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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October
9, 2023
A SPAC I Acquisition Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
British Virgin Islands |
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001-41285 |
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N/A |
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) |
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(Commission File Number) |
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(IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
Level 39, Marina Bay Financial Centre
Tower 2, 10 Marina Boulevard
Singapore, 018983
(Address of principal executive offices, including
zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area
code: +65 6818 5796
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last
report)
Check the appropriate box below
if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of
the Act:
Title of each class |
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Trading Symbol(s) |
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Name of each exchange on which
registered |
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Ordinary Shares |
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ASCA |
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The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Warrants |
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ASCAW |
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The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Units, each consisting of one Class A Ordinary Share, no par value, three-fourths (3/4) of one redeemable warrant and one Right to acquire one-tenth (1/10) of one Class A Ordinary Share |
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ASCAU |
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The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
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Rights |
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ASCAR |
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The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an
emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☒
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark
if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards
provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
| Item 5.03 | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year |
On October 9,
2023, A SPAC I Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) held an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (the “EGM”)
for the purpose of (i) approving a proposal to amend and restate the Company’s then current amended and restated memorandum and
articles of association (the “Charter”) to, among other things, allow the Company to extend the date by which the Company
has to consummate a business combination six (6) times for an additional one month each time from October 17, 2023 to April 17, 2024
(the “Charter Amendment Proposal”) by deleting the Charter in its entirety and substituting it with a new amended and restated
memorandum and articles of association (the “New Charter”) and (ii) approving a proposal to amend and restate the Company’s
Charter to remove the net tangible asset requirement from the Charter in order to expand the methods that the Company may employ so as
not to become subject to the “penny stock” rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “NTA Requirement Amendment
Proposal”) by deleting the Charter in its entirety and substituting it with the New Charter. For more information on the proposals,
please refer to the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 22, 2023.
On October 9, 2023, following shareholder approval,
the Company filed the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association with the British Virgin Islands Registrar of Corporate
Affairs on the same day. The New Charter allows the Company the right to extend the date by which it has to complete a business combination
up to six (6) times for an additional one month each time, from October 17, 2023 to April 17, 2024 and removed the net tangible asset
requirement in order to expand the methods that the Company may employ so as not to become subject to the “penny stock” rules
of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The foregoing description of the New Charter is not
complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association,
a copy of which is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 3.1, and the provisions of which are incorporated by reference
herein.
Item 5.07. |
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders |
As of September 18, 2023,
the record date for the EGM, there were 5,421,696 ordinary shares of the Company outstanding and entitled to vote. At the EGM, 4,715,065
ordinary shares were represented by proxy or in person, representing 86.97% of the total outstanding ordinary shares as of the record
date, and constituting a quorum for the transaction of business.
At the EGM on October 9,
2023, the Company’s shareholders approved the Charter Amendment Proposal and the NTA Requirement Amendment Proposal. The voting
results were as follows:
1. |
The Charter Amendment Proposal |
FOR |
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AGAINST |
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ABSTAIN |
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BROKER NON-VOTES |
4,474,959 |
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240,106 |
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0 |
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0 |
2. |
The NTA Requirement Amendment Proposal |
FOR |
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AGAINST |
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ABSTAIN |
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BROKER NON-VOTES |
4,491,870 |
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223,195 |
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0 |
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0 |
An aggregate of 1,695,224 Class A ordinary shares
of the Company were tendered for redemption in connection with the shareholders’ vote at the EGM.
On October 11, 2023, the Company made a deposit of
$20,000 (the “Extension Payment”) to the trust account and extended the period of time the Company has to consummate an initial
business combination from October 17, 2023 to November 17, 2023. Following the deposit of the Extension Payment, the amount of funds
remaining in the trust account was approximately $39.3 million, before taking into account the withdrawal of funds from the trust account
for redemption of the Company’s public shares in connection with the shareholders’ vote at the EGM.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
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A SPAC I Acquisition Corp. |
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By: |
/s/ Claudius Tsang |
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Name: |
Claudius Tsang |
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Title: |
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer |
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Dated: October 12, 2023 |
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Exhibit 3.1
Territory
of the British Virgin Islands
The
BVI Business Companies Act, 2004
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AMENDED
AND RESTATED
memorandum
and articles of association
OF
A
SPAC I Acquisition Corp.
Incorporated
as a BVI Business Company on 29 April 2021
Amended
and Restated on 9 October 2023
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TERRITORY
OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
THE
BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT 2004
AMENDED
AND RESTATED
MEMORANDUM
OF ASSOCIATION
OF
A
SPAC I Acquisition Corp.
A
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
AMENDED
AND RESTATED ON 9 OCTOBER 2023
The
name of the Company is A SPAC I Acquisition Corp..
The
Company shall be a company limited by shares.
| 3 | REGISTERED
OFFICE AND REGISTERED AGENT |
| 3.1 | The
first registered office of the Company is at Ritter House, Wickhams Cay II, PO Box 3170, Road Town, Tortola VG 1110, British Virgin Islands,
the office of the first registered agent. |
| 3.2 | The
first registered agent of the Company is Ogier Global (BVI) Limited of Ritter House, Wickhams
Cay II, PO Box 3170, Road Town, Tortola VG 1110, British Virgin Islands. |
| 3.3 | The
Company may change its registered office or registered agent by a Resolution of Directors
or a Resolution of Members. The change shall take effect upon the Registrar registering a
notice of change filed under section 92 of the Act. |
| 4.1 | The
Company has, subject to the Act and any other British Virgin Islands legislation for the
time being in force, irrespective of corporate benefit: |
| (a) | full
capacity to carry on or undertake any business or activity, do any act or enter into any
transaction; and |
| (b) | for
the purposes of paragraph (a), full rights, powers and privileges. |
| 4.2 | There
are subject to Clause 4.1 and Regulation 24, no limitations on the business that the Company
may carry on. |
| 5 | NUMBER
AND CLASSES OF SHARES |
| 5.1 | The
Company is authorised to issue a maximum of 101,000,100 Shares with no par value divided
into three classes of shares as follows: |
| (a) | 100,000,000
class A ordinary shares with no par value (Class A Ordinary Shares); |
| (b) | 100
class B ordinary shares with no par value (Class B Ordinary Shares and together with
the Class A Ordinary Shares being referred to as the Ordinary Shares); |
| (c) | 1,000,000
preferred shares with no par value (Preferred Shares). |
| 5.2 | The
Company may at the discretion of the Board of Directors, but shall not otherwise be obliged
to, issue fractional Shares or round up or down fractional holdings of Shares to its nearest
whole number and a fractional Share (if authorised by the Board of Directors) may have the
corresponding fractional rights, obligations and liabilities of a whole share of the same
class or series of shares. |
| 6 | DESIGNATIONS
POWERS PREFERENCES OF SHARES |
| 6.1 | Save
and except for the rights referred to in Regulation 3 and Regulation 10 and as otherwise
set out in these Articles, and subject to Clause 7 and the power of the Directors to issue
Preference Shares with such preferred rights as they shall determine pursuant to Regulation
2.2, each Ordinary Share in the Company confers upon the Member (unless waived by such Member): |
| (a) | Subject
to Clause 11, the right to one vote at a meeting of the Members of the Company or on any
Resolution of Members; |
| (b) | the
right to be redeemed on an Automatic Redemption Event in accordance with Regulation 24.2
or pursuant to either a Tender Redemption Offer or Redemption Offer in accordance with Regulation
24.5 or pursuant to an Amendment Redemption Event in accordance with Regulation 24.11; |
| (c) | the
right to an equal share with each other Ordinary Share in any dividend paid by the Company;
and |
| (d) | subject
to satisfaction of and compliance with Regulation 24, the right to an equal share with each
other Ordinary Share in the distribution of the surplus assets of the Company on its liquidation
provided that in the event that the Company enters liquidation prior to or without having
consummated a Business Combination then, in such circumstances, in the event any surplus
assets (Residual Assets) of the Company remain following the Company having complied
with its applicable obligations to redeem Public Shares and distribute the funds held in
the Trust Account in respect of such redemptions pursuant to Regulation 24, the Public Shares
shall not have any right to receive any share of those Residual Assets which are held outside
the Trust Account and such Residual Assets shall be distributed (on a pro rata basis) only
in respect of those Ordinary Shares that are not Public Shares. |
| 6.2 | The
rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the Preferred Shares shall be
stated in this Memorandum, which shall be amended accordingly prior to the issue of such
Preferred Shares. Such rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions may include subject
to Regulation 24.7: |
| (a) | the
number of shares and series constituting that class and the distinctive designation of that
class; |
| (b) | the
dividend rate of the Preferred Shares of that class, if any, whether dividends shall be cumulative,
and, if so, from which date or dates, and whether they shall be payable in preference to,
or in relation to, the dividends payable on any other class or classes of Shares; |
| (c) | whether
that class shall have voting rights, and, if so, the terms of such voting rights; |
| (d) | whether
that class shall have conversion or exchange privileges, and, if so, the terms and conditions
of such conversion or exchange, including provision for adjustment of the conversion or exchange
rate in such events as the Board of Directors shall determine; |
| (e) | whether
or not the Preferred Shares of that class shall be redeemable, and, if so, the terms and
conditions of such redemption, including the manner of selecting such Shares for redemption
if less than all Preferred Shares are to be redeemed, the date or dates upon or after which
they shall be redeemable, and the amount per share payable in case of redemption, which amount
maybe less than fair value and which may vary under different conditions and at different
dates; |
| (f) | whether
that class shall be entitled to the benefit of a sinking fund to be applied to the purchase
or redemption of Preferred Shares of that class, and, if so, the terms and amounts of such
sinking fund; |
| (g) | the
right of the Preferred Shares of that class to the benefit of conditions and restrictions
upon the creation of indebtedness of the Company or any subsidiary, upon the issue of any
additional Preferred Shares (including additional Preferred Shares of such class of any other
class) and upon the payment of dividends or the making of other distributions on, and the
purchase, redemption or other acquisition or any subsidiary of any outstanding Preferred
Shares of the Company; |
| (h) | the
right of the Preferred Shares of that class in the event of any voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company and whether such rights be in preference
to, or in relation to, the comparable rights or any other class or classes of Shares; and |
| (i) | any
other relative, participating, optional or other special rights, qualifications, limitations
or restrictions of that class. |
| 6.3 | The
Directors may at their discretion by Resolution of Directors redeem, purchase or otherwise
acquire all or any of the Shares in the Company subject to Regulation 7 and Regulation 24
of the Articles. |
| 6.4 | The
Directors have the authority and the power by Resolution of Directors: |
| (a) | to
authorise and create additional classes of shares; and |
| (b) | to
fix the designations, powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions,
if any, appertaining to any and all classes of shares that may be authorised to be issued
under this Memorandum. |
| 7.1 | Subject
to the limitations set out in Clause 11 in respect of amendments to the Memorandum and Articles,
the rights attached to a class of the Ordinary Shares as specified in Clause 6.1 may only,
whether or not the Company is being wound up, be varied by a resolution passed at a meeting
by the holders of more than fifty percent (50%) of the total number of Ordinary Shares of
that class that have voted (and are entitled to vote thereon) in relation to any such resolution,
unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of such class, and any such variation that
has to be approved under this Clause 7.1 shall also be subject to compliance with Regulation
24.11 of the Articles. |
| 7.2 | The
rights attached to any Preferred Shares in issue as specified in Clause 6.2 may only, whether
or not the Company is being wound up, be varied by a resolution passed at a meeting by the
holders of more than fifty percent (50%) of the Preferred Shares of the same class present
at a duly convened and constituted meeting of the Members of the Company holding Preferred
Shares in such class which were present at the meeting and voted unless otherwise provided
by the terms of issue of such class. |
| 8 | RIGHTS
NOT VARIED BY THE ISSUE OF SHARES PARI PASSU |
The
rights conferred upon the holders of the Shares of any class issued with preferred or other rights shall not, unless otherwise expressly
provided by the terms of issue of the Shares of that class, be deemed to be varied by the creation or issue of further Shares ranking
pari passu therewith. For the avoidance of doubt, the creation, designation or issuance of any Preferred Shares with rights and privileges
ranking in priority to any existing class of Shares pursuant to Clause 6.2 shall not be deemed to be a variation of the rights of such
existing class.
| 9.1 | The
Company shall issue registered shares only. |
| 9.2 | The
Company is not authorised to issue bearer shares, convert registered shares to bearer shares
or exchange registered shares for bearer shares. |
A
Share may be transferred in accordance with Regulation 4 of the Articles.
| 11 | AMENDMENT
OF MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES |
| 11.1 | The
Company may amend its Memorandum or Articles by a Resolution of Members or by a Resolution
of Directors, save that no amendment may be made by a Resolution of Directors: |
| (a) | to
restrict the rights or powers of the Members to amend the Memorandum or Articles; |
| (b) | to
change the percentage of Members required to pass a Resolution of Members to amend the Memorandum
or Articles; |
| (c) | in
circumstances where the Memorandum or Articles cannot be amended by the Members; or |
| (d) | to
change Clauses 7 or 8, this Clause 11 or Regulation 24 (or any of the defined terms used
in any such Clause or Regulation). |
| 11.2 | Notwithstanding
Clause 11.1, no amendment may be made to the Memorandum or Articles to amend: |
| (a) | Regulation
24 prior to the Business Combination unless the holders of the Public Shares are provided
with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares upon the approval of any such amendment
in the manner and for the price as set out in Regulation 24.11; or |
| (b) | this
Clause 11.2 during the Target Business Acquisition Period. |
| 12 | DEFINITIONS
AND INTERPRETATION |
| 12.1 | In
this Memorandum of Association and the attached Articles of Association, if not inconsistent
with the subject or context: |
| (a) | Act
means the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 (as amended) and includes the regulations
made under the Act; |
| (b) | AGM
means an annual general meeting of the Members; |
| (c) | Amendment
has the meaning ascribed to it in Regulation 24.11; |
| (d) | Amendment
Redemption Event has the meaning ascribed to it in Regulation 24.11; |
| (e) | Applicable
Law means, with respect to any person, all provisions of laws, statutes, ordinances,
rules, regulations, permits, certificates, judgments, decisions, decrees or orders of any
governmental authority applicable to such person; |
| (f) | Approved
Amendment has the meaning ascribed to it in Regulation 24.11; |
| (g) | Articles
means the attached Articles of Association of the Company; |
| (h) | Automatic
Redemption Event shall have the meaning given to it in Regulation 24.2; |
| (i) | Board
of Directors means the board of directors of the Company; |
| (j) | Business
Combination shall mean the initial acquisition by the Company, whether through a merger,
share exchange, share reconstruction or amalgamation, asset or share acquisition, a contractual
arrangement or other similar business combination transaction, with a Target Business at
Fair Value; |
| (k) | Business
Combination Articles means Regulation 24 relating to the Company's obligations regarding
the consummation of a Business Combination; |
| (l) | Business
Days means a day other than a Saturday or Sunday or any other day on which commercial
banks in New York are required or are authorised to be closed for business; |
| (m) | Chairman
means a person who is appointed as chairman to preside at a meeting of the Company and
Chairman of the Board means a person who is appointed as chairman to preside at a
meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company, in each case, in accordance with the Articles; |
| (n) | Designated
Stock Exchange means the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board, the Global Select Market, Global
Market or the Capital Market of the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, the NYSE American or the New
York Stock Exchange, as applicable; provided, however, that until the Shares are listed on
any such Designated Stock Exchange, the rules of such Designated Stock Exchange shall be
inapplicable to the Company and this Memorandum or the Articles; |
| (o) | Director
means any director of the Company, from time to time; |
| (p) | Distribution
in relation to a distribution by the Company means the direct or indirect transfer of
an asset, other than Shares, to or for the benefit of a Member in relation to Shares held
by a Member, and whether by means of a purchase of an asset, the redemption or other acquisition
of Shares, a distribution of indebtedness or otherwise, and includes a dividend; |
| (q) | Eligible
Person means individuals, corporations, trusts, the estates of deceased individuals,
partnerships and unincorporated associations of persons; |
| (r) | Enterprise
means the Company and any other corporation, constituent corporation (including any constituent
of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger to which the Company (or any of its
wholly owned subsidiaries) is a party, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture,
trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise of which an Indemnitee is or was serving
at the request of the Company as a Director, Officer, trustee, general partner, managing
member, fiduciary, employee or agent; |
| (s) | Exchange
Act means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; |
| (t) | Expenses
shall include all direct and indirect costs, fees and expenses of any type or nature
whatsoever, including, without limitation, all legal fees and costs, retainers, court costs,
transcript costs, fees of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, fees of private investigators
and professional advisors, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges,
postage, delivery service fees, fax transmission charges, secretarial services and all other
disbursements, obligations or expenses, in each case reasonably incurred in connection with
prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, being or preparing
to be a witness in, settlement or appeal of, or otherwise participating in, a Proceeding,
including reasonable compensation for time spent by the Indemnitee for which he or she is
not otherwise compensated by the Company or any third party. Expenses shall also include
any or all of the foregoing expenses incurred in connection with all judgments, liabilities,
fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and
other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments,
fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred (whether
by an Indemnitee, or on his behalf) in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue
or matter therein, or any appeal resulting from any Proceeding, including without limitation
the principal, premium, security for, and other costs relating to any cost bond, supersedeas
bond, or other appeal bond or its equivalent, but shall not include amounts paid in settlement
by an Indemnitee or the amount of judgments or fines against an Indemnitee; |
| (u) | Fair
Value shall mean a value at least equal to 80% of the balance in the Trust Account (excluding
any deferred underwriting fees and any taxes payable on the Trust Account balance) at the
time of the execution of a definitive agreement for a Business Combination; |
| (v) | Indemnitee
means any person detailed in sub regulations (a) and (b) of Regulation 16; |
| (w) | Initial
Shareholders means the Sponsor and any of the Directors or officers of the Company who
hold shares prior to the IPO; |
| (x) | IPO
means the initial public offering of units, consisting of ordinary shares of the Company
and rights to receive ordinary shares of the Company; |
| (y) | Member
means an Eligible Person whose name is entered in the share register of the Company as
the holder of one or more Shares or fractional Shares; |
| (z) | Memorandum
means this Memorandum of Association of the Company; |
| (aa) | Officer
means any officer of the Company, from time to time; |
| (bb) | Ordinary
Shares has the meaning ascribed to it in Clause 5.1; |
| (cc) | Over-Allotment
Option means the option of the Underwriters to purchase up to an additional 15% of the
firm units (as described in Regulation 2.10) sold in the IPO at a price equal to US$10.00
per unit, less underwriting discount and commissions. |
| (dd) | Per-Share
Redemption Price means: |
| (i) | with
respect to an Automatic Redemption Event, the aggregate amount on deposit in the Trust Account
including interest earned, but net of taxes payable and less up to US$50,000 of any interest
earned to pay liquidation expenses divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares; |
| (ii) | with
respect to an Amendment Redemption Event, the aggregate amount on deposit in the Trust Account,
including interest earned but net of taxes payable, divided by the number of then outstanding
Public Shares; and |
| (iii) | with
respect to either a Tender Redemption Offer or a Redemption Offer, the aggregate amount then
on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned but net of taxes payable, on the
date that is two Business Days prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, divided
by the number of then outstanding Public Shares; |
| (ee) | Preferred
Shares has the meaning ascribed to it in Clause 5.1; |
| (ff) | Proceeding
means any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, mediation, alternate
dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing or any other
actual, threatened or completed proceeding, whether brought in the name of the Company or
otherwise and whether of a civil (including intentional or unintentional tort claims), criminal,
administrative or investigative nature, in which an Indemnitee was, is, will or might be
involved as a party or otherwise by reason of the fact that such Indemnitee is or was a Director
or Officer of the Company, by reason of any action (or failure to act) taken by him or of
any action (or failure to act) on his part while acting as a Director, Officer, employee
or adviser of the Company, or by reason of the fact that he is or was serving at the request
of the Company as a Director, Officer, trustee, general partner, managing member, fiduciary,
employee, adviser or agent of any other Enterprise, in each case whether or not serving in
such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification,
reimbursement, or advancement of expenses can be provided under these Articles; |
| (gg) | Public
Shares means the Shares included in the units issued in the IPO; |
| (hh) | Redemption
Offer has the meaning ascribed to it in Regulation 24.5(b); |
| (ii) | Registration
Statement has the meaning ascribed to it in Regulation 24.10; |
| (jj) | relevant
system means a relevant system for the holding and transfer of shares in uncertificated
form; |
| (kk) | Resolution
of Directors means either: |
| (i) | subject
to sub-paragraph (ii) below, a resolution approved at a duly convened and constituted meeting
of Directors of the Company or of a committee of Directors of the Company by the affirmative
vote of a majority of the Directors present at the meeting who voted except that where a
Director is given more than one vote, he shall be counted by the number of votes he casts
for the purpose of establishing a majority; or |
| (ii) | a
resolution consented to in writing by all Directors or by all members of a committee of Directors
of the Company, as the case may be; |
| (ll) | Resolution
of Members means a resolution approved at a duly convened and constituted meeting of
the Members of the Company by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes of the Shares
entitled to vote thereon which were present at the meeting and were voted; |
| (mm) | Seal
means any seal which has been duly adopted as the common seal of the Company; |
| (nn) | SEC
means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission; |
| (oo) | Securities
means Shares, other securities and debt obligations of every kind of the Company, and
including without limitation options, warrants, rights to receive Shares or other securities
or debt obligations; |
| (pp) | Securities
Act means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended; |
| (qq) | Share
means a share issued or to be issued by the Company and Shares shall be construed
accordingly; |
| (rr) | Sponsor
means A SPAC (Holdings) Acquisition Corp., a company incorporated in the British Virgin
Islands; |
| (ss) | Sponsor
Group means the Sponsor and its respective affiliates, successors and assigns; |
| (tt) | Target
Business means any businesses or entity with whom the Company wishes to undertake a Business
Combination; |
| (uu) | Target
Business Acquisition Period shall mean the period commencing from the effectiveness of
the registration statement filed with the SEC in connection with the Company's IPO up to
and including the first to occur of (i) a Business Combination; or (ii) the Termination Date. |
| (vv) | Tender
Redemption Offer has the meaning ascribed to it in Regulation 24.5(a); |
| (ww) | Termination
Date has the meaning given to it in Regulation 24.2; |
| (xx) | Treasury
Share means a Share that was previously issued but was repurchased, redeemed or otherwise
acquired by the Company and not cancelled; |
| (yy) | Trust
Account shall mean the trust account established by the Company prior to the IPO and
into which a certain amount of the IPO proceeds and the proceeds from a simultaneous private
placement of like units comprising like securities to those in included in the IPO by the
Company are deposited, interest on the balance of which may be released to the Company from
to time to time to pay the Company’s income or other tax obligations, and up to US$
50,000 of such interest on the balance of the Trust Account may also be released to pay the
liquidation expenses of the Company if applicable; |
| (zz) | Underwriters
means the underwriters of the IPO from time to time, and any successor underwriter, and
Underwriter means any of them; and |
| (aaa) | written
or any term of like import includes information generated, sent, received or stored by
electronic, electrical, digital, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, biometric or photonic
means, including electronic data interchange, electronic mail, telegram, telex or telecopy,
and "in writing" shall be construed accordingly. |
| 12.2 | In
the Memorandum and the Articles, unless the context otherwise requires a reference to: |
| (a) | a
Regulation is a reference to a regulation of the Articles; |
| (b) | a
Clause is a reference to a clause of the Memorandum; |
| (c) | voting
by Member is a reference to the casting of the votes attached to the Shares held by the Member
voting; |
| (d) | the
Act, the Memorandum or the Articles is a reference to the Act or those documents as amended; |
| (e) | the
singular includes the plural and vice versa; |
| (f) | where
a meeting of (i) Members; (ii) a class of Members; (iii) the board of Directors; or (iv)
any committee of the Directors, is required to be convened for a place, such place may be
a physical place, or a virtual place, or both, and where a meeting is convened for or including
a virtual place any person, including the person duly appointed as the chairperson of such
meeting, may attend such meeting by virtual attendance and such virtual attendance shall
constitute presence in person at that meeting; |
| (g) | the
term "virtual place" includes a discussion facility or forum with a telephonic,
electronic or digital identifier; and |
| (h) | the
term "virtual attendance" means attendance at a virtual place by means of conference
telephone or other digital or electronic communications equipment or software or other facilities
by means of which all the persons participating in the meeting can communicate with each
other. |
| 12.3 | Any
words or expressions defined in the Act unless the context otherwise requires bear the same
meaning in the Memorandum and Articles unless otherwise defined herein. |
| 12.4 | Headings
are inserted for convenience only and shall be disregarded in interpreting the Memorandum
and Articles. |
We,
Ogier Global (BVI) Limited of Ritter House, Wickhams Cay II, PO Box 3170, Road Town, Tortola VG1110, British Virgin Islands, for the
purpose of incorporating a BVI business company under the laws of the British Virgin Islands hereby sign this Memorandum of Association.
Dated
29 April 2021
Incorporator
Signed for and on behalf of Ogier Global (BVI)
Limited of Ritter House, Wickhams Cay II, PO Box 3170, Road Town, Tortola VG1110, British Virgin Islands
SGD:
Toshra Glasgow |
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Signature of authorised signatory |
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Toshra
Glasgow |
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TERRITORY
OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
THE
BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT 2004
AMENDED
AND RESTATED
ARTICLES
OF ASSOCIATION
OF
A
SPAC I Acquisition Corp.
A
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
AMENDED
AND RESTATED ON 9 october 2023
| 1.1 | Every
Member is entitled to a certificate signed by a Director of the Company or under the Seal
specifying the number of Shares held by him and the signature of the Director and the Seal
may be facsimiles. |
| 1.2 | Any
Member receiving a certificate shall indemnify and hold the Company and its Directors and
officers harmless from any loss or liability which it or they may incur by reason of any
wrongful or fraudulent use or representation made by any person by virtue of the possession
thereof. If a certificate for Shares is worn out or lost it may be renewed on production
of the worn out certificate or on satisfactory proof of its loss together with such indemnity
as may be required by a Resolution of Directors. |
| 1.3 | If
several Eligible Persons are registered as joint holders of any Shares, any one of such Eligible
Persons may give an effectual receipt for any Distribution. |
| 1.4 | Nothing
in these Articles shall require title to any Shares or other Securities to be evidenced by
a certificate if the Act and the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange permit otherwise. |
| 1.5 | Subject
to the Act and the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Board of Directors without
further consultation with the holders of any Shares or Securities may resolve that any class
or series of Shares or other Securities in issue or to be issued from time to time may be
issued, registered or converted to uncertificated form and the practices instituted by the
operator of the relevant system. No provision of these Articles will apply to any uncertificated
shares or Securities to the extent that they are inconsistent with the holding of such shares
or securities in uncertificated form or the transfer of title to any such shares or securities
by means of a relevant system. |
| 1.6 | Conversion
of Shares held in certificated form into Shares held in uncertificated form, and vice versa,
may be made in such manner as the Board of Directors, in its absolute discretion, may think
fit (subject always to the requirements of the relevant system concerned). The Company or
any duly authorised transfer agent shall enter on the register of members how many Shares
are held by each member in uncertificated form and certificated form and shall maintain the
register of members in each case as is required by the relevant system concerned. Notwithstanding
any provision of these Articles, a class or series of Shares shall not be treated as two
classes by virtue only of that class or series comprising both certificated shares and uncertificated
shares or as a result of any provision of these Articles which applies only in respect of
certificated shares or uncertificated shares. |
| 1.7 | Nothing
contained in Regulation 1.5 and 1.6 is meant to prohibit the Shares from being able to trade
electronically. For the avoidance of doubt, Shares shall only be traded and transferred electronically
upon consummation of the IPO. |
| 2.1 | Subject
to the provisions of these Articles and, where applicable, the rules of the Designated Stock
Exchange, the unissued Shares of the Company shall be at the disposal of the Directors and
Shares and other Securities may be issued and option to acquire Shares or other Securities
may be granted at such times, to such Eligible Persons, for such consideration and on such
terms as the Directors may by Resolution of Directors determine. |
| 2.2 | Without
prejudice to any special rights previously conferred on the holders of any existing Preferred
Shares, any Preferred Shares may be issued with such preferred, deferred or other special
rights or such restrictions, whether in regard to dividend, voting or otherwise as the Directors
may from time to time determine subject to Regulation 24.7. |
| 2.3 | Section
46 of the Act does not apply to the Company. |
| 2.4 | A
Share may be issued for consideration in any form, including money, a promissory note, real
property, personal property (including goodwill and know-how) or a contract for future services. |
| 2.5 | No
Shares may be issued for a consideration other than money, unless a Resolution of Directors
has been passed stating: |
| (a) | the
amount to be credited for the issue of the Shares; and |
| (b) | that,
in their opinion, the present cash value of the non-money consideration for the issue is
not less than the amount to be credited for the issue of the Shares. |
| 2.6 | The
Company shall keep a register (the share register) containing: |
| (a) | the
names and addresses of the persons who hold Shares; |
| (b) | the
number of each class and series of Shares held by each Member; |
| (c) | the
date on which the name of each Member was entered in the share register; and |
| (d) | the
date on which any Eligible Person ceased to be a Member. |
| 2.7 | The
share register may be in any such form as the Directors may approve, but if it is in magnetic,
electronic or other data storage form, the Company must be able to produce legible evidence
of its contents. Until the Directors otherwise determine, the magnetic, electronic or other
data storage form shall be the original share register. |
| 2.8 | A
Share is deemed to be issued when the name of the Member is entered in the share register. |
| 2.9 | Subject
to the provisions of the Act and the Business Combination Articles, Shares may be issued
on the terms that they are redeemable, or at the option of the Company be liable to be redeemed
on such terms and in such manner as the Directors before or at the time of the issue of such
Shares may determine. The Directors may issue options, warrants, rights or convertible securities
or securities or a similar nature conferring the right upon the holders thereof to subscribe
for, purchase or receive any class of Shares or Securities on such terms as the Directors
may from time to time determine. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Directors may also issue
options, warrants, rights to acquire or receive shares or convertible securities in connection
with the Company's IPO. |
| 2.10 | With
respect to redeeming or repurchasing the Shares: |
| (a) | Members
who hold Public Shares are entitled to request the redemption of such Shares in the circumstances
described in Regulation 24.5; |
| (b) | Class
B Ordinary Shares held by the Sponsor shall, following consummation of the Company's initial
Business Combination, be surrendered by the Sponsor for no consideration and cancelled; and |
| (c) | Public
Shares shall be repurchased by way of tender offer in the circumstances set out in Regulation
24.5. |
| 3.1 | On
the first business day following the consummation of the Company’s initial Business
Combination, the issued Class B Ordinary Shares shall be surrendered by the Sponsor for no
consideration and cancelled. |
| 4.1 | Shares
that are not fully paid on issue are subject to the forfeiture provisions set forth in this
Regulation and for this purpose Shares issued for a promissory note or a contract for future
services are deemed to be not fully paid. |
| 4.2 | A
written notice of call specifying the date for payment to be made shall be served on the
Member who defaults in making payment in respect of the Shares. |
| 4.3 | The
written notice of call referred to in Regulation 4.2 shall name a further date not earlier
than the expiration of 14 days from the date of service of the notice on or before which
the payment required by the notice is to be made and shall contain a statement that in the
event of non-payment at or before the time named in the notice the Shares, or any of them,
in respect of which payment is not made will be liable to be forfeited. |
| 4.4 | Where
a written notice of call has been issued pursuant to Regulation 4.2 and the requirements
of the notice have not been complied with, the Directors may, at any time before tender of
payment, forfeit and cancel the Shares to which the notice relates. |
| 4.5 | The
Company is under no obligation to refund any moneys to the Member whose Shares have been
cancelled pursuant to Regulation 4.4 and that Member shall be discharged from any further
obligation to the Company. |
| 5.1 | Subject
to the Memorandum, certificated shares may be transferred by a written instrument of transfer
signed by the transferor and containing the name and address of the transferee, which shall
be sent to the Company for registration. A member shall be entitled to transfer uncertificated
shares by means of a relevant system and the operator of the relevant system shall act as
agent of the Members for the purposes of the transfer of such uncertificated shares. |
| 5.2 | The
transfer of a Share is effective when the name of the transferee is entered on the share
register. |
| 5.3 | If
the Directors of the Company are satisfied that an instrument of transfer relating to Shares
has been signed but that the instrument has been lost or destroyed, they may resolve by Resolution
of Directors: |
| (a) | to
accept such evidence of the transfer of Shares as they consider appropriate; and |
| (b) | that
the transferee's name should be entered in the share register notwithstanding the absence
of the instrument of transfer. |
| 5.4 | Subject
to the Memorandum, the personal representative of a deceased Member may transfer a Share
even though the personal representative is not a Member at the time of the transfer. |
| 6.1 | Subject
to the Business Combination Articles, the Directors of the Company may, by Resolution of
Directors, authorise a distribution at a time and of an amount they think fit if they are
satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that, immediately after the distribution, the value of
the Company's assets will exceed its liabilities and the Company will be able to pay its
debts as and when they fall due. |
| 6.2 | Dividends
may be paid in money, shares, or other property. |
| 6.3 | The
Company may, by Resolution of Directors, from time to time pay to the Members such interim
dividends as appear to the Directors to be justified by the profits of the Company, provided
always that they are satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that, immediately after the distribution,
the value of the Company's assets will exceed its liabilities and the Company will be able
to pay its debts as and when they fall due. |
| 6.4 | Notice
in writing of any dividend that may have been declared shall be given to each Member in accordance
with Regulation 22 and all dividends unclaimed for three years after such notice has been
given to a Member may be forfeited by Resolution of Directors for the benefit of the Company. |
| 6.5 | No
dividend shall bear interest as against the Company. |
| 7 | REDEMPTION
OF SHARES AND TREASURY SHARES |
| 7.1 | The
Company may purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire and hold its own Shares save that the Company
may not purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire its own Shares without the consent of the Member
whose Shares are to be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired unless the Company is permitted
or required by the Act or any other provision in the Memorandum or Articles to purchase,
redeem or otherwise acquire the Shares without such consent. |
| 7.2 | The
purchase, redemption or other acquisition by the Company of its own Shares is deemed not
to be a distribution where: |
| (a) | the
Company purchases, redeems or otherwise acquires the Shares pursuant to a right of a Member
to have his Shares redeemed or to have his shares exchanged for money or other property of
the Company, or |
| (b) | the
Company purchases, redeems or otherwise acquires the Shares by virtue of the provisions of
section 179 of the Act. |
| 7.3 | Sections
60, 61 and 62 of the Act shall not apply to the Company. |
| 7.4 | Subject
to the provisions of Regulation 24, shares that the Company purchases, redeems or otherwise
acquires pursuant to this Regulation may be cancelled or held as Treasury Shares except to
the extent that such Shares are in excess of 50 percent of the issued Shares in which case
they shall be cancelled but they shall be available for reissue. |
| 7.5 | All
rights and obligations attaching to a Treasury Share are suspended and shall not be exercised
by the Company while it holds the Share as a Treasury Share. |
| 7.6 | Treasury
Shares may be disposed of by the Company on such terms and conditions (not otherwise inconsistent
with the Memorandum and Articles) as the Company may by Resolution of Directors determine. |
| 7.7 | Where
Shares are held by another body corporate of which the Company holds, directly or indirectly,
shares having more than 50 per cent of the votes in the election of Directors of the other
body corporate, all rights and obligations attaching to the Shares held by the other body
corporate are suspended and shall not be exercised by the other body corporate. |
| 8 | MORTGAGES
AND CHARGES OF SHARES |
| 8.1 | Unless
a Member agrees otherwise, a Member may by an instrument in writing mortgage or charge his
Shares. |
| 8.2 | There
shall be entered in the share register at the written request of the Member: |
| (a) | a
statement that the Shares held by him are mortgaged or charged; |
| (b) | the
name of the mortgagee or chargee; and |
| (c) | the
date on which the particulars specified in subparagraphs (a) and (b) are entered in the share
register. |
| 8.3 | Where
particulars of a mortgage or charge are entered in the share register, such particulars may
be cancelled: |
| (a) | with
the written consent of the named mortgagee or chargee or anyone authorised to act on his
behalf; or |
| (b) | upon
evidence satisfactory to the Directors of the discharge of the liability secured by the mortgage
or charge and the issue of such indemnities as the Directors shall consider necessary or
desirable. |
| 8.4 | Whilst
particulars of a mortgage or charge over Shares are entered in the share register pursuant
to this Regulation: |
| (a) | no
transfer of any Share the subject of those particulars shall be effected; |
| (b) | the
Company may not purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any such Share; and |
| (c) | no
replacement certificate shall be issued in respect of such Shares, |
without
the written consent of the named mortgagee or chargee.
| 9 | MEETINGS
AND CONSENTS OF MEMBERS |
| 9.1 | Any
Director of the Company may convene meetings of the Members at such times and in such manner
and places within or outside the British Virgin Islands as the Director considers necessary
or desirable. Following consummation of the Business Combination, an AGM shall be held annually
at such date and time as may be determined by the Directors. |
| 9.2 | Upon
the written request of the Members entitled to exercise 30 percent or more of the voting
rights in respect of the matter for which the meeting is requested the Directors shall convene
a meeting of Members. |
| 9.3 | The
Director convening a meeting of Members shall give not less than 10 nor more than 60 days'
written notice of such meeting to: |
| (a) | those
Members whose names on the date the notice is given appear as Members in the share register
of the Company and are entitled to vote at the meeting; and |
| 9.4 | The
Director convening a meeting of Members shall fix in the notice of the meeting the record
date for determining those Members that are entitled to vote at the meeting. |
| 9.5 | A
meeting of Members held in contravention of the requirement to give notice is valid if Members
holding at least 90 per cent of the total voting rights on all the matters to be considered
at the meeting have waived notice of the meeting and, for this purpose, the presence of a
Member at the meeting shall constitute waiver in relation to all the Shares which that Member
holds. |
| 9.6 | The
inadvertent failure of a Director who convenes a meeting to give notice of a meeting to a
Member or another Director, or the fact that a Member or another Director has not received
notice, does not invalidate the meeting. |
| 9.7 | A
Member may be represented at a meeting of Members by a proxy who may speak and vote on behalf
of the Member. |
| 9.8 | The
instrument appointing a proxy shall be produced at the place designated for the meeting before
the time for holding the meeting at which the person named in such instrument proposes to
vote. |
| 9.9 | The
instrument appointing a proxy shall be in substantially the following form or such other
form as the chairman of the meeting shall accept as properly evidencing the wishes of the
Member appointing the proxy. |
A
SPAC I Acquisition Corp.
I/We
being a Member of the above Company HEREBY APPOINT ……………………………………………………………………………..……
of ……………………………………...……….…………..…………
or failing him …..………………………………………………….……………………..
of ………………………………………………………..…..……
to be my/our proxy to vote for me/us at the meeting of Members to be held on the …… day of …………..…………,
20…… and at any adjournment thereof.
(Any
restrictions on voting to be inserted here.)
Signed
this …… day of …………..…………, 20……
……………………………
Member
| 9.10 | The
following applies where Shares are jointly owned: |
| (a) | if
two or more persons hold Shares jointly each of them may be present in person or by proxy
at a meeting of Members and may speak as a Member; |
| (b) | if
only one of the joint owners is present in person or by proxy he may vote on behalf of all
joint owners; and |
| (c) | if
two or more of the joint owners are present in person or by proxy they must vote as one and
in the event of disagreement between any of the joint owners of Shares then the vote of the
joint owner whose name appears first (or earliest) in the share register in respect of the
relevant Shares shall be recorded as the vote attributable to the Shares. |
| 9.11 | A
Member shall be deemed to be present at a meeting of Members if he participates by telephone
or other electronic means and all Members participating in the meeting are able to hear each
other. |
| 9.12 | A
meeting of Members is duly constituted if, at the commencement of the meeting, there are
present in person or by proxy not less than 50 per cent of the votes of the Shares entitled
to vote on Resolutions of Members to be considered at the meeting. If the Company has two
or more classes of shares, a meeting may be quorate for some purposes and not for others.
A quorum may comprise a single Member or proxy and then such person may pass a Resolution
of Members and a certificate signed by such person accompanied where such person holds a
proxy by a copy of the proxy instrument shall constitute a valid Resolution of Members. |
| 9.13 | If
within two hours from the time appointed for the meeting of Members, a quorum is not present,
the meeting, at the discretion of the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall either be
dissolved or stand adjourned to a business day in the jurisdiction in which the meeting was
to have been held at the same time and place, and if at the adjourned meeting there are present
within one hour from the time appointed for the meeting in person or by proxy not less than
one third of the votes of the Shares entitled to vote or each class or series of Shares entitled
to vote, as applicable, on the matters to be considered by the meeting, those present shall
constitute a quorum but otherwise the meeting shall either be dissolved or stand further
adjourned at the discretion of the Chairman of the Board of Directors. |
| 9.14 | At
every meeting of Members, the Chairman of the Board shall preside as chairman of the meeting.
If there is no Chairman of the Board or if the Chairman of the Board is not present at the
meeting, the Members present shall choose one of their number to be the chairman. If the
Members are unable to choose a chairman for any reason, then the person representing the
greatest number of voting Shares present in person or by proxy at the meeting shall preside
as chairman failing which the oldest individual Member or representative of a Member present
shall take the chair. |
| 9.15 | The
person appointed as chairman of the meeting pursuant to Regulation 9.14 may adjourn any meeting
from time to time, and from place to place. For the avoidance of doubt, a meeting can be
adjourned for as many times as may be determined to be necessary by the chairman and a meeting
may remain open indefinitely for as long a period as may be determined by the chairman. |
| 9.16 | Voting
at any meeting of the Members is by show of hands unless a poll is demanded by the chairman.
On a show of hands every Member who is present in person (or, in the case of a Member being
a corporation, by its duly authorized representative) or by proxy shall have one vote and
on a poll every Member shall present in person (or, in the case of a Member being a corporation,
by its duly authorized representative) or by proxy shall have one vote for each Share which
such Member is the holder. Any Member present in person or by proxy who disputes the announcement
by the chairman of the result of any vote may immediately following such announcement demand
that a poll be taken and the chairman shall cause a poll to be taken. If a poll is taken
at any meeting, the result shall be announced to the meeting and recorded in the minutes
of the meeting. |
| 9.17 | Subject
to the specific provisions contained in this Regulation for the appointment of representatives
of Members other than individuals the right of any individual to speak for or represent a
Member shall be determined by the law of the jurisdiction where, and by the documents by
which, the Member is constituted or derives its existence. In case of doubt, the Directors
may in good faith seek legal advice and unless and until a court of competent jurisdiction
shall otherwise rule, the Directors may rely and act upon such advice without incurring any
liability to any Member or the Company. |
| 9.18 | Any
Member other than an individual may by resolution of its Directors or other governing body
authorise such individual as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any meeting of
Members or of any class of Members, and the individual so authorised shall be entitled to
exercise the same rights on behalf of the Member which he represents as that Member could
exercise if it were an individual. |
| 9.19 | The
chairman of any meeting at which a vote is cast by proxy or on behalf of any Member other
than an individual may at the meeting but not thereafter call for a notarially certified
copy of such proxy or authority which shall be produced within 7 days of being so requested
or the votes cast by such proxy or on behalf of such Member shall be disregarded. |
| 9.20 | Directors
of the Company may attend and speak at any meeting of Members and at any separate meeting
of the holders of any class or series of Shares. |
| 9.21 | Until
the consummation of the Company's IPO, any action that may be taken by the Members at a meeting
may also be taken by a Resolution of Members consented to in writing, without the need for
any prior notice. If any Resolution of Members is adopted otherwise than by the unanimous
written consent of all Members, a copy of such resolution shall forthwith be sent to all
Members not consenting to such resolution. The consent may be in the form of counterparts,
each counterpart being signed by one or more Members. If the consent is in one or more counterparts,
and the counterparts bear different dates, then the resolution shall take effect on the earliest
date upon which Eligible Persons holding a sufficient number of votes of Shares to constitute
a Resolution of Members have consented to the resolution by signed counterparts. Following
the Company's IPO, any action required or permitted to be taken by the Members of the Company
must be effected by a meeting of the Company, such meeting to be duly convened and held in
accordance with these Articles. |
| 10.1 | Prior
to the closing of a Business Combination, the Directors shall be elected or removed by Resolution
of Members of the Class B Ordinary Shares for such term as the Members determine. For the
avoidance of doubt, prior to the closing of a Business Combination holders of Class A Ordinary
Shares or the Directors shall have no right to vote on the appointment or removal of any
director. |
| 10.2 | After
the closing of a Business Combination, the Directors shall be elected or removed by Resolution
of Members or by Resolution of Directors. |
| 10.3 | No
person shall be appointed as a Director of the Company unless he has consented in writing
to act as a Director. |
| 10.4 | The
minimum number of Directors shall be one and there shall be no maximum number of Directors. |
| 10.5 | Each
Director holds office for the term fixed by the Resolution of Members or Resolution of Directors
appointing him, but such term shall not exceed two years, or pursuant to Regulation 10.1
or 10.7, or until his earlier death, resignation or removal. For the avoidance of doubt,
a Director who has completed his term of service is eligible for re-election in accordance
with Regulation 10.1. If no term is fixed on the appointment of a Director, the Director
serves the term of two years until his earlier death, resignation or removal. |
| 10.6 | A
Director may resign his office by giving written notice of his resignation to the Company
and the resignation has effect from the date the notice is received by the Company at the
office of its registered agent or from such later date as may be specified in the notice.
A Director shall resign forthwith as a Director if he is, or becomes, disqualified from acting
as a Director under the Act. |
| 10.7 | After
the closing of a Business Combination, the Directors may at any time appoint any person to
be a Director either to fill a vacancy or as an addition to the existing Directors. Where
the Directors appoint a person as Director to fill a vacancy, the term shall not exceed the
term that remained when the person who has ceased to be a Director ceased to hold office. |
| 10.8 | A
vacancy in relation to Directors occurs if a Director dies or otherwise ceases to hold office
prior to the expiration of his term of office. |
| 10.9 | The
Company shall keep a register of Directors containing: |
| (a) | the
names and addresses of the persons who are Directors of the Company; |
| (b) | the
date on which each person whose name is entered in the register was appointed as a Director
of the Company; |
| (c) | the
date on which each person named as a Director ceased to be a Director of the Company; and |
| (d) | such
other information as may be prescribed by the Act. |
| 10.10 | The
register of Directors may be kept in any such form as the Directors may approve, but if it
is in magnetic, electronic or other data storage form, the Company must be able to produce
legible evidence of its contents. Until a Resolution of Directors determining otherwise is
passed, the magnetic, electronic or other data storage shall be the original register of
Directors. |
| 10.11 | The
Directors, or if the Shares (or depository receipts therefore) are listed or quoted on a
Designated Stock Exchange, and if required by the Designated Stock Exchange, any committee
thereof, may, by a Resolution of Directors, fix the remuneration of Directors with respect
to services to be rendered in any capacity to the Company, provided that no cash remuneration
shall be paid to any Director prior to the consummation of a Business Combination. The Directors
shall also, whether prior to or after the consummation of a Business Combination, be entitled
to be paid all out of pocket expenses properly incurred by them in connection with activities
on behalf of the Company, including identifying and consummating a Business Combination. |
| 10.12 | A
Director is not required to hold a Share as a qualification to office. |
| 10.13 | Prior
to the consummation of any transaction with: |
| (a) | any
affiliate of the Company; |
| (b) | any
Member owning an interest in the voting power of the Company that gives such Member a significant
influence over the Company; |
| (c) | any
Director or executive officer of the Company and any relative of such Director or executive
officer; and |
| (d) | any
person in which a substantial interest in the voting power of the Company is owned, directly
or indirectly, by a person referred to in Regulations 10.13(b) and (c) or over which such
a person is able to exercise significant influence, |
such
transaction must be approved by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who do not have an interest in the transaction, such
directors having been provided with access (at the Company's expense) to the Company's attorney or independent legal counsel, unless
the disinterested directors determine that the terms of such transaction are no less favourable to the Company than those that would
be available to the Company with respect to such a transaction from unaffiliated third parties.
| 11.1 | The
business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by, or under the direction or supervision
of, the Directors of the Company. The Directors of the Company have all the powers necessary
for managing, and for directing and supervising, the business and affairs of the Company.
The Directors may pay all expenses incurred preliminary to and in connection with the incorporation
of the Company and may exercise all such powers of the Company as are not by the Act or by
the Memorandum or the Articles required to be exercised by the Members. |
| 11.2 | If
the Company is the wholly owned subsidiary of a holding company, a Director of the Company
may, when exercising powers or performing duties as a Director, act in a manner which he
believes is in the best interests of the holding company even though it may not be in the
best interests of the Company. |
| 11.3 | Each
Director shall exercise his powers for a proper purpose and shall not act or agree to the
Company acting in a manner that contravenes the Memorandum, the Articles or the Act. Each
Director, in exercising his powers or performing his duties, shall act honestly and in good
faith in what the Director believes to be the best interests of the Company. |
| 11.4 | Any
Director which is a body corporate may appoint any individual as its duly authorised representative
for the purpose of representing it at meetings of the Directors, with respect to the signing
of consents or otherwise. |
| 11.5 | The
continuing Directors may act notwithstanding any vacancy in their body. |
| 11.6 | Subject
to Regulation 24.7, the Directors may by Resolution of Directors exercise all the powers
of the Company to incur indebtedness, liabilities or obligations and to secure indebtedness,
liabilities or obligations whether of the Company or of any third party, provided always
that if the same occurs prior to the consummation of a Business Combination, the Company
must first obtain from the lender a waiver of any right, title, interest or claim of any
kind in or to any monies held in the Trust Account. |
| 11.7 | All
cheques, promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange and other negotiable instruments and
all receipts for moneys paid to the Company shall be signed, drawn, accepted, endorsed or
otherwise executed, as the case may be, in such manner as shall from time to time be determined
by Resolution of Directors. |
| 11.8 | Section
175 of the Act shall not apply to the Company. |
| 12 | PROCEEDINGS
OF DIRECTORS |
| 12.1 | Any
one Director of the Company may call a meeting of the Directors by sending a written notice
to each other Director. |
| 12.2 | The
Directors of the Company or any committee thereof may meet at such times and in such manner
and places within or outside the British Virgin Islands as the notice calling the meeting
provides. |
| 12.3 | A
Director is deemed to be present at a meeting of Directors if he participates by telephone
or other electronic means and all Directors participating in the meeting are able to hear
each other. |
| 12.4 | A
Director may by a written instrument appoint an alternate who need not be a Director, any
such alternate shall be entitled to attend meetings in the absence of the Director who appointed
him and to vote or consent in place of the Director until the appointment lapses or is terminated. |
| 12.5 | A
Director shall be given not less than three days' notice of meetings of Directors, but a
meeting of Directors held without three days' notice having been given to all Directors shall
be valid if all the Directors entitled to vote at the meeting who do not attend waive notice
of the meeting, and for this purpose the presence of a Director at a meeting shall constitute
waiver by that Director. The inadvertent failure to give notice of a meeting to a Director,
or the fact that a Director has not received the notice, does not invalidate the meeting. |
| 12.6 | A
meeting of Directors is duly constituted for all purposes if at the commencement of the meeting
there are present in person or, following the consummation of a Business Combination, by
alternate not less than one-half of the total number of Directors, unless there are only
two Directors in which case the quorum is two. |
| 12.7 | If
the Company has only one Director the provisions herein contained for meetings of Directors
do not apply and such sole Director has full power to represent and act for the Company in
all matters as are not by the Act, the Memorandum or the Articles required to be exercised
by the Members. In lieu of minutes of a meeting the sole Director shall record in writing
and sign a note or memorandum of all matters requiring a Resolution of Directors. Such a
note or memorandum constitutes sufficient evidence of such resolution for all purposes. |
| 12.8 | At
meetings of Directors at which the Chairman of the Board is present, he shall preside as
chairman of the meeting. If there is no Chairman of the Board or if the Chairman of the Board
is not present, the Directors present shall choose one of their number to be chairman of
the meeting. If the Directors are unable to choose a chairman for any reason, then the oldest
individual Director present (and for this purpose an alternate Director shall be deemed to
be the same age as the Director that he represents) shall take the chair. In the case of
an equality of votes at a meeting of Directors, the Chairman of the Board shall have a casting
vote. |
| 12.9 | An
action that may be taken by the Directors or a committee of Directors at a meeting may also
be taken by a Resolution of Directors or a resolution of a committee of Directors consented
to in writing by all Directors or by all members of the committee, as the case may be, without
the need for any notice. The consent may be in the form of counterparts each counterpart
being signed by one or more Directors. If the consent is in one or more counterparts, and
the counterparts bear different dates, then the resolution shall take effect on the date
upon which the last Director has consented to the resolution by signed counterparts. |
| 13.1 | The
Directors may, by Resolution of Directors, designate one or more committees, each consisting
of one or more Directors, and delegate one or more of their powers, including the power to
affix the Seal, to the committee. |
| 13.2 | The
Directors have no power to delegate to a committee of Directors any of the following powers: |
| (a) | to
amend the Memorandum or the Articles; |
| (b) | to
designate committees of Directors; |
| (c) | to
delegate powers to a committee of Directors; |
| (f) | to
approve a plan of merger, consolidation or arrangement; or |
| (g) | to
make a declaration of solvency or to approve a liquidation plan. |
| 13.3 | Regulations
13.2(b) and (c) do not prevent a committee of Directors, where authorised by the Resolution
of Directors appointing such committee or by a subsequent Resolution of Directors, from appointing
a sub-committee and delegating powers exercisable by the committee to the sub-committee. |
| 13.4 | The
meetings and proceedings of each committee of Directors consisting of 2 or more Directors
shall be governed mutatis mutandis by the provisions of the Articles regulating the proceedings
of Directors so far as the same are not superseded by any provisions in the Resolution of
Directors establishing the committee. |
| 14.1 | The
Company may by Resolution of Directors appoint officers of the Company at such times as may
be considered necessary or expedient. Such officers may consist of a Chairman of the Board
of Directors, a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Chief Financial Officer (in each
case there may be more than one of such officers), one or more vice-presidents, secretaries
and treasurers and such other officers as may from time to time be considered necessary or
expedient. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. |
| 14.2 | The
officers shall perform such duties as are prescribed at the time of their appointment subject
to any modification in such duties as may be prescribed thereafter by Resolution of Directors.
In the absence of any specific prescription of duties it shall be the responsibility of the
Chairman of the Board (or Co-Chairman, as the case may be) to preside at meetings of Directors
and Members, the Chief Executive Officer (or Co-Chief Executive Officer, as the case may
be) to manage the day to day affairs of the Company, the vice-presidents to act in order
of seniority in the absence of the Chief Executive Officer (or Co-Chief Executive Officer,
as the case may be) but otherwise to perform such duties as may be delegated to them by the
Chief Executive Officer (or Co-Chief Executive Officer, as the case may be), the secretaries
to maintain the share register, minute books and records (other than financial records) of
the Company and to ensure compliance with all procedural requirements imposed on the Company
by Applicable Law, and the treasurer to be responsible for the financial affairs of the Company. |
| 14.3 | The
emoluments of all officers shall be fixed by Resolution of Directors. |
| 14.4 | The
officers of the Company shall hold office until their death, resignation or removal. Any
officer elected or appointed by the Directors may be removed at any time, with or without
cause, by Resolution of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Company may
be filled by Resolution of Directors. |
| 14.5 | The
Directors may, by a Resolution of Directors, appoint any person, including a person who is
a Director, to be an agent of the Company. An agent of the Company shall have such powers
and authority of the Directors, including the power and authority to affix the Seal, as are
set forth in the Articles or in the Resolution of Directors appointing the agent, except
that no agent has any power or authority with respect to the matters specified in Regulation
13.1. The Resolution of Directors appointing an agent may authorise the agent to appoint
one or more substitutes or delegates to exercise some or all of the powers conferred on the
agent by the Company. The Directors may remove an agent appointed by the Company and may
revoke or vary a power conferred on him. |
| 15.1 | A
Director of the Company shall, forthwith after becoming aware of the fact that he is interested
in a transaction entered into or to be entered into by the Company, disclose the interest
to all other Directors of the Company. |
| 15.2 | For
the purposes of Regulation 15.1, a disclosure to all other Directors to the effect that a
Director is a member, Director or officer of another named entity or has a fiduciary relationship
with respect to the entity or a named individual and is to be regarded as interested in any
transaction which may, after the date of the entry or disclosure, be entered into with that
entity or individual, is a sufficient disclosure of interest in relation to that transaction. |
| 15.3 | Provided
that the requirements of Regulation 10.13 have first been satisfied, a Director of the Company
who is interested in a transaction entered into or to be entered into by the Company may: |
| (a) | vote
on a matter relating to the transaction; |
| (b) | attend
a meeting of Directors at which a matter relating to the transaction arises and be included
among the Directors present at the meeting for the purposes of a quorum; and |
| (c) | sign
a document on behalf of the Company, or do any other thing in his capacity as a Director,
that relates to the transaction, |
and,
subject to compliance with the Act and these Articles shall not, by reason of his office be accountable to the Company for any benefit
which he derives from such transaction and no such transaction shall be liable to be avoided on the grounds of any such interest or benefit.
