---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-002526"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "REED"
cik: "0001140215"
company_name: "REED'S, INC."
filed_at: "2023-01-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T07:53:21.865637+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Reed's announces 1-for-50 reverse stock split effective Jan 27, 2023 to meet Nasdaq bid price requirement

## Summary
- Shareholders approved reverse stock split at ratio 1-for-50; effective Jan 27, 2023.
- Outstanding shares reduced from ~126M to ~2.5M; new CUSIP 758338305.
- Proportional adjustments to outstanding options and warrants.
- Company intends to pursue additional actions to satisfy Nasdaq stockholders' equity requirement.
- Vote results: 83,055,575 for, 3,569,557 against, 111,849 abstain (quorum 68.8%).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-002526
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: REED
- cik: 0001140215
- company_name: REED'S, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-01-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.03, 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140215/000149315223002526/0001493152-23-002526-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140215/000149315223002526/form8-k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  REED'S, INC.: Reverse stock split at 1-for-50 ratio via amendment to Certificate of Incorporation, effective January 27, 2023 (effective 2023-01-27).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2023-01-27
  source text: On January 25, 2023, Reed’s, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Reed’s” or the “company”) announced that its board of directors approved a 1-for-50 reverse stock split (the “Reverse Stock Split”) of the company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share. The Reverse Stock Split will become effective on Nasdaq at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on January 27, 2023 (the “Effective Time”), and the company’s common stock will open for trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market on a post-split basis under the company’s existing trading symbol “REED”.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140215/000149315223002526/0001493152-23-002526-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  REED'S, INC. shareholders approved Approve adjournment of special meeting if necessary to solicit additional proxies at the 2023-01-24 meeting.
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-01-24
  source text: Proposal to approve an adjournment of the Special Meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes in favor of Proposal No. 1. FOR: AGAINST: ABSTAIN: 84,008,712 2,637,461 90,808
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140215/000149315223002526/0001493152-23-002526-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  REED'S, INC. shareholders approved Approve amendment to Certificate of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split at the 2023-01-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: reverse split
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-01-24
  source text: Proposal to approve an amendment to the company’s Certificate of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of the outstanding shares of the company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, by a ratio of not less than one-for-six and not more than one-for-50 at any time on or prior to January 24, 2024, with the exact ratio to be set at a whole number within this range by our Board of Directors in its sole discretion. FOR: AGAINST: ABSTAIN: 83,055,575 3,569,557 111,849
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140215/000149315223002526/0001493152-23-002526-index.htm

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