AgileThought to Trade on Nasdaq Under Ticker
Symbol “AGIL”
LIV Capital Acquisition Corp. ("LIVK" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:
LIVK), a special purpose acquisition company, and AgileThought,
Inc. ("AgileThought"), a global provider of digital transformation
services, custom software development, and next-generation
technologies, today announced the completion of their previously
announced business combination.
The combined company will operate as AgileThought, Inc. Its
Class A common stock and public warrants are expected to commence
trading tomorrow on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the new ticker
symbols "AGIL" and "AGILW."
AgileThought successfully closed an equity capitalization of
$91.5 million through the business combination today to become a
public, next-gen digital transformation company, with a market
capitalization of approximately $420m with a total of approximately
42 million outstanding shares at $10 per share. The equity
contributed is comprised of:
(a) $53.3 million in gross cash proceeds from the business
combination with LIVK and the closing of a PIPE transaction
involving the concurrent private placement of Class A common
stock.
(b) $38.1 million through the conversion into Class A common
stock of the outstanding mezzanine second lien credit facility. The
conversion was exercised by existing shareholders, Nexxus Capital
investment vehicle and an investment vehicle managed by Credit
Suisse Asset Management Mexico, whose representatives are committed
to provide support to AgileThought as directors on the board of
directors.
As a result of the business combination, existing AgileThought
shareholders own 87.2% of the combined equity of the company, with
the remaining 12.8% being held by shareholders of LIVK prior to the
business combination and PIPE investors.
AgileThought intends to use the proceeds from the transactions,
net of transaction related expenses, for repayment of
AgileThought's first-lien credit facility and cash to the balance
sheet to be used for general corporate purposes.
“We are incredibly proud of what our team has achieved, and this
milestone is just the beginning of the exciting journey ahead as a
public company. We are also grateful to our financial partners,
Nexxus Capital, LIV Capital and Credit Suisse Asset Management
Mexico for their support throughout this process. We look forward
to working together to drive shareholder value as we execute on our
growth strategy. Today we enter a new stage after more than 20
years of hard work to change the way people and organizations
approach digital transformation fundamentally," said Manuel
Senderos, Chairman, and CEO of AgileThought.
LIVK's shareholders approved the business combination at a
general meeting on August 18, 2021. AgileThought's management team
will continue to lead the combined company following the
Transaction. Manuel Senderos will serve as Chairman and CEO of the
combined company, and Alex Rossi, the former Chairman and CEO of
LIVK, has been appointed a director of the combined company's Board
of Directors.
"AgileThought is at the forefront of the digital transformation
services market in the U.S. We look forward to continuing to work
with the company's leadership team to capitalize on this tremendous
opportunity and reinforce AgileThought's leadership position in
this rapidly evolving industry," said Alex Rossi.
Advisors:
EarlyBirdCapital, Inc. acted as financial and capital markets
advisor to LIVK. Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP served as legal
counsel to LIVK.
William Blair served as capital markets advisor to AgileThought.
Cooley LLP served as legal counsel to AgileThought.
About AgileThought, Inc.
AgileThought is a leading pure-play provider of agile-first
software at scale, end-to-end digital transformation, and
consulting services to Fortune 1000 customers with diversity across
end-markets and industry verticals. For over 20 years, Fortune 1000
companies have trusted AgileThought to solve their digital
challenges and optimize mission-critical systems to drive business
value. AgileThought's solution architects, developers, data
scientists, engineers, transformation consultants, automation
specialists, and other experts located across the United States and
Latin America deliver next-generation software solutions that
accelerate the transition to digital platforms across business
processes. For more information, visit
https://agilethought.com/.
About LIV Capital Acquisition Corp.
LIVK was a blank check company formed in 2019 to enter into a
merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase,
recapitalization, reorganization, or similar business combination
with one or more businesses or entities.
LIVK was sponsored by LIV Capital, a private equity firm founded
in 2000 in order to make equity investments in high- growth
businesses in Mexico or with a significant presence in that
country. LIV Capital has a deep history of successfully realizing
returns on equity investments in a range of Mexican sectors and
companies and investing in various phases of growth and maturity.
Throughout its more than twenty years, LIV Capital has raised and
managed six investment funds. Alexander R. Rossi, Humberto Zesati,
and Miguel Ángel Dávila have substantial experience and expertise
in the Mexican corporate market where they have served as
investors, operators, administrators and advisors.
About Nexxus Capital:
Founded in 1995, Nexxus is a regional firm focused on private
equity and mezzanine debt for middle market companies in LATAM, US,
and Spain. Nexxus has raised and managed several funds with capital
commitments in excess of US$1.6 billion.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within
the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. AgileThought's actual
results may differ from its expectations, estimates, and
projections, and consequently, you should not rely on these
forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Words
such as "expect," "estimate," "project," "budget," "forecast,"
"anticipate," "intend," "plan," "may," "will," "could," "should,"
"believes," "predicts," "potential," "continue," and similar
expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking
statements. These forward-looking statements include, without
limitation, AgileThought's expectations with respect to stockholder
value, future growth, ability to drive changes in approaches to
digital transformation, the opportunities presented in
AgileThought's markets, and AgileThought's leadership position in
its markets. These forward-looking statements involve significant
risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to
differ materially from the expected results. Most of these factors
are outside AgileThought's control and are difficult to predict.
These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks
and uncertainties, including AgileThought's ability to retain and
expand clients' use of AgileThought's services and attract new
clients and market adoption of AgileThought's services;
AgileThought's ability to source and retain talent; AgileThought's
ability to execute on its business model and risks related to its
growth strategies; market, financial, political and legal
conditions, including in the international markets in which
AgileThought operates; the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on
AgileThought's business and the global economy; the effects of
competition on AgileThought's future business; and those factors
discussed in LIVK's definitive proxy statement relating to the
business combination filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC") on August 2, 2021, under the heading "Risk
Factors." AgileThought cautions that the foregoing list of factors
is not exclusive.
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AgileThought Investor Relations: Olga Shinkaruk Vice
President, Investor Relations +9725011441
investorrelations@agilethought.com
LIV Capital: Alexander R. Rossi Chairman and CEO LIV
Capital Acquisition Corp. arossi@livcapital.mx
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