| 16.1 | Subject
to the limitations hereinafter provided the Company shall indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate
against all direct and indirect costs, fees and Expenses of any type or nature whatsoever,
any person who: |
| (a) | is
or was a party or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding by reason of the fact
that such person is or was a Director, officer, key employee, adviser of the Company or who
at the request of the Company; or |
| (b) | is
or was, at the request of the Company, serving as a Director of, or in any other capacity
is or was acting for, another Enterprise. |
| 16.2 | The
indemnity in Regulation 16.1 only applies if the relevant Indemnitee acted honestly and in
good faith with a view to the best interests of the Company and, in the case of criminal
proceedings, the Indemnitee had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. |
| 16.3 | The
decision of the Directors as to whether an Indemnitee acted honestly and in good faith and
with a view to the best interests of the Company and as to whether such Indemnitee had no
reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful is, in the absence of fraud, sufficient
for the purposes of the Articles, unless a question of law is involved. |
| 16.4 | The
termination of any Proceedings by any judgment, order, settlement, conviction or the entering
of a nolle prosequi does not, by itself, create a presumption that the relevant Indemnitee
did not act honestly and in good faith and with a view to the best interests of the Company
or that such Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. |
| 16.5 | The
Company may purchase and maintain insurance, purchase or furnish similar protection or make
other arrangements including, but not limited to, providing a trust fund, letter of credit,
or surety bond in relation to any Indemnitee or who at the request of the Company is or was
serving as a Director, officer or liquidator of, or in any other capacity is or was acting
for, another Enterprise, against any liability asserted against the person and incurred by
him in that capacity, whether or not the Company has or would have had the power to indemnify
him against the liability as provided in these Articles. |
| 17.1 | The
Company shall keep the following documents at the office of its registered agent: |
| (a) | the
Memorandum and the Articles; |
| (b) | the
share register, or a copy of the share register; |
| (c) | the
register of Directors, or a copy of the register of Directors; and |
| (d) | copies
of all notices and other documents filed by the Company with the Registrar of Corporate Affairs
in the previous 10 years. |
| 17.2 | If
the Company maintains only a copy of the share register or a copy of the register of Directors
at the office of its registered agent, it shall: |
| (a) | within
15 days of any change in either register, notify the registered agent in writing of the change;
and |
| (b) | provide
the registered agent with a written record of the physical address of the place or places
at which the original share register or the original register of Directors is kept. |
| 17.3 | The
Company shall keep the following records at the office of its registered agent or at such
other place or places, within or outside the British Virgin Islands, as the Directors may
determine: |
| (a) | minutes
of meetings and Resolutions of Members and classes of Members; |
| (b) | minutes
of meetings and Resolutions of Directors and committees of Directors; and |
| (c) | an
impression of the Seal, if any. |
| 17.4 | Where
any original records referred to in this Regulation are maintained other than at the office
of the registered agent of the Company, and the place at which the original records is changed,
the Company shall provide the registered agent with the physical address of the new location
of the records of the Company within 14 days of the change of location. |
| 17.5 | The
records kept by the Company under this Regulation shall be in written form or either wholly
or partly as electronic records complying with the requirements of the Electronic Transactions
Act. |
| 18.1 | The
Company shall maintain at the office of its registered agent a register of charges in which
there shall be entered the following particulars regarding each mortgage, charge and other
encumbrance created by the Company: |
| (a) | the
date of creation of the charge; |
| (b) | a
short description of the liability secured by the charge; |
| (c) | a
short description of the property charged; |
| (d) | the
name and address of the trustee for the security or, if there is no such trustee, the name
and address of the chargee; |
| (e) | unless
the charge is a security to bearer, the name and address of the holder of the charge; and |
| (f) | details
of any prohibition or restriction contained in the instrument creating the charge on the
power of the Company to create any future charge ranking in priority to or equally with the
charge. |
The
Company may by Resolution of Members or by a Resolution of Directors continue as a company incorporated under the laws of a jurisdiction
outside the British Virgin Islands in the manner provided under those laws.
The
Company may have more than one Seal and references herein to the Seal shall be references to every Seal which shall have been duly adopted
by Resolution of Directors. The Directors shall provide for the safe custody of the Seal and for an imprint thereof to be kept at the
registered office. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein the Seal when affixed to any written instrument shall be witnessed and
attested to by the signature of any one Director or other person so authorised from time to time by Resolution of Directors. Such authorisation
may be before or after the Seal is affixed, may be general or specific and may refer to any number of sealings. The Directors may provide
for a facsimile of the Seal and of the signature of any Director or authorised person which may be reproduced by printing or other means
on any instrument and it shall have the same force and validity as if the Seal had been affixed to such instrument and the same had been
attested to as hereinbefore described.
| 21.1 | The
Company shall keep records that are sufficient to show and explain the Company's transactions
and that will, at any time, enable the financial position of the Company to be determined
with reasonable accuracy. |
| 21.2 | The
Company may by Resolution of Members call for the Directors to prepare periodically and make
available a profit and loss account and a balance sheet. The profit and loss account and
balance sheet shall be drawn up so as to give respectively a true and fair view of the profit
and loss of the Company for a financial period and a true and fair view of the assets and
liabilities of the Company as at the end of a financial period. |
| 21.3 | The
Company may by Resolution of Members call for the accounts to be examined by auditors. |
| 21.4 | If
the Shares are listed or quoted on a Designated Stock Exchange that requires the Company
to have an audit committee, the Directors shall adopt a formal written audit committee charter
and review and assess the adequacy of the formal written charter on an annual basis. |
| 21.5 | If
the Shares are listed or quoted on the Designated Stock Exchange, the Company shall conduct
an appropriate review of all related party transactions on an ongoing basis and, if required,
shall utilise the audit committee for the review and approval of potential conflicts of interest. |
| 21.6 | If
applicable, and subject to applicable law and the rules of the SEC and the Designated Stock
Exchange: |
| (a) | at
the AGM or at a subsequent general meeting in each year, the Members shall appoint an auditor
who shall hold office until the Members appoint another auditor. Such auditor may be a Member
but no Director or officer or employee of the Company shall during, his continuance in office,
be eligible to act as auditor; |
| (b) | a
person, other than a retiring auditor, shall not be capable of being appointed auditor at
an AGM unless notice in writing of an intention to nominate that person to the office of
auditor has been given not less than ten days before the AGM and furthermore the Company
shall send a copy of such notice to the retiring auditor; and |
| (c) | the
Members may, at any meeting convened and held in accordance with these Articles, by resolution
remove the auditor at any time before the expiration of his term of office and shall by resolution
at that meeting appoint another auditor in his stead for the remainder of his term. |
| 21.7 | The
remuneration of the auditors shall be fixed by Resolution of Directors in such manner as
the Directors may determine or in a manner required by the rules and regulations of the Designated
Stock Exchange and the SEC. |
| 21.8 | The
report of the auditors shall be annexed to the accounts and shall be read at the meeting
of Members at which the accounts are laid before the Company or shall be otherwise given
to the Members. |
| 21.9 | Every
auditor of the Company shall have a right of access at all times to the books of account
and vouchers of the Company, and shall be entitled to require from the Directors and officers
of the Company such information and explanations as he thinks necessary for the performance
of the duties of the auditors. |
| 21.10 | The
auditors of the Company shall be entitled to receive notice of, and to attend any meetings
of Members at which the Company's profit and loss account and balance sheet are to be presented. |
| 22.1 | Any
notice, information or written statement to be given by the Company to Members may be given
by personal service by mail, facsimile or other similar means of electronic communication,
addressed to each Member at the address shown in the share register. |
| 22.2 | Any
summons, notice, order, document, process, information or written statement to be served
on the Company may be served by leaving it, or by sending it by registered mail addressed
to the Company, at its registered office, or by leaving it with, or by sending it by registered
mail to, the registered agent of the Company. |
| 22.3 | Service
of any summons, notice, order, document, process, information or written statement to be
served on the Company may be proved by showing that the summons, notice, order, document,
process, information or written statement was delivered to the registered office or the registered
agent of the Company or that it was mailed in such time as to admit to its being delivered
to the registered office or the registered agent of the Company in the normal course of delivery
within the period prescribed for service and was correctly addressed and the postage was
prepaid. |
The
Company may by a Resolution of Members or by a Resolution of Directors appoint a voluntary liquidator.
