Current Report Filing (8-k)

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

April 10, 2023

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

FORTUNE RISE ACQUISITION CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware

001-40990

86-1850747

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

13575 58th Street North, Suite 200 Clearwater, Florida		33760
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 727-440-4603

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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

¨	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act

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

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

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None.

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Units, each consisting of one share of Class A Common Stock and one-half of one Warrant	FRLAU	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share	FRLA	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50	FRLAW	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company x

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 5.03

Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws.

On April 11, 2023, Fortune Rise Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware an amendment (the “Extension Amendment”) to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation to extend the date by which the Company must consummate a Business Combination up to six times, each by an additional month, for an aggregate of six additional months (i.e. from May 6, 2023 up to November 6, 2023) or such earlier date as determined by the board of directors.

The Company’s stockholders approved the Extension Amendment at a special meeting of stockholders of the Company (the “Special Meeting”) on April 10, 2023. The foregoing description of the Extension Amendment is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Extension Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On April 10, 2023, at the Special Meeting, a total of 10,514,410 (or 81.61%) of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock held of record as of March 3, 2023, the record date for the Special Meeting, were present either in person or by proxy, which constituted a quorum. The Company’s stockholders voted on the following proposals at the Special Meeting, each of which received sufficient votes (more than 65%) for approval. The final vote tabulation for each proposal is set forth below.

Proposal 1. To approve and adopt the Extension Proposal.

For		Against		Abstained
10,237,991		276,419		0

Proposal 2. To approve the adjournment of the Special Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary or appropriate, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies in the event that there are insufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the approval of the Extension Proposal.

For		Against		Abstained
10,237,991		276,419		0

The Company’s stockholders approved the Extension Proposal. Although the adjournment proposal would have received sufficient votes to be approved, no motion to adjourn was made because the adjournment of the Special Meeting was determined not to be necessary or appropriate.

In connection with the Special Meeting, stockholders holding 4,493,968 public shares of Class A common stock properly exercised their right to redeem their shares (and did not withdraw their redemption) for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.57 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $47,501,242. Following such redemptions, approximately $56,234,400 was left in trust and 5,281,032 public shares of Class A common stock remain outstanding.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.		Description
3.1		Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Amendment filed April 11, 2023
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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.