---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-100497"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001836274"
company_name: "Atlantic Coastal Acquisition Corp."
filed_at: "2023-09-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T19:21:06.272029+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Atlantic Coastal Acquisition Corp. shareholders approve charter extension to March 2024; 385,961 shares redeemed

## Summary
- Stockholders approved extension of business combination deadline from Sept 8, 2023 to March 8, 2024, with possible monthly extensions up to Sept 8, 2024.
- 385,961 public shares redeemed at ~$10.53 per share in connection with vote.
- 2,706,279 votes for, 181,344 against, 0 abstentions; quorum of 2,787,623 shares represented.
- Sponsor or affiliates to deposit $0.18 per unredeemed share into trust for extension, in exchange for unsecured promissory note.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-100497
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001836274
- company_name: Atlantic Coastal Acquisition Corp.
- filed_at: 2023-09-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1836274/000110465923100497/0001104659-23-100497-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1836274/000110465923100497/tm2326107d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Atlantic Coastal Acquisition Corp.: Stockholders approved an amendment to the certificate of incorporation to extend the deadline to consummate a business combination from September 8, 2023 to March 8, 2024, with potential for up to six additional monthly extensions up to September 8, 2024 (effective 2023-09-08).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2023-09-08
  source text: On September 8, 2023, at a special meeting of the stockholders of Atlantic Coastal Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a special purpose acquisition company ( the “ Company ”) whose securities are listed on Nasdaq (the “ Special Meeting ”), the stockholders approved a proposal to amend the Company’s second amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “ Charter ”) to extend the date by which the Company must consummate a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination involving the Company and one or more businesses (a “ Business Combination ”), (ii) cease its operations if it fails to complete such business combination, and (iii) redeem or repurchase 100% of the Company’s Class A common stock included as part of the units sold in the Company’s initial public offering that was consummated on March 8, 2021 (the “ Public Shares ”), from September 8, 2023 (the “ Existing Termination Date ”) to March 8, 20
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1836274/000110465923100497/0001104659-23-100497-index.htm

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