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VIVEON
HEALTH ACQUISITION CORP.
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of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
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VIVEON
HEALTH ACQUISITION CORP.
3480
Peachtree Road NE 2nd Floor, Suite #112
Atlanta,
Georgia 30326
NOTICE
OF SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO
BE HELD March 27, 2024
TO
THE STOCKHOLDERS OF VIVEON HEALTH ACQUISITION CORP.:
You
are cordially invited to attend the Special Meeting (the “Special Meeting”) of stockholders of VIVEON HEALTH
ACQUISITION CORP., (the “Company,” “Viveon,” “we,”
“us” or “our”) to be held at 10:30 a.m. ET on March 27, 2024. Stockholders
will NOT be able to attend the Special Meeting in-person. This proxy statement includes instructions on how to access the Special Meeting
and how to listen and vote from home or any remote location with Internet connectivity. The Company will be holding the Special Meeting
in a virtual meeting format at https://www.cstproxy.com/viveon/2024 and via teleconference using the following dial-in information:
Telephone
access (listen-only):
Within
the U.S. and Canada: 1-800-450-7155 (toll-free)
Outside
of the U.S. and Canada: + 1 857-999-9155
(standard
rates apply)
Conference
ID: 7618674#
The
Special Meeting will be held for the purpose of considering and voting upon the following proposals:
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The Fourth Extension Proposal
— a proposal to amend (the “Fourth Extension Amendment”) the Company’s amended and restated
certificate of incorporation, (the “Amended Charter”), to allow the Company to extend the date by which
the Company must consummate a business combination up to six times, each such extension for an additional one month period, until
September 30, 2024 (the “Fourth Extended Date”), upon one calendar day advance notice to Continental Stock
Transfer & Trust Company, prior to the applicable monthly deadline, unless the closing of the proposed Business Combination with
Clearday, Inc., or any potential alternative initial business combination shall have occurred prior to the Fourth Extended Date (we
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Trust Amendment Proposal—a proposal to amend (the “Trust Amendment”) the Company’s Investment
Management Trust Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2020, as amended (the “Trust Agreement”), by and between
the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “Trustee”), allowing the Company to
extend the date by which the Company must consummate a business combination up to six times, each such extension for an additional
one month period, until September 30, 2024, by depositing into the Trust Account the amount of $35,000 (the “Extension
Payment”) for each one-month extension until September 30, 2024, (we refer to this proposal as the “Trust
Amendment Proposal”); and |
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The Adjournment Proposal
— a proposal to approve the adjournment of the Special Meeting by the Chairman thereof to a later date, if necessary, under
certain circumstances, to solicit additional proxies (i) to approve the Fourth Extension Proposal, (ii) to approve the Trust Amendment
Proposal, (iii) if a quorum is not present at the Special Meeting, or (iv) to allow reasonable additional time for the filing or
mailing of any supplemental or amended disclosure that the Company has determined in good faith after consultation with outside legal
counsel is required under applicable law and for such supplemental or amended disclosure to be disseminated and reviewed by the Company’s
stockholders prior to the Special Meeting; provided that the Special Meeting is reconvened as promptly as practical thereafter (we
refer to this proposal as the “Adjournment Proposal”). |
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attention is directed to the Proxy Statement accompanying this Notice for a more complete statement of matters to be considered at the
Special Meeting.
The
Company’s board of directors fixed the close of business on February 29, 2024 as the date for determining the Company’s
stockholders entitled to receive notice of, and to vote at, the Special Meeting and any adjournment thereof. Only holders of record of
the Company’s common stock on that date are entitled to have their votes counted at the Special Meeting or any adjournment thereof.
A complete list of stockholders of record entitled to vote at the Special Meeting will be available for ten days before the Special Meeting
at the Company’s principal executive offices for inspection by stockholders during ordinary business hours for any purpose germane
to the Special Meeting.
After
careful consideration of all relevant factors, the Company’s board of directors recommends that you vote or give instructions to
vote (i) “FOR” the Fourth Extension Proposal; (ii) “FOR” the Trust Amendment Proposal; and (iii) “FOR”
the Adjournment Proposal.
Enclosed
is the proxy statement containing detailed information concerning the Fourth Extension Proposal, the Trust Amendment Proposal, the Adjournment
Proposal and the Special Meeting. Whether or not you plan to virtually attend the Special Meeting, we urge you to read this material
carefully and vote your shares.
March 1, 2024
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Your
vote is important. Please sign, date and return your proxy card as soon as possible to make sure that your shares are represented at
the Special Meeting. If you are a stockholder of record, you may also cast your vote in person at the Special Meeting. If your shares
are held in an account at a brokerage firm or bank, you must instruct your broker or bank how to vote your shares, or you may cast your
vote in person at the Special Meeting by obtaining a proxy from your brokerage firm or bank. Your failure to vote or instruct your broker
or bank how to vote will have the same effect as voting against the proposal.
Important
Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Special Meeting of Stockholders to be held on March 27, 2024. This
notice of meeting, and the accompany proxy statement and proxy card are available at https://www.cstproxy.com/viveon/2024.
For banks and brokers, the notice of meeting and the accompany proxy statement are available at https://www.cstproxy.com/viveon/2024.
VIVEON
HEALTH ACQUISITION CORP.
3480
Peachtree Road NE 2nd Floor, Suite #112
Atlanta,
Georgia 30326
NOTICE
OF SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO
BE HELD March 27, 2024
PROXY
STATEMENT
VIVEON
HEALTH ACQUISITION CORP., (the “Company,” “Viveon,” “we,”
“us” or “our”), a Delaware corporation, is providing this proxy statement in connection
with the solicitation by the Company’s Board of Directors of proxies to be voted at the Special Meeting to be held at 10:30
a.m. ET on March 27, 2024. Stockholders will NOT be able to attend the Special Meeting in-person. This proxy statement includes
instructions on how to access the Special Meeting and how to listen and vote from home or any remote location with Internet connectivity.
The Company will be holding the Special Meeting in a virtual meeting format at https://www.cstproxy.com/viveon/2024 and via teleconference
using the following dial-in information:
Telephone
access (listen-only):
Within
the U.S. and Canada:1-800-450-7155 (toll-free)
Outside
of the U.S. and Canada: + 1 857-999-9155
(standard
rates apply)
Conference
ID: 7618674#
The
Special Meeting will be held for the sole purpose of considering and voting upon:
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The Fourth Extension Proposal
— a proposal to amend (the “Fourth Extension Amendment”) the Company’s amended and restated
certificate of incorporation, (the “Amended Charter”), to allow the Company to extend the date by which
the Company must consummate a business combination up to six times, each such extension for an additional one month period, until
September 30, 2024 (the “Fourth Extended Date”), upon one calendar day advance notice to Continental Stock
Transfer & Trust Company, prior to the applicable monthly deadline, unless the closing of the proposed Business Combination with
Clearday, Inc., or any potential alternative initial business combination shall have occurred prior to the Fourth Extended Date (we
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Trust Amendment Proposal—a proposal to amend (the “Trust Amendment”) the Company’s Investment
Management Trust Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2020 (the “Trust Agreement”), by and between the Company
and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “Trustee”), allowing the Company to extend the
date by which the Company must consummate a business combination up to six times, each such extension for an additional one month
period, until September 30, 2024, by depositing into the Trust Account the amount of $35,000 (the “Extension Payment”)
for each one-month extension until September 30, 2024, (we refer to this proposal as the “Trust Amendment Proposal”);
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The Adjournment Proposal
— a proposal to approve the adjournment of the Special Meeting by the Chairman thereof to a later date, if necessary, under
certain circumstances, to solicit additional proxies (i) to approve the Fourth Extension Proposal, (ii) to approve the Trust Amendment
Proposal, (iii) if a quorum is not present at the Special Meeting, or (iv) to allow reasonable additional time for the filing or
mailing of any supplemental or amended disclosure that the Company has determined in good faith after consultation with outside legal
counsel is required under applicable law and for such supplemental or amended disclosure to be disseminated and reviewed by the Company’s
stockholders prior to the Special Meeting, provided that the Special Meeting is reconvened as promptly as practical thereafter (we
refer to this proposal as the “Adjournment Proposal”). |
RATIONALE
AND PROCESS FOR THE FOURTH EXTENSION
On
April 6, 2023, the Company announced that it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Clearday (the “Business Combination”).
If the Business Combination is approved at a special meeting for such purpose, the Company would consummate the Business Combination
shortly thereafter.
The
purpose of the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal is to allow the Company additional time to complete the proposed
Business Combination. The Company’s Amended Charter provides that the Company has until the March 31, 2024 (the “March
Termination Date”) to complete an initial business combination. The Company will not have sufficient time by the March
Termination Date to consummate the proposed Business Combination. As a result, the Company’s board of directors believes that it
is in the best interests of its stockholders to again extend the date that the Company has to consummate an initial business combination.
If the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal are approved, the Company would have until September 30, 2024 to consummate
the proposed Business Combination or any potential alternative initial business combination.
The
Company has agreed that if the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal are approved, then, prior to filing the Fourth
Extension Amendment, it will make an initial deposit (each deposit being referred to herein as a “Deposit”)
into the Trust Account of $35,000 to initially extend the date by which the Company can complete an initial business combination
by one month to April 30, 2024. Thereafter, the Company shall deposit $35,000 for each monthly period, or portion thereof, that
is needed by the Company to complete an initial business combination on or prior to September 30, 2024.
If
the Company does not have the funds necessary to make the Deposit referred to above, Viveon Health LLC (the “Sponsor”)
has agreed that it and/or any of its affiliates or designees will contribute to the Company as a loan (the Sponsor, affiliate or designee
making the loan being referred to herein as a “Contributor” and each loan being referred to herein as a “Contribution”)
the amounts described above for the Company to Deposit. Each Deposit or Contribution will be placed in the Trust Account no less than
one calendar day prior to the beginning of such monthly period. If such Deposits or Contributions are not timely made, the Company must
either (i) consummate an initial business combination prior to the next monthly period, or (ii) wind up the Company’s affairs and
redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares in accordance with the same procedures set forth below that would be applicable if the Fourth
Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal are not approved.
No
Deposit or Contribution will be made unless the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal are approved and the Company
determines to file the Fourth Extension Amendment. The Contribution(s) will be repayable by the Company to the Contributor(s) upon consummation
of the proposed Business Combination or a potential alternative initial business combination. The loans will be forgiven if the Company
is unable to consummate the proposed Business Combination or a potential alternative initial business combination, except to the extent
of any funds held outside of the Trust Account. The Company will have the sole discretion whether to extend for additional monthly periods
after the March Termination Date. If prior to March 31, 2024, the Company determines not to extend for additional monthly periods
through September 30, 2024, the obligation to make additional Deposits or Contributions will terminate. If this occurs, or if
the Company’s board of directors otherwise determines that the Company will not be able to consummate the proposed Business Combination,
or a potential alternative initial business combination by the Fourth Extended Date, the Company would wind up the Company’s affairs
and redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares in accordance with the same procedures set forth below that would be applicable if the
Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal are not approved.
If
the Fourth Extension Proposal is approved and the Fourth Extension Amendment is filed and the Company takes the full time through the
Fourth Extended Date to complete an initial business combination, the redemption amount per share at the meeting for such business combination
or the Company’s subsequent liquidation will be greater than the current redemption amount of $11.57 per share. The exact
per share amount will be determined after the Special Meeting, and depend upon the amount of redemptions in connection with the Fourth
Extension Amendment.
THE
NYSE AMERICAN LISTING
Under
NYSE American Rules Section 119(b), within 36 months of the effectiveness of the initial public offering registration statement for a
SPAC, or such shorter period that the company specifies in its charter, the company must complete one or more business combinations having
an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the value of the deposit account (excluding any deferred underwriter’s fees and
taxes payable on the income earned on the deposit account) at the time of the agreement to enter into the initial business combination.
The
Company’s initial public offering registration statement was declared effective on December 21, 2020. On December 22, 2023, the
Company received a letter from the NYSE American stating that the staff of NYSE Regulation (the “Staff”) determined
to commence proceedings to delist the Company’s Common Stock, Units and Rights (collectively, the “Securities”)
pursuant to Sections 119(b) and 119(f) of the NYSE American Company Guide (the “Company Guide”) because the
Company failed to consummate a business combination within 36 months of the effectiveness of its initial public offering registration
statement, or such shorter period that the Company specified in its registration statement. As indicated in the letter, the Company had
a right to a review of the delisting determination by a Listing Qualifications Panel (the “Panel”) of the NYSE
American’s Committee for Review (the “Committee”), provided a written request for such review was
requested no later than December 29, 2023. The Company requested an in-person hearing to deliver an oral presentation to the
Panel, which was held on February 13, 2024. The Panel’s hearing considered written and oral presentations made by the Company
and the Staff.
On
February 21, 2024, the Company received a letter from the NYSE American that the based upon the material and information presented
to the Panel, discussion that occurred at the hearing and analysis of the NYSE American rules and the Company Guide, the Panel
unanimously determined to affirm the Staff’s decision to initiate delisting proceedings because the Company did not consummate
a merger within the maximum 36 months of the effectiveness of its initial public offering registration statement. The Company may
request, as provided by Section 1205 of the Company Guide, that the full Committee reconsider the decision of the Panel. The request
for the review and the required fee must be made in writing and received within 15 calendar days from the date of the letter. The
Company intends to request that the full Committee reconsiders the Panel’s decision to delist. At this time the Securities
remain listed on the NYSE American, although trading has been suspended. The Securities will trade on the over-the-counter market
until a final determination has been made to delist by the Committee. If
the Committee does not overturn the decision by the Panel to delist, the Securities will be de-listed from the
NYSE American and trade in the over-the-counter market. At that time, the Company, together with Clearday, will make a determination
as to whether the Company should cease operations and liquidate, or if they will proceed with the Business Combination and submit an
initial listing application for the combined company to a national securities exchange in connection with the closing of the
Business Combination. There is no guarantee that the initial listing application for the combined company’s securities will be
approved by a national securities exchange.
Record
Date and Meeting Date
The
Company’s board of directors has fixed the close of business on February 29, 2024 as the record date for determining the Company’s
stockholders entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Special Meeting and any adjournment thereof (the “Record Date”).
On the Record Date, there were 6,648,665 outstanding shares of Company common stock, including 1,617,415 outstanding public shares.
The Company’s warrants and rights do not have voting rights. Only holders of record of the Company’s common stock on the
Record Date are entitled to have their votes counted at the Special Meeting or any adjournment thereof. A complete list of stockholders
of record entitled to vote at the Special Meeting will be available for ten days before the Special Meeting at the Company’s principal
executive offices for inspection by stockholders during ordinary business hours for any purpose germane to the Special Meeting.
This
proxy statement contains important information about the Special Meeting, the Fourth Extension Proposal, the Trust Amendment Proposal
and the Adjournment Proposal. Please read it carefully and vote your shares.
This
proxy statement, together with the proxy card is first being mailed to stockholders on or about March 2, 2024.
QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE SPECIAL MEETING
These
Questions and Answers are only summaries of the matters they discuss. They do not contain all of the information that may be important
to you. You should carefully read the entire document, including the annexes to this proxy statement.
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You are being asked to vote on (i) a proposal to amend (the “Fourth Extension Amendment”) the Company’s
amended and restated certificate of incorporation, (the “Amended Charter”) to allow the Company to extend
the date by which the Company must consummate an initial business combination up to six times, each such extension for an additional
one month period, until September 30, 2024, (the “Fourth Extended Date”), upon one calendar day advance notice
to the Trustee, prior to the applicable monthly deadline, unless the closing of the proposed Business Combination with Clearday,
Inc., or any potential alternative initial business combination shall have occurred prior to the Fourth Extended Date (we refer to
this proposal as the “Fourth Extension Proposal”); (ii) a proposal to amend (the “Trust Amendment”)
the Company’s Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2020 (the “Trust Agreement”),
by and between the Company and the Trustee, allowing the Company to extend the date by which the Company must consummate an initial
business combination up to six times, each such extension for an additional one month period, until September 30, 2024, by depositing
into the Trust Account the amount of $35,000 (the “Extension Payment”) for each one-month extension
until September 30, 2024, (we refer to this proposal as the “Trust Amendment Proposal”); and (iii) a proposal
to adjourn the Special Meeting, if necessary, under certain circumstances. |
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Why is the Company proposing the Fourth Extension Proposal
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check company (also referred to as a “SPAC”) formed in August 2020 for the purpose of entering into a merger,
share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business combination with one
or more businesses or entities. In December 2020, the Company consummated its IPO from which it derived gross proceeds of $201,250,000
(including $26,250,000 from the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option). Like most blank check companies, at the
time of the IPO, the charter provided for the return of the IPO proceeds held in the Trust Account to the holders of public shares
if there was no qualifying business combination(s) consummated on or before a certain date. |
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As
previously disclosed in the Form 8-K filed on June 27, 2023 with the SEC, we filed a third
amendment to our Amended Charter, effective as of June 27, 2023, to extend the date to consummate an initial business combination
on a monthly basis for up to six times by an additional one month each time for a total of up to six months until December 31,
2023, by depositing into the trust account (the “Trust Account”)
established in connection with the Company’s initial public offering, the amount of $85,000 for each one-month extension
until December 31, 2023, and (ii) further extend the date by which the Company must consummate an initial business combination
(without seeking additional approval from the stockholders) for up to an additional three months, from January 1, 2024 to March
31, 2024, each such extension for an additional one month period, with no additional deposits to be made into the Trust Account
during such period from January 1, 2024 through March 31, 2024.
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April 6, 2023, we announced that we entered into a definitive agreement to engage in the Business Combination with Clearday. |
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Given our expenditure
of time, effort, and money negotiating with and reaching a definitive agreement with Clearday, we believe that the circumstances
warrant providing public stockholders an opportunity to consider the proposed Business Combination at a special meeting to be held
to allow stockholders to approve the Business Combination. There will not be sufficient time by the March Termination Date for the
Company to consummate the proposed Business Combination. Accordingly, the Company’s board believes that it is in the best interests
of its stockholders to continue the Company’s existence in order to allow the Company more time to complete the proposed Business
Combination or any potential alternative initial business combination. Therefore, we are seeking approval of the Fourth Extension
Proposal to file the Fourth Extension Amendment. |
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YOU ARE NOT BEING ASKED
TO VOTE ON THE BUSINESS COMBINATION AT THIS TIME. IF THE FOURTH EXTENSION PROPOSAL IS APPROVED AND THE FOURTH EXTENSION AMENDMENT
IS FILED, IF YOU DO NOT SEEK TO REDEEM YOUR PUBLIC SHARES IN CONNECTION WITH THIS VOTE, YOU WILL RETAIN THE RIGHT TO VOTE ON THE
BUSINESS COMBINATION WHEN IT IS SUBMITTED TO STOCKHOLDERS AND THE RIGHT TO REDEEM YOUR PUBLIC SHARES FOR A PRO RATA PORTION OF THE
TRUST ACCOUNT IN THE EVENT THE BUSINESS COMBINATION IS APPROVED AND COMPLETED OR THE COMPANY HAS NOT CONSUMMATED A BUSINESS COMBINATION
BY THE FOURTH EXTENDED DATE. |
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Why should I vote for the Fourth Extension Proposal
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board of directors believes stockholders will benefit from the Company consummating the proposed Business Combination and is proposing
the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal to extend the date by which the Company has to complete the proposed
Business Combination. Approval of the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal would give the Company additional
time to complete the proposed Business Combination, or a potential alternative initial business combination, and would allow you
as a stockholder the benefit of voting for the proposed Business Combination, or a potential alternative initial business combination,
and remaining a stockholder in the post-business combination company, if you desire. |
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Accordingly,
we believe that the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal are consistent with the spirit in which the Company
offered its securities to the public in the IPO.
The
Company has agreed that if the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal are approved, prior to filing the Fourth
Extension Amendment, it will make an initial Deposit into the Trust Account in the amount of $35,000 to extend the date by
which the Company can complete an initial business combination by one month to April 30, 2024. Thereafter, the Company shall Deposit
$35,000 per monthly period, or portion thereof, that is needed by the Company to complete the proposed Business Combination
or a potential alternative initial business combination until the September 30, 2024.
If
the Company does not have the funds necessary to make the Deposits referred to above, the Sponsor and/or any of its affiliates or
designees will make a Contribution to the Company (as a loan) in the amounts described above. If such Deposits or Contributions are
not timely made, the Company must either (i) consummate the proposed Business Combination or a potential alternative initial business
combination prior to the next monthly period, or (ii) wind up the Company’s affairs and redeem 100% of the outstanding public
shares in accordance with the same procedures set forth below that would be applicable if the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust
Amendment Proposal are not approved. |
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You will have
redemption rights in connection with the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal, however, you will not have any
redemption rights in connection with the Company electing to extend on a monthly basis after the March Termination Date until the
Fourth Extended Date. |
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No Deposit or Contribution
will be made unless the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal are approved and the Company determines to file
the Fourth Extension Amendment. The Contribution(s) will be repayable by the Company to the Contributor(s) upon consummation of the
proposed Business Combination or a potential alternative initial business combination. The loans will be forgiven if the Company
is unable to consummate the proposed Business Combination or a potential alternative initial business combination, except to the
extent of any funds held outside of the Trust Account. The Company will have the sole discretion whether to extend for additional
monthly periods after the March Termination Date until the Fourth Extended Date. If prior to March 31, 2024, the Company determines
not to continue to extend for additional monthly periods through September 30, 2024, the obligation to make additional Deposits or
Contributions will terminate. If this occurs, or if the Company’s board of directors otherwise determines that the Company
will not be able to consummate the proposed Business Combination or a potential alternative initial business combination by the Fourth
Extended Date, the Company would wind up the Company’s affairs and redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares in accordance
with the same procedures set forth below that would be applicable if the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal
are not approved. |
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May I redeem my public shares in connection with the
vote at the Special Meeting? |
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Charter, the submission of a matter to amend our charter entitles holders of public shares to redeem their shares for their pro rata
portion of the funds held in the Trust Account established at the time of the IPO. Holders of public shares do not need to vote against
the Fourth Extension Proposal or the Trust Amendment Proposal or be a holder of record on the Record Date to exercise their redemption
rights. |
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If the Fourth Extension
Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal are approved and the Fourth Extension Amendment is filed with the Delaware Secretary of
State, with respect to a holder’s right to redeem, the Company will (i) remove from the Trust Account an amount (the “Withdrawal
Amount”) equal to the pro rata portion of funds available in the Trust Account relating to any public shares redeemed
by holders in connection with the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal, if any, and (ii) deliver to the holders
of such redeemed public shares their pro rata portion of the Withdrawal Amount. The remainder of such funds shall remain in the Trust
Account and be available for use by the Company to complete the proposed Business Combination or a potential alternative initial
business combination on or before the Fourth Extended Date. Holders of public shares who do not redeem their public shares in connection
with the Special Meeting will retain their redemption rights and their ability to vote on the proposed Business Combination or a
potential alternative initial business combination. |
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Why is the Company proposing the Adjournment Proposal? |
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The Company is proposing
the Adjournment Proposal to allow the Company more time to solicit additional proxies in favor of the Fourth Extension Proposal,
in the event the Company does not have a quorum or does not receive the requisite stockholder vote to approve the Fourth Extension
Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal. |
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How do the Company’s executive
officers, directors and affiliates intend to vote their shares? |
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Company’s directors, executive officers and their respective affiliates, as well as the Sponsor, are expected to vote any common
stock over which they have voting control (including any public shares owned by them) in favor of the Fourth Extension Proposal,
the Trust Amendment Proposal, and the Adjournment Proposal. |
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The
holders of the insider shares are not entitled to redeem such shares in connection with the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust
Amendment Proposal. On the Record Date, the 5,031,250 insider shares represented approximately 75.7% of the Company’s
issued and outstanding common stock. |
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Neither
the Company’s Sponsor, directors or executive officers, nor any of their respective affiliates beneficially owned any public
shares as of the Record Date. However, the Sponsor and the Company’s directors, executive officers and their respective
affiliates may choose to buy public shares in the open market or through negotiated private purchases, outside of the redemption
process, for purposes of helping to ensure that the Company maintains (i) sufficient funds in the Trust Account in connection
with the proposed initial business combination, and (ii) its continued listing with NYSE American.
In
the event that such purchases do occur, the purchasers may seek to purchase shares from stockholders who would otherwise have voted
against the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal and/or elected to redeem their shares. Any public shares so
purchased will not be able to be voted in favor of the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal. |
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Extension Proposal. Approval of the Fourth Extension Proposal requires the affirmative vote of holders of at least a
majority of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock.
Trust
Amendment Proposal. Approval of the Trust Amendment Proposal requires the affirmative vote of holders of at least 50% of
the public shares of common stock issued and outstanding.
Adjournment
Proposal. Approval of the Adjournment Proposal requires the affirmative vote of holders of at least a majority of the issued
and outstanding shares of common stock present in person by virtual attendance or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the
Special Meeting or any adjournment thereof. |
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What if I do not want to approve the Fourth Extension
Proposal, the Trust Amendment Proposal or the Adjournment Proposal? |
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approve the Fourth Extension Proposal, the Trust Amendment Proposal or the Adjournment Proposal, you must abstain, not vote, or vote
against each proposal. |
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The Company received a delisting notice from the NYSE
American for not completing the business combination within the time periods required under the NYSE American Rules. What happens
to the business combination now? |
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Under NYSE American Rules Section 119(b), within 36 months of the effectiveness of the initial public offering registration statement
for a SPAC, or such shorter period that the company specifies in its registration statement, the company must complete one or
more business combinations having an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the value of the deposit account (excluding
any deferred underwriter’s fees and taxes payable on the income earned on the deposit account) at the time of the agreement
to enter into the initial business combination. |
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The
Company’s initial public offering registration statement was declared effective on December 21, 2020. On December 22, 2023,
the Company received a letter from the NYSE American stating that the staff of NYSE Regulation (the “Staff”) determined
to commence proceedings to delist the Company’s Common Stock, Units and Rights (collectively, the “Securities”)
pursuant to Sections 119(b) and 119(f) of the NYSE American Company Guide (the “Company Guide”) because the Company
failed to consummate a business combination within 36 months of the effectiveness of its initial public offering registration statement,
or such shorter period that the Company specified in its registration statement. As indicated in the letter, the Company had a right
to a review of the delisting determination by a Listing Qualifications Panel (the “Panel”) of the NYSE American’s
Committee for Review (the “Committee”) , provided a written request for such review was requested no later than
December 29, 2023. The Company requested an in-person hearing to deliver an oral presentation to the Panel, which was held on February
13, 2024. The Panel’s hearing considered written and oral presentations made by the Company and the Staff.
On
February 21, 2024, the Company received a letter from the NYSE American that the based upon the material and information presented
to the Panel, discussion that occurred at the hearing and analysis of the NYSE American rules and the Company Guide, the Panel
unanimously determined to affirm the Staff’s decision to initiate delisting proceedings because the Company did not consummate
a merger within the maximum 36 months of the effectiveness of its initial public offering registration statement. The Company may
request, as provided by Section 1205 of the Company Guide, that the full Committee reconsider the decision of the Panel. The request
for the review and the required fee must be made in writing and received within 15 calendar days from the date of the letter. The
Company intends to request that the full Committee reconsiders the Panel’s decision to delist. At this time the Securities
remain listed on the NYSE American, although trading has been suspended. The Securities will trade on the over-the-counter market
until a final determination has been made to delist by the Committee. If the Committee does not overturn the decision by the Panel to delist, the Securities
will be de-listed from the NYSE American and trade in the over-the-counter market. At that time, the Company, together with
Clearday, will make a determination as to whether the Company should cease operations and liquidate, or if they will proceed with
the Business Combination and submit an initial listing application for the combined company to a national securities exchange in
connection with the closing of the Business Combination. There is no guarantee that the initial listing application for the combined
company’s securities will be approved by a national securities exchange.
If
we are unable to successfully consummate the proposed Business Combination with Clearday, or an alternative initial business combination,
we will be forced to (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not
more than ten business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal
to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including any interest but net of taxes payable, divided by the number
of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders
(including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably
possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining stockholders and our board of directors, dissolve and
liquidate, subject (in the case of (ii) and (iii) above) to our obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors
and the requirements of other applicable law. |
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What happens if the Fourth Extension Proposal and the
Trust Amendment Proposal are not approved? |
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A. If the Fourth Extension
Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal are not approved at the Special Meeting, and we are unable to consummate the proposed Business
Combination prior to or on March 31, 2024, we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly
as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares, at a per-share
price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including any interest but net of taxes
payable, divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’
rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and
(iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining stockholders and our
board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject (in the case of (ii) and (iii) above) to our obligations under Delaware law to
provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. |
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The holders
of the insider shares waived their rights to participate in any liquidation distribution with respect to such shares. There will
be no distribution from the Trust Account with respect to our rights and warrants which will expire worthless in the event we wind
up. The Company will pay the costs of liquidation from its remaining assets outside of the Trust Account, which it believes are sufficient
for such purposes. If such funds are insufficient, the Sponsor has agreed to advance the Company the funds necessary to complete
such liquidation (currently anticipated to be no more than approximately $15,000) and has agreed not to seek repayment of such expenses. |
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If the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment
Proposal are approved, what happens next? |
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Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal are approved, the Company will make the initial Deposit into the Trust Account, file the
Fourth Extension Amendment with the Delaware Secretary of State and continue to attempt to consummate the proposed Business Combination,
or a potential alternative initial business combination, until the Fourth Extended Date, or such earlier date on which the Company’s
board of directors otherwise determines in its sole discretion that it will not be able to consummate the proposed Business Combination,
or a potential alternative initial business combination by the Fourth Extended Date. |
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If the Fourth Extension
Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal are approved, the removal of the Withdrawal Amount from the Trust Account, if any, will
reduce the amount remaining in the Trust Account and increase the percentage interest of Company shares held by the Company’s
officers, directors and their affiliates. As of the date of this proxy statement, the Company’s, officer, directors and Sponsor
own 73.17% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares. |
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Would I still be able to exercise my redemption rights
in the future if I vote against any subsequently proposed business combination? |
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redeem your shares in connection with this stockholder vote to approve the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal,
you will be able to vote on the Business Combination or any subsequently proposed business combination when it is submitted to stockholders.
If you disagree with any such business combination, you will retain your right to vote against it and/or redeem your public shares
upon consummation of any such business combination in connection with the stockholder vote to approve such business combination,
subject to any limitations set forth in the charter. |
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How do I change my vote? |
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a proxy to vote your shares and wish to change your vote, or revoke your proxy, you may do so by delivering a later-dated, signed
proxy card to Advantage Proxy, Inc., Attention: Karen Smith, Toll Free: 877-870-8565, Collect: 1-206-870-8565, E-mail: ksmith@advantageproxy.com,
the Company’s proxy solicitor, prior to the date of the Special Meeting. |
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How are votes counted? |
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The Company’s proxy solicitor, Advantage Proxy, will be appointed as inspector of election for the meeting. Votes will
be counted by the inspector of election, who will separately count “FOR” and “AGAINST” votes, abstentions,
and broker non-votes.
Fourth
Extension Proposal. The Fourth Extension Proposal must be approved by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the
issued and outstanding shares of common stock as of the Record Date. |
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respect to the Fourth Extension Proposal, abstentions and broker non-votes will have the same effect as “AGAINST”
votes.
Trust
Amendment Proposal. The Trust Amendment Proposal must be approved by the affirmative vote of at least 50% of the public shares
of common stock issued and outstanding as of the Record Date.
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respect to the Trust Amendment Proposal, abstentions and broker non-votes will have the same effect as “AGAINST” votes. |
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Adjournment Proposal.
The Adjournment Proposal must be approved by at least a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock present
in person by virtual attendance or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the Special Meeting or any adjournment thereof. Abstentions
with respect to this proposal will have the effect of a vote “AGAINST” such proposal. Broker non-votes with respect to
this proposal will have no effect on the vote. |
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If my shares are held in “street name,”
will my broker automatically vote them for me? |
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The Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal are non-discretionary items. Your broker can only vote your shares
for those proposals if you provide instructions on how to vote. If your shares are held by your broker as your nominee (that
is, in “street name”), you may need to obtain a proxy form from the institution that holds your shares and follow
the instructions included on that form regarding how to instruct your broker to vote your shares. If you do not give instructions
to your broker, your broker can vote your shares with respect to “discretionary” items, but not with respect to “non-discretionary”
items. Discretionary items are proposals considered routine under the rules of the New York Stock Exchange applicable to member
brokerage firms. These rules provide that for routine matters your broker has the discretion to vote shares held in street name
in the absence of your voting instructions. On non-discretionary items for which you do not give your broker instructions, the
shares will be treated as broker non-votes.
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brokers can only use their discretionary authority to vote shares with respect to the Adjournment Proposal. |
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What is a quorum requirement? |
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A. A quorum of stockholders
is necessary to hold a valid meeting. A quorum will be present if at least a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of common
stock on the Record Date are represented by stockholders present at the meeting or by proxy. |
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Your shares will be counted
towards the quorum only if you submit a valid proxy (or one is submitted on your behalf by your broker, bank or other nominee) or
if you vote in person at the Special Meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes will be counted towards the quorum requirement. If
there is no quorum, a majority of the votes represented in person or by proxy at the Special Meeting may adjourn the Special Meeting
to another date. |
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Who can vote at the Special Meeting? |
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Only holders of record of the Company’s common stock at the close of business on February 29, 2024 are entitled to have their
vote counted at the Special Meeting and any adjournments or postponements thereof. On the Record Date, there were 6,648,665
outstanding shares of Company common stock, including 1,617,415 outstanding public shares. |
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Stockholder of Record:
Shares Registered in Your Name. If on the Record Date your shares were registered directly in your name with the Company’s
transfer agent, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, then you are a stockholder of record. As a stockholder of record,
you may vote in person at the Special Meeting or vote by proxy. Whether or not you plan to attend the Special Meeting virtually,
we urge you to fill out and return the enclosed proxy card to ensure your vote is counted. |
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Beneficial
Owner: Shares Registered in the Name of a Broker or Bank. If on the Record Date your shares were held, not in your name,
but rather in an account at a brokerage firm, bank, dealer, or other similar organization, then you are the beneficial owner of shares
held in “street name” and these proxy materials are being forwarded to you by that organization. As a beneficial owner,
you have the right to direct your broker or other agent on how to vote the shares in your account. You are also invited to attend
the Special Meeting. However, since you are not the stockholder of record, you may not vote your shares in person at the Special
Meeting unless you request and obtain a valid proxy from your broker or other agent. |
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Does the board recommend voting for the Fourth Extension
Proposal, the Trust Amendment Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal? |
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A. Yes. The board of directors
recommends that the Company’s stockholders vote “FOR” each of the Fourth Extension Proposal, the Trust Amendment
Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal. |
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What interests do the Company’s directors and
officers have in the approval of the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal? |
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directors, officers and their affiliates have interests in the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal that may
be different from, or in addition to, your interests as a stockholder. These interests include, but are not limited to, beneficial
ownership of insider shares and warrants that will become worthless if the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal
are not approved, loans by them that will not be repaid in the event of our winding up and the possibility of future compensatory
arrangements. See the section entitled “Interests of the Company’s Directors and Officers.” |
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What if I object to the Fourth Extension Proposal or
the Trust Amendment Proposal? Do I have appraisal rights? |
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do not have appraisal rights in connection with the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal under the Delaware
General Corporations Law (the “DGCL”). |
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What happens to the Company’s warrants and rights
if the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal are not approved? |
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A. If the Fourth Extension
Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal are not approved at the Special Meeting and the proposed Business Combination is not consummated
by March 31, 2024, we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible
but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash,
equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including any interest but net of taxes payable, divided by the
number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders
(including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably
possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining stockholders and our board of directors, dissolve and
liquidate, subject (in the case of (ii) and (iii) above) to our obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors
and the requirements of other applicable law. In such event, your warrants and rights will become worthless. |
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What do I need to do now? |
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to read carefully and consider the information contained in this proxy statement and to consider how the Fourth Extension Proposal,
the Trust Amendment Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal will affect you as a Company stockholder. You should then vote as soon
as possible in accordance with the instructions provided in this proxy statement and on the enclosed proxy card. |
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How do I redeem my shares of Company
common stock? |
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with the Special Meeting and the vote on the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal, each public stockholder
may seek to redeem its public shares for a pro rata portion of the funds available in the Trust Account, less any taxes we anticipate
will be owed on such funds but have not yet been paid. Holders of public shares do not need to vote on the Fourth Extension Proposal
and the Trust Amendment Proposal or be a holder of record on the Record Date to exercise redemption rights. |
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demand redemption, you must either physically tender your stock certificates to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the
Company’s transfer agent, at Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, 1 State Street, New York, New York 10004, Attn:
Mark Zimkind, mzimkind@continentalstock.com, no later than two business days (March 25, 2024) prior to the Special Meeting
or deliver your shares to the transfer agent electronically using The Depository Trust Company’s DWAC (Deposit/Withdrawal At
Custodian) System, which election would likely be determined based on the manner in which you hold your shares. You will only be
entitled to receive cash in connection with a redemption of these shares if you continue to hold them until the effective date of
the filing of the Fourth Extension Amendment. |
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What should I do if I receive more than one set of
voting materials? |
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than one set of voting materials, including multiple copies of this proxy statement and multiple proxy cards or voting instruction
cards, if your shares are registered in more than one name or are registered in different accounts. For example, if you hold your
shares in more than one brokerage account, you will receive a separate voting instruction card for each brokerage account in which
you hold shares. Please complete, sign, date and return each proxy card and voting instruction card that you receive in order to
cast a vote with respect to all of your Company shares. |
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Who is paying for this proxy solicitation? |
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A. The Company will pay
for the entire cost of soliciting proxies. In addition to these mailed proxy materials, our directors and officers may also solicit
proxies in person, by telephone or by other means of communication. Our officers and directors will not be paid any additional compensation
for soliciting proxies. We have also engaged Advantage Proxy to solicit proxies on our behalf. We will pay Advantage Proxy approximately
$8,500 in fees plus disbursements for such services. We may also reimburse brokerage firms, banks and other agents for the cost
of forwarding proxy materials to beneficial owners. |
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Who can help answer my questions? |
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If you have questions about the proposals or if you need additional copies of the proxy statement or the enclosed proxy card
you should contact:
Advantage
Proxy, Inc.
Toll
Free: 1-877-870-8565
Collect:
1-206-870-8565
Email:
ksmith@advantageproxy.com |
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You may also obtain additional
information about the Company from documents filed with the SEC by following the instructions in the section entitled “Where
You Can Find More Information.” |
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How do I vote? |
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A. If you are a stockholder
of record, you may vote online at the virtual Special Meeting or vote by proxy using the enclosed proxy card, the Internet or telephone.
Whether or not you plan to participate in the virtual Special Meeting, we urge you to vote by proxy to ensure your vote is counted.
To vote using the proxy card, please complete, sign and date the proxy card and return it in the prepaid envelope. If you return
your signed proxy card before the Special Meeting, we will vote your shares as you direct. |
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To
vote via the telephone, you can vote by calling the telephone number on your proxy card. Please have your
proxy card handy when you call. Easy-to-follow voice prompts will allow you to vote your shares and confirm
that your instructions have been properly recorded.
To
vote via the Internet, please go to https://www.cstproxy.com/viveon/2024 and follow the instructions. Please have your proxy
card handy when you go to the website. As with telephone voting, you can confirm that your instructions have been properly recorded.
Telephone
and Internet voting facilities for stockholders of record will be available 24 hours a day until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on March
26, 2024. After that, telephone and Internet voting will be closed, and if you want to vote your shares, you will either need
to ensure that your proxy card is received before the date of the Special Meeting. |
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your shares are registered in the name of your broker, bank or other agent, you are the “beneficial owner” of those
shares and those shares are considered as held in “street name.” If you are a beneficial owner of shares registered
in the name of your broker, bank or other agent, you should have received a proxy card and voting instructions with these proxy
materials from that organization rather than directly from us. Simply complete and mail the proxy card to ensure that your vote
is counted. You may be eligible to vote your shares electronically over the Internet or by telephone. A large number of banks
and brokerage firms offer Internet and telephone voting. If your bank or brokerage firm does not offer Internet or telephone
voting information, please complete and return your proxy card in the self-addressed, postage-paid envelope provided.
If
you are a beneficial owner of the shares and would like to vote your shares yourself, you will need to contact Continental at the
phone number or email below to receive a control number and you must obtain a legal proxy from your broker, bank or other nominee
reflecting the number of shares of Common Stock you held as of the Record Date, your name and email address. You must contact Continental
for specific instructions on how to receive the control number. Please allow up to 48 hours prior to the Special Meeting for processing
your control number.
After
obtaining a valid legal proxy from your broker, bank or other agent, you must submit proof of your legal proxy reflecting the number
of your shares along with your name and email address to Continental. Requests for registration should be directed to 917-262-2373
or email proxy@continentalstock.com. Requests for registration must be received no later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on March
22, 2024. |
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How may I participate in the virtual Special Meeting? |
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If you are a stockholder of record as of the Record Date for the Special Meeting, you should receive a proxy card from Continental,
containing instructions on how to attend the virtual Special Meeting including the URL address, along with your control number.
You will need your control number for access. If you do not have your control number, contact Continental at 917-262-2373 or
email proxy@continentalstock.com.
You
can pre-register to attend the virtual Special Meeting starting on March 26, 2024. Go to https://www.cstproxy.com/viveon/2024,
enter the control number found on your proxy card you previously received, as well as your name and email address. Once you pre-register
you can vote. At the start of the Special Meeting you will need to re-log into https://www.cstproxy.com/viveon/2024 using
your control number.
If
your shares are held in street name, and you would like to join and not vote, Continental will issue you a guest control number.
Either way, you must contact Continental for specific instructions on how to receive the control number. Please allow up to 48 hours
prior to the meeting for processing your control number. |
FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
We
believe that some of the information in this proxy statement constitutes forward-looking statements. You can identify these statements
by forward-looking words such as “may,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “contemplate,” “believe,”
“estimate,” “intends,” and “continue” or similar words. You should read statements that contain these
words carefully because they:
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We
believe it is important to communicate our expectations to our stockholders. However, there may be events in the future that we are not
able to predict accurately or over which we have no control. The cautionary language discussed in this proxy statement provide examples
of risks, uncertainties and events that may cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations described by us in such forward-looking
statements, including, among other things, claims by third parties against the Trust Account, unanticipated delays in the distribution
of the funds from the Trust Account and the Company’s ability to finance and consummate a business combination following the distribution
of funds from the Trust Account. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only
as of the date of this proxy statement.
All
forward-looking statements included herein attributable to the Company or any person acting on the Company’s behalf are expressly
qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section. Except to the extent required by applicable
laws and regulations, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances
after the date of this proxy statement or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
BACKGROUND
The
Company
We
are a Delaware company incorporated on August 7, 2020 for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock
purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities.
In
December 2020, we consummated our IPO of 20,125,000 units, including 2,625,000 units that were subject to the underwriters’ over-allotment
option, with each unit consisting of one share of common stock and one redeemable warrant, with each warrant to purchase one half of
a share of common stock, and one right to receive one-twentieth (1/20) of a share of common stock. The units were sold at an offering
price of $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds of $201,250,000.
Prior
to our IPO, we issued an aggregate of 5,031,250 insider shares for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000 to our Sponsor. Simultaneous
with the consummation of the IPO, we consummated the private placement of an aggregate of 18,000,000 private warrants at a price of $0.50
per private warrant, generating total proceeds of $9,000,000 to our Sponsor. Our Sponsor is not, is not controlled by, and does not have
substantial ties with a foreign person and therefore will not be subject to U.S. foreign investment regulations and review by a U.S.
government entity such as the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).
In
March 2022, our shareholders approved an amendment to our Amended Charter to extend the date by which we could consummate a business
combination through December 2022. Holders representing 15,092,126 public shares redeemed their shares in connection with the amendment
resulting in approximately $51,554,623 in our Trust Account.
In
December 2022, our shareholders approved an amendment to our Amended Charter to extend the date by which we could consummate a business
combination through June 2023. Holders representing 3,188,100 public shares redeemed their shares in connection with the amendment resulting
in approximately $19,816,456 remaining in our Trust Account.
On
April 6, 2023, the Company announced that it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Clearday. If the Business Combination is
approved at a special meeting of the shareholders of the Company, the Company would consummate the Business Combination shortly thereafter.
On
June 22, 2023, our shareholders approved an amendment to our Amended Charter to extend the date by which we could consummate a business
combination through March 31, 2024. Holders representing 227,359 public shares redeemed
their shares in connection with the amendment resulting in approximately $17,777,323.54 remaining
in our Trust Account.
The
Company’s principal executive office is located at 3480 Peachtree Road NE 2nd Floor, Suite #112 Atlanta, Georgia 30326.
RISKS
RELATED TO BEING DEEMED AN INVESTMENT COMPANY
If
we are deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, we would be required to institute burdensome compliance
requirements and our activities would be severely restricted and, as a result, we may abandon our efforts to consummate the Business
Combination and liquidate the Company.
The
Company could potentially be subject to the Investment Company Act and the regulations thereunder. There is currently uncertainty concerning
the applicability of the Investment Company Act to a SPAC that may not complete its initial business combination within 24 months after
the effective date of the IPO Registration Statement. We entered into the business combination agreement with Clearday on April 6, 2023,
which was more than 24 months after the effective date of our IPO Registration Statement. As a result, it is possible that a claim could
be made that we have been operating as an unregistered investment company.
If
we are deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act, our activities would be severely restricted. In addition,
we would be subject to burdensome compliance requirements. We do not believe that our principal activities will subject us to regulation
as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. However, if we are deemed to be an investment company and subject to compliance
with and regulation under the Investment Company Act, we would be subject to additional regulatory burdens and expenses for which we
have not allotted funds. As a result, unless we are able to modify our activities so that we would not be deemed an investment company,
we would expect to abandon our efforts to complete an initial business combination and instead to liquidate the Company. If we are required
to liquidate the Company, our investors would not be able to realize the benefits of owning shares in a successor operating business,
including the potential appreciation in the value of our shares and warrants following such a transaction, and our warrants would expire
worthless.
To
mitigate the risk that we might be deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, we instructed the trustee
to liquidate the securities held in the Trust Account prior to December 22, 2022, and instead hold the funds in the Trust Account in
cash until the earlier of the consummation of our initial business combination or our liquidation. As a result, following the liquidation
of securities in the Trust Account, we would likely receive minimal interest, if any, on the funds held in the Trust Account, which would
reduce the dollar amount our public stockholders would receive upon any redemption or liquidation of the Company.
The
funds in the Trust Account have, since the closing of our IPO, been held only in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity
of 185 days or less or in money market funds investing solely in U.S. government treasury obligations and meeting certain conditions
under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act. However, to mitigate the risk of us being deemed to be an unregistered investment company
(including under the subjective test of Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act) and thus subject to regulation under the Investment
Company Act, we instructed the trustee, with respect to the Trust Account, to liquidate the U.S. government treasury obligations or money
market funds held in the Trust Account prior to December 22, 2022, and thereafter to hold all funds in the Trust Account in cash until
the earlier of consummation of our initial business combination or liquidation of the Company. Following such liquidation and transfer
of the funds in the Trust Account to cash, we would likely receive minimal interest, if any, on the funds held in the Trust Account.
However, interest previously earned on the funds held in the Trust Account still may be released to us to pay our taxes, if any, and
certain other expenses as permitted.
In
addition, even prior to the 24-month anniversary (December 22, 2022) of the effective date of the IPO Registration Statement, we may
have been deemed to be an investment company. The longer that the funds in the Trust Account were held in short-term U.S. government
treasury obligations or in money market funds invested exclusively in such securities, even prior to the 24-month anniversary, the greater
the risk that we may be considered an unregistered investment company, in which case we may be required to liquidate. Accordingly, in
an attempt to mitigate the risk, we instructed the trustee to liquidate the securities held in the Trust Account prior to the 24-month
anniversary, and instead hold all funds in the Trust Account in cash. As a result, we would likely receive minimal interest, if any,
on the funds still held in the Trust Account that would be available to our public stockholder upon any redemption or liquidation of
the Company.
Risk
of not Completing a Business Combination
If
the Fourth Extension Proposal is not approved, or if approved and we are unable to complete our Business Combination within the prescribed
time frame, we would cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up and we would redeem our public shares and liquidate, in
which case our public stockholders may only receive approximately $11.57 per share, or less than such amount in certain circumstances,
and our warrants will expire worthless.
Our
Amended Charter currently provides that we must complete our Business Combination by the March Termination Date. In connection with the
Special Meeting, you are being asked to consider and vote upon the Fourth Extension Proposal to amend the Company’s Amended Charter
in order to, among other things, extend the March Termination Date for additional one month periods, until the Fourth Extended Date.
We may be unable to complete our Business Combination by the Fourth Extended Date. Our ability to complete our Business Combination may
be negatively impacted by general market conditions, volatility in the capital and debt markets and the other risks described herein.
If
the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal are approved, and we are unable to complete the Business Combination by
the Fourth Extended Date, then the Company’s Board of Discretion, will determine in its sole discretion: (i) cease all operations
except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem
100% of the outstanding public shares for a pro rata portion of the funds held in the Trust Account, which redemption will completely
extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any),
subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining
holders of Common Stock and our board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject (in the case of (ii) and (iii) above) to our obligations
under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.
Holders
of rights or warrants will receive no proceeds in connection with the liquidation with respect to such rights or warrants, which will
expire worthless In such case, our public stockholders may only receive approximately $11.57 per share. In certain circumstances,
our public stockholders may receive less than $11.57 per share on the redemption of their shares. This will also cause you to
lose the investment opportunity to realize the benefits of owning shares in a successor operating business, including the potential appreciation
in the value of our shares and warrants following such a transaction, and our warrants would expire worthless.
RISK
OF OUR SECURITIES BEING DELISTED FROM THE NYSE AMERICAN
If
the Committee of the Board of Directors of the NYSE American does not grant the Company additional time to complete the Business Combination,
and moves to delist the Company’s Securities and any further appeals of any such determination are unsuccessful, the Company’s
Securities would be delisted prior to completing the Business Combination.
Under
NYSE American Rules Section 119(b), within 36 months of the effectiveness of the initial public offering registration statement for a
SPAC, or such shorter period that the company specifies in its registration statement, the company must complete one or more business
combinations having an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the value of the deposit account (excluding any deferred underwriter’s
fees and taxes payable on the income earned on the deposit account) at the time of the agreement to enter into the initial business combination.
The
Company’s initial public offering registration statement was declared effective on December 21, 2020. On December 22, 2023, the
Company received a letter from the NYSE American stating that the Staff determined to commence proceedings to delist the Securities
pursuant to Sections 119(b) and 119(f) of the Company Guide because the Company failed to consummate a business combination
within 36 months of the effectiveness of its initial public offering registration statement, or such shorter period that the Company
specified in its registration statement. As indicated in the letter, the Company had a right to a review of the delisting determination
by the Panel of the Committee, provided a written request for such review is requested no later than December 29, 2023.
The Company requested an in-person hearing and delivered an oral presentation to the Panel, which was held on February 13, 2024. The
Panel’s hearing considered written and oral presentations made by the Company and the Staff.
On
February 21, 2024, the Company received a letter from the NYSE American that the based upon the material and information presented
to the Panel, discussion that occurred at the hearing and analysis of the NYSE American rules and the Company Guide, the Panel
unanimously determined to affirm the Staff’s decision to initiate delisting proceedings because the Company did not consummate
a merger within the maximum 36 months of the effectiveness of its initial public offering registration statement. The Company may
request, as provided by Section 1205 of the Company Guide, that the full Committee reconsider the decision of the Panel. The request
for the review and the required fee must be made in writing and received within 15 calendar days from the date of the letter. The
Company intends to request that the full Committee reconsiders the Panel’s decision to delist. At this time the Securities
remain listed on the NYSE American, although trading has been suspended. The Securities will trade on the over-the-counter market
until a final determination has been made to delist by the Committee. If the Committee does not overturn the decision by the Panel to delist, the
Securities will be de-listed from the NYSE American and trade in the over-the-counter market. At that time, the Company, together
with Clearday, will make a determination as to whether the Company should cease operations and liquidate, or if they will proceed
with the Business Combination and submit an initial listing application for the combined company to a national securities exchange
in connection with the closing of the Business Combination. There is no guarantee that the initial listing application for the
combined company’s securities will be approved by a national securities exchange.
Risk
of Being Subject to U.S. Foreign Investment Regulations and Review by a U.S. Government Entity
We
may not be able to complete an Initial Business Combination with a U.S. target company if such Business Combination is subject to U.S.
foreign investment regulations and review by a U.S. government entity such as the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States
(CFIUS), or ultimately prohibited.
We
have no reason to believe that when we consummate an Business Combination that the post-combination company will be considered a “foreign
person” under the regulations administered by CFIUS. However, if our Business Combination with a U.S. business is subject to CFIUS
review, the scope of which was expanded by the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (“FIRRMA”),
to include certain non-passive, non-controlling investments in sensitive U.S. businesses and certain acquisitions of real estate even
with no underlying U.S. business, this could delay us in consummating our Business Combination. FIRRMA, and subsequent implementing regulations
that are now in force, also subjects certain categories of investments to mandatory filings. If our potential Business Combination with
a U.S. business falls within CFIUS’s jurisdiction, we may determine that we are required to make a mandatory filing or that we
will submit a voluntary notice to CFIUS, or to proceed with the Business Combination without notifying CFIUS and risk CFIUS intervention,
before or after closing the Business Combination. CFIUS may decide to block or delay our Business Combination, impose conditions to mitigate
national security concerns with respect to such Business Combination or order us to divest all or a portion of a U.S. business of the
combined company without first obtaining CFIUS clearance, which may limit the attractiveness of or prevent us from pursuing certain Business
Combination opportunities that we believe would otherwise be beneficial to us and our stockholders. As a result, the pool of potential
targets with which we could complete an Business Combination may be limited and we may be adversely affected in terms of competing with
other special purpose acquisition companies which do not have similar foreign ownership issues.
Moreover,
the process of government review, whether by the CFIUS or otherwise, could be lengthy and we have limited time to complete our Business
Combination. If we cannot complete our Business Combination by the March Termination Date (or the Fourth Extended Date, if our time to
complete a business combination is extended as described herein) due to the passage of time relating to any governmental review, or because
any such review process drags on beyond such timeframe, or because our Business Combination is ultimately prohibited by CFIUS or another
U.S. government entity, we may be required to liquidate. In such situation, the Company would (i) cease all operations except for the
purpose of winding up and (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock, at a per-share of Common Stock price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit
in the Trust Account, including any interest not previously released to the Company (net of taxes payable), divided by the number of
then outstanding shares of Common Stock, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as holders of
shares of Common Stock (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law.
As
promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, the Company would dissolve and liquidate, subject to its obligations under
Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.
If
we liquidate, our public stockholders may only receive approximately $11.57 per share. This will also cause you to lose the opportunity
realize the benefits of owning shares in a successor operating business, including the potential appreciation in the value of our shares
and warrants following such a transaction, and our warrants would expire worthless.
RISKS
RELATED TO THE EXCISE TAX
We
may be subject to the Excise Tax included in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 in connection with redemptions of our Common
Stock after December 31, 2022.
On
August 16, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which, among other things, imposes
a 1% excise tax on any publicly traded domestic corporation that repurchases its stock after December 31, 2022 (the “Excise
Tax”). The Excise Tax is imposed on the fair market value of the repurchased stock, with certain exceptions. Because we are
a Delaware corporation and because our securities trade on Nasdaq, we are a “covered corporation” within the meaning of the
Inflation Reduction Act. While not free from doubt, absent any further guidance from the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”),
who has been given authority to provide regulations and other guidance to carry out and prevent the abuse or avoidance of the Excise
Tax, the Excise Tax may apply to any redemptions of our Common Stock after December 31, 2022. Any redemptions after December 31,
2022 in connection with the Business Combination may be subject the Excise Tax, unless an exemption is available. Generally, issuances
of securities in connection with an initial business combination transaction (including any PIPE transaction at the time of an initial
business combination), as well as any other issuances of securities not in connection with an initial business combination, would be
expected to reduce the amount of the Excise Tax in connection with redemptions occurring in the same calendar year, but the number of
securities redeemed may exceed the number of securities issued. In addition, the Excise Tax would be payable by us, and not by the redeeming
holder. Further, based on recently issued interim guidance from the IRS and Treasury, subject to certain exceptions, the Excise Tax should
not apply in the event of our liquidation.
PROPOSAL
1
THE
FOURTH EXTENSION PROPOSAL
The
Fourth Extension Proposal
The
Company is proposing to amend its Amended Charter to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate an initial business combination.
As previously disclosed in the Form 8-K filed on June 27, 2023 with the SEC, we filed a third amendment
to our Amended Charter with the Delaware Secretary of State (the “Third Amendment”), effective as of June 27,
2022, to (i) initially extend the date by which the Company must consummate an initial business combination up to six times, each such
extension for an additional one month period, until December 31, 2023, by depositing into the Trust Account the amount of $85,000 for
each one-month extension until December 31, 2023, and (ii) further extend the date by which the Company must consummate an initial business
combination (without seeking additional approval from the stockholders) for up to an additional three months, from January 1, 2024 to
March 31, 2024, each such extension for an additional one month period, with no additional deposits to be made into the Trust Account
during such period from January 1, 2024 through March 31, 2024. As disclosed in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 27,
2023, the Third Amendment was approved by the Company’s stockholders at its Special Meeting of Stockholders held on June 22, 2023.
The
Company is proposing the Fourth Extension Amendment to the Company’s Amended Charter, to allow the Company to extend the date by
which the Company must consummate a business combination up to six times, each such extension for an additional one month period, until
September 30, 2024 (the “Fourth Extended Date”), upon one calendar day advance notice to Continental Stock
Transfer & Trust Company, prior to the applicable monthly deadline, unless the closing of the proposed Business Combination with
Clearday, Inc., or any potential alternative initial business combination shall have occurred prior to the Fourth Extended Date. A copy
of the Fourth Extension Amendment is attached to this proxy statement as Annex A.
All
holders of the Company’s public shares, whether they vote for or against the Fourth Extension Proposal or do not vote at all, will
be permitted to redeem all or a portion of their public shares into their pro rata portion of the Trust Account, provided that the Fourth
Extension Proposal is approved. Holders of public shares do not need to be a holder of record on the Record Date in order to exercise
redemption rights.
The
per-share pro rata portion of the Trust Account on the Record Date (which is expected to be the same approximate amount two business
days prior to the Special Meeting) was approximately $11.57. The closing price of the Company’s common stock on February
21, 2024 was $10.81. The Company cannot assure stockholders that they will be able to sell their shares of Company common
stock in the open market, even if the market price per share is higher than the redemption price stated above, as there may not be sufficient
liquidity in its securities when such stockholders wish to sell their shares.
The
Company has agreed that if the Fourth Extension Proposal is approved, prior to filing the Fourth Extension Amendment, it will deposit
$35,000 into the Trust Account to extend the date by which the Company can complete an initial business combination by one month
to April 30, 2024. Thereafter, the Company shall deposit $35,000 for each monthly period, or portion thereof, that is needed by
the Company to complete the proposed Business Combination or any potential alternative initial business combination, until September
30, 2024.
If
the Company does not have the funds necessary to make the Deposit referred to above, the Company’s Sponsor has agreed that it and/or
any of its affiliates or designees may make a Contribution to the Company as a loan, in the amounts described above, for the Company
to Deposit. Each Deposit or Contribution after the March Termination Date will be placed in the Trust Account no less than one calendar
day prior to the beginning of such monthly period. The first Deposit or Contribution will be made prior to the filing of the Fourth Extension
Amendment, only if the Fourth Extension Proposal is approved and the Company determines to file the Fourth Extension Amendment. If such
Deposits or Contributions are not timely made, the Company must either (i) consummate an initial business combination prior to the next
monthly period, or (ii) wind up the Company’s affairs and redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares in accordance with the same
procedures set forth below that would be applicable if the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal are not approved.
The
Contribution(s) will be repayable by the Company to the Contributor(s) upon consummation of an initial business combination. The loans
will be forgiven if the Company is unable to consummate an initial business combination except to the extent of any funds held outside
of the Trust Account. The Company will have the sole discretion whether to continue extending for additional monthly periods after March
31, 2024 until the Fourth Extended Date. If prior to March 31, 2024, the Company determines not to extend for additional monthly periods
through September 30, 2024, the obligation to make additional Deposits or Contributions will terminate. If this occurs,
or if the Company’s board of directors otherwise determines that the Company will not be able to consummate the proposed Business
Combination, or a potential alternative initial business combination, by the Fourth Extended Date, and does not wish to seek an additional
extension beyond such time, the Company would wind up the Company’s affairs and redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares in
accordance with the same procedures set forth below that would be applicable if the Fourth Extension Proposal and Trust Amendment Proposal
are not approved.
Reasons
for the Fourth Extension Proposal
The
Company’s Amended Charter provides that the Company has until March 31, 2024 to complete a business combination. On April 11, 2023,
the Company announced that it entered into a definitive agreement for the Business Combination with Clearday. If the Business Combination
is approved at a special meeting of the shareholders of the Company, the Company would consummate the Business Combination shortly thereafter.
Since
there is not sufficient time by March 31, 2024 for the Company to consummate the proposed Business Combination, the Company’s board
believes that it is in the best interests of its stockholders to continue the Company’s existence in order to allow the Company
more time to complete the proposed Business Combination. The Company believes that given its expenditure of time, effort, and money searching
for potential business combination opportunities and the fact that the board of directors has approved and agreed to recommend the proposed
Business Combination, the public stockholders of the Company should be given an opportunity to consider and vote on the Business Combination.
Accordingly, the Company has determined to seek stockholder approval to extend the time for closing a business combination beyond the
March Termination Date. The Company and its officers and directors agreed that it would not seek to amend the Company’s Amended
Charter to allow for a longer period of time to complete a business combination unless it provided holders of public shares with the
right to seek redemption of their public shares in connection therewith.
If
the Fourth Extension Proposal Is Not Approved
If
the Fourth Extension Proposal is not approved prior to the March Termination Date, we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose
of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the outstanding
public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including any
interest but net of taxes payable, divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish
public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject
to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining stockholders
and our board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject (in the case of (ii) and (iii) above) to our obligations under Delaware law
to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.
In
addition, if the Fourth Extension Proposal is not approved, the Company or Contributor(s), as applicable, will not make the Deposit or
Contribution, as applicable.
The
holders of the insider shares have waived their rights to participate in any liquidation distribution with respect to such shares. There
will be no distribution from the Trust Account with respect to the Company’s warrants and rights which will expire worthless in
the event the Fourth Extension Proposal is not approved. The Company will pay the costs of liquidation from its remaining assets outside
of the Trust Account. If such funds are insufficient, the Sponsor has agreed to advance the funds necessary to complete such liquidation
(currently anticipated to be no more than approximately $15,000) and has agreed not to seek repayment of such expenses.
If
the Fourth Extension Proposal is Approved
If
the Fourth Extension Proposal is approved, the Company will file an amendment to the Amended Charter with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware in the form of Annex A hereto to allow the Company to elect to extend the date by which the Company must
consummate a business combination up to six times, each such extension for an additional one month period, until September 30, 2024,
by depositing into the Trust Account the amount of $35,000 for each one-month extension until September 30, 2024. The Company
will continue to attempt to consummate the proposed Business Combination, or a potential alternative business combination, until the
Fourth Extended Date, or until the Company’s board of directors determines in its sole discretion that it will not be able to consummate
the proposed Business Combination or a potential alternative business combination. The Company will remain a reporting company under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and its units, common stock, warrants and rights will remain publicly traded during the extension
period.
NYSE
AMERICAN LISTING
On
December 22, 2023, the Company received a letter from the Staff that it had determined to commence proceedings to delist the Company’s
Securities pursuant to Sections 119(b) and 119(f) of the Company Guide because the Company failed to consummate a business combination
within 36 months of the effectiveness of its initial public offering registration statement, or such shorter period that the Company
specified in its registration statement. As indicated in the letter, the Company had a right to a review of the delisting determination
by the Panel of the Committee, provided a written request for such review was requested no later than December 29, 2023.
The Company requested an in-person hearing to deliver an oral presentation to the Panel, which was held on February 13,
2024. The Panel’s hearing considered written and oral presentations made by the Company and the Staff.
On
February 21, 2024, the Company received a letter from the NYSE American that based upon the material and information presented to
the Panel, discussion that occurred at the hearing and analysis of the NYSE American rules and the Company Guide, the Panel
unanimously determined to affirm the Staff’s decision to initiate delisting proceedings because the Company did not consummate
a merger within the maximum 36 months of the effectiveness of its initial public offering registration statement. The Company may
request, as provided by Section 1205 of the Company Guide, that the full Committee reconsider the decision of the Panel. The request
for the review and the required fee must be made in writing and received within 15 calendar days from the date of the letter. The
Company intends to request that the full Committee reconsiders the Panel’s decision to delist. At this time the Securities
remain listed on the NYSE American, although trading has been suspended. The
Securities will trade on the over-the-counter market until a final determination has been made to delist by the Committee. If the Committee does not overturn
the decision by the Panel to delist, the Securities will be de-listed from the NYSE American. At that time, the Company, together
with Clearday, will make a determination as to whether the Company should cease operations and liquidate, or if they will proceed
with the Business Combination and submit an initial listing application for the combined company to a national securities exchange
in connection with the closing of the Business Combination. There is no guarantee that the initial listing application for the
combined company’s securities will be approved by a national securities exchange.
YOU
ARE NOT BEING ASKED TO VOTE ON ANY BUSINESS COMBINATION AT THIS TIME. IF THE FOURTH EXTENSION PROPOSAL IS APPROVED AND THE FOURTH EXTENSION
AMENDMENT IS FILED AND YOU DO NOT ELECT TO REDEEM YOUR PUBLIC SHARES NOW, YOU WILL RETAIN THE RIGHT TO VOTE ON ANY PROPOSED BUSINESS
COMBINATION WHEN AND IF IT IS SUBMITTED TO STOCKHOLDERS AND THE RIGHT TO REDEEM YOUR PUBLIC SHARES FOR A PRO RATA PORTION OF THE TRUST
ACCOUNT IN THE EVENT THE PROPOSED BUSINESS COMBINATION IS APPROVED AND COMPLETED.
Redemption
Rights
If
the Fourth Extension Proposal is approved, and the Fourth Extension Amendment is filed, each public stockholder may seek to redeem its
public shares for a pro rata portion of the funds available in the Trust Account, less any taxes we anticipate will be owed, but have
not yet been paid, calculated as of two business days prior to the meeting. Holders of public shares do not need to vote on the Fourth
Extension Amendment or be a holder of record on the Record Date to exercise redemption rights.
If
the Fourth Extension Proposal is approved and the Fourth Extension Amendment is filed with the Delaware Secretary of State, the Company
will (i) remove from the Trust Account an amount (the “Withdrawal Amount”) equal to the pro rata portion of
funds available in the Trust Account relating to any public shares redeemed by holders in connection with the Fourth Extension Proposal,
if any, and (ii) deliver to the holders of such redeemed public shares their pro rata portion of the Withdrawal Amount. The remainder
of such funds shall remain in the Trust Account and be available for use by the Company to complete a business combination on or before
the Fourth Extended Date. Holders of public shares who do not redeem their public shares now will retain their redemption rights and
their ability to vote on a business combination through the Fourth Extended Date, if the Fourth Extension Proposal is approved and the
Fourth Extension Amendment is filed.
If
the Fourth Extension Proposal is approved, and the Fourth Extension Amendment is filed, the removal of the Withdrawal Amount from the
Trust Account , if any, will reduce the Company’s net asset value. The Company cannot predict the amount that will remain in the
Trust Account if the Fourth Extension Proposal is approved, and the amount remaining in the Trust Account may be only a small fraction
of the approximately $18,714,623 that was in the Trust Account as of the Record Date.
TO
DEMAND REDEMPTION, YOU MUST EITHER PHYSICALLY TENDER YOUR STOCK CERTIFICATES TO CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, THE COMPANY’S
TRANSFER AGENT, AT CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, 1 STATE STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10004, ATTN: MARK ZIMKIND, MZIMKIND@CONTINENTALSTOCK.COM,
NO LATER THAN TWO BUSINESS DAYS PRIOR TO THE SPECIAL MEETING OR DELIVER YOUR SHARES TO THE TRANSFER AGENT ELECTRONICALLY USING THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY’S DWAC (DEPOSIT/WITHDRAWAL AT CUSTODIAN) SYSTEM.
The
requirement for physical or electronic delivery prior to the vote at the Special Meeting ensures that a redeeming holder’s election
is irrevocable once the Fourth Extension Proposal is approved. In furtherance of such irrevocable election, stockholders making the election
will not be able to tender their shares after the vote at the Special Meeting.
The
electronic delivery process through the DWAC system can be accomplished by the stockholder, whether or not it is a record holder or its
shares are held in “street name,” by contacting the transfer agent or its broker and requesting delivery of its shares through
the DWAC system. Delivering shares physically may take significantly longer. In order to obtain a physical stock certificate, a stockholder’s
broker and/or clearing broker, DTC, and the Company’s transfer agent will need to act together to facilitate this request. There
is a nominal cost associated with the above -referenced tendering process and the act of certificating the shares or delivering them
through the DWAC system.
The
transfer agent will typically charge the tendering broker a nominal amount and the broker would determine whether or not to pass this
cost on to the redeeming holder. It is the Company’s understanding that stockholders should generally allot at least two weeks
to obtain physical certificates from the transfer agent. The Company does not have any control over this process or over the brokers
or DTC, and it may take longer than two weeks to obtain a physical stock certificate. Such stockholders will have less time to make their
investment decision than those stockholders that deliver their shares through the DWAC system. Stockholders who request physical stock
certificates and wish to redeem may be unable to meet the deadline for tendering their shares before exercising their redemption rights
and thus will be unable to redeem their shares.
Certificates
that have not been tendered in accordance with these procedures prior to the vote for the Fourth Extension Proposal will not be redeemed
into a pro rata portion of the funds held in the Trust Account. In the event that a public stockholder tenders its shares and decides
prior to the vote at the Special Meeting that it does not want to redeem its shares, the stockholder may withdraw the tender. If you
delivered your shares for redemption to our transfer agent and decide prior to the vote at the Special Meeting not to redeem your shares,
you may request that our transfer agent return the shares (physically or electronically). You may make such request by contacting our
transfer agent at address listed above. In the event that a public stockholder tenders shares, and the Fourth Extension Proposal is not
approved or is abandoned, these shares will be redeemed in accordance with the terms of the charter promptly following the meeting, as
described elsewhere herein. The Company anticipates that a public stockholder who tenders shares for redemption in connection with the
vote to approve the Fourth Extension Proposal would receive payment of the redemption price for such shares soon after the filing of
the Fourth Extension Amendment. The transfer agent will hold the certificates of public stockholders that make the election until such
shares are redeemed for cash or redeemed in connection with our winding up.
The
per-share pro rata portion of the Trust Account on the Record Date (which is expected to be the same approximate amount two business days prior to the Special Meeting) was approximately $11.57.
The closing price of the Company’s common stock on February 21, 2024 was $10.81. The Company cannot assure
stockholders that they will be able to sell their shares of Company common stock in the open market, even if the market price per
share is higher than the redemption price stated above, as there may not be sufficient liquidity in its securities when such
stockholders wish to sell their shares.
If
you exercise your redemption rights, you will be exchanging your shares of the Company’s common stock for cash and will no longer
own the shares. You will be entitled to receive cash for these shares only if you properly demand redemption by tendering your stock
certificate(s) to the Company’s transfer agent prior to the vote for the Fourth Extension Proposal. If the Fourth Extension Proposal
is not approved or if it is abandoned, these shares will be redeemed in accordance with the terms of the charter promptly following the
Special Meeting as described elsewhere herein.
Required
Vote
The
Fourth Extension Proposal must be approved by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of common
stock as of the Record Date. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have the same effect as votes “AGAINST” the Fourth Extension
Proposal.
THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR”
THE
FOURTH EXTENSION PROPOSAL.
PROPOSAL
2: THE TRUST AMENDMENT
The
Trust Amendment
The
proposed Trust Amendment to the Trust Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2020, by and between the Company the Trustee, as amended, would
allow the Company to extend the date by which the Company must consummate a business combination up to six times, each such extension
for an additional one month period, until September 30, 2024, by depositing into the Trust Account the Extension Payment in the amount
of $35,000 for each one-month extension until September 30, 2024. A copy of the proposed Trust Amendment is attached to this proxy
statement as Annex B. All stockholders are encouraged to read the proposed amendment in its entirety for a more complete description
of its terms.
All
holders of the Company’s public shares, whether they vote for or against the Trust Amendment Proposal or do not vote at all, will
be permitted to redeem all or a portion of their public shares into their pro rata portion of the Trust Account, provided that the Trust
Amendment Proposal is approved. Holders of public shares do not need to be a holder of record on the Record Date in order to exercise
redemption rights.
The
per-share pro rata portion of the Trust Account on the Record Date was $11.57. The closing price of the Company’s common
stock on February 21, 2024 was $10.81. The Company cannot assure stockholders that they will be able to sell their shares
of Company common stock in the open market, even if the market price per share is higher than the redemption price stated above, as there
may not be sufficient liquidity in its securities when such stockholders wish to sell their shares.
The
Company has agreed that if the Trust Amendment Proposal and the Fourth Extension Proposal have been approved, prior to filing the Fourth
Extension Amendment, it will deposit $35,000 into the Trust Account to extend the date by which the Company can complete an initial
business combination by one month to April 30, 2024. Thereafter, the Company shall deposit $35,000 for each monthly period, or
portion thereof, that is needed by the Company to complete the proposed Business Combination or any potential alternative initial business
combination, until the Fourth Extended Date.
If
the Company does not have the funds necessary to make the Deposit referred to above, the Company’s Sponsor has agreed that it and/or
any of its affiliates or designees will make a Contribution to the Company as a loan, in the amounts described above, for the Company
to Deposit. Each Deposit or Contribution after the March Termination Date will be placed in the Trust Account no less than one calendar
day prior to the beginning of such monthly period. The first Deposit or Contribution will be made prior to the filing of the Fourth Extension
Amendment, only if the Fourth Extension Proposal is approved and the Company determines to file the Fourth Extension Amendment. If such
Deposits or Contributions are not timely made, the Company must either (i) consummate an initial business combination prior to the next
monthly period, or (ii) wind up the Company’s affairs and redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares in accordance with the same
procedures set forth below that would be applicable if the Fourth Extension Proposal and Trust Amendment Proposal are not approved.
The
Contribution(s) will be repayable by the Company to the Contributor(s) upon consummation of an initial business combination. The loans
will be forgiven if the Company is unable to consummate an initial business combination except to the extent of any funds held outside
of the Trust Account. The Company will have the sole discretion whether to continue extending for additional monthly periods after the
March Termination Date until the Fourth Extended Date. If the Company determines not to continue extending for additional monthly periods,
the obligation to make additional Deposits or Contributions will terminate. If this occurs, or if the Company’s board of directors
otherwise determines that the Company will not be able to consummate the proposed Business Combination, or a potential alternative initial
business combination, by the Fourth Extended Date, and does not wish to seek an additional extension beyond such time, the Company would
wind up the Company’s affairs and redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares in accordance with the same procedures set forth
below that would be applicable if the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal are not approved.
Reasons
for the Trust Amendment
The
purpose of the Trust Amendment Proposal is to give the Company the right to extend the date by which the Company must consummate a business
combination up to six times, each such extension for an additional one month period, until September 30, 2024, by depositing into the
Trust Account the Extension Payment for each one-month extension until September 30, 2024. The Company and its board of directors have
determined that there will not be sufficient time before the March Termination Date to hold a special meeting to obtain the requisite
stockholder approval of, and to consummate, the Business Combination. However, as of the date hereof, management believes that it can
close the Business Combination before September 30, 2024. If the Business Combination is approved at such a special meeting, the Company
would consummate the Business Combination shortly thereafter.
If
the Trust Amendment Proposal Is Not Approved
If
the Trust Amendment Proposal is not approved, and we do not consummate a Business Combination by March 31, 2024, we will be required
to dissolve and liquidate our Trust Account by returning the then remaining funds in such account to the public stockholders. If we are
required to liquidate the Company, our investors would not be able to realize the benefits of owning shares in a successor operating
business, including the potential appreciation in the value of our shares and warrants following such a transaction, and our warrants
would expire worthless.
The
Company’s initial stockholders have waived their rights to participate in any liquidation distribution with respect to their insider
shares. The Company will pay the costs of liquidation from its remaining assets outside of the Trust Account.
If
the Trust Amendment Proposal Is Approved
If
the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal are approved, the amendment to the Trust Agreement in the form of Annex
B hereto will be executed and amounts in the Trust Account will not be disbursed except with respect to any redemptions in connection
with the Special Meeting and in connection with our completion of the Business Combination, or in connection with our liquidation if
we do not complete an Business Combination by the applicable termination date. The Company will then continue to attempt to consummate
an Business Combination until the applicable termination date or until the Company’s Board of Directors determines in its sole
discretion that it will not be able to consummate an Business Combination by the applicable termination date as described below and does
not wish to seek an additional extension.
Required
Vote
The
Trust Amendment Proposal must be approved by the affirmative vote of at least 50% of the public shares of common stock issued and outstanding
shares of common stock as of the Record Date. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have the same effect as votes “AGAINST”
the Trust Amendment Proposal.
Our
Board will abandon and not implement the Trust Amendment Proposal unless our stockholders approve both the Fourth Extension Proposal
and Trust Amendment Proposal. This means that if one proposal is approved by the stockholders and the other proposal is not, neither
proposal will take effect. Notwithstanding stockholder approval of the Fourth Extension Proposal and Trust Amendment Proposal,
our Board will retain the right to abandon and not implement the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment at any time without
any further action by our stockholders.
You
are not being asked to vote on any business combination at this time. If the Trust Amendment is implemented and you do not elect to redeem
your shares now, you will retain the right to vote on a Business Combination when it is submitted to stockholders and the right to redeem
your shares into a pro rata portion of the Trust Account in the event a business combination is approved and completed (as long as your
election is made at least two (2) business days prior to the meeting at which the stockholders’ vote is sought) or the Company
has not consummated the business combination by the applicable termination date.
THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR”
THE
TRUST AMENDMENT PROPOSAL.
PROPOSAL
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THE
ADJOURNMENT PROPOSAL
The
Adjournment Proposal, if adopted, will approve the Chairman’s adjournment of the Special Meeting to a later date, if necessary,
under certain circumstances, to solicit additional proxies (i) to approve the Fourth Extension Proposal, (ii) to approve the Trust Amendment
Proposal, (iii) if a quorum is not present at the Special Meeting, or (iv) to allow reasonable additional time for the filing or mailing
of any supplemental or amended disclosure that the Company has determined in good faith after consultation with outside legal counsel
is required under applicable law and for such supplemental or amended disclosure to be disseminated and reviewed by the Company’s
stockholders prior to the Special Meeting; provided that the Special Meeting is reconvened as promptly as practical thereafter (we refer
to this proposal as the “Adjournment Proposal”).
Consequences
if the Adjournment Proposal is Not Approved
If
the Adjournment Proposal is not approved by our stockholders, the Chairman will not adjourn the Special Meeting to a later date.
Required
Vote
This
Adjournment Proposal will be approved and adopted only if holders of at least a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of Common
Stock present in person by virtual attendance or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the Special Meeting vote “FOR”
the Adjournment Proposal. Abstentions with respect to this proposal will have the effect of a vote “AGAINST” such proposal.
Broker non-votes with respect to this proposal will have no effect on the vote.
THE
BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” ADOPTION OF THE ADJOURNMENT PROPOSAL
THE
SPECIAL MEETING
Date,
Time and Place. The Company will be holding the Special Meeting at 10:30 am ET on March 27, 2024, in a virtual meeting
format at https://www.cstproxy.com/viveon/2024 and via teleconference using the following dial-in information:
Telephone
access (listen-only):
Within
the U.S. and Canada:1-800-450-7155 (toll-free)
Outside
of the U.S. and Canada: + 1 857-999-9155
(standard
rates apply)
Conference
ID: 7618674#
Voting
Power; Record Date. You will be entitled to vote or direct votes to be cast at the Special Meeting, if you owned Company common
stock at the close of business on February 29, 2024, the Record Date for the Special Meeting. At the close of business on the Record
Date, there were 6,648,665 outstanding shares of Company common stock, including 1,617,415 outstanding public shares each of which
entitles its holder to cast one vote on each proposal. Company warrants and rights do not carry voting rights.
Proxies;
Board Solicitation. Your proxy is being solicited by the Company’s board of directors on the proposals being presented
to stockholders at the Special Meeting. No recommendation is being made as to whether you should elect to redeem your shares. Proxies
may be solicited in person or by telephone. If you grant a proxy, you may still revoke your proxy and vote your shares in person at the
Special Meeting. Advantage Proxy, Inc. is assisting the Company in the proxy solicitation process for this Special Meeting. The Company
will pay that firm approximately $8,500 in fees plus disbursements for such services.
Required
Votes
The
affirmative vote by holders of at least a majority of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock is required to approve
the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have the same effect as “AGAINST”
votes with respect to the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal. All of the Company’s directors, executive
officers and their affiliates are expected to vote any common stock owned by them in favor of the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust
Amendment Proposal. On the Record Date, the initial stockholders beneficially owned and were entitled to vote 5,031,250 insider shares,
representing approximately 75.7% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock.
Approval
of the Adjournment Proposal will require the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of shares of common stock present in person or
by proxy at such meeting and entitled to vote.
Interests
of the Company’s Directors and Officers
When
you consider the recommendation of the Company’s board of directors, you should keep in mind that the Company’s executive
officers and members of the Company’s board of directors have interests that may be different from, or in addition to, your interests
as a stockholder. These interests include, among other things:
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If
the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal are not approved and we do not consummate a business combination by
March 31, 2024, the 5,031,250 insider shares which were acquired for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000 will be worthless (as
the holders have waived liquidation rights with respect to such shares), as will the 18,000,000 private warrants (exercisable for
9,000,000 shares of common stock) that were acquired simultaneously with the IPO for an aggregate purchase price of $9,000,000. Such
common stock, together with the shares underlying the warrants had an aggregate market value of approximately $151,677,813
based on the closing price of $10.81 on February 21, 2024. |
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In connection with the
IPO, the Sponsor has agreed that if the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal are not approved and the Company
liquidates, it will be liable under certain circumstances to ensure that the proceeds in the Trust Account are not reduced by certain
claims of target businesses or vendors or other entities that are owed money by the Company for services rendered, contracted for
or products sold to the Company; |
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All rights specified in
the Company’s charter relating to the right of officers and directors to be indemnified by the Company, and of the Company’s
officers and directors to be exculpated from monetary liability with respect to prior acts or omissions, will continue after a business
combination. If the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal are not approved and the Company liquidates, the Company
will not be able to perform its obligations to its officers and directors under those provisions; |
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If the Company is unable
to complete a business combination within the required time period, it will pay the costs of any subsequent liquidation from its
remaining assets outside of the Trust Account. If such funds are insufficient, the Sponsor has agreed to pay the funds necessary
to complete such liquidation (currently anticipated to be no more than approximately $15,000) and has agreed not to seek repayment
for such expenses; |
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The Company’s officers,
directors and their affiliates are entitled to reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with certain
activities on the Company’s behalf, such as identifying and investigating possible business targets and business combinations.
If the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal are not approved and a business combination is not consummated,
these out-of-pocket expenses will not be repaid. |
Additionally,
if the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal are approved and the Company consummates an initial business combination,
the officers and directors may have additional interests that would be described in the proxy statement for such transaction.
In
addition, the Sponsor and the Company’s directors, executive officers and their respective affiliates may choose to buy public
shares in the open market and/or through negotiated private purchases, outside of the redemption process, for purposes of helping to
ensure that the Company maintains (i) sufficient funds in the Trust Account in connection with the proposed initial business combination
and (ii) its continued listing with NYSE American. In the event that such purchases do occur, the purchasers may seek to purchase shares
from stockholders who would otherwise have voted against the Fourth Extension Amendment and elected to redeem their shares into a portion
of the Trust Account. Any public shares purchased by affiliates will not be able to be voted in favor of the Fourth Extension Amendment.
SECURITY
OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The
following table sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of the Company’s common stock as of the Record
Date by:
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person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding shares of common stock; |
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As
of February 29, 2024, the Record Date, there were 6,648,665 outstanding shares of Company common stock, including 1,617,415 outstanding
public shares. Unless otherwise indicated, all persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares
of common stock beneficially owned by them. The following table does not reflect beneficial ownership of the Company’s warrants
as these warrants are not exercisable within 60 days of the date of this proxy statement.
Name
and Address of Beneficial Owner(1) | |
Number of Shares Beneficially
Owned | | |
Approximate Percentage of
Outstanding Common Stock | |
Jagi Gill(2) | |
| 4,923,250 | | |
| 74.05 | % |
Rom Papadopoulos(2)(3) | |
| 4,923,250 | | |
| 74.05 | % |
Brian Cole | |
| 27,000 | | |
| * | |
Doug Craft | |
| 27,000 | | |
| * | |
Demetrios G. Logothetis | |
| 27,000 | | |
| * | |
All current directors and executive officers as a group (five individuals) | |
| 5,004,250 | | |
| 75.27 | % |
Holders of 5% or more of our Common
Stock | |
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Viveon Health, LLC(2)(3) | |
| 4,923,250 | | |
| 74.05 | % |
Mizuho Financial Group,
Inc.(4) | |
| 543,000 | | |
| 8.17 | % |
Meteora Capital, LLC and
Vik Mittal(5) | |
| 892,807 | | |
| 13.43 | % |
Fir Tree Capital Management
LP(6) | |
| 518,742 | | |
| 7.80 | % |
Polar Asset Management
Partners Inc.(7) | |
| 650,000 | | |
| 9.78 | % |
(1) |
Unless otherwise indicated, the business address of each of the individuals is c/o Viveon Health
Acquisition Corp., 3480 Peachtree Road NE, 2nd Floor, Suite #112, Atlanta, Georgia 30326. |
(2) |
Consists of shares of common stock owned by Viveon Health, LLC, for which Jagi Gill is a member
and Rom Papadopoulos is the managing member. Mr. Papadopoulos has sole voting and dispositive control over those shares. |
(3) |
Rom Papadopoulos
is the managing member of Viveon Health, LLC. |
(4) |
Based on a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC by Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. on February 14,
2023 (the “Mizuho 13G”). Per Mizuho 13G, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc., Mizuho Bank, Ltd. and Mizuho Americas LLC may be
deemed to be indirect beneficial owners of such equity securities directly held by Mizuho Securities USA LLC which is their wholly-owned subsidiary.
Per Mizuho 13G, the address for Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. is 1-5-5. Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8176, Japan. |
(5) |
Based on a Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC by Meteora Capital, LLC and Vik Mittal on February
16, 2023 (the 13G/A”), with respect to the common stock held by certain funds and managed accounts to which Meteora Capital LLC
serves as investment manager and to which Vik Mittal serves as the Managing Member of Meteora Capital LLC. Per 13G/A, the address for
Vik Mittal and Meteora Capital, LLC is 840 Park Drive East, Boca Raton, FL 33444. Per 13G/A, Meteora Capital LLC and Vik Mittal share
voting and dispositive power over those shares. |
(6) |
Based on a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC by Fir Tree Capital Management LP on February 14, 2023
(the “Fir 13G”). Per the Fir 13G, the address for Fir Tree Capital Management LP is 500 5th Avenue, 9th Floor,
New York, NY 10110. |
(7) |
Based on a Schedule 13G/A filed by Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. with the SEC on February
10, 2023 (the Polar 13G/A/A”). Per the Polar 13G/A, the address for Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. is 16 York Street, Suite
2900, Toronto, ON, Canada M5J 0E6. |
Name
and Address of Beneficial Owner(1) | |
Number of Shares Beneficially
Owned | | |
Approximate Percentage of
Outstanding Common Stock | |
Jagi Gill(2) | |
| 4,923,250 | | |
| 74.05 | % |
Rom Papadopoulos(2)(3) | |
| 4,923,250 | | |
| 74.05 | % |
Brian Cole | |
| 27,000 | | |
| * | |
Doug Craft | |
| 27,000 | | |
| * | |
Demetrios G. Logothetis | |
| 27,000 | | |
| * | |
All current directors and executive officers as a group (five individuals) | |
| 5,004,250 | | |
| 75.27 | % |
Holders of 5% or more of our Common
Stock | |
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Viveon Health, LLC(2)(3) | |
| 4,923,250 | | |
| 74.05 | % |
Mizuho Financial Group,
Inc.(4) | |
| 543,000 | | |
| 8.17 | % |
Meteora Capital, LLC and
Vik Mittal(5) | |
| 892,807 | | |
| 13.43 | % |
Fir Tree Capital Management
LP(6) | |
| 518,742 | | |
| 7.80 | % |
Polar Asset Management
Partners Inc.(7) | |
| 650,000 | | |
| 9.78 | % |
(1) |
Unless otherwise indicated, the business address of each of the individuals is c/o Viveon Health
Acquisition Corp., 3480 Peachtree Road NE, 2nd Floor, Suite #112, Atlanta, Georgia 30326. |
(2) |
Consists of shares of common stock owned by Viveon Health, LLC, for which Jagi Gill is a member
and Rom Papadopoulos is the managing member. Mr. Papadopoulos has sole voting and dispositive control over those shares. |
(3) |
Rom Papadopoulos is the managing member of Viveon Health, LLC. |
(4) |
Based on a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC by Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. on February 14,
2023 (the “Mizuho 13G”). Per Mizuho 13G, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc., Mizuho Bank, Ltd. and Mizuho Americas LLC may be
deemed to be indirect beneficial owners of such equity securities directly held by Mizuho Securities USA LLC which is their wholly-owned subsidiary.
Per Mizuho 13G, the address for Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. is 1-5-5. Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8176, Japan. |
(5) |
Based on a Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC by Meteora Capital, LLC and Vik Mittal on February
16, 2023 (the 13G/A”), with respect to the common stock held by certain funds and managed accounts to which Meteora Capital LLC
serves as investment manager and to which Vik Mittal serves as the Managing Member of Meteora Capital LLC. Per 13G/A, the address for
Vik Mittal and Meteora Capital, LLC is 840 Park Drive East, Boca Raton, FL 33444. Per 13G/A, Meteora Capital LLC and Vik Mittal share
voting and dispositive power over those shares. |
(6) |
Based on a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC by Fir Tree Capital Management LP on February 14, 2023
(the “Fir 13G”). Per the Fir 13G, the address for Fir Tree Capital Management LP is 500 5th Avenue, 9th Floor,
New York, NY 10110. |
(7) |
Based on a Schedule 13G/A filed by Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. with the SEC on February
10, 2023 (the Polar 13G/A/A”). Per the Polar 13G/A, the address for Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. is 16 York Street, Suite
2900, Toronto, ON, Canada M5J 0E6. |
All
of the insider shares have been placed in escrow with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as escrow agent (the “IPO
Escrow”). 50% percent of these shares will not be transferred, assigned, sold or released from escrow until the earlier
of (i) six months after the date of the consummation of our initial business combination or (ii) the date on which the closing price
of our shares of common stock equals or exceeds $12.50 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations and
recapitalizations) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing after our initial business combination and the
remaining 50% of the insider shares will not be transferred, assigned, sold or released from escrow until six months after the date of
the consummation of our initial business combination, or earlier, in either case, if, subsequent to our initial business combination,
we consummate a subsequent liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of our stockholders
having the right to exchange their shares of common stock for cash, securities or other property. As a result, if an initial business
combination is approved and consummated, 50% of the insider shares will be released upon the earlier of six months after the closing
date of the initial business combination and the date on which the closing price of our shares of common stock equals or exceeds $12.50
per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading
day period commencing after the consummation of the initial business combination, and the remaining 50% of the insider shares will not
be transferred, assigned, sold or released from escrow until six months after the date of the closing of the initial business combination,
or earlier, in either case, if, subsequent to the initial business combination, we consummate a subsequent liquidation, merger, stock
exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of our stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of common stock
for cash, securities or other property.
STOCKHOLDER
PROPOSALS
If
the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal are approved and the Fourth Extension Amendment is filed and the Business
Combination is consummated, the post-Business Combination Company will hold its 2024 annual meeting of stockholders on or prior to December
31, 2024. The date of such meeting and the date by which you may submit a proposal for inclusion in the proxy statement will be included
in a Current Report on Form 8-K or a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
If
the Fourth Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal are not approved and the Business Combination is not consummated, there
will be no further annual meetings of the Company.
DELIVERY
OF DOCUMENTS TO STOCKHOLDERS
Pursuant
to the rules of the SEC, the Company and its agents that deliver communications to its stockholders are permitted to deliver to two or
more stockholders sharing the same address a single copy of the Company’s proxy statement. Upon written or oral request, the Company
will deliver a separate copy of the proxy statement to any stockholder at a shared address who wishes to receive separate copies of such
documents in the future. Stockholders receiving multiple copies of such documents may likewise request that the Company deliver single
copies of such documents in the future. Stockholders may notify the Company of their requests by calling or writing the Company’s
proxy solicitor at Advantage Proxy, Attention: Karen Smith, Toll Free: 877-870-8565, Collect: 1-206-870-8565, E-mail: ksmith@advantageproxy.com.
Other
Matters to Be Presented at the Special Meeting
The
Company did not have notice of any matter to be presented for action at the Special Meeting, except as discussed in this proxy statement.
The persons authorized by the accompanying form of proxy will vote in their discretion as to any other matter that comes before the Special
Meeting.
WHERE
YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
The
Company files its reports, proxy statements and other information electronically with the SEC. You may access information on the Company
at the SEC website containing reports, proxy statements and other information at http://www.sec.gov. This proxy statement describes
the material elements of relevant contracts, exhibits and other information attached as annexes to this proxy statement. Information
and statements contained in this proxy statement are qualified in all respects by reference to the copy of the relevant contract or other
document included as an annex to this document.
This
proxy statement contains important business and financial information about us that is not included in or delivered with this document.
You may obtain this additional information, or additional copies of this proxy statement, at no cost, end you may ask any questions you
may have about the Fourth Extension Amendment by contacting the Company’s proxy solicitor at the following:
Advantage
Proxy, Inc.
Attention:
Karen Smith
Toll
Free: 877-870-8565
Collect:
1-206-870-8565
E-mail:
ksmith@advantageproxy.com
In
order to receive timely delivery of the documents in advance of the Special Meeting, you must make your request for information no later
than March 22, 2024.
ANNEX
A
PROPOSED
FOURTH AMENDMENT
TO
THE
AMENDED
AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE
OF INCORPORATION
OF
VIVEON
HEALTH ACQUISITION CORP.
Pursuant
to Section 242 of the
Delaware
General Corporation Law
The
undersigned, being a duly authorized officer of VIVEON HEALTH ACQUISITION CORP., (the “Corporation”), a corporation
existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, does hereby certify as follows:
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The name of the Corporation
is VIVEON HEALTH ACQUISITION CORP. |
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The Corporation’s
Certificate of Incorporation was originally filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on August 7, 2020,
and was subsequently amended and restated on December 22, 2020 (the “Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation”)
and the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was subsequently amended and restated on each of March 23, 2022, December
23, 2022 and June 27, 2023. |
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This Fourth Amendment to
the Corporation’s current Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation further amends the current Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation. |
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This Fourth Amendment to
the Corporation’s current Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was duly adopted by the affirmative vote of the
holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding stock at a meeting of stockholders in accordance with ARTICLE SIXTH of the Corporation’s
current Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the provisions of Sections 242 the General Corporation Law of the State
of Delaware (“DGCL”). |
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The text of Article FIFTH,
subsections E of the Corporation’s current Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, is hereby amended
and restated to read in full as follows: |
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“E. The Corporation
shall, in its sole discretion, upon one calendar day advance notice prior to the applicable monthly deadline, extend the date by
which the Corporation must consummate an initial business combination up to six times, each such extension for an additional one
month period, until September 30, 2024 (the “Fourth Extended Date”), upon one calendar day advance notice
to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, prior to the applicable monthly deadline, unless the closing of the proposed Business
Combination with Clearday, Inc., or any potential alternative initial business combination shall have occurred prior to the Fourth
Extended Date. In the event that the Corporation does not consummate a Business Combination by the Fourth Extended Date, the Corporation
shall (i) cease all operations except for the purposes of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten
business days thereafter redeem 100% of the IPO Shares for cash for a redemption price per share as described below (which redemption
will completely extinguish such holders’ rights as stockholders, including the right to receive further liquidation distributions,
if any), and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to approval of the Corporation’s then
stockholders and subject to the requirements of the DGCL, including the adoption of a resolution by the Board of Directors pursuant
to Section 275(a) of the DGCL finding the dissolution of the Corporation advisable and the provision of such notices as are required
by said Section 275(a) of the DGCL, dissolve and liquidate the balance of the Corporation’s net assets to its remaining stockholders,
as part of the Corporation’s plan of dissolution and liquidation, subject (in the case of (ii) and (iii) above) to the Corporation’s
obligations under the DGCL to provide for claims of creditors and other requirements of applicable law. In such event, the per share
redemption price shall be equal to the Trust Fund plus any interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Fund and not previously
released to the Corporation and not necessary to pay its taxes divided by the total number of IPO Shares then outstanding.” |
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The text of Article FIFTH,
subsections H of the Corporation’s current Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, is hereby amended
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“H. If any amendment
is made to this Article Fifth that would modify the substance or timing of the Corporation’s obligation to provide for the
conversion of the IPO Shares in connection with an initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of the IPO Shares if the Corporation
has not consummated an initial Business Combination by the Fourth Extended Date, or with respect to any other provision in this Article
Fifth, the holders of IPO Shares shall be provided with the opportunity to redeem their IPO Shares upon the approval of any such
amendment, at the per-share price specified in paragraph C.” |
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this Fourth Amendment to the Corporation’s current Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
this [●] day of [___], 2024.
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ANNEX
B
PROPOSED
AMENDMENT
TO
THE
INVESTMENT
MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT
This
Amendment No. 1 (this “Amendment”), dated as of March 27, 2024, to the Investment Management Trust Agreement
(as defined below) is made by and between Viveon Health Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) and Continental Stock
Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee (“Trustee”). All terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the Trust Agreement.
WHEREAS,
the Company and the Trustee entered into an Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated December 22, 2020 (the “Trust Agreement”);
WHEREAS,
Section 1(i) of the Trust Agreement sets forth the terms that govern the liquidation of the Trust Account under the circumstances described
therein; and
WHEREAS,
at a Special Meeting of the Company held on March 27, 2024, the Company’s stockholders approved (a) a proposal to amend (the “Fourth
Extension Amendment”) the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, (the “Amended
Charter”) to allow the Company to extend the date by which the Company must consummate a business combination up to six
times, each such extension for an additional one month period, until September 30, 2024 (the “Fourth Extended Date”),
upon one calendar day advance notice to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, prior to the applicable monthly deadline, unless
the closing of the proposed Business Combination with Clearday, Inc., or any potential alternative initial business combination shall
have occurred prior to the Fourth Extended Date, and (b) a proposal to amend (the “Trust Amendment”) the Company’s
Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2020 (the “Trust Agreement”), as amended, by
and between the Company and the Trustee, allowing the Company to extend the date by which the Company must consummate a business combination
up to six times, each such extension for an additional one month period, until September 30], 2024, by depositing into the Trust Account
the amount of $35,000 (the “Extension Payment”) for each one-month extension until September 30, 2024,
(we refer to this proposal as the “Trust Amendment Proposal”);
NOW
THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED:
1.
Section 1(i) of the Trust Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“(i)
Commence liquidation of the Trust Account only after and promptly after receipt of, and only in accordance with, the terms of a letter
(“Termination Letter”), in a form substantially similar to that attached hereto as either Exhibit A or Exhibit
B, signed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board or Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and, in the case
of a Termination Letter in a form substantially similar to that attached hereto as Exhibit A, acknowledged and agreed to by the Representative,
complete the liquidation of the Trust Account and distribute the Property in the Trust Account only as directed in the Termination Letter
and the other documents referred to therein; provided, however, that in the event that a Termination Letter has not been received by
the Trustee by March 31, 2024, provided that, pursuant to the terms hereof and the Corporation’s amended and restated certificate
of incorporation, the Corporation deposits into the Trust Account the amount of $35,000 for each one-month extension until September
30, 2024, in the Corporation’s sole discretion whether to exercise one or more extensions (as applicable, the “Applicable
Deadline”), the Trust Account shall be liquidated in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Termination Letter
attached as Exhibit B hereto and distributed to the Public Stockholders as of the Applicable Deadline.”
2.
The Trust Agreement is hereby amended by the addition of new Exhibit F of the Trust Agreement, as follows::
“EXHIBIT
F
[Letterhead
of Company]
[Insert
date]
Continental
Stock Transfer & Trust Company
1
State Street, 30th Floor
New
York, New York 10004
Attention:
Francis Wolf and Celeste Gonzalez
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Trust Account No. [_____]– Extension Letter |
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Pursuant
to Section 1(i) of the Investment Management Trust Agreement between Viveon Health Acquisition Corp. (“Company”)
and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, dated as of December 22, 2020 (as amended, “Trust Agreement”),
this is to advise you that the Company is extending the time available in order to consummate a Business Combination for an additional
[___ months] [monthly period], from _______________ to _______________ (the “Extension”).
This
Extension Letter shall serve as the notice required with respect to the Extension prior to the Applicable Deadline. Capitalized words
used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Trust Agreement.
[In
accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement, we hereby authorize you to deposit [$____] [____], which will be wired to you, into
the Trust Account investments upon receipt.]
[In
accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement, no deposit is required].
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Chardan Capital Markets, LLC |
PROXY
VIVEON
HEALTH ACQUISITION CORP.
3480
Peachtree Road NE 2nd Floor, Suite #112
Atlanta,
Georgia 30326
SPECIAL
MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
MARCH
27, 2024
YOUR
VOTE IS IMPORTANT
FOLD
AND DETACH HERE
VIVEON
HEALTH ACQUISITION CORP.
THIS
PROXY IS SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FOR
THE SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON
MARCH
27, 2024
The
undersigned, revoking any previous proxies relating to these shares, hereby acknowledges receipt of the Notice and Proxy Statement, dated
March 1, 2024, in connection with the Special Meeting to be held at 10:30 am ET on March 27, 2024 in a virtual meeting format
at https://www.cstproxy.com/viveon/2024 and via teleconference using the following dial-in information:
Telephone
access (listen-only):
Within
the U.S. and Canada:1-800-450-7155 (toll-free)
Outside
of the U.S. and Canada: + 1 857-999-9155
(standard
rates apply)
Conference
ID: 7618674#
The
undersigned hereby appoints Jagi Gill, the attorney and proxy of the undersigned, with power of substitution, to vote all shares of the
common stock, of VIVEON HEALTH ACQUISITION CORP. (the “Company”) registered in the name provided, which the
undersigned is entitled to vote at the Special Meeting of stockholders, and at any adjournments thereof, with all the powers the undersigned
would have if personally present. Without limiting the general authorization hereby given, said proxy is instructed to vote or act as
follows on the proposal set forth in this Proxy Statement.
THIS
PROXY, WHEN EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR”
THE Fourth Extension Proposal, the Trust Amendment Proposal AND THE ADJOURNMENT PROPOSAL.
THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE Fourth Extension Proposal, the Trust Amendment Proposal, AND THE ADJOURNMENT
PROPOSAL. This notice of meeting, the accompany proxy statement, and proxy card, are available at https://www.cstproxy.com/viveon/2024.
For banks and brokers, the notice of meeting and the accompany proxy statement
are available at https://www.cstproxy.com/viveon/2024.
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ABSTAIN |
Proposal
1 — Fourth Extension Proposal |
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Amend
the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, to allow the Company to extend the date by which the Company must
consummate a business combination up to six times, each such extension for an additional one month period, until September 30, 2024 (the
“Fourth Extended Date”), upon one calendar day advance notice to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company,
prior to the applicable monthly deadline, unless the closing of the proposed Business Combination with Clearday, Inc., or any potential
alternative initial business combination shall have occurred prior to the Fourth Extended Date.
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AGAINST |
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ABSTAIN |
Proposal
2 —Trust Amendment Proposal |
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Amend
the Company’s Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2020, as amended, by and between the Company and
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, allowing the Company to extend the date by which the Company must consummate a business
combination up to six times, each such extension for an additional one month period, until September 30, 2024, by depositing into the
Trust Account the amount of $35,000 (the “Extension Payment”) for each one-month extension until September
30, 2024.
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AGAINST |
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ABSTAIN |
Proposal
3 – Adjournment Proposal |
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Approve
the adjournment of the Special Meeting by the Chairman thereof to a later date, if necessary, under certain circumstances, to solicit
additional proxies (i) to approve the Fourth Extension Proposal, (ii) to approve the Trust Amendment Proposal, (iii) if a quorum is not
present at the Special Meeting, or (iv) to allow reasonable additional time for the filing or mailing of any supplemental or amended
disclosure that the Company has determined in good faith after consultation with outside legal counsel is required under applicable law
and for such supplemental or amended disclosure to be disseminated and reviewed by the Company’s stockholders prior to the Special
Meeting; provided that the Special Meeting is reconvened as promptly as practical thereafter.
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Dated:
March _____, 2024 |
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Stockholder’s
Signature |
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Stockholder’s
Signature |
Signature
should agree with name printed hereon. If stock is held in the name of more than one person, EACH joint owner should sign. Executors,
administrators, trustees, guardians, and attorneys should indicate the capacity in which they sign. Attorneys should submit powers of
attorney.
PLEASE
SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE PROXY IN THE ENVELOPE ENCLOSED TO CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY. THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED
IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED STOCKHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR” PROPOSALS
1, 2 AND 3 AND WILL GRANT DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY TO VOTE UPON SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENTS
THEREOF. THIS PROXY WILL REVOKE ALL PRIOR PROXIES SIGNED BY YOU.
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