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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 October 26, 2023, 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 October 26, 2023 which (1) extends the deadline by which it must complete its initial business combination up to eight times, each such extension for a one-month period from October 30, 2023 to June 30, 2024, (the “Extension Amendment”); and (2) eliminates from the charter the redemption limitation in order to allow the Company to redeem public shares irrespective of whether such redemption would exceed the redemption limitation (the “NTA Amendment”). A copy of the Extension Amendment and the NTA Amendment is included in Exhibit 3.1 hereto which is incorporated by reference herein.
| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On October 26, 2023, the Company held a Special Meeting of Stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) for the Company’s stockholders to consider and vote upon the Extension Amendment and the NTA Amendment. On October 2, 2023, the record date for the Special Meeting, there were 5,642,010 shares of common stock of the Company entitled to be voted at the Special Meeting consisting of 5,642,009 shares of Class A common Stock and one share of Class B common stock. At the Special Meeting, 5,245,693 shares of common stock of the Company or 92.97% of the shares entitled to vote at the Special Meeting were represented in person or by proxy consisting of 5,245,692 shares of Class A common stock and one share of Class B common stock. At the Special Meeting, stockholders voted upon and approved the Extension Amendment and the NTA Amendment as follows:
| 1. | Extension Amendment |
Stockholders approved the Extension Amendment. The voting results were as follows:
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AGAINST |
ABSTAIN | ||
| 5,245,493 | 200 | 0 |
| 2. | NTA Amendment |
Stockholders approved the NTA Amendment. The voting results were as follows:
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AGAINST |
ABSTAIN | ||
| 5,245,493 | 200 | 0 |
| Item 8.01. | Other Events |
In connection with the Extension Amendment and the NTA Amendment, respectively, the Company was required to give its Class A stockholders the opportunity to redeem their shares of Class A common stock. Of the 2,479,510 shares of public Class A common stock that were outstanding, a total of 355,677 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 October 26, 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.
Dated: October 26, 2023
| OPY ACQUISITION CORP. I | ||
| By: | /s/ Jonathan B. Siegel | |
| Name: | Jonathan B. Siegel | |
| Title: | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | |