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Published: 2023-09-01 07:01:52 ET
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8-K
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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): August 30, 2023

 

 

EXPRESS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-34742   26-2828128

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

1 Express Drive

Columbus, Ohio

  43230
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(614) 474-4001

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(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:

 

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

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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, $0.01 par value   EXPR   The New York Stock Exchange

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 5.03

Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On August 30, 2023, Express, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Certificate of Amendment (the “Certificate of Amendment”) to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to effect a 1-for-20 reverse stock split (the “Reverse Stock Split”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”). Pursuant to the Certificate of Amendment, effective as of 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, on August 30, 2023 (the “Effective Time”), (i) every 20 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding, including shares of Common Stock held by the Company as treasury shares, were automatically combined into one share of Common Stock, and (ii) the number of authorized shares of Common Stock was reduced from 500,000,000 authorized shares of Common Stock to 25,000,000 authorized shares of Common Stock. The Company’s stockholders of record will receive a cash payment (without interest) in lieu of any fractional shares they would have otherwise been entitled to receive in the Reverse Stock Split.

The foregoing description of the Certificate of Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Certificate of Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
No.
  

Description

3.1    Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of Express, Inc.
104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL).


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.

 

    EXPRESS, INC.
Date: September 1, 2023     By:  

/s/ Jason Judd

    Name:   Jason Judd
    Title:   Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer