Exhibit 4.4
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
The following description sets forth certain material terms and provisions of the securities of Avista Public Acquisition Corp. II (“we,” “us”, “our” or the “Company”) that are registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). References to our “sponsor” refer to Avista Acquisition LP II, a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership. References to our “Public Offering” refer to the initial public offering of Avista Public Acquisition Corp. II, which closed on August 12, 2021 (the “IPO Closing Date”). The following description of our securities is not complete and may not contain all the information you should consider before investing in our securities. This description is summarized from, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, warrant agreement and forward purchase agreement, which are incorporated herein by reference and filed as an exhibit to our Annual Report on Form 10-K to which this summary is filed as an exhibit. We are a Cayman Islands exempted company and our affairs are governed by our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, the Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands (the “Companies Act”) and the common law of the Cayman Islands.
As of the date of our Annual Report, we have three classes of securities registered under the Exchange Act: our ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share; warrants to purchase our ordinary shares; and units consisting of one ordinary share and one-third of one warrant to purchase our ordinary shares.
Authorized Capital Stock
Pursuant to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, we are authorized to issue 500,000,000 Class A ordinary shares (“Class A ordinary shares”) and 50,000,000 Class B ordinary shares (“Class B ordinary shares”, and together with the Class A ordinary shares, the “ordinary shares”), as well as 5,000,000 preference shares, $0.0001 par value each. The following description summarizes the material terms of our shares as set out more particularly in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association.
Ordinary Shares
General
Our Class A ordinary shares trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbol “AHPA.” As of the date of the Annual Report on Form 10-K of which this exhibit is a part, there were 23,000,000 Class A ordinary shares and 5,750,000 Class B ordinary shares issued and outstanding.
Dividend Rights
Holders of our ordinary shares are entitled to receive ratable dividends when, as and if declared by the board of directors out of funds legally available therefor. We have not paid any cash dividends on our ordinary shares to date and do not intend to pay cash dividends prior to the completion of our initial business combination. The payment of cash dividends in the future will be dependent upon our revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirements and general financial condition subsequent to completion of our initial business combination. The payment of any cash dividends subsequent to our initial business combination will be within the discretion of our board of directors at such time. Further, if we incur any indebtedness in connection with a business combination, our ability to declare dividends may be limited by restrictive covenants we may agree to in connection therewith.