UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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SCHEDULE 14A
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(Rule 14a-101)
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY
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SCHEDULE 14A
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Proxy Statement Pursuant to
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Soliciting Material Pursuant to §240.14a-12
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A SPAC I
Acquisition Corp.
(Name of Registrant as
Specified in its Charter)
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(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if Other
Than the Registrant)
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A
SPAC I ACQUISITION CORP.
Level 39, Marina Bay Financial
Centre,
Tower 2, 10 Marina Boulevard,
Singapore 018983
[•], 2023
Dear Shareholders:
On behalf of the Board of Directors of A SPAC I Acquisition
Corp. (the “Company,” “ASCA” or “we”), I invite you to attend
our Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders at [•] a.m.
Eastern Time on [•], 2023 (the “Extraordinary General Meeting”) at
the offices of Loeb & Loeb LLP, 345 Park Avenue,
New York, NY 10154, and virtually via live webcast at
https://www.cstproxy.com/[___________].
The Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, the
Proxy Statement and the proxy card accompany this letter are also
available at [•]. We are first mailing these materials to our
shareholders on or about [•], 2023.
As discussed in the enclosed Proxy Statement, the Extraordinary
General Meeting will be devoted to:
(i) a
proposal to amend and restate (the “Charter
Amendment”) the Company’s amended and restated memorandum
and articles of association (the “Charter”)
to, among other things, allow ASCA to extend the date by which the
Company has to consummate a business combination (the “Extension”)
up to eight (8) times for an additional one month each time
from February 14, 2023 (the “Current
Termination Date”) by deleting the Charter in its entirety
and substituting it with the second amended and restated memorandum
and articles of association in the form set forth in Annex A
to the accompanying Proxy Statement to October 14, 2023 (the
termination date as so extended, the “Extended
Termination Date”) (we refer to this proposal as the
“Charter
Amendment Proposal”);
(ii) consideration
of any other business matters properly brought before the
Extraordinary General Meeting (we refer to this proposal as the
“Adjournment
Proposal”).
The Company’s current Charter provides that the Company has the
right to extend the Combination Period two (2) times for an
additional three (3) months each time from February 14,
2023 (i.e., 12 months from the consummation of the IPO) up to
August 14, 2023 (i.e., 18 months from the consummation of
the IPO). The only way to extend the Combination Period from
February 14, 2023 without the need for a separate stockholder
vote under the Charter and Trust Agreement is for our initial
stockholders or their affiliates or designees, upon five days’
advance notice prior to the applicable deadline, to deposit into
the Trust Account $690,000 (i.e., $0.10 per issued and outstanding
share of common stock issued in the IPO (the “public share”), for
each three-month extension, on or
prior to the date of the applicable deadline.
If the Charter Amendment Proposal is approved, the Company will
instead have the right to extend the Combination Period eight
(8) times for an additional one (1) month each time up to
October 14, 2023, provided that the Extension Payment of
[$0.033] per non-redeeming shareholder
(the “Extension Payment”) is deposited into the Trust Account on or
prior to the date of the same applicable deadline. Given current
market conditions, the Company wants to allow stockholders to
redeem early, give itself more flexibility to complete a business
combination, and expects that there will be significant redemptions
at the meeting and the amount of money needed to extend the time to
complete a business combination will be significantly reduced.
ASCA’s sponsor A SPAC (Holdings) Acquisition Corp. (the “Sponsor”)
wants to pay an extension amount that is substantially less than
the $690,000 for each three-month
extension provided by the Charter. After consultation with the
Sponsor, ASCA management believes that, if the Charter Amendment
Proposal is approved, the Sponsor or its affiliates will contribute
a sufficient amount to the Company as a loan (each loan being
referred to herein as a “Contribution”) for the Company to deposit
the funds into the Trust Account as the Extension Payment, upon
five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable deadlines,
and to extend the business combination period for an additional
one(1) month period each time for a total of eight
(8) times. Each Contribution will be deposited in the Trust
Account within two business days prior to the beginning of the
additional extension period (or portion thereof), other than the
first Contribution which will be made on the day of the
approval of the Trust Amendment Proposal. The
Contribution(s) shall made in the form of non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory notes. If
we complete a Business Combination, we will, at the option of the
Sponsor, repay the Contribution or convert a portion
or all of the amounts loaned under such Contribution into warrants,
which warrants will be identical to the private placement warrants
issued to our Sponsor that closed concurrently with our initial
public offering as described in the registration statement for our
initial public offering. The loans will be forgiven by the Sponsor
or its affiliates if the Company is unable to consummate an initial
business combination except to the extent of any funds held outside
of the Trust Account. Each of the Charter Amendment, and the
Adjournment Proposal are more fully described in the accompanying
Proxy Statement.
Our Board of Directors has determined that it is in the best
interests of our shareholders to allow the Company to effect the
Charter Amendment Proposal.
The
purpose of the Charter Amendment is to allow stockholders to redeem
early, give ASCA more flexibility to complete a business
combination, and reduce the amount of funds required to be loaned
to ASCA by the Sponsor in order to effect an Extension. You are not
being asked to vote on any business
combination at this time. If the Charter Amendment is
implemented and you do not elect to redeem your public shares now,
you will retain the right to vote on the Business Combination
when it is submitted to a vote by
the shareholders and the right to redeem your
public shares into a pro rata portion of the Trust Account
in the event a business combination is approved and
completed (as long as your election is made at least
two (2) business days prior
to the meeting at which the
shareholders’ vote is sought) or the Company has not
consummated the business combination by the applicable termination
date.
In connection with the Charter Amendment, public shareholders may
elect (the “Election”) to redeem their shares for a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the
aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including
interest not previously released to the Company to pay franchise
and income taxes, divided by the number of then outstanding public
shares, regardless of whether such public shareholders vote “FOR”
or “AGAINST” the Charter Amendment Proposal, and an Election can
also be made by public shareholders who do not vote, or do not
instruct their broker or bank how to vote, at the Extraordinary
General Meeting. Public shareholders may make an Election
regardless of whether such public shareholders were holders as of
the record date. If the Charter Amendment Proposal is approved by
the requisite vote of shareholders, the remaining holders of public
shares will retain their right to redeem their public shares when
the Business Combination is submitted to a vote by the
shareholders, subject to any limitations set forth in our Charter,
as amended by the Charter Amendment. Each redemption of shares by
our public shareholders will decrease the amount in our Trust
Account, which held approximately $[•] million of marketable
securities as of [•], 2023. In addition, public shareholders who do
not make the Election would be entitled to have their shares
redeemed for cash if the Company has not completed a business
combination by October 14, 2023 (if extended to the maximum
time allowed). A SPAC (Holdings) Acquisition Corp. (“Sponsor”)
owns (i) an aggregate of 1,725,000 shares of the Company’s
Class A ordinary shares and 1 share of the Company’s
Class B ordinary share, which we refer to as the “Founder
Shares,” that were issued prior to our initial public
offering (“IPO”)
and 3,145,000 warrants, which we refer to as the “Private
Placement Warrants”, that were purchased by our Sponsor in a
private placement which occurred simultaneously with the completion
of the IPO. If a business combination is not completed by the
Extended Termination Date, the Founder Shares and the Private
Placement Units held by the Sponsor will become worthless.
To
exercise your redemption rights, you must tender your shares to
the Company’s transfer agent at least two (2) business days
prior to the Extraordinary General Meeting (or [•], 2023). You
may tender your shares by either delivering your share certificate
to the transfer agent or by delivering your shares electronically
using the Depository Trust Company’s DWAC
(Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian) system. If you hold your
shares in street name, you
will need to instruct your bank, broker or other nominee
to withdraw the shares from your account in order to exercise
your redemption rights.
As of [•], 2023, there was approximately $[•] million in the Trust
Account. If the Charter Amendment Proposal is approved and the
Company extends the Combination Period up to October 14, 2023,
with eight (8) one-month
extensions after February 14, 2023, the redemption price per
share at the meeting for the Business Combination or the Company’s
subsequent liquidation will be approximately $[•] per share
(without taking into account any interest).
Our Board has fixed the close of business on [•], 2023, as the date
for determining the Company’s shareholders entitled to receive
notice of and vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting and any
adjournment thereof. Only holders of record of the Company’s
ordinary shares on that date are entitled to have their votes
counted at the Extraordinary General Meeting or any adjournment
thereof.
We know that many of our shareholders will be unable to attend the
Extraordinary General Meeting. We are soliciting proxies so that
each shareholder of record has an opportunity to vote on all
matters that are scheduled to come before the shareholders at the
Extraordinary General Meeting. Whether or not you plan to
participate at the Extraordinary General Meeting, please take the
time now to read the Proxy Statement and vote by submitting by mail
a paper copy of your proxy or vote instructions, so that your
shares are represented at the meeting. You may also revoke your
proxy or vote instructions and change your vote at any time prior
to the Extraordinary General Meeting. Regardless of the number of
ASCA shares you own, your attendance or by proxy is important for
quorum purposes and your vote is important for proper corporate
action.
After careful consideration
of all relevant factors, the Board of Directors has determined
that each of the proposals is advisable and recommends that you
vote or give instruction to vote “FOR” such
proposals.
Enclosed is the Proxy Statement containing detailed information
concerning the Charter Amendment at the Extraordinary General
Meeting. Whether or not you plan to participate in the
Extraordinary General Meeting, we urge you to read this material
carefully and vote your shares. Thank you for your continuing
interest in A SPAC I Acquisition Corp.
Sincerely,
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/s/ Claudius Tsang
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Claudius Tsang
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Chief Executive Officer and
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Chief Financial Offier
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[•], 2023
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A
SPAC I Acquisition Corp.
Level 39, Marina Bay Financial
Centre,
Tower 2, 10 Marina Boulevard,
Singapore 018983
NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY
GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON [•], 2023
To the Shareholders of A SPAC I Acquisition Corp.:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of
Shareholders of A SPAC I Acquisition Corp. (the “Company,”
“ASCA”
or “we”),
a British Virgin Islands business company, will be holding the
Extraordinary General Meeting at [•] a.m. Eastern Time on [•], 2023
(the “Extraordinary
General Meeting”) at the offices of Loeb & Loeb
LLP, 345 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10154, and virtually
via live webcast at https://www.cstproxy.com/[___________].
The purpose of the Extraordinary General Meeting will be to
consider and vote upon the following proposals:
1. A
proposal to amend and restate (the “Charter
Amendment”) the Company’s amended and restated memorandum
and articles of association (the “Charter”)
to, among other things, allow ASCA to extend the date by which the
Company has to consummate a business combination (the “Extension”)
eight (8) times for an additional one month each time from February 14, 2023 (the “Current
Termination Date”) to
October 14, 2023 (the termination date as so extended, the “Extended
Termination Date”) by
deleting the Charter in its entirety and substituting it with the
second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association
in the form set forth in Annex A to the accompanying Proxy
Statement.
2. To
act on such other matters as may properly come before the meeting
or any adjournment or adjournments thereof (the “Adjournment
Proposal”).
The Board has fixed the close of business on [•], 2023 as the
record date for the meeting and only holders of shares of record at
that time will be entitled to notice of and to vote at the
Extraordinary General Meeting or any adjournments thereof.
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By Order of the Board of Directors
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/s/ Claudius Tsang
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Chief Executive Officer and
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Chief Financial Officer
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[•], 2023
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IMPORTANT
WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING, IT IS REQUESTED THAT YOU INDICATE YOUR
VOTE ON THE ISSUES INCLUDED ON THE
ENCLOSED PROXY AND DATE, SIGN AND MAIL IT IN THE
ENCLOSED
SELF-ADDRESSED
ENVELOPE WHICH REQUIRES NO
POSTAGE IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SUBMIT YOUR
PROXY THROUGH THE INTERNET OR BY TELEPHONE AS PROMPTLY AS
POSSIBLE.
IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING
THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY
GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON [•], 2023. THIS PROXY
STATEMENT TO THE SHAREHOLDERS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT [•] THE
PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE COMPANY IS:
A
SPAC I Acquisition Corp.
Level 39, Marina Bay Financial
Centre
Tower 2, 10 Marina Boulevard,
Singapore 018983
PROXY STATEMENT
FOR
EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD [•], 2023
FIRST MAILED ON OR ABOUT [•], 2023
Date, Time and Place of the
Extraordinary General Meeting
The enclosed proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors (the
“Board”)
of A SPAC I Acquisition Corp. (the “Company,”
“ASCA,”
or “we”),
a British Virgin Islands business company, in connection with the
Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on [•],
2023, at [•] a.m. Eastern time for the purposes set forth in the
accompanying Notice of Meeting. The Company will be holding the
Extraordinary General Meeting, and any adjournments thereof, at the
offices of Loeb & Loeb LLP, 345 Park Avenue,
New York, NY 10154, and virtually via live webcast at
https://www.cstproxy.com/[___________].
The principal executive office of the Company is Level 39, Marina
Bay Financial Centre, Tower 2, 10 Marina Boulevard, Singapore
018983, and its telephone number, including area code, is
+(65) 6818 5796.
Purpose of the Extraordinary
General Meeting
At the Extraordinary General Meeting, you will be asked to consider
and vote upon the following matters:
1. A
proposal to amend and restate (the “Charter
Amendment”) the Company’s amended and restated memorandum
and articles of association (the “Charter”)
to, among other things, allow ASCA to extend the date by which the
Company has to consummate a business combination (the “Extension”)
eight (8) times for an additional one month each time
from February 14, 2023 (the “Current
Termination Date”) to October 14, 2023 (the termination
date as so extended, the “Extended
Termination Date”) by deleting the Charter in its entirety
and substituting it with the second amended and restated memorandum
and articles of association in the form set forth in Annex A
to the accompanying Proxy Statement.
2. To
act on such other matters as may properly come before the meeting
or any adjournment or adjournments thereof (the “Adjournment
Proposal”).
The Company’s Current Charter and Trust Agreement provide that the
Company has the right to extend the Combination Period two
(2) times for an additional three (3) months each time
from February 14, 2023 (i.e., 12 months from the
consummation of the IPO) up to August 14, 2023 (i.e.,
18 months from the consummation of the IPO). The only way to
extend the Combination Period from February 14, 2023 without
the need for a separate stockholder vote under the Charter and
Trust Agreement is for our initial stockholders or their affiliates
or designees, upon five days’ advance notice prior to the
applicable deadline, to deposit into the Trust Account $690,000
(i.e., $0.10 per issued and outstanding share of common stock
issued in the IPO (the “public share”), for each three-month extension, on or prior to the date of the
applicable deadline.
If the Charter Amendment Proposal is approved, the Company will
instead have the right to extend the Combination Period eight
(8) times for an additional one (1) month each time up to
October 14, 2023, provided that the Extension Payment of
[$0.033] per non-redeeming shareholder
(the “Extension Payment”) is deposited into the Trust Account on or
prior to the date of the same applicable deadline. Given current
market conditions, the Company wants to allow stockholders to
redeem early, give itself more flexibility to complete a business
combination, and expects that there will be significant redemptions
at the meeting and the amount of money needed to extend the time to
complete a business combination will be significantly reduced.
ASCA’s sponsor A SPAC (Holdings) Acquisition Corp. (the “Sponsor”)
wants to pay an extension amount that is substantially less than
the $690,000 for each three-month
extension provided by the Charter. After consultation with the
Sponsor, ASCA management believes that, if the Charter Amendment
Proposal is approved, the Sponsor or its affiliates will contribute
a sufficient amount to the Company as a loan (each loan being
referred to herein as a “Contribution”) for the Company to deposit
the funds into the Trust Account as the Extension Payment, upon
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five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable deadlines,
and to extend the business combination period for an additional one
(1) month period each time for eight (8) times. Each
Contribution will be deposited in the Trust Account within
two business days prior to the beginning of the additional
extension period (or portion thereof), other than the first
Contribution which will be made on the day of the approval of
the Trust Amendment Proposal. The Contribution(s) shall made
in the form of non-interest bearing,
unsecured promissory notes. If we complete a Business Combination,
we will, at the option of the Sponsor, repay the Contribution or
convert a portion or all of the amounts loaned under such
Contribution into warrants, which warrants will be identical to the
private placement warrants issued to our Sponsor that closed
concurrently with our initial public offering as described in the
registration statement for our initial public offering. The loans
will be forgiven by the Sponsor or its affiliates if the Company is
unable to consummate an initial business combination except to the
extent of any funds held outside of the Trust Account. Each of the
Charter Amendment, and the Adjournment Proposal are more fully
described in the accompanying Proxy Statement.
Voting Rights and Revocation
of Proxies
The record date with respect to this solicitation is the close of
business on [•], 2023 (the “Record
Date”) and only shareholders of record on that day will
be entitled to vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting and any
adjournments thereof.
Holders of Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary
shares will vote together as a single class, with each share
entitling the holder to one vote. The Company’s ordinary shares
(“Ordinary
Shares”) represented by all validly executed proxies
received in time to be taken to the meeting and not previously
revoked will be voted at the meeting. This proxy may be revoked by
the shareholder at any time prior to its being voted by filing with
the Secretary of the Company either by a notice of revocation or a
duly executed proxy bearing a later date. We intend to release this
Proxy Statement and the enclosed proxy card to our shareholders on
or about [•], 2023.
Dissenters’ Right of
Appraisal
Holders of Ordinary Shares do not have appraisal rights under the
laws of British Virgin Islands or under the governing documents of
the Company in connection with this solicitation.
Outstanding Shares and
Quorum
The number of outstanding Ordinary Shares entitled to vote at the
meeting is [•]. Each Ordinary Share is entitled to one vote. The
presence in person (whether virtual or in-person) or by proxy at the Extraordinary General
Meeting of the holders of not less than 50 percent of the votes of
the Ordinary Shares entitled to vote at the Extraordinary General
Meeting will constitute a quorum. There is no cumulative voting.
Shares that abstain or for which the authority to vote is withheld
on certain matters (so-called “broker
non-votes”) will be treated as present
for quorum purposes on all matters.
Broker Non-Votes
Holders of Ordinary Shares that are held in street name must
instruct their bank or brokerage firm that holds their shares how
to vote their shares. If a shareholder does not give instructions
to his or her bank or brokerage firm, it will nevertheless be
entitled to vote the shares with respect to “routine” items, but it
will not be permitted to vote the shares with respect to
“non-routine” items. In the case of a
non-routine item, such shares will be
considered “broker non-votes” on that
proposal.
Proposal 1 (Charter Amendment) is a matter that we believe
will be considered “non-routine.”
Proposal 2 (Adjournment) is a matter that we believe will
be considered “routine.”
Banks or brokerages cannot use discretionary authority to vote
shares on Proposal 1 if they have not received instructions
from their clients. Please submit your vote instruction form so
your vote is counted.
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Required Votes for Each
Proposal to Pass
Assuming the presence of a quorum at the Extraordinary General
Meeting:
Proposal
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Charter Amendment
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Majority of the shares represented by attendance or by proxy which
were present at the Extraordinary General Meeting and were
voted
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Adjournment
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Majority of the shares represented by attendance or by proxy which
were present at the Extraordinary General Meeting and were
voted
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Abstentions and broker non-votes will
have no effect on the vote for each of the proposals.
Voting Procedures
Each Ordinary Share that you own in your name entitles you to one
vote on each of the proposals for the Extraordinary General
Meeting. Your proxy card shows the number of Ordinary Shares that
you own.
• You
can vote your shares in advance of the Extraordinary General
Meeting by completing, signing, dating and returning the enclosed
proxy card in the postage-paid
envelope provided. If you hold your shares in “street name” through
a broker, bank or other nominee, you will need to follow the
instructions provided to you by your broker, bank or other nominee
to ensure that your shares are represented and voted at the
Extraordinary General Meeting. If you vote by proxy card, your
“proxy,” whose name is listed on the proxy card, will vote your
shares as you instruct on the proxy card. If you sign and return
the proxy card but do not give instructions on how to vote your
shares, your ordinary shares will be voted as recommended by our
board of directors. Our board of directors recommends voting “FOR”
each of the Charter Amendment Proposal and the Adjournment
Proposal.
• You
can participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting and vote
telephonically even if you have previously voted by submitting a
proxy. However, if your ordinary shares are held in the name of
your broker, bank or other nominee, you must get a proxy from the
broker, bank or other nominee. That is the only way we can be sure
that the broker, bank or nominee has not already voted your
ordinary shares.
Solicitation of
Proxies
Your proxy is being solicited by our Board on the proposals being
presented to shareholders at the Extraordinary General Meeting. The
Company has agreed to pay Advantage Proxy its customary fee and
out-of-pocket expenses. The Company will reimburse
Advantage Proxy for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
and will indemnify Advantage Proxy and its affiliates against
certain claims, liabilities, losses, damages and expenses. 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. You may contact
Advantage Proxy at:
Advantage Proxy
P.O. Box 13581
Des Moines, WA 98198
Toll Free: 877-870-8565
Collect: 206-870-8565
ksmith@advantageproxy.com
The cost of preparing, assembling, printing and mailing this Proxy
Statement and the accompanying form of proxy, and the cost of
soliciting proxies relating to the Extraordinary General Meeting,
will be borne by the Company.
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Some banks and brokers have customers who beneficially own ordinary
shares listed of record in the names of nominees. We intend to
request banks and brokers to solicit such customers and will
reimburse them for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
for such solicitations. If any additional solicitation of the
holders of our outstanding ordinary shares is deemed necessary, we
(through our directors and officers) anticipate making such
solicitation directly.
Delivery of Proxy Materials
to Shareholders
Only one copy of this Proxy Statement will be delivered to an
address where two or more shareholders reside with the same last
name or whom otherwise reasonably appear to be members of the same
family based on the shareholders’ prior express or implied
consent.
We will deliver promptly upon written or oral request a separate
copy of this Proxy Statement. If you share an address with at least
one other shareholder, currently receive one copy of our Proxy
Statement at your residence, and would like to receive a separate
copy of Proxy Statement for future shareholder meetings of the
Company, please specify such request to Advantage Proxy,
P.O. Box 13581, Des Moines, WA 98198, Toll
Free: 877-870-8565,
ksmith@advantageproxy.com.
If you share an address with at least one other shareholder and
currently receive multiple copies of Proxy Statement, and you would
like to receive a single copy of Proxy Statement, please specify
such request to Advantage Proxy, P.O. Box 13581, Des Moines,
WA 98198, Toll Free: 877-870-8565, ksmith@advantageproxy.com.
Conversion Rights
Pursuant to our currently existing charter, any holders of our
public shares may demand that such shares be converted for a pro
rata share of the aggregate amount on deposit in the trust account,
less taxes payable, calculated as of two business days prior
to the Extraordinary General Meeting. Regardless whether you vote
for or against the Charter Amendment and the Trust Amendment, if
your request is properly made and the Charter Amendment and the
Trust Amendment are approved, these shares will cease to be
outstanding and will represent only the right to receive a pro rata
share of the aggregate amount on deposit in the trust account which
holds the proceeds of our IPO (calculated as of two business
days prior to the Extraordinary General Meeting). For illustrative
purposes, based on funds in the trust account of approximately $[•]
million on [•], 2023, the estimated per share conversion price
would have been approximately $[•].
In order to exercise your conversion rights, you must:
• submit
a request in writing prior to 5:00 p.m., Eastern time on [•],
2023 (two business days before the Extraordinary General
Meeting) that we convert your public shares for cash to Continental
Stock Transfer & Trust Company, our transfer agent, at the
following address:
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
[1 State Street, 30th Floor
New York, NY 10004]
Attn: [Mark Zimkind]
E-mail:
[mzimkind@continentalstock.com]
and
• deliver
your public shares either physically or electronically through DTC
to our transfer agent at least two business days before the
Extraordinary General Meeting. Shareholders seeking to exercise
their conversion rights and opting to deliver physical certificates
should allot sufficient time to obtain physical certificates from
the transfer agent and time to effect delivery. It is our
understanding that shareholders should generally allot at least
two weeks to obtain physical certificates from the transfer
agent. However, we do not have any control over this process and it
may take longer than two weeks. Shareholders who hold their shares in street name will
have to coordinate with their broker, bank or other nominee to have the shares
certificated or delivered electronically. If you do not submit a
written request and deliver your public shares as described above, your shares
will not be redeemed.
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Any demand for conversion, once made, may be withdrawn at any time
until the deadline for exercising conversion requests (and
submitting shares to the transfer agent) and thereafter, with our
consent, until the vote is taken with respect to the Charter
Amendment. If you delivered your shares for conversion to our
transfer agent and decide within the required timeframe not to
exercise your conversion rights, you may request that our transfer
agent return the shares (physically or electronically). You may
make such request by contacting our transfer agent at the phone
number or address listed above.
If you exercise your conversion rights, your ordinary shares will
cease to be outstanding immediately prior to the Extraordinary
General Meeting (assuming the Charter Amendment Proposal is
approved) and will only represent the right to receive a pro rata
share of the aggregate amount on deposit in the trust account. You
will no longer own those shares and will have no right to
participate in, or have any interest in, the future growth of the
Company, if any. You will be entitled to receive cash for these
shares only if you properly and timely request conversion.
If the Charter Amendment is not approved and we do not consummate
an initial business combination by February 14, 2023 (or
August 14, 2023, if our Sponsor elects to extend the time that
we have to complete a business combination pursuant to the current
Charter), we may be required to dissolve and liquidate our trust
account by returning the then remaining funds in such account to
the public shareholders and our warrants and rights to purchase
ordinary shares will expire worthless.
Holders of outstanding units must separate the underlying public
shares, public rights and public warrants prior to exercising
conversion rights with respect to the public shares.
If you hold units registered in your own name, you must deliver the
certificate for such units to Continental Stock Transfer &
Trust Company with written instructions to separate such units into
public shares, public rights and public warrants. This must be
completed far enough in advance to permit the mailing of the public
share certificates back to you so that you may then exercise your
conversion rights with respect to the public shares upon the
separation of the public shares from the units.
If a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other
nominee holds your units, you must instruct such nominee to
separate your units. Your nominee must send written instructions by
facsimile to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.
Such written instructions must include the number of units to be
split and the nominee holding such units. Your nominee must also
initiate electronically, using DTC’s deposit withdrawal at
custodian (DWAC) system, a withdrawal of the relevant units and a
deposit of an equal number of public shares, public rights and
public warrants. This must be completed far enough in advance to
permit your nominee to exercise your conversion rights with respect
to the public shares upon the separation of the public shares from
the units. While this is typically done electronically the same
business day, you should allow at least one full
business day to accomplish the separation. If you fail to
cause your public shares to be separated in a timely manner, you
will likely not be able to exercise your conversion rights.
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN
BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to
the beneficial ownership of our voting securities by (i) each
person who is known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than
5% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares, (ii) each of
our officers and directors, and (iii) all of our officers and
directors as a group as of [•], 2023.
Name
and Address of Beneficial Owner(1)
|
|
Amount
and
Nature of
Beneficial
Ownership of
Ordinary
Shares
|
|
Approximate
Percentage of
Outstanding
Ordinary
Shares
|
A SPAC (Holdings) Acquisition Corp.(2)(3)
|
|
1,725,000
|
|
20.0
|
%
|
Claudius Tsang(2)
|
|
1,725,000
|
|
20.0
|
%
|
Abuzzal Abusaeri
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
Giang Nguyen Hoang
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
John Brebeck
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
All Officers and Directors as a Group (4 persons)
|
|
1,725,000
|
|
20.0
|
%
|
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PROPOSAL 1: THE CHARTER
AMENDMENT
The proposed Charter Amendment would amend and restate our existing
Charter to, among other things, allow ASCA to extend the date by
which the Company has to consummate a business combination (the
“Extension”)
eight (8) times for an additional one month each time from
February 14, 2023 (the “Current
Termination Date”) to October 14, 2023 (the termination
date as so extended, the “Extended
Termination Date”) by deleting the Charter in its entirety
and substituting it with the second amended and restated memorandum
and articles of association in the form set forth in Annex A
to the accompanying Proxy Statement.
The Company’s Current Charter and Trust Agreement provide that the
Company has the right to extend the Combination Period two
(2) times for an additional three (3) months each time
from February 14, 2023 (i.e., 12 months from the
consummation of the IPO) up to August 14, 2023 (i.e.,
18 months from the consummation of the IPO). The only way to
extend the Combination Period from February 14, 2023 without
the need for a separate stockholder vote under the Charter and
Trust Agreement is for our initial stockholders or their affiliates
or designees, upon five days’ advance notice prior to the
applicable deadline, to deposit into the Trust Account $690,000
(i.e., $0.10 per issued and outstanding share of common stock
issued in the IPO (the “public share”), for each three-month extension, on or prior to the date of the
applicable deadline.
If the Charter Amendment Proposal is approved, the Company will
instead have the right to extend the Combination Period eight
(8) times for an additional one (1) month each time up to
October 14, 2023, provided that the Extension Payment of
[$0.033] per non-redeeming shareholder
(the “Extension Payment”) is deposited into the Trust Account on or
prior to the date of the same applicable deadline. Given current
market conditions, the Company wants to allow stockholders to
redeem early, give itself more flexibility to complete a business
combination, and expects that there will be significant redemptions
at the meeting and the amount of money needed to extend the time to
complete a business combination will be significantly reduced.
The complete text of the proposed second amended and restated
memorandum and articles of association of the Company is attached
to this proxy statement as Annex A. All
shareholders are encouraged to read the proposed second amended and
restated memorandum and articles of association of the Company in
its entirety for a more complete description of its terms. We will
not effect the Charter Amendment if the redemption of public shares
in connection therewith would cause us to have net tangible assets
of less than $5,000,001 and we will move to liquidate the trust
account and dissolve the Company promptly after the Extraordinary
General Meeting.
Reasons for the Proposed
Charter Amendment
The Company is proposing to amend its charter because ASCA’s
sponsor, A SPAC (Holdings) Acquisition Corp. (the “Sponsor”), wants
to pay an extension amount that is substantially less than the
$690,000 for each three-month
extension provided by the Charter. After consultation with the
Sponsor, ASCA management believes that, if the Charter Amendment
Proposal is approved, the Sponsor or its affiliates will contribute
a sufficient amount to the Company as a loan (each loan being
referred to herein as a “Contribution”) for the Company to deposit
the funds into the Trust Account as the Extension Payment, upon
five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable deadlines,
and to extend the business combination period for an additional one
(1) month period each time for eight (8) times. Each
Contribution will be deposited in the Trust Account within
two business days prior to the beginning of the additional
extension period (or portion thereof), other than the first
Contribution which will be made on the day of the approval of
the Trust Amendment Proposal. The Contribution(s) shall made
in the form of non-interest bearing,
unsecured promissory notes. If we complete a Business Combination,
we will, at the option of the Sponsor, repay the Contribution or
convert a portion or all of the amounts loaned under such
Contribution into warrants, which warrants will be identical to the
private placement warrants issued to our Sponsor that closed
concurrently with our initial public offering as described in the
registration statement for our initial public offering. The loans
will be forgiven by the Sponsor or its affiliates if the Company is
unable to consummate an initial business combination except to the
extent of any funds held outside of the Trust Account. Each of the
Charter Amendment, and the Adjournment Proposal are more fully
described in the accompanying Proxy Statement.
If the Charter Amendment proposal is not approved, we have not
consummated a business combination by the Current Termination Date,
and our Sponsor does not elect to extend ASCA’s life under the
terms of the current Charter, we will (a) cease all operations
except for the purpose of winding up, (b) as promptly as
reasonably possible but not more than ten business days
thereafter, subject to lawfully available funds therefor, redeem
100% of the public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the
aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust
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account, including interest income, 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),
subject to applicable law, and (c) as promptly as reasonably
possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our
remaining shareholders and our board of directors, dissolve and
liquidate, subject in each case to our obligations under the laws
of British Virgin Islands to provide for claims of creditors and
the requirements of other applicable law. There will be no
distribution from the trust account with respect to our warrants or
rights which will expire worthless in the event we wind up.
Interests of Certain
Persons
When you consider the recommendation of the Board in favor of
adoption of the Charter Amendment Proposal, you should keep in mind
that ASCA’s Sponsor, directors and officers (collectively, “Initial
Shareholders”) have interests in completing a Business Combination
that are different from, or in addition to, your interests as a
shareholder, including:
If an initial business combination is not completed by
February 14, 2023 (or August 14, 2023, if our Sponsor
elects to extend the time that we have to complete a business
combination pursuant to the current Charter), ASCA will be required
to liquidate. In such event:
• 1,725,000
ASCA Class A ordinary shares and 1 Class B ordinary share
held by the Sponsor, which were acquired prior to the IPO for an
aggregate purchase price of $25,000, will be worthless. Such
Class B ordinary shares will automatically be cancelled at the
consummation of the Business Combination and the Class A
ordinary shares had an aggregate market value of approximately $[•]
million based on the closing price of the Class A ordinary
shares of $[•] per share on The Nasdaq Capital Market as of [•],
2023. The Sponsor, ASCA’s officers and directors waived their
redemption rights and liquidation rights in connection with the
purchase of the Founder Shares and no other consideration was paid
for such agreement.
• 3,145,000 warrants
purchased by the Sponsor for $3,145,000, will be worthless. At the
consummation of the Business Combination, such units would have an
aggregate market value of approximately $[•] million based on the
closing price of the Warrants of $[•] per Warrant on The Nasdaq
Capital Market as of [•], 2023.
If a business combination is not completed by February 14,
2023 (or August 14, 2023, if our Sponsor elects to extend the
time that we have to complete a business combination pursuant to
the current Charter), ASCA’s Initial Shareholders will lose a
combined aggregate amount of approximately $[•] million based on
the closing price of the Class A ordinary shares at $[•] per
share and $[•] per Unit on [•], 2023. Because of these interests,
ASCA’s Initial Shareholders could benefit from the completion of a
business combination that is not favorable to its public
shareholders and may be incentivized to complete an acquisition of
a less favorable target company or on terms less favorable to
public shareholders rather than liquidate. For example, if the
share price of the Class A ordinary shares declined to $5.00
per share after the close of the business combination, ASCA’s
public shareholder that purchased shares in the initial public
offering, would have a loss of $5.00 per share, while ASCA’s
Sponsor would have a gain of $[4.98] per share because it acquired
the Founder Shares for a nominal amount. In other words, ASCA’s
Sponsor can earn a positive rate of return on their investment even
if public shareholders experience a negative rate of return in the
Post-Combination Company.
We
may not be able to complete an initial business
combination with a U.S. target company since such
initial business combination may be subject to
U.S. foreign investment regulations and
review by a U.S. government entity such as the Committee on
Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS),
or
ultimately prohibited.
Our sponsor, A SPAC (Holdings) Acquisition Corp., a British Virgin
Islands company, is controlled by a non-U.S. person. We are therefore likely
considered a “foreign person” under the regulations administered by
CFIUS and will continue to be considered as such in the future for
so long as our sponsor has the ability to exercise control over us
for purposes of CFIUS’s regulations. As such, an initial business
combination with a U.S. business may be subject to CFIUS
review, the scope of which was expanded by the Foreign Investment
Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (“FIRRMA”), to
include certain non-passive,
non-controlling investments in
sensitive U.S. businesses and certain acquisitions of real
estate even with no underlying U.S. business. FIRRMA, and
subsequent implementing regulations that are now in force, also
subjects certain categories of investments to mandatory
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filings. If our potential initial business combination with a
U.S. business falls within CFIUS’s jurisdiction, we may
determine that we are required to make a mandatory filing or that
we will submit a voluntary notice to CFIUS, or to proceed with the
initial business combination without notifying CFIUS and risk CFIUS
intervention, before or after closing the initial business
combination. CFIUS may decide to block or delay our initial
business combination, impose conditions to mitigate national
security concerns with respect to such initial business combination
or order us to divest all or a portion of a U.S. business of
the combined company without first obtaining CFIUS clearance, which
may limit the attractiveness of or prevent us from pursuing certain
initial business combination opportunities that we believe would
otherwise be beneficial to us and our shareholders. As a result,
the pool of potential targets with which we could complete an
initial business combination may be limited and we may be adversely
affected in terms of competing with other special purpose
acquisition companies which do not have similar foreign ownership
issues.
Moreover, the process of government review, whether by the CFIUS or
otherwise, could be lengthy and we have limited time to complete
our initial business combination. If we cannot complete our initial
business combination by February 14, 2023 (or August 14,
2023, if our Sponsor elects to extend the time that we have to
complete a business combination pursuant to the current Charter)
because the review process drags on beyond such timeframe or
because our initial business combination is ultimately prohibited
by CFIUS or another U.S. government entity, we may be required
to liquidate. If we liquidate, our public shareholders may only
receive $[•] per share, and our warrants and rights will expire
worthless. This will also cause you to lose the investment
opportunity in a target company and the chance of realizing future
gains on your investment through any price appreciation in the
combined company.
You
are not being asked to vote on any business combination at
this time. If the Charter Amendment is implemented and you do not
elect to redeem your public shares now, you will retain the
right to vote on the Business Combination when it is submitted to a
vote by the shareholders and the
right to redeem your public shares into a pro rata portion of
the Trust Account in the event a business
combination is approved and completed (as long as your election
is made at least two (2) business days prior to the
meeting at which the shareholders’ vote is sought) or the
Company has not consummated the business combination
by
the applicable termination date.
Vote
Required
Approval of the amendment and restatement to the amended and
restated memorandum and articles of association requires the
affirmative vote of a majority of the votes of the Ordinary Shares
entitled to vote thereon which were present at the Extraordinary
General Meeting and were voted. If your shares are held in street
name, your broker, bank, custodian, or other nominee holder cannot
vote your shares on this proposal, unless you direct the holder how
to vote, by marking your proxy card. Abstentions and broker
non-votes will have no effect on the
vote for each of the proposals.
Recommendation
The Company’s Board of Directors recommends that you vote “FOR” the
Charter Amendment proposal.
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PROPOSAL 2: THE
ADJOURNMENT PROPOSAL
The adjournment proposal, if approved, will request the chairman of
the Extraordinary General Meeting (who has agreed to act
accordingly) to adjourn the Extraordinary General Meeting to a
later date or dates to permit further solicitation of proxies. The
adjournment proposal will only be presented to our shareholders in
the event, based on the tabulated votes, there are not sufficient
votes at the time of the Extraordinary General Meeting to approve
the Charter Amendment Proposal in this proxy statement. If the
adjournment proposal is not approved by our shareholders, the
chairman of the meeting will not exercise his or her ability to
adjourn the Extraordinary General Meeting to a later date (which he
would otherwise have as the Chairman) in the event, based on the
tabulated votes, there are not sufficient votes at the time of the
Extraordinary General Meeting to approve the Charter Amendment
Proposal.
Vote
Required
If a majority of the shares represented by attendance or by proxy
which were present and voted at the Extraordinary General Meeting
vote for the adjournment proposal, the chairman of the
Extraordinary General Meeting will exercise his or her power to
adjourn the meeting as set out above.
Recommendation
The Company’s Board of Directors recommends that you vote “FOR” the
adjournment proposal.
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WHERE CAN YOU FIND MORE
INFORMATION
The Company files annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy
statements and other information with the SEC. The SEC
maintains an Internet web site that contains reports, proxy and
information statements, and other information regarding issuers,
including us, that file electronically with the SEC. The
public can obtain any documents that we file electronically with
the SEC at www.sec.gov.
This Proxy Statement describes the material elements of relevant
contracts, exhibits and other information attached as annexes to
this Proxy Statement. Information and statements contained in this
Proxy Statement are qualified in all respects by reference to the
copy of the relevant contract or other document included as an
annex to this document.
You may obtain additional copies of this Proxy Statement, at no
cost, and you may ask any questions you may have about the Charter
Amendment or the Adjournment by contacting us at the following
address or telephone number:
Level 39, Marina Bay Financial Centre,
Tower 2, 10 Marina Boulevard,
Singapore 018983
You may also obtain these documents at no cost by requesting them
in writing or by telephone from the Company’s proxy solicitation
agent at the following address and telephone number:
[Advantage Proxy
P.O. Box 13581
Des Moines, WA 98198
Toll Free: 877-870-8565
Collect: 206-870-8565]
In order to receive timely delivery of the documents in advance of
the Extraordinary General Meeting, you must make your request for
information no later than [•], 2023.
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Territory of the British Virgin Islands
The BVI Business Companies Act, 2004
_______________________________________________________________
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
A SPAC I Acquisition Corp.
Incorporated as a BVI Business Company on 29 April 2021
Amended and Restated on [•]
_______________________________________________________________

TERRITORY OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
THE BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT 2004
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION
OF
A SPAC I Acquisition Corp.
A COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
AMENDED AND RESTATED ON [•]
1 NAME
The name of the Company is A SPAC I Acquisition Corp..
2 STATUS
The Company shall be a company limited by shares.
3 REGISTERED
OFFICE AND REGISTERED AGENT
3.1 The
first registered office of the Company is at Ritter House, Wickhams
Cay II, PO Box 3170, Road Town, Tortola VG 1110, British Virgin
Islands, the office of the first registered agent.
3.2 The
first registered agent of the Company is Ogier Global (BVI) Limited
of Ritter House, Wickhams Cay II, PO Box 3170, Road Town, Tortola
VG 1110, British Virgin Islands.
3.3 The
Company may change its registered office or registered agent by a
Resolution of Directors or a Resolution of Members. The change
shall take effect upon the Registrar registering a notice of change
filed under section 92 of the Act.
4 CAPACITY
AND POWER
4.1 The
Company has, subject to the Act and any other British Virgin
Islands legislation for the time being in force, irrespective of
corporate benefit:
(a) full
capacity to carry on or undertake any business or activity, do any
act or enter into any transaction; and
(b) for
the purposes of paragraph (a), full rights, powers and
privileges.
4.2 There
are subject to Clause 4.1 and Regulation 24, no limitations on the
business that the Company may carry on.
5 NUMBER
AND CLASSES OF SHARES
5.1 The
Company is authorised to issue a maximum of 101,000,100 Shares with
no par value divided into three classes of shares as
follows:
(a) 100,000,000
class A ordinary shares with no par value (Class
A
Ordinary Shares);
(b) 100
class B ordinary shares with no par value (Class
B Ordinary Shares
and together with the Class A Ordinary Shares being referred to as
the
Ordinary Shares);
(c) 1,000,000
preferred shares with no par value (Preferred
Shares).
Annex A-1
5.2 The
Company may at the discretion of the Board of Directors, but shall
not otherwise be obliged to, issue fractional Shares or round up or
down fractional holdings of Shares to its nearest whole number and
a fractional Share (if authorised by the Board of Directors) may
have the corresponding fractional rights, obligations and
liabilities of a whole share of the same class or series of
shares.
6 DESIGNATIONS
POWERS PREFERENCES OF SHARES
6.1 Save
and except for the rights referred to in Regulation 3 and
Regulation 10 and as otherwise set out in these Articles, and
subject to Clause 7 and the power of the Directors to issue
Preference Shares with such preferred rights as they shall
determine pursuant to Regulation 2.2, each Ordinary Share in the
Company confers upon the Member (unless waived by such
Member):
(a) Subject
to Clause 11, the right to one vote at a meeting of the Members of
the Company or on any Resolution of Members;
(b) the
right to be redeemed on an Automatic Redemption Event in accordance
with Regulation 24.2 or pursuant to either a Tender Redemption
Offer or Redemption Offer in accordance with Regulation 24.5 or
pursuant to an Amendment Redemption Event in accordance with
Regulation 24.11;
(c) the
right to an equal share with each other Ordinary Share in any
dividend paid by the Company; and
(d) subject
to satisfaction of and compliance with Regulation 24, the right to
an equal share with each other Ordinary Share in the distribution
of the surplus assets of the Company on its liquidation provided
that in the event that the Company enters liquidation prior to or
without having consummated a Business Combination then, in such
circumstances, in the event any surplus assets (Residual
Assets)
of the Company remain following the Company having complied with
its applicable obligations to redeem Public Shares and distribute
the funds held in the Trust Account in respect of such redemptions
pursuant to Regulation 24, the Public Shares shall not have any
right to receive any share of those Residual Assets which are held
outside the Trust Account and such Residual Assets shall be
distributed (on a pro rata basis) only in respect of those Ordinary
Shares that are not Public Shares.
6.2 The
rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the
Preferred Shares shall be stated in this Memorandum, which shall be
amended accordingly prior to the issue of such Preferred Shares.
Such rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions may include
subject to Regulation 24.7:
(a) the
number of shares and series constituting that class and the
distinctive designation of that class;
(b) the
dividend rate of the Preferred Shares of that class, if any,
whether dividends shall be cumulative, and, if so, from which date
or dates, and whether they shall be payable in preference to, or in
relation to, the dividends payable on any other class or classes of
Shares;
(c) whether
that class shall have voting rights, and, if so, the terms of such
voting rights;
(d) whether
that class shall have conversion or exchange privileges, and, if
so, the terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange,
including provision for adjustment of the conversion or exchange
rate in such events as the Board of Directors shall
determine;
(e) whether
or not the Preferred Shares of that class shall be redeemable, and,
if so, the terms and conditions of such redemption, including the
manner of selecting such Shares for redemption if less than all
Preferred Shares are to be redeemed, the date or dates upon or
after which they shall be redeemable, and the amount per share
payable in case of redemption, which amount maybe less than fair
value and which may vary under different conditions and at
different dates;
(f) whether
that class shall be entitled to the benefit of a sinking fund to be
applied to the purchase or redemption of Preferred Shares of that
class, and, if so, the terms and amounts of such sinking
fund;
Annex A-2
(g) the
right of the Preferred Shares of that class to the benefit of
conditions and restrictions upon the creation of indebtedness of
the Company or any subsidiary, upon the issue of any additional
Preferred Shares (including additional Preferred Shares of such
class of any other class) and upon the payment of dividends or the
making of other distributions on, and the purchase, redemption or
other acquisition or any subsidiary of any outstanding Preferred
Shares of the Company;
(h) the
right of the Preferred Shares of that class in the event of any
voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the Company and whether such rights be in preference to, or in
relation to, the comparable rights or any other class or classes of
Shares; and
(i) any
other relative, participating, optional or other special rights,
qualifications, limitations or restrictions of that
class.
6.3 The
Directors may at their discretion by Resolution of Directors
redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire all or any of the Shares in
the Company subject to Regulation 7 and Regulation 24 of the
Articles.
6.4 The
Directors have the authority and the power by Resolution of
Directors:
(a) to
authorise and create additional classes of shares; and
(b) to
fix the
designations, powers, preferences, rights, qualifications,
limitations and restrictions, if any, appertaining to any and all
classes of shares that may be authorised to be issued under this
Memorandum.
7 VARIATION
OF RIGHTS
7.1 Subject
to the limitations set out in Clause 11 in respect of amendments to
the Memorandum and Articles, the rights attached to a class of the
Ordinary Shares as specified in Clause 6.1 may only, whether or not
the Company is being wound up, be varied by a resolution passed at
a meeting by the holders of more than fifty percent (50%) of the
total number of Ordinary Shares of that class that have voted (and
are entitled to vote thereon) in relation to any such resolution,
unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of such class, and
any such variation that has to be approved under this Clause 7.1
shall also be subject to compliance with Regulation 24.11 of the
Articles.
7.2 The
rights attached to any Preferred Shares in issue as specified in
Clause 6.2 may only, whether or not the Company is being wound up,
be varied by a resolution passed at a meeting by the holders of
more than fifty percent (50%) of the Preferred Shares of the same
class present at a duly convened and constituted meeting of the
Members of the Company holding Preferred Shares in such class which
were present at the meeting and voted unless otherwise provided by
the terms of issue of such class.
8 RIGHTS
NOT VARIED BY THE ISSUE OF SHARES PARI PASSU
The rights conferred upon the holders of the Shares of any class
issued with preferred or other rights shall not, unless otherwise
expressly provided by the terms of issue of the Shares of that
class, be deemed to be varied by the creation or issue of further
Shares ranking pari passu therewith. For the avoidance of doubt,
the creation, designation or issuance of any Preferred Shares with
rights and privileges ranking in priority to any existing class of
Shares pursuant to Clause 6.2 shall not be deemed to be a variation
of the rights of such existing class.
9 REGISTERED
SHARES
9.1 The
Company shall issue registered shares only.
9.2 The
Company is not authorised to issue bearer shares, convert
registered shares to bearer shares or exchange registered shares
for bearer shares.
10 TRANSFER
OF SHARES
A Share may be transferred in accordance with Regulation 4 of the
Articles.
Annex A-3
11 AMENDMENT
OF MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES
11.1 The
Company may amend its Memorandum or Articles by a Resolution of
Members or by a Resolution of Directors, save that no amendment may
be made by a Resolution of Directors:
(a) to
restrict the rights or powers of the Members to amend the
Memorandum or Articles;
(b) to
change the percentage of Members required to pass a Resolution of
Members to amend the Memorandum or Articles;
(c) in
circumstances where the Memorandum or Articles cannot be amended by
the Members; or
(d) to
change Clauses 7 or 8, this Clause 11 or Regulation 24 (or any of
the defined terms used in any such Clause or
Regulation).
11.2 Notwithstanding
Clause 11.1, no amendment may be made to the Memorandum or Articles
to amend:
(a) Regulation
24 prior to the Business Combination unless the holders of the
Public Shares are provided with the opportunity to redeem their
Public Shares upon the approval of any such amendment in the manner
and for the price as set out in Regulation 24.11; or
(b) this
Clause 11.2 during the Target Business Acquisition
Period.
12 DEFINITIONS
AND INTERPRETATION
12.1 In
this Memorandum of Association and the attached Articles of
Association, if not inconsistent with the subject or
context:
(a) Act
means the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 (as amended) and
includes the regulations made under the Act;
(b) AGM
means an annual general meeting of the Members;
(c) Amendment
has the meaning ascribed to it in Regulation 24.11;
(d) Amendment
Redemption Event
has the meaning ascribed to it in Regulation 24.11;
(e) Applicable
Law
means, with respect to any person, all provisions of laws,
statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, permits, certificates,
judgments, decisions, decrees or orders of any governmental
authority applicable to such person;
(f) Approved
Amendment
has the meaning ascribed to it in Regulation 24.11;
(g) Articles
means the attached Articles of Association of the
Company;
(h) Automatic
Redemption Event
shall have the meaning given to it in Regulation 24.2;
(i) Board
of Directors
means the board of directors of the Company;
(j) Business
Combination
shall mean the initial acquisition by the Company, whether through
a merger, share exchange, share reconstruction or amalgamation,
asset or share acquisition, a contractual arrangement or other
similar business combination transaction, with a Target Business at
Fair Value;
(k) Business
Combination Articles
means Regulation 24 relating to the Company’s obligations regarding
the consummation of a Business Combination;
(l) Business
Days
means a day other than a Saturday or Sunday or any other day on
which commercial banks in New York are required or are authorised
to be closed for business;
(m) Chairman
means a person who is appointed as chairman to preside at a meeting
of the Company and
Chairman of the Board
means a person who is appointed as chairman to preside at a meeting
of the Board of Directors of the Company, in each case, in
accordance with the Articles;
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(n) Designated
Stock Exchange
means the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board, the Global Select
Market, Global Market or the Capital Market of the NASDAQ Stock
Market LLC, the NYSE American or the New York Stock Exchange, as
applicable; provided, however, that until the Shares are listed on
any such Designated Stock Exchange, the rules of such Designated
Stock Exchange shall be inapplicable to the Company and this
Memorandum or the Articles;
(o) Director
means any director of the Company, from time to time;
(p) Distribution
in relation to a distribution by the Company means the direct or
indirect transfer of an asset, other than Shares, to or for the
benefit of a Member in relation to Shares held by a Member, and
whether by means of a purchase of an asset, the redemption or other
acquisition of Shares, a distribution of indebtedness or otherwise,
and includes a dividend;
(q) Eligible
Person
means individuals, corporations, trusts, the estates of deceased
individuals, partnerships and unincorporated associations of
persons;
(r) Enterprise
means the Company and any other corporation, constituent
corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed
in a consolidation or merger to which the Company (or any of its
wholly owned subsidiaries) is a party, limited liability company,
partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other
enterprise of which an Indemnitee is or was serving at the request
of the Company as a Director, Officer, trustee, general partner,
managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent;
(s) Exchange
Act
means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended;
(t) Expenses
shall include all direct and indirect costs, fees and expenses of
any type or nature whatsoever, including, without limitation, all
legal fees and costs, retainers, court costs, transcript costs,
fees of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, fees of private
investigators and professional advisors, duplicating costs,
printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery
service fees, fax transmission charges, secretarial services and
all other disbursements, obligations or expenses, in each case
reasonably incurred in connection with prosecuting, defending,
preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, being or preparing
to be a witness in, settlement or appeal of, or otherwise
participating in, a Proceeding, including reasonable compensation
for time spent by the Indemnitee for which he or she is not
otherwise compensated by the Company or any third party. Expenses
shall also include any or all of the foregoing expenses incurred in
connection with all judgments, liabilities, fines, penalties and
amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and
other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of
such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in
settlement) actually and reasonably incurred (whether by an
Indemnitee, or on his behalf) in connection with such Proceeding or
any claim, issue or matter therein, or any appeal resulting from
any Proceeding, including without limitation the principal,
premium, security for, and other costs relating to any cost bond,
supersedeas bond, or other appeal bond or its equivalent, but shall
not include amounts paid in settlement by an Indemnitee or the
amount of judgments or fines against an Indemnitee;
(u) Fair
Value
shall mean a value at least equal to 80% of the balance in the
Trust Account (excluding any deferred underwriting fees and any
taxes payable on the Trust Account balance) at the time of the
execution of a definitive agreement for a Business
Combination;
(v) FINRA
means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority of the United
States;
(w) Indemnitee
means any person detailed in sub regulations (a) and (b) of
Regulation 16;
(x) Initial
Shareholders
means the Sponsor and any of the Directors or officers of the
Company who hold shares prior to the IPO;
(y) IPO
means the initial public offering of units, consisting of ordinary
shares of the Company and rights to receive ordinary shares of the
Company;
(z) Member
means an Eligible Person whose name is entered in the share
register of the Company as the holder of one or more Shares or
fractional Shares;
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(aa) Memorandum
means this Memorandum of Association of the Company;
(bb) Officer
means any officer of the Company, from time to time;
(cc) Ordinary
Shares
has the meaning ascribed to it in Clause 5.1;
(dd) Over-Allotment
Option
means the option of the Underwriters to purchase up to an
additional 15% of the firm units (as described in Regulation 2.10)
sold in the IPO at a price equal to US$10.00 per unit, less
underwriting discount and commissions.
(ee) Per-Share
Redemption Price
means:
(i) with
respect to an Automatic Redemption Event, the aggregate amount on
deposit in the Trust Account including interest earned, but net of
taxes payable and less up to US$50,000 of any interest earned to
pay liquidation expenses divided by the number of then outstanding
Public Shares;
(ii) with
respect to an Amendment Redemption Event, the aggregate amount on
deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned but net of
taxes payable, divided by the number of then outstanding Public
Shares; and
(iii) with
respect to either a Tender Redemption Offer or a Redemption Offer,
the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account,
including interest earned but net of taxes payable, on the date
that is two Business Days prior to the consummation of the Business
Combination, divided by the number of then outstanding Public
Shares;
(ff) Preferred
Shares
has the meaning ascribed to it in Clause 5.1;
(gg) Proceeding
means any threatened, pending or completed action, suit,
arbitration, mediation, alternate dispute resolution mechanism,
investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing or any other actual,
threatened or completed proceeding, whether brought in the name of
the Company or otherwise and whether of a civil (including
intentional or unintentional tort claims), criminal, administrative
or investigative nature, in which an Indemnitee was, is, will or
might be involved as a party or otherwise by reason of the fact
that such Indemnitee is or was a Director or Officer of the
Company, by reason of any action (or failure to act) taken by him
or of any action (or failure to act) on his part while acting as a
Director, Officer, employee or adviser of the Company, or by reason
of the fact that he is or was serving at the request of the Company
as a Director, Officer, trustee, general partner, managing member,
fiduciary, employee, adviser or agent of any other Enterprise, in
each case whether or not serving in such capacity at the time any
liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification,
reimbursement, or advancement of expenses can be provided under
these Articles;
(hh) Public
Shares
means the Shares included in the units issued in the
IPO;
(ii) Redemption
Offer
has the meaning ascribed to it in Regulation 24.5(b);
(jj) Registration
Statement
has the meaning ascribed to it in Regulation 24.10;
(kk) relevant
system
means a relevant system for the holding and transfer of shares in
uncertificated form;
(ll) Resolution
of Directors
means either:
(i) subject
to sub-paragraph (ii) below, a resolution approved at a duly
convened and constituted meeting of Directors of the Company or of
a committee of Directors of the Company by the affirmative vote of
a majority of the Directors present at the meeting who voted except
that where a Director is given more than one vote, he shall be
counted by the number of votes he casts for the purpose of
establishing a majority; or
(ii) a
resolution consented to in writing by all Directors or by all
members of a committee of Directors of the Company, as the case may
be;
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(mm) Resolution
of Members
means a resolution approved at a duly convened and constituted
meeting of the Members of the Company by the affirmative vote of a
majority of the votes of the Shares entitled to vote thereon which
were present at the meeting and were voted;
(nn) Seal
means any seal which has been duly adopted as the common seal of
the Company;
(oo) SEC
means the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission;
(pp) Securities
means Shares, other securities and debt obligations of every kind
of the Company, and including without limitation options, warrants,
rights to receive Shares or other securities or debt
obligations;
(qq) Securities
Act
means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as
amended;
(rr) Share
means a share issued or to be issued by the Company and
Shares
shall be construed accordingly;
(ss) Sponsor
means A SPAC (Holdings) Acquisition Corp., a company incorporated
in the British Virgin Islands;
(tt) Sponsor
Group
means the Sponsor and its respective affiliates, successors and
assigns;
(uu) Target
Business
means any businesses or entity with whom the Company wishes to
undertake a Business Combination;
(vv) Target
Business Acquisition Period
shall mean the period commencing from the effectiveness of the
registration statement filed with the SEC in connection with the
Company’s IPO up to and including the first to occur of (i) a
Business Combination; or (ii) the Termination Date.
