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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-010285"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ZEO"
cik: "0001865506"
company_name: "Zeo Energy Corp."
filed_at: "2023-01-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T14:16:26.018562+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ESGEN shareholders approve extension to April 22, 2023; ~88.5% of public shares redeemed for ~$254M

## Summary
- Holders of 24,703,445 Class A shares redeemed at ~$10.29/share, total ~$254.2M withdrawn from trust.
- Termination date extended from Jan 22, 2023 to Apr 22, 2023; board may extend up to six additional months.
- Sponsor or affiliates to deposit $140,000 per monthly extension in exchange for promissory notes convertible into warrants.
- Charter amendment filed with Cayman Islands Registrar on Jan 18, 2023.
- Extension Proposal passed with 23.9M for, 4.5M against; Adjournment Proposal not presented.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-010285
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ZEO
- cik: 0001865506
- company_name: Zeo Energy Corp.
- filed_at: 2023-01-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1865506/000119312523010285/0001193125-23-010285-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1865506/000119312523010285/d448466d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Zeo Energy Corp.: The company amended its memorandum and articles of association to extend the deadline to complete a business combination from January 22, 2023, to April 22, 2023, with provisions for up to six additional monthly extensions if the sponsor deposits funds into the trust account (effective 2023-01-18).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2023-01-18
  source text: On January 18, 2023, ESGEN Acquisition Corporation (“ ESGEN ” or the “ Company ”) held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “ Meeting ”), to consider and vote upon a proposal to amend, by special resolution, the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the “ Extension Proposal ”) to: (i) extend from January 22, 2023 to April 22, 2023 (the “ Extended Date ”), the date (the “ Termination Date ”) by which, if the Company has not consummated a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination involving one or more businesses or entities, the Company must: (a) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (b) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the shares sold in the Company’s initial public offering (the “ Public Shares ”) (in a redemption that will completely extinguish the rights of the owners of the Public
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1865506/000119312523010285/0001193125-23-010285-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Zeo Energy Corp. shareholders approved Extension Proposal at the 2023-01-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: charter amendment
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-01-18
  source text: The voting results for the Extension Proposal was as follows: The Extension Proposal For Against Abstain 23,916,803 4,521,588 104,338
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1865506/000119312523010285/0001193125-23-010285-index.htm

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