Current Report Filing (8-k)

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 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): January 6, 2023

 

WESTERN ACQUISITION VENTURES CORP.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware		001-42124		86-3720717
(State or Other Jurisdiction		(Commission		(IRS Employer
of Incorporation)		File Number)		Identification No.)

 

42 Broadway, 12th Floor

New York, NY 10004

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

[phone]

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

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

 

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Units, each consisting of one share of common stock and one redeemable warrant		WAVSU		The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Common stock, par value $0.001 per share		WAVS		The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Redeemable warrants, each exercisable for a share of common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share		WAVSW		The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

 

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 x

 

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. ¨

 

 

  

 

 

 

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

 

Subsequent to the approval by its stockholders of the Amendment (the “Charter Amendment”) to the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Western Acquisition Ventures Corp. (“Western”) on January 6, 2023, Western filed on January 11, 2023 the Charter Amendment with the Delaware Secretary of State. The Charter Amendment extends the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination up to six (6) times, each such extension for an additional one (1) month period (each an “Extension”), from January 11, 2023 to July 11, 2023, upon payments to the Trust Account of $10,000 for each one-month Extension.

 

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

 

Western held a Special Meeting of Stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) on January 6, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The Special Meeting was held via teleconference. Summarized below are the results of the matters voted on at the Special Meeting.

 

Matters Voted Upon		Votes for				Votes Against				Abstentions
Proposal Number One was to amend the Company’s Certificate of incorporation (the “Charter”), to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination up to six (6) times (the “Charter Amendment”), each such extension for an additional one (1) month period (each an “Extension”), from January 11, 2023 to July 11, 2023			10,156,618				408,859				0
Proposal Number Two was  to amend the Company’s investment management trust agreement, dated as of January 11, 2022 (the “Trust Agreement”), by and between the Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “Trustee”), allowing the Company to extend the Extended Termination Date another six (6) times, each such extension for an additional one (1) month period, until July 11, 2023, by depositing into the Trust Account $10,000 (the “Extension Payment”) for each one-month Extension (or up to an aggregate of $60,000 for the total six-month period)			10,156,618				408,859				0
Proposal Number Three was  to direct the chairman of the Special Meeting to adjourn the Special Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies if, based upon the tabulated vote at the time of the Special Meeting, there are not sufficient votes to approve the foregoing proposal			10,155,486				409,991				0

 

Proposals 1 and 2 were approved by the Western’s stockholders. Proposal 3 was not presented at the Special Meeting

 

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

Western’s stockholders elected to redeem an aggregate of 10,729,779 shares in connection with the Special Meeting. As of January 11, 2023, following such redemptions and the deposit of the initial contribution for the first one-month extension, the amount of funds remaining in the trust account is approximately $7.865 million. Accordingly, following such redemptions, Western had 4,021,221 shares of common stock issued and outstanding (2,875,000 of which are founder shares and 376,000 were private placement shares, not subject to redemption) and the pro rata portion of the funds available is approximately $10.21 per public share.

 

 

 

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit Number		Description
3.1		Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation dated January 11, 2023
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File - The cover page interactive data file does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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: January 11, 2023

 

	WESTERN ACQUISITION VENTURES CORP.
	By:	/s/ Stephen Christoffersen
	Name:	Stephen Christoffersen
	Title:	President and CEO