---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-23-005691"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DPLS"
cik: "0000866439"
company_name: "DarkPulse, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T13:31:00.592603+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# DarkPulse extends business combination termination date to Feb 9, 2024

## Summary
- Amendment No. 1 extends the BCA termination date from Aug 9, 2023 to Feb 9, 2024.
- No other changes were made to the Business Combination Agreement.
- Parties: DarkPulse, Global System Dynamics (GSD), and Zilla Acquisition Corp.
- Original BCA was dated December 14, 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-23-005691
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DPLS
- cik: 0000866439
- company_name: DarkPulse, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866439/000168316823005691/0001683168-23-005691-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866439/000168316823005691/darkpulse_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  DarkPulse, Inc. amended Business Combination Agreement with Global System Dynamics, Inc. and Zilla Acquisition Corp. (effective 2023-08-08).
  - Action: amendment
  - Agreement: merger
  - Counterparty: Global System Dynamics, Inc. and Zilla Acquisition Corp.
  - Effective: 2023-08-08
  source text: On August 8, 2023, DarkPulse, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”) entered into Amendment No. 1 to the Business Combination Agreement with Global System Dynamics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ GSD ”), and Zilla Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of GSD (“ Zilla ”), pursuant to which the “Termination Date,” as defined in the Business Combination Agreement dated December 14, 2022 by, between, and among the Company, GSD, and Zilla (the “ BCA ”) was amended from “August 9, 2023” to “February 9, 2024.”
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866439/000168316823005691/0001683168-23-005691-index.htm

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