In re Lordstown Motors Corp.
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The Chancery of Chancery granted a company's petition under 8 Del. C. 205 to validate and declare effective an amendment to the company's certificate of incorporation and stock issued in reliance on that amendment, holding that the amendment is hereby validated and declared effective pursuant to 8 Del. C. 205.
Dozens of companies formed as special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) proposed amendments to their certificates of incorporation to increase the number of authorized Class A common shares. The SPACs did not hold a separate Class A vote on the proposed amendments, believing them to be a series of common stock. Instead, a majority of the common shares entitled to vote, voting as a single class, approved the charter amendments. When the amendments were effectuated billions of shares were issued with the belief that they were authorized by the companies' certificates of incorporation. After the Court of Chancery issued a decision in Garfield v. Boxed, Inc., 2022 WL 17959766 (Del. Ch. Dec. 27, 2022), Petitioner brought this petition. The Court of Chancery granted relief, holding that the 115,120,243 class of Class A common stock issued in reliance on the effectiveness of the charter amendment are ordered validated and declared effective.
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