ABATIX ENVIRONMENTAL CORP
8-K, 1999-06-15
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                       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):
                                  MAY 20, 1999

                                  ABATIX CORP.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     State of Delaware          1-10184                    75-1908110
(State of Incorporation) (Commission File No.) (IRS Employer Identification No.)

8311 Eastpoint Drive, Suite 400, Dallas, Texas                     75227
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                         (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (214) 381-1146

                           ABATIX ENVIRONMENTAL CORP.
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS

At the annual stockholders'  meeting on May 20, 1999, the stockholders  approved
the change of the name of the Company from Abatix  Environmental Corp. to Abatix
Corp.  On  May  26,  1999,  a  Certificate   of  Amendment  of   Certificate  of
Incorporation was filed with the State of Delaware to affect this name change.

ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(c) Exhibits

     (1)(a)  Form of  Underwriting  Agreement  (filed as  Exhibit  (1)(a) to the
     Registration Statement on Form S-18, filed February 9, 1989).

     (1)(b) Form of Selected  Dealer  Agreement  (filed as Exhibit (1)(b) to the
     Registration Statement on Form S-18, filed January 11, 1989).

     (1)(c)  Warrant  Solicitation  Agent and Exercise Fee  Agreement  (filed as
     Exhibit  (l)(c) to the Report on Form 10-K for the year ended  December 31,
     1989).

     (2)(a)  Agreement  of Merger  (filed  as  Exhibit  (2) to the  Registration
     Statement on Form S-18, filed January 11, 1989).

     (2)(b) Asset Purchase  Agreement  (filed as Exhibit (2)(b) to the Report on
     Form 8-K, filed October 19, 1992).

     (2)(c) Asset  Purchase  Agreement for Keliher  Hardware  Company  (filed as
     Exhibit  (2)(c) to the Report on Form 10-K for the year ended  December 31,
     1998).

     (3)(a)(4) Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation. *

     (4)(a) Specimen Certificate of Common Stock (filed as Exhibit (4)(a) to the
     Registration Statement on Form S-18, filed January 8, 1989).

     (4)(b)  Specimen of  Redeemable  Common Stock  Purchase  Warrant  (filed as
     Exhibit (4)(b) to the  Registration  Statement on Form S-18, filed February
     9, 1989).

     (4)(c)  Form of  Warrant to be sold to  Culverwell  & Co.,  Inc.  (filed as
     Exhibit (4)(c) to the  Registration  Statement on Form S-18, filed February
     9, 1989).

     (4)(d) Warrant Agency  Agreement  between the Registrant and North American
     Transfer Company (filed as Exhibit (4)(d) to the Registration  Statement on
     Form S-18, filed February 9, 1989).

     * Filed herewith as part of the Company's electronic filing.

                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
the  Registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                     ABATIX CORP.

Date: June 15, 1999              By: /s/ FRANK J. CINATL
                               Name: Frank J. Cinatl
                              Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
                                     (Principal Accounting Officer)

                            CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
                                     TO THE
                          CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                           ABATIX ENVIRONMENTAL CORP.

         Pursuant  to the  provisions  of Section  242 of the  Delaware  General
Corporation  Law,  the  undersigned  Corporation  hereby  adopts  the  following
Certificate of Amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation.

                                   ARTICLE ONE

     The  name  of  the   Corporation  is  Abatix   Environmental   Corp.   (the
"Corporation").

                                  ARTICLE TWO

         The  following   amendments  to  the   Corporation's   Certificate   of
Incorporation,  which was filed in the office of the  Secretary  of the State of
Delaware  on  December  5, 1998,  and  amended by that  certain  Certificate  of
Amendment to  Certificate of  Incorporation  which was approved by the Directors
and  Shareholders  of the  Corporation  on January 6, 1989,  were adopted by the
Directors as of May 20, 1999 and the Shareholders as of May 20, 1999:

         Section "FIRST" of the Corporation  Certificate of Incorporation  shall
be deleted in its  entirety  and in its place and stead  shall be  inserted  the
following provision:

     FIRST: The name of the corporation  (hereinafter  called the "corporation")
is ABATIX CORP.

                                  ARTICLE THREE

         All  other  provisions  of  the  Certificate  of  Incorporation  of the
Corporation, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect.

                                  ARTICLE FOUR

         The number of shares of the Corporation outstanding at the time of such
adoption  was  One  Million  Seven  Hundred   Sixty-Two   Thousand  One  Hundred
Forty-Eight  (1,762,148),  and the number of shares entitled to vote thereon was
One  Million  Seven   Hundred   Sixty-Two   Thousand  One  Hundred   Forty-Eight
(1,762,148).

                                  ARTICLE FIVE

         The holders of One Million Seven Hundred Sixty-Two Thousand Forty-Eight
(1,762,048) shares outstanding and entitled to vote on said amendment have voted
for adopting said amendment.

         EXECUTED to be effective as of the 26th day of May, 1999.


                                                     ABATIX ENVIRONMENTAL CORP.,
                                                     A DELAWARE CORPORATION.


                                                     By:/s/ Terry W. Shaver
                                                     Terry W.  Shaver, President



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