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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): December 21, 2023
ALPHAVEST
ACQUISITION CORP
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Cayman
Islands |
|
001-41574 |
|
N/A |
(State
or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) |
|
(Commission
File Number) |
|
(IRS
Employer
Identification No.) |
420
Lexington Ave, Suite 2446
New York, NY 10170
(Address
of principal executive offices, including zip code)
Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code 203-998-5540
Not
Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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:
☐ |
Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
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☐ |
Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
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|
☐ |
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
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☐ |
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title
of each class |
|
Trading
Symbol(s) |
|
Name
of each exchange on which registered |
Units,
each consisting of one ordinary share and one right |
|
ATMVU |
|
The
Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Ordinary
Shares, par value $0.0001 per share |
|
ATMV |
|
The
Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Rights,
each right entitling the holder thereof to one-tenth of one ordinary share |
|
ATMVR |
|
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 |
As
approved by the shareholders of AlphaVest Acquisition Corp (the “Company” or “AlphaVest”),
by ordinary resolution, at an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders held on December 21, 2023 (the “Meeting”),
on December 21, 2023, the Company entered into an amendment (the “Trust Agreement Amendment”) to the Investment
Management Trust Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2022, with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (as amended, the
“Trust Agreement”). Pursuant to the Trust Agreement Amendment, the Company has extended the date by which it
has to complete a business combination from December 22, 2023 (the “Termination Date”) up to ten (10) times,
with the first extension comprised of three months, and the subsequent nine (9) extensions comprised of one month each from the Termination
Date, or extended date, as applicable, to December 22, 2024 by providing five days’ advance notice to the trustee prior to the
applicable Termination Date, or extended date, and depositing into the trust account (the “Trust Account”)
$55,000 for each monthly extension (the “Extension Payment”) until December 22, 2024 (assuming a business combination
has not occurred) in exchange for a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note payable upon the consummation of a business combination
(the “Trust Agreement Amendment Proposal”).
The
foregoing description of the Trust Agreement Amendment is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text
of the Trust Agreement Amendment which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated by reference herein.
Item
5.03. | Amendments
to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
As
approved by the Company’s shareholders at the Meeting on December 21, 2023, by special resolution, the Company deleted the Company’s
Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (the “Existing Charter”) on December 21, 2023,
in their entirety, and adopted the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association in the form set
forth in Annex A to the definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 8, 2023 (the “Extension
Amendment”), reflecting the extension of the date by which the Company must consummate a business combination from the
Termination Date up to ten (10) times, the first extension comprised of three months, and the subsequent nine (9) extensions comprised
of one month each (each an “Extension”) up to December 22, 2024 (i.e., for a period of time ending up to 24
months after the consummation of its initial public offering (the “IPO”)) for a total of twelve (12) months
after the Termination Date (assuming a business combination has not occurred).
The
foregoing description of the Extension Amendment is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of
the Form of Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated
by reference herein.
Item
5.07. | Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On
December 21, 2023, the Company held the Meeting. At the Meeting, the Company’s shareholders approved the following proposals: (1) a
proposal to approve by special resolution the Extension Amendment (the “Extension Amendment Proposal”), (2)
a proposal to approve by ordinary resolution the Trust Agreement Amendment Proposal, and (3) a proposal to adjourn the Meeting to
a later date if, based upon the tabulated vote at the time of the Meeting, there are not sufficient votes to approve the Extension Amendment
Proposal and the Trust Agreement Amendment Proposal (the “Adjournment Proposal”).
The
Extension Amendment Proposal, the Trust Agreement Amendment Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal presented at the Meeting were approved
by the Company’s shareholders. The final voting results for each proposal are set forth below.
Proposal
No. 1 – Extension Amendment Proposal
The
Extension Amendment Proposal was approved by special resolution of the Company’s shareholders, and received the following votes:
FOR |
|
AGAINST |
|
ABSTAIN |
6,210,561 |
|
365,524 |
|
0 |
Proposal
No. 2 – Trust Agreement Amendment Proposal
The
Trust Agreement Amendment Proposal was approved by ordinary resolution of the Company’s shareholders, and received the following
votes:
FOR |
|
AGAINST |
|
ABSTAIN |
6,210,561 |
|
365,524 |
|
0 |
Proposal
No. 3 – Adjournment Proposal
The
Adjournment Proposal was approved by ordinary resolution of the Company’s shareholders, and received the following votes:
FOR |
|
AGAINST |
|
ABSTAIN |
6,210,561 |
|
365,524 |
|
0 |
In
connection with the shareholders’ vote at the Meeting, 2,174,171 ordinary shares of the Company exercised their right
to redeem such shares (the “Redemption”) for a pro rata portion of the funds held in the Trust Account. As
a result, approximately $ 23,282,935.83 (approximately $10.71 per share) will be removed from the Trust Account to pay such holders and
approximately $50,608,334.49 will remain in the Trust Account. Following the aforementioned redemptions, AlphaVest will have 7,006,329
ordinary shares outstanding.
Item
9.01 | Financial
Statements and Exhibits. |
(d)
Exhibits.
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.
|
ALPHAVEST ACQUISITION CORP |
|
|
|
By: |
/s/ Yong (David) Yan |
|
Name: |
Yong (David) Yan |
|
Title: |
Chief Executive Officer |
Dated:
December 28, 2023
Exhibit 3.1
Companies
Act (revised)
Company
Limited by Shares
SECOND AMENDED
AND RESTATED
MEMORANDUM
AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
AlphaVest Acquisition Corp
Adopted
by special resolution dated [ ], 2022
Companies Act (Revised)
Company Limited by Shares
Second Amended and Restated
Memorandum of Association
of
AlphaVest Acquisition Corp
Adopted by special resolution on [ ], 2023
1 |
The name of the Company is AlphaVest Acquisition Corp. |
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|
2 |
The Company’s registered office will be situated at the office of Ogier Global (Cayman) Limited, 89 Nexus Way, Camana Bay, Grand Cayman, KY1-9009, Cayman Islands, or at such other place in the Cayman Islands as the directors may at any time decide. |
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3 |
The Company’s objects are unrestricted. As provided by section 7(4) of the Companies Act (Revised), the Company has full power and authority to carry out any object not prohibited by any law of the Cayman Islands. |
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4 |
The Company has unrestricted corporate capacity. Without limitation to the foregoing, as provided by section 27 (2) of the Companies Act (Revised), the Company has and is capable of exercising all the functions of a natural person of full capacity irrespective of any question of corporate benefit. |
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5 |
Nothing in any of the preceding paragraphs permits the Company to carry on any of the following businesses without being duly licensed, namely: |
|
(a) |
the business of a bank or trust company without being licensed in that behalf under the Banks and Trust Companies Act (Revised); or |
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(b) |
insurance business from within the Cayman Islands or the business of an insurance manager, agent, sub-agent or broker without being licensed in that behalf under the Insurance Act (Revised);or |
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(c) |
the business of company management without being licensed in that behalf under the Companies Management Act (Revised). |
6 |
The Company will not trade in the Cayman Islands with any person, firm or corporation except in furtherance of its business carried on outside the Cayman Islands. Despite this, the Company may effect and conclude contracts in the Cayman Islands and exercise in the Cayman Islands any of its powers necessary for the carrying on of its business outside the Cayman Islands. |
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7 |
The Company is a company limited by shares and accordingly the liability of each member is limited to the amount (if any) unpaid on that member’s shares. |
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8 |
The share capital of the Company is US$20,200 divided into 2,000,000 Preference Shares of par value US$0.0001 each and 200,000,000 Ordinary Shares of par value US$0.0001 each. Subject to the Companies Act (Revised) and the Company’s articles of association, the Company has power to do any one or more of the following: |
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(a) |
to redeem or repurchase any of its shares; and |
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(b) |
to increase or reduce its capital; and |
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(c) |
to issue any part of its capital (whether original, redeemed, increased or reduced): |
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(i) |
with or without any preferential, deferred, qualified or special rights, privileges or conditions; or |
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(ii) |
subject to any limitations or restrictions |
and unless the condition of issue expressly
declares otherwise, every issue of shares (whether declared to be ordinary, preference or otherwise) is subject to this power; or
|
(d) |
to alter any of those rights, privileges, conditions, limitations or restrictions. |
9 |
The Company has power to register by way of continuation as a body corporate limited by shares under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands and to be deregistered in the Cayman Islands. |
Companies
Act (revised)
Company
Limited by ShareS
SECOND Amended
and Restated
articles
of Association
of
AlphaVest Acquisition Corp
Adopted
by special resolution on [ ] 2023
CONTENTS |
|
1. |
Definitions, interpretation and exclusion of Table A |
1 |
|
Definitions |
1 |
|
Interpretation |
4 |
|
Exclusion of Table A Articles |
5 |
2. |
Commencement of Business |
5 |
3. |
Shares |
5 |
|
Power to issue Shares and options, with or without special rights |
5 |
|
Power to issue fractions of a Share |
6 |
|
Power to pay commissions and brokerage fees |
6 |
|
Trusts not recognised |
6 |
|
Power to vary class rights |
6 |
|
Effect of new Share issue on existing class rights |
7 |
|
No bearer Shares or warrants |
7 |
|
Treasury Shares |
7 |
|
Rights attaching to Treasury Shares and related matters |
8 |
|
Designation of Preference Shares Rights |
8 |
4. |
Register of Members |
9 |
5. |
Share certificates |
9 |
|
Issue of share certificates |
9 |
|
Renewal of lost or damaged share certificates |
9 |
6. |
Lien on Shares |
10 |
|
Nature and scope of lien |
10 |
|
Company may sell Shares to satisfy lien |
10 |
|
Authority to execute instrument of transfer |
10 |
|
Consequences of sale of Shares to satisfy lien |
10 |
|
Application of proceeds of sale |
11 |
7. |
Calls on Shares and forfeiture |
11 |
|
Power to make calls and effect of calls |
11 |
|
Time when call made |
11 |
|
Liability of joint holders |
11 |
|
Interest on unpaid calls |
12 |
|
Deemed calls |
12 |
|
Power to accept early payment |
12 |
|
Power to make different arrangements at time of issue of Shares |
12 |
|
Notice of default |
12 |
|
Forfeiture or surrender of Shares |
12 |
|
Disposal of forfeited or surrendered Share and power to cancel forfeiture or surrender |
13 |
|
Effect of forfeiture or surrender on former Member |
13 |
|
Evidence of forfeiture or surrender |
13 |
|
Sale of forfeited or surrendered Shares |
13 |
8. |
Transfer of Shares |
14 |
|
Form of transfer |
14 |
|
Power to refuse registration |
14 |
|
Power to suspend registration |
14 |
|
Company may retain instrument of transfer |
14 |
9. |
Transmission of Shares |
14 |
|
Persons entitled on death of a Member |
14 |
|
Registration of transfer of a Share following death or bankruptcy |
14 |
|
Indemnity |
15 |
|
Rights of person entitled to a Share following death or bankruptcy |
15 |
10. |
Alteration of capital |
15 |
|
Increasing, consolidating, converting, dividing and cancelling share capital |
15 |
|
Dealing with fractions resulting from consolidation of Shares |
16 |
|
Reducing share capital |
16 |
11. |
Redemption and purchase of own Shares |
16 |
|
Power to issue redeemable Shares and to purchase own Shares |
16 |
|
Power to pay for redemption or purchase in cash or in specie |
17 |
|
Effect of redemption or purchase of a Share |
17 |
12. |
Meetings of Members |
17 |
|
Power to call meetings |
17 |
|
Content of notice |
18 |
|
Period of notice |
19 |
|
Persons entitled to receive notice |
19 |
|
Publication of notice on a website |
19 |
|
Time a website notice is deemed to be given |
19 |
|
Required duration of publication on a website |
20 |
|
Accidental omission to give notice or non-receipt of notice |
20 |
13. |
Proceedings at meetings of Members |
20 |
|
Quorum |
20 |
|
Lack of quorum |
20 |
|
Use of technology |
20 |
|
Chairman |
21 |
|
Right of a director to attend and speak |
21 |
|
Adjournment and Postponement |
21 |
|
Method of voting |
21 |
|
Taking of a poll |
21 |
|
Chairman’s casting vote |
22 |
|
Amendments to resolutions |
22 |
|
Written resolutions |
22 |
|
Sole-member company |
23 |
14. |
Voting rights of Members |
23 |
|
Right to vote |
23 |
|
Rights of joint holders |
23 |
|
Representation of corporate Members |
23 |
|
Member with mental disorder |
24 |
|
Objections to admissibility of votes |
24 |
|
Form of proxy |
24 |
|
How and when proxy is to be delivered |
25 |
|
Voting by proxy |
25 |
15. |
Number of directors |
25 |
16. |
Appointment, disqualification and removal of directors |
26 |
|
No age limit |
26 |
|
Corporate directors |
26 |
|
No shareholding qualification |
26 |
|
Appointment and removal of directors |
26 |
|
Resignation of directors |
27 |
|
Termination of the office of director |
27 |
17. |
Alternate directors |
28 |
|
Appointment and removal |
28 |
|
Notices |
28 |
|
Rights of alternate director |
29 |
|
Appointment ceases when the appointor ceases to be a director |
29 |
|
Status of alternate director |
29 |
|
Status of the director making the appointment |
29 |
18. |
Powers of directors |
29 |
|
Powers of directors |
29 |
|
Appointments to office |
29 |
|
Remuneration |
30 |
|
Disclosure of information |
30 |
19. |
Delegation of powers |
31 |
|
Power to delegate any of the directors’ powers to a committee |
31 |
|
Power to appoint an agent of the Company |
31 |
|
Power to appoint an attorney or authorised signatory of the Company |
32 |
|
Power to appoint a proxy |
32 |
20. |
Meetings of directors |
32 |
|
Regulation of directors’ meetings |
32 |
|
Calling meetings |
32 |
|
Notice of meetings |
32 |
|
Period of notice |
33 |
|
Use of technology |
33 |
|
Place of meetings |
33 |
|
Quorum |
33 |
|
Voting |
33 |
|
Validity |
33 |
|
Recording of dissent |
33 |
|
Written resolutions |
33 |
|
Sole director’s minute |
34 |
21. |
Permissible directors’ interests and disclosure |
34 |
|
Permissible interests subject to disclosure |
34 |
|
Notification of interests |
34 |
|
Voting where a director is interested in a matter |
35 |
22. |
Minutes |
35 |
23. |
Accounts and audit |
35 |
|
No automatic right of inspection |
35 |
|
Sending of accounts and reports |
35 |
|
Validity despite accidental error in publication on website |
36 |
|
Audit |
36 |
24. |
Financial year |
37 |
25. |
Record dates |
37 |
26. |
Dividends |
37 |
|
Declaration of dividends by Members |
37 |
|
Payment of interim dividends and declaration of final dividends by directors |
37 |
|
Apportionment of dividends |
38 |
|
Right of set off |
38 |
|
Power to pay other than in cash |
38 |
|
How payments may be made |
38 |
|
Dividends or other moneys not to bear interest in absence of special rights |
39 |
|
Dividends unable to be paid or unclaimed |
39 |
27. |
Capitalisation of profits |
39 |
|
Capitalisation of profits or of any share premium account or capital redemption reserve |
39 |
|
Applying an amount for the benefit of members |
40 |
28. |
Share premium account |
40 |
|
directors to maintain share premium account |
40 |
|
Debits to share premium account |
40 |
29. |
Seal |
40 |
|
Company seal |
40 |
|
Duplicate seal |
40 |
|
When and how seal is to be used |
41 |
|
If no seal is adopted or used |
41 |
|
Power to allow non-manual signatures and facsimile printing of seal |
41 |
|
Validity of execution |
41 |
30. |
Indemnity |
41 |
|
Indemnity |
41 |
|
Release |
42 |
|
Insurance |
42 |
31. |
Notices |
42 |
|
Form of notices |
42 |
|
Electronic communications |
43 |
|
Persons authorised to give notices |
43 |
|
Delivery of written notices |
43 |
|
Joint holders |
43 |
|
Signatures |
43 |
|
Evidence of transmission |
43 |
|
Giving notice to a deceased or bankrupt Member |
44 |
|
Date of giving notices |
44 |
|
Saving provision |
44 |
32. |
Authentication of Electronic Records |
45 |
|
Application of Articles |
45 |
|
Authentication of documents sent by Members by Electronic means |
45 |
|
Authentication of document sent by the Secretary or Officers of the Company by Electronic means |
45 |
|
Manner of signing |
45 |
|
Saving provision |
46 |
33. |
Transfer by way of continuation |
46 |
34. |
Winding up |
46 |
|
Distribution of assets in specie |
46 |
|
No obligation to accept liability |
46 |
|
The directors are authorised to present a winding up petition |
47 |
35. |
Amendment of Memorandum and Articles |
47 |
|
Power to change name or amend Memorandum |
47 |
|
Power to amend these Articles |
47 |
36. |
Mergers and Consolidations |
47 |
37. |
Business Combination |
47 |
38. |
Certain Tax Filings |
51 |
39. |
Business Opportunities |
51 |
Companies Act (Revised)
Company Limited by Shares
Second Amended and Restated
Articles of Association
of
AlphaVest Acquisition Corp
Adopted by special resolution on [ ] 2023
1. | Definitions,
interpretation and exclusion of Table A |
Definitions
1.1 | In these Articles, the following definitions apply: |
Act means the Companies Act (Revised)
of the Cayman Islands.
