Item 1.01 |
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
As previously disclosed, on May 9, 2023, biote Corp. (the “Company”), commenced (i) its offer to each holder of its outstanding warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), of the Company, at an exercise price of $11.50 per share (the “Warrants”), the opportunity to receive 0.23 shares of Common Stock in exchange for each Warrant tendered by the holder and exchanged pursuant to the offer (the “Offer”), and (ii) the solicitation of consents (the “Consent Solicitation”) from holders of the Warrants to amend the Warrant Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2021 (the “Warrant Agreement”), by and between Haymaker Acquisition Corp. III, a Delaware corporation, and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation, as warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent”), which governs all of the Warrants. Pursuant to the terms of the Warrant Agreement, all except certain specified modifications or amendments require the vote or written consent of holders of at least 50% of the Public Warrants (as defined in the Prospectus/Offer to Exchange on Form S-4 (the “Prospectus”)) and, solely with respect to any amendment to the terms of the Private Placement Warrants (as defined in the Prospectus), at least 50% of the Private Placement Warrants. As previously disclosed, parties representing approximately 19.4% of the Public Warrants and 59.3% of the Private Placement Warrants agreed to tender their Warrants in the Offer and to consent to the amendment to the Warrant Agreement (the “Warrant Amendment”) in the Consent Solicitation, pursuant to tender and support agreements.
The Offer and Consent Solicitation expired one minute after 11:59 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on June 7, 2021. The Company has been advised that (i) 8,191,336 publicly traded warrants (the “Public Warrants”) (including 39,429 Public Warrants tendered through guaranteed delivery), or approximately 97.5% of the outstanding Public Warrants and (ii) 4,464,900 privately held Warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) (including 51,070 Private Placement Warrants tendered through guaranteed delivery), or approximately 87.4% of the outstanding Private Placement Warrants, were validly tendered and not validly withdrawn prior to the expiration of the Offer and Consent Solicitation. The Company expects to accept all validly tendered Warrants for exchange and settlement on or before June 9, 2023. In addition, pursuant to the Consent Solicitation, the Company received the approval of the Warrant Amendment from approximately (i) 97.5% of the outstanding Public Warrants and (ii) 87.4% of the outstanding Private Placement Warrants, each of which exceeds the 50% consent required to effect the Warrant Amendment, including with regard to the terms of the Private Placement Warrants.
Accordingly, on June 8, 2023, the Company and the Warrant Agent entered into the Warrant Amendment, which permits the Company to require that each Warrant that is outstanding upon the closing of the Offer be converted into 0.207 shares of Common Stock, which is a ratio 10% less than the exchange ratio applicable to the Offer. Pursuant to the Warrant Amendment, the Company has the right to require the exchange of not less than all of the Warrants at any time while such Warrants are exercisable and prior to their expiration, at the office of the Warrant Agent, upon notice to the registered holders of the outstanding Warrants at least fifteen days prior to the date of exchange fixed by the Company. The Company will exercise its right to exchange all remaining outstanding Warrants for shares of Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Amendment