Item 8.01 Other Events.
As previously disclosed on its Form 8-K filed February 14, 2023, on February 13, 2023, Hyliion Holdings Corp. (the “Company” or “Hyliion”) filed a petition (the “Petition”) in the Delaware Court of Chancery (the “Court of Chancery”) pursuant to Section 205 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”). The Petition seeks validation of an amendment to the Company’s certificate of incorporation increasing the authorized common stock of the Company and validation of the Company’s restated certificate of incorporation, which gave effect to that amendment and certain other approved amendments, and also reclassified the Company’s Class A common stock into “common stock”, all in connection with the Company’s (then operating under the name Tortoise Acquisition Corp.) business combination with Hyliion Inc. that closed on October 1, 2020. A copy of the Petition is available at www.hyliion.com under Investors, Events & Presentations. Concurrently with the Petition, the Company filed a motion to expedite the hearing on the Petition.
On February 14, 2023, the Court of Chancery granted the motion to expedite and set a hearing date on the Petition of March 6, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time at the Leonard L. Williams Justice Center, 500 N. King Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801.
This Form 8-K constitutes notice of the hearing on the Petition. If any stockholder of the Company wishes to express a position on the Petition, such stockholders of the Company may (i) appear at the hearing or (ii) file a written submission with the Register in Chancery, Leonard L. Williams Justice Center, 500 North King Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801, referring to the case caption, In re Hyliion Holdings Corp., C.A. No. 2023-0176-LWW (Del. Ch.), in advance of the hearing, and any such written submission should be emailed to the Company’s counsel, Srinivas Raju, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., at raju@rlf.com.
The information that may be obtained solely through the websites referenced in this report is not incorporated by reference herein.
Forward-Looking Statements
This report contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this report, the words “could,” “should,” “will,” “may,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” the negative of such terms and other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and assumptions about future events and are based on currently available information as to the outcome and timing of future events. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, Hyliion expressly disclaims any duty to update any forward-looking statements, all of which are expressly qualified by the statements herein, to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this report.
These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the outcome or the timing of the Section 205 proceeding described above, which is subject to uncertainties inherent in such a process and may not be resolved timely, or at all, or regarding the consequences if the Company is unsuccessful in the Section 205 proceeding and the effects of uncertainty on the Company’s business and operations until the matter is resolved.
Hyliion cautions you that these forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the control of Hyliion. Additional information concerning factors that may impact Hyliion’s results and operations can be found in its filings with the SEC. Hyliion’s SEC filings are available publicly on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, and readers are urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made in such filings.