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Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
As approved by its stockholders at the Meeting on December 20, 2022, OPY Acquisition Corp. I (the “Company”) filed an amendment to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter”) with the Delaware Secretary of State on December 21, 2022 (the “Charter Amendment”) which extends the deadline by which it must complete its initial business combination from April 29, 2023 to October 30, 2023. A copy of the Certificate of Amendment is filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On December 20, 2022, the Company held the Special Meeting in lieu of an Annual Meeting. On November 28, 2022, the record date for the Special Meeting, there were 15,812,500 shares of common stock of the Company entitled to be voted at the Special Meeting consisting of 12,650,000 shares of Class A common Stock and 3,162,500 shares of Class B common stock. At the Special Meeting, 13,649,716 shares of common stock of the Company or 86.3% of the shares entitled to vote at the Special Meeting were represented in person or by proxy consisting of 10,487,216 shares of Class A common stock and 3,162,500 shares of Class B common stock. At the Special Meeting, stockholders voted upon and approved the Charter Amendment. In addition, stockholders voted and approved the re-election of the five members of the Company’s board of directors, each to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are elected and qualified. Under the Company’s Charter, only holders of the Class B shares had voting rights with respect to the election of directors.
1. Charter Amendment
Stockholders approved the Charter Amendment. The voting results were as follows:
| FOR |
AGAINST |
ABSTAIN | ||
| 13,406,078 | 243,628 | 10 |
2. Directors’ Proposal
All five nominees were re-elected. The voting results were as follows:
| DIRECTOR |
FOR |
WITHHELD | ||
| Jonathan Siegel |
3,162,500 | — | ||
| David Epstein |
3,162,500 | — | ||
| Jonathan Fassberg |
3,162,500 | — | ||
| Kim Blickenstaff |
3,162,500 | — | ||
| Barbara Weber |
3,162,500 | — |
Item 8.01. Other Events
In connection with the Charter Amendment Proposal, the Company was required to give its Class A stockholders the opportunity to redeem their shares of Class A common stock. Of the 12,650,000 shares of Class A common stock that were outstanding, a total of 10,170,490 shares exercised their redemption rights and did not subsequently reverse that decision.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| EXHIBIT NO. |
DESCRIPTION | |
| 3.1 | Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of OPY Acquisition Corp. I dated December 21, 2022 | |
| 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.
| Dated: December 21, 2022 | ||
| OPY ACQUISITION CORP. I | ||
| By: | /s/ Jonathan B. Siegel | |
| Name: | Jonathan B. Siegel | |
| Title: | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | |