Form 8-K
8-K — Ouster, Inc.
Accession: 0001193125-26-275810
Filed: 2026-06-18
Period: 2026-06-17
CIK: 0001816581
SIC: 3569 (GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT, NEC)
Item: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
Item: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Item: Financial Statements and Exhibits
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 17, 2026
Ouster, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
001-39463
86-2528989
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
350 Treat Avenue
San Francisco, California 94110
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(415) 949-0108
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
☐
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
☐
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act
☐
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
☐
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading
Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange
on which registered
Common stock, $0.0001 par value per share
OUST
Nasdaq Global Select Market
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 5.03.
Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
At the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2026 Annual Meeting”) of Ouster, Inc. (the “Company”) held on June 17, 2026, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, from 100,000,000 to 200,000,000 (the “Authorized Shares Amendment”), as described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2026 (the “Proxy Statement”).
Following the 2026 Annual Meeting, on June 17, 2026, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to effect the Authorized Shares Amendment, which became effective upon filing. The foregoing description of the Authorized Shares Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Certificate of Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On June 17, 2026, the Company held the 2026 Annual Meeting. At the 2026 Annual Meeting, a total of 45,922,921 shares of common stock were present in person or represented by proxy, representing approximately 72.12% of the Company’s outstanding common stock as of April 24, 2026, the record date for the 2026 Annual Meeting. The following are the voting results for the proposals considered and voted upon at the 2026 Annual Meeting, each of which was described in the Proxy Statement.
Item 1 - Election of two Class II directors to serve until the Company’s 2029 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors shall have been duly elected and qualified.
NOMINEE
Votes
FOR
Votes
WITHHELD
Broker
Non-Votes
Phillip M. Eyler
29,923,243
557,949
15,441,729
Angus Pacala
27,143,496
3,337,696
15,441,729
Item 2 - Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.
Votes
FOR
Votes
AGAINST
Votes
ABSTAINED
Broker
Non-Votes
45,381,535
332,328
209,058
0
Item 3 - Approval, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
Votes
FOR
Votes
AGAINST
Votes
ABSTAINED
Broker
Non-Votes
24,030,941
6,027,161
423,090
15,441,729
Item 4 - Approval of an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, from 100,000,000 to 200,000,000.
Votes
FOR
Votes
AGAINST
Votes
ABSTAINED
Broker
Non-Votes
41,616,898
4,013,345
292,678
0
Item 5 - Approval of an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to provide for exculpation of officers from breaches of fiduciary duty to the extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
Votes
FOR
Votes
AGAINST
Votes
ABSTAINED
Broker
Non-Votes
26,786,230
3,406,515
288,447
15,441,729
Based on the foregoing votes, each of Phillip M. Eyler and Angus Pacala was elected as a Class II director and Items 2, 3 and 4 were approved. Item 5 was not approved. No other items were presented for stockholder approval at the 2026 Annual Meeting.
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit
No.
Description
3.1
Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of Ouster, Inc.
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Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
OUSTER, INC.
Date: June 18, 2026
By:
/s/ Megan Chung
Name:
Megan Chung
Title:
General Counsel and Secretary
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Exhibit 3.1
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
TO THE
CERTIFICATE OF
INCORPORATION
OF
OUSTER, INC.
Ouster, Inc., a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), DOES HEREBY CERTIFY AS FOLLOWS:
1.
The name of this corporation is Ouster, Inc.
2.
This Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware on March 10, 2021.
3.
This Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation was duly proposed, adopted and approved by
the Corporation’s board of directors and was duly adopted by the stockholders of the Corporation, at an annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, in accordance with the applicable provisions of Sections 222 and 242 of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
4.
Article IV of the Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“The Corporation is authorized to issue two classes of stock to be designated, respectively, “Common Stock” and
“Preferred Stock.” The total number of shares of capital stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 300,000,000. The total number of shares of Common Stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is
200,000,000, having a par value of $0.0001 per share, and the total number of shares of Preferred Stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is 100,000,000, having a par value of $0.0001 per share.”
5.
All other provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation shall remain in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation has been
executed by a duly authorized officer of the Corporation on this 17th day of June, 2026.
OUSTER, INC.
By:
/s/ Megan Chung
Name:
Megan Chung
Title:
General Counsel and Secretary
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