Affiliate in respect of a person,
means any other person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common
control with, such person, and (a) in the case of a natural person, shall include, without limitation, such person’s spouse, parents,
children, siblings, mother-in-law and father-in-law and brothers and sisters-in-law, whether by blood, marriage or adoption or anyone
residing in such person’s home, a trust for the benefit of any of the foregoing, a company, partnership or any natural person or
entity wholly or jointly owned by any of the foregoing and (b) in the case of an entity, shall include a partnership, a corporation or
any natural person or entity which directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under
common control with, such entity.
Applicable Law means, with respect
to any person, all provisions of laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, permits, certificates, judgments, decisions, decrees
or orders of any governmental authority applicable to such person.
Articles means, as appropriate:
| (a) | these Amended and Restated Articles of Association as amended, restated, supplemented and/or otherwise
modified from time to time: or |
| (b) | two or more particular Articles of these Articles; |
and Article refers to a particular
Article of these Articles.
Audit Committee means the audit committee
of the board of directors of the Company established pursuant to Article 23.8 hereof, or any successor audit committee.
Auditor means the person for the
time being performing the duties of auditor of the Company.
Business Combination means a merger,
share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganisation or similar business combination involving the Company, with one or more
businesses or entities (each a target business), which Business Combination: (a) must be with
one or more operating businesses or assets with a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the net assets held in the trust account
(net of amounts disbursed to management for working capital purposes, if permitted, and excluding the amount of any deferred underwriting
discount and taxes payable on the interest earned on the trust account); and (b) must not be effectuated solely with another blank
cheque company or a similar company with nominal operations.
Business Day means a day other than
a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorised or obligated by law to close in New York City, a Saturday or a Sunday.
Clear Days, in relation to a period
of notice, means that period excluding:
| (a) | the day when the notice is given or deemed to be given; and |
| (b) | the day for which it is given or on which it is to take effect. |
Clearing House means a clearing house
recognised by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Shares (or depositary receipts therefor) are listed or quoted on a stock exchange
or interdealer quotation system in such jurisdiction.
Company means the above-named company.
Compensation Committee means the
compensation committee of the board of directors of the Company established pursuant to the Articles, or any successor committee.
Default Rate means 10% (ten per cent)
per annum.
Designated Stock Exchange means any
United States national securities exchange, including the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, the NYSE American LLC or The New York Stock Exchange
LLC or any OTC market on which the Shares are listed for trading.
Electronic has the meaning given
to that term in the Electronic Transactions Act (Revised).
Electronic Record has the meaning
given to that term in the Electronic Transactions Act (Revised).
Electronic Signature has the meaning
given to that term in the Electronic Transactions Act (Revised).
Equity-linked Securities means any
debt or equity securities that are convertible, exercisable or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares issued in a financing transaction in connection
with a Business Combination, including but not limited to a private placement of equity or debt.
Exchange Act means the United States
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Founders means all Members immediately
prior to the consummation of the IPO.
Fully Paid and Paid Up:
| (a) | in relation to a Share with par value, means that the par value for that Share and any premium payable
in respect of the issue of that Share, has been fully paid or credited as paid in money or money’s worth; |
| (b) | in relation to a Share without par value, means that the agreed issue price for that Share has been fully
paid or credited as paid in money or money’s worth. |
Independent Director means a director
who is an independent director as defined in the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange as determined by the directors.
Investor Group means the Sponsor
and its Affiliates, successors and assigns.
IPO means the Company’s initial
public offering of securities.
IPO Redemption has the meaning given
to it in Article 37.6.
Islands means the British Overseas
Territory of the Cayman Islands.
Member means any person or persons
entered on the Register of Members from time to time as the holder of a Share.
Memorandum means the Amended and
Restated Memorandum of Association of the Company as amended, restated, supplemented and/or otherwise modified from time to time.
Nominating Committee means the nominating
committee of the board of directors of the Company established pursuant to the Articles, or any successor committee.
Officer means a person then appointed
to hold an office in the Company; and the expression includes a director, alternate director or liquidator.
Ordinary Resolution means a resolution
of a duly constituted general meeting of the Company passed by a simple majority of the votes cast by, or on behalf of, the Members entitled
to vote thereon. The expression also includes a unanimous written resolution.
Ordinary Share means a ordinary share
of a par value of US$0.0001 in the share capital of the Company.
Over-Allotment Option means the option
of the Underwriters to purchase up to an additional 15% of the firm units (as described at Article 3.4) issued in the IPO at a price equal
to US$10.00 per unit, less underwriting discount and commissions.
Preference Share means a preference
share of a par value of US$0.0001 in the share capital of the Company.
Public Share means an Ordinary Share
issued as part of the units (as described in Article 3.4) issued in the IPO.
Redemption Price has the meaning
given to it in Article 37.6.
Register of Members means the register
of Members maintained in accordance with the Act and includes (except where otherwise stated) any branch or duplicate register of Members.
Representative means a representative
of the Underwriters.
SEC means the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission.
Secretary means a person appointed
to perform the duties of the secretary of the Company, including a joint, assistant or deputy secretary.
Share means an Ordinary Share or
a Preference Share in the share capital of the Company; and the expression:
| (a) | includes stock (except where a distinction between shares and stock is expressed or implied); and |
| (b) | where the context permits, also includes a fraction of a share. |
Special Resolution has the meaning
given to that term in the Act; and the expression includes a unanimous written resolution.
Sponsor means AlphaVest Holding LP,
a Delaware limited liability company business company.
Tax Filing Authorised Person means
such person as any director shall designate from time to time, acting severally.
Treasury Shares means Shares of the
Company held in treasury pursuant to the Act and Article 3.14.
Trust Account means the trust account
established by the Company upon the consummation of its IPO and into which a certain amount of the net proceeds of the IPO, together with
a certain amount of the proceeds of a private placement of warrants simultaneously with the closing date of the IPO, will be deposited.
Underwriter means an underwriter
of the IPO from time to time, and any successor underwriter.
Interpretation
1.2 | In the interpretation of these Articles, the following provisions apply unless the context otherwise requires: |
| (a) | A reference in these Articles to a statute is a reference to a statute of the Islands as known by its
short title, and includes: |
| (i) | any statutory modification, amendment or re-enactment; and |
| (ii) | any subordinate legislation or regulations issued under that statute. |
Without limitation to the preceding sentence,
a reference to a revised Act of the Cayman Islands is taken to be a reference to the revision of that Act in force from time to time as
amended from time to time.
| (b) | Headings are inserted for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation of these Articles, unless
there is ambiguity. |
| (c) | If a day on which any act, matter or thing is to be done under these Articles is not a Business Day, the
act, matter or thing must be done on the next Business Day. |
| (d) | A word which denotes the singular also denotes the plural, a word which denotes the plural also denotes
the singular, and a reference to any gender also denotes the other genders. |
| (e) | A reference to a person includes, as appropriate, a company, trust, partnership, joint venture, association,
body corporate or government agency. |
| (f) | Where a word or phrase is given a defined meaning another part of speech or grammatical form in respect
to that word or phrase has a corresponding meaning. |
| (g) | All references to time are to be calculated by reference to time in the place where the Company’s
registered office is located. |
| (h) | The words written and in writing include all modes of representing or reproducing words in a visible form,
but do not include an Electronic Record where the distinction between a document in writing and an Electronic Record is expressed or implied. |
| (i) | The words including, include and in particular or any similar expression are to be construed without limitation. |
| (j) | Any requirements as to execution or signature under the Articles including the execution of the Articles
themselves can be satisfied in the form of an Electronic Signature. |
| (k) | Sections 8 and 19(3) of the Electronic Transactions Act shall not apply. |
| (l) | The term “holder” in relation to a Share means a person whose name is entered in the Register
of Members as the holder of such Share. |
Exclusion of Table A Articles
1.3 | The regulations contained in Table A in the First Schedule of the Act and any other regulations contained
in any statute or subordinate legislation are expressly excluded and do not apply to the Company. |
2. | Commencement
of Business |
2.1 | The business of the Company may be commenced as soon after incorporation of the Company as the directors
see fit. |
2.2 | The directors may pay, out of the capital or any other monies of the Company, all expenses incurred in
or about the formation and establishment of the Company, including the expenses of registration. |
Power to issue Shares and options, with or without
special rights
3.1 | Subject to the provisions, if any, in the Act the Memorandum (and to any direction that may be given by
the Company in general meeting), these Articles and, where applicable, the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the
SEC and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law, and without prejudice to any rights attached to
any existing Shares, the directors have general and unconditional authority to allot (with or without confirming rights of renunciation),
issue, grant options over or otherwise deal with any unissued Shares of the Company to such persons, at such times and on such terms and
conditions as they may decide. No Share may be issued at a discount except in accordance with the provisions of the Act. |
3.2 | Without limitation to the preceding Article, the directors may so deal with the unissued Shares of the
Company: |
| (a) | either at a premium or at par; |
| (b) | with or without preferred, deferred or other special rights or restrictions whether in regard to dividend,
voting, return of capital or otherwise. |
3.3 | The Company may issue rights, options, warrants or convertible securities or securities of similar nature
conferring the right upon the holders thereof to subscribe for, purchase or receive any class of Shares or other securities in the Company
at such times and on such terms and conditions as the directors may decide. |
3.4 | The Company may issue units of securities in the Company, which may be comprised of Shares, rights, options,
warrants or convertible securities or securities of similar nature conferring the right upon the holders thereof to subscribe for, purchase
or receive any class of Shares or other securities in the Company, on such terms and conditions as the directors may decide. The securities
comprising any such units which are issued pursuant to the IPO can only be traded separately from one another on the 52nd day following
the date of the prospectus relating to the IPO unless the Representative(s) determines that an earlier date is acceptable, subject to
the Company having filed a current report on Form 8-K containing an audited balance sheet reflecting the Company’s receipt of the
gross proceeds of the IPO with the SEC and a press release announcing when such separate trading will begin. Prior to such date, the units
can be traded, but the securities comprising such units cannot be traded separately from one another. |
Power to issue fractions of a Share
3.5 | Subject to the Act, the Company may issue fractions of a Share of any class. A fraction of a Share shall
be subject to and carry the corresponding fraction of liabilities (whether with respect to calls or otherwise), limitations, preferences,
privileges, qualifications, restrictions, rights and other attributes of a Share of that class of Shares. |
Power to pay commissions and brokerage fees
3.6 | The Company may, in so far as the Act permits, pay a commission to any person in consideration of that
person: |
| (a) | subscribing or agreeing to subscribe, whether absolutely or conditionally; or |
| (b) | procuring or agreeing to procure subscriptions, whether absolute or conditional |
for any Shares in the Company. That commission
may be satisfied by the payment of cash or the allotment of Fully Paid or partly-paid Shares or partly in one way and partly in another.
3.7 | The Company may employ a broker in the issue of its capital and pay him any proper commission or brokerage. |
Trusts not recognised
3.8 | Except as required by Applicable Law: |
| (a) | the Company shall not be bound by or compelled to recognise in any way (even when notified) any equitable,
contingent, future or partial interest in any Share, or (except only as is otherwise provided by these Articles or the Act) any other
rights in respect of any Share other than an absolute right to the entirety thereof in the holder; and |
| (b) | no person other than the Member shall be recognised by the Company as having any right in a Share. |
Power to vary class rights
3.9 | If the share capital is divided into different classes of Shares then, unless the terms on which a class
of Shares was issued state otherwise, the rights attaching to a class of Shares may only be varied if one of the following applies: |
| (a) | the Members holding two thirds of the issued Shares of that class consent in writing to the variation;
or |
| (b) | the variation is made with the sanction of a Special Resolution passed at a separate general meeting of
the Members holding the issued Shares of that class. |
3.10 | For the purpose of paragraph (b) of the preceding Article, all the provisions of these Articles relating
to general meetings apply, mutatis mutandis, to every such separate meeting except that: |
| (a) | the necessary quorum shall be one or more persons holding, or representing by proxy, not less than one
third of the issued Shares of the class; and |
| (b) | any Member holding issued Shares of the class, present in person or by proxy or, in the case of a corporate
Member, by its duly authorised representative, may demand a poll. |
Effect of new Share issue on existing class rights
3.11 | Unless the terms on which a class of Shares was issued state otherwise, the rights conferred on the Member
holding Shares of any class shall not be deemed to be varied by the creation or issue of further Shares ranking pari passu with
the existing Shares of that class. For the avoidance of doubt, the creation, designation or issuance of any Preference Shares with rights
and privileges ranking in priority to any existing class of Shares pursuant to Article 3.19 shall not be deemed to be a variation of the
rights of such existing class. |
Capital contributions without
issue of further Shares
3.12 | With the consent of a Member, the directors may accept a voluntary contribution to the capital of the
Company from that Member without issuing Shares in consideration for that contribution. In that event, the contribution shall be dealt
with in the following manner: |
| (a) | It shall be treated as if it were a share premium. |
| (b) | Unless the Member agrees otherwise: |
| (i) | if the Member holds Shares in a single class of Shares, it shall be credited to the share premium account
for that class of Shares; |
| (ii) | if the Member holds Shares of more than one class, it shall be credited rateably to the share premium
accounts for those classes of Shares (in the proportion that the sum of the issue prices for each class of Shares that the Member holds
bears to the total issue prices for all classes of Shares that the Member holds). |
| (c) | It shall be subject to the provisions of the Act and these Articles applicable to share premiums. |
No bearer Shares or warrants
3.13 | The Company shall not issue Shares or warrants to bearers. |
Treasury Shares
3.14 | Shares that the Company purchases, redeems or acquires by way of surrender in accordance with the Act
shall be held as Treasury Shares and not treated as cancelled if: |
| (a) | the directors so determine prior to the purchase, redemption or surrender of those shares; and |
| (b) | the relevant provisions of the Memorandum and Articles and the Act are otherwise complied with. |
Rights attaching to Treasury Shares and related
matters
3.15 | No dividend may be declared or paid, and no other distribution (whether in cash or otherwise) of the Company’s
assets (including any distribution of assets to members on a winding up) may be made to the Company in respect of a Treasury Share. |
3.16 | The Company shall be entered in the Register as the holder of the Treasury Shares. However: |
| (a) | the Company shall not be treated as a member for any purpose and shall not exercise any right in respect
of the Treasury Shares, and any purported exercise of such a right shall be void; |
| (b) | a Treasury Share shall not be voted, directly or indirectly, at any meeting of the Company and shall not
be counted in determining the total number of issued shares at any given time, whether for the purposes of these Articles or the Act. |
3.17 | Nothing in the preceding Article prevents an allotment of Shares as fully paid bonus shares in respect
of a Treasury Share and Shares allotted as fully paid bonus shares in respect of a Treasury Share shall be treated as Treasury Shares. |
3.18 | Treasury Shares may be disposed of by the Company in accordance with the Act and otherwise on such terms
and conditions as the directors determine. |
Designation of Preference Shares Rights
3.19 | Before any Preference Shares of any series are issued, the Directors shall fix, by resolution or resolutions,
the following provisions of such series: |
| (a) | the designation of such series and the number of Preference Shares to constitute such series; |
| (b) | whether the shares of such series shall have voting rights, in addition to any voting rights provided
by Act, and, if so, the terms of such voting rights, which may be general or limited; |
| (c) | the dividends, if any, payable on such series, whether any such dividends shall be cumulative, and, if
so, from what dates, the conditions and dates upon which such dividends shall be payable, the preference or relation which such dividends
shall bear to the dividends payable on any Shares of any other class of Shares or any other series of Preference Shares; |
| (d) | whether the Preference Shares or such series shall be subject to redemption by the Company, and, if so,
the times, prices and other conditions of such redemption; |
| (e) | the amount or amounts payable upon Preference Shares of such series upon, and the rights of the holders
of such series in, a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up, or upon any distribution of the assets, of the Company; |
| (f) | whether the Preference Shares of such series shall be subject to the operation of a retirement or sinking
fund and, if so, the extent to and manner in which any such retirement or sinking fund shall be applied to the purchase or redemption
of the Preferred Shares of such series for retirement or other corporate purposes and the terms and provisions relative to the operation
of the retirement or sinking fund; |
| (g) | whether the Preference Shares of such series shall be convertible into, or exchangeable for, Shares of
any other class of Shares or any other series of Preference Shares or any other securities and, if so, the price or prices or the rate
or rates of conversion or exchange and the method, if any, of adjusting the same, and any other terms and conditions of conversion or
exchange; |
| (h) | the limitations and restrictions, if any, to be effective while any Preference Shares or such series are
outstanding upon the payment of dividends or the making of other distributions on, and upon the purchase, redemption or other acquisition
by the Company of, the existing Shares or Shares of any other class of Shares or any other series of Preference Shares; |
| (i) | the conditions or restrictions, if any, upon the creation of indebtedness of the Company or upon the issue
of any additional Shares, including additional shares of such series or of any other class of Shares or any other series of Preference
Shares; and |
| (j) | any other powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights, and any
qualifications, limitations and restrictions of any other class of Shares or any other series of Preference Shares. |
4.1 | The Company shall maintain or cause to be maintained the Register of Members in accordance with the Act. |
4.2 | The directors may determine that the Company shall maintain one or more branch registers of Members in
accordance with the Act. The directors may also determine which Register of Members shall constitute the principal register and which
shall constitute the branch register or registers, and to vary such determination from time to time. |
4.3 | The title to Shares listed on a Designated Stock Exchange may be evidenced and transferred in accordance
with the laws applicable to the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange and, for these purposes, the Register of Members
may be maintained in accordance with section 40B of the Act. |
Issue of share certificates
5.1 | Upon being entered in the Register of Members as the holder of a Share, a Member shall be entitled: |
| (a) | without payment, to one certificate for all the Shares of each class held by that Member (and, upon transferring
a part of the Member’s holding of Shares of any class, to a certificate for the balance of that holding); and |
| (b) | upon payment of such reasonable sum as the directors may determine for every certificate after the first,
to several certificates each for one or more of that Member’s Shares. |
5.2 | Every certificate shall specify the number, class and distinguishing numbers (if any) of the Shares to
which it relates and whether they are Fully Paid or partly paid up. A certificate may be executed under seal or executed in such other
manner as the directors determine. |
5.3 | The Company shall not be bound to issue more than one certificate for Shares held jointly by several persons
and delivery of a certificate for a Share to one joint holder shall be a sufficient delivery to all of them. |
Renewal of lost or damaged share certificates
5.4 | If a share certificate is defaced, worn-out, lost or destroyed, it may be renewed on such terms (if any)
as to: |
| (c) | payment of the expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in investigating the evidence; and |
| (d) | payment of a reasonable fee, if any, for issuing a replacement share certificate |
as the directors may determine, and (in
the case of defacement or wearing-out) on delivery to the Company of the old certificate.
Nature and scope of lien
6.1 | The Company has a first and paramount lien on all Shares (whether Fully Paid or not) registered in the
name of a Member (whether solely or jointly with others). The lien is for all moneys payable to the Company by the Member or the Member’s
estate: |
| (a) | either alone or jointly with any other person, whether or not that other person is a Member; and |
| (b) | whether or not those moneys are presently payable. |
6.2 | At any time the directors may declare any Share to be wholly or partly exempt from the provisions of this
Article. |
Company may sell Shares to satisfy lien
6.3 | The Company may sell any Shares over which it has a lien if all of the following conditions are met: |
| (a) | the sum in respect of which the lien exists is presently payable; |
| (b) | the Company gives notice to the Member holding the Share (or to the person entitled to it in consequence
of the death or bankruptcy of that Member) demanding payment and stating that if the notice is not complied with the Shares may be sold;
and |
| (c) | that sum is not paid within 14 Clear Days after that notice is deemed to be given under these Articles. |
6.4 | The Shares may be sold in such manner as the directors determine. |
6.5 | To the maximum extent permitted by Applicable Law, the directors shall incur no personal liability to
the Member concerned in respect of the sale. |
Authority to execute instrument of transfer
6.6 | To give effect to a sale, the directors may authorise any person to execute an instrument of transfer
of the Shares sold to, or in accordance with the directions of, the purchaser. The title of the transferee of the Shares shall not be
affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings in respect of the sale. |
Consequences of sale of Shares to satisfy lien
6.7 | On sale pursuant to the preceding Articles: |
| (a) | the name of the Member concerned shall be removed from the Register of Members as the holder of those
Shares; and |
| (b) | that person shall deliver to the Company for cancellation the certificate for those Shares. |
Despite this, that person shall remain liable
to the Company for all monies which, at the date of sale, were presently payable by him to the Company in respect of those Shares. That
person shall also be liable to pay interest on those monies from the date of sale until payment at the rate at which interest was payable
before that sale or, failing that, at the Default Rate. The directors may waive payment wholly or in part or enforce payment without any
allowance for the value of the Shares at the time of sale or for any consideration received on their disposal.
Application of proceeds of sale
6.8 | The net proceeds of the sale, after payment of the costs, shall be applied in payment of so much of the
sum for which the lien exists as is presently payable. Any residue shall be paid to the person whose Shares have been sold: |
| (a) | if no certificate for the Shares was issued, at the date of the sale; or |
| (b) | if a certificate for the Shares was issued, upon surrender to the Company of that certificate for cancellation |
but, in either case, subject to the Company
retaining a like lien for all sums not presently payable as existed on the Shares before the sale.
7. | Calls
on Shares and forfeiture |
Power to make calls and effect of calls
7.1 | Subject to the terms of allotment, the directors may make calls on the Members in respect of any moneys
unpaid on their Shares including any premium. The call may provide for payment to be by instalments. Subject to receiving at least 14
Clear Days’ notice specifying when and where payment is to be made, each Member shall pay to the Company the amount called on his
Shares as required by the notice. |
7.2 | Before receipt by the Company of any sum due under a call, that call may be revoked in whole or in part
and payment of a call may be postponed in whole or in part. Where a call is to be paid in instalments, the Company may revoke the call
in respect of all or any remaining instalments in whole or in part and may postpone payment of all or any of the remaining instalments
in whole or in part. |
7.3 | A Member on whom a call is made shall remain liable for that call notwithstanding the subsequent transfer
of the Shares in respect of which the call was made. A person shall
not be liable for calls made after such person is no longer registered as Member in respect of those Shares. |
Time when call made
7.4 | A call shall be deemed to have been made at the time when the resolution of the directors authorising
the call was passed. |
Liability of joint holders
7.5 | Members registered as the joint holders of a Share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls
in respect of the Share. |
Interest on unpaid calls
7.6 | If a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable the person from whom it is due and payable
shall pay interest on the amount unpaid from the day it became due and payable until it is paid: |
| (a) | at the rate fixed by the terms of allotment of the Share or in the notice of the call; or |
| (b) | if no rate is fixed, at the Default Rate. |
The directors may waive payment of the interest wholly
or in part.
Deemed calls
7.7 | Any amount payable in respect of a Share, whether on allotment or on a fixed date or otherwise, shall
be deemed to be payable as a call. If the amount is not paid when due the provisions of these Articles shall apply as if the amount had
become due and payable by virtue of a call. |
Power to accept early payment
7.8 | The Company may accept from a Member the whole or a part of the amount remaining unpaid on Shares held
by him although no part of that amount has been called up. |
Power to make different arrangements at time
of issue of Shares
7.9 | Subject to the terms of allotment, the directors may make arrangements on the issue of Shares to distinguish
between Members in the amounts and times of payment of calls on their Shares. |
Notice of default
7.10 | If a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable the directors may give to the person from
whom it is due not less than 14 Clear Days’ notice requiring payment of: |
| (b) | any interest which may have accrued; |
| (c) | any expenses which have been incurred by the Company due to that person’s default. |
7.11 | The notice shall state the following: |
| (a) | the place where payment is to be made; and |
| (b) | a warning that if the notice is not complied with the Shares in respect of which the call is made will
be liable to be forfeited. |
Forfeiture or surrender of Shares
7.12 | If the notice under the preceding Article is not complied with, the directors may, before the payment
required by the notice has been received, resolve that any Share the subject of that notice be forfeited. The forfeiture shall include
all dividends or other moneys payable in respect of the forfeited Share and not paid before the forfeiture. Despite the foregoing, the
directors may determine that any Share the subject of that notice be accepted by the Company as surrendered by the Member holding that
Share in lieu of forfeiture. |
7.13 | The directors may accept the surrender for no consideration of any Fully Paid Share. |
Disposal of forfeited or surrendered Share and
power to cancel forfeiture or surrender
7.14 | A forfeited or surrendered Share may be sold, re-allotted or otherwise disposed of on such terms and in
such manner as the directors determine either to the former Member who held that Share or to any other person. The forfeiture or surrender
may be cancelled on such terms as the directors think fit at any time before a sale, re-allotment or other disposition. Where, for the
purposes of its disposal, a forfeited or surrendered Share is to be transferred to any person, the directors may authorise some person
to execute an instrument of transfer of the Share to the transferee. |
Effect of forfeiture or surrender on former Member
7.15 | On forfeiture or surrender: |
| (a) | the name of the Member concerned shall be removed from the Register of Members as the holder of those
Shares and that person shall cease to be a Member in respect of those Shares; and |
| (b) | that person shall surrender to the Company for cancellation the certificate (if any) for the forfeited
or surrendered Shares. |
7.16 | Despite the forfeiture or surrender of his Shares, that person shall remain liable to the Company for
all moneys which at the date of forfeiture or surrender were presently payable by him to the Company in respect of those Shares together
with: |
| (b) | interest from the date of forfeiture or surrender until payment: |
| (i) | at the rate of which interest was payable on those moneys before forfeiture; or |
| (ii) | if no interest was so payable, at the Default Rate. |
The directors, however, may waive payment
wholly or in part.
Evidence of forfeiture or surrender
7.17 | A declaration, whether statutory or under oath, made by a director or the Secretary shall be conclusive
evidence of the following matters stated in it as against all persons claiming to be entitled to forfeited Shares: |
| (a) | that the person making the declaration is a director or Secretary of the Company, and |
| (b) | that the particular Shares have been forfeited or surrendered on a particular date. |
Subject to the execution of an instrument
of transfer, if necessary, the declaration shall constitute good title to the Shares.
Sale of forfeited or surrendered Shares
7.18 | Any person to whom the forfeited or surrendered Shares are disposed of shall not be bound to see to the
application of the consideration, if any, of those Shares nor shall his title to the Shares be affected by any irregularity in, or invalidity
of the proceedings in respect of, the forfeiture, surrender or disposal of those Shares. |
Form of transfer
8.1 | Subject to the following Articles about the transfer of Shares, and provided that such transfer complies
with the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the SEC and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise
under Applicable Law, a Member may transfer Shares to another person by completing an instrument of transfer in a common form or in a
form prescribed by the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the SEC and/or any other competent regulatory authority
or otherwise under Applicable Law or in any other form approved by the directors, executed: |
| (a) | where the Shares are Fully Paid, by or on behalf of that Member; and |
| (b) | where the Shares are partly paid, by or on behalf of that Member and the transferee. |
8.2 | The transferor shall be deemed to remain the holder of a Share until the name of the transferee is entered
into the Register of Members. |
Power to refuse registration
8.3 | If the Shares in question were issued in conjunction with rights, options or warrants issued pursuant
to Article 3.4 on terms that one cannot be transferred without the other, the directors shall refuse to register the transfer of any such
Share without evidence satisfactory to them of the like transfer of such option or warrant. |
Power to suspend registration
8.4 | The directors may suspend registration of the transfer of Shares at such times and for such periods, not
exceeding 30 days in any calendar year, as they determine. |
Company may retain instrument of transfer
8.5 | The Company shall be entitled to retain any instrument of transfer which is registered; but an instrument
of transfer which the directors refuse to register shall be returned to the person lodging it when notice of the refusal is given. |
Persons entitled on death of a Member
9.1 | If a Member dies, the only persons recognised by the Company as having any title to the deceased Members’
interest are the following: |
| (a) | where the deceased Member was a joint holder, the survivor or survivors; and |
| (b) | where the deceased Member was a sole holder, that Member’s personal representative or representatives. |
9.2 | Nothing in these Articles shall release the deceased Member’s estate from any liability in respect
of any Share, whether the deceased was a sole holder or a joint holder. |
Registration of transfer of a Share following
death or bankruptcy
9.3 | A person becoming entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Member may elect
to do either of the following: |
| (a) | to become the holder of the Share; or |
| (b) | to transfer the Share to another person. |
9.4 | That person must produce such evidence of his entitlement as the directors may properly require. |
9.5 | If the person elects to become the holder of the Share, he must give notice to the Company to that effect.
For the purposes of these Articles, that notice shall be treated as though it were an executed instrument of transfer. |
9.6 | If the person elects to transfer the Share to another person then: |
| (a) | if the Share is Fully Paid, the transferor must execute an instrument of transfer; and |
| (b) | if the Share is partly paid, the transferor and the transferee must execute an instrument of transfer. |
9.7 | All these Articles relating to the transfer of Shares shall apply to the notice or, as appropriate, the
instrument of transfer. |
Indemnity
9.8 | A person registered as a Member by reason of the death or bankruptcy of another Member shall indemnify
the Company and the directors against any loss or damage suffered by the Company or the directors as a result of that registration. |
Rights of person entitled to a Share following
death or bankruptcy
9.9 | A person becoming entitled to a Share by reason of the death or bankruptcy of a Member shall have the
rights to which he would be entitled if he were registered as the holder of the Share. However, until he is registered as Member in respect
of the Share, he shall not be entitled to attend or vote at any meeting of the Company or at any separate meeting of the holders of that
class of Shares in the Company. |
Increasing, consolidating, converting, dividing
and cancelling share capital
10.1 | To the fullest extent permitted by the Act, the Company may by Ordinary Resolution do any of the following
and amend its Memorandum for that purpose: |
| (a) | increase its share capital by new Shares of the amount fixed by that Ordinary Resolution and with the
attached rights, priorities and privileges set out in that Ordinary Resolution; |
| (b) | consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into Shares of larger amount than its existing
Shares; |
| (c) | convert all or any of its Paid Up Shares into stock, and reconvert that stock into Paid Up Shares of any
denomination; |
| (d) | sub-divide its Shares or any of them into Shares of an amount smaller than that fixed by the Memorandum,
so, however, that in the sub-division, the proportion between the amount paid and the amount, if any, unpaid on each reduced Share shall
be the same as it was in case of the Share from which the reduced Share is derived; and |
| (e) | cancel Shares which, at the date of the passing of that Ordinary Resolution, have not been taken or agreed
to be taken by any person, and diminish the amount of its share capital by the amount of the Shares so cancelled or, in the case of Shares
without nominal par value, diminish the number of Shares into which its capital is divided. |
Dealing with fractions resulting from consolidation
of Shares
10.2 | Whenever, as a result of a consolidation of Shares, any Members would become entitled to fractions of
a Share the directors may on behalf of those Members: |
| (a) | sell the Shares representing the fractions for the best price reasonably obtainable to any person (including,
subject to the provisions of the Act, the Company); and |
| (b) | distribute the net proceeds in due proportion among those Members. |
For that purpose, the directors may authorise
some person to execute an instrument of transfer of the Shares to, or in accordance with the directions of, the purchaser. The transferee
shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money nor shall the transferee’s title to the Shares be affected by
any irregularity in, or invalidity of, the proceedings in respect of the sale.
