Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
Item 5 in the Original Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated as follows:
(a) On the date of this Schedule 13D, the Reporting Persons may be deemed to beneficially own, in the aggregate, approximately 41.2% of the Common Shares
outstanding. The calculation of the percentage of Common Shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons are based on the 161,866,867 Common Shares outstanding as of October 25, 2024, as reported by the Issuer in its Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q, which was filed with the SEC on October 31, 2024, and includes 20,991,337 Common Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants held by CM Bermuda.
(b) Pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement (as previously defined in Item 6 of the Original Schedule 13D), the Reporting Persons voting power in the
Issuer will be capped at 9.9%, in accordance with the terms described in the Investor Rights Agreement and the Bylaws of the Issuer. The Reporting Persons have sole voting and dispositive power over the Common Shares up to the cap.
(c) Except as set forth in this Schedule 13D, none of the Reporting Persons has effected any transaction in the past 60 days in Common Shares or Warrants.
(d) None.
(e) Not applicable.
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With Respect to Securities of the Issuer.
The information contained in Item 6 of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following information:
Pledge and Security Agreement
On June 15,
2021, CM Bermuda entered into a Pledge and Security Agreement (the Pledge Agreement), with China Construction Bank Corporation, Shanghai Branch (the Security Trustee), in connection with that certain existing Facility
Agreement, dated as of November 14, 2016 (as amended, the Facility), by and among CM Bermuda, the Export-Import Bank of China, Shanghai Branch, the Security Trustee, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Shanghai Branch Business
Department, and Bank of Communications Co., Ltd., Shanghai Branch, each as mandated lead arrangers and original lenders and the Security Trustee, as facility agent (collectively, the Lenders). Pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, CM Bermuda
pledged all of the securities of the Issuer beneficially owned by it or afterward acquired by it as collateral under the Facility. Upon the occurrence of certain events of default, the Security Trustee may exercise its rights under the Pledge
Agreement to foreclose on, and dispose of, the collateral in accordance with the Pledge Agreement.
On September 2, 2023, the Lenders declared an
event of default occurred under the Facility. The Lenders have informed the Reporting Persons that they will take legal actions to recover outstanding amounts under the Facility, including, but not limited to, foreclosure and sale of the outstanding
Common Stock and Warrants of the Issuer held by the Reporting Persons.
Settlement Agreement and Share Repurchase
As previously reported by the Issuer on a Current Report filed on Form 8-K, dated August 1, 2024, the Issuer
entered into a Confidential Settlement and Mutual Release Agreement (the Settlement Agreement), dated as of August 1, 2024, and concurrently therewith, a Share Repurchase Agreement (the Share Repurchase Agreement and,
collectively with the Settlement Agreement, the Agreement), in each case, with CM Bermuda and CMIG International.
The Settlement Agreement
provided, among other things, that the Issuer would pay an agreed amount to CM Bermuda in full satisfaction and discharge of all obligations and any and all other claims of any nature related to the Issuers Series A preference shares, par
value of $0.10 per share (the Series A Preferred), held by CM Bermuda and the related Certificate of Designation of Series A Preference Shares of the Issuer. The Settlement Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and
covenants of the parties. As a result of the transactions contemplated by the Settlement Agreement, all Series A Preferred shares held by CM Bermuda have been cancelled and retired.
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