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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-013198"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HTCR"
cik: "0001892322"
company_name: "HeartCore Enterprises, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-03-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T08:42:08.757639+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# HeartCore amends bylaws to clarify attorneys' fees provision excludes internal corporate claims

## Summary
- Board adopted amendment to Section 7.4 of Bylaws on March 24, 2026.
- Attorneys' fee reimbursement provision now explicitly excludes internal corporate claims under DGCL Section 115.
- Exclusion also covers any stockholder action brought in capacity as stockholder or in right of corporation.
- Amendment aligns Bylaws with DGCL Section 109(b) and existing Section 7.5.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-013198
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HTCR
- cik: 0001892322
- company_name: HeartCore Enterprises, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-03-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1892322/000149315226013198/0001493152-26-013198-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1892322/000149315226013198/form8-k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 47f01cb287271dbc2161ebc6b567535b009456c1
  claim: HeartCore Enterprises, Inc.: Amended Section 7.4 of the bylaws to add a proviso that the prevailing-party attorneys' fees provision does not apply to internal corporate claims under DGCL Section 115 or stockholder claims brought in a stockholder capacity or in the right of the corporation (effective 2026-03-24).
  evidence_excerpt: The Amendment had the effect of amending and restating the second sentence of Section 7.4 of the Bylaws to read as follows: “If any action is brought by any party against another party, relating to or arising out of these Bylaws, or the enforcement hereof, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover from the other party reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the prosecution or defense of such action, provided that the provisions of this sentence shall not apply with respect to “internal corporate claims” as defined in Section 115 of the DGCL or in connection with any other claim that a stockholder, acting in its capacity as a stockholder or in the right of the Corporation, has brought in an action, suit or proceeding.”
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1892322/000149315226013198/0001493152-26-013198-index.htm

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