On March 21, 2019, at the Special Meeting, our shareholders approved our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to extend the date by which we have to consummate a business combination (the “Extension”) to September 23, 2019 (the “Combination Period”). In connection with the Extension, an aggregate of 13,187,468 ordinary shares was redeemed for an aggregate payment of approximately $136.9 million out of the trust account.
If we are unable to complete a Business Combination on or before the Combination Period, we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but no more than five business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares, ata per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned (net of taxes payable and less interest to pay dissolution expenses up to $50,000), 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 (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining shareholders and our board of directors, proceed to commence a voluntary liquidation and thereby a formal dissolution of the Company, subject in each case to our obligations to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of applicable law.
We expect to continue to incur significant costs in the pursuit of our acquisition plans. We cannot assure you that our plans to complete a business combination or to raise capital will be successful.
On March 15, 2019, we issued a press release announcing that we executed anon-binding Letter of Intent to merge with DermTech, a Delaware corporation and a leading moleculargenomics company, with an initial focus on skin cancer, that develops and markets novelnon-invasive diagnostic tests. On May 22, 2019 and May 23, 2019, we entered into separate subscription agreements (each, an “Initial Subscription Agreement” and collectively, the “Initial Subscription Agreements”), with new health care focused institutional investors as well as certain existing investors in DermTech (the “Initial Subscribers”), pursuant to which the Initial Subscribers agreed to purchase an aggregate of 6,153,847 shares (the “PIPE Shares”) of our common stock for a purchase price of $3.25 per share of common stock, in a private placement that contemplated that we would raise an aggregate of approximately $20 million, less certain offering related expenses payable by us (the “Private Placement”). The PIPE Shares are identical to the shares of common stock that will be held by our public stockholders at the time of the closing of the Merger, as defined below. The closing of the sale of PIPE Shares will be contingent upon, among other things, the substantially concurrent consummation of the Merger.
On May 29, 2019, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with DermTech and DT Merger Sub, Inc., our wholly owned subsidiary company of the Company incorporated in Delaware (“Merger Sub”), pursuant to which we willre-domicile out of the British Virgin Islands and continue as a company incorporated in the State of Delaware and Merger Sub will merge with and into DermTech (the “Merger”), with DermTech surviving the Merger as our wholly owned subsidiary. Upon the closing of the Merger, all of DermTech’s outstanding common stock and preferred stock will be cancelled and converted automatically into the right to receive an aggregate of 16,000,000 shares of the Company less the total number of shares of our common stock that can be acquired or received pursuant to certain options, restricted stock units and warrants of DermTech, as set forth in the Merger Agreement. Consummation of the Business Combination is subject to customary conditions.
On August 1, 2019, certain of the Initial Subscribers entered into amended and restated subscription agreements (the “Amended and Restated Subscription Agreements”) pursuant to which we agreed to sell to each such subscriber, and each such subscriber agreed to purchase, (i) shares of our common stock at a purchase price of $3.25 per share and (ii) shares of our Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Shares”) at a purchase price of $3,250 per Preferred Share. The subscribers to the Amended and Restated Subscription Agreements agreed to purchase an aggregate of 1,230,769 shares of our common stock and 1,231 Preferred Shares for an aggregate total purchase price of approximately $8 million. Pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Subscription Agreements, each Preferred Share is convertible into 1,000 shares of our common stock. In connection with the New Subscription Agreement and the proposed issuance of Preferred Shares to certain subscribers, we received a waiver from DermTech to certain provisions of the Merger Agreement allowing us to (i) issue the Preferred Shares pursuant to the Amended and Restated Subscription Agreements and (ii) increase the amount of the proposed Private Placement to $24 million. On August 1, 2019, certain of the Initial Subscribers entered into an Omnibus Common Share Subscription Agreement Amendment, which modified certain of the Initial Subscription Agreements to, among other things, adjust the limitation on the aggregate proceeds that Constellation is permitted to receive from the sale of its stock from the date of the Merger Agreement from $20 million to $24 million.
On August 1, 2019, we entered into a subscription agreement (the “New Subscription Agreement”) with a new investor (the “New Subscriber”), pursuant to which the New Subscriber agreed to purchase, and we agreed to sell to the New Subscriber, an aggregate of 1,230,769 shares of our common stock, at a purchase price of $3.25 per share for a total purchase price of approximately $4 million. Under the New Subscription Agreement, the shares of our common stock to be issued and the price per share are subject to adjustment for any reverse split or other adjustment that may be effected for the purpose of meeting the initial listing requirements of the Nasdaq Capital Market in connection with the consummation of the Merger. The shares of our common stock to be issued pursuant to the New Subscription Agreement will be identical to the shares of our common stock that will be held by our public stockholders upon the closing of the Merger.
In addition, on August 1, 2019, we entered into the First Amendment to the Agreement and Plan of Merger with Merger Sub, and DermTech, which amended the Merger Agreement to add Mr. Enrico Picozza to the list of initial directors of the combined company following the consummation of the Merger.
On August 8, 2019, the SEC declared effective our registration statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-232181), as amended, which includes a proxy statement with respect to our special meeting of shareholders to approve the Merger Agreement among other matters as well as prospectus with respect to the shares of common stock to be issued in connection with the Merger. On August 9, 2019, we commenced the mailing of the proxy statement to our shareholders as of the July 25, 2019 record date.
Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard
On February 22, 2019, the Notice from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market indicating that we are not in compliance with the Minimum Public Holders Rule, which requires us to have at least 300 public holders for continued listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market. The Notice is only a notification of deficiency, not of imminent delisting, and has no current effect on the listing or trading of our securities on the NASDAQ Capital Market.
On April 8, 2019, we submitted a plan to regain compliance with the Minimum Public Holders Rule to Nasdaq providing that it expects to regain compliance with the Minimum Public Holders Rule upon the consummation of the Merger. Nasdaq subsequently provided us with an extension until August 21, 2019, to demonstrate compliance with Nasdaq’s initial listing requirements.
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