Reducing share capital
10.3 | Subject to the Act and to any rights for the time being conferred on the Members holding a particular
class of Shares, the Company may, by Special Resolution, reduce its share capital in any way. |
11. | Redemption
and purchase of own Shares |
Power to issue redeemable Shares and to purchase
own Shares
11.1 | Subject to the Act and Article 37, and to any rights for the time being conferred on the Members holding
a particular class of Shares, and, where applicable, the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the SEC and/or any other
competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law, the Company may by its directors: |
| (a) | issue Shares that are to be redeemed or liable to be redeemed, at the option of the Company or the Member
holding those redeemable Shares, on the terms and in the manner its directors determine before the issue of those Shares; |
| (b) | with the consent by Special Resolution of the Members holding Shares of a particular class, vary the rights
attaching to that class of Shares so as to provide that those Shares are to be redeemed or are liable to be redeemed at the option of
the Company on the terms and in the manner which the directors determine at the time of such variation; and |
| (c) | purchase all or any of its own Shares of any class including any redeemable Shares on the terms and in
the manner which the directors determine at the time of such purchase. |
The Company may make a payment in respect
of the redemption or purchase of its own Shares in any manner authorised by the Act, including out of any combination of the following:
capital, its profits and the proceeds of a fresh issue of Shares.
11.2 | With respect to redeeming, repurchasing or surrendering of Shares: |
| (a) | Members who hold Public Shares are entitled to request the redemption of such Shares in the circumstances
described in Article 37.3; |
| (b) | Shares held by the Sponsor shall be surrendered by the Sponsor for no consideration to the extent that
the Over-Allotment Option is not exercised in full so that such shares will represent 20% of the Company’s issued Shares after the
IPO (exclusive of any securities purchased in a private placement simultaneously with the IPO); and |
| (c) | Public Shares shall be repurchased by way of Tender Offer in the circumstances set out in Article 37.2(b). |
Power to pay for redemption or purchase in cash
or in specie
11.3 | When making a payment in respect of the redemption or purchase of Shares, the directors may make the payment
in cash or in specie (or partly in one and partly in the other) if so authorised by the terms of the allotment of those Shares, or by
the terms applying to those Shares in accordance with Article 11.1, or otherwise by agreement with the Member holding those Shares. |
Effect of redemption or purchase of a Share
11.4 | Upon the date of redemption or purchase of a Share: |
| (a) | the Member holding that Share shall cease to be entitled to any rights in respect of the Share other than
the right to receive: |
| (i) | the price for the Share; and |
| (ii) | any dividend declared in respect of the Share prior to the date of redemption or purchase; |
| (b) | the Member’s name shall be removed from the Register of Members with respect to the Share; and |
| (c) | the Share shall be cancelled or held as a Treasury Shares, as the directors may determine. |
For the purpose of this Article, the date
of redemption or purchase is the date when the redemption or purchase falls due.
11.5 | For the avoidance of doubt, redemptions and repurchases of Shares in the circumstances described in Articles
11.2(a), 11.2(b) and 11.2(c) above shall not require further approval of the Members. |
Power to call meetings
12.1 | To the extent required by the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the SEC and/or any
other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law, an annual general meeting of the Company shall be held no later
than one year after the first financial year end occurring after the IPO, and shall be held in each year thereafter at such time as determined
by the directors and the Company may, but shall not (unless required by the Act or the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange,
the SEC and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law) be obliged to, in each year hold any other
general meeting. |
12.2 | The agenda of the annual general meeting shall be set by the directors and shall include the presentation
of the Company’s annual accounts and the report of the directors (if any). |
12.3 | Annual general meetings shall be held in New York, USA or in such other places as the directors may determine. |
12.4 | All general meetings other than annual general meetings shall be called extraordinary general meetings
and the Company shall specify the meeting as such in the notices calling it. |
12.5 | The directors may call a general meeting at any time. |
12.6 | If there are insufficient directors to constitute a quorum and the remaining directors are unable to agree
on the appointment of additional directors, the directors must call a general meeting for the purpose of appointing additional directors. |
12.7 | The directors must also call a general meeting if requisitioned in the manner set out in the next two
Articles. |
12.8 | The requisition must be in writing and given by one or more Members who together hold at least 40% of
the rights to vote at such general meeting. |
12.9 | The requisition must also: |
| (a) | specify the purpose of the meeting. |
| (b) | be signed by or on behalf of each requisitioner (and for this purpose each joint holder shall be obliged
to sign). The requisition may consist of several documents in like form signed by one or more of the requisitioners. |
| (c) | be delivered in accordance with the notice provisions. |
12.10 | Should the directors fail to call a general meeting within 21 Clear Days from the date of receipt of a
requisition, the requisitioners or any of them may call a general meeting within three months after the end of that period. |
12.11 | Without limitation to the foregoing, if there are insufficient directors to constitute a quorum and the
remaining directors are unable to agree on the appointment of additional directors, any one or more Members who together hold at least
40% of the rights to vote at a general meeting may call a general meeting for the purpose of considering the business specified in the
notice of meeting which shall include as an item of business the appointment of additional directors. |
12.12 | Members seeking to bring business before the annual general meeting or to nominate candidates for election
as directors at the annual general meeting must deliver notice to the principal executive offices of the Company not later than the close
of business on the 90th day nor earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to the scheduled date of the annual general
meeting. |
Content of notice
12.13 | Notice of a general meeting shall specify each of the following: |
| (a) | the place, the date and the hour of the meeting; |
| (b) | if the meeting is to be held in two or more places, the technology that will be used to facilitate the
meeting; |
| (c) | subject to paragraph (d), the general nature of the business to be transacted; and |
| (d) | if a resolution is proposed as a Special Resolution, the text of that resolution. |
12.14 | In each notice there shall appear with reasonable prominence the following statements: |
| (a) | that a Member who is entitled to attend and vote is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend
and vote instead of that Member; and |
| (b) | that a proxyholder need not be a Member. |
Period of notice
12.15 | At least ten days’ notice of a general meeting must be given to Members, provided that a general
meeting of the Company shall, whether or not the notice specified in this Article has been given and whether or not the provisions of
these Articles regarding general meetings have been complied with, be deemed to have been duly convened if it is so agreed: |
| (a) | in the case of an annual general meeting, by all of the Members entitled to attend and vote thereat; and |
| (b) | in the case of an extraordinary general meeting, by a majority in number of the Members having a right
to attend and vote at the meeting, together holding not less than 95% in par value of the Shares giving that right. |
Persons entitled to receive notice
12.16 | Subject to the provisions of these Articles and to any restrictions imposed on any Shares, the notice
shall be given to the following people: |
| (b) | persons entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Member; and |
Publication of notice on a website
12.17 | Subject to the Act or the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the SEC and/or any other
competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law, a notice of a general meeting may be published on a website providing
the recipient is given separate notice of: |
| (a) | the publication of the notice on the website; |
| (b) | the place on the website where the notice may be accessed; |
| (c) | how it may be accessed; and |
| (d) | the place, date and time of the general meeting. |
12.18 | If a Member notifies the Company that he is unable for any reason to access the website, the Company must
as soon as practicable give notice of the meeting to that Member by any other means permitted by these Articles. This will not affect
when that Member is deemed to have received notice of the meeting. |
Time a website notice is deemed to be given
12.19 | A website notice is deemed to be given when the Member is given notice of its publication. |
Required duration of publication on a website
12.20 | Where the notice of meeting is published on a website, it shall continue to be published in the same place
on that website from the date of the notification until at least the conclusion of the meeting to which the notice relates. |
Accidental omission to give notice or non-receipt
of notice
12.21 | Proceedings at a meeting shall not be invalidated by the following: |
| (a) | an accidental failure to give notice of the meeting to any person entitled to notice; or |
| (b) | non-receipt of notice of the meeting by any person entitled to notice. |
12.22 | In addition, where a notice of meeting is published on a website, proceedings at the meeting shall not
be invalidated merely because it is accidentally published: |
| (a) | in a different place on the website; or |
| (b) | for part only of the period from the date of the notification until the conclusion of the meeting to which
the notice relates. |
13. | Proceedings
at meetings of Members |
Quorum
13.1 | Save as provided in the following Article, no business shall be transacted at any meeting unless a quorum
is present in person or by proxy. One or more Members who together hold not less than one-third of the Shares entitled to vote at such
meeting being individuals present in person or by proxy or if a corporation or other non-natural person by its duly authorised representative
or proxy shall be a quorum; provided that a quorum in connection with any meeting that is convened to vote on a Business Combination or
any meeting convened with regards to an amendment described in Article 37.9 shall be a majority of the Shares entitled to vote at such
meeting being individuals present in person or by proxy or if a corporation or other non-natural person by its duly authorised representative
or proxy. |
Lack of quorum
13.2 | If a quorum is not present within 15 minutes of the time appointed for the meeting, or if at any time
during the meeting it becomes inquorate, then the following provisions apply: |
| (a) | If the meeting was requisitioned by Members, it shall be cancelled. |
| (b) | In any other case, the meeting shall stand adjourned to the same time and place seven days hence, or to
such other time or place as is determined by the directors. If a quorum is not present within 15 minutes of the time appointed for the
adjourned meeting, then the meeting shall be dissolved. |
Use of technology
13.3 | A person may participate in a general meeting through the medium of conference telephone, video or any
other form of communications equipment providing all persons participating in the meeting are able to hear and speak to each other throughout
the meeting. A person participating in this way is deemed to be present in person at the meeting. |
Chairman
13.4 | The chairman of a general meeting shall be the chairman of the board or such other director as the directors
have nominated to chair board meetings in the absence of the chairman of the board. Absent any such person being present within 15 minutes
of the time appointed for the meeting, the directors present shall elect one of their number to chair the meeting. |
13.5 | If no director is present within 15 minutes of the time appointed for the meeting, or if no director is
willing to act as chairman, the Members present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote shall choose one of their number to chair the
meeting. |
Right of a director to attend and speak
13.6 | Even if a director is not a Member, he shall be entitled to attend and speak at any general meeting and
at any separate meeting of Members holding a particular class of Shares in the Company. |
Adjournment and Postponement
13.7 | The chairman may at any time adjourn a meeting. The chairman must adjourn the meeting if so directed by
the meeting. No business, however, can be transacted at an adjourned meeting other than business which might properly have been transacted
at the original meeting. |
13.8 | Should a meeting be adjourned for more than twenty Clear Days, whether because of a lack of quorum or
otherwise, Members shall be given at least five Clear Days’ notice of the date, time and place of the adjourned meeting and the
general nature of the business to be transacted. Otherwise it shall not be necessary to give any notice of the adjournment. |
13.9 | If, prior to a Business Combination, a notice is issued in respect of a general meeting and the directors,
in their absolute discretion, consider that it is impractical or undesirable for any reason to hold that general meeting at the place,
the day and the hour specified in the notice calling such general meeting, the directors may postpone the general meeting to another place,
day and/or hour provided that notice of the place, the day and the hour of the rearranged general meeting is promptly given to all Members.
No business shall be transacted at any postponed meeting other than the business specified in the notice of the original meeting. |
13.10 | When a general meeting is postponed for thirty days or more, notice of the postponed meeting shall be
given as in the case of an original meeting. Otherwise it shall not be necessary to give any such notice of a postponed meeting. All proxy
forms submitted for the original general meeting shall remain valid for the postponed meeting. The directors may postpone a general meeting
which has already been postponed. |
Method of voting
13.11 | A resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a poll. |
Taking of a poll
13.12 | A poll demanded on the question of adjournment shall be taken immediately. |
13.13 | A poll demanded on any other question shall be taken either immediately or at an adjourned meeting at
such time and place as the chairman directs, not being more than 30 Clear Days after the poll was demanded. |
13.14 | The demand for a poll shall not prevent the meeting continuing to transact any business other than the
question on which the poll was demanded. |
13.15 | A poll shall be taken in such manner as the chairman directs. He may appoint scrutineers (who need not
be Members) and fix a place and time for declaring the result of the poll. If, through the aid of technology, the meeting is held in more
than place, the chairman may appoint scrutineers in more than place; but if he considers that the poll cannot be effectively monitored
at that meeting, the chairman shall adjourn the holding of the poll to a date, place and time when that can occur. |
Chairman’s casting vote
13.16 | If the votes on a resolution are equal, the chairman may if he wishes exercise a casting vote. |
Amendments to resolutions
13.17 | An Ordinary Resolution to be proposed at a general meeting may be amended by Ordinary Resolution if: |
| (a) | not less than 48 hours before the meeting is to take place (or such later time as the chairman of the
meeting may determine), notice of the proposed amendment is given to the Company in writing by a Member entitled to vote at that meeting;
and |
| (b) | the proposed amendment does not, in the reasonable opinion of the chairman of the meeting, materially
alter the scope of the resolution. |
13.18 | A Special Resolution to be proposed at a general meeting may be amended by Ordinary Resolution, if: |
| (a) | the chairman of the meeting proposes the amendment at the general meeting at which the resolution is to
be proposed, and |
| (b) | the amendment does not go beyond what the chairman considers is necessary to correct a grammatical or
other non-substantive error in the resolution. |
13.19 | If the chairman of the meeting, acting in good faith, wrongly decides that an amendment to a resolution
is out of order, the chairman’s error does not invalidate the vote on that resolution. |
Written resolutions
13.20 | Members may pass a resolution in writing without holding a meeting if the following conditions are met: |
| (a) | all Members entitled so to vote are given notice of the resolution as if the same were being proposed
at a meeting of Members; |
| (b) | all Members entitled so to vote : |
| (ii) | sign several documents in the like form each signed by one or more of those Members; and |
| (c) | the signed document or documents is or are delivered to the Company, including, if the Company so nominates,
by delivery of an Electronic Record by Electronic means to the address specified for that purpose. |
Such written resolution shall be as effective
as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Members entitled to vote duly convened and held.
13.21 | If a written resolution is described as a Special Resolution or as an Ordinary Resolution, it has effect
accordingly. |
13.22 | The directors may determine the manner in which written resolutions shall be put to Members. In particular,
they may provide, in the form of any written resolution, for each Member to indicate, out of the number of votes the Member would have
been entitled to cast at a meeting to consider the resolution, how many votes he wishes to cast in favour of the resolution and how many
against the resolution or to be treated as abstentions. The result of any such written resolution shall be determined on the same basis
as on a poll. |
Sole-member company
13.23 | If the Company has only one Member, and the Member records in writing his decision on a question, that
record shall constitute both the passing of a resolution and the minute of it. |
14. | Voting
rights of Members |
Right to vote
14.1 | Subject to any rights or restrictions attached to any Member’s Shares, or unless a call or other
amount presently payable has not been paid, all Members are entitled to vote at a general meeting, and all Members holding Shares of a
particular class of Shares are entitled to vote at a meeting of the holders of that class of Shares. |
14.2 | Members may vote in person or by proxy. |
14.3 | Every Member shall have one vote for each Share he holds, unless any Share carries special voting rights. |
14.4 | A fraction of a Share shall entitle its holder to an equivalent fraction of one vote. |
14.5 | No Member is bound to vote on his Shares or any of them; nor is he bound to vote each of his Shares in
the same way. |
Rights of joint holders
14.6 | If Shares are held jointly, only one of the joint holders may vote. If more than one of the joint holders
tenders a vote, the vote of the holder whose name in respect of those Shares appears first in the Register of Members shall be accepted
to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holder. |
Representation of corporate Members
14.7 | Save where otherwise provided, a corporate Member must act by a duly authorised representative. |
14.8 | A corporate Member wishing to act by a duly authorised representative must identify that person to the
Company by notice in writing. |
14.9 | The authorisation may be for any period of time, and must be delivered to the Company not less than two
hours before the commencement of the meeting at which it is first used. |
14.10 | The directors of the Company may require the production of any evidence which they consider necessary
to determine the validity of the notice. |
14.11 | Where a duly authorised representative is present at a meeting that Member is deemed to be present in
person; and the acts of the duly authorised representative are personal acts of that Member. |
14.12 | A corporate Member may revoke the appointment of a duly authorised representative at any time by notice
to the Company; but such revocation will not affect the validity of any acts carried out by the duly authorised representative before
the directors of the Company had actual notice of the revocation. |
14.13 | If a clearing house (or its nominee(s)), being a corporation, is a Member, it may authorise such persons
as it sees fit to act as its representative at any meeting of the Company or at any meeting of any class of Members provided that the
authorisation shall specify the number and class of Shares in respect of which each such representative is so authorised. Each person
so authorised under the provisions of this Article shall be deemed to have been duly authorised without further evidence of the facts
and be entitled to exercise the same rights and powers on behalf of the clearing house (or its nominee(s)) as if such person was the registered
holder of such Shares held by the clearing house (or its nominee(s)). |
Member with mental disorder
14.14 | A Member in respect of whom an order has been made by any court having jurisdiction (whether in the Islands
or elsewhere) in matters concerning mental disorder may vote, by that Member’s receiver, curator bonis or other person authorised
in that behalf appointed by that court. |
14.15 | For the purpose of the preceding Article, evidence to the satisfaction of the directors of the authority
of the person claiming to exercise the right to vote must be received not less than 24 hours before holding the relevant meeting or the
adjourned meeting in any manner specified for the delivery of forms of appointment of a proxy, whether in writing or by Electronic means.
In default, the right to vote shall not be exercisable. |
Objections to admissibility of votes
14.16 | An objection to the validity of a person’s vote may only be raised at the meeting or at the adjourned
meeting at which the vote is sought to be tendered. Any objection duly made shall be referred to the chairman whose decision shall be
final and conclusive. |
Form of proxy
14.17 | An instrument appointing a proxy shall be in any common form or in any other form approved by the directors. |
14.18 | The instrument must be in writing and signed in one of the following ways: |
| (b) | by the Member’s authorised attorney; or |
| (c) | if the Member is a corporation or other body corporate, under seal or signed by an authorised officer,
secretary or attorney. |
If the directors so resolve, the Company
may accept an Electronic Record of that instrument delivered in the manner specified below and otherwise satisfying these Articles about
authentication of Electronic Records.
14.19 | The directors may require the production of any evidence which they consider necessary to determine the
validity of any appointment of a proxy. |
14.20 | A Member may revoke the appointment of a proxy at any time by notice to the Company duly signed in accordance
with the Article above about signing proxies; but such revocation will not affect the validity of any acts carried out by the proxy before
the directors of the Company had actual notice of the revocation. |
How and when proxy is to be delivered
14.21 | Subject to the following Articles, the form of appointment of a proxy and any authority under which it
is signed (or a copy of the authority certified notarially or in any other way approved by the directors) must be delivered so that it
is received by the Company not less than 48 hours before the time for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the person named
in the form of appointment of proxy proposes to vote. They must be delivered in either of the following ways: |
| (a) | In the case of an instrument in writing, it must be left at or sent by post: |
| (i) | to the registered office of the Company; or |
| (ii) | to such other place specified in the notice convening the meeting or in any form of appointment of proxy
sent out by the Company in relation to the meeting. |
| (b) | If, pursuant to the notice provisions, a notice may be given to the Company in an Electronic Record, an
Electronic Record of an appointment of a proxy must be sent to the address specified pursuant to those provisions unless another address
for that purpose is specified: |
| (i) | in the notice convening the meeting; or |
| (ii) | in any form of appointment of a proxy sent out by the Company in relation to the meeting; or |
| (iii) | in any invitation to appoint a proxy issued by the Company in relation to the meeting. |
14.22 | Where a poll is taken: |
| (a) | if it is taken more than seven Clear Days after it is demanded, the form of appointment of a proxy and
any accompanying authority (or an Electronic Record of the same) must be delivered as required under the preceding Article not less than
24 hours before the time appointed for the taking of the poll; |
| (b) | but if it to be taken within seven Clear Days after it was demanded, the form of appointment of a proxy
and any accompanying authority (or an Electronic Record of the same) must be e delivered as required under the preceding Article not less
than two hours before the time appointed for the taking of the poll. |
14.23 | If the form of appointment of proxy is not delivered on time, it is invalid. |
Voting by proxy
14.24 | A proxy shall have the same voting rights at a meeting or adjourned meeting as the Member would have had
except to the extent that the instrument appointing him limits those rights. Notwithstanding the appointment of a proxy, a Member may
attend and vote at a meeting or adjourned meeting. If a Member votes on any resolution a vote by his proxy on the same resolution, unless
in respect of different Shares, shall be invalid. |
Unless otherwise determined by Ordinary
Resolution, the minimum number of directors shall be one and the maximum shall be ten.
16. | Appointment,
disqualification and removal of directors |
No age limit
16.1 | There is no age limit for directors save that they must be aged at least 18 years. |
Corporate directors
16.2 | Unless prohibited by law, a body corporate may be a director. If a body corporate is a director, these
Articles about representation of corporate Members at general meetings apply, mutatis mutandis, to these Articles about directors’
meetings. |
No shareholding qualification
16.3 | Unless a shareholding qualification for directors is fixed by Ordinary Resolution, no director shall be
required to own Shares as a condition of his appointment. |
Appointment and removal of directors
16.4 | The directors shall be divided into three classes: Class I, Class II and Class III. The number of directors
in each class shall be as nearly equal as possible. Upon the adoption of the Articles, the existing directors shall by resolution classify
themselves as Class I, Class II or Class III directors. The Class I directors shall stand elected for a term expiring at the Company’s
first annual general meeting, the Class II directors shall stand elected for a term expiring at the Company’s second annual general
meeting and the Class III directors shall stand elected for a term expiring at the Company’s third annual general meeting. Commencing
at the Company’s first annual general meeting, and at each annual general meeting thereafter, directors elected to succeed those
directors whose terms expire shall be elected for a term of office to expire at the third succeeding annual general meeting after their
election. All directors shall hold office until the expiration of their respective terms of office and until their successors shall have
been elected and qualified. A director elected to fill a vacancy resulting from the death, resignation or removal of a director shall
serve for the remainder of the full term of the director whose death, resignation or removal shall have created such vacancy and until
his successor shall have been elected and qualified. |
16.5 | After the closing of a Business Combination, the Company may by Ordinary Resolution appoint any person
to be a director or may by Ordinary Resolution remove any director. |
16.6 | Without prejudice to the Company’s power to appoint a person to be a director pursuant to these
Articles, the directors shall have power at any time to appoint any person who is willing to act as a director, either to fill a vacancy
or as an additional director. A director elected to fill a vacancy resulting from the death, resignation or removal of a director shall
serve for the remainder of the full term of the director whose death, resignation or removal shall have created such vacancy and until
his successor shall have been elected and qualified. |
16.7 | Notwithstanding the other provisions
of these Articles, in any case where, as a result of death, the Company has no directors and no shareholders, the personal representatives
of the last shareholder to have died have the power, by notice in writing to the Company, to appoint a person to be a director. For
the purpose of this Article: |
| (a) | where two or more shareholders die in circumstances rendering it uncertain who was the last to die, a
younger shareholder is deemed to have survived an older shareholder; |
| (b) | if the last shareholder died leaving a will which disposes of that shareholder’s shares in the Company
(whether by way of specific gift, as part of the residuary estate, or otherwise): |
| (i) | the expression personal representatives of the last shareholder means: |
| (A) | until a grant of probate in respect of that will has been obtained from the Grand Court of the Cayman
Islands, all of the executors named in that will who are living at the time the power of appointment under this Article is exercised;
and |
| (B) | after such grant of probate has been obtained, only such of those executors who have proved that will; |
| (ii) | without derogating from section 3(1) of the Succession Act (Revised), the executors named in that will
may exercise the power of appointment under this Article without first obtaining a grant of probate. |
16.8 | A remaining director may appoint a director even though there is not a quorum of directors. |
16.9 | No appointment can cause the number of directors to exceed the maximum; and any such appointment shall
be invalid. |
16.10 | For so long as Shares are listed on a Designated Stock Exchange, the directors shall include at least
such number of Independent Directors as Applicable Law or the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange require, subject
to applicable phase-in rules of the Designated Stock Exchange. |
Resignation of directors
16.11 | A director may at any time resign office by giving to the Company notice in writing or, if permitted pursuant
to the notice provisions, in an Electronic Record delivered in either case in accordance with those provisions. |
16.12 | Unless the notice specifies a different date, the director shall be deemed to have resigned on the date
that the notice is delivered to the Company. |
Termination of the office of director
16.13 | A director’s office shall be terminated forthwith if: |
| (a) | he is prohibited by the law of the Islands from acting as a director; or |
| (b) | he is made bankrupt or makes an arrangement or composition with his creditors generally; or |
| (c) | in the opinion of a registered medical practitioner by whom he is being treated he becomes physically
or mentally incapable of acting as a director; or |
| (d) | he is made subject to any law relating to mental health or incompetence, whether by court order or otherwise; |
| (e) | without the consent of the other directors, he is absent from meetings of directors for a continuous period
of six months; or |
| (f) | all of the other directors (being not less than two in number) determine that he should be removed as
a director, either by a resolution passed by all of the other directors at a meeting of the directors duly convened and held in accordance
with these Articles or by a resolution in writing signed by all of the other directors. |
Appointment and removal
17.1 | Any director may appoint any other person, including another director, to act in his place as an alternate
director. No appointment shall take effect until the director has given notice of the appointment to the other directors. Such notice
must be given to each other director by either of the following methods: |
| (a) | by notice in writing in accordance with the notice provisions; |
| (b) | if the other director has an email address, by emailing to that address a scanned copy of the notice as
a PDF attachment (the PDF version being deemed to be the notice unless Article 32.7 applies), in which event notice shall be taken to
be given on the date of receipt by the recipient in readable form. For the avoidance of doubt, the same email may be sent to the email
address of more than one director (and to the email address of the Company pursuant to Article 17.4(c)). |
17.2 | Without limitation to the preceding Article, a director may appoint an alternate for a particular meeting
by sending an email to his fellow directors informing them that they are to take such email as notice of such appointment for such meeting.
Such appointment shall be effective without the need for a signed notice of appointment or the giving of notice to the Company in accordance
with Article 17.4. |
17.3 | A director may revoke his appointment of an alternate at any time. No revocation shall take effect until
the director has given notice of the revocation to the other directors. Such notice must be given by either of the methods specified in
Article 17.1. |
17.4 | A notice of appointment or removal of an alternate director must also be given to the Company by any of
the following methods: |
| (a) | by notice in writing in accordance with the notice provisions; |
| (b) | if the Company has a facsimile address for the time being, by sending by facsimile transmission to that
facsimile address a facsimile copy or, otherwise, by sending by facsimile transmission to the facsimile address of the Company’s
registered office a facsimile copy (in either case, the facsimile copy being deemed to be the notice unless Article 32.7 applies), in
which event notice shall be taken to be given on the date of an error-free transmission report from the sender’s fax machine; |
| (c) | if the Company has an email address for the time being, by emailing to that email address a scanned copy
of the notice as a PDF attachment or, otherwise, by emailing to the email address provided by the Company’s registered office a
scanned copy of the notice as a PDF attachment (in either case, the PDF version being deemed to be the notice unless Article 32.7 applies),
in which event notice shall be taken to be given on the date of receipt by the Company or the Company’s registered office (as appropriate)
in readable form; or |
| (d) | if permitted pursuant to the notice provisions, in some other form of approved Electronic Record delivered
in accordance with those provisions in writing. |
Notices
17.5 | All notices of meetings of directors shall continue to be given to the appointing director and not to
the alternate. |
Rights of alternate director
17.6 | An alternate director shall be entitled to attend and vote at any board meeting or meeting of a committee
of the directors at which the appointing director is not personally present, and generally to perform all the functions of the appointing
director in his absence. |
17.7 | For the avoidance of doubt: |
| (a) | if another director has been appointed an alternate director for one or more directors, he shall be entitled
to a separate vote in his own right as a director and in right of each other director for whom he has been appointed an alternate; and |
| (b) | if a person other than a director has been appointed an alternate director for more than one director,
he shall be entitled to a separate vote in right of each director for whom he has been appointed an alternate. |
17.8 | An alternate director, however, is not entitled to receive any remuneration from the Company for services
rendered as an alternate director. |
Appointment ceases when the appointor ceases
to be a director
17.9 | An alternate director shall cease to be an alternate director if the director who appointed him ceases
to be a director. |
Status of alternate director
17.10 | An alternate director shall carry out all functions of the director who made the appointment. |
17.11 | Save where otherwise expressed, an alternate director shall be treated as a director under these Articles. |
17.12 | An alternate director is not the agent of the director appointing him. |
17.13 | An alternate director is not entitled to any remuneration for acting as alternate director. |
Status of the director making the appointment
17.14 | A director who has appointed an alternate is not thereby relieved from the duties which he owes the Company. |
Powers of directors
18.1 | Subject to the provisions of the Act, the Memorandum and these Articles, the business of the Company shall
be managed by the directors who may for that purpose exercise all the powers of the Company. |
18.2 | No prior act of the directors shall be invalidated by any subsequent alteration of the Memorandum or these
Articles. However, to the extent allowed by the Act, following the consummation of the IPO Members may by Special Resolution validate
any prior or future act of the directors which would otherwise be in breach of their duties. |
Appointments to office
18.3 | The directors may appoint a director: |
| (a) | as chairman of the board of directors; |
| (b) | as vice-chairman of the board of directors; |
| (d) | to any other executive office |
for such period and on such terms, including
as to remuneration, as they think fit.
18.4 | The appointee must consent in writing to holding that office. |
18.5 | Where a chairman is appointed he shall, unless unable to do so, preside at every meeting of directors. |
18.6 | If there is no chairman, or if the chairman is unable to preside at a meeting, that meeting may select
its own chairman; or the directors may nominate one of their number to act in place of the chairman should he ever not be available. |
18.7 | Subject to the provisions of the Act, the directors may also appoint any person, who need not be a director: |
| (b) | to any office that may be required (including, for the avoidance of doubt, one or more chief executive
officers, presidents, a chief financial officer, a treasurer, vice-presidents, one or more assistant vice-presidents, one or more assistant
treasurers and one or more assistant secretaries), |
for such period and on such terms, including
as to remuneration, as they think fit. In the case of an Officer, that Officer may be given any title the directors decide.
18.8 | The Secretary or Officer must consent in writing to holding that office. |
18.9 | A director, Secretary or other Officer of the Company may not hold the office, or perform the services,
of Auditor. |
Remuneration
18.10 | The remuneration to be paid to the directors, if any, shall be such remuneration as the directors shall
determine, provided that no cash remuneration shall be paid to any director prior to the consummation of a Business Combination. The directors
shall also, whether prior to or after the consummation of a Business Combination, be entitled to be paid all out of pocket expenses properly
incurred by them in connection with activities on behalf of the Company, including identifying and consummating a Business Combination. |
18.11 | Remuneration may take any form and may include arrangements to pay pensions, health insurance, death or
sickness benefits, whether to the director or to any other person connected to or related to him. |
18.12 | Unless his fellow directors determine otherwise, a director is not accountable to the Company for remuneration
or other benefits received from any other company which is in the same group as the Company or which has common shareholdings. |
Disclosure of information
18.13 | The directors may release or disclose to a third party any information regarding the affairs of the Company,
including any information contained in the Register of Members relating to a Member, (and they may authorise any director, Officer or
other authorised agent of the Company to release or disclose to a third party any such information in his possession) if: |
| (a) | the Company or that person, as the case may be, is lawfully required to do so under the laws of any jurisdiction
to which the Company is subject; or |
| (b) | such disclosure is in compliance with the rules of any stock exchange upon which the Company’s shares
are listed; or |
| (c) | such disclosure is in accordance with any contract entered into by the Company; or |
| (d) | the directors are of the opinion such disclosure would assist or facilitate the Company’s operations. |
Power to delegate any of the directors’
powers to a committee
19.1 | The directors may delegate any of their powers to any committee consisting of one or more persons who
need not be Members (including, without limitation, the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating Committee). Persons
on the committee may include non-directors so long as the majority of those persons are directors. |
19.2 | The delegation may be collateral with, or to the exclusion of, the directors’ own powers. |
19.3 | The delegation may be on such terms as the directors think fit, including provision for the committee
itself to delegate to a sub-committee; save that any delegation must be capable of being revoked or altered by the directors at will. |
19.4 | Unless otherwise permitted by the directors, a committee must follow the procedures prescribed for the
taking of decisions by directors. |
19.5 | The directors may adopt formal written charters for committees and, if so adopted, shall review and assess
the adequacy of such formal written charters on an annual basis. Each of these committees shall be empowered to do all things necessary
to exercise the rights of such committee set forth in the Articles and shall have such powers as the directors may delegate pursuant to
the Articles and as required by the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the SEC and/or any other competent regulatory
authority or otherwise under Applicable Law. Each of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating Committee, if
established, shall consist of such number of directors as the directors shall from time to time determine (or such minimum number as may
be required from time to time by the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the SEC and/or any other competent regulatory
authority or otherwise under Applicable Law). For so long as any class of Shares is listed on the Designated Stock Exchange, the Audit
Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall be made up of such number of Independent
Directors as is required from time to time by the rules and regulations of the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange,
the SEC and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law. |
Power to appoint an agent of the Company
19.6 | The directors may appoint any person, either generally or in respect of any specific matter, to be the
agent of the Company with or without authority for that person to delegate all or any of that person’s powers. The directors may
make that appointment: |
| (a) | by causing the Company to enter into a power of attorney or agreement; or |
| (b) | in any other manner they determine. |
Power to appoint an attorney or authorised signatory
of the Company
19.7 | The directors may appoint any person, whether nominated directly or indirectly by the directors, to be
the attorney or the authorised signatory of the Company. The appointment may be: |
| (b) | with the powers, authorities and discretions; |
| (d) | subject to such conditions |
as they think fit. The powers, authorities
and discretions, however, must not exceed those vested in, or exercisable, by the directors under these Articles. The directors may do
so by power of attorney or any other manner they think fit.
