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accession: "0001104659-23-027312"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AUMN"
cik: "0001011509"
company_name: "Golden Minerals Co"
filed_at: "2023-03-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T16:50:50.468436+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Golden Minerals amends bylaws: reduces stockholder quorum to one-third, adds forum selection clause

## Summary
- Quorum for stockholder meetings reduced from majority to one-third of voting power.
- New requirement for stockholders to deliver evidence of compliance with Rule 14a-19 for director nominations.
- Adopted exclusive forum provision designating Delaware Court of Chancery for certain disputes.
- Removed provisions that were applicable only after 2009 bankruptcy emergence and had expired.
- Made ministerial and conforming revisions to align with Delaware General Corporation Law.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-027312
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AUMN
- cik: 0001011509
- company_name: Golden Minerals Co
- filed_at: 2023-03-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1011509/000110465923027312/0001104659-23-027312-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1011509/000110465923027312/tm238126d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Golden Minerals Co: Amended and Restated Bylaws revising director nomination procedures, stockholder meeting rules, quorum reduction, and forum selection (effective 2023-02-24).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-02-24
  source text: On February 24, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Golden Minerals Company (the “Company”) approved the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1011509/000110465923027312/0001104659-23-027312-index.htm

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