UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-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 3, 2021
MALACCA STRAITS ACQUISITION COMPANY LIMITED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Cayman Islands | | 001-39383 | | N/A |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
Unit 601-2
St. George’s Building
2 Ice House Street Central, Hong Kong
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: +852 21060888
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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 and one-half of one Redeemable Warrant | | MLACU | | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
| Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share | | MLAC | | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
| Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A Ordinary Share for $11.50 per share | | MLACW | | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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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).
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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 1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.
As previously disclosed on March 22, 2021, Malacca Straits Acquisition Company Limited (Nasdaq: MLACU, MLAC and MLACW), a special purpose acquisition company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”) entered into a definitive Business Combination Agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”), with PT Asia Vision Network, an Indonesian limited liability company (“AVN”) and indirect 99.99% owned subsidiary of PT MNC Vision Networks TBK, an Indonesian public limited liability company. On September 3, 2021, AVN and the Company entered into a Termination Agreement (the “Termination Agreement”) in which AVN and the Company mutually agreed to terminate the Business Combination Agreement, pursuant to Section 9.1(a) thereof.
A copy of the Termination Agreement is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing description of the Termination Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On September 7, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing that it had terminated the Business Combination Agreement (the “Press Release”). A copy of the Press Release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
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.
| | MALACCA STRAITS ACQUISITION COMPANY LIMITED |
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| | By: | /s/ Kenneth Ng |
| | | Name: Kenneth Ng |
| | | Title: Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |
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| Dated: September 7, 2021 | | |
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