19.8 | Any power of attorney or other appointment may contain such provision for the protection and convenience
for persons dealing with the attorney or authorised signatory as the directors think fit. Any power of attorney or other appointment may
also authorise the attorney or authorised signatory to delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions vested in that person. |
Power to appoint a proxy
19.9 | Any director may appoint any other person, including another director, to represent him at any meeting
of the directors. If a director appoints a proxy, then for all purposes the presence or vote of the proxy shall be deemed to be that of
the appointing director. |
19.10 | Articles 17.1 to 17.4 inclusive (relating to the appointment by directors of alternate directors) apply,
mutatis mutandis, to the appointment of proxies by directors. |
19.11 | A proxy is an agent of the director appointing him and is not an Officer. |
Regulation of directors’ meetings
20.1 | Subject to the provisions of these Articles, the directors may regulate their proceedings as they think
fit. |
Calling meetings
20.2 | Any director may call a meeting of directors at any time. The Secretary, if any, must call a meeting of
the directors if requested to do so by a director. |
Notice of meetings
20.3 | Every director shall be given notice of a meeting, although a director may waive retrospectively the requirement
to be given notice. Notice may be oral. Attendance at a meeting without written objection shall be deemed to be a waiver of such notice
requirement. |
Period of notice
20.4 | At least five Clear Days’ notice of a meeting of directors must be given to directors. A meeting
may be convened on shorter notice with the consent of all directors. |
Use of technology
20.5 | A director may participate in a meeting of directors through the medium of conference telephone, video
or any other form of communications equipment providing all persons participating in the meeting are able to hear and speak to each other
throughout the meeting. |
20.6 | A director participating in this way is deemed to be present in person at the meeting. |
Place of meetings
20.7 | If all the directors participating in a meeting are not in the same place, they may decide that the meeting
is to be treated as taking place wherever any of them is. |
Quorum
20.8 | The quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting of directors shall be two unless the directors
fix some other number or unless the Company has only one director. |
Voting
20.9 | A question which arises at a board meeting shall be decided by a majority of votes. If votes are equal
the chairman may, if he wishes, exercise a casting vote. |
Validity
20.10 | Anything done at a meeting of directors is unaffected by the fact that it is later discovered that any
person was not properly appointed, or had ceased to be a director, or was otherwise not entitled to vote. |
Recording of dissent
20.11 | A director present at a meeting of directors shall be presumed to have assented to any action taken at
that meeting unless: |
| (a) | his dissent is entered in the minutes of the meeting; or |
| (b) | he has filed with the meeting before it is concluded signed dissent from that action; or |
| (c) | he has forwarded to the Company as soon as practical following the conclusion of that meeting signed dissent. |
A director who votes in favour of an action
is not entitled to record his dissent to it.
Written resolutions
20.12 | The directors may pass a resolution in writing without holding a meeting if all directors sign a document
or sign several documents in the like form each signed by one or more of those directors. |
20.13 | Despite the foregoing, a resolution in writing signed by a validly appointed alternate director or by
a validly appointed proxy need not also be signed by the appointing director. If a written resolution is signed personally by the appointing
director, it need not also be signed by his alternate or proxy. |
20.14 | Such written resolution shall be as effective as if it had been passed at a meeting of the directors duly
convened and held; and it shall be treated as having been passed on the day and at the time that the last director signs. |
Sole director’s minute
20.15 | Where a sole director signs a minute recording his decision on a question, that record shall constitute
the passing of a resolution in those terms. |
21. | Permissible
directors’ interests and disclosure |
Permissible interests subject to disclosure
21.1 | Save as expressly permitted by these Articles or as set out below, a director may not have a direct or
indirect interest or duty which conflicts or may possibly conflict with the interests of the Company. |
21.2 | If, notwithstanding the prohibition in the preceding Article, a director discloses to his fellow directors
the nature and extent of any material interest or duty in accordance with the next Article, he may: |
| (a) | be a party to, or otherwise interested in, any transaction or arrangement with the Company or in which
the Company is or may otherwise be interested; or |
| (b) | be interested in another body corporate promoted by the Company or in which the Company is otherwise interested.
In particular, the director may be a director, secretary or officer of, or employed by, or be a party to any transaction or arrangement
with, or otherwise interested in, that other body corporate. |
21.3 | Such disclosure may be made at a meeting of the board or otherwise (and, if otherwise, it must be made
in writing). The director must disclose the nature and extent of his direct or indirect interest in or duty in relation to a transaction
or arrangement or series of transactions or arrangements with the Company or in which the Company has any material interest. |
21.4 | If a director has made disclosure in accordance with the preceding Article, then he shall not, by reason
only of his office, be accountable to the Company for any benefit that he derives from any such transaction or arrangement or from any
such office or employment or from any interest in any such body corporate, and no such transaction or arrangement shall be liable to be
avoided on the ground of any such interest or benefit. |
Notification of interests
21.5 | For the purposes of the preceding Articles: |
| (a) | a general notice that a director gives to the other directors that he is to be regarded as having an interest
of the nature and extent specified in the notice in any transaction or arrangement in which a specified person or class of persons is
interested shall be deemed to be a disclosure that he has an interest in or duty in relation to any such transaction of the nature and
extent so specified; and |
| (b) | an interest of which a director has no knowledge and of which it is unreasonable to expect him to have
knowledge shall not be treated as an interest of his. |
Voting where a director is interested in a matter
21.6 | A director may vote at a meeting of directors on any resolution concerning a matter in which that director
has an interest or duty, whether directly or indirectly, so long as that director discloses any material interest pursuant to these Articles.
The director shall be counted towards a quorum of those present at the meeting. If the director votes on the resolution, his vote shall
be counted. |
21.7 | Where proposals are under consideration concerning the appointment of two or more directors to offices
or employment with the Company or any body corporate in which the Company is interested, the proposals may be divided and considered in
relation to each director separately and each of the directors concerned shall be entitled to vote and be counted in the quorum in respect
of each resolution except that concerning his or her own appointment. |
The Company shall cause minutes to be made
in books kept for the purpose in accordance with the Act.
Accounting and other records
23.1 | The directors must ensure that proper accounting and other records are kept, and that accounts and associated
reports are distributed in accordance with the requirements of the Act. |
No automatic right of inspection
23.2 | Members are only entitled to inspect the Company’s records if they are expressly entitled to do
so by law, or by resolution made by the directors or passed by Ordinary Resolution. |
Sending of accounts and reports
23.3 | The Company’s accounts and associated directors’ report or auditor’s report that are
required or permitted to be sent to any person pursuant to any law shall be treated as properly sent to that person if: |
| (a) | they are sent to that person in accordance with the notice provisions: or |
| (b) | they are published on a website providing that person is given separate notice of: |
| (i) | the fact that publication of the documents has been published on the website; |
| (ii) | the address of the website; and |
| (iii) | the place on the website where the documents may be accessed; and |
| (iv) | how they may be accessed. |
23.4 | If, for any reason, a person notifies the Company that he is unable to access the website, the Company
must, as soon as practicable, send the documents to that person by any other means permitted by these Articles. This, however, will not
affect when that person is taken to have received the documents under the next Article. |
Time of receipt if documents are published on a website
23.5 | Documents sent by being published on a website in accordance with the preceding two Articles are only
treated as sent at least five Clear Days before the date of the meeting at which they are to be laid if: |
| (a) | the documents are published on the website throughout a period beginning at least five Clear Days before
the date of the meeting and ending with the conclusion of the meeting; and |
| (b) | the person is given at least five Clear Days’ notice of the hearing. |
Validity despite accidental error in publication
on website
23.6 | If, for the purpose of a meeting, documents are sent by being published on a website in accordance with
the preceding Articles, the proceedings at that meeting are not invalidated merely because: |
| (a) | those documents are, by accident, published in a different place on the website to the place notified;
or |
| (b) | they are published for part only of the period from the date of notification until the conclusion of that
meeting. |
Audit
23.7 | The directors may appoint an Auditor of the Company who shall hold office on such terms as the directors
determine. |
23.8 | Without prejudice to the freedom of the directors to establish any other committee, if the Shares (or
depositary receipts therefor) are listed or quoted on the Designated Stock Exchange, and if required by the Designated Stock Exchange,
the directors shall establish and maintain an Audit Committee as a committee of the directors and shall adopt a formal written Audit Committee
charter and review and assess the adequacy of the formal written charter on an annual basis. The composition and responsibilities of the
Audit Committee shall comply with the rules and regulations of the SEC and the Designated Stock Exchange. The Audit Committee shall meet
at least once every financial quarter, or more frequently as circumstances dictate. |
23.9 | If the Shares are listed or quoted on the Designated Stock Exchange, the Company shall conduct an appropriate
review of all related party transactions on an ongoing basis and shall utilise the Audit Committee for the review and approval of potential
conflicts of interest. |
23.10 | The remuneration of the Auditor shall be fixed by the Audit Committee (if one exists). |
23.11 | If the office of Auditor becomes vacant by resignation or death of the Auditor, or by his becoming incapable
of acting by reason of illness or other disability at a time when his services are required, the directors shall fill the vacancy and
determine the remuneration of such Auditor. |
23.12 | Every Auditor of the Company shall have a right of access at all times to the books and accounts and vouchers
of the Company and shall be entitled to require from the directors and officers of the Company such information and explanation as may
be necessary for the performance of the duties of the Auditor. |
23.13 | Auditors shall, if so required by the directors, make a report on the accounts of the Company during their
tenure of office at the next annual general meeting following their appointment in the case of a company which is registered with the
Registrar of Companies as an ordinary company, and at the next extraordinary general meeting following their appointment in the case of
a company which is registered with the Registrar of Companies as an exempted company, and at any other time during their term of office,
upon request of the directors or any general meeting of the Members. |
24.14 | Any payment made to members of the Audit Committee (if one exists) shall require the review and approval
of the directors, with any director interested in such payment abstaining from such review and approval. |
24.15 | The Audit Committee shall monitor compliance with the terms of the IPO and, if any non-compliance is identified,
the Audit Committee shall be charged with the responsibility to take all action necessary to rectify such non-compliance or otherwise
cause compliance with the terms of the IPO. |
Unless the directors otherwise specify,
the financial year of the Company:
| (a) | shall end on 31st December in the year of its incorporation and each following year; and |
| (b) | shall begin when it was incorporated and on 1st January each following year. |
Except to the extent of any conflicting
rights attached to Shares, the directors may fix any time and date as the record date for:
| (a) | calling a general meeting; |
| (b) | declaring or paying a dividend; |
| (c) | making or issuing an allotment of Shares; or |
| (d) | conducting any other business required pursuant to these Articles. |
The record date may be before or after the
date on which a dividend, allotment or issue is declared, paid or made.
Declaration of dividends by Members
26.1 | Subject to the provisions of the Act, the Company may by Ordinary Resolution declare dividends in accordance
with the respective rights of the Members but no dividend shall exceed the amount recommended by the directors. |
Payment of interim dividends and declaration
of final dividends by directors
26.2 | The directors may pay interim dividends or declare final dividends in accordance with the respective rights
of the Members if it appears to them that they are justified by the financial position of the Company and that such dividends may lawfully
be paid. |
26.3 | Subject to the provisions of the Act, in relation to the distinction between interim dividends and final
dividends, the following applies: |
| (a) | Upon determination to pay a dividend or dividends described as interim by the directors in the dividend
resolution, no debt shall be created by the declaration until such time as payment is made. |
| (b) | Upon declaration of a dividend or dividends described as final by the directors in the dividend resolution,
a debt shall be created immediately following the declaration, the due date to be the date the dividend is stated to be payable in the
resolution. |
If the resolution fails to specify whether
a dividend is final or interim, it shall be assumed to be interim.
26.4 | In relation to Shares carrying differing rights to dividends or rights to dividends at a fixed rate, the
following applies: |
| (a) | If the share capital is divided into different classes, the directors may pay dividends on Shares which
confer deferred or non- preferred rights with regard to dividends as well as on Shares which confer preferential rights with regard to
dividends but no dividend shall be paid on Shares carrying deferred or non-preferred rights if, at the time of payment, any preferential
dividend is in arrears. |
| (b) | The directors may also pay, at intervals settled by them, any dividend payable at a fixed rate if it appears
to them that there are sufficient funds of the Company lawfully available for distribution to justify the payment. |
| (c) | If the directors act in good faith, they shall not incur any liability to the Members holding Shares conferring
preferred rights for any loss those Members may suffer by the lawful payment of the dividend on any Shares having deferred or non-preferred
rights. |
Apportionment of dividends
26.5 | Except as otherwise provided by the rights attached to Shares, all dividends shall be declared and paid
according to the amounts paid up on the Shares on which the dividend is paid. All dividends shall be apportioned and paid proportionately
to the amount paid up on the Shares during the time or part of the time in respect of which the dividend is paid. If a Share is issued
on terms providing that it shall rank for dividend as from a particular date, that Share shall rank for dividend accordingly. |
Right of set off
26.6 | The directors may deduct from a dividend or any other amount payable to a person in respect of a Share
any amount due by that person to the Company on a call or otherwise in relation to a Share. |
Power to pay other than in cash
26.7 | If the directors so determine, any resolution declaring a dividend may direct that it shall be satisfied
wholly or partly by the distribution of assets. If a difficulty arises in relation to the distribution, the directors may settle that
difficulty in any way they consider appropriate. For example, they may do any one or more of the following: |
| (a) | issue fractional Shares; |
| (b) | fix the value of assets for distribution and make cash payments to some Members on the footing of the
value so fixed in order to adjust the rights of Members; and |
| (c) | vest some assets in trustees. |
How payments may be made
26.8 | A dividend or other monies payable on or in respect of a Share may be paid in any of the following ways: |
| (a) | if the Member holding that Share or other person entitled to that Share nominates a bank account for that
purpose - by wire transfer to that bank account; or |
| (b) | by cheque or warrant sent by post to the registered address of the Member holding that Share or other
person entitled to that Share. |
26.9 | For the purpose of paragraph (a) of the preceding Article, the nomination may be in writing or in an Electronic
Record and the bank account nominated may be the bank account of another person. For the purpose of paragraph (b) of the preceding Article,
subject to any Applicable Law or regulation, the cheque or warrant shall be made to the order of the Member holding that Share or other
person entitled to the Share or to his nominee, whether nominated in writing or in an Electronic Record, and payment of the cheque or
warrant shall be a good discharge to the Company. |
26.10 | If two or more persons are registered as the holders of the Share or are jointly entitled to it by reason
of the death or bankruptcy of the registered holder (Joint Holders), a dividend (or other amount) payable on or in respect of that Share
may be paid as follows: |
| (a) | to the registered address of the Joint Holder of the Share who is named first on the Register of Members
or to the registered address of the deceased or bankrupt holder, as the case may be; or |
| (b) | to the address or bank account of another person nominated by the Joint Holders, whether that nomination
is in writing or in an Electronic Record. |
26.11 | Any Joint Holder of a Share may give a valid receipt for a dividend (or other amount) payable in respect
of that Share. |
Dividends or other moneys not to bear interest
in absence of special rights
26.12 | Unless provided for by the rights attached to a Share, no dividend or other monies payable by the Company
in respect of a Share shall bear interest. |
Dividends unable to be paid or unclaimed
26.13 | If a dividend cannot be paid to a Member or remains unclaimed within six weeks after it was declared or
both, the directors may pay it into a separate account in the Company’s name. If a dividend is paid into a separate account, the
Company shall not be constituted trustee in respect of that account and the dividend shall remain a debt due to the Member. |
26.14 | A dividend that remains unclaimed for a period of six years after it became due for payment shall be forfeited
to, and shall cease to remain owing by, the Company. |
27. | Capitalisation
of profits |
Capitalisation of profits or of any share premium
account or capital redemption reserve
27.1 | The directors may resolve to capitalise: |
| (a) | any part of the Company’s profits not required for paying any preferential dividend (whether or
not those profits are available for distribution); or |
| (b) | any sum standing to the credit of the Company’s share premium account or capital redemption reserve,
if any. |
The amount resolved to be capitalised must
be appropriated to the Members who would have been entitled to it had it been distributed by way of dividend and in the same proportions.
The benefit to each Member so entitled must be given in either or both of the following ways:
| (a) | by paying up the amounts unpaid on that Member’s Shares; |
| (b) | by issuing Fully Paid Shares, debentures or other securities of the Company to that Member or as that
Member directs. The directors may resolve that any Shares issued to the Member in respect of partly paid Shares (Original Shares) rank
for dividend only to the extent that the Original Shares rank for dividend while those Original Shares remain partly paid. |
Applying an amount for the benefit of members
27.2 | The amount capitalised must be applied to the benefit of Members in the proportions to which the Members
would have been entitled to dividends if the amount capitalised had been distributed as a dividend. |
27.3 | Subject to the Act, if a fraction of a Share, a debenture, or other security is allocated to a Member,
the directors may issue a fractional certificate to that Member or pay him the cash equivalent of the fraction. |
directors to maintain share premium account
28.1 | The directors shall establish a share premium account in accordance with the Act. They shall carry to
the credit of that account from time to time an amount equal to the amount or value of the premium paid on the issue of any Share or capital
contributed or such other amounts required by the Act. |
Debits to share premium account
28.2 | The following amounts shall be debited to any share premium account: |
| (a) | on the redemption or purchase of a Share, the difference between the nominal value of that Share and the
redemption or purchase price; and |
| (b) | any other amount paid out of a share premium account as permitted by the Act. |
28.3 | Notwithstanding the preceding Article, on the redemption or purchase of a Share, the directors may pay
the difference between the nominal value of that Share and the redemption purchase price out of the profits of the Company or, as permitted
by the Act, out of capital. |
Company seal
29.1 | The Company may have a seal if the directors so determine. |
Duplicate seal
29.2 | Subject to the provisions of the Act, the Company may also have a duplicate seal or seals for use in any
place or places outside the Islands. Each duplicate seal shall be a facsimile of the original seal of the Company. However, if the directors
so determine, a duplicate seal shall have added on its face the name of the place where it is to be used. |
When and how seal is to be used
29.3 | A seal may only be used by the authority of the directors. Unless the directors otherwise determine, a
document to which a seal is affixed must be signed in one of the following ways: |
| (a) | by a director (or his alternate) and the Secretary; or |
| (b) | by a single director (or his alternate). |
If no seal is adopted or used
29.4 | If the directors do not adopt a seal, or a seal is not used, a document may be executed in the following
manner: |
| (a) | by a director (or his alternate) or any Officer to which authority has been delegated by resolution duly
adopted by the directors; or |
| (b) | by a single director (or his alternate); or |
| (c) | in any other manner permitted by the Act. |
Power to allow non-manual signatures and facsimile
printing of seal
29.5 | The directors may determine that either or both of the following applies: |
| (a) | that the seal or a duplicate seal need not be affixed manually but may be affixed by some other method
or system of reproduction; |
| (b) | that a signature required by these Articles need not be manual but may be a mechanical or Electronic Signature. |
Validity of execution
29.6 | If a document is duly executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Company, it shall not be regarded
as invalid merely because, at the date of the delivery, the Secretary, or the director, or other Officer or person who signed the document
or affixed the seal for and on behalf of the Company ceased to be the Secretary or hold that office and authority on behalf of the Company. |
Indemnity
30.1 | To the maximum extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Company shall indemnify each existing or former
Secretary, director (including alternate director), and other Officer of the Company (including an investment adviser or an administrator
or liquidator) and their personal representatives against: |
| (a) | all actions, proceedings, costs, charges, expenses, losses, damages or liabilities incurred or sustained
by the existing or former Secretary, director or Officer in or about the conduct of the Company’s business or affairs or in the
execution or discharge of the existing or former Secretary’s, director’s or Officer’s duties, powers, authorities or
discretions; and |
| (b) | without limitation to paragraph (a), all costs, expenses, losses or liabilities incurred by the existing
or former Secretary, director or Officer in defending (whether successfully or otherwise) any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
proceedings (whether threatened, pending or completed) concerning the Company or its affairs in any court or tribunal, whether in the
Islands or elsewhere. |
Such indemnity only applies if the directors
are of the view that, in the absence of fraud, wilful default or wilful neglect, such existing or former Secretary, director or Officer
acted honestly and in good faith with a view to what the person believes is in the best interests of the Company and, in the case of criminal
proceedings, such person had no reasonable cause to believe that their conduct was unlawful. No such existing or former Secretary, director
or Officer, however, shall be indemnified in respect of any matter arising out of his own actual fraud, wilful default or wilful neglect.
30.2 | To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Company may make a payment, or agree to make a payment,
whether by way of advance, loan or otherwise, for any legal costs incurred by an existing or former Secretary, director or Officer of
the Company in respect of any matter identified in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of the preceding Article on condition that the Secretary,
director or Officer must repay the amount paid by the Company to the extent that it is ultimately found not liable to indemnify the Secretary,
director or that Officer for those legal costs. |
Release
30.3 | To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Company may by Special Resolution release any existing
or former director (including alternate director), Secretary or other Officer of the Company from liability for any loss or damage or
right to compensation which may arise out of or in connection with the execution or discharge of the duties, powers, authorities or discretions
of his office; but there may be no release from liability arising out of or in connection with that person’s own actual fraud, wilful
default or wilful neglect. |
Insurance
30.4 | To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Company may pay, or agree to pay, a premium in respect
of a contract insuring each of the following persons against risks determined by the directors, other than liability arising out of that
person’s own dishonesty: |
| (a) | an existing or former director (including alternate director), Secretary or Officer or auditor of: |
| (ii) | a company which is or was a subsidiary of the Company; |
| (iii) | a company in which the Company has or had an interest (whether direct or indirect); and |
| (b) | a trustee of an employee or retirement benefits scheme or other trust in which any of the persons referred
to in paragraph (a) is or was interested. |
Form of notices
31.1 | Save where these Articles provide otherwise, any notice to be given to or by any person pursuant to these
Articles shall be: |
| (a) | in writing signed by or on behalf of the giver in the manner set out below for written notices; or |
| (b) | subject to the next Article, in an Electronic Record signed by or on behalf of the giver by Electronic
Signature and authenticated in accordance with Articles about authentication of Electronic Records; or |
| (c) | where these Articles expressly permit, by the Company by means of a website. |
Electronic communications
31.2 | Without limitation to Articles 17.1 to 17.4 inclusive (relating to the appointment and removal by directors
of alternate directors) and to Articles 19.8to 19.10 inclusive (relating to the appointment by directors of proxies), a notice may only
be given to the Company in an Electronic Record if: |
| (a) | the directors so resolve; |
| (b) | the resolution states how an Electronic Record may be given and, if applicable, specifies an email address
for the Company; and |
| (c) | the terms of that resolution are notified to the Members for the time being and, if applicable, to those
directors who were absent from the meeting at which the resolution was passed. |
If the resolution is revoked or varied,
the revocation or variation shall only become effective when its terms have been similarly notified.
31.3 | A notice may not be given by Electronic Record to a person other than the Company unless the recipient
has notified the giver of an Electronic address to which notice may be sent. |
Persons authorised to give notices
31.4 | A notice by either the Company or a Member pursuant to these Articles may be given on behalf of the Company
or a Member by a director or company secretary of the Company or a Member. |
Delivery of written notices
31.5 | Save where these Articles provide otherwise, a notice in writing may be given personally to the recipient,
or left at (as appropriate) the Member’s or director’s registered address or the Company’s registered office, or posted
to that registered address or registered office. |
Joint holders
31.6 | Where Members are joint holders of a Share, all notices shall be given to the Member whose name first
appears in the Register of Members. |
Signatures
31.7 | A written notice shall be signed when it is autographed by or on behalf of the giver, or is marked in
such a way as to indicate its execution or adoption by the giver. |
31.8 | An Electronic Record may be signed by an Electronic Signature. |
Evidence of transmission
31.9 | A notice given by Electronic Record shall be deemed sent if an Electronic Record is kept demonstrating
the time, date and content of the transmission, and if no notification of failure to transmit is received by the giver. |
31.10 | A notice given in writing shall be deemed sent if the giver can provide proof that the envelope containing
the notice was properly addressed, pre-paid and posted, or that the written notice was otherwise properly transmitted to the recipient. |
Giving notice to a deceased or bankrupt Member
31.11 | A notice may be given by the Company to the persons entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or
bankruptcy of a Member by sending or delivering it, in any manner authorised by these Articles for the giving of notice to a Member, addressed
to them by name, or by the title of representatives of the deceased, or trustee of the bankrupt or by any like description, at the address,
if any, supplied for that purpose by the persons claiming to be so entitled. |
31.12 | Until such an address has been supplied, a notice may be given in any manner in which it might have been
given if the death or bankruptcy had not occurred. |
Date of giving notices
31.13 | A notice is given on the date identified in the following table. |
Method for giving notices |
|
When taken to be given |
Personally |
|
At the time and date of delivery |
By leaving it at the member’s registered address |
|
At the time and date it was left |
If the recipient has an address within the Islands, by posting it by prepaid post to the street or postal address of that recipient |
|
48 hours after it was posted |
If the recipient has an address outside the Islands, by posting it by prepaid airmail to the street or postal address of that recipient |
|
3 Clear Days after posting |
By Electronic Record (other than publication on a website), to recipient’s Electronic address |
|
Within 24 hours after it was sent |
By publication on a website |
|
See these Articles about the time when notice of a meeting of Members or accounts and reports, as the case may be, are published on a website |
Saving provision
31.14 | None of the preceding notice provisions shall derogate from these Articles about the delivery of written
resolutions of directors and written resolutions of Members. |
32. | Authentication
of Electronic Records |
Application of Articles
32.1 | Without limitation to any other provision of these Articles, any notice, written resolution or other document
under these Articles that is sent by Electronic means by a Member, or by the Secretary, or by a director or other Officer of the Company,
shall be deemed to be authentic if either Article 32.2 or Article 32.4 applies. |
Authentication of documents sent by Members by
Electronic means
32.2 | An Electronic Record of a notice, written resolution or other document sent by Electronic means by or
on behalf of one or more Members shall be deemed to be authentic if the following conditions are satisfied: |
| (a) | the Member or each Member, as the case may be, signed the original document, and for this purpose Original
Document includes several documents in like form signed by one or more of those Members; and |
| (b) | the Electronic Record of the Original Document was sent by Electronic means by, or at the direction of,
that Member to an address specified in accordance with these Articles for the purpose for which it was sent; and |
| (c) | Article 32.7 does not apply. |
32.3 | For example, where a sole Member signs a resolution and sends the Electronic Record of the original resolution,
or causes it to be sent, by facsimile transmission to the address in these Articles specified for that purpose, the facsimile copy shall
be deemed to be the written resolution of that Member unless Article 32.7 applies. |
Authentication of document sent by the Secretary
or Officers of the Company by Electronic means
32.4 | An Electronic Record of a notice, written resolution or other document sent by or on behalf of the Secretary
or an Officer or Officers of the Company shall be deemed to be authentic if the following conditions are satisfied: |
| (a) | the Secretary or the Officer or each Officer, as the case may be, signed the original document, and for
this purpose Original Document includes several documents in like form signed by the Secretary or one or more of those Officers; and |
| (b) | the Electronic Record of the Original Document was sent by Electronic means by, or at the direction of,
the Secretary or that Officer to an address specified in accordance with these Articles for the purpose for which it was sent; and |
| (c) | Article 32.7 does not apply. |
This Article applies whether the document
is sent by or on behalf of the Secretary or Officer in his own right or as a representative of the Company.
32.5 | For example, where a sole director signs a resolution and scans the resolution, or causes it to be scanned,
as a PDF version which is attached to an email sent to the address in these Articles specified for that purpose, the PDF version shall
be deemed to be the written resolution of that director unless Article 32.7 applies. |
Manner of signing
32.6 | For the purposes of these Articles about the authentication of Electronic Records, a document will be
taken to be signed if it is signed manually or in any other manner permitted by these Articles. |
Saving provision
32.7 | A notice, written resolution or other document under these Articles will not be deemed to be authentic
if the recipient, acting reasonably: |
| (a) | believes that the signature of the signatory has been altered after the signatory had signed the original
document; or |
| (b) | believes that the original document, or the Electronic Record of it, was altered, without the approval
of the signatory, after the signatory signed the original document; or |
| (c) | otherwise doubts the authenticity of the Electronic Record of the document |
and the recipient promptly gives notice
to the sender setting the grounds of its objection. If the recipient invokes this Article, the sender may seek to establish the authenticity
of the Electronic Record in any way the sender thinks fit.
33. | Transfer
by way of continuation |
33.1 | The Company may, by Special Resolution, resolve to be registered by way of continuation in a jurisdiction
outside: |
| (b) | such other jurisdiction in which it is, for the time being, incorporated, registered or existing. |
33.2 | To give effect to any resolution made pursuant to the preceding Article, the directors may cause the following: |
| (a) | an application be made to the Registrar of Companies to deregister the Company in the Islands or in the
other jurisdiction in which it is for the time being incorporated, registered or existing; and |
| (b) | all such further steps as they consider appropriate to be taken to effect the transfer by way of continuation
of the Company. |
Distribution of assets in specie
34.1 | If the Company is wound up, the Members may, subject to these Articles and any other sanction required
by the Act, pass a Special Resolution allowing the liquidator to do either or both of the following: |
| (a) | to divide in specie among the Members the whole or any part of the assets of the Company and, for that
purpose, to value any assets and to determine how the division shall be carried out as between the Members or different classes of Members; |
| (b) | to vest the whole or any part of the assets in trustees for the benefit of Members and those liable to
contribute to the winding up. |
No obligation to accept liability
34.2 | No Member shall be compelled to accept any assets if an obligation attaches to them. |
The directors are authorised to present a winding
up petition
34.3 | The directors have the authority to present a petition for the winding up of the Company to the Grand
Court of the Cayman Islands on behalf of the Company without the sanction of a resolution passed at a general meeting. |
35. | Amendment of Memorandum and Articles |
Power to change name or amend Memorandum
35.1 | Subject to the Act, the Company may, by Special Resolution: |
| (b) | change the provisions of its Memorandum with respect to its objects, powers or any other matter specified
in the Memorandum. |
Power to amend these Articles
35.2 | Subject to the Act and as provided in these Articles, the Company may, by Special Resolution, amend these
Articles in whole or in part. |
36. | Mergers
and Consolidations |
The Company shall have the power to merge
or consolidate with one or more constituent companies (as defined in the Act) upon such terms as the directors may determine and (to the
extent required by the Act) with the approval of a Special Resolution.
