---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-197705"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VERU"
cik: "0000863894"
company_name: "VERU INC."
filed_at: "2023-07-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T23:27:36.019284+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Veru shareholders approve doubling authorized common stock to 308M shares

## Summary
- Shareholders voted 62,042,114 for, 3,935,354 against to increase authorized shares from 154M to 308M.
- Special meeting held July 24, 2023; 89,236,732 shares eligible to vote.
- Articles of Amendment filed with Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions on July 24, 2023.
- Adjournment proposal also approved with 61,372,471 votes in favor.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-197705
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VERU
- cik: 0000863894
- company_name: VERU INC.
- filed_at: 2023-07-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/863894/000119312523197705/0001193125-23-197705-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/863894/000119312523197705/d515262d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-197705.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  VERU INC.: Increased authorized shares of common stock from 154,000,000 to 308,000,000 (effective 2023-07-24).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2023-07-24
  source text: On July 24, 2023, Veru Inc. (the “Company”) filed the Articles of Amendment with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions. The Articles of Amendment increase the total number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock from 154,000,000 to 308,000,000.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/863894/000119312523197705/0001193125-23-197705-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  VERU INC. shareholders approved Adjournment of the Special Meeting at the 2023-07-24 meeting.
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-07-24
  source text: 2. Adjournment Proposal: The shareholders voted in favor of approving the adjournment of the Special Meeting. Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 61,372,471 4,391,943 412,370 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/863894/000119312523197705/0001193125-23-197705-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  VERU INC. shareholders approved Amendment to the Company's Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from 154,000,000 to 308,000,000 at the 2023-07-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: charter amendment
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-07-24
  source text: 1. Share Increase Proposal: The shareholders voted to approve an amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock of the Company from 154,000,000 to 308,000,000. Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 62,042,114 3,935,354 199,316 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/863894/000119312523197705/0001193125-23-197705-index.htm

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