RWODU Redwoods Acquisition Corporation

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

November 13, 2023

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

Redwoods Acquisition Corp.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware		001-41340		86-2727441
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

1115 Broadway, 12th Floor New York, NY		10010
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (646) 916-5315

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

☐	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act

 

☐	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act

 

☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act

 

☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Units		RWODU		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Common Stock		RWOD		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrants		RWODW		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Rights		RWODR		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

 

Emerging growth company ☒

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

The information disclosed in Item 5.07 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01 to the extent required herein. As approved by its stockholders at the Special Meeting (defined below), Redwoods Acquisition Corp. (“RWOD”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company entered into an amendment, dated November 13, 2023, to the Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated March 30, 2022, by and between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and RWOD (the “IMTA Amendment”). A copy of the IMTA Amendment is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 

The information disclosed in Item 5.07 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03 to the extent required herein. As approved by its stockholders at the Special Meeting, RWOD filed a second certificate of amendment to its amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Charter Amendment”) which became effective upon filing. Pursuant to the Charter Amendment, RWOD is permitted to extend the date by which RWOD must consummate an initial business combination on a monthly basis up to twelve times from December 4, 2023 to December 4, 2024 by depositing $35,000 for each monthly extension in accordance with the terms of the IMTA Amendment. A copy of the Charter Amendment is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.07. Submissions of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

On November 13, 2023, RWOD held a special meeting of stockholders (the “Special Meeting”). On October 19, 2023, the record date for the Special Meeting, there were 8,801,650 issued and outstanding shares of RWOD’s common stock (the “Common Stock”) entitled to vote at the Special Meeting, 84.00 % of which were represented in person or by proxy.

 

The final results for RWOD of the matters submitted to a vote of RWOD’s stockholders at the Special Meeting are as follows:

 

Matters Voted On		For				Against				Abstain
Proposal to amend (the “Extension Amendment”) RWOD’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to allow RWOD to extend the date by which RWOD must consummate a business combination up to twelve (12) times for an additional one month each time (the “Extension”) from December 4, 2023 (the date that is 20 months from the closing date of RWOD’s initial public offering (the “IPO”)) (the “Amended Date”) to December 4, 2024 (the date that is 32 months from the closing date of the IPO) (the “Extended Date”).			6,092,266				641,083				0
Proposal to amend the Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated March 30, 2022 (as amended by Amendment No.1 thereto), by and between RWOD and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “Trustee”), to allow RWOD to extend the date on which the Trustee must liquidate the trust account established by RWOD in connection with the IPO if RWOD has not completed its initial business combination, from the Amended Date (the date that is 20 months from the closing date of the IPO) by up to twelve (12) times for an additional one month each time from the Amended Date to the Extended Date by depositing $35,000 per month for each monthly Extension .			6,092,266				771,270				0

 

Each of the proposals described above was approved by RWOD’s stockholders. RWOD’s stockholders elected to redeem an aggregate 3,636,456 shares of common stock in connection with the Special Meeting.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(c) Exhibits:

 

Exhibit No.		Description
3.1		Certificate of Amendment, dated November 13, 2023, to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of RWOD
10.1		Amendment No. 2 to the Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated November 13 , 2023, by and between RWOD and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: November 14, 2023
REDWOODS ACQUISITION CORP.
By:	/s/ Jiande Chen
Name:	Jiande Chen
Title:	Chief Executive Officer

 

 

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Exhibit 3.1

 

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
REDWOODS ACQUISITION CORP.

 

Redwoods Acquisition Corp., a corporation organized and existing under the by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), does hereby certify:

 

1.	The name of the corporation is Redwoods Acquisition Corp. The corporation was originally incorporated pursuant to the DGCL on March 16, 2021.

 

2.

The date of filing of the corporation’s original Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware was March 16, 2021 (and it was thereafter amended by a Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation on February 17, 2022) and the date of filing the corporation’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware was March 30, 2022 (and it was thereafter amended by a Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation on April 4, 2023) (the “Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation”).

 

3.

The Board of Directors of the corporation has duly adopted resolutions setting forth proposed amendments to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, declaring said amendment to be advisable and in the best interests of the corporation and its stockholders and authorizing the appropriate officers of the corporation to solicit the consent of the stockholders therefor, which resolutions setting forth the proposed amendment are substantially as follows:

 

RESOLVED, that Article Sixth (D) and (H) of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation are hereby amended and restated in the entirety as follows:

 

“D. In the event that the Corporation does not consummate a Business Combination by (i) 20 months from the consummation of the IPO or (ii) up to 32 months from the consummation of the IPO if the Corporation elects to extend the amount of time to complete a Business Combination on a monthly basis up to twelve times (but in no event to a date later than December 4, 2024) in accordance with the terms of the Investment Management Trust Agreement between the Corporation and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (in any case, such date being referred to as the “Termination Date”), the Corporation shall (i) cease all operations except for the purposes of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter redeem 100% of the IPO Shares for cash for a redemption price per share as described below (which redemption will completely extinguish such holders’ rights as stockholders, including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to approval of the Corporation’s then stockholders and subject to the requirements of the GCL, including the adoption of a resolution by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 275(a) of the GCL finding the dissolution of the Corporation advisable and the provision of such notices as are required by said Section 275(a) of the GCL, dissolve and liquidate the balance of the Corporation’s net assets to its remaining stockholders, as part of the Corporation’s plan of dissolution and liquidation, subject (in the case of (ii) and (iii) above) to the Corporation’s obligations under the GCL to provide for claims of creditors and other requirements of applicable law. In such event, the per share redemption price shall be equal to a pro rata share of the Trust Account plus any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Corporation to pay its taxes divided by the total number of IPO Shares then outstanding.”

 

“H. If any amendment is made to this Article Sixth that would (A) modify the substance or timing of the Corporation’s obligation to provide for the conversion of the IPO Shares in connection with an initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of the IPO Shares if the Corporation has not consummated an initial Business Combination within 20 months (or up to 32 months in accordance with the terms of the Investment Management Trust Agreement between the Corporation and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company) from the date of the from the consummation of the IPO or (B) with respect to any other provision in this Article Sixth, the holders of IPO Shares shall be provided with the opportunity to redeem their IPO Shares upon the approval of any such amendment, at the per-share price specified in paragraph C above.”

 

4.	That thereafter, said amendment was duly adopted by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the DGCL.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the corporation has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be signed this day of November 13, 2023.

 

/s/ Jiande Chen
Name:	Jiande Chen
Title:	Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 10.1

 

AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT

 

THIS AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is made as of November 13, 2023, by and between Redwoods Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation (the “Trustee”). Capitalized terms contained in this Amendment, but not specifically defined in this Amendment, shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in that certain Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated March 30, 2022, by and between the parties hereto (as amended by Amendment No.1 thereto, the “Trust Agreement”).

 

WHEREAS, Section 7(c) of the Trust Agreement provides that Section 1(i) of the Trust Agreement may not be modified, amended or deleted without the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company, voting together as a single class;

 

WHEREAS, the Company obtained the requisite vote of the stockholders of the Company to approve this Amendment;

 

and

 

WHEREAS, each of the Company and Trustee desire to amend the Trust Agreement as provided herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.	Amendment to Section 1(i). Section 1(i) of the Trust Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

“(i)

Commence liquidation of the Trust Account only after and promptly after (x) receipt of, and only in accordance with, the terms of a letter from the Company (“Termination Letter”) in a form substantially similar to that attached hereto as either Exhibit A or Exhibit B, as applicable, signed on behalf of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President, Executive Vice President, Vice President, Secretary or Chairman of the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) or other authorized officer of the Company, and complete the liquidation of the Trust Account and distribute the Property in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its taxes, only as directed in the Termination Letter and the other documents referred to therein; or (y) December 4, 2023 (the “Deadline Date”) (provided that the Board, in its discretion, upon written notice to the Trustee, may extend the Deadline Date on a monthly basis up to twelve times (each, an “Extension”), but in no event to a date later than December 4, 2024 (or, in each case, if the Office of the Delaware Division of Corporations shall not be open for business (including filing of corporate documents) on such date, the next date upon which the Office of the Delaware Division of Corporations shall be open)) if a Termination Letter has not been received by the Trustee prior to such date, in which case the Trust Account shall be liquidated in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Termination Letter attached as Exhibit B and the Property in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its taxes shall be distributed to the Public Stockholders of record as of such date; provided, however, that the Company or Redwoods Capital LLC (or their respective affiliates or permitted designees) will deposit into the Trust Account $35,000 per month for each Extension (each, a “Contribution”); provided further, however, that in the event the Trustee receives a Termination Letter in a form substantially similar to Exhibit B hereto, or if the Trustee begins to liquidate the Property because it has received no such Termination Letter by the date specified in clause (y) of this Section 1(i), the Trustee shall keep the Trust Account open until twelve (12) months following the date the Property has been distributed to the Public Stockholders;”

 

 

2.	Amendments to Definitions.

 

(i)

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Trust Agreement. The following defined term in the Trust Agreement shall be amended and restated in their entirety:

 

“Trust Agreement” shall mean that certain Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated March 30, 2022, by and between Redwoods Acquisition Corp. and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Investment Management Trust Agreement dated April 4, 2023 and Amendment No. 2 to the Investment Management Trust Agreement dated November 13, 2023.”

 

4.1.	Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this Amendment by or for the benefit of the Company or the Trustee shall bind and inure to the benefit of their permitted respective successors and assigns.

 

4.2.

Severability. This Amendment shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision hereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability of this Amendment or of any other term or provision hereof. Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable term or provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part of this Amendment a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be valid and enforceable.

 

4.3.	Applicable Law. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

4.4.	Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in several original or facsimile counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, and together shall constitute but one instrument.

 

4.5.	Effect of Headings. The section headings herein are for convenience only and are not part of this Amendment and shall not affect the interpretation thereof.

 

4.6.

Entire Agreement. The Trust Agreement, as modified by this Amendment, constitutes the entire understanding of the parties and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, arrangements, promises and commitments, whether written or oral, express or implied, relating to the subject matter hereof, and all such prior agreements, understandings, arrangements, promises and commitments are hereby canceled and terminated.

 

[Signature Page to Follow]

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Amendment as of the date first written above.

 

REDWOODS ACQUISITION CORP.
By:	/s/ Jiande Chen
	Name:	Jiande Chen
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

 

CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee
By:	/s/ Fran Wolf
	Name:	Fran Wolf
	Title:	Vice President

 

 

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