37.1 | Notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles, this Article 37 shall apply during the period commencing
upon the adoption of these Articles and terminating upon the first to occur of the consummation of any Business Combination and the distribution
of the Trust Account pursuant to Article 37.10. In the event of a conflict between this Article 37 and any other Articles, the provisions
of this Article 37 shall prevail and this Article may not be amended prior to the consummation of a Business Combination without a Special
Resolution. |
37.2 | Prior to the consummation of any Business Combination, the Company shall either: |
| (a) | submit such Business Combination to its Members for approval; or |
| (b) | provide Members with the opportunity to have their Shares repurchased by means of a tender offer (a Tender
Offer) for a per-Share repurchase price payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, calculated
as of two business days prior to the consummation of such Business Combination, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust
Account not previously released to the Company to pay its income taxes, if any, divided by the number of Public Shares then in issue,
provided that the Company shall not repurchase Public Shares in an amount that would cause the Company’s net tangible assets (after
payment of the deferred underwriting commissions) to be less than US$5,000,001. |
37.3 | If the Company initiates any Tender Offer in accordance with Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E of the Exchange
Act in connection with a proposed Business Combination, it shall file Tender Offer documents with the SEC prior to completing such Business
Combination which contain substantially the same financial and other information about such Business Combination and the redemption rights
as is required under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act. |
37.4 | If, alternatively, the Company holds a general meeting to approve a proposed Business Combination, the
Company will conduct any redemptions in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act, and not
pursuant to the Tender Offer rules, and file proxy materials with the SEC. |
37.5 | At a general meeting called for the purposes of approving a Business Combination pursuant to this Article,
in the event that such Business Combination is approved by Ordinary Resolution, the Company shall be authorised to consummate such Business
Combination. |
37.6 | Any Member holding Public Shares who is not a Founder, Officer or director may, contemporaneously with
any vote on a Business Combination, elect to have their Public Shares redeemed for cash (the IPO Redemption), provided that no
such Member acting together with any Affiliate of his or any other person with whom he is acting in concert or as a partnership, syndicate,
or other group for the purposes of acquiring, holding, or disposing of Shares may exercise this redemption right with respect to more
than 15% of the Public Shares without the Company’s prior consent, and provided further that any holder that holds Public Shares
beneficially through a nominee must identify itself to the Company in connection with any redemption election in order to validly redeem
such Public Shares. In connection with any vote held to approve a proposed Business Combination, holders of Public Shares seeking to exercise
their redemption rights will be required to either tender their certificates (if any) to the Company’s transfer agent or to deliver
their shares to the transfer agent electronically using The Depository Trust Company’s DWAC (Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian) System,
at the holder’s option, in each case up to two business days prior to the initially scheduled vote on the proposal to approve a
Business Combination. If so demanded, the Company shall pay any such redeeming Member, regardless of whether he is voting for or against
such proposed Business Combination or abstains from voting, a per-Share redemption price payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount
then on deposit in the Trust Account calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of a Business Combination, including
interest earned on the Trust Account not previously released to the Company to pay its income taxes, if any, divided by the number of
Public Shares then in issue (such redemption price being referred to herein as the Redemption Price), provided that the Company
shall not repurchase Public Shares in an amount that would cause the Company’s net tangible assets to be less than US$5,000,001. |
37.7 | The Redemption Price shall be paid promptly following the consummation of the relevant Business Combination.
If the proposed Business Combination is not approved or completed for any reason then such redemptions shall be cancelled and share certificates
(if any) returned to the relevant Members as appropriate. |
37.8 | The Company has until 12 months from the closing of the IPO to consummate a Business Combination, provided
however that if the Board of Directors anticipates that the Company may not be able to consummate a Business Combination within 12 months
of the closing of the IPO, the Company may, by Resolution of Directors, at the request of the Sponsor, extend the period of time to consummate
a Business Combination up to six (6) times, each by an additional three months (for a total of up to 30 months to complete a Business
Combination), subject to the Sponsor depositing additional funds into the Trust Account upon ten days advice notice prior to the applicable
deadline in accordance with terms as set out in the Trust Agreement and referred to in the Registration Statement. In the event that the
Company does not consummate a Business Combination by 12 months after the closing of the IPO (or 30 months from the closing of the IPO
(subject in the latter case to valid three months extensions having been made in each case) or such later time as the Members of the Company
may approve in accordance with these Articles, the Company shall: |
| (a) | cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; |
| (b) | as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares,
at a per-Share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on
the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay income taxes, if any (less up to US$100,000 of interest
to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of the Public Shares then in issue, which redemption will completely extinguish public
Members’ rights as Members (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any); and |
| (c) | as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s
remaining Members and the directors, dissolve and liquidate, |
subject in each case,
to its obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and in all cases subject to the other requirements of Applicable
Law. If the Company shall wind up for any other reason prior to the consummation of a Business Combination, the Company shall, as promptly
as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, follow the foregoing procedures set out in this Article with respect
to the liquidation of the Trust Account, subject to its obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and in
all cases subject to the other requirements of Applicable Law.
37.9 | In the event that any amendment is made to these Articles: |
| (a) | that would modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to provide holders of Public
Shares the right to: |
| (i) | have their shares redeemed or repurchased in connection with a Business Combination pursuant to Articles
37.2(b) or 37.6; or |
| (ii) | redeem 100% of the Public Shares if the Company has not consummated an initial Business Combination within
12 months after the closing of the IPO (or 30 months from the date of the closing of the IPO pursuant to Article 37.8 (subject in the
latter case to valid three months extensions having been made in each case); or |
| (b) | with respect to any other provision relating to the rights of holders of Public Shares, |
each holder of Public Shares who is not
a Founder, Officer or director shall be provided with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares upon the approval of any such amendment
(an Amendment Redemption) at a per-Share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account,
including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account not previously released to the Company to pay income taxes, if any, divided
by the number of Public Shares then in issue.
37.10 | Except for the withdrawal of interest to pay income taxes, if any, none of the funds held in the Trust
Account shall be released from the Trust Account: |
| (a) | to the Company, until completion of any Business Combination; or |
| (b) | to the Members holding Public Shares, until the earliest of: |
| (i) | a repurchase of Shares by means of a Tender Offer pursuant to Article 37.2(b); |
| (ii) | an IPO Redemption pursuant to Article 37.6; |
| (iii) | a distribution of the Trust Account pursuant to Article 37.8; or |
| (iv) | an Amendment Redemption pursuant to Article 37.9. |
In no other circumstance shall a holder
of Public Shares have any right or interest of any kind in the Trust Account.
37.11 | After the issue of Public Shares (including pursuant to the Over-Allotment Option), and prior to the consummation
of a Business Combination, the directors shall not issue additional Shares or any other securities that would entitle the holders thereof
to: |
| (a) | receive funds from the Trust Account; or |
| (b) | vote as a class with the Public Shares: |
| (i) | on a Business Combination or on any other proposal presented to Members prior to or in connection with
the completion of a Business Combination; or |
| (ii) | to approve an amendment to these Articles to: |
| (A) | extend the time the Company has to consummate a Business Combination beyond 12 months after the closing
of the IPO or 30 months from the date of the closing of the IPO pursuant to Article 37.8 (subject in the latter case to valid three months
extensions having been made in each case); or |
| (B) | amend the foregoing provisions of these Articles. |
unless (in connection with any such amendment),
each holder of Public Shares who is not a Founder, Officer or director shall be provided with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares
in accordance with these Articles.
37.12 | The Company must complete one or more Business Combinations, which must be with one or more operating
businesses or assets with a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the net assets held in the trust account (net of amounts disbursed
to management for working capital purposes, if permitted, and excluding the amount of any deferred underwriting discount and taxes payable
on the interest earned on the trust account). An initial Business Combination must not be effectuated solely with another blank cheque
company or a similar company with nominal operations. |
37.13 | The uninterested Independent Directors shall approve any transaction or transactions between the Company
and any of the following parties: |
| (a) | any Member owning an interest in the voting power of the Company that gives such Member a significant
influence over the Company; and |
| (b) | any director or Officer of the Company and any Affiliate or relative of such director or Officer. |
37.14 | A director may vote in respect of any Business Combination in which such director has a conflict of interest
with respect to the evaluation of such Business Combination. Such director must disclose such interest or conflict to the other directors. |
37.15 | The Company may enter into a Business Combination with a target business that is Affiliated with the Sponsor,
a Founder, the directors of the Company or Officers. In the event the Company seeks to complete the Business Combination with a target
that is Affiliated with the Sponsor, a Founder, Officers or directors, the Company, or a committee of Independent Directors, will obtain
an opinion from an independent investment banking firm, or another independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions that such
a Business Combination or transaction is fair to the Company from a financial point of view. |
37.16 | Any Business Combination must be approved by the a majority of the Independent Directors. |
38.1 | Each Tax Filing Authorised Person and any such other person, acting alone, as any director shall designate
from time to time, are authorised to file tax forms SS-4, W-8 BEN, W-8 IMY, W-9, 8832 and 2553 and such other similar tax forms as are
customary to file with any US state or federal governmental authorities or foreign governmental authorities in connection with the formation,
activities and/or elections of the Company and such other tax forms as may be approved from time to time by any director of the Company
or an Officer. The Company further ratifies and approves any such filing made by any Tax Filing Authorised Person or such other person
prior to the date of these Articles. |
39. | Business
Opportunities |
39.1 | In recognition and anticipation of the facts that: (a) directors, managers, officers, members, partners,
managing members, employees and/or agents of one or more members of the Investor Group (each of the foregoing, an “Investor Group
Related Person”) may serve as directors of the Company and/or Officers; and (b) the Investor Group engages, and may continue
to engage in the same or similar activities or related lines of business as those in which the Company, directly or indirectly, may engage
and/or other business activities that overlap with or compete with those in which the Company, directly or indirectly, may engage, the
provisions under this heading “Business Opportunities” are set forth to regulate and define the conduct of certain affairs
of the Company as they may involve the Members and the Investor Group Related Persons, and the powers, rights, duties and liabilities
of the Company and its Officers, directors and Members in connection therewith. |
39.2 | To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the directors and officers of the Company shall have
no duty, except and to the extent expressly assumed by contract, to refrain from engaging directly or indirectly in the same or similar
business activities or lines of business as the Company. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, and subject to his or her
fiduciary duties under Applicable Law, the Company renounces any interest or expectancy of the Company in, or in being offered an opportunity
to participate in, any potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate opportunity offered to any director and officer of the
Company, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other, unless such opportunity is expressly offered to such director or officer of the
Company solely in their capacity as an Officer or director of the Company and the opportunity is one the Company is permitted to complete
on a reasonable basis. |
39.3 | Except as provided elsewhere in these Articles, the Company hereby renounces any interest or expectancy
of the Company in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate
opportunity for both the Company and the Investor Group, about which a director of the Company and/or Officer who is also an Investor
Group Related Person acquires knowledge. |
39.4 | To the extent a court might hold that the conduct of any activity related to a corporate opportunity that
is renounced in this Article to be a breach of duty to the Company or its Members, the Company hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted
by Applicable Law, any and all claims and causes of action that the Company may have for such activities. To the fullest extent permitted
by Applicable Law, the provisions of this Article apply equally to activities conducted in the future and that have been conducted in
the past. |
Exhibit
10.1
AMENDMENT
TO
THE
INVESTMENT
MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT
This
Amendment No. 1 (this “Amendment”), dated as of December 21, 2023, to the Original Trust Agreement (as defined below) is
made by and between AlphaVest Acquisition Corp (the “Company”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee
(“Trustee”). All terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Original Trust Agreement.
WHEREAS,
the Company and the Trustee entered into an Investment Management Trust Agreement dated as of December 19, 2022 (the “Original
Trust Agreement”);
WHEREAS,
Section 1(i) of the Original Trust Agreement sets forth the terms that govern the liquidation of the Company’s trust account (the
“Trust Account”) under the circumstances described therein;
WHEREAS,
at an extraordinary general meeting of the Company held on December 21, 2023 (the “Special Meeting”), the Company’s
shareholders approved (i) a proposal to amend AlphaVest’s Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, dated
as of December 19, 2022 to extend the date by which the Company must consummate a business combination up to ten (10) times from December
22, 2023 to December 22, 2024 (the “Termination Date”), with the first extension comprised of three months, and the subsequent
nine (9) extensions comprised of one month each (i.e., for a period of time ending up to 24 months after the consummation of its initial
public offering for a total of twelve (12) months after the Termination Date (assuming a business combination has not occurred); and
(ii) a proposal to amend the Original Trust Agreement, to permit the Company to extend the Termination Date up to ten (10) times, with
the first extension comprised of three months, and the subsequent nine (9) extensions comprised of one month each from the Termination
Date to December 22, 2024 by providing five days’ advance notice to the Trustee prior to the applicable Termination Date and depositing
into the Trust Account $55,000 for each month in an Extension.
NOW
THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED:
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Section 1(i) of the Original Trust Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“(i) Commence liquidation of the Trust Account only after and promptly after (x) receipt of, and only in accordance with the terms of, a letter from the Company (“Termination Letter”) in a form substantially similar to that attached hereto as either Exhibit A or Exhibit B, as applicable, signed on behalf of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President, Executive Vice President, Vice President, Secretary or Chairwoman of the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) or other authorized officer of the Company, and, in the case of Exhibit A, acknowledged and agreed to by the Representative, and complete the liquidation of the Trust Account and distribute the Property in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account (which interest shall be net of taxes payable and, in the case of Exhibit B, up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), only as directed in the Termination Letter and the other documents referred to therein, or (y) upon the date which is the later of (1) 12 months after the closing of the Offering (or 15, 18 or 21 months after the closing of the Offering, if one or more Extensions is effected as described herein) or (2) such later date as may be approved by the Company’s shareholders in accordance with the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association if a Termination Letter has not been received by the Trustee prior to such date, in which case the Trust Account shall be liquidated in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Termination Letter attached as Exhibit B and the Property in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account (which interest shall be net of taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), shall be distributed to the Public Shareholders of record as of such date. It is acknowledged and agreed there should be no reduction in the principal amount per share initially deposited in the Trust Account;” |
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Exhibit
E of the Original Trust Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows: |
EXHIBIT
E
[Letterhead
of Company]
[Insert
date]
Continental
Stock Transfer & Trust Company
1
State Street, 30th Floor
New
York, NY 10004
Attn:
[●]
Re:
Trust Account No. [ ] Extension Letter
Dear
[●]:
Pursuant
to Section 1(m) of the Investment Management Trust Agreement between AlphaVest Acquisition Corp (“Company”) and Continental
Stock Transfer & Trust Company, dated as of December 19, 2022 (“Trust Agreement”), this is to advise you that
the Company is extending the time available to consummate a Business Combination for an additional [ ] ([ ]) month[s], from ________
to ________ (the “Extension”).
This
Extension Letter shall serve as the notice required with respect to Extension prior to the Applicable Deadline. Capitalized words used
herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Trust Agreement.
In
accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement, we hereby authorize you to deposit $55,000 for each month in an Extension which will
be wired to you, into the Trust Account investments upon receipt.
This
is the [first/second/third] of up to three Extension Letters.
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Very
truly yours, |
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AlphaVest
Acquisition Corp |
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cc:
EarlyBirdCapital, Inc.
3.
All other provisions of the Original Trust Agreement shall remain unaffected by the terms hereof.
4.
This Amendment may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall be deemed to be
one and the same instrument, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. A facsimile
signature or electronic signature shall be deemed to be an original signature for purposes of this Amendment.
5.
This Amendment is intended to be in full compliance with the requirements for an Amendment to the Trust Agreement as required by Section
6(c) of the Original Trust Agreement, and every defect in fulfilling such requirements for an effective amendment to the Trust Agreement
is hereby ratified, intentionally waived and relinquished by all parties hereto.
6.
This Amendment shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect
to conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction.
[signature
page follows]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Amendment to the Investment Management Trust Agreement as of the date first written
above.
CONTINENTAL
STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee
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ALPHAVEST
ACQUISITION CORP |
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/s/
David Yan |
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Name:
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David
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