| 24.1 | Regulations
24.1 to 24.11 shall terminate upon consummation of any Business Combination. |
| 24.2 | The
Company has until 20 months from the closing of the IPO (October 17, 2023) to consummate
a Business Combination, provided however that if the Board of Directors anticipates that
the Company may not be able to consummate a Business Combination within 20 months of the
closing of the IPO, the Company may, by Resolution of Directors, at the request of the Initial
Shareholders, extend the period of time to consummate a Business Combination up to six times,
each by an additional one month (for a total of up to 26 months from the closing of the IPO
(April 17, 2024) to complete a Business Combination), subject to the Initial Shareholders
depositing additional funds into the Trust Account in accordance with terms as set out in
the Trust Agreement. In the event that the Company does not consummate a Business Combination
within 20 months from the closing of the IPO or within up to 26 months from the closing of
the IPO (subject in the latter case to valid one month extensions having been made in each
case (such date falling 20 months or up to 26 months, as applicable, after the closing of
the IPO being referred to as the Termination Date), such failure shall trigger an
automatic redemption of the Public Shares (an Automatic Redemption Event) and the
Directors of the Company shall take all such action necessary (i) as promptly as reasonably
possible but no more than ten (10) Business Days thereafter to redeem the Public Shares in
cash at a per-share amount equal to the applicable Per-Share Redemption Price; and (ii) as
promptly as practicable, to cease all operations except for the purpose of making such distribution
and any subsequent winding up of the Company's affairs. In the event of an Automatic Redemption
Event, only the holders of Public Shares shall be entitled to receive pro rata redeeming
distributions from the Trust Account with respect to their Public Shares. |
| 24.3 | Unless
a shareholder vote is required by law or the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange, or,
at the sole discretion of the Directors, the Directors determine to hold a shareholder vote
for business or other reasons, the Company may enter into a Business Combination without
submitting such Business Combination to its Members for approval. |
| 24.4 | Although
not required, in the event that a shareholder vote is held, and a majority of the votes of
the Shares entitled to vote thereon which were present at the meeting to approve the Business
Combination are voted for the approval of such Business Combination, the Company shall be
authorised to consummate the Business Combination. |
| (a) | In
the event that a Business Combination is consummated by the Company other than in connection
with a shareholder vote under Regulation 24.4, the Company will, subject to as provided below,
offer to redeem the Public Shares for cash in accordance with Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E
of the Exchange Act and subject to any limitations (including but not limited to cash requirements)
set forth in the definitive transaction agreements related to the initial Business Combination
(the Tender Redemption Offer), provided however that the Company shall not redeem
those Shares held by the Initial Shareholders or their affiliates pursuant to such Tender
Redemption Offer, whether or not such holders accept such Tender Redemption Offer. The Company
will file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to consummating the Business Combination
which contain substantially the same financial and other information about the Business Combination
and the redemption rights as would be required in a proxy solicitation pursuant to Regulation
14A of the Exchange Act. In accordance with the Exchange Act, the Tender Redemption Offer
will remain open for a minimum of 20 Business Days and the Company will not be permitted
to consummate its Business Combination until the expiry of such period. If in the event a
Member holding Public Shares accepts the Tender Redemption Offer and the Company has not
otherwise withdrawn the tender offer, the Company shall, promptly after the consummation
of the Business Combination, pay such redeeming Member, on a pro rata basis, cash equal to
the applicable Per-Share Redemption Price. |
| (b) | In
the event that a Business Combination is consummated by the Company in connection with a
shareholder vote held pursuant to Regulation 24.4 in accordance with a proxy solicitation
pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act (the Redemption Offer), the Company
will, subject as provided below, offer to redeem the Public Shares, other than those Shares
held by the Initial Shareholders or their affiliates, regardless of whether such shares are
voted for or against the Business Combination, for cash, on a pro rata basis, at a per-share
amount equal to the applicable Per-Share Redemption Price, provided however that: (i) the
Company shall not redeem those Shares held by the Initial Shareholders or their affiliates
pursuant to such Redemption Offer, whether or not such holders accept such Redemption Offer;
and (ii) any other redeeming Member who either individually or together with any affiliate
of his or any other person with whom he is acting in concert or as a "group" (as
such term is defined under Section 13 of the Exchange Act) shall not be permitted to redeem,
without the consent of the Directors, more than fifteen percent (15%) of the total Public
Shares sold in the IPO. |
| (c) | In
no event will the Company consummate the Tender Redemption Offer or the Redemption Offer
under Regulation 24.5(a) or 24.5(b) or an Amendment Redemption Event under Regulation 24.11
if such redemptions would cause the Company to be considered a “penny stock”
(as defined in the Exchange Act) immediately prior to, or upon such consummation of the Business
Combination or Amendment Redemption Event, as applicable. |
| 24.6 | A
holder of Public Shares shall be entitled to receive distributions from the Trust Account
only in the event of an Automatic Redemption Event, an Amendment Redemption Event or in the
event he accepts a Tender Redemption Offer or a Redemption Offer where the Business Combination
is consummated. In no other circumstances shall a holder of Public Shares have any right
or interest of any kind in or to the Trust Account. |
| 24.7 | Following
the IPO, the Company will not issue any Securities (other than Public Shares) prior to a
Business Combination that would entitle the holder thereof to (i) receive funds from the
Trust Account; or (ii) vote on any Business Combination. |
| 24.8 | In
the event the Company seeks to complete a Business Combination with a company that is affiliated
with an Initial Shareholder, the Company will obtain an opinion from an independent investment
banking firm or another independent firm that commonly renders valuation opinions or an independent
accounting firm that such a Business Combination is fair to the Company from a financial
point of view. |
| 24.9 | The
Company will not effectuate a Business Combination with another "blank cheque"
company or a similar company with nominal operations. |
| 24.10 | Immediately
after the Company's IPO, that amount of the net proceeds received by the Company from the
IPO (including proceeds of any exercise of the underwriter's over-allotment option) and from
the simultaneous private placement by the Company as is stated in the Company's registration
statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC (such registration statement at the time it initially
goes effective, the Registration Statement) to be deposited in the Trust Account shall
be so deposited and thereafter held in the Trust Account until released in the event of a
Business Combination or otherwise in accordance with this Regulation 24. Neither the Company
nor any officer, Director or employee of the Company will disburse any of the proceeds held
in the Trust Account until the earlier of (i) a Business Combination, or (ii) an Automatic
Redemption Event or in payment of the acquisition price for any shares which the Company
elects to purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire in accordance with this Regulation 24, in
each case in accordance with the trust agreement governing the Trust Account; provided that
interest earned on the Trust Account (as described in the Registration Statement) may be
released from time to time to the Company to pay the Company’s tax obligations and
up to US$ 50,000 of such interest may also be released from the Trust Account to pay any
liquidation expenses of the Company if applicable. |
| 24.11 | In
the event the Directors of the Company propose any amendment to Regulation 24 or to any of
the other rights of the Ordinary Shares as set out at Clause 6.1 of the Memorandum prior
to, but not for the purposes of approving or in conjunction with the consummation of, a Business
Combination that would affect the substance or timing of the Company’s obligations
as described in this Regulation 24 to pay or to offer to pay the Per-Share Redemption Price
to any holder of the Public Shares (an Amendment) and such Amendment is (i) duly approved
by a Resolution of Members; and (ii) the amended Memorandum and Articles reflecting such
amendment are to be filed at the Registry of Corporate Affairs (an Approved Amendment),
the Company will offer to redeem the Public Shares of any Member for cash, on a pro rata
basis, at a per-share amount equal to the applicable Per-Share Redemption Price (an Amendment
Redemption Event), provided however that the Company shall not redeem those Shares held
by the Initial Shareholders or their affiliates pursuant to such offer, whether or not such
holders accept such offer. |
| 25.1 | In
recognition and anticipation of the facts that: (a) directors, managers, officers, members,
partners, managing members, employees and/or agents of one or more members of the Sponsor
Group (each of the foregoing, a Sponsor Group Related Person) may serve as directors
and/or officers of the Company; and (b) the Sponsor Group engages, and may continue to engage
in the same or similar activities or related lines of business as those in which the Company,
directly or indirectly, may engage and/or other business activities that overlap with or
compete with those in which the Company, directly or indirectly, may engage, the provisions
under this heading “Business Opportunities” are set forth to regulate and define
the conduct of certain affairs of the Company as they may involve the Members and the Sponsor
Group Related Persons, and the powers, rights, duties and liabilities of the Company and
its officers, directors and Members in connection therewith. |
| 25.2 | To
the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the directors and officers of the Company
shall have no duty, except and to the extent expressly assumed by contract, to refrain from
engaging directly or indirectly in the same or similar business activities or lines of business
as the Company. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, and subject to his or
her fiduciary duties under Applicable Law, the Company renounces any interest or expectancy
of the Company in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any potential transaction
or matter which may be a corporate opportunity offered to any director and officer of the
Company, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other, unless such opportunity is expressly
offered to such director or officer of the Company solely in their capacity as an Officer
or director of the Company and the opportunity is one the Company is permitted to complete
on a reasonable basis. |
| 25.3 | Except
as provided elsewhere in the Articles, the Company hereby renounces any interest or expectancy
of the Company in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any potential transaction
or matter which may be a corporate opportunity for both the Company and the Sponsor Group,
about which a director and/or officer of the Company who is also an Sponsor Group Related
Person acquires knowledge. |
| 25.4 | To
the extent a court might hold that the conduct of any activity related to a corporate opportunity
that is renounced in this Article to be a breach of duty to the Company or its Members, the
Company hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, any and all claims
and causes of action that the Company may have for such activities. To the fullest extent
permitted by Applicable Law, the provisions of this Article apply equally to activities conducted
in the future and that have been conducted in the past. |
We,
Ogier Global (BVI) Limited of Ritter House, Wickhams Cay II, PO Box 3170, Road Town, Tortola VG1110, British Virgin Islands, for the
purpose of incorporating a BVI business company under the laws of the British Virgin Islands hereby sign these Articles of Association.
Dated
29 April 2021
Incorporator
Signed
for and on behalf of Ogier Global (BVI) Limited of Ritter House, Wickhams Cay II, PO Box 3170, Road Town, Tortola VG1110, British Virgin
Islands
SGD:
Toshra Glasgow |
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