UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 9, 2019
Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Cayman Islands | 001-38202 | 98-1366046 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
120 Hawthorne Avenue Palo Alto, California | 94301 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(650)521-9007
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
☒ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act |
☐ | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act |
☐ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act |
☐ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share, $0.0001 par value, andone-third of one Warrant to purchase one Class A ordinary share | IPOA.U | New York Stock Exchange | ||
Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value per share | IPOA | New York Stock Exchange | ||
Warrants to purchase Class A ordinary shares | IPOA.WS | New York Stock Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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. ☐
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On September 9, 2019, in connection with its Extraordinary General Meeting held on September 9, 2019 (the “Extraordinary General Meeting”), Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. (the “Company” or “SCH”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “Trustee”) entered into Amendment No. 1 to the Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated as of September 13, 2017, to (i) extend the date before which the Company must complete a business combination (as defined below) from September 18, 2019 to December 18, 2019 and (ii) extend the date on which the Trustee must liquidate the trust account established in connection with the Company’s initial public offering if the Company has not completed its initial business combination from September 18, 2019 to December 18, 2019 (the “Trust Amendment”). A copy of the Trust Amendment is attached to this Current Report on Form8-K as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
At the Extraordinary General Meeting, which was held on September 9, 2019, holders of 66,333,089 of the Company’s ordinary shares, which represents 76.9% of the ordinary shares outstanding and entitled to vote as of the record date of August 8, 2019, were represented in person or by proxy.
At the Extraordinary General Meeting, the shareholders approved (1) a special resolution to amend the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company (the “Extension Amendment”) to extend the date by which the Company must (a) consummate a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (a “business combination”), (b) cease its operations except for the purpose of winding up if it fails to complete such business combination, and (c) redeem all of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares included as part of the units sold in the Company’s initial public offering from September 18, 2019 to December 18, 2019 and (2) the proposals for the Trust Amendment. A copy of the Extension Amendment is attached to this Current Report on Form8-K as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Approval of Extension Amendment
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
66,060,852 | 100,503 | 171,734 | N/A |
Approval of Trust Amendment
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
66,060,374 | 101,138 | 171,577 | N/A |
In connection with the vote to approve the Extension Amendment, the holders of 3,771,178 Class A ordinary shares properly exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.367 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $39.1 million, leaving approximately $676.2 million in the trust account.
The information included in Item 1.01 is incorporated by reference in this item to the extent required herein.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
This Current Report on Form 8-K relates to a proposed transaction between Virgin Galactic, The Spaceship Company and SCH. This Current Report on Form 8-K does not constitute an offer to sell or exchange, or the solicitation of an offer to buy or exchange, any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, sale or exchange would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
In connection with the proposed transactions, SCH filed a registration statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”) with the SEC on August 7, 2019 (File No. 333-233098), which includes a preliminary proxy statement/prospectus, that is both the proxy statement to be distributed to SCH’s shareholders in connection with SCH’s solicitation of proxies for the vote by SCH’s shareholders with respect to the proposed transaction as described in the Registration Statement as well as the prospectus relating to the offer of the securities to be issued to SCH’s security holders in connection with SCH’s proposed domestication as a Delaware corporation in connection with the proposed transaction as described in the Registration Statement. The Registration Statement has not yet been declared effective. After the Registration Statement is declared effective, SCH will mail a definitive proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant documents to its shareholders. SHAREHOLDERS AND OTHER SECURITY HOLDERS OF SCH ARE ADVISED TO READ THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND ALL OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED OR THAT WILL BE FILED WITH THE SEC IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Investors and security holders will be able to obtain free copies of the Registration Statement, the proxy statement/prospectus and all other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC by SCH (when available) through the website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.
The documents filed by SCH with the SEC (when available) also may be obtained free of charge at SCH’s website at http://www.socialcapitalhedosophiaholdings.com/docs.html or upon written request to 120 Hawthorne Avenue Palo Alto, California 94301.
Participants in Solicitation
SCH and its directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from SCH’s shareholders in connection with the proposed transaction. Information about SCH’s directors and executive officers and their ownership of SCH’s securities is set forth in SCH’s filings with the SEC, including (i) the Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on March 18, 2019 and (ii) the Registration Statement filed on August 7, 2019.
Additional information regarding the interests of those persons and other persons who may be deemed participants in the proposed transaction may be obtained by reading the proxy statement/prospectus regarding the proposed transaction when it becomes available. You may obtain free copies of these documents as described in the preceding paragraph.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
SIGNATURE
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.
Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. | ||||||
Date: September 9, 2019 | By: | /s/ Chamath Palihapitiya | ||||
Name: | Chamath Palihapitiya | |||||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |