In February 2019, Prenetics Limited invested in a genomics business in mainland China in the amount of RMB29,250,000 (equivalent to $4,236,765) through its VIE Entity. Since the date of the initial investment through the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, no transfer of cash, dividends or distributions has been made between Prenetics or its subsidiaries, on one hand, and the VIE Entity, on the other. Between Prenetics Limited, the holding company of the group prior to the corporate restructuring, and its subsidiaries, the cash was transferred from Prenetics Limited to its subsidiaries in the form of capital contributions and through intercompany advances. No transfer of cash has been made between Prenetics, the current holding company of the group, and its subsidiaries. Neither Prenetics Limited nor Prenetics has declared or paid dividends in the past, nor have any dividends or distributions been made by a subsidiary to Prenetics Limited or Prenetics. If needed, cash may be transferred between Prenetics and its subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, India and South Africa through intercompany fund advances and capital contributions, and there are currently no restrictions of transferring funds between Prenetics and its subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, India and South Africa.
Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, upon the consummation of the Initial Merger: (i) each of Artisan’s units (“Units”) (each consisting of one Artisan Public Share and one-third of one Artisan Public Warrant) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Initial Merger (the “Initial Merger Effective Time”) shall be automatically separated and the holder thereof shall be deemed to hold one Artisan Public Share and one-third of an Artisan Public Warrant; provided, that, no fractional Artisan Public Warrants shall be issued in connection with such separation such that if a holder of such Units would be entitled to receive a fractional Artisan Public Warrant upon such separation, the number of Artisan Public Warrants to be issued to such holder upon such separation will be rounded down to the nearest whole number of Artisan Public Warrants and no cash will be paid in lieu of such fractional Artisan Public Warrants; (ii) immediately following the separation of each Unit, each Class A ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share, of Artisan (“Artisan Public Shares”) and each Class B ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share, of Artisan (“Founder Shares” collectively with Artisan Public Shares, “Artisan Shares”) (excluding Artisan Public Shares that are held by Artisan shareholders that validly exercise their redemption rights, Artisan Shares that are held by Artisan shareholders that exercise and perfect their relevant dissenters’ rights and Artisan treasury shares) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Initial Merger Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for the right to receive one newly issued PubCo Class A Ordinary Share; and (iii) each whole warrant of Artisan outstanding immediately prior to the Initial Merger Effective Time shall cease to be a warrant with respect to Artisan Public Shares and be assumed by PubCo and converted into a warrant to purchase one PubCo Class A Ordinary Share, subject to substantially the same terms and conditions prior to the Initial Merger Effective Time.
In addition, pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, upon the consummation of the Acquisition Merger: (i) each ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share of Prenetics (“Prenetics Ordinary Shares”) and each preferred share, par value $0.0001 per share of Prenetics (“Prenetics Preferred Shares” and collectively with Prenetics Ordinary Shares, “Prenetics Shares”) (excluding Prenetics Shares that are held by Prenetics shareholders that exercise and perfect their relevant dissenters’ rights, Prenetics Shares held by Danny Yeung (“Prenetics Key Executive Shares”) and Prenetics treasury shares) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Acquisition Merger (the “Acquisition Effective Time”) shall be cancelled in exchange for the right to receive such fraction of a newly issued PubCo Class A Ordinary Share that is equal to the Exchange Ratio (defined below), without interest, subject to rounding up to the nearest whole PubCo Class A Ordinary Share with respect to the total number of PubCo Class A Ordinary Shares to be received by each Prenetics shareholder ; and (ii) each of the Prenetics Key Executive Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Acquisition Merger Time shall be cancelled in exchange for the right to receive such fraction of a newly issued convertible Class B ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share of Pubco (“PubCo Class B Ordinary Shares” and collectively with PubCo Class A Ordinary Shares, “PubCo Ordinary Shares”) that is equal to the Exchange Ratio without interest, subject to rounding up to the nearest whole PubCo Class B Ordinary Share with respect to the total number of PubCo Class B Ordinary Shares to be received by Danny Yeung. The newly issued PubCo Class B Ordinary Shares will have the same economic terms as the newly issued PubCo Class A Ordinary Shares, but each PubCo Class B Ordinary Share will, among other rights, be entitled to twenty (20) votes per share compared with one (1) vote per share for PubCo Class A Ordinary Shares with all PubCo Ordinary Shares voting together as a single class on most matters. See “Description of PubCo Securities.” Mr. Yeung will beneficially own all of the issued PubCo Class B Ordinary Shares immediately following the consummation of the Business Combination.
Substantially concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Business Combination Agreement, Artisan’s Forward Purchase Agreements dated March 1, 2021 were amended by the Deeds of Novation and Amendment as of September 15, 2021, and pursuant to such Deeds of Novation and Amendment, (i) Aspex Master Fund, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands, has agreed to purchase 3,000,000 PubCo Class A Ordinary Shares and 750,000 PubCo Warrants for an aggregate price equal to $30,000,000 immediately prior to the Acquisition Effective Time and (ii) Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P., an exempted limited partnership formed under the laws of the Cayman Islands (together with Aspex Master Fund, the “Forward Purchase Investors”) has agreed to purchase 3,000,000 PubCo Class A Ordinary Shares and 750,000 PubCo Warrants for an aggregate price equal to $30,000,000 immediately prior to the Acquisition Effective Time.
Upon the consummation of the Business Combination, PubCo will become a “controlled company” as defined under the NASDAQ corporate governance rules, because it is expected that Mr. Yeung will beneficially own approximately 60.67% of the total voting power of all issued and outstanding PubCo Ordinary Shares immediately following the consummation of the Business Combination, assuming that (i) no shareholders of Artisan elect to have their Artisan Public Shares redeemed for cash in connection with the Business Combination as permitted by Artisan’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the “No Redemption Scenario”); (ii) no Artisan shareholder exercises its dissenters’ rights; (iii) no Prenetics shareholder exercise its dissenters’ rights; and (iv) no shares underlying Prenetics’ outstanding restricted share units will be issued upon consummation of the Business Combination. Under these assumptions, holders of Artisan Public Shares, Prenetics shareholders (excluding Mr. Yeung), the Forward Purchase Investors, the PIPE Investors, Sponsor and certain Artisan directors and Mr. Yeung will beneficially own 24.57%, 52.35%, 4.89%, 4.34%, 6.69% and 7.16%, respectively, of the total economic interest in PubCo, and will hold 10.41%, 22.18%, 2.07%, 1.84%, 2.83% and 60.67%, respectively, of the total voting power of all issued and outstanding PubCo Ordinary Shares, in each case immediately following the consummation of the Business Combination. If the actual facts differ from these assumptions set forth above, these percentages will be different.
The sum of all PubCo Class A Ordinary Shares receivable by Artisan shareholders at the Initial Closing is referred to as “Initial Merger Consideration.” The sum of all the PubCo Ordinary Shares and other securities receivable by Prenetics shareholders at Closing is referred to as “Acquisition Merger Consideration.” The Initial Merger Consideration and the Acquisition Merger Consideration are collectively referred to as the “Shareholder Merger Consideration.” Assuming: (i) the No Redemption Scenario; (ii) no Artisan shareholder exercises its dissenters’ rights; (iii) no Prenetics shareholder exercise its dissenters’ rights; and (iv) no shares underlying Prenetics’ outstanding restricted share units will be issued upon consummation of the Business Combination, the Initial Merger Consideration, the Acquisition Merger Consideration and the Shareholder Merger Consideration consist of 43,917,793, 82,192,158 and 126,109,951 PubCo Ordinary Shares, respectively, or $ , $ and $ , respectively, based upon a closing price of $ per Artisan Public Share on NASDAQ on the assumed Closing Date. If the actual facts differ from these assumptions set forth above, these figures will be different.
Proposals to approve the Business Combination Agreement and the other matters discussed in this proxy statement/prospectus shall be presented at the Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders of Artisan scheduled to be held on , 2021.
This proxy statement/prospectus provides you with detailed information about the Business Combination and other matters to be considered at the Extraordinary General Meeting of Artisan shareholders. We encourage you to carefully read this entire document. You should, in particular, carefully consider the risk factors described in “Risk Factors” beginning on page 57 of this proxy statement/prospectus. The board of directors of Artisan (the “Artisan Board”) has unanimously approved and adopted the Business Combination Agreement and unanimously recommends that the Artisan shareholders vote FOR all of the proposals presented to the shareholders at the Extraordinary General Meeting. When you consider the Artisan Board’s recommendation of these proposals, you should keep in mind that Artisan’s directors and officer have interests in the Business Combination that may conflict with your interests as a shareholder. See “The Business Combination Proposal — Interests of Artisan’s Directors and Officer in the Business Combination.”
This proxy statement/prospectus is dated , 2021 and is first being mailed to Artisan shareholders on or about , 2021.
NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES REGULATORY AGENCY HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED THE TRANSACTIONS DESCRIBED IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS OR ANY OF THE SECURITIES TO BE ISSUED IN THE BUSINESS COMBINATION, PASSED UPON THE MERITS OR FAIRNESS OF THE BUSINESS COMBINATION OR RELATED TRANSACTIONS OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THE DISCLOSURE IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY CONSTITUTES A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.