UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 1, 2024
Valuence Merger Corp. I
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Cayman Islands | 001-41304 | N/A | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
4 Orinda Way, Suite 100D
Orinda, CA 94563
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 340-0222
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Amendment to the Investment Management Trust Agreement
On March 1, 2023, Valuence Merger Corp. I (the “Company”) entered into Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to the Investment Management Trust Agreement (the “IMTA”) with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee (the “Trustee”). Pursuant to the Amendment, Section 1(c) of the IMTA was amended to provide that the Trustee may, at the direction of the Company (i) hold funds uninvested, (ii) hold funds in an interest-bearing or non-interest bearing bank demand deposit account at a U.S. chartered commercial bank with consolidated assets of $100 billion or more selected by the Trustee that is reasonably satisfactory to the Company, or (iii) invest and reinvest the Property (as defined in the IMTA) in solely United States government securities within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), having a maturity of 185 days or less, or in money market funds meeting the conditions of paragraphs (d)(1), (d)(2), (d)(3) and (d)(4) of Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act (or any successor rule), which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations, as determined by the Company.
The foregoing description of the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.01. Other Events
On March 1, 2024, the Company caused to be deposited an additional $140,000 into the Company’s trust account in connection with the approval by the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) of an extension of the date by which the Company has to consummate an initial business combination by an additional month, from March 3, 2024 to April 3, 2024, the seventh of 18 potential one-month extensions available to the Company. As previously disclosed, the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended, provides the Company the right to extend such date up to eighteen times for an additional one month each time to up to March 3, 2025, by resolution of the Board.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit Number | Description | |
| 10.1 | Amendment No. 1 to Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated March 1, 2024, between Valuence Merger Corp. I. and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| VALUENCE MERGER CORP. I | ||
| By: | /s/ Sungwoo (Andrew) Hyung | |
| Name: | Sungwoo (Andrew) Hyung | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer and Director | |
| Dated: March 5, 2024 | ||