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):

October 3, 2017

 

AIR INDUSTRIES GROUP

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Nevada 001-35927 80-0948413
State of Commission IRS Employer
Incorporation File Number I.D. Number

 

360 Motor Parkway, Suite 100, Hauppauge, NY 11788

Address of principal executive offices

 

Registrant's telephone number: (631) 881-4920

 

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):

 

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

 

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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. ☐

 

 

 

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

As a result of stockholder approval of the restructuring transactions relating to the public offering of its common stock on July 12, 2017, Air Industries Group (the “Company”) will issue the following restricted shares of common stock:

 

1.8,629,606 shares upon the automatic conversion of its Series Convertible A Preferred Stock;

 

2.1,222,809 shares upon conversion of $1,834,214 aggregate principal amount of its subordinated convertible notes issued in May 2017; and

 

3.346,944 shares upon the automatic conversion of its subordinated promissory notes issued to Michael and Robert Taglich in the aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 in March 2017 for loans.

 

The issuance of the shares is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act pursuant to Section 3(a)(9) thereof. The certificates evidencing the shares will be endorsed with a customary Securities Act legend.

 

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

 

On October 3, 2017, the Company held its 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting"). The following is a brief description of each matter voted upon at the Annual Meeting, as well as the number of votes cast for or against each matter and the number of abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to each matter, as applicable. A more complete description of each matter is set forth in the Company's definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 24, 2017.

  

1.           Election of Directors. The Company's stockholders voted to elect the following persons as directors to serve for the following year or until their successors are duly elected and qualified:

 

Name   Votes For     Votes Withheld  
Michael N. Taglich     5,419,242       524,038  
Peter D. Rettaliata     5,422,097       521,183  
Robert F. Taglich     5,420,630       522,650  
Seymour G. Siegel     5,411,566       531,714  
David J. Buonanno     5,413,974       529,306  
Robert C. Schroeder     5,468,933       474,347  
Michael Brand     5,155,534       787,746  

 

There were 6,929,438 broker non-votes.

 

2.          Amendment to Articles of Incorporation increasing the number of shares of common stock the Company is authorized to issue from 25,000,000 shares to 50,000,000 shares. The results of the voting were 11,425,117 votes for, 1,175,636 votes against and 271,965 abstentions.

 

3.          Approval of restructuring transactions relating to July 2017 Public Offering. The results of the voting were 5,526,104 votes for, 365,908 votes against and 51,268 abstentions. There were 6,929,438 broker non-votes.

 

4.           Ratification of Rotenberg Meril Solomon Bertiger & Guttilla, P.C as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2017. The results of the voting were 12,146,801 votes for, 517,081 votes against and 208,836 abstentions.

 

5.           Approval of the Air Industries Group 2017 Equity Incentive Plan. The results of the voting were 5,133,099 votes for, 706,843 votes against and 103,338 abstentions. There were 6,929,438 broker non-votes.

 

 

 

  

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 3, 2017

 

  AIR INDUSTRIES GROUP  
       
  By:  /s/ Peter D. Rettaliata  
    Peter D. Rettaliata  
     Acting President and Chief Executive Officer