# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001838163
**File Stem:** 0001493152-25-025376
**Filing Date:** 2025-11
**Character Count:** 8724
**Document Hash:** 9f3281c94a12113e006398cdffd4cc8b
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001493152-25-025376.hdr.sgml**: 20251128

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001493152-25-025376

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 14

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20251126

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251128

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251128

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Brand Engagement Network Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001838163
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** SERVICES-COMPUTER INTEGRATED SYSTEMS DESIGN [7373]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 06 Technology
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-40130
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251535635

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 145 E. SNOW KING AVE
- **STREET 2:** PO BOX 1045
- **CITY:** JACKSON
- **STATE:** WY
- **ZIP:** 83001
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 307-757-3650

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 145 E. SNOW KING AVE
- **STREET 2:** PO BOX 1045
- **CITY:** JACKSON
- **STATE:** WY
- **ZIP:** 83001

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** DHC Acquisition Corp.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20201229

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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): November 26, 2025**

**Brand Engagement Network Inc.**

**(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)**

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| **Delaware** | **001-40130** | **98-1574798** |
| **(State or Other Jurisdiction<br> of Incorporation)** | **(Commission<br> File Number)** | **(IRS Employer<br> Identification No.)** |

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| **300 Delaware Ave** |  |
| **Suite 210** |  |
| **Wilmington, DE** | **19801** |
| **(Address of Principal Executive Offices)** | **(Zip Code)** |

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**Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (307) 757-3650**

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:

☐ 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:**

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| **Title of each class** | **Trading Symbol(s)** | **Name of each exchange on which registered** |
| Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share | BNAI | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
| Redeemable Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share | BNAIW | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |

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

On November 26, 2025, the Board of Directors of Brand Engagement Network Inc. approved a resolution by unanimous written consent to amend the Company's existing bylaws to reduce the quorum requirement for stockholder meetings from a majority to one-third (1/3) of the shares entitled to vote. The amendment is compliant with applicable NASDAQ and Securities and Exchange Commission requirements.

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

The 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Brand Engagement Network Inc. (the "Company") was held on November 26, 2025. On November 3, 2025, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 45,139,886 shares of the Company's common stock outstanding and entitled to vote, of which 37% were present for purposes of establishing a quorum. At that meeting, stockholders took the actions below with respect to the proposals described in the Company's 2025 Annual Proxy Statement, filed on November 6, 2025. With respect to the three proposals put before the stockholders, the voting results were as follows:

**Proposal 1 – Election of two Class I directors to the Company's Board of Directors**

The following directors were elected for a term of three years until the Company's 2028 Annual Meeting of Stockholders:

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| **Nominee** | **Votes For** | **Votes For** | **Withheld** | **Withheld** |
| Dr. Ruy Carrasco |  | 16446515 |  | 455864 |
| Thomas Morgan Jr. |  | 16447742 |  | 454637 |

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**Proposal 2 – Ratification of the selection of L.J. Soldinger Associates, LLC as our independent auditor for fiscal year 2025**

The ratification of the appointment of L.J. Soldinger Associates, LLC as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025 was approved by the following vote:

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|  | **Votes For** | **Votes For** | **Votes Against** | **Votes Against** | **Abstentions** | **Abstentions** |
| Proposal 2 |  | 16668300 |  | 10348 |  | 223731 |

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**Proposal 3 – Approval of Amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split**

The proposal to effect a reverse stock split of the outstanding shares of the Company's common stock by a ratio of not less than 1 for 2 and not more than 1 for 10, with the exact ratio to be set by the Board within the above range in its sole discretion, without further approval or authorization of our stockholders was approved by the following vote:

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|  | **Votes For** | **Votes For** | **Votes Against** | **Votes Against** | **Abstentions** | **Abstentions** |
| Proposal 3 |  | 16408499 |  | 492445 |  | 1435 |

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**Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits** 

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| **Exhibit** **3.1** | [Amendment No.1 to Bylaws of Brand Engagement Networks, Inc.](ex3-1.htm) |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (Embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |

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**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.

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|  |  | Brand Engagement Network Inc. | Brand Engagement Network Inc. |
| Date: | November 28, 2025 | By: | */s/ Tyler Luck* |
|  |  |  | Tyler Luck, Interim Chief Executive Officer |

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## Exhibit 3.1

**<u>Exhibit 3.1 (Amendment to Section 3.5 of the Bylaws)</u>**

Section 3.5 of the Bylaws of Brand Engagement Network Inc. is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

Section 3.5 Quorum. Except as otherwise required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of at least one-third (1/3) of the shares entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at such meeting. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the chairperson of the meeting may adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in Section 3.6 of these Bylaws until a quorum shall be present or represented. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed. If a quorum is not present or represented at an adjourned meeting, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or by proxy,shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented.