NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD NOVEMBER 15, 2019
TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF OPES ACQUISITION
CORP.:
You are cordially invited to attend the special
meeting (the “special meeting”) of stockholders of Opes Acquisition Corp. (the “Company,” “Opes,”
“we,” “us” or “our”) to be held at 10:00 a.m. EST on November 15, 2019 at the offices of the
Company’s counsel, Graubard Miller, 405 Lexington Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10174, for the sole purpose of considering
and voting upon the following proposals:
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a proposal to amend (the “Extension Amendment”)
the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “charter”) to extend the date by which
the Company has to consummate a business combination (the “Extension”) from November 15, 2019 to ______________, 2020
(the “Extended Date”); and
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a proposal to approve the early winding up of the
Company and redemption of 100% of the outstanding public shares as described in the accompanying proxy statement if the Company’s
board of directors determines at any time prior to the Extended Date that the Company will be unable to consummate an initial
business combination by the Extended Date (the “Early Termination Proposal”).
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The Extension Amendment and the Early Termination
Proposal are more fully described in the accompanying proxy statement.
The purpose of the Extension Amendment is
to allow the Company more time to complete an initial business combination. The purpose of the Early Termination Proposal is to
obtain any necessary stockholder approval to wind up the Company’s affairs and redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares
if the Company’s board of directors determines in its sole discretion at any time prior to the Extended Date that the Company
will be unable to consummate an initial business combination by the Extended Date.
The Company’s prospectus for its initial
public offering (“IPO”) and its charter provided that the Company had only until September 16, 2019 to complete a business
combination. On September 16, 2019, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the charter to provide that it would
have until November 15, 2019 to complete a business combination. There is not sufficient time before November 15, 2019 to allow
the Company to consummate an initial business combination. Accordingly, our board has determined that it is in the best interests
of our stockholders to further extend the date that the Company has to consummate an initial business combination to the Extended
Date.
The Company has agreed that if the Extension
Amendment proposal is approved and the Extension is implemented, it will deposit (each deposit being referred to herein as a “Deposit”)
into the trust account established in connection with the IPO (the “trust account”) $0.__ for each public share that
is not converted in connection with the stockholder vote to approve the Extension, for each monthly period, or portion thereof,
that is needed by the Company to complete an initial business combination from November 15, 2019 until the Extended Date. Alternatively,
if the Company does not have the funds necessary to make the Deposit referred to above, Axis Capital Management, our sponsor (the
“Sponsor”), has agreed that it and/or any of its affiliates or designees will contribute to the Company as a loan (each
loan being referred to herein as a “Contribution”) $0.__ for each public share that is not converted in connection
with the stockholder vote to approve the Extension, for each monthly period, or portion thereof, that is needed by the Company
to complete an initial business combination from November 15, 2019 until the Extended Date. References to our Sponsor making the
Contributions shall also mean any of the Sponsor’s affiliates or designees who actually make the Contributions. Accordingly,
if the Company takes until the Extended Date to complete an initial business combination, which would represent __ monthly periods
through the Extended Date, the Company or the Sponsor would make Deposits or Contributions of approximately $______ per month,
or an aggregate of approximately $______ (assuming no public shares were converted). Each Deposit or Contribution will be placed
in the trust account within two business days prior to the beginning of such monthly period (or portion thereof), other than the
first Deposit or Contribution which will be made on the day of the approval and implementation of the Extension Amendment. Accordingly,
if the Extension Amendment is approved and the Extension is implemented and the Company takes the full time through the Extended
Date to complete an initial business combination, the conversion amount per share at the meeting for such business combination
or the Company’s subsequent liquidation will be approximately $______ per share (without taking into account any interest),
in comparison to the current conversion amount of approximately $______ per share. The Company and Sponsor will not make any Deposit
or Contribution unless the Extension Amendment is approved and the Extension is completed. The Contribution(s) will not bear any
interest and will be repayable by the Company to the Sponsor or its affiliates upon consummation of an initial business combination.
The loans will be forgiven if the Company is unable to consummate an initial business combination except to the extent of any funds
held outside of the trust account. The Company or Sponsor, as applicable, will have the sole discretion whether to continue extending
for additional monthly periods until the Extended Date and if the Company or Sponsor, as applicable, determine not to continue
extending for additional monthly periods, the obligation to make additional Deposits or Contributions will terminate. If this occurs,
or if the Company’s board of directors otherwise determines that the Company will not be able to consummate an initial business
combination by the Extended Date and does not wish to seek an additional extension, the Company would wind up the Company’s
affairs and redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares in accordance with the same procedures set forth below that would be applicable
if the Extension Amendment proposal is not approved.
The holders of shares of common stock issued
in the Company’s IPO (the “public shares”) may elect to convert their public shares into their pro rata portion
of the funds held in the trust account (calculated as of two business days prior to the meeting) if the Extension is implemented
(the “Conversion”). Holders of public shares do not need to vote on the Extension Amendment proposal or be a holder
of record on the record date to exercise conversion rights. The per-share pro rata portion of the trust account on the record date
after taking into account taxes owed but not paid by such date (which is expected to be the same approximate amount two business
days prior to the meeting) was approximately $______. The closing price of the Company’s common stock on the record date
was $______. Accordingly, if the market price were to remain the same until the date of the meeting, exercising conversion rights
would result in a public stockholder receiving approximately $______ [more/less] than if he sold his stock in the open market.
The Company cannot assure stockholders that they will be able to sell their shares of Company common stock in the open market,
even if the market price per share is higher than the conversion price stated above, as there may not be sufficient liquidity in
its securities when such stockholders wish to sell their shares.
If the Extension Amendment proposal is not
approved, in accordance with our charter, we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly
as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares with the aggregate
amount then on deposit in the trust account and (iii) thereafter seek to dissolve and liquidate as described in more detail in
this proxy statement.
If the Extension Amendment proposal is approved
and the Extension is implemented, but the Company’s board of directors subsequently determines that the Company will not
be able to consummate an initial business combination by the Extended Date (and does not wish to seek an additional extension),
approval of the Early Termination Proposal will allow the Company’s board of directors to follow the same procedures set
forth above (as if the Extension Amendment proposal was not approved) without needing any further stockholder approval.
If the Extension Amendment is not approved,
the Early Termination Proposal will not be presented as we will be forced to dissolve and liquidate.
The Company’s board of directors has
fixed the close of business on October 30, 2019 as the date for determining the Company’s stockholders entitled to receive
notice of and vote at the special meeting and any adjournment thereof. Only holders of record of the Company’s common stock
on that date are entitled to have their votes counted at the special meeting or any adjournment thereof. A complete list of stockholders
of record entitled to vote at the special meeting will be available for ten days before the special meeting at the Company’s
principal executive offices for inspection by stockholders during ordinary business hours for any purpose germane to the special
meeting.
After careful consideration of all relevant
factors, the Company’s board of directors has determined that (i) the Extension Amendment proposal is fair to and in the
best interests of the Company and its stockholders, has declared it advisable and recommends that you vote or give instruction
to vote “FOR” such proposal; and (ii) recommends that you vote or give instruction to vote “FOR” the Early
Termination Proposal.
Enclosed is the proxy statement containing
detailed information concerning the Extension Amendment, the Early Termination Proposal and the special meeting. Whether or not
you plan to attend the special meeting, we urge you to read this material carefully and vote your shares.
I look forward to seeing you at the meeting.
November __, 2019
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By Order of the Board of Directors
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Chairman of the Board
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Your vote is important. Please sign, date and return your
proxy card as soon as possible to make sure that your shares are represented at the special meeting. If you are a stockholder of
record, you may also cast your vote in person at the special meeting. If your shares are held in an account at a brokerage firm
or bank, you must instruct your broker or bank how to vote your shares, or you may cast your vote in person at the special meeting
by obtaining a proxy from your brokerage firm or bank. Your failure to vote or instruct your broker or bank how to vote will have
the same effect as voting against each of the proposals.
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials
for the Special meeting of Stockholders to be held on November 15, 2019: This notice of meeting and the accompany proxy statement
are available at https://www.cstproxy.com/opesacquisitioncorp/smp2019.
OPES ACQUISITION CORP.
Park Plaza Torre I
Javier Barros Sierra 540, Of. 103
Col. Santa Fe
01210 Mexico City, Mexico
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD NOVEMBER 15, 2019
PROXY STATEMENT
Opes Acquisition Corp. (the “Company,”
“Opes,” “we,” “us” or “our”), a Delaware corporation, is providing this proxy statement
in connection with the solicitation by the Board of proxies to be voted at the Special Meeting to be held on November 15, 2019,
at the offices of the Company’s counsel, Graubard Miller, 405 Lexington Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10174.
At the special meeting, the following proposals
will be considered and voted upon:
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a proposal to amend (the “Extension Amendment”)
the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “charter”) to extend the date by which
the Company has to consummate a business combination (the “Extension”) from November 15, 2019 to ______________, 2020
(the “Extended Date”); and
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a proposal to approve the early winding up of the
Company and redemption of 100% of the outstanding public shares as described in the accompanying proxy statement if the Company’s
board of directors determines at any time prior to the Extended Date that the Company will be unable to consummate an initial
business combination by the Extended date (the “Early Termination Proposal”).
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The purpose of the Extension Amendment is
to allow the Company more time to complete an initial business combination. The purpose of the Early Termination Proposal is to
obtain any necessary stockholder approval to wind up the Company’s affairs and redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares
if the Company’s board of directors determines in its sole discretion at any time prior to the Extended Date that the Company
will be unable to consummate an initial business combination by the Extended date and does not wish to seek an additional extension.
The Company’s prospectus for its initial
public offering (“IPO”) and its charter provided that the Company had only until September 16, 2019 to complete a business
combination. On September 16, 2019, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the charter to provide that it would
have until November 15, 2019 to complete a business combination. There is not sufficient time before November 15, 2019 to allow
the Company to consummate an initial business combination. Accordingly, our board has determined that it is in the best interests
of our stockholders to further extend the date that the Company has to consummate a business combination to the Extended Date.
The holders of shares of common stock issued
in the IPO (the “public shares”) may elect to convert their public shares into their pro rata portion of the funds
held in the trust account established at the time of the IPO (the “trust account”) if the Extension is implemented
(the “Conversion”). Holders of public shares do not need to vote on the Extension Amendment proposal or be a holder
of record on the record date to exercise conversion rights.
Approval of the Extension Amendment is a
condition to the implementation of the Extension. In addition, we will not proceed with the Extension if we do not have at least
$5,000,001 of net tangible assets following approval of the Extension Amendment proposal, after taking into account the Conversion.
If the Extension Amendment is approved, the
amount remaining in the trust account may be only a small fraction of the approximately $____ million that was in the trust account
as of the record date. In such event, the Company may need to obtain additional funds to complete a proposed business combination
and there can be no assurance that such funds will be available on terms acceptable to the parties or at all. Additionally, if
the Extension Amendment is approved, the Company’s warrants will remain outstanding in accordance with their existing terms.
The Company has agreed that if the Extension
Amendment proposal is approved and the Extension is implemented, it will deposit (each deposit being referred to herein as a “Deposit”)
into the trust account established in connection with the IPO (the “trust account”) $0.__ for each public share that
is not converted in connection with the stockholder vote to approve the Extension, for each monthly period, or portion thereof,
that is needed by the Company to complete an initial business combination from November 15, 2019 until the Extended Date. Alternatively,
if the Company does not have the funds necessary to make the Deposit referred to above, Axis Capital Management, our sponsor (the
“Sponsor”), has agreed that it and/or any of its affiliates or designees will contribute to the Company as a loan (each
loan being referred to herein as a “Contribution”) $0.__ for each public share that is not converted in connection
with the stockholder vote to approve the Extension, for each monthly period, or portion thereof, that is needed by the Company
to complete an initial business combination from November 15, 2019 until the Extended Date. References to our Sponsor making the
Contributions shall also mean any of the Sponsor’s affiliates or designees who actually make the Contributions. Accordingly,
if the Company takes until the Extended Date to complete an initial business combination, which would represent __ monthly periods
through the Extended Date, the Company or Sponsor would make Deposits or Contributions of approximately $______ per month, or an
aggregate of approximately $______ (assuming no public shares were converted). Each Deposit or Contribution will be placed in the
trust account within two business days prior to the beginning of such monthly period (or portion thereof), other than the first
Deposit or Contribution which will be made on the day of the approval and implementation of the Extension Amendment. Accordingly,
if the Extension Amendment is approved and the Extension is implemented and the Company takes the full time through the Extended
Date to complete an initial business combination, the conversion amount per share at the meeting for such business combination
or the Company’s subsequent liquidation will be approximately $______ per share (without taking into account any interest),
in comparison to the current conversion amount of approximately $______ per share. The Company and Sponsor will not make any Deposit
or Contribution unless the Extension Amendment is approved and the Extension is completed. The Contribution(s) will not bear any
interest and will be repayable by the Company to the Sponsor or its affiliates upon consummation of an initial business combination.
The loans will be forgiven if the Company is unable to consummate an initial business combination except to the extent of any funds
held outside of the trust account. The Company or Sponsor, as applicable, will have the sole discretion whether to continue extending
for additional monthly periods until the Extended Date and if the Company or Sponsor, as applicable, determine not to continue
extending for additional monthly periods, the obligation to make additional Deposits or Contributions will terminate. If this occurs,
or if the Company’s board of directors otherwise determines that the Company will not be able to consummate an initial business
combination by the Extended Date and does not wish to seek an additional extension, the Company would wind up the Company’s
affairs and redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares in accordance with the same procedures set forth below that would be applicable
if the Extension Amendment proposal is not approved.
If the Extension Amendment proposal is not
approved, in accordance with our charter, we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly
as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares, at a per-share
price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including any interest but net of taxes
payable, divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’
rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and
(iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining stockholders and our
board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject (in the case of (ii) and (iii) above) to our obligations under Delaware law
to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.
The holders of shares of common stock issued
prior to the IPO (“insider shares”) have waived their rights to participate in any liquidation distribution with respect
to the 2,875,000 insider shares as well as the shares (“private shares”) included in the 445,000 units (“private
placement units”) purchased by them simultaneously with the IPO. As a consequence of such waivers, a liquidating distribution
will be made only with respect to the public shares. There will be no distribution from the trust account with respect to the Company’s
warrants, which will expire worthless in the event we wind up.
If the Extension Amendment proposal is not
approved and the Company liquidates, the Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to us if and to the extent any claims by a vendor
for services rendered or products sold to us, or a prospective target business with which we have discussed entering into a transaction
agreement, reduces the amount of funds in the trust account to below $___ per public share, except as to any claims by a third
party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the trust account and except as to any claims under our indemnity
of the underwriters of our IPO against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. In the event that an
executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, the Sponsor will not be responsible for such third party claims.
Furthermore, it will not be liable to our public stockholders and instead will only have liability to us. There is no assurance,
however, that it will be able to satisfy those obligations to us. Based on the cash available to the Company outside of its trust
account for working capital and the Company’s outstanding expenses owed to all creditors (both those that have signed trust
fund waivers and those that have not), it is not anticipated that the Sponsor will have any indemnification obligations. Accordingly,
regardless of whether an indemnification obligation exists, the per share liquidation price for the public shares is anticipated
to be approximately $______, plus interest. Nevertheless, the Company cannot assure you that the per share distribution from the
trust account, if the Company liquidates, will not be less than approximately $______, plus interest, due to unforeseen claims
of creditors.
Under the Delaware General Corporation Law
(the “DGCL”), stockholders may be held liable for claims by third parties against a corporation to the extent of distributions
received by them in a dissolution. If the corporation complies with certain procedures set forth in Section 280 of the DGCL intended
to ensure that it makes reasonable provision for all claims against it, including a 60-day notice period during which any third-party
claims can be brought against the corporation, a 90-day period during which the corporation may reject any claims brought, and
an additional 150-day waiting period before any liquidating distributions are made to stockholders, any liability of stockholders
with respect to a liquidating distribution is limited to the lesser of such stockholder’s pro rata share of the claim or
the amount distributed to the stockholder, and any liability of the stockholder would be barred after the third anniversary of
the dissolution. However, because the Company will not be complying with Section 280 of the DGCL, Section 281(b) of the DGCL requires
us to adopt a plan, based on facts known to us at such time that will provide for our payment of all existing and pending claims
or claims that may be potentially brought against us within the subsequent ten years. Because we are a blank check company, rather
than an operating company, and our operations have been and will continue to be limited to searching for prospective target businesses
to acquire, the only likely claims to arise would be from our vendors (such as lawyers, investment bankers, etc.) or prospective
target businesses.
If the Extension Amendment proposal is approved
and the Extension is implemented, the Company will (i) remove from the trust account an amount (the “Withdrawal Amount”)
equal to the pro rata portion of funds available in the trust account relating to the converted public shares and (ii) deliver
to the holders of such converted public shares their pro rata portion of the Withdrawal Amount. The remainder of such funds, plus
the Deposits or Contributions, shall remain in the trust account and be available for use by the Company to complete a business
combination on or before the Extended Date. Holders of public shares who do not convert their public shares now will retain their
conversion rights and their ability to vote on a business combination through the Extended Date if the Extension Amendment is approved
and the Extension is implemented.
If the Extension Amendment proposal is approved
and the Extension is implemented, but the Company’s board of directors subsequently determines that the Company will not
be able to consummate an initial business combination by the Extended Date (and does not wish to seek an additional extension),
approval of the Early Termination Proposal will allow the Company’s board of directors to follow the same procedures set
forth above (as if the Extension Amendment proposal was not approved) without needing any further stockholder approval.
The record date for the special meeting is
October 30, 2019. Record holders of shares of the Company’s common stock at the close of business on the record date are
entitled to vote or have their votes cast at the special meeting. On the record date, there were 12,537,247 outstanding shares
of Company common stock, including 9,217,247 outstanding public shares. The Company’s warrants do not have voting rights.
This proxy statement contains important information
about the special meeting and the proposals. Please read it carefully and vote your shares.
This proxy statement is dated November __,
2019 and is first being mailed to stockholders on or about that date.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE SPECIAL
MEETING
These Questions and Answers are only summaries
of the matters they discuss. They do not contain all of the information that may be important to you. You should read carefully
the entire document, including the annexes to this proxy statement.
Q. Why am I receiving this proxy statement?
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A. The Company is a blank check company formed in July 2017
for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization
or other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. In March 2018, the Company consummated its IPO from
which it derived gross proceeds of $115,000,000 (including $15,000,000 from the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment
option). Like most blank check companies, our charter provides for the return of the IPO proceeds held in the trust account to
the holders of public shares if there is no qualifying business combination(s) consummated on or before a certain date (in our
case, September 16, 2019).
The Company was unable to complete a qualifying business combination
by such date and on September 16, 2019, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the charter to provide that it
would have until November 15, 2019 to complete a business combination. In connection with this vote, the holders of 2,282,753 shares
of common stock properly exercised their right to convert their shares into cash at a conversion price of approximately $10.33
per share, for an aggregate conversion amount of approximately $23.6 million. As of the record date, the Company had approximately
$___ million of cash in the trust account
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The board of directors believes that it is in the best interests of the stockholders to continue the Company’s existence until the Extended Date in order to allow the Company more time to complete an initial business combination and is therefore holding this special meeting.
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Q. What is being voted on?
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A. You are being asked to vote on
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● a proposal to amend the Company’s charter to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination to the Extended Date; and
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● a proposal to approve the early winding up of the Company and redemption of 100% of the outstanding public shares as herein if the Company’s board of directors determines at any time prior to the Extended Date that the Company will be unable to consummate an initial business combination by the Extended date.
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Approval of the Extension Amendment is a condition to the implementation of the Extension.
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If the Extension is implemented, the Company will remove the Withdrawal Amount from the trust account, deliver to the holders of converted public shares the pro rata portion of the Withdrawal Amount and retain the remainder of the funds in the trust account, plus the Deposits or Contributions, for the Company’s use in connection with consummating a business combination on or before the Extended Date.
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We will not proceed if we do not have at least $5,000,001 of
net tangible assets following approval of the Extension Amendment proposal, after taking into account the Conversion.
If the Extension Amendment proposal is approved and the Extension
is implemented, the removal of the Withdrawal Amount from the trust account will reduce the Company’s net asset value. The
Company cannot predict the amount that will remain in the trust account if the Extension Amendment proposal is approved and the
amount remaining in the trust account may be only a small fraction of the approximately $____ million that was in the trust account
as of the record date. In such event, the Company may need to obtain additional funds to complete its business combination and
there can be no assurance that such funds will be available on terms acceptable to the parties or at all.
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If the Extension Amendment proposal is not approved, we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including any interest but net of taxes payable, divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining stockholders and our board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject (in the case of (ii) and (iii) above) to our obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.
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If the Extension Amendment proposal is not approved, the Early Termination Proposal will not be submitted to stockholders for a vote as we will be dissolving and liquidating promptly after the special meeting.
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The holders of the insider shares and private shares have waived their rights to participate in any liquidation distribution with respect to such shares. There will be no distribution from the trust account with respect to our warrants, which will expire worthless in the event we wind up. The Company will pay the costs of liquidation from its remaining assets outside of the trust account. If such funds are insufficient, the Sponsor has agreed to advance it the funds necessary to complete such liquidation (currently anticipated to be no more than approximately $15,000) and has agreed not to seek repayment of such expenses.
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Q. Why is the Company proposing the Extension Amendment proposal?
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A. The Company’s charter provided for the return of the
IPO proceeds held in the trust account to the holders of public shares if there is no qualifying business combination(s) consummated
on or before September 16, 2019.
The Company was unable to complete a qualifying business combination
by such date and on September 16, 2019, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the charter to provide that it
would have until November 15, 2019 to complete a business combination.
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The Company will not be able to consummate an initial business combination by November 15, 2019. Accordingly, the Company has determined to seek stockholder approval to further extend the date by which the Company has to complete a business combination.
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The Company believes that given the Company’s expenditure of time, effort and money on searching for potential business combination opportunities, circumstances warrant providing public stockholders an opportunity to consider a proposed business combination. Accordingly, the Company’s board of directors is proposing the Extension Amendment to extend the Company’s corporate existence until the Extended Date.
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You are not being asked to vote on any proposed business combination at this time. If the Extension is implemented and you do not elect to convert your public shares now, you will retain the right to vote on any proposed business combination when and if one is submitted to stockholders and the right to convert your public shares into a pro rata portion of the trust account in the event a proposed business combination is approved and completed or the Company has not consummated a business combination by the Extended Date.
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Q. Why should I vote for the Extension Amendment?
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A. The Company’s board of directors believes stockholders will benefit from the Company consummating an initial business combination and is proposing the Extension Amendment to extend the date by which the Company has to complete a business combination until the Extended Date and to allow for the Conversion. The Extension would give the Company additional time to complete a business combination.
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Given the Company’s expenditure of time, effort and money on searching for potential business combination opportunities, circumstances warrant providing public stockholders an opportunity to consider a proposed business combination, inasmuch as the Company is also affording stockholders who wish to convert their public shares as originally contemplated, the opportunity to do so as well. Accordingly, we believe that the Extension is consistent with the spirit in which the Company offered its securities to the public.
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Q. Why is the Company proposing the Early Termination Proposal?
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A. The purpose of the Early Termination Proposal is to obtain any necessary stockholder approval to wind up the Company’s affairs and redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares if the Company’s board of directors determines in its sole discretion at any time prior to the Extended Date that the Company will be unable to consummate an initial business combination by the Extended Date and does not wish to seek an additional extension.
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Accordingly, if the Extension Amendment proposal is approved and the Extension is consummated, but the Company’s board of directors subsequently determines that the Company will not be able to consummate an initial business combination by the Extended Date (and does not wish to seek an additional extension), the Company’s board of directors will be able to determine in its sole discretion whether to cease efforts to consummate an initial business combination and to instead proceed to redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares and liquidate and dissolve the Company.
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Q. How do the Company’s executive officers, directors and affiliates intend to vote their shares?
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A. All of the Company’s directors, executive officers and their respective affiliates, as well as the Sponsor, are expected to vote any common stock over which they have voting control (including any public shares owned by them) in favor of the Extension Amendment proposal and in favor of the Early Termination Proposal.
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The holders of the insider shares and private shares are not entitled to convert such shares in connection with the Extension Amendment. On the record date, the 2,875,000 insider shares and 445,000 private shares represented approximately 26.5% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock.
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Neither the Company’s Sponsor, directors or executive officers nor any of their respective affiliates beneficially owned any public shares as of the record date. However, they may choose to buy public shares in the open market and/or through negotiated private purchases after the date of this proxy statement. In the event that purchases do occur, the purchasers may seek to purchase shares from stockholders who would otherwise have voted against the Extension Amendment and/or elected to convert their shares. Any public shares so purchased will be voted in favor of the Extension Amendment proposal and the Early Termination Proposal.
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A. Extension Amendment. Approval of the Extension Amendment will require the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock as of the record date.
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Early Termination Proposal. Approval of the Early Termination Proposal will require the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock represented in person or by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote thereon.
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Q. What if I don’t want to vote for the Extension Amendment proposal or the Early Termination Proposal?
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A. If you do not want the Extension Amendment to be approved, you must abstain, not vote, or vote against the proposal. If the Extension Amendment is approved, and the Extension is implemented, then the Withdrawal Amount will be withdrawn from the trust account and paid to the converting or non-voting holders.
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If you do not want the Early Termination Proposal to be approved, you must abstain, not vote or vote against the proposal.
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A. Other than the extension until the Extended Date as described in this proxy statement, the Company does not currently anticipate seeking any further extension to consummate a business combination, although it may determine to do so in the future.
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A. If the Extension Amendment is not approved, we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including any interest but net of taxes payable, divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining stockholders and our board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject (in the case of (ii) and (iii) above) to our obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.
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The holders of the insider shares and private shares waived their rights to participate in any liquidation distribution with respect to such shares. There will be no distribution from the trust account with respect to our warrants which will expire worthless in the event we wind up. The Company will pay the costs of liquidation from its remaining assets outside of the trust account, which it believes are sufficient for such purposes. If such funds are insufficient, the Sponsor has agreed to advance the Company the funds necessary to complete such liquidation (currently anticipated to be no more than approximately $15,000) and has agreed not to seek repayment of such expenses.
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If the Extension Amendment proposal is not approved, the Early Termination Proposal will not be submitted to stockholders for a vote as we will be dissolving and liquidating promptly after the special meeting.
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A. If the Extension Amendment is approved, the Company will continue to attempt to consummate an initial business combination until the Extended Date or the earlier date on which the Company’s board of directors otherwise determines in its sole discretion that it will not be able to consummate an initial business combination by the Extended Date and does not wish to seek an additional extension.
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The Company will remain a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and its units, common stock and warrants will remain publicly traded until the Extended Date.
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If the Extension Amendment proposal is approved, the removal of the Withdrawal Amount from the trust account will reduce the amount remaining in the trust account and increase the percentage interest of Company shares held by the Company’s officers, directors and their affiliates.
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Q. Would I still be able to exercise my conversion rights if I vote against any subsequently proposed business combination?
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A. Unless you elect to convert your shares, you will be able to vote on any subsequently proposed business combination when it is submitted to stockholders. If you disagree with the business combination, you will retain your right to vote against it and/or convert your public shares upon consummation of the business combination in connection with the stockholder vote to approve such business combination, subject to any limitations set forth in the charter.
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Q. How do I change my vote?
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A. If you have submitted a proxy to vote your shares and wish to change your vote, you may do so by delivering a later-dated, signed proxy card to the Company’s secretary prior to the date of the special meeting or by voting in person at the special meeting. Attendance at the special meeting alone will not change your vote. You also may revoke your proxy by sending a notice of revocation to the Company located at Park Plaza Torre I, Javier Barros Sierra 540, Of. 103, Col. Santa Fe, 01210 México City, México.
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A. Votes will be counted by the inspector of election appointed for the meeting, who will separately count “FOR” and “AGAINST” votes, abstentions and broker non-votes. The Extension Amendment proposal must be approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock as of the record date. The Early Termination proposal must be approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock represented in person or by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote thereon.
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With respect to the Extension Amendment proposal, abstentions and broker non-votes will have the same effect as “AGAINST” votes. Abstentions and broker non-votes will not have any effect on the Early Termination proposal. If your shares are held by your broker as your nominee (that is, in “street name”), you may need to obtain a proxy form from the institution that holds your shares and follow the instructions included on that form regarding how to instruct your broker to vote your shares. If you do not give instructions to your broker, your broker can vote your shares with respect to “discretionary” items, but not with respect to “non-discretionary” items. Discretionary items are proposals considered routine under the rules of the New York Stock Exchange applicable to member brokerage firms. These rules provide that for routine matters your broker has the discretion to vote shares held in street name in the absence of your voting instructions. On non-discretionary items for which you do not give your broker instructions, the shares will be treated as broker non-votes.
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A. No. Your broker can vote your shares only if you provide instructions on how to vote. You should instruct your broker to vote your shares. Your broker can tell you how to provide these instructions.
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A. A quorum of stockholders is necessary to hold a valid meeting. A quorum will be present if at least a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock on the record date are represented by stockholders present at the meeting or by proxy.
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Your shares will be counted towards the quorum only if you submit a valid proxy (or one is submitted on your behalf by your broker, bank or other nominee) or if you vote in person at the special meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes will be counted towards the quorum requirement. If there is no quorum, a majority of the votes present at the special meeting may adjourn the special meeting to another date.
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A. Only holders of record of the Company’s common stock at the close of business on October 30, 2019 are entitled to have their vote counted at the special meeting and any adjournments or postponements thereof. On the record date, 12,537,247 shares of common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote.
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Stockholder of Record: Shares Registered in Your Name. If on the record date your shares were registered directly in your name with the Company’s transfer agent, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, then you are a stockholder of record. As a stockholder of record, you may vote in person at the special meeting or vote by proxy. Whether or not you plan to attend the special meeting in person, we urge you to fill out and return the enclosed proxy card to ensure your vote is counted.
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Beneficial Owner: Shares Registered in the Name of a Broker or Bank. If on the record date your shares were held, not in your name, but rather in an account at a brokerage firm, bank, dealer, or other similar organization, then you are the beneficial owner of shares held in “street name” and these proxy materials are being forwarded to you by that organization. As a beneficial owner, you have the right to direct your broker or other agent on how to vote the shares in your account. You are also invited to attend the special meeting. However, since you are not the stockholder of record, you may not vote your shares in person at the special meeting unless you request and obtain a valid proxy from your broker or other agent.
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Q. Does the board recommend voting for the approval of the Extension Amendment and the Early Termination Proposal?
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A. Yes. After careful consideration of the terms and conditions of these proposals, the board of directors of the Company has determined that the Extension Amendment proposal is fair to and in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. The board of directors recommends that the Company’s stockholders vote “FOR” the Extension Amendment proposal and the Early Termination Proposal.
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Q. What interests do the Company’s directors and officers have in the approval of the proposals?
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A. The Company’s directors, officers and their affiliates have interests in the proposals that may be different from, or in addition to, your interests as a stockholder. These interests include, but are not limited to, beneficial ownership of insider shares and private shares and warrants that will become worthless if the Extension Amendment is not approved, loans by them that will not be repaid in the event of our winding up and the possibility of future compensatory arrangements. See the section entitled “The Special meeting — Interests of the Company’s Directors and Officers.”
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Q. What if I object to the Extension Amendment? Do I have appraisal rights?
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A. Company stockholders do not have appraisal rights in connection with the Extension Amendment under the DGCL.
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Q. What happens to the Company’s warrants if the Extension Amendment is not approved?
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A. If the Extension Amendment is not approved by November 15, 2019, we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including any interest but net of taxes payable, divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining stockholders and our board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject (in the case of (ii) and (iii) above) to our obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. In such event, your warrants will become worthless.
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A. If the Extension Amendment proposal and Early Termination Proposal are approved, the Company will continue to attempt to consummate a business combination until the Extended Date or an earlier date if the Company’s board of directors determines in its sole discretion that it will not be able to consummate an initial business combination by the Extended Date and does not wish to seek an additional extension. The warrants will remain outstanding in accordance with their terms during any extension period. The warrants will still become exercisable commencing on the consummation of any business combination.
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Q. What do I need to do now?
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A. The Company urges you to read carefully and consider the information contained in this proxy statement, including the annexes, and to consider how the proposals will affect you as a Company stockholder. You should then vote as soon as possible in accordance with the instructions provided in this proxy statement and on the enclosed proxy card.
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A. If you are a holder of record of Company common stock, you may vote in person at the special meeting or by submitting a proxy for the special meeting. Whether or not you plan to attend the special meeting in person, we urge you to vote by proxy to ensure your vote is counted. You may submit your proxy by completing, signing, dating and returning the enclosed proxy card in the accompanying pre-addressed postage paid envelope. You may still attend the special meeting and vote in person if you have already voted by proxy.
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If your shares of Company common stock are held in “street name” by a broker or other agent, you have the right to direct your broker or other agent on how to vote the shares in your account. You are also invited to attend the special meeting. However, since you are not the stockholder of record, you may not vote your shares in person at the special meeting unless you request and obtain a valid proxy from your broker or other agent.
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Q. How do I convert my shares of Company common stock?
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A. If the Extension is implemented, each public stockholder may seek to convert his public shares for a pro rata portion of the funds available in the trust account, less any taxes we anticipate will be owed on such funds but have not yet been paid. Holders of public shares do not need to vote on the Extension Amendment proposal or be a holder of record on the record date to exercise conversion rights.
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To demand conversion, you must either physically tender your stock certificates to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the Company’s transfer agent, at Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, 1 State Street, New York, New York 10004, Attn: Mark Zimkind, mzimkind@continentalstock.com, no later than two business days prior to the vote for the Extension Amendment or deliver your shares to the transfer agent electronically using The Depository Trust Company’s DWAC (Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian) System, which election would likely be determined based on the manner in which you hold your shares. You will only be entitled to receive cash in connection with a conversion of these shares if you continue to hold them until the effective date of the Extension.
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A. You may receive more than one set of voting materials, including multiple copies of this proxy statement and multiple proxy cards or voting instruction cards, if your shares are registered in more than one name or are registered in different accounts. For example, if you hold your shares in more than one brokerage account, you will receive a separate voting instruction card for each brokerage account in which you hold shares. Please complete, sign, date and return each proxy card and voting instruction card that you receive in order to cast a vote with respect to all of your Company shares.
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A. The Company will pay for the entire cost of soliciting proxies. In addition to these mailed proxy materials, our directors and officers may also solicit proxies in person, by telephone or by other means of communication. These parties will not be paid any additional compensation for soliciting proxies. We may also reimburse brokerage firms, banks and other agents for the cost of forwarding proxy materials to beneficial owners.
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Q. Who can help answer my questions?
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A. If you have questions about the proposals or if you need additional copies of the proxy statement or the enclosed proxy card you should contact:
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Opes Acquisition Corp.
Park Plaza Torre I
Javier Barros Sierra 540, Of. 103
Col. Santa Fe, 01210
México City, México
Attn: Gonazlo Gil White
Telephone: +52 (55) 5992-8300
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Advantage Proxy, Inc.
P.O. Box 13581
Des Moines, WA 98198
Toll Free Telephone: (877) 870-8565
Main Telephone: (206) 870-8565
E-mail: ksmith@advantageproxy.com
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You may also obtain additional information about the Company from documents filed with the SEC by following the instructions in the section entitled “Where You Can Find More Information.”
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
We believe that some of the information in
this proxy statement constitutes forward-looking statements. You can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as
“may,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “contemplate,” “believe,” “estimate,”
“intends,” and “continue” or similar words. You should read statements that contain these words carefully
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We believe it is important to communicate
our expectations to our stockholders. However, there may be events in the future that we are not able to predict accurately or
over which we have no control. The cautionary language discussed in this proxy statement provide examples of risks, uncertainties
and events that may cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations described by us in such forward-looking statements,
including, among other things, claims by third parties against the trust account, unanticipated delays in the distribution of the
funds from the trust account and the Company’s ability to finance and consummate a business combination following the distribution
of funds from the trust account. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak
only as of the date of this proxy statement.
All forward-looking statements included herein
attributable to the Company or any person acting on the Company’s behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the
cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section. Except to the extent required by applicable laws and regulations,
the Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date
of this proxy statement or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
BACKGROUND
The Company
We are a Delaware company incorporated on
July 24, 2017 for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization
or other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities.
In March 2018, we consummated our IPO of
11,500,000 units, including 1,500,000 units that were subject to the underwriters’ over-allotment option, with each unit
consisting of one share of common stock and one redeemable warrant, with each warrant to purchase one share of common stock. The
units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds of $115,000,000.
Prior to our IPO, we issued an aggregate
of 2,875,000 insider shares for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000.
Simultaneous with the consummation of the
IPO, we consummated the private placement of an aggregate of 445,000 private placement units at a price of $10.00 per private placement
unit, generating total proceeds of $4,450,000.
The prospectus for our IPO and our charter
originally provided that we had only until September 16, 2019 to complete a business combination. We were not able to consummate
an initial business combination by such date and on September 16, 2019, our stockholders approved an amendment to the charter to
provide that we would have until November 15, 2019 to complete a business combination. In connection with this vote, the holders
of 2,282,753 shares of common stock properly exercised their right to convert their shares into cash at a conversion price of approximately
$10.33 per share, for an aggregate conversion amount of approximately $23.6 million. As of the record date, the Company had approximately
$___ million of cash in the trust account.
The mailing address of the Company’s
principal executive office is Park Plaza Torre I, Javier Barros Sierra 540, Of. 103, Col. Santa Fe, 01210 México City, México,
and its telephone number is +52 (55) 5992-8300.
THE EXTENSION AMENDMENT PROPOSAL AND EARLY
TERMINATION PROPOSAL
The Extension Amendment Proposal
The Company is proposing to amend its charter
to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination to the Extended Date. The Extension Amendment
is essential to the overall implementation of the board of directors’ plan to allow the Company more time to complete an
initial business combination. Approval of the Extension Amendment is a condition to the implementation of the Extension. A copy
of the proposed amendment to the charter of the Company is attached to this proxy statement as Annex A.
All holders of the Company’s public
shares, whether they vote for or against the Extension Amendment or do not vote at all, will be permitted to convert all or a portion
of their public shares into their pro rata portion of the trust account, provided that the Extension is implemented. Holders of
public shares do not need to be a holder of record on the record date in order to exercise conversion rights. We will not proceed
with the Extension if we do not have at least $5,000,001 of net tangible assets following approval of the Extension Amendment proposal,
after taking into account the Conversion.
The per-share pro rata portion of the trust
account on the record date after taking into account taxes owed but not paid by such date (which is expected to be the same approximate
amount two business days prior to the meeting) was approximately $______. The closing price of the Company’s common stock
on the record date was $______. Accordingly, if the market price were to remain the same until the date of the meeting, exercising
conversion rights would result in a public stockholder receiving approximately $______ [more/less] than if he sold his stock in
the open market. The Company cannot assure stockholders that they will be able to sell their shares of Company common stock in
the open market, even if the market price per share is higher than the conversion price stated above, as there may not be sufficient
liquidity in its securities when such stockholders wish to sell their shares.
The Company has agreed that if the Extension
Amendment proposal is approved and the Extension is implemented, it will make the Deposit of $0.__ for each public share that is
not converted in connection with the stockholder vote to approve the Extension, for each monthly period, or portion thereof, that
is needed by the Company to complete an initial business combination from November 15, 2019 until the Extended Date. Alternatively,
if the Company does not have the funds necessary to make the Deposit referred to above, the Sponsor has agreed that it and/or any
of its affiliates or designees will make the Contribution of $0.__ for each public share that is not converted in connection with
the stockholder vote to approve the Extension, for each monthly period, or portion thereof, that is needed by the Company to complete
an initial business combination from November 15, 2019 until the Extended Date. Accordingly, if the Company takes until the Extended
Date to complete an initial business combination, which would represent __ monthly periods through the Extended Date, the Company
or Sponsor would make Deposits or Contributions of approximately $______ per month, or an aggregate of approximately $______ (assuming
no public shares were converted). Each Deposit or Contribution will be placed in the trust account within two business days prior
to the beginning of such monthly period (or portion thereof), other than the first Deposit or Contribution which will be made on
the day of the approval and implementation of the Extension Amendment. Accordingly, if the Extension Amendment is approved and
the Extension is implemented and the Company takes the full time through the Extended Date to complete an initial business combination,
the conversion amount per share at the meeting for such business combination or the Company’s subsequent liquidation will
be approximately $______ per share (without taking into account any interest), in comparison to the current conversion amount of
approximately $______ per share. The Company and Sponsor will not make any Deposit or Contribution unless the Extension Amendment
is approved and the Extension is implemented. The Contributions will not bear any interest and will be repayable by the Company
to the Sponsor or its affiliates upon consummation of an initial business combination. The loans will be forgiven if the Company
is unable to consummate an initial business combination except to the extent of any funds held outside of the trust account. The
Company or Sponsor, as applicable, will have the sole discretion whether to continue extending for additional monthly periods until
the Extended Date and if the Company or Sponsor, as applicable, determine not to continue extending for additional monthly periods,
their obligation to make additional Deposits or Contributions will terminate. If this occurs, or if the Company’s board of
directors otherwise determines that the Company will not be able to consummate an initial business combination by the Extended
Date and does not wish to seek an additional extension, the Company would wind up the Company’s affairs and redeem 100% of
the outstanding public shares in accordance with the same procedures set forth below that would be applicable if the Extension
Amendment proposal is not approved.
The Early Termination Proposal
The Company is proposing the Early Termination
Proposal to obtain any necessary stockholder approval to wind up the Company’s affairs and redeem 100% of the outstanding
public shares if the Company’s board of directors determines in its sole discretion at any time prior to the Extended Date
that the Company will be unable to consummate an initial business combination by the Extended Date and does not wish to seek an
additional extension. Accordingly, if the Extension Amendment proposal is approved and the Extension is consummated, but the Company’s
board of directors subsequently determines that the Company will not be able to consummate an initial business combination by the
Extended Date (and does not wish to seek an additional extension), the Company’s board of directors will be able to determine
in its sole discretion whether to cease efforts to consummate an initial business combination and to instead proceed to redeem
100% of the outstanding public shares and liquidate and dissolve the Company.
Reasons for the Proposals
The Company’s IPO prospectus and charter
provided that the Company had until September 16, 2019 to complete a business combination. On September 16, 2019, the Company’s
stockholders approved an amendment to the charter to provide that it would have until November 15, 2019 to complete a business
combination.
The Company believes that given the Company’s
expenditure of time, effort and money on searching for potential business combination opportunities, circumstances warrant providing
public stockholders an opportunity to consider a proposed business combination. Accordingly, since the Company will not be able
to complete an initial business combination by November 15, 2019, the Company has determined to seek stockholder approval to further
extend the time for closing a business combination beyond November 15, 2019 to the Extended Date. The Company and its officers
and directors agreed that it would not seek to amend the Company’s charter to allow for a longer period of time to complete
a business combination unless it provided holders of public shares with the right to seek conversion of their public shares in
connection therewith.
The purpose of the Early Termination Proposal
is to obtain any necessary stockholder approval to wind up the Company’s affairs and redeem 100% of the outstanding public
shares if the Company’s board of directors determines in its sole discretion at any time prior to the Extended Date that
the Company will be unable to consummate an initial business combination by the Extended date and does not wish to seek an additional
extension.
If the Extension Amendment Proposal Is Not Approved
If the Extension Amendment is not approved,
we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than
ten business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the
aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including any interest but net of taxes payable, divided by the number of
then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including
the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably
possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining stockholders and our board of directors, dissolve
and liquidate, subject (in the case of (ii) and (iii) above) to our obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors
and the requirements of other applicable law.
If the Extension Amendment is not approved,
the Company or Sponsor, as applicable, will not make the Deposit or Contribution, as applicable, and the Early Termination Proposal
will not be presented to stockholders.
The holders of the insider shares and private
shares have waived their rights to participate in any liquidation distribution with respect to such shares. There will be no distribution
from the trust account with respect to the Company’s warrants which will expire worthless in the event the Extension Amendment
is not approved. The Company will pay the costs of liquidation from its remaining assets outside of the trust account. If such
funds are insufficient, the Sponsor has agreed to advance it the funds necessary to complete such liquidation (currently anticipated
to be no more than approximately $15,000) and has agreed not to seek repayment of such expenses.
If the Extension Amendment proposal and Early Termination
Proposal are Approved
If the Extension Amendment proposal and Early
Termination Proposal are approved, the Company will file an amendment to the charter with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware in the form of Annex A hereto to extend the time it has to complete a business combination until the Extended Date. The
Company will then continue to attempt to consummate a business combination until the Extended Date or until the Company’s
board of directors determines in its sole discretion that it will not be able to consummate an initial business combination by
the Extended Date as described below and does not wish to seek an additional extension. The Company will remain a reporting company
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and its units, common stock and warrants will remain publicly traded during the extension
period. The warrants will continue in existence in accordance with their terms.
You are not being asked to vote on any
business combination at this time. If the Extension is implemented and you do not elect to convert your public shares now, you
will retain the right to vote on any proposed business combination when and if it is submitted to stockholders and the right to
convert your public shares into a pro rata portion of the trust account in the event the proposed business combination is approved
and completed or if the Company has not consummated a business combination by the Extended Date.
If the Extension Amendment proposal is approved,
and the Extension is implemented, the removal of the Withdrawal Amount from the trust account will reduce the Company’s net
asset value. The Company cannot predict the amount that will remain in the trust account if the Extension Amendment proposal is
approved, and the amount remaining in the trust account may be only a small fraction of the approximately $____ million that was
in the trust account as of the record date. However, we will not proceed if we do not have at least $5,000,001 of net tangible
assets following approval of the Extension Amendment proposal (after taking into account the conversion of public shares).
Conversion Rights
If the Extension Amendment proposal is approved,
and the Extension is implemented, each public stockholder may seek to convert his public shares for a pro rata portion of the funds
available in the trust account, less any taxes we anticipate will be owed on such funds but have not yet been paid, calculated
as of two business days prior to the meeting. Holders of public shares do not need to vote on the Extension Amendment proposal
or be a holder of record on the record date to exercise conversion rights.
TO DEMAND CONVERSION, YOU MUST EITHER
PHYSICALLY TENDER YOUR STOCK CERTIFICATES TO CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, THE COMPANY’S TRANSFER AGENT,
AT CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, 1 STATE STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10004, ATTN: MARK ZIMKIND, MZIMKIND@CONTINENTALSTOCK.COM,
NO LATER THAN TWO BUSINESS DAYS PRIOR TO THE VOTE FOR THE EXTENSION AMENDMENT OR DELIVER YOUR SHARES TO THE TRANSFER AGENT ELECTRONICALLY
USING THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY’S DWAC (DEPOSIT/WITHDRAWAL AT CUSTODIAN) SYSTEM. You will only be entitled to receive
cash in connection with a conversion of these shares if you continue to hold them until the effective date of the Extension Amendment
and Conversion. The requirement for physical or electronic delivery prior to the vote at the special meeting ensures that a converting
holder’s election is irrevocable once the Extension Amendment is approved. In furtherance of such irrevocable election, stockholders
making the election will not be able to tender their shares after the vote at the special meeting.
The electronic delivery process through the
DWAC system can be accomplished by the stockholder, whether or not it is a record holder or its shares are held in “street
name,” by contacting the transfer agent or its broker and requesting delivery of its shares through the DWAC system. Delivering
shares physically may take significantly longer. In order to obtain a physical stock certificate, a stockholder’s broker
and/or clearing broker, DTC, and the Company’s transfer agent will need to act together to facilitate this request. There
is a nominal cost associated with the above-referenced tendering process and the act of certificating the shares or delivering
them through the DWAC system. The transfer agent will typically charge the tendering broker a nominal amount and the broker would
determine whether or not to pass this cost on to the redeeming holder. It is the Company’s understanding that stockholders
should generally allot at least two weeks to obtain physical certificates from the transfer agent. The Company does not have any
control over this process or over the brokers or DTC, and it may take longer than two weeks to obtain a physical stock certificate.
Such stockholders will have less time to make their investment decision than those stockholders that deliver their shares through
the DWAC system. Stockholders who request physical stock certificates and wish to convert may be unable to meet the deadline for
tendering their shares before exercising their conversion rights and thus will be unable to convert their shares.
Certificates that have not been tendered
in accordance with these procedures prior to the vote for the Extension Amendment will not be converted into a pro rata portion
of the funds held in the trust account. In the event that a public stockholder tenders its shares and decides prior to the vote
at the special meeting that it does not want to convert its shares, the stockholder may withdraw the tender. If you delivered your
shares for conversion to our transfer agent and decide prior to the vote at the special meeting not to convert your shares, you
may request that our transfer agent return the shares (physically or electronically). You may make such request by contacting our
transfer agent at address listed above. In the event that a public stockholder tenders shares and the Extension Amendment is not
approved or is abandoned, these shares will be redeemed in accordance with the terms of the charter promptly following the meeting,
as described elsewhere herein. The Company anticipates that a public stockholder who tenders shares for conversion in connection
with the vote to approve the Extension Amendment would receive payment of the conversion price for such shares soon after the completion
of the Extension Amendment. The transfer agent will hold the certificates of public stockholders that make the election until such
shares are converted for cash or redeemed in connection with our winding up.
If properly demanded, the Company will convert
each public share for a pro rata portion of the funds available in the trust account, less any taxes we anticipate will be owed
on such funds but have not yet been paid, calculated as of two business days prior to the meeting. As of the record date, after
taking into account taxes owed but not paid by such date, this would amount to approximately $______ per share (which is expected
to be the same approximate amount as of two business days prior to the meeting). The closing price of the Company’s common
stock on the record date was $______. Accordingly, if the market price were to remain the same until the date of the meeting, exercising
conversion rights would result in a public stockholder receiving approximately $______ [more/less] than if he sold his stock in
the open market. Additionally, if the Extension Amendment is approved and the Company or Sponsor make the Deposit or Contribution,
the conversion price for any subsequent business combination or liquidation will be approximately $______, or approximately $0.__
per share more than the current conversion price.
If you exercise your conversion rights, you
will be exchanging your shares of the Company’s common stock for cash and will no longer own the shares. You will be entitled
to receive cash for these shares only if you properly demand conversion by tendering your stock certificate(s) to the Company’s
transfer agent prior to the vote for the Extension Amendment. If the Extension Amendment is not approved or if it is abandoned,
these shares will be redeemed in accordance with the terms of the charter promptly following the meeting as described elsewhere
herein.
The Special meeting
Date, Time and Place. The
special meeting of the Company’s stockholders will be held at 10:00 a.m., EST on November 15, 2019, at the offices of the
Company’s counsel, Graubard Miller, at 405 Lexington Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10174.
Voting Power; Record Date.
You will be entitled to vote or direct votes to be cast at the special meeting, if you owned Company common stock at the
close of business on October 30, 2019, the record date for the special meeting. At the close of business on the record date,
there were 12,537,247 outstanding shares of Company common stock each of which entitles its holder to cast one vote per
proposal. Company warrants do not carry voting rights.
Proxies; Board Solicitation.
Your proxy is being solicited by the Company’s board of directors on the proposals being presented to stockholders at
the special meeting. No recommendation is being made as to whether you should elect to convert your shares. Proxies may be
solicited in person or by telephone. If you grant a proxy, you may still revoke your proxy and vote your shares in person at
the special meeting. Advantage Proxy, Inc. is assisting the Company in the proxy solicitation process for this special
meeting. The Company will pay that firm a $5,500 fee plus disbursements for such services at the closing of any proposed
business combination.
Required Vote
The affirmative vote by holders of a majority
of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock is required to approve the Extension Amendment. Abstentions and broker
non-votes will have the same effect as “AGAINST” votes with respect to the Extension Amendment. All of the Company’s
directors, executive officers and their affiliates are expected to vote any common stock owned by them in favor of the Extension
Amendment. On the record date, the initial stockholders beneficially owned and were entitled to vote 2,875,000 insider shares and
445,000 private shares, representing approximately 26.5% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock.
In addition, the Sponsor and the Company’s
directors, executive officers and their respective affiliates may choose to buy public shares in the open market and/or through
negotiated private purchases. In the event that purchases do occur, the purchasers may seek to purchase shares from stockholders
who would otherwise have voted against the Extension Amendment proposal and elected to convert their shares into a portion of the
trust account. Any public shares purchased by affiliates will be voted in favor of the Extension Amendment proposal and the Early
Termination Proposal.
The affirmative vote of a majority of the
Company’s issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock represented in person or by proxy at the meeting
and entitled to vote thereon, is required to approve the Early Termination Proposal. Abstentions and broker non-votes will not
have any effect on this proposal.
Interests of the Company’s Directors and Officers
When you consider the recommendation of the
Company’s board of directors, you should keep in mind that the Company’s executive officers and members of the Company’s
board of directors have interests that may be different from, or in addition to, your interests as a stockholder. These interests
include, among other things:
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If the Extension Amendment is not approved and we
do not consummate a business combination by November 15, 2019, the 2,875,000 insider shares which were acquired for an aggregate
purchase price of $25,000 will be worthless (as the holders have waived liquidation rights with respect to such shares), as will
the 445,000 private placement units that were acquired simultaneously with the IPO for an aggregate purchase price of $4,450,000.
Such common stock and units had an aggregate market value of approximately $______ based on the last sale price of $______ and
$____ of the common stock and units, respectively, on Nasdaq on October 30, 2019;
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In connection with the IPO, the Sponsor has agreed
that if the Extension Amendment is not approved and the Company liquidates, it will be liable under certain circumstances to ensure
that the proceeds in the trust account are not reduced by certain claims of target businesses or vendors or other entities that
are owed money by the Company for services rendered, contracted for or products sold to the Company;
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All rights specified in the Company’s charter
relating to the right of officers and directors to be indemnified by the Company, and of the Company’s officers and directors
to be exculpated from monetary liability with respect to prior acts or omissions, will continue after a business combination.
If the Extension Amendment is not approved and the Company liquidates, the Company will not be able to perform its obligations
to its officers and directors under those provisions;
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If Opes is unable to complete a business combination
within the required time period, it will pay the costs of any subsequent liquidation from its remaining assets outside of the
trust account. If such funds are insufficient, the Sponsor has agreed to pay the funds necessary to complete such liquidation
(currently anticipated to be no more than approximately $15,000) and has agreed not to seek repayment for such expenses.
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The Company’s officers and directors and their
affiliates have loaned the Company an aggregate of $______ as of the record date. If the Extension Amendment is not approved and
a business combination is not consummated, these loans will not be repaid
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The Company’s officers, directors and their
affiliates are entitled to reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with certain activities on the
Company’s behalf, such as identifying and investigating possible business targets and business combinations. If the Extension
Amendment is not approved and a business combination is not consummated, these out-of-pocket expenses will not be repaid.
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Additionally, if the Extension Amendment
is approved and the Company consummates an initial business combination, the officers and directors may have additional interests
that would be described in the proxy statement for such transaction.
Board Recommendation
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS
THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” THE EXTENSION AMENDMENT PROPOSAL AND EARLY TERMINATION PROPOSAL. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS EXPRESSES
NO OPINION AS TO WHETHER YOU SHOULD CONVERT YOUR PUBLIC SHARES.