VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings II Will Redeem Its Public Shares and Will Not Consummate an Initial Business Combination
March 03 2023 - 4:30PM
Business Wire
VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings II (NASDAQ: VPCB) (the “Company”
or “VPCB”) today announced that it will redeem all of its
outstanding Class A ordinary shares (the “public shares”) on March
21, 2023 (the “Redemption”) because the Company will not complete
an initial business combination within the time period required by
its Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of
Association.
Pursuant to the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and
Articles of Association, if the Company has not completed an
initial business combination by March 9, 2023, the Company 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 the public shares, at a per-share price, payable
in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust
account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust
account (which interest shall be less taxes payable and up to
$100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the
number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will
completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders
(including the right to receive further liquidation distributions,
if any) and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such
redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining shareholders
and the Company’s board of directors, liquidate and dissolve,
subject, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), to our obligations
under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and in
all cases subject to the other requirements of applicable law.
The per-share redemption price for the public shares is expected
to be approximately $10.21 (the “Redemption Amount”). The
Redemption Amount will be paid on March 21, 2023 to holders of
public shares outstanding at the close of business on March 20,
2023, without any required action on their part. The Company’s
warrants will expire in accordance with their terms upon the
liquidation of the Company. In accordance with the terms of the
related trust agreement, the Company expects to retain interest
earned on the funds deposited in the trust account to pay $100,000
of dissolution expenses. All other costs and expenses associated
with implementing the Company’s plan of dissolution will be funded
from proceeds held outside the trust account.
Following the Redemption, the public shares will no longer be
outstanding.
The Company expects that the last day of trading of its units,
Class A ordinary share and warrants on NASDAQ will be March 9,
2023, following which, the Company expects that NASDAQ will file a
Form 25 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
to delist its units, Class A ordinary share and warrants. The
Company thereafter expects to file a Form 15 with the Commission to
terminate the registration of its securities under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
The Board of Directors of the Company has recommended and
approved that, following the redemption and delisting of the
Company’s public shares and distribution of its trust account, the
Company, subject to resolution of its Class B shareholders, appoint
Mr. Alexander Lawson and Mr. Christopher Kennedy of Alvarez &
Marsal Cayman Islands Limited as voluntary liquidators of the
Company. The voluntary liquidators' role will include determining
the next steps for liquidating and/or distributing the Company’s
remaining assets, including, without limitation, assets to which
the Company is entitled under that certain Termination and Fee
Agreement that was previously disclosed by the Company by a Current
Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on March 14, 2022. The proposed voluntary liquidators
are wholly independent of the Company's existing management, its
board of directors and its Sponsor.
About VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings II
VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings II is a special purpose
acquisition company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger,
share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization
or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The
Company’s sponsor is an affiliate of Victory Park Capital, a
leading global alternative investment firm specializing in private
credit.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains statements that constitute
“forward-looking statements,” including with respect to the
redemption of public shares. Such forward-looking statements are
based on the beliefs of management, as well as assumptions made by,
and information currently available to, the Company’s management.
Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by
the forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors
detailed in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. All subsequent written or oral forward-looking
statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its
behalf are qualified in their entirety by this paragraph.
Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous conditions, many
of which are beyond the control of the Company, including those set
forth in the Risk Factors section of the Company’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
March 29, 2022 and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on May 13, 2022, August 11, 2022
and November 10, 2022, and as those may be further amended and/or
supplemented in subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Copies of such filings are available on the website of
the Securities and Exchange Commission, www.sec.gov. The Company
undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions
or changes after the date of this report, except as required by
law.
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