Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On April 18, 2023, the Company
held a special meeting in lieu of the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders of the Company (the “Special Meeting”). On March
14, 2023, the record date for the Special Meeting (the “Record Date”), there were 16,357,087 shares of Class A common stock,
par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (“Class A Common Stock”) and 3,940,462 shares of Class B common stock, par value
$0.0001 per share, of the Company (“Class B Common Stock”, and collectively with the Class A Common Stock, “Common Stock”)
issued and outstanding. At the Special Meeting, 16,874,695 shares of Common Stock, representing approximately 83.14% of the issued and
outstanding shares of Common Stock as of the Record Date, were present in person (by virtual attendance) or by proxy.
At the Special Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved the following
items: (i) a proposal to amend the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Charter”), in the
form set forth as Annex A to the Proxy Statement (as defined below) for the Special Meeting (the “Charter Amendment”), to
extend the date by which the Company must consummate an initial business combination (the “Extension”) from August 17, 2023
to December 17, 2023 or such earlier date as determined by the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) (such applicable
date, the “Extended Date”, and such proposal, the “Charter Amendment Proposal”); (ii) a proposal to amend the
Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated as of August 12, 2021, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust
Company, in the form set forth as Annex B to the Proxy Statement (the “Trust Amendment”), to provide for the Extension to
the Extended Date pursuant to the Charter Amendment (the “Trust Amendment Proposal”); (iii) a proposal to re-elect John D.
White, Jr. to the Board to serve until the third annual meeting of stockholders following the Special Meeting or until his successor is
elected and qualified (the “Director Election Proposal”); and (iv) a proposal to ratify the selection by the Company’s
audit committee of Marcum LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending
December 31, 2023 (the “Auditor Ratification Proposal”). The final proposal, set forth as the “Adjournment Proposal”
in the definitive proxy statement related to the Special Meeting filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”) on March 24, 2023 (the “Proxy Statement”), was not presented to the Company’s stockholders.
The affirmative vote of at least sixty-five percent (65%) of the outstanding
shares of Common Stock entitled to vote thereon at the Special Meeting was required to approve each of the Charter Amendment Proposal
and the Trust Amendment Proposal, a plurality of the shares of Class B Common Stock entitled to vote thereon and voted in person (by virtual
attendance) or by proxy at the Special Meeting was required for the re-election of the director in the Director Election Proposal, and
the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the shares of Common Stock entitled to vote thereon and present in person (by virtual attendance)
or by proxy at the Special Meeting was required to approve the Auditor Ratification Proposal. The Charter Amendment Proposal and the Trust
Amendment Proposal were cross-conditioned on the approval of each other.
Set forth below are the final
voting results for each of the proposals presented at the Special Meeting:
Charter Amendment Proposal
The Charter Amendment Proposal
was approved. The voting results of the shares of Common Stock were as follows:
For |
|
Against |
|
Abstain |
|
Broker Non-Votes |
14,479,137 |
|
1,244,628 |
|
0 |
|
1,150,930 |
Trust Amendment Proposal
The Trust Amendment Proposal
was approved. The voting results of the shares of Common Stock were as follows:
For |
|
Against |
|
Abstain |
|
Broker Non-Votes |
14,479,137 |
|
1,244,628 |
|
0 |
|
1,150,930 |
Director Election Proposal
The Director Election Proposal
was approved, and Mr. John D. White, Jr. was re-elected to the Board. The voting results of the shares of Class B Common Stock were as
follows:
Director |
|
For |
|
Withheld |
|
Broker Non-Votes |
John D. White, Jr. |
|
3,940,462 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
Auditor Ratification Proposal
The Auditor Ratification Proposal
was approved. The voting results of the shares of Common Stock were as follows:
For |
|
Against |
|
Abstain |
|
Broker Non-Votes |
15,690,678 |
|
1,184,017 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
Following the Special Meeting,
on April 20, 2023, the Company filed the Charter Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in order to implement
the Extension. A copy of the Charter Amendment is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated herein by
reference.
Concurrently with the filing
of the Charter Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, the Company entered into the Trust Amendment with Continental
Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee. A copy of the Trust Amendment is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit
10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.