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CUSIP No. 04634X202 | | Page 5 of 10 Pages |
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction
The information in Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:
Business Combination
On June 30, 2021, the Issuer consummated the previously announced business combination pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 2, 2021 (as amended and/or restated from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Issuer, Holicity Merger Sub, Inc., a newly-formed Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”), and Legacy Astra. Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub merged with and into Legacy Astra, with Legacy Astra surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Issuer (the “Business Combination”). As a result of the Business Combination, Legacy Astra became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Issuer, with the stockholders of Legacy Astra becoming stockholders of the Issuer and each outstanding share of common stock and preferred stock of Legacy Astra was cancelled and extinguished and collectively converted into the right to receive shares of common stock of the Issuer in accordance with the Merger Agreement. Upon the consummation of the Business Combination, Holicity changed its name to “Astra Space, Inc.”
As a result of the Business Combination, Mr. Kemp received 29,143,555 shares of Class B Common Stock. Subsequent to the Business Combination, Mr. Kemp gifted 700,000 shares of Class B Common Stock. Each share of Class B Common Stock is convertible into one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer at the election of the holder or upon the occurrence of certain events. Each share of Class B Common Stock has 10 votes per share, whereas shares of Class A Common Stock have one vote per share.
Reverse Stock Split
As further described in the Issuer’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on September 13, 2023, the Issuer effected (a) a 1-for-15 reverse stock split of the shares of the Class A common stock and (b) a 1-for-15 reverse stock split of the shares of the Class B common stock on September 13, 2023 (collectively, the “Reverse Stock Split”).
As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, (i) 28,443,555 shares of Class B Common Stock held by Mr. Kemp were converted into 1,896,237 shares of Class B Common Stock, (ii) 488,055 options that would have been exercisable for Class A Common Stock within 60 days at a prices ranging from $5.21 to $9.04 per share were converted into 32,537 options that are exercisable for Class A Common Stock within the next 60 days at prices ranging from $78.15 to $135.60 per share (iii) 120,435 shares of Class A Common Stock previously awarded to Mr. Kemp as restricted stock units (“RSUs”) were converted into 8,029 shares of Class A Common Stock and (iv) 27,120 shares of Class A Common Stock underlying RSUs that have since vested were converted into 1,808 shares of Class A Common Stock.
Non-binding Proposal
On November 8, 2023, Mr. Kemp, together with Dr. Adam London, Chief Technology Officer of the Issuer (Dr. London is referred to herein as the “Supporting Stockholder”) submitted a non-binding proposal to an independent committee (the “Special Committee”) of the board of directors of the Issuer (the “Issuer’s Board” or “Board”) to offer to acquire all of the outstanding equity of the Issuer at a price of $1.50 per share, payable in cash (the “Proposal”). This price represents a premium of approximately 103% to the closing price of the Issuer’s common stock on November 8, 2023.
The Proposal is non-binding and is contingent on final approval of the transaction by the Special Committee of the Issuer’s Board, satisfactory conclusion of due diligence, entering into a mutually acceptable definitive transaction agreement, and the receipt of a waiver of section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.
The foregoing description of the Proposal is not intended to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Proposal, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.3.
Subsequent Financing
On November 21, 2023, the Issuer closed a subsequent financing (the “Subsequent Financing”) with JMCM Holdings LLC (“JMCM”), SherpaVentures Fund II, LP (“ACME Fund II” and together with JMCM, the “Initial Investors”), the Trust, for which the Reporting Person serves as sole trustee, and the Supporting Stockholder, (the Trust, collectively with the Supporting Stockholder, JMCM, and ACME Fund II, the “Investors”), pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of August 4, 2023 (as amended by the Reaffirmation Agreement and Omnibus Amendment Agreement dated as of November 6, 2023, the Limited Waiver and Consent and Omnibus Amendment No. 2 Agreement dated as of November 17, 2023 and the Omnibus Amendment No. 3 Agreement dated as of November 21, 2023) (the “Subsequent Financing Agreement”).