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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 7, 2024

 

FLEXSHOPPER, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-37945   20-5456087
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

901 Yamato Road, Suite 260
Boca Raton, Florida
  33431
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (855) 353-9289

 

N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share   FPAY   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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

 

Emerging growth company

 

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. ☐

 

 

 

 

 

CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K

 

FlexShopper, Inc.

 

October 7, 2024

 

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 

On October 7, 2024, FlexShopper, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Certificate of Amendment (the “Certificate of Amendment”) to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), from 40,000,000 shares to 100,000,000 shares. The increase in the number of authorized shares was approved by the Company’s stockholders on October 7, 2024, as described under Item 5.07 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

The foregoing description of the Certificate of Amendment is only a summary, it does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Certificate of Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

On October 7, 2024, the Company held its annual meeting of stockholders. The following matters were submitted to our stockholders for consideration (all of which were set forth in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on September 9, 2024):

 

Proposal 1: To elect five nominees to the Company’s Board of Directors to serve for one year.

 

Proposal 2: To approve an amendment to the Company’s Charter to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock from 40,000,000 shares to 100,000,000 shares.

 

Proposal 3: To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation paid to our named executive officers.

 

Proposal 4: To approve an amendment to the Company’s 2018 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan increasing the total number of shares reserved for issuance thereunder and the number of shares available for issuance as incentive stock options.

 

Proposal 5: To ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024.

 

As of August 16, 2024, the record date for the annual meeting, there were 21,597,371 outstanding shares of Common Stock entitled to 21,597,371 votes at the annual meeting, 170,332 outstanding shares of Series 1 Preferred Stock entitled to 225,231 votes at the annual meeting, and 21,952 outstanding shares of Series 2 Preferred Stock entitled to 5,845,695 votes at the annual meeting, for a total of 27,668,297 voting shares. At the annual meeting, holders of 15,475,806 shares of voting stock were present in person or represented by proxy. The full voting results were as follows:

 

1. Election of directors. The Company’s stockholders elected the five nominees listed in the Company’s definitive proxy statement to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors for a one-year term of office expiring at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The results of the voting were as follows:

 

   Votes For   Votes
Withheld
   Broker
Non-Votes
 
             
Howard S. Dvorkin   11,964,523    346,627    3,164,656 
                
James D. Allen   11,543,602    767,548    3,164,656 
                
Sean Hinze   12,119,367    191,783    3,164,656 
                
Thomas O. Katz   10,900,077    1,411,073    3,164,656 
                
T. Scott King   11,320,602    990,548    3,164,656 

 

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2. Approval of an amendment to the Company’s Charter. The Company’s stockholders voted for the approval of the amendment to the Company’s Charter. The results of voting were as follows:

 

Votes For   Votes Against   Votes
Abstained
   Broker
Non-Votes
 
                  
 12,993,482    2,418,744    63,580        0 

 

3. Approval, on a non-binding basis, of the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers. The Company’s stockholders voted for the approval, on an advisory, non-binding basis, of the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers in 2023. The results of voting were as follows:

 

Votes For   Votes Against   Votes
Abstained
   Broker
Non-Votes
 
                  
 11,769,484    537,636    4,030    3,164,656 

 

4. Approval of an amendment to the Company’s 2018 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan increasing the total number of shares reserved for issuance thereunder and the number of shares available for issuance as incentive stock options. The Company’s stockholders voted for the approval of the amendment to the Company’s 2018 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan. The results of voting were as follows:

 

Votes For   Votes Against   Votes
Abstained
   Broker
Non-Votes
 
                  
 10,697,318    1,605,459    8,373    3,164,656 

 

5.  Ratification of appointment of independent registered public accounting firm. The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for the year ending December 31, 2024. The results of the voting were as follows:

 

Votes For   Votes Against   Votes
Abstained
   Broker
Non-Votes
 
                  
 15,420,096    12,896    42,814        0 

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.   Description
3.1   Certificate of Amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, filed October 7, 2024.
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

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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.

 

  FLEXSHOPPER, INC.
   
Dated: October 8, 2024 By:

/s/ H. Russell Heiser Jr.

    Name:  H. Russell Heiser Jr.
    Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

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Exhibit 3.1

 

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

 

OF

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

FLEXSHOPPER, INC.

 

FLEXSHOPPER, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), does hereby certify that:

 

1. The Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended by deleting Section 1 of Article FOURTH thereof in its entirety and replacing Section 1 of Article FOURTH with the following:

 

“Section 1. Authorization of Shares.

 

The aggregate number of shares of capital stock which the Corporation will have authority to issue is 100,500,000 shares, consisting of 100,000,000 shares of common stock, having a par value of $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), and 500,000 shares of Preferred Stock, having a par value of $0.001 per share (“Preferred Stock”).”

 

2. The foregoing amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, FLEXSHOPPER, INC. has caused this Certificate to be executed by its duly authorized officer on this 7th day of October 2024.

 

  By: /s/ H. Russell Heiser Jr.
    Name:  H. Russell Heiser Jr.
    Title:  Chief Executive Officer