(ww) Tender
Redemption Offer
has the meaning ascribed to it in Regulation 24.5(a);
(xx) Termination
Date
has the meaning given to it in Regulation 24.2;
(yy) Treasury
Share
means a Share that was previously issued but was repurchased,
redeemed or otherwise acquired by the Company and not
cancelled;
(zz) Trust
Account
shall mean the trust account established by the Company prior to
the IPO and into which a certain amount of the IPO proceeds and the
proceeds from a simultaneous private placement of like units
comprising like securities to those in included in the IPO by the
Company are deposited, interest on the balance of which may be
released to the Company from to time to time to pay the Company’s
income or other tax obligations, and up to US$ 50,000 of such
interest on the balance of the Trust Account may also be released
to pay the liquidation expenses of the Company if
applicable;
(aaa) Underwriters
means the underwriters of the IPO from time to time, and any
successor underwriter, and
Underwriter
means any of them; and
(bbb) written
or any term of like import includes information generated, sent,
received or stored by electronic, electrical, digital, magnetic,
optical, electromagnetic, biometric or photonic means, including
electronic data interchange, electronic mail, telegram, telex or
telecopy, and “in writing” shall be construed
accordingly.
12.2 In
the Memorandum and the Articles, unless the context otherwise
requires a reference to:
(a) a
Regulation
is a reference to a regulation of the Articles;
(b) a
Clause
is a reference to a clause of the Memorandum;
(c) voting
by Member is a reference to the casting of the votes attached to
the Shares held by the Member voting;
(d) the
Act, the Memorandum or the Articles is a reference to the Act or
those documents as amended;
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(e) the
singular includes the plural and vice versa;
(f) where
a meeting of (i) Members; (ii) a class of Members; (iii) the board
of Directors; or (iv) any committee of the Directors, is required
to be convened for a place, such place may be a physical place, or
a virtual place, or both, and where a meeting is convened for or
including a virtual place any person, including the person duly
appointed as the chairperson of such meeting, may attend such
meeting by virtual attendance and such virtual attendance shall
constitute presence in person at that meeting;
(g) the
term “virtual place” includes a discussion facility or forum with a
telephonic, electronic or digital identifier; and
(h) the
term “virtual attendance” means attendance at a virtual place by
means of conference telephone or other digital or electronic
communications equipment or software or other facilities by means
of which all the persons participating in the meeting can
communicate with each other.
12.3 Any
words or expressions defined in the Act unless the context
otherwise requires bear the same meaning in the Memorandum and
Articles unless otherwise defined herein.
12.4 Headings
are inserted for convenience only and shall be disregarded in
interpreting the Memorandum and Articles.
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We, Ogier Global (BVI) Limited of Ritter House, Wickhams Cay II, PO
Box 3170, Road Town, Tortola VG1110, British Virgin Islands, for
the purpose of incorporating a BVI business company under the laws
of the British Virgin Islands hereby sign this Memorandum of
Association.
Dated 29 April 2021
Incorporator
Signed for and on behalf of
Ogier Global (BVI) Limited of Ritter House,
Wickhams Cay II, PO Box 3170, Road Town, Tortola VG1110,
British Virgin Islands
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Annex A-9
TERRITORY OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
THE BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT 2004
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
A SPAC I Acquisition Corp.
A COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
AMENDED AND RESTATED ON [•]
1 REGISTERED
SHARES
1.1 Every
Member is entitled to a certificate signed by a Director of the
Company or under the Seal specifying the number of Shares held by
him and the signature of the Director and the Seal may be
facsimiles.
1.2 Any
Member receiving a certificate shall indemnify and hold the Company
and its Directors and officers harmless from any loss or liability
which it or they may incur by reason of any wrongful or fraudulent
use or representation made by any person by virtue of the
possession thereof. If a certificate for Shares is worn out or lost
it may be renewed on production of the worn out certificate or on
satisfactory proof of its loss together with such indemnity as may
be required by a Resolution of Directors.
1.3 If
several Eligible Persons are registered as joint holders of any
Shares, any one of such Eligible Persons may give an effectual
receipt for any Distribution.
1.4 Nothing
in these Articles shall require title to any Shares or other
Securities to be evidenced by a certificate if the Act and the
rules of the Designated Stock Exchange permit otherwise.
1.5 Subject
to the Act and the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange, the
Board of Directors without further consultation with the holders of
any Shares or Securities may resolve that any class or series of
Shares or other Securities in issue or to be issued from time to
time may be issued, registered or converted to uncertificated form
and the practices instituted by the operator of the relevant
system. No provision of these Articles will apply to any
uncertificated shares or Securities to the extent that they are
inconsistent with the holding of such shares or securities in
uncertificated form or the transfer of title to any such shares or
securities by means of a relevant system.
1.6 Conversion
of Shares held in certificated form into Shares held in
uncertificated form, and vice versa, may be made in such manner as
the Board of Directors, in its absolute discretion, may think fit
(subject always to the requirements of the relevant system
concerned). The Company or any duly authorised transfer agent shall
enter on the register of members how many Shares are held by each
member in uncertificated form and certificated form and shall
maintain the register of members in each case as is required by the
relevant system concerned. Notwithstanding any provision of these
Articles, a class or series of Shares shall not be treated as two
classes by virtue only of that class or series comprising both
certificated shares and uncertificated shares or as a result of any
provision of these Articles which applies only in respect of
certificated shares or uncertificated shares.
1.7 Nothing
contained in Regulation 1.5 and 1.6 is meant to prohibit the Shares
from being able to trade electronically. For the avoidance of
doubt, Shares shall only be traded and transferred electronically
upon consummation of the IPO.
2 SHARES
2.1 Subject
to the provisions of these Articles and, where applicable, the
rules of the Designated Stock Exchange, the unissued Shares of the
Company shall be at the disposal of the Directors and Shares and
other Securities may be issued and option to acquire Shares or
other Securities may be granted at such times, to such Eligible
Persons, for such consideration and on such terms as the Directors
may by Resolution of Directors determine.
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2.2 Without
prejudice to any special rights previously conferred on the holders
of any existing Preferred Shares, any Preferred Shares may be
issued with such preferred, deferred or other special rights or
such restrictions, whether in regard to dividend, voting or
otherwise as the Directors may from time to time determine subject
to Regulation 24.7.
2.3 Section
46 of the Act does not apply to the Company.
2.4 A
Share may be issued for consideration in any form, including money,
a promissory note, real property, personal property (including
goodwill and know-how) or a contract for future
services.
2.5 No
Shares may be issued for a consideration other than money, unless a
Resolution of Directors has been passed stating:
(a) the
amount to be credited for the issue of the Shares; and
(b) that,
in their opinion, the present cash value of the non-money
consideration for the issue is not less than the amount to be
credited for the issue of the Shares.
2.6 The
Company shall keep a register (the
share register)
containing:
(a) the
names and addresses of the persons who hold Shares;
(b) the
number of each class and series of Shares held by each
Member;
(c) the
date on which the name of each Member was entered in the share
register; and
(d) the
date on which any Eligible Person ceased to be a Member.
2.7 The
share register may be in any such form as the Directors may
approve, but if it is in magnetic, electronic or other data storage
form, the Company must be able to produce legible evidence of its
contents. Until the Directors otherwise determine, the magnetic,
electronic or other data storage form shall be the original share
register.
2.8 A
Share is deemed to be issued when the name of the Member is entered
in the share register.
2.9 Subject
to the provisions of the Act and the Business Combination Articles,
Shares may be issued on the terms that they are redeemable, or at
the option of the Company be liable to be redeemed on such terms
and in such manner as the Directors before or at the time of the
issue of such Shares may determine. The Directors may issue
options, warrants, rights or convertible securities or securities
or a similar nature conferring the right upon the holders thereof
to subscribe for, purchase or receive any class of Shares or
Securities on such terms as the Directors may from time to time
determine. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Directors may also
issue options, warrants, rights to acquire or receive shares or
convertible securities in connection with the Company’s
IPO.
2.10 With
respect to redeeming or repurchasing the Shares:
(a) Members
who hold Public Shares are entitled to request the redemption of
such Shares in the circumstances described in Regulation
24.5;
(b) Class
B Ordinary Shares held by the Sponsor shall, following consummation
of the Company’s initial Business Combination, be surrendered by
the Sponsor for no consideration and cancelled; and
(c) Public
Shares shall be repurchased by way of tender offer in the
circumstances set out in Regulation
24.5.
3 CLASS
B ORDINARY SHARES
3.1 On
the first business day following the consummation of the Company’s
initial Business Combination, the issued Class B Ordinary Shares
shall be surrendered by the Sponsor for no consideration and
cancelled.
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4 FORFEITURE
4.1 Shares
that are not fully paid on issue are subject to the forfeiture
provisions set forth in this Regulation and for this purpose Shares
issued for a promissory note or a contract for future services are
deemed to be not fully paid.
4.2 A
written notice of call specifying the date for payment to be made
shall be served on the Member who defaults in making payment in
respect of the Shares.
4.3 The
written notice of call referred to in Regulation 4.2 shall name a
further date not earlier than the expiration of 14 days from the
date of service of the notice on or before which the payment
required by the notice is to be made and shall contain a statement
that in the event of non-payment at or before the time named in the
notice the Shares, or any of them, in respect of which payment is
not made will be liable to be forfeited.
4.4 Where
a written notice of call has been issued pursuant to Regulation 4.2
and the requirements of the notice have not been complied with, the
Directors may, at any time before tender of payment, forfeit and
cancel the Shares to which the notice relates.
4.5 The
Company is under no obligation to refund any moneys to the Member
whose Shares have been cancelled pursuant to Regulation 4.4 and
that Member shall be discharged from any further obligation to the
Company.
5 TRANSFER
OF SHARES
5.1 Subject
to the Memorandum, certificated shares may be transferred by a
written instrument of transfer signed by the transferor and
containing the name and address of the transferee, which shall be
sent to the Company for registration. A member shall be entitled to
transfer uncertificated shares by means of a relevant system and
the operator of the relevant system shall act as agent of the
Members for the purposes of the transfer of such uncertificated
shares.
5.2 The
transfer of a Share is effective when the name of the transferee is
entered on the share register.
5.3 If
the Directors of the Company are satisfied that an instrument of
transfer relating to Shares has been signed but that the instrument
has been lost or destroyed, they may resolve by Resolution of
Directors:
(a) to
accept such evidence of the transfer of Shares as they consider
appropriate; and
(b) that
the transferee’s name should be entered in the share register
notwithstanding the absence of the instrument of
transfer.
5.4 Subject
to the Memorandum, the personal representative of a deceased Member
may transfer a Share even though the personal representative is not
a Member at the time of the transfer.
6 DISTRIBUTIONS
6.1 Subject
to the Business Combination Articles, the Directors of the Company
may, by Resolution of Directors, authorise a distribution at a time
and of an amount they think fit if they are satisfied, on
reasonable grounds, that, immediately after the distribution, the
value of the Company’s assets will exceed its liabilities and the
Company will be able to pay its debts as and when they fall
due.
6.2 Dividends
may be paid in money, shares, or other property.
6.3 The
Company may, by Resolution of Directors, from time to time pay to
the Members such interim dividends as appear to the Directors to be
justified by the profits of the Company, provided always that they
are satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that, immediately after the
distribution, the value of the Company’s assets will exceed its
liabilities and the Company will be able to pay its debts as and
when they fall due.
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6.4 Notice
in writing of any dividend that may have been declared shall be
given to each Member in accordance with Regulation 22 and all
dividends unclaimed for three years after such notice has been
given to a Member may be forfeited by Resolution of Directors for
the benefit of the Company.
6.5 No
dividend shall bear interest as against the Company.
7 REDEMPTION
OF SHARES AND TREASURY SHARES
7.1 The
Company may purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire and hold its own
Shares save that the Company may not purchase, redeem or otherwise
acquire its own Shares without the consent of the Member whose
Shares are to be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired unless
the Company is permitted or required by the Act or any other
provision in the Memorandum or Articles to purchase, redeem or
otherwise acquire the Shares without such consent.
7.2 The
purchase, redemption or other acquisition by the Company of its own
Shares is deemed not to be a distribution where:
(a) the
Company purchases, redeems or otherwise acquires the Shares
pursuant to a right of a Member to have his Shares redeemed or to
have his shares exchanged for money or other property of the
Company, or
(b) the
Company purchases, redeems or otherwise acquires the Shares by
virtue of the provisions of section 179 of the Act.
7.3 Sections
60, 61 and 62 of the Act shall not apply to the Company.
7.4 Subject
to the provisions of Regulation 24, shares that the Company
purchases, redeems or otherwise acquires pursuant to this
Regulation may be cancelled or held as Treasury Shares except to
the extent that such Shares are in excess of 50 percent of the
issued Shares in which case they shall be cancelled but they shall
be available for reissue.
7.5 All
rights and obligations attaching to a Treasury Share are suspended
and shall not be exercised by the Company while it holds the Share
as a Treasury Share.
7.6 Treasury
Shares may be disposed of by the Company on such terms and
conditions (not otherwise inconsistent with the Memorandum and
Articles) as the Company may by Resolution of Directors
determine.
7.7 Where
Shares are held by another body corporate of which the Company
holds, directly or indirectly, shares having more than 50 per cent
of the votes in the election of Directors of the other body
corporate, all rights and obligations attaching to the Shares held
by the other body corporate are suspended and shall not be
exercised by the other body corporate.
8 MORTGAGES
AND CHARGES OF SHARES
8.1 Unless
a Member agrees otherwise, a Member may by an instrument in writing
mortgage or charge his Shares.
8.2 There
shall be entered in the share register at the written request of
the Member:
(a) a
statement that the Shares held by him are mortgaged or
charged;
(b) the
name of the mortgagee or chargee; and
(c) the
date on which the particulars specified in subparagraphs (a) and
(b) are entered in the share register.
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8.3 Where
particulars of a mortgage or charge are entered in the share
register, such particulars may be cancelled:
(a) with
the written consent of the named mortgagee or chargee or anyone
authorised to act on his behalf; or
(b) upon
evidence satisfactory to the Directors of the discharge of the
liability secured by the mortgage or charge and the issue of such
indemnities as the Directors shall consider necessary or
desirable.
8.4 Whilst
particulars of a mortgage or charge over Shares are entered in the
share register pursuant to this Regulation:
(a) no
transfer of any Share the subject of those particulars shall be
effected;
(b) the
Company may not purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any such
Share; and
(c) no
replacement certificate shall be issued in respect of such
Shares,
without the written consent of the named mortgagee or
chargee.
9 MEETINGS
AND CONSENTS OF MEMBERS
9.1 Any
Director of the Company may convene meetings of the Members at such
times and in such manner and places within or outside the British
Virgin Islands as the Director considers necessary or desirable.
Following consummation of the Business Combination, an AGM shall be
held annually at such date and time as may be determined by the
Directors.
9.2 Upon
the written request of the Members entitled to exercise 30 percent
or more of the voting rights in respect of the matter for which the
meeting is requested the Directors shall convene a meeting of
Members.
9.3 The
Director convening a meeting of Members shall give not less than 10
nor more than 60 days’ written notice of such meeting
to:
(a) those
Members whose names on the date the notice is given appear as
Members in the share register of the Company and are entitled to
vote at the meeting; and
(b) the
other Directors.
9.4 The
Director convening a meeting of Members shall fix in the notice of
the meeting the record date for determining those Members that are
entitled to vote at the meeting.
9.5 A
meeting of Members held in contravention of the requirement to give
notice is valid if Members holding at least 90 per cent of the
total voting rights on all the matters to be considered at the
meeting have waived notice of the meeting and, for this purpose,
the presence of a Member at the meeting shall constitute waiver in
relation to all the Shares which that Member holds.
9.6 The
inadvertent failure of a Director who convenes a meeting to give
notice of a meeting to a Member or another Director, or the fact
that a Member or another Director has not received notice, does not
invalidate the meeting.
9.7 A
Member may be represented at a meeting of Members by a proxy who
may speak and vote on behalf of the Member.
9.8 The
instrument appointing a proxy shall be produced at the place
designated for the meeting before the time for holding the meeting
at which the person named in such instrument proposes to
vote.
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9.9 The
instrument appointing a proxy shall be in substantially the
following form or such other form as the chairman of the meeting
shall accept as properly evidencing the wishes of the Member
appointing the proxy.
A SPAC I Acquisition Corp.
I/We being a Member of the above Company HEREBY APPOINT
……………………………………………………………………………..…… of
……………………………………...……….…………..………… or failing him
…..………………………………………………….……………………..……..……..…… of
………………………………………………………..…..…… to be my/our proxy to vote for me/us
at the meeting of Members to be held on the …… day of …………..…………,
20…… and at any adjournment thereof.
(Any restrictions on voting to be inserted here.)
Signed this …… day of …………..…………, 20……
……………………………
Member
9.10 The
following applies where Shares are jointly owned:
(a) if
two or more persons hold Shares jointly each of them may be present
in person or by proxy at a meeting of Members and may speak as a
Member;
(b) if
only one of the joint owners is present in person or by proxy he
may vote on behalf of all joint owners; and
(c) if
two or more of the joint owners are present in person or by proxy
they must vote as one and in the event of disagreement between any
of the joint owners of Shares then the vote of the joint owner
whose name appears first (or earliest) in the share register in
respect of the relevant Shares shall be recorded as the vote
attributable to the Shares.
9.11 A
Member shall be deemed to be present at a meeting of Members if he
participates by telephone or other electronic means and all Members
participating in the meeting are able to hear each
other.
9.12 A
meeting of Members is duly constituted if, at the commencement of
the meeting, there are present in person or by proxy not less than
50 per cent of the votes of the Shares entitled to vote on
Resolutions of Members to be considered at the meeting. If the
Company has two or more classes of shares, a meeting may be quorate
for some purposes and not for others. A quorum may comprise a
single Member or proxy and then such person may pass a Resolution
of Members and a certificate signed by such person accompanied
where such person holds a proxy by a copy of the proxy instrument
shall constitute a valid Resolution of Members.
9.13 If
within two hours from the time appointed for the meeting of
Members, a quorum is not present, the meeting, at the discretion of
the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall either be dissolved or
stand adjourned to a business day in the jurisdiction in which the
meeting was to have been held at the same time and place, and if at
the adjourned meeting there are present within one hour from the
time appointed for the meeting in person or by proxy not less than
one third of the votes of the Shares entitled to vote or each class
or series of Shares entitled to vote, as applicable, on the matters
to be considered by the meeting, those present shall constitute a
quorum but otherwise the meeting shall either be dissolved or stand
further adjourned at the discretion of the Chairman of the Board of
Directors.
9.14 At
every meeting of Members, the Chairman of the Board shall preside
as chairman of the meeting. If there is no Chairman of the Board or
if the Chairman of the Board is not present at the meeting, the
Members present shall choose one of their number to be the
chairman. If the Members are unable to choose a chairman for any
reason, then the person representing the greatest number of voting
Shares present in person or by proxy at the meeting shall preside
as chairman failing which the oldest individual Member or
representative of a Member present shall take the chair.
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9.15 The
person appointed as chairman of the meeting pursuant to Regulation
9.14 may adjourn any meeting from time to time, and from place to
place. For the avoidance of doubt, a meeting can be adjourned for
as many times as may be determined to be necessary by the chairman
and a meeting may remain open indefinitely for as long a period as
may be determined by the chairman.
9.16 Voting
at any meeting of the Members is by show of hands unless a poll is
demanded by the chairman. On a show of hands every Member who is
present in person (or, in the case of a Member being a corporation,
by its duly authorized representative) or by proxy shall have one
vote and on a poll every Member shall present in person (or, in the
case of a Member being a corporation, by its duly authorized
representative) or by proxy shall have one vote for each Share
which such Member is the holder. Any Member present in person or by
proxy who disputes the announcement by the chairman of the result
of any vote may immediately following such announcement demand that
a poll be taken and the chairman shall cause a poll to be taken. If
a poll is taken at any meeting, the result shall be announced to
the meeting and recorded in the minutes of the meeting.
9.17 Subject
to the specific provisions contained in this Regulation for the
appointment of representatives of Members other than individuals
the right of any individual to speak for or represent a Member
shall be determined by the law of the jurisdiction where, and by
the documents by which, the Member is constituted or derives its
existence. In case of doubt, the Directors may in good faith seek
legal advice and unless and until a court of competent jurisdiction
shall otherwise rule, the Directors may rely and act upon such
advice without incurring any liability to any Member or the
Company.
9.18 Any
Member other than an individual may by resolution of its Directors
or other governing body authorise such individual as it thinks fit
to act as its representative at any meeting of Members or of any
class of Members, and the individual so authorised shall be
entitled to exercise the same rights on behalf of the Member which
he represents as that Member could exercise if it were an
individual.
9.19 The
chairman of any meeting at which a vote is cast by proxy or on
behalf of any Member other than an individual may at the meeting
but not thereafter call for a notarially certified copy of such
proxy or authority which shall be produced within 7 days of being
so requested or the votes cast by such proxy or on behalf of such
Member shall be disregarded.
9.20 Directors
of the Company may attend and speak at any meeting of Members and
at any separate meeting of the holders of any class or series of
Shares.
9.21 Until
the consummation of the Company’s IPO, any action that may be taken
by the Members at a meeting may also be taken by a Resolution of
Members consented to in writing, without the need for any prior
notice. If any Resolution of Members is adopted otherwise than by
the unanimous written consent of all Members, a copy of such
resolution shall forthwith be sent to all Members not consenting to
such resolution. The consent may be in the form of counterparts,
each counterpart being signed by one or more Members. If the
consent is in one or more counterparts, and the counterparts bear
different dates, then the resolution shall take effect on the
earliest date upon which Eligible Persons holding a sufficient
number of votes of Shares to constitute a Resolution of Members
have consented to the resolution by signed counterparts. Following
the Company’s IPO, any action required or permitted to be taken by
the Members of the Company must be effected by a meeting of the
Company, such meeting to be duly convened and held in accordance
with these Articles.
10 DIRECTORS
10.1 Prior
to the closing of a Business Combination, the Directors shall be
elected or removed by Resolution of Members of the Class B Ordinary
Shares for such term as the Members determine. For the avoidance of
doubt, prior to the closing of a Business Combination holders of
Class A Ordinary Shares or the Directors shall have no right to
vote on the appointment or removal of any director.
10.2 After
the closing of a Business Combination, the Directors shall be
elected or removed by Resolution of Members or by Resolution of
Directors.
10.3 No
person shall be appointed as a Director of the Company unless he
has consented in writing to act as a Director.
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10.4 The
minimum number of Directors shall be one and there shall be no
maximum number of Directors.
10.5 Each
Director holds office for the term fixed by the Resolution of
Members or Resolution of Directors appointing him, but such term
shall not exceed two years, or pursuant to Regulation 10.1 or 10.7,
or until his earlier death, resignation or removal. For the
avoidance of doubt, a Director who has completed his term of
service is eligible for re-election in accordance with Regulation
10.1. If no term is fixed on the appointment of a Director, the
Director serves the term of two years until his earlier death,
resignation or removal.
10.6 A
Director may resign his office by giving written notice of his
resignation to the Company and the resignation has effect from the
date the notice is received by the Company at the office of its
registered agent or from such later date as may be specified in the
notice. A Director shall resign forthwith as a Director if he is,
or becomes, disqualified from acting as a Director under the
Act.
10.7 After
the closing of a Business Combination, the Directors may at any
time appoint any person to be a Director either to fill a vacancy
or as an addition to the existing Directors. Where the Directors
appoint a person as Director to fill a vacancy, the term shall not
exceed the term that remained when the person who has ceased to be
a Director ceased to hold office.
10.8 A
vacancy in relation to Directors occurs if a Director dies or
otherwise ceases to hold office prior to the expiration of his term
of office.
10.9 The
Company shall keep a register of Directors containing:
(a) the
names and addresses of the persons who are Directors of the
Company;
(b) the
date on which each person whose name is entered in the register was
appointed as a Director of the Company;
(c) the
date on which each person named as a Director ceased to be a
Director of the Company; and
(d) such
other information as may be prescribed by the Act.
10.10 The
register of Directors may be kept in any such form as the Directors
may approve, but if it is in magnetic, electronic or other data
storage form, the Company must be able to produce legible evidence
of its contents. Until a Resolution of Directors determining
otherwise is passed, the magnetic, electronic or other data storage
shall be the original register of Directors.
10.11 The
Directors, or if the Shares (or depository receipts therefore) are
listed or quoted on a Designated Stock Exchange, and if required by
the Designated Stock Exchange, any committee thereof, may, by a
Resolution of Directors, fix the remuneration of Directors with
respect to services to be rendered in any capacity to the Company,
provided that no cash remuneration shall be paid to any Director
prior to the consummation of a Business Combination. The Directors
shall also, whether prior to or after the consummation of a
Business Combination, be entitled to be paid all out of pocket
expenses properly incurred by them in connection with activities on
behalf of the Company, including identifying and consummating a
Business Combination.
10.12 A
Director is not required to hold a Share as a qualification to
office.
10.13 Prior
to the consummation of any transaction with:
(a) any
affiliate of the Company;
(b) any
Member owning an interest in the voting power of the Company that
gives such Member a significant influence over the
Company;
(c) any
Director or executive officer of the Company and any relative of
such Director or executive officer; and
(d) any
person in which a substantial interest in the voting power of the
Company is owned, directly or indirectly, by a person referred to
in Regulations 10.13(b) and (c) or over which such a person is able
to exercise significant influence,
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such transaction must be approved by a majority of the members of
the Board of Directors who do not have an interest in the
transaction, such directors having been provided with access (at
the Company’s expense) to the Company’s attorney or independent
legal counsel, unless the disinterested directors determine that
the terms of such transaction are no less favourable to the Company
than those that would be available to the Company with respect to
such a transaction from unaffiliated third parties.
11 POWERS
OF DIRECTORS
11.1 The
business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by, or under
the direction or supervision of, the Directors of the Company. The
Directors of the Company have all the powers necessary for
managing, and for directing and supervising, the business and
affairs of the Company. The Directors may pay all expenses incurred
preliminary to and in connection with the incorporation of the
Company and may exercise all such powers of the Company as are not
by the Act or by the Memorandum or the Articles required to be
exercised by the Members.
11.2 If
the Company is the wholly owned subsidiary of a holding company, a
Director of the Company may, when exercising powers or performing
duties as a Director, act in a manner which he believes is in the
best interests of the holding company even though it may not be in
the best interests of the Company.
11.3 Each
Director shall exercise his powers for a proper purpose and shall
not act or agree to the Company acting in a manner that contravenes
the Memorandum, the Articles or the Act. Each Director, in
exercising his powers or performing his duties, shall act honestly
and in good faith in what the Director believes to be the best
interests of the Company.
11.4 Any
Director which is a body corporate may appoint any individual as
its duly authorised representative for the purpose of representing
it at meetings of the Directors, with respect to the signing of
consents or otherwise.
11.5 The
continuing Directors may act notwithstanding any vacancy in their
body.
11.6 Subject
to Regulation 24.7, the Directors may by Resolution of Directors
exercise all the powers of the Company to incur indebtedness,
liabilities or obligations and to secure indebtedness, liabilities
or obligations whether of the Company or of any third party,
provided always that if the same occurs prior to the consummation
of a Business Combination, the Company must first obtain from the
lender a waiver of any right, title, interest or claim of any kind
in or to any monies held in the Trust Account.
11.7 All
cheques, promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange and other
negotiable instruments and all receipts for moneys paid to the
Company shall be signed, drawn, accepted, endorsed or otherwise
executed, as the case may be, in such manner as shall from time to
time be determined by Resolution of Directors.
11.8 Section
175 of the Act shall not apply to the Company.
12 PROCEEDINGS
OF DIRECTORS
12.1 Any
one Director of the Company may call a meeting of the Directors by
sending a written notice to each other Director.
12.2 The
Directors of the Company or any committee thereof may meet at such
times and in such manner and places within or outside the British
Virgin Islands as the notice calling the meeting
provides.
12.3 A
Director is deemed to be present at a meeting of Directors if he
participates by telephone or other electronic means and all
Directors participating in the meeting are able to hear each
other.
12.4 A
Director may by a written instrument appoint an alternate who need
not be a Director, any such alternate shall be entitled to attend
meetings in the absence of the Director who appointed him and to
vote or consent in place of the Director until the appointment
lapses or is terminated.
12.5 A
Director shall be given not less than three days’ notice of
meetings of Directors, but a meeting of Directors held without
three days’ notice having been given to all Directors shall be
valid if all the Directors entitled to vote at the meeting who do
not attend waive notice of the meeting, and for this purpose
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presence of a Director at a meeting shall constitute waiver by that
Director. The inadvertent failure to give notice of a meeting to a
Director, or the fact that a Director has not received the notice,
does not invalidate the meeting.
12.6 A
meeting of Directors is duly constituted for all purposes if at the
commencement of the meeting there are present in person or,
following the consummation of a Business Combination, by alternate
not less than one-half of the total number of Directors, unless
there are only two Directors in which case the quorum is
two.
12.7 If
the Company has only one Director the provisions herein contained
for meetings of Directors do not apply and such sole Director has
full power to represent and act for the Company in all matters as
are not by the Act, the Memorandum or the Articles required to be
exercised by the Members. In lieu of minutes of a meeting the sole
Director shall record in writing and sign a note or memorandum of
all matters requiring a Resolution of Directors. Such a note or
memorandum constitutes sufficient evidence of such resolution for
all purposes.
12.8 At
meetings of Directors at which the Chairman of the Board is
present, he shall preside as chairman of the meeting. If there is
no Chairman of the Board or if the Chairman of the Board is not
present, the Directors present shall choose one of their number to
be chairman of the meeting. If the Directors are unable to choose a
chairman for any reason, then the oldest individual Director
present (and for this purpose an alternate Director shall be deemed
to be the same age as the Director that he represents) shall take
the chair. In the case of an equality of votes at a meeting of
Directors, the Chairman of the Board shall have a casting
vote.
12.9 An
action that may be taken by the Directors or a committee of
Directors at a meeting may also be taken by a Resolution of
Directors or a resolution of a committee of Directors consented to
in writing by all Directors or by all members of the committee, as
the case may be, without the need for any notice. The consent may
be in the form of counterparts each counterpart being signed by one
or more Directors. If the consent is in one or more counterparts,
and the counterparts bear different dates, then the resolution
shall take effect on the date upon which the last Director has
consented to the resolution by signed counterparts.
13 COMMITTEES
13.1 The
Directors may, by Resolution of Directors, designate one or more
committees, each consisting of one or more Directors, and delegate
one or more of their powers, including the power to affix the Seal,
to the committee.
13.2 The
Directors have no power to delegate to a committee of Directors any
of the following powers:
(a) to
amend the Memorandum or the Articles;
(b) to
designate committees of Directors;
(c) to
delegate powers to a committee of Directors;
(d) to
appoint Directors;
(e) to
appoint an agent;
(f) to
approve a plan of merger, consolidation or arrangement;
or
(g) to
make a declaration of solvency or to approve a liquidation
plan.
13.3 Regulations
13.2(b) and (c) do not prevent a committee of Directors, where
authorised by the Resolution of Directors appointing such committee
or by a subsequent Resolution of Directors, from appointing a
sub-committee
and delegating powers exercisable by the committee to the
sub-committee.
13.4 The
meetings and proceedings of each committee of Directors consisting
of 2 or more Directors shall be governed mutatis mutandis by the
provisions of the Articles regulating the proceedings of Directors
so far as the same are not superseded by any provisions in the
Resolution of Directors establishing the committee.
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14 OFFICERS
AND AGENTS
14.1 The
Company may by Resolution of Directors appoint officers of the
Company at such times as may be considered necessary or expedient.
Such officers may consist of a Chairman of the Board of Directors,
a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Chief Financial Officer
(in each case there may be more than one of such officers), one or
more vice-presidents, secretaries and treasurers and such other
officers as may from time to time be considered necessary or
expedient. Any number of offices may be held by the same
person.
14.2 The
officers shall perform such duties as are prescribed at the time of
their appointment subject to any modification in such duties as may
be prescribed thereafter by Resolution of Directors. In the absence
of any specific prescription of duties it shall be the
responsibility of the Chairman of the Board (or Co-Chairman, as the
case may be) to preside at meetings of Directors and Members, the
Chief Executive Officer (or Co-Chief Executive Officer, as the case
may be) to manage the day to day affairs of the Company, the
vice-presidents to act in order of seniority in the absence of the
Chief Executive Officer (or Co-Chief Executive Officer, as the case
may be) but otherwise to perform such duties as may be delegated to
them by the Chief Executive Officer (or Co-Chief Executive Officer,
as the case may be), the secretaries to maintain the share
register, minute books and records (other than financial records)
of the Company and to ensure compliance with all procedural
requirements imposed on the Company by Applicable Law, and the
treasurer to be responsible for the financial affairs of the
Company.
14.3 The
emoluments of all officers shall be fixed by Resolution of
Directors.
14.4 The
officers of the Company shall hold office until their death,
resignation or removal. Any officer elected or appointed by the
Directors may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by
Resolution of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the
Company may be filled by Resolution of Directors.
14.5 The
Directors may, by a Resolution of Directors, appoint any person,
including a person who is a Director, to be an agent of the
Company. An agent of the Company shall have such powers and
authority of the Directors, including the power and authority to
affix the Seal, as are set forth in the Articles or in the
Resolution of Directors appointing the agent, except that no agent
has any power or authority with respect to the matters specified in
Regulation 13.1. The Resolution of Directors appointing an agent
may authorise the agent to appoint one or more substitutes or
delegates to exercise some or all of the powers conferred on the
agent by the Company. The Directors may remove an agent appointed
by the Company and may revoke or vary a power conferred on
him.
15 CONFLICT
OF INTERESTS
15.1 A
Director of the Company shall, forthwith after becoming aware of
the fact that he is interested in a transaction entered into or to
be entered into by the Company, disclose the interest to all other
Directors of the Company.
15.2 For
the purposes of Regulation 15.1, a disclosure to all other
Directors to the effect that a Director is a member, Director or
officer of another named entity or has a fiduciary relationship
with respect to the entity or a named individual and is to be
regarded as interested in any transaction which may, after the date
of the entry or disclosure, be entered into with that entity or
individual, is a sufficient disclosure of interest in relation to
that transaction.
15.3 Provided
that the requirements of Regulation 10.13 have first been
satisfied, a Director of the Company who is interested in a
transaction entered into or to be entered into by the Company
may:
(a) vote
on a matter relating to the transaction;
(b) attend
a meeting of Directors at which a matter relating to the
transaction arises and be included among the Directors present at
the meeting for the purposes of a quorum; and
(c) sign
a document on behalf of the Company, or do any other thing in his
capacity as a Director, that relates to the transaction,
and, subject to compliance with the Act and these Articles shall
not, by reason of his office be accountable to the Company for any
benefit which he derives from such transaction and no such
transaction shall be liable to be avoided on the grounds of any
such interest or benefit.
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16 INDEMNIFICATION
16.1 Subject
to the limitations hereinafter provided the Company shall
indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate against all direct and
indirect costs, fees and Expenses of any type or nature whatsoever,
any person who:
(a) is
or was a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
Proceeding by reason of the fact that such person is or was a
Director, officer, key employee, adviser of the Company or who at
the request of the Company; or
(b) is
or was, at the request of the Company, serving as a Director of, or
in any other capacity is or was acting for, another
Enterprise.
16.2 The
indemnity in Regulation 16.1 only applies if the relevant
Indemnitee acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best
interests of the Company and, in the case of criminal proceedings,
the Indemnitee had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct
was unlawful.
16.3 The
decision of the Directors as to whether an Indemnitee acted
honestly and in good faith and with a view to the best interests of
the Company and as to whether such Indemnitee had no reasonable
cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful is, in the absence
of fraud, sufficient for the purposes of the Articles, unless a
question of law is involved.
16.4 The
termination of any Proceedings by any judgment, order, settlement,
conviction or the entering of a nolle prosequi does not, by itself,
create a presumption that the relevant Indemnitee did not act
honestly and in good faith and with a view to the best interests of
the Company or that such Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe
that his conduct was unlawful.
16.5 The
Company may purchase and maintain insurance, purchase or furnish
similar protection or make other arrangements including, but not
limited to, providing a trust fund, letter of credit, or surety
bond in relation to any Indemnitee or who at the request of the
Company is or was serving as a Director, officer or liquidator of,
or in any other capacity is or was acting for, another Enterprise,
against any liability asserted against the person and incurred by
him in that capacity, whether or not the Company has or would have
had the power to indemnify him against the liability as provided in
these Articles.
17 RECORDS
17.1 The
Company shall keep the following documents at the office of its
registered agent:
(a) the
Memorandum and the Articles;
(b) the
share register, or a copy of the share register;
(c) the
register of Directors, or a copy of the register of Directors;
and
(d) copies
of all notices and other documents filed by the Company with the
Registrar of Corporate Affairs in the previous 10 years.
17.2 If
the Company maintains only a copy of the share register or a copy
of the register of Directors at the office of its registered agent,
it shall:
(a) within
15 days of any change in either register, notify the registered
agent in writing of the change; and
(b) provide
the registered agent with a written record of the physical address
of the place or places at which the original share register or the
original register of Directors is kept.
17.3 The
Company shall keep the following records at the office of its
registered agent or at such other place or places, within or
outside the British Virgin Islands, as the Directors may
determine:
(a) minutes
of meetings and Resolutions of Members and classes of
Members;
(b) minutes
of meetings and Resolutions of Directors and committees of
Directors; and
(c) an
impression of the Seal, if any.
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17.4 Where
any original records referred to in this Regulation are maintained
other than at the office of the registered agent of the Company,
and the place at which the original records is changed, the Company
shall provide the registered agent with the physical address of the
new location of the records of the Company within 14 days of the
change of location.
17.5 The
records kept by the Company under this Regulation shall be in
written form or either wholly or partly as electronic records
complying with the requirements of the Electronic Transactions
Act.
18 REGISTERS
OF CHARGES
18.1 The
Company shall maintain at the office of its registered agent a
register of charges in which there shall be entered the following
particulars regarding each mortgage, charge and other encumbrance
created by the Company:
(a) the
date of creation of the charge;
(b) a
short description of the liability secured by the
charge;
(c) a
short description of the property charged;
(d) the
name and address of the trustee for the security or, if there is no
such trustee, the name and address of the chargee;
(e) unless
the charge is a security to bearer, the name and address of the
holder of the charge; and
(f) details
of any prohibition or restriction contained in the instrument
creating the charge on the power of the Company to create any
future charge ranking in priority to or equally
with the charge.
19 CONTINUATION
The Company may by Resolution of Members or by a Resolution of
Directors continue as a company incorporated under the laws of a
jurisdiction outside the British Virgin Islands in the manner
provided under those laws.
20 SEAL
The Company may have more than one Seal and references herein to
the Seal shall be references to every Seal which shall have been
duly adopted by Resolution of Directors. The Directors shall
provide for the safe custody of the Seal and for an imprint thereof
to be kept at the registered office. Except as otherwise expressly
provided herein the Seal when affixed to any written instrument
shall be witnessed and attested to by the signature of any one
Director or other person so authorised from time to time by
Resolution of Directors. Such authorisation may be before or after
the Seal is affixed, may be general or specific and may refer to
any number of sealings. The Directors may provide for a facsimile
of the Seal and of the signature of any Director or authorised
person which may be reproduced by printing or other means on any
instrument and it shall have the same force and validity as if the
Seal had been affixed to such instrument and the same had been
attested to as hereinbefore described.
21 ACCOUNTS
AND AUDIT
21.1 The
Company shall keep records that are sufficient to show and explain
the Company’s transactions and that will, at any time, enable the
financial position of the Company to be determined with reasonable
accuracy.
21.2 The
Company may by Resolution of Members call for the Directors to
prepare periodically and make available a profit and loss account
and a balance sheet. The profit and loss account and balance sheet
shall be drawn up so as to give respectively a true and fair view
of the profit and loss of the Company for a financial period and a
true and fair view of the assets and liabilities of the Company as
at the end of a financial period.
21.3 The
Company may by Resolution of Members call for the accounts to be
examined by auditors.
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21.4 If
the Shares are listed or quoted on a Designated Stock Exchange that
requires the Company to have an audit committee, the Directors
shall adopt a formal written audit committee charter and review and
assess the adequacy of the formal written charter on an annual
basis.
21.5 If
the Shares are listed or quoted on the Designated Stock Exchange,
the Company shall conduct an appropriate review of all related
party transactions on an ongoing basis and, if required, shall
utilise the audit committee for the review and approval of
potential conflicts of interest.
21.6 If
applicable, and subject to applicable law and the rules of the SEC
and the Designated Stock Exchange:
(a) at
the AGM or at a subsequent general meeting in each year, the
Members shall appoint an auditor who shall hold office until the
Members appoint another auditor. Such auditor may be a Member but
no Director or officer or employee of the Company shall during, his
continuance in office, be eligible to act as auditor;
(b) a
person, other than a retiring auditor, shall not be capable of
being appointed auditor at an AGM unless notice in writing of an
intention to nominate that person to the office of auditor has been
given not less than ten days before the AGM and furthermore the
Company shall send a copy of such notice to the retiring auditor;
and
(c) the
Members may, at any meeting convened and held in accordance with
these Articles, by resolution remove the auditor at any time before
the expiration of his term of office and shall by resolution at
that meeting appoint another auditor in his stead for the remainder
of his term.
21.7 The
remuneration of the auditors shall be fixed by Resolution of
Directors in such manner as the Directors may determine or in a
manner required by the rules and regulations of the Designated
Stock Exchange and the SEC.
21.8 The
report of the auditors shall be annexed to the accounts and shall
be read at the meeting of Members at which the accounts are laid
before the Company or shall be otherwise given to the
Members.
21.9 Every
auditor of the Company shall have a right of access at all times to
the books of account and vouchers of the Company, and shall be
entitled to require from the Directors and officers of the Company
such information and explanations as he thinks necessary for the
performance of the duties of the auditors.
21.10 The
auditors of the Company shall be entitled to receive notice of, and
to attend any meetings of Members at which the Company’s profit and
loss account and balance sheet are to be presented.
22 NOTICES
22.1 Any
notice, information or written statement to be given by the Company
to Members may be given by personal service by mail, facsimile or
other similar means of electronic communication, addressed to each
Member at the address shown in the share register.
22.2 Any
summons, notice, order, document, process, information or written
statement to be served on the Company may be served by leaving it,
or by sending it by registered mail addressed to the Company, at
its registered office, or by leaving it with, or by sending it by
registered mail to, the registered agent of the Company.
