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): June 11, 2020

 

PROFESSIONAL DIVERSITY NETWORK, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-35824   80-0900177
(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission   (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)   File Number)   Identification No.)

 

801 W. Adams Street, Sixth Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60607

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (312) 614-0950

 

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

 

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):

 

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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
Common Stock, $.01 par value   IPDN   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 [  ]

 

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 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

On June 11, 2020, Professional Diversity Network, Inc. (the “Company”) and Cosmic ‎Forward Limited, a Republic of Seychelles company and a shareholder of the Company (the “Investor”), entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Stockholders’ Agreement (the “Original Agreement”), dated as of ‎November 6, 2016 between the Company, the Investor and certain other parties ‎named therein.

 

The Amendment provides, among other things, that notwithstanding anything to the ‎contrary in the Original Agreement, ‎‎(i) the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) ‎shall no longer be fixed at nine (9) and the size of the Board may be increased or decreased by ‎the Company in accordance with its Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws; and (ii) the number of ‎director nominees that the Investor and certain of its affiliates (collectively, the “CFL Parties”) are entitled to nominate shall be equal to the then ‎current size of the Board multiplied by the CFL Parties’ ownership percentage of the Company’s common stock, rounded down to ‎the nearest whole number.

 

The foregoing description of the terms of the Amendment is a summary only and does not purport to be a complete description of all of the terms, provisions, covenants, and agreements contained in the Amendment, and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment attached as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

 

4.1 Amendment to Stockholders’ Agreement, dated June 11, 2020.

 

  

 

 

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.

 

  Professional Diversity Network, Inc.
   
Date: June 12, 2020 /s/ Adam He
  Adam He, Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer