Additional Proxy Soliciting Materials (definitive) (defa14a)
09 September 2020 - 7:18AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Form
8-K
Current
Report
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
September
3, 2020
Date
of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
Opes
Acquisition Corp.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
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001-38417
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82-2418815
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(State
or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification No.)
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4218
NE 2nd Avenue,
Miami, FL
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33137
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (305) 573-3900
N/A
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(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Check
the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant
under any of the following provisions:
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Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act
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Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title
of each class
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Trading
Symbol(s)
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Name
of each exchange on
which
registered
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Units,
each consisting of one share of common stock and one redeemable warrant
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OPESU
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The
Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
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Common
stock, par value $0.0001 per share
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OPES
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The
Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
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Redeemable
warrants, each exercisable for one share of common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share
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OPESW
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The
Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR
§230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).
Emerging
growth company ☒
If
an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for
complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
IMPORTANT
NOTICES
Opes
Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“OPES” or “Purchaser”), and BurgerFi International LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (“BurgerFi”) and their respective directors, executive officers, members, managers, employees
and other persons may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the holders of Purchaser’s common
stock in respect of the proposed transaction described herein. Information about OPES’s directors and executive officers
and their ownership of OPES’s common stock is set forth in OPES’s Prospectus, dated March 13, 2018, Annual Report
on Form 10-K, dated March 30, 2020 and the definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A dated July 2, 2020, filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), as modified or supplemented by any Form 3 or Form 4 filed with the SEC since
the date of such filing. Other information regarding the interests of the participants in the proxy solicitation will be included
in the proxy statement pertaining to the proposed transaction when it becomes available. These documents can be obtained free
of charge from the sources indicated above.
In
connection with the transaction described herein, Purchaser will file relevant materials with the SEC, including a proxy statement
on Schedule 14A. Promptly after filing its definitive proxy statement relating to the transaction with the SEC, Purchaser will
mail the definitive proxy statement and a proxy card to each stockholder entitled to vote at the special meeting relating to the
transaction, and other proposals. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF PURCHASER ARE URGED TO READ THESE MATERIALS (INCLUDING ANY
AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSACTION THAT PURCHASER WILL FILE
WITH THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT OPES, BURGERFI AND THE TRANSACTION.
The definitive proxy statement, the preliminary proxy statement and other relevant materials in connection with the transaction
(when they become available), and any other documents filed by Purchaser with the SEC, may be obtained free of charge at the SEC’s
website (www.sec.gov) or by writing to OPES at: 4218 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33137
This
Current Report on Form 8-K contains certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Securities Act
of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, both as amended by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements
that are not historical facts, including statements about the execution of definitive agreements relating to the Business Combination
by and among OPES and BurgerFi and the transactions contemplated thereby, and the parties’ perspectives and expectations,
are forward-looking statements. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the proposed transaction.
The words “expect,” “believe,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan,” and similar
expressions indicate forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and
are subject to various risks and uncertainties, assumptions (including assumptions about general economic, market, industry and
operational factors), known or unknown, which could cause the actual results to vary materially from those indicated or anticipated.
Such
risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: (i) risks related to the timing of the completion of the Business Combination,
(ii) the ability to satisfy the various conditions to the closing of the Business Combination set forth in the Membership Interest
Purchase Agreement, (iii) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of
the Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, (iv) the risk that there may be a material adverse effect on the business, properties,
assets, liabilities, results of operations or condition (financial or otherwise), of BurgerFi or its subsidiaries or franchisees,
taken as a whole; (v) risks related to disruption of management time from ongoing business operations due to the proposed Business
Combination; (vi) the risk that any announcements relating to the proposed Business Combination could have adverse effects on
the market price of OPES’s common stock; and (vii) other risks and uncertainties and other factors identified in OPES’s
prior and future filings with the SEC, available at www.sec.gov.
A
further list and description of risks and uncertainties can be found in the proxy statement on Schedule 14A that will be filed
with the SEC by Purchaser in connection with the proposed transaction, and other documents that the parties may file or furnish
with the SEC, which you are encouraged to read.
Should
one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may
vary materially from those indicated or anticipated by such forward-looking statements. Accordingly, you are cautioned not to
place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements relate only to the date they were made, and
OPES and BurgerFi, and their respective subsidiaries, if any, undertake no obligation to update forward-looking statements to
reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made except as required by law or applicable regulation.
Item
7.01 Regulation FD
On
September 3, 2020, OPES issued the following press release “OPES Acquisition Corp.’s Target BurgerFi Inks 30+ LOIs
for New Locations BurgerFi Plans to Open Nine Additional Units by Year-End 2020.”A copy of the press release is attached
hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
The
foregoing information, including the press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 is being furnished pursuant to Item
7.01 of this Current Report and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section.
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d)
Exhibits:
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated:
September 8, 2020
OPES
ACQUISITION CORP.
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By:
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/s/
Ophir Sternberg
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Name:
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Ophir
Sternberg
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Title:
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Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer
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