---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-033993"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EVLV"
cik: "0001805385"
company_name: "Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-03-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T23:41:29.331726+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Evolv files Delaware court petition to validate charter and shares after Boxed ruling

## Summary
- Filed March 14, 2023 petition under DGCL Section 205 to validate Second Amended Certificate increasing authorized Class A shares to 1.1B.
- Uncertainty stems from Garfield v. Boxed (Dec. 2022) which may require separate class vote for such amendments.
- Chancery Court set hearing for March 29, 2023 at 11:40 a.m. ET; motion to expedite granted.
- Company currently has 147,128,868 Class A shares outstanding; Old Certificate only authorized 50M Class A shares.
- If not validated, shares issued in de-SPAC merger may be invalid, impacting Nasdaq listing and financing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-033993
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EVLV
- cik: 0001805385
- company_name: Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-03-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805385/000110465923033993/0001104659-23-033993-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805385/000110465923033993/tm239910d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-033993
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-033993.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-033993.txt

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.