Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On August 27, 2020, Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV (the "Company") held a special meeting of its stockholders (the "Special Meeting"). At the Special Meeting, the Company's stockholders approved and adopted an amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the "Charter Amendment") to extend the date by which the Company must consummate a business combination from September 5, 2020 to December 31, 2020. The Charter Amendment was effective upon filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on August 27, 2020.

The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Charter Amendment, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

As discussed above, on August 27, 2020, the Company held the Special Meeting. At the Special Meeting, holders of an aggregate of 20,314,092 of shares of the Company's Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Class A Common Stock"), and 7,503,750 of shares of the Company's Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Class B Common Stock" and, together with the Class A Common Stock, the "common stock"), which represents 74.144% of the shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote as of the record date of July 28, 2020, were represented in person or by proxy, which constituted a quorum. At the Special Meeting, the Company's stockholders approved the Charter Amendment (the "Extension Amendment Proposal").

The final voting results for the Extension Amendment Proposal were as follows:





   For       Against   Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
27,270,143   496,841   50,858           0

Stockholders holding 211,561 shares of Class A Common Stock exercised their right to redeem such shares for a pro rata portion of the funds in the Company's trust account ("Trust Account") at a redemption price of approximately $10.29 per share. As a result, approximately $2.18 million in cash will be removed from the Trust Account to pay such holders.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

Attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated into this Item 7.01 by reference is a copy of the press release issued August 27, 2020 announcing the Special Meeting results.

The foregoing Exhibit 99.1 and the information set forth therein is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed to be filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise be subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall they be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.





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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.






(d) Exhibits



Exhibit
Number    Description

            Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
  3.1     Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV
 99.1       Press Release issued August 27, 2020




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