Item 1.01 | Entry Into A Material Definitive Agreement |
On June 27, 2019, Leo Holdings Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Leo”), Queso Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Queso”), AP VIII CEC Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Seller”) and Leo Investors Limited Partnership, a Cayman limited partnership (“Sponsor”, and together with Leo, Queso and the Seller, the “Parties”) entered into an amendment to the Business Combination Agreement, dated April 7, 2019 (the “Amended Business Combination Agreement”). The Parties entered into the Amended Business Combination Agreement in connection with the subscriptions for 1,519,500 shares of Leo’s common stock by certain private placement investors (increasing the size of the private placement by $14.2 million to a total of $114.2 million) on June 27, 2019.
A copy of the Amended Business Combination Agreement is filed with this Current Report on Form8-K as Exhibit 2.1. and is incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing description of the Amended Business Combination Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.
Additional Information
In connection with Leo’s proposed business combination (the “Business Combination”), Leo filed a Registration Statement on FormS-4(File No. 333-231110), which includes a preliminary prospectus and preliminary proxy statement. Leo will mail a definitive proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant documents to its shareholders. Investors and security holders of Leo are advised to read, when available, the proxy statement/prospectus in connection with Leo’s solicitation of proxies for its special meeting of shareholders to be held to approve the Business Combination (and related matters) because the proxy statement/prospectus will contain important information about the Business Combination and the parties to the Business Combination. The definitive proxy statement/prospectus will be mailed to shareholders of Leo as of a record date to be established for voting on the Business Combination. Shareholders will also be able to obtain copies of the proxy statement/prospectus, without charge, once available, at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or by directing a request to: Leo Holdings Corp., 21 Grosvenor Place, London SW1X 7HF.
Participants in the Solicitation
Leo, Queso and their respective directors, executive officers, other members of management, and employees, under SEC rules, may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies of Leo’s shareholders in connection with the Business Combination. Investors and security holders may obtain more detailed information regarding the names and interests in the Business Combination of Leo’s directors and officers in Leo’s filings with the SEC, including Leo’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 and the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2019, and such information and names of Queso’s directors and executive officers are also in the Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended, filed with the SEC, which includes the preliminary proxy statement of Leo for the Business Combination.