Explanatory Note
This Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D (this “Amendment No. 1”) amends and supplements the Schedule 13D filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 17, 2021 (the “Schedule 13D”) relating to the Class A ordinary shares of the Issuer. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meaning set forth in the Schedule 13D.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.
Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following:
Non-Redemption Agreements
On May 5 and May 8, 2023, the Issuer and the Sponsor entered into non-redemption agreements (the “Non-Redemption Agreements”) with unaffiliated third party investors (the “Investors”), pursuant to which the Investors have, in connection with the Extension (as defined below), agreed not to redeem, or to reverse and revoke any prior redemption election with respect to an aggregate of 2,888,000 Public shares (the “Non-Redeemed Shares”). Pursuant to the Non-Redemption Agreements, the Sponsor has agreed to transfer to the Investors (i) for the Initial Extension (as defined below), a number of Class B ordinary shares equal to 21% of the number of Non-Redeemed Shares, or 606,480 Class B ordinary shares, and (ii) for each Additional Monthly Extension (as defined below), a number of Class B ordinary shares equal to 3.5% of the number of Non-Redeemed Shares, or 101,080 Class B ordinary shares for each Additional Monthly Extension, or up to an aggregate of 1,212,960 Class B ordinary shares if all Additional Monthly Extensions are implemented.
Conversion of Class B ordinary shares to Class A ordinary shares
On May 11, 2023, the Issuer held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “Extension Meeting”). The Issuer’s shareholders approved a proposal to amend the Issuer’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the “Articles”) to provide the Issuer with the right to extend the date by which the Issuer must consummate its initial business combination (the “Extension”) from May 16, 2023 to November 16, 2023 (the “Extended Date”); (the “Initial Extension”), and to allow the Issuer, without another shareholder vote, by resolution of the Board, to elect to further extend the Extended Date in one-month increments up to six additional times, or a total of up to twelve months total, up to May 16, 2024 (each, an “Additional Monthly Extension”). The Issuer’s shareholders also approved a proposal to amend the Articles to eliminate (i) the limitation that the Issuer may not redeem public shares in an amount that would cause the Issuer’s net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 and (ii) the limitation that the Issuer shall not consummate a business combination unless the Issuer has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 immediately prior to, or upon consummation of, or any greater net tangible asset or cash requirement that may be contained in the agreement relating to, such business combination. The Issuer’s shareholders also approved a proposal to provide for the right of a holder of the Class B ordinary shares to convert such shares into Class A ordinary shares on a one-for-one basis at any time and from time to time prior to the closing of a business combination at the election of the holder.
Following the approval of the proposals at the Extension Meeting, the holders of the Sponsor elected to convert all of the 8,363,333 Class B ordinary shares held by into 8,363,333 Class A ordinary shares.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
Item 5(a) – (c) of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety with the following:
(a) - (b) The information contained on the cover pages to this Amendment No. 1 is incorporated herein by reference.
(c) Except for the transactions described in Item 4 of this Amendment No. 1, the Reporting Persons have not engaged in any transaction during the past 60 days involving ordinary shares of the Issuer.
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer.
Item 6 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented to include the following:
The responses to Item 4 and 5 of this Amendment No. 1 are incorporated by reference into this Item 6.
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