22.3 Service
of any summons, notice, order, document, process, information or
written statement to be served on the Company may be proved by
showing that the summons, notice, order, document, process,
information or written statement was delivered to the registered
office or the registered agent of the Company or that it was mailed
in such time as to admit to its being delivered to the registered
office or the registered agent of the Company in the normal course
of delivery within the period prescribed for service and was
correctly addressed and the postage was prepaid.
23 VOLUNTARY
WINDING UP
The Company may by a Resolution of Members or by a Resolution of
Directors appoint a voluntary liquidator.
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24 BUSINESS
COMBINATION
24.1 Regulations
24.1 to 24.11 shall terminate upon consummation of any Business
Combination.
24.2 The
Company has until 12 months from the closing of the IPO to
consummate a Business Combination, provided however that if the
Board of Directors anticipates that the Company may not be able to
consummate a Business Combination within 12 months of the closing
of the IPO, the Company may, by Resolution of Directors, at the
request of the Initial Shareholders, extend the period of time to
consummate a Business Combination up to eight times, each by an
additional one month (for a total of up to 20 months to complete a
Business Combination), subject to the Initial Shareholders
depositing additional funds into the Trust Account in accordance
with terms as set out in the Trust Agreement and proxy statement
delivered to its shareholders on or about January ___, 2023. In the
event that the Company does not consummate a Business Combination
within 12 months from the closing of the IPO or within up to 20
months from the closing of the IPO (subject in the latter case to
valid one month extensions having been made in each case (such date
falling 12 months or up to 20 months, as applicable, after the
closing of the IPO being referred to as the
Termination Date),
such failure shall trigger an automatic redemption of the Public
Shares (an
Automatic Redemption Event)
and the Directors of the Company shall take all such action
necessary (i) as promptly as reasonably possible but no more than
ten (10) Business Days thereafter to redeem the Public Shares in
cash at a per-share amount equal to the applicable Per-Share
Redemption Price; and (ii) as promptly as practicable, to cease all
operations except for the purpose of making such distribution and
any subsequent winding up of the Company’s affairs. In the event of
an Automatic Redemption Event, only the holders of Public Shares
shall be entitled to receive pro rata redeeming distributions from
the Trust Account with respect to their Public Shares.
24.3 Unless
a shareholder vote is required by law or the rules of the
Designated Stock Exchange, or, at the sole discretion of the
Directors, the Directors determine to hold a shareholder vote for
business or other reasons, the Company may enter into a Business
Combination without submitting such Business Combination to its
Members for approval.
24.4 Although
not required, in the event that a shareholder vote is held, and a
majority of the votes of the Shares entitled to vote thereon which
were present at the meeting to approve the Business Combination are
voted for the approval of such Business Combination, the Company
shall be authorised to consummate the Business
Combination.
24.5
(a) In
the event that a Business Combination is consummated by the Company
other than in connection with a shareholder vote under Regulation
24.4, the Company will, subject to as provided below, offer to
redeem the Public Shares for cash in accordance with Rule 13e-4 and
Regulation 14E of the Exchange Act and subject to any limitations
(including but not limited to cash requirements) set forth in the
definitive transaction agreements related to the initial Business
Combination (the
Tender Redemption Offer),
provided however that the Company shall not redeem those Shares
held by the Initial Shareholders or their affiliates pursuant to
such Tender Redemption Offer, whether or not such holders accept
such Tender Redemption Offer. The Company will file tender offer
documents with the SEC prior to consummating the Business
Combination which contain substantially the same financial and
other information about the Business Combination and the redemption
rights as would be required in a proxy solicitation pursuant to
Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act. In accordance with the Exchange
Act, the Tender Redemption Offer will remain open for a minimum of
20 Business Days and the Company will not be permitted to
consummate its Business Combination until the expiry of such
period. If in the event a Member holding Public Shares accepts the
Tender Redemption Offer and the Company has not otherwise withdrawn
the tender offer, the Company shall, promptly after the
consummation of the Business Combination, pay such redeeming
Member, on a pro rata basis, cash equal to the applicable Per-Share
Redemption Price.
(b) In
the event that a Business Combination is consummated by the Company
in connection with a shareholder vote held pursuant to Regulation
24.4 in accordance with a proxy solicitation pursuant to Regulation
14A of the Exchange Act (the
Redemption Offer),
the Company will, subject as
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provided below, offer to redeem the Public Shares, other than those
Shares held by the Initial Shareholders or their affiliates,
regardless of whether such shares are voted for or against the
Business Combination, for cash, on a pro rata basis, at a per-share
amount equal to the applicable Per-Share Redemption Price, provided
however that: (i) the Company shall not redeem those Shares held by
the Initial Shareholders or their affiliates pursuant to such
Redemption Offer, whether or not such holders accept such
Redemption Offer; and (ii) any other redeeming Member who either
individually or together with any affiliate of his or any other
person with whom he is acting in concert or as a “group” (as such
term is defined under Section 13 of the Exchange Act) shall not be
permitted to redeem, without the consent of the Directors, more
than fifteen percent (15%) of the total Public Shares sold in the
IPO.
(c) In
no event will the Company consummate the Tender Redemption Offer or
the Redemption Offer under Regulation 24.5(a) or 24.5(b) or an
Amendment Redemption Event under Regulation 24.11 if such
redemptions would cause the Company to have net tangible assets of
less than US$5,000,001 prior to or upon consummation of a Business
Combination.
24.6 A
holder of Public Shares shall be entitled to receive distributions
from the Trust Account only in the event of an Automatic Redemption
Event, an Amendment Redemption Event or in the event he accepts a
Tender Redemption Offer or a Redemption Offer where the Business
Combination is consummated. In no other circumstances shall a
holder of Public Shares have any right or interest of any kind in
or to the Trust Account.
24.7 Following
the IPO, the Company will not issue any Securities (other than
Public Shares) prior to a Business Combination that would entitle
the holder thereof to (i) receive funds from the Trust Account; or
(ii) vote on any Business Combination.
24.8 In
the event the Company seeks to complete a Business Combination with
a company that is affiliated with an Initial Shareholder, the
Company will obtain an opinion from an independent investment
banking firm which is a member of FINRA or independent accounting
firm that such a Business Combination is fair to the Company from a
financial point of view.
24.9 The
Company will not effectuate a Business Combination with another
“blank cheque” company or a similar company with nominal
operations.
24.10 Immediately
after the Company’s IPO, that amount of the net proceeds received
by the Company from the IPO (including proceeds of any exercise of
the underwriter’s over-allotment option) and from the simultaneous
private placement by the Company as is stated in the Company’s
registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC (such
registration statement at the time it initially goes effective,
the
Registration Statement)
to be deposited in the Trust Account shall be so deposited and
thereafter held in the Trust Account until released in the event of
a Business Combination or otherwise in accordance with this
Regulation 24. Neither the Company nor any officer, Director or
employee of the Company will disburse any of the proceeds held in
the Trust Account until the earlier of (i) a Business Combination,
or (ii) an Automatic Redemption Event or in payment of the
acquisition price for any shares which the Company elects to
purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire in accordance with this
Regulation 24, in each case in accordance with the trust agreement
governing the Trust Account; provided that interest earned on the
Trust Account (as described in the Registration Statement) may be
released from time to time to the Company to pay the Company’s tax
obligations and up to US$ 50,000 of such interest may also be
released from the Trust Account to pay any liquidation expenses of
the Company if applicable.
24.11 In
the event the Directors of the Company propose any amendment to
Regulation 24 or to any of the other rights of the Ordinary Shares
as set out at Clause 6.1 of the Memorandum prior to, but not for
the purposes of approving or in conjunction with the consummation
of, a Business Combination that would affect the substance or
timing of the Company’s obligations as described in this Regulation
24 to pay or to offer to pay the Per-Share Redemption Price to any
holder of the Public Shares (an
Amendment)
and such Amendment is (i) duly approved by a Resolution of Members;
and (ii) the amended Memorandum and Articles reflecting such
amendment are to be filed at the Registry of Corporate Affairs
(an
Approved Amendment),
the Company will offer to redeem the Public Shares of any Member
for cash, on a pro rata basis, at a per-share
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amount equal to the applicable Per-Share Redemption Price
(an
Amendment Redemption Event),
provided however that the Company shall not redeem those Shares
held by the Initial Shareholders or their affiliates pursuant to
such offer, whether or not such holders accept such
offer.
25 Business
Opportunities
25.1 In
recognition and anticipation of the facts that: (a) directors,
managers, officers, members, partners, managing members, employees
and/or agents of one or more members of the Sponsor Group (each of
the foregoing, a
Sponsor Group Related Person)
may serve as directors and/or officers of the Company; and (b) the
Sponsor Group engages, and may continue to engage in the same or
similar activities or related lines of business as those in which
the Company, directly or indirectly, may engage and/or other
business activities that overlap with or compete with those in
which the Company, directly or indirectly, may engage, the
provisions under this heading “Business Opportunities” are set
forth to regulate and define the conduct of certain affairs of the
Company as they may involve the Members and the Sponsor Group
Related Persons, and the powers, rights, duties and liabilities of
the Company and its officers, directors and Members in connection
therewith.
25.2 To
the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the directors and
officers of the Company shall have no duty, except and to the
extent expressly assumed by contract, to refrain from engaging
directly or indirectly in the same or similar business activities
or lines of business as the Company. To the fullest extent
permitted by Applicable Law, and subject to his or her fiduciary
duties under Applicable Law, the Company renounces any interest or
expectancy of the Company in, or in being offered an opportunity to
participate in, any potential transaction or matter which may be a
corporate opportunity offered to any director and officer of the
Company, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other, unless
such opportunity is expressly offered to such director or officer
of the Company solely in their capacity as an Officer or director
of the Company and the opportunity is one the Company is permitted
to complete on a reasonable basis.
25.3 Except
as provided elsewhere in the Articles, the Company hereby renounces
any interest or expectancy of the Company in, or in being offered
an opportunity to participate in, any potential transaction or
matter which may be a corporate opportunity for both the Company
and the Sponsor Group, about which a director and/or officer of the
Company who is also an Sponsor Group Related Person acquires
knowledge.
25.4 To
the extent a court might hold that the conduct of any activity
related to a corporate opportunity that is renounced in this
Article to be a breach of duty to the Company or its Members, the
Company hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by
Applicable Law, any and all claims and causes of action that the
Company may have for such activities. To the fullest extent
permitted by Applicable Law, the provisions of this Article apply
equally to activities conducted in the future and that have been
conducted in the past.
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We, Ogier Global (BVI) Limited of Ritter House, Wickhams Cay II, PO
Box 3170, Road Town, Tortola VG1110, British Virgin Islands, for
the purpose of incorporating a BVI business company under the laws
of the British Virgin Islands hereby sign these Articles of
Association.
Dated 29 April 2021
Incorporator
Signed for and on behalf of
Ogier Global (BVI) Limited of Ritter House,
Wickhams Cay II, PO Box 3170, Road Town, Tortola VG1110,
British Virgin Islands
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A SPAC I
ACQUISITION CORP.
PROXY FOR THE
EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
THIS PROXY IS
SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for
the Extraordinary General Meeting to be held on
[•],
2023 at the offices of Loeb & Loeb LLP, 345 Park Avenue,
New York, NY 10154, and virtually
via live webcast at
https://www.cstproxy.com/[___________].
The Proxy Statement is available at https://www.[•].
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The undersigned
hereby appoints Claudius Tsang with full power of substitution, as
proxy of the undersigned to attend the Extraordinary General
Meeting of Shareholders (the “Extraordinary General Meeting”) of A
SPAC I Acquisition Corp., to be held at [•] a.m. Eastern Time
on [•], 2023 (the “Extraordinary General Meeting”) at the offices
of Loeb & Loeb LLP, 345 Park Avenue, New York,
NY 10154, and virtually via live webcast at
https://www.cstproxy.com/[___________], and any
postponement or adjournment thereof, and to vote as if the
undersigned were then and there present on all matters set forth in
the Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting, dated [•], 2023 (the
“Notice”), a copy of which has been received by the undersigned, as
follows:
1. APPROVAL
OF AN AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT OF THE COMPANY’S AMENDED AND
RESTATED MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION TO, AMONG OTHER
THINGS, ALLOW ASCA TO EXTEND THE DATE BY WHICH THE
COMPANY HAS TO
CONSUMMATE A BUSINESS COMBINATION (THE “EXTENSION”) TWO
(2) TIMES FOR AN ADDITIONAL THREE MONTH EACH TIME FROM [•],
2023 TO [•], 2023 BY DELETING THE AMENDED AND RESTATED MEMORANDUM
AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF THE COMPANY IN ITS ENTIRETY AND
SUBSTITUTING IT WITH THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED MEMORANDUM AND
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF THE COMPANY IN THE FORM SET FORTH IN
ANNEX A TO THE PROXY STATEMENT.
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TO DIRECT THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING TO
ADJOURN THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING TO A LATER DATE OR DATES,
IF NECESSARY, TO PERMIT FURTHER SOLICITATION AND VOTE
OF PROXIES IF,
BASED UPON THE TABULATED VOTE AT THE TIME OF THE MEETING, THERE ARE
NOT SUFFICIENT VOTES TO APPROVE THE PROPOSAL 1.
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HIS OR HER
DISCRETION, THE PROXY HOLDER IS AUTHORIZED TO
VOTE UPON SUCH
OTHER MATTER OR MATTERS THAT MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE
EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING AND ANY
ADJOURNMENT(S) THEREOF.
THIS
PROXY WILL BE
VOTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFIC INDICATION
ABOVE. IN
THE ABSENCE OF SUCH INDICATION, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR” EACH
PROPOSAL AND, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE PROXY HOLDER, ON ANY
OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE EXTRAORDINARY
GENERAL OR ANY POSTPONEMENT OR ADJOURNMENT THEREOF.
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your name(s) appears on your stock certificate(s). A
corporation is requested to sign its name by its President or other
authorized officer, with the office held designated. Executors,
administrators, trustees, etc., are requested to
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when signing. If a stock certificate is registered
in two names or
held as joint tenants or as community property, both interested
persons should sign.
PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:
I plan to
participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting (Circle one):
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PLEASE NOTE:
SHAREHOLDER SHOULD SIGN THE PROXY PROMPTLY AND RETURN IT
IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO ENSURE
THAT IT IS RECEIVED BEFORE THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL
MEETING. PLEASE INDICATE ANY ADDRESS OR TELEPHONE NUMBER
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