Report of Foreign Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 (6-k)
February 08 2023 - 4:01PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
6-K
REPORT
OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT
TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
the month of February 2023
Commission
File Number 001-40848
GUARDFORCE
AI CO., LIMITED
(Translation
of registrant’s name into English)
10
Anson Road, #28-01 International Plaza
Singapore
079903
(Address
of principal executive offices)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F: Form 20-F
☒ Form 40-F ☐
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ☐
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ☐
Guardforce
AI Co., Limited (the “Company”) held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”)
at 11:00 a.m., Hong Kong standard time, on Tuesday, January 31, 2023 (10:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, January 30, 2023) by means of
Zoom at https://us06web.zoom.us/j/4690654560 (Meeting ID: 469 065 4560; find your local number at https://us06web.zoom.us/u/k1Ol5Fk69).
Holders of the Company’s ordinary shares, par value US$0.003 (“Ordinary Shares”) at the close of business on
January 4, 2023 (the “Record Date”) were entitled to vote at the Meeting. As of the Record Date, there were 64,770,529
Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding. According to the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Articles of Association, each Ordinary
Share has one vote per share on a poll. At least 2 holders of Ordinary Shares representing approximately 29,958,799 votes of total voting
powers, constituting a quorum, were represented in person (via Zoom) or by valid proxies at the Meeting.
The
shareholders voted on and approved three proposals at the meeting. The final results for the votes regarding each proposal are set forth
below.
| 1. | Proposal 1: To
consider and vote upon a proposal to approve the following ordinary resolution: THAT every forty (40) issued and
unissued ordinary shares of the Company of a nominal or par value of US$0.003 each (the “Existing Shares”) be and
are hereby consolidated into one (1) share of a nominal or par value of US$0.12 each (each a “Consolidated
Share”), such Consolidated Shares shall rank pari passu in all respects with each other (the “Share
Consolidation”) so that following the Share Consolidation the authorized share capital of the Company will be changed from
US$900,000 divided into 300,000,000 shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.003 each to US$900,000 divided into 7,500,000 shares of
a nominal or par value of US$0.12 each (the “Share Consolidation Proposal”). |
| The votes regarding this
Share Consolidation Proposal were as follows: |
Votes
For |
|
|
Votes
Against |
|
|
Abstain |
28,726,564 |
|
|
|
1,070,154 |
|
|
|
162,081 |
| 2. | Proposal
2: To consider and vote upon a proposal to approve the following ordinary resolution:
THAT all fractional entitlements to the issued Consolidated Shares resulting from the
Share Consolidation will be disregarded and will not be issued to the shareholders of the
Company but all such fractional shares shall be purchased by the Company in cash for the
fair value of such fractional shares, such fair value being the closing price of the ordinary
shares on a post-consolidation basis on the applicable trading market on the first trading
date of the ordinary shares following the Share Consolidation (the “Fractional Shares
Proposal”). |
| | The votes regarding this Fractional Shares Proposal were as
follows: |
Votes For |
|
|
Votes Against |
|
|
Abstain |
29,091,286 |
|
|
|
799,959 |
|
|
|
67,554 |
| 3. | Proposal
3: To consider and vote upon a proposal to approve the following ordinary resolution: THAT immediately following
the Share Consolidation, the authorized share capital of the Company be and is hereby increased from US$900,000 divided into 7,500,000
shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.12 each, to US$36,000,000 divided into 300,000,000 shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.12
each (the “Share Capital Increase Proposal”). |
| | The
votes regarding this Share Capital Increase Proposal were as follows: |
Votes
For |
|
|
Votes
Against |
|
|
Abstain |
28,615,592 |
|
|
|
1,176,285 |
|
|
|
166,922 |
On
February 2, 2023, Conyers Trust Company (Cayman) Limited, the Secretary of the Company, filed a certificate certifying the above ordinary
resolutions passed at the Meeting approving the Share Consolidation Proposal, Fractional Shares Proposal and Share Capital Increase Proposal
with the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands.
A
copy of the Amended and Restated Memorandum of Association and Second Amended and Restated Articles of Association including the said
certificate is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
This
report on Form 6-K is incorporated by reference into (i) the prospectus contained in the Company’s registration statement on Form F-3 (SEC File No. 333-261881) declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on January
5, 2022; (ii) the prospectus dated February 9, 2022 contained in the Company’s registration statement on Form F-3 (SEC File No.
333-262441) declared effective by the Commission on February 9, 2022; and (iii) the prospectus contained in the Company’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form F-1 on Form F-3 (SEC File No. 333-258054) declared effective by the Commission on June 14, 2022.
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, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: February 8, 2023 |
Guardforce AI Co., Limited |
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|
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By: |
/s/ Lei Wang |
|
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Lei Wang |
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Chief Executive Officer |
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