On December 27, 2023, flyExclusive, Inc., a Delaware corporation (f/k/a EG Acquisition Corp.) (the “Company”), consummated the previously announced business combination (the “Business Combination”) pursuant to that certain equity purchase agreement, dated October 17, 2022 (as the terms and conditions therein may be amended, modified or waived from time to time), by and among the Company, LGM Enterprises, LLC (d/b/a flyExclusive), a North Carolina limited liability company (“LGM”) and other parties, following approval thereof at a special meeting of the Company’s stockholders held on December 18, 2023.
Item 1.01. |
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
Note Redemption Agreement
On December 26, 2023, the Company, LGM and Thomas James Segrave Jr. (“Mr. Segrave”), entered into an agreement (the “Non-Redemption Agreement”) with an unaffiliated third party that had reported its holdings on Schedule 13G, pursuant to which such third party agreed not to redeem its shares of Class A common stock of the pre-Business Combination Company (the “Non-Redeemed Shares”). In exchange for the foregoing commitment not to redeem such common stock, Mr. Segrave agreed to transfer to such investor an aggregate of 70,000 Class A common stock of the Company, which were issued upon the conversion of 70,000 Class A units of LGM that were issued to Mr. Segrave in connection with the consummation of the Business Combination. Mr. Segrave also forfeited 70,000 shares of voting, non-economic Class B common stock of the Company in connection therewith.
The foregoing summary of the Non-Redemption Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of Non-Redemption Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Warrant Exchange Agreement
On December 26, 2023 and December 27, 2023, the Company and certain holders (the “Warrant Holders”) of the Company’s outstanding publicly traded warrants (the “Public Warrants”) entered into a Warrant Exchange Agreements (the “Warrant Exchange Agreements”), which were privately negotiated with the holders party thereto. The Public Warrants were previously issued pursuant to the Company’s public offering registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to a prospectus dated May 25, 2021. Pursuant to the Warrant Exchange Agreements, the Warrant Holders agreed to exchange each of its Public Warrants for shares of the Company’s Class A common stock. As a result of the warrant exchange under the Warrant Exchange Agreements, a total of 1,694,456 Public Warrants were exchanged for 372,780 shares of Class A common stock.
This transaction is exempt from registration under Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, as no commission or other remuneration will be paid or given directly or indirectly for such transaction.
The foregoing summary of the Warrant Exchange Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of Warrant Exchange Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3.02. |
Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities. |
The disclosure set forth under the header “Warrant Exchange Agreement” in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02 in its entirety.
Press Release
On December 27, 2023, the Company issued a press release announcing, among other things, the closing of the Business Combination and that the Company’s Class A common stock and warrants are expected to commence trading on NYSE American on December 28, 2023 under the ticker symbols “FLYX” and “FLYX WS”, respectively. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.
Redemption Figures
In connection with the votes to approve the Business Combination, the holders of 2,924,907 shares of Class A common stock properly exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash.
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