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): July 10, 2024
DENALI CAPITAL ACQUISITION CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Cayman Islands | | 001-41351 | | 98-1659463 |
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
437 Madison Avenue
27th Floor
New York, New York | | 10022 |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (646) 978-5180
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:
| Title of each class | | Trading Symbol(s) | | Name of each exchange
on which registered |
| Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share and one redeemable warrant | | DECAU | | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
| Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share | | DECA | | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
| Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share | | DECAW | | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☒
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On July 10, 2024, Denali Capital Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) issued a convertible promissory note (the “Convertible Promissory Note”) in the total principal amount of up to $180,000 to Denali Capital Global Investments LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”). The Convertible Promissory Note was issued with an initial principal balance of $15,036.74, with the remaining $164,963.26 drawable at the Company’s request and upon the consent of the Sponsor prior to the maturity of the Convertible Promissory Note. The Convertible Promissory Note matures upon the earlier of (i) the effective date of the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination and (ii) the date of the liquidation of the Company. Any future drawdowns of the remaining $164,963.26 principal amount available under the convertible promissory note are expected to fund future one-month extensions as necessary to provide additional time for the Company to complete a business combination. At the option of the Sponsor, upon consummation of an initial business combination, the Convertible Promissory Note may be converted in whole or in part into additional Class A ordinary shares of the Company, at a conversion price of $10.00 per ordinary share (the “Conversion Shares”). The terms of the Conversion Shares will be identical to those of the private placement shares that were issued to the Sponsor in connection with the Company’s initial public offering (the “IPO”). In the event that the Company does not consummate an initial business combination, the Convertible Promissory Note will be repaid only from funds held outside of the trust account established in connection with the IPO (the “Trust Account”) or will be forfeited, eliminated or otherwise forgiven. No interest shall accrue on the unpaid principal balance of the Convertible Promissory Note.
The foregoing description of the Convertible Promissory Note is only a summary and is qualified in its entirety by the Convertible Promissory Note, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The description of the Convertible Promissory Note and related transactions set forth in Item 1.01 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and Exhibit 10.1 filed herewith, are incorporated into this Item 2.03 by reference.
Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
The information included in Item 5.07 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 5.03 to the extent required herein.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On July 10, 2024, the shareholder of the Company held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “Shareholder Meeting”) for the following purposes:
| (1) | to consider and vote upon a proposal to amend, by way of special resolution, the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of the Company (the “Extension Amendment Proposal”) to extend (the “extension”) the date by which the Company must: (i) consummate a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination involving the Company and one or more businesses or entities (an “initial business combination”); (ii) cease its operations, except for the purpose of winding up, if it fails to complete such initial business combination; and (iii) redeem 100% of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A ordinary shares”), included as part of the units sold in the Company’s IPO that was consummated on April 11, 2022 from July 11, 2024 to April 11, 2025, by electing to extend the date to consummate an initial business combination on a monthly basis for up to nine (9) times by an additional one month each time, unless the closing of the Company’s initial business combination has occurred, without the need for any further approval of the Company’s shareholders, provided that the Sponsor (or its affiliates or permitted designees) will deposit into the Trust Account for each such one-month extension the lesser of (a) an aggregate of $20,000 or (b) $0.02 per public share that remains outstanding and is not redeemed prior to any such one-month extension, unless the closing of the Company’s initial business combination has occurred, in exchange for a non-interest bearing promissory note payable upon consummation of an initial business combination; and |
| (2) | to consider and vote upon a proposal to approve the adjournment of the Shareholder Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary (the “Adjournment Proposal”). |
As of the record date for the Shareholder Meeting, there were 5,047,829 Class A ordinary shares and 2,062,500 Class B ordinary shares issued and outstanding. At the Shareholder Meeting, there were 4,100,706 ordinary shares of the Company voted by proxy or in person, which constituted a quorum.
Set forth below are the final voting results for each of the proposals presented at the Shareholder Meeting:
Extension Amendment Proposal
| For | | Against | | Abstain | | Broker Non-Votes |
| 3,548,277 | | 552,429 | | 0 | | 0 |
Accordingly, the Extension Amendment Proposal was approved.
As there were sufficient votes to approve the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Adjournment Proposal was not presented to the Company’s shareholders.
Effective upon the approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal, on July 10, 2024, the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of the Company was amended pursuant to the resolutions set forth as Annex A to the definitive proxy statement relating to the Shareholder Meeting filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 28, 2024. Copies of such amendment to the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of the Company are attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Shareholders holding 3,785,992 public shares exercised their right to redeem such shares for a pro rata portion of the funds in the Company’s Trust Account. As a result, approximately $43,425,328.24 (approximately $11.47 per share) will be removed from the Trust Account to pay such holders. Following redemptions, the Company will have 751,837 public shares outstanding.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
Attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated into this Item 7.01 by reference is a copy of the press release issued by the Company on July 10, 2024, announcing the Meeting results.
The foregoing Exhibit 99.1 and the information set forth therein is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed to be filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise be subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall they be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.
Item 9.01. Financial Statement and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| | DENALI CAPITAL ACQUISITION CORP. |
| | | |
| Date: July 10, 2024 | By: | /s/ Lei Huang |
| | Name: | Lei Huang |
| | Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
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