsequently filed with the SEC and incorporated by reference) modifies or is contrary to such previous statement. Any statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed a part of this Information Statement except as so modified or superseded.

This Information Statement is provided to our stockholders only for information purposes in connection with the Authorized Share Increase, pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 14c-2 of the Exchange Act. Please carefully read this Information Statement.

STOCKHOLDERS SHARING AN ADDRESS

Unless we have received contrary instructions from a stockholder, we are delivering only one Information Statement to multiple stockholders sharing an address. We will, upon request, promptly deliver a separate copy of this Information Statement to a stockholder who shares an address with another stockholder. A stockholder who wishes to receive a separate copy of the Information Statement may make such a request in writing to the Company at 825 Bitters, Suite 104, San Antonio, Texas 78216, or by calling (210) 614-7240.

Dated: February __, 2021	BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

	By:
	Name:	Arthur L. Smith
	Title:	CEO and Director

APPENDIX A

Form of Certificate of Amendment

to the Articles of Incorporation of Digerati Technologies, Inc.

Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation
For Nevada Profit Corporations
(Pursuant to NRS 78.385 and 78.390 — After Issuance of Stock)

1. Name of corporation:

Digerati Technologies, Inc.

2. The articles have been amended as follows: (provide article numbers, if available)

The First Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation are hereby amended as follows:

(a) “ARTICLE III. CAPITAL STOCK” is hereby amended and restated as follows:

“The total number of shares of all classes that this Corporation shall have authority to issue shall be 550,000,000, of which 500,000,000 shall be shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and 50,000,000 shall be shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share. The Board of Directors of the corporation is authorized, by resolution or resolutions from time to time adopted, to provide for the issuance of preferred stock in series and to fix and state the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of the shares of each such series, and the qualifications, limitation or restrictions thereof.”

(B) “ARTICLE XII. AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS” is hereby amended and restated as follows:

“The Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws of the corporation may be repealed, altered, amended or rescinded only by a vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors or a majority of the outstanding shares of capital stock, voting as classes, provided, however, that no amendment to the Bylaws of the Corporation or these Articles of Incorporation contradicting Article II, Section 14 of the Bylaws of the Corporation (Controlling Interests) shall be implemented solely on the basis of a vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors.”

3. The vote by which the stockholders holding shares in the corporation entitling them to exercise a least a majority of the voting power, or such greater proportion of the voting power as may be required in the case of a vote by classes or series, or as may be required by the provisions of the articles of incorporation have voted in favor of the amendment is: Shares representing [ ]% of the outstanding voting power were voted in favor of the amendment.

4. Effective date of filing: (optional)
(must not be later than 90 days after the certificate is filed)

5. Signature: (required)

Signature of Officer Arthur L. Smith, Chief Executive Officer

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