| Item 5.03 | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
Amendment to Series A Preferred Certificate
of Designation
On December 2, 2022, pursuant to the approval
of the Board of Directors and the holder of Series A Preferred Stock of DarkPulse, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
the Company amended the Certificate of Designation for the Series A Preferred Stock. Pursuant to the amendment, as corrected, the following
Section 5 was added:
5. Automatic
Conversion. The holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall have conversion rights and obligations as follows:
(a)
One (1) Business Day (as defined below) prior to the occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined below) (the “Conversion Date”),
the shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall automatically convert into shares of Common Stock of the Corporation on a pro rata basis
(the “Conversion Shares”) which shall equal twenty-five percent (25%) of the fully-diluted shares of Common Stock the
Corporation as of the Conversion Date or securities of the post-merger entity if the “Change of Control” is a merger of the
Corporation into another entity or if the Corporation becomes a subsidiary of another entity. The number of Conversion Shares so determined
shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number of shares. For purposes of this paragraph, a “Change of Control” of the Corporation
is defined as the date that any person or group of persons (other than the shareholders of the Corporation as of the date of first issuance
of shares of Series A Preferred Stock) shall have acquired beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated by the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of fifty-one percent (51%) or more of the issued and outstanding
shares of capital stock of the Corporation having the right to vote for the election of directors of the Corporation under ordinary circumstances.
(b)
All Conversion Shares, will, upon issuance, be duly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens, and charges with
respect to the issuance thereof.
The Certificate of Amendment and the Certificate
of Correction are filed as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2 hereto, respectively.
Amendment to Series D Preferred Certificate
of Designation
On December 23, 2021, pursuant to the approval
of the Board of Directors and a majority vote of the holders of Series D Preferred Stock of the Company, the Company amended the Certificate
of Designation for the Series D Preferred Stock. Pursuant to the amendment, Section 4 was changed to the following:
4. Conversion.
Each share of Series D Stock shall be convertible, at the sole and exclusive election of the holder of such share of Series D Preferred
Stock, into two (2) shares of Common Stock of the Corporation.
One
(1) Business Day (as defined below) prior to the occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined below), the shares of Series D Preferred
Stock shall automatically convert into two (2) shares of Common Stock of the Corporation (the “Conversion Shares”).
For purposes of this paragraph, a “Change of Control” of the Corporation is defined as the date that any person or group of
persons shall have acquired beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of fifty-one percent (51%) or more of the issued and outstanding shares of capital
stock of the Corporation having the right to vote for the election of directors of the Corporation under ordinary circumstances. All Conversion
Shares, will, upon issuance, be duly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens, and charges with respect to
the issuance thereof.
The Certificate of Amendment is filed as Exhibit
3.3 hereto.