Brand Engagement Network Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year, Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
On November 26, 2025, the Board of Directors of Brand Engagement Network Inc. approved a resolution by unanimous written consent to amend the Company’s existing bylaws to reduce the quorum requirement for stockholder meetings from a majority to one-third (1/3) of the shares entitled to vote. The amendment is compliant with applicable NASDAQ and Securities and Exchange Commission requirements.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Brand Engagement Network Inc. (the “Company”) was held on November 26, 2025. On November 3, 2025, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 45,139,886 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding and entitled to vote, of which 37% were present for purposes of establishing a quorum. At that meeting, stockholders took the actions below with respect to the proposals described in the Company’s 2025 Annual Proxy Statement, filed on November 6, 2025. With respect to the three proposals put before the stockholders, the voting results were as follows:
Proposal 1 – Election of two Class I directors to the Company’s Board of Directors
The following directors were elected for a term of three years until the Company’s 2028 Annual Meeting of Stockholders:
| Nominee | Votes For | Withheld | ||||||
| Dr. Ruy Carrasco | 16,446,515 | 455,864 | ||||||
| Thomas Morgan Jr. | 16,447,742 | 454,637 | ||||||
Proposal 2 – Ratification of the selection of L.J. Soldinger Associates, LLC as our independent auditor for fiscal year 2025
The ratification of the appointment of L.J. Soldinger Associates, LLC as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025 was approved by the following vote:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | ||||||||||
| Proposal 2 | 16,668,300 | 10,348 | 223,731 | |||||||||
Proposal 3 – Approval of Amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split
The proposal to effect a reverse stock split of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock by a ratio of not less than 1 for 2 and not more than 1 for 10, with the exact ratio to be set by the Board within the above range in its sole discretion, without further approval or authorization of our stockholders was approved by the following vote:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | ||||||||||
| Proposal 3 | 16,408,499 | 492,445 | 1,435 | |||||||||
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
| Exhibit 3.1 | Amendment No.1 to Bylaws of Brand Engagement Networks, Inc. | |
| 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.
| Brand Engagement Network Inc. | |||
| Date: | November 28, 2025 | By: | /s/ Tyler Luck |
Tyler Luck, Interim Chief Executive Officer | |||