Exhibit 3.1
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF THE
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
RF ACQUISITION CORP.
RF Acquisition Corp., a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), does hereby certify as follows:
1. | The Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, dated March 29, 2023 (the “Charter”) is hereby amended by deleting Section 9.1(a) thereof in its entirety and inserting the following in lieu thereof: |
(a) Prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination, the Corporation shall provide all holders of Offering Shares with the opportunity to have their Offering Shares redeemed upon the consummation of the initial Business Combination pursuant to, and subject to the limitations of, Sections 9.2(b) and 9.2(c) (such rights of such holders to have their Offering Shares redeemed pursuant to such Sections, the “Redemption Rights”) hereof for cash equal to the applicable redemption price per share determined in accordance with Section 9.2(b) hereof (the “Redemption Price”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Second Amended and Restated Certificate, there shall be no Redemption Rights or liquidating distributions with respect to any warrant issued pursuant to the Offering. Such obligation to redeem Offering Shares is subject to the completion of the proposed initial Business Combination to which it relates.
2. | The Charter is hereby further amended by deleting Section 9.2(b) thereof in its entirety and inserting the following in lieu thereof: |
(b) Immediately after the Offering, a certain amount of the net offering proceeds received by the Corporation in the Offering (including the proceeds of any exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option) and certain other amounts specified in the Corporation’s registration statement on Form S-1, as initially filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on December 20, 2021, as amended (the “Registration Statement”), shall be deposited in a trust account (the “Trust Account”), established for the benefit of the Public Stockholders (as defined below) pursuant to a trust agreement described in the Registration Statement. Except for the withdrawal of interest to pay taxes (less up to $100,000 interest to pay dissolution expenses), none of the funds held in the Trust Account (including the interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account) will be released from the Trust Account until the earliest to occur of (i) the completion of the initial Business Combination, (ii) the redemption of 100% of the Offering Shares (as defined below) if the Corporation is unable to complete its initial Business Combination within 21 months from the closing of the Offering (the “Deadline Date”), provided that Sponsor may decide to extend the Deadline Date by which it has to consummate a Business Combination by up to nine months, composed of an initial three-month extension and six subsequent one-month extensions (or up to 30 months from the closing of the Offering), provided that Sponsor (or its designees) must deposit into the Trust Account (A) for the initial three-month extension, the lesser of (i) $225,000 or (ii) $0.09 for each Class A Common Stock not redeemed in accordance with Section 9.7 of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate, and (B) for each of the six subsequent one-month extensions, the lesser of (i) $75,000 or (ii) $0.03 for each Class A Common Stock not redeemed in accordance with Section 9.7 of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate, in exchange for a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note payable upon consummation of a Business Combination, and (iii) the redemption of shares in connection with a vote seeking to amend any provisions of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity (as described in Section 9.7). Holders of shares of Common Stock included as part of the units sold in the Offering (the “Offering Shares”) (whether such Offering Shares were purchased in the Offering or in the secondary market following the Offering and whether or not such holders are the Sponsor or officers or directors of the Corporation, or affiliates of any of the foregoing) are referred to herein as “Public Stockholders.”
3. | The Charter is hereby further amended by deleting Section 9.2(e) thereof in its entirety and inserting the following in lieu thereof: |
(e) If the Corporation offers to redeem the Offering Shares in conjunction with a stockholder vote on an initial Business Combination, the Corporation shall consummate the proposed initial Business Combination only if such initial Business Combination is approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of the Common Stock that are voted at a stockholder meeting held to consider such initial Business Combination.
4. | The Charter is hereby further amended by deleting Section 9.2(f) thereof in its entirety. |
5. | The Charter is hereby further amended by deleting Section 9.7 thereof in its entirety and inserting the following in lieu thereof: |
Additional Redemption Rights. If, in accordance with Section 9.1(a), any amendment is made to Section 9.2(d) to modify the substance or timing of the ability of Public Stockholders to seek redemption in connection with an initial Business Combination or the Corporation’s obligation to redeem 100% of the Offering Shares if the Corporation has not consummated an initial Business Combination by the Deadline Date, the Public Stockholders shall be provided with the opportunity to redeem their Offering Shares upon the approval of any such amendment, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest not previously released to the Corporation to pay its taxes, divided by the number of then outstanding Offering Shares.
6. | The foregoing amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the DGCL. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be executed and acknowledged this 27th day of December, 2023.
RF ACQUISITION CORP. | |||
By: | /s/ Tse Meng Ng | ||
Name: | Tse Meng Ng | ||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |