Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On March 13, 2024 at 3:00 p.m., Swiftmerge Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company” or “Swiftmerge”), convened and then adjourned its extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”), during which the Company’s shareholders are being asked to vote on, among other things, a proposal to amend the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate an initial business combination (the “Extension Proposal”) from March 15, 2024 to June 17, 2025 (the “Extended Date”). The only proposal submitted for a vote of the shareholders at the Extraordinary General Meeting was the approval of the adjournment of such meeting pursuant to Article 22.7 of the Amended and Restated Articles of Association of the Company (the “Adjournment Proposal”) in order to provide additional time for the Company to receive redemption request withdrawals.
As of the close of business, Eastern Time, on February 26, 2024, the record date for the Extraordinary General Meeting, there were 7,871,910 ordinary shares of the Company issued and outstanding, 77.81% of which shares were represented in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum to conduct business.
The following is a tabulation of the votes with respect to the Adjournment Proposal, which was approved by the Company’s shareholders:
Approval of Adjournment Proposal
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Votes For | | Votes Against | | Abstentions |
5,795,220 | | 218,219 | | 111,369 |
The Extraordinary General Meeting has been adjourned to March 15, 2024 at 3:00 p.m., Eastern Time (the “Adjourned Meeting”). The Adjourned Meeting can be attended using the same access information that was used initially for the Meeting.
You will be able to attend the Adjourned Meeting online, vote, view the list of shareholders entitled to vote at the Adjourned Meeting and submit your questions relevant to the business to be conducted at the Adjourned Meeting during the Meeting by visiting www.cstproxy.com/swiftmergeacquisition/2024 and entering the 12 digit control number included on your proxy card,
You can also attend the Adjourned Meeting by:
Telephone Access:
Within the U.S. and Canada: 1-800-450-7155
Outside of the U.S.: 1-857-999-9155
Passcode for telephone access: 8357434#
You will be permitted to attend the Adjourned Meeting in person at the offices of Loeb & Loeb LLP, located at 345 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10154, United States of America.
At the Adjourned Meeting, shareholders will be asked to vote on the Extension Proposal, the Trust Amendment Proposal and the NTA Requirement Amendment Proposal, as described in detail in the definitive proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) related to the Extraordinary General Meeting filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 4, 2024.
Extension of Time to Reverse Redemptions
In connection with the Meeting adjournment, the Company has determined that it will allow shareholders who previously elected to redeem their public Class A ordinary shares who wish to reverse their redemption requests by their sending or having their brokers contact the Company’s transfer agent, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, by email at spacredemptions@continentalshare.com by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on March 18, 2024.