TWER Towerstream Corporation (CE)

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 21, 2015

Towerstream Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (401) 848-5848 

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:

On June 10, 2015, the Company’s Board of Directors approved and recommended for stockholder approval an amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter Amendment”) to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from 95,000,000 to 200,000,000. On August 21, 2015, the Company’s stockholders approved the Charter Amendment. The final voting results at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders with respect to the Charter Amendment were 44,035,706 shares voted for, 16,479,889 shares voted against and 454,851 shares abstained. The Charter Amendment was filed with the Delaware Secretary of State and became effective on August 21, 2015. A copy of the Charter Amendment is attached to this Current Report as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

On August 21, 2015, at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders, the Company’s stockholders approved (i) electing the five directors named by the Company (Philip Urso, Jeffrey M. Thompson, Howard L. Haronian, M.D., Paul Koehler, and William J. Bush) to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders, (ii) the Charter Amendment described in Item 5.03 above, (iii) the ratification of Marcum LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015 (the “Auditor Ratification”), and (v) the approval of a non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s executive officers (“Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation”).

As of the record date for the meeting of June 25, 2015, 66,759,470 shares of common stock, constituting all of the outstanding capital stock of the Company, were issued and outstanding, of which a total of 60,970,446 shares were voted at the annual meeting. The vote for each proposal was as follows:

(d) Exhibits

The following exhibit is filed herewith:

Exhibit 3.1 Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation

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.

Exhibit 3.1

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

TO

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

TOWERSTREAM CORPORATION

The undersigned, being the President and Chief Executive Officer of Towerstream Corporation, a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, does hereby certify under the seal of the said corporation as follows:

1.     The certificate of incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended by replacing Article Fourth in its entirety with the following:

FOURTH: A. Classes and number of Shares. The total number of shares of stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is two hundred and five million (205,000,000). The Classes and aggregate number of shares of each class which the Corporation shall have authority to issue are as follows:

B. Blank Check Powers. The Corporation may issue any class of the Preferred Stock in any series. The Board of Directors shall have authority to establish and designate series, and to fix the number of shares included in each such series and the variations in the relative rights, preferences and limitations as between series, provided that, if the stated dividends and amounts payable on liquidation are not paid in full, the shares of all series of the same class shall share ratably in the payment of dividends including accumulations, if any, in accordance with the sums which would be payable on such shares if all dividends were declared and paid in full, and in any distribution of assets other than by way of dividends in accordance with the sums which would be payable on such distribution if all sums payable were discharged in full. Shares of each such series when issued shall be designated to distinguish the shares of each series from the shares of all other series.

2. The officers of the Corporation are authorized and directed to take such actions as are necessary in their discretion to effectuate the purposes of each of the above resolutions, including but not limited to the execution, delivery and filing of all necessary certificates, applications and other documents and the payment of all necessary fees in connection therewith.

3. The number of shares of the corporation outstanding and entitled to vote on an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation is 66,759,470 and the foregoing change and amendment has been consented to and approved by the vote of the stockholders of the Corporation holding at least a majority of each class of stock outstanding and entitled to vote thereon.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed and this Certificate of Amendment of the Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to be signed by Jeffrey M. Thompson, its President and Chief Executive Officer, this 21^st day of August, 2015.

 TOWERSTREAM CORPORATION      

 By:      /s/ Jeffrey M. Thompson

Jeffrey M. Thompson     

President and Chief Executive Officer     

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