PRELIMINARY PROXY STATEMENT
FOR
EXTRAORDINARY
GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD
ON , 2023
FIRST MAILED ON OR
ABOUT , 2023
This proxy is solicited by the
board of directors (the Board of Directors) of Black Spade Acquisition Co (the Company, BSAQ, or Black Spade), a Cayman Islands exempted company.
Date, Time and Place of the Extraordinary General Meeting
The extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of Black Spade (the Extraordinary General Meeting) will be held at
[] Eastern Time, on [], 2023 at the office of Davis Polk & Wardwell located at The Hong Kong Club Building, 3A Chater Road, Hong Kong, and also virtually via live audio webcast at
https://www.cstproxy.com/blackspadeacquisition/2023, or at such other time, on such other date and at such other place to which the meeting may be adjourned, for the purposes set forth in the accompanying Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting.
The principal executive office of the Company is Suite 2902, 29/F, The Centrium, 60 Wyndham Street, Central, Hong Kong, and its telephone
number, including area code is +852 3955 1316.
Purpose of the Extraordinary General Meeting
At the Extraordinary General Meeting, you will be asked to consider and vote upon the following matters:
Proposal No. 1 A proposal, by special resolution, to amend and restate (the Articles Amendment) the
Companys current amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the Memorandum and Articles) to, among other things, extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination (the
Extension) for an additional twelve months from July 20, 2023 (the Current Termination Date) to July 20, 2024 (the termination date as so extended, the Extended Termination Date) by
adopting the second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association in the form set forth in Annex A to this Proxy Statement (the Articles Amendment Proposal). The effectiveness of the Articles Amendment Proposal is
conditioned on the Company having net tangible assets of at least US$5,000,001 after giving effect to any redemptions of public shares (as defined below), which are tendered for redemption in connection with the shareholder vote on the Articles
Amendment Proposal.
Proposal No. 2 A proposal, by ordinary resolution, to adjourn the Extraordinary General
Meeting to a later date or dates to be determined by the chairman of the Extraordinary General Meeting, if necessary, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies if, based upon the tabulated vote at the time of the Extraordinary General
Meeting, there are not sufficient votes to approve the Articles Amendment Proposal, or to provide additional time to effectuate the Extension, or if our Board of Directors otherwise determines before the Extraordinary General Meeting that it is
necessary or desirable to seek an adjournment of the Extraordinary General Meeting (the Adjournment Proposal).
The
purpose of the Articles Amendment is to allow the Company additional time to complete an initial business combination (the Combination Period). Pursuant to the Companys Memorandum and Articles, the Company currently has
until July 20, 2023 (24 months after the date of the closing of the Companys initial public offering (the IPO) to complete its initial business combination. As previously announced, the Company has entered into a
business combination agreement (Business Combination Agreement), dated as of May 12, 2023, by and among Black Spade, VinFast Auto Pte. Ltd., a Singapore private limited company (VinFast) and Nuevo Tech
Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company and wholly owned subsidiary of VinFast (Merger Sub). Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, Merger Sub will merge with and into Black Spade, with Black Spade surviving the merger
(the Business Combination). As a result of the Business Combination, and upon consummation of the Business Combination and the other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement (collectively, the
Transactions), Black Spade will become a wholly owned subsidiary of VinFast, with the securityholders of Black Spade becoming securityholders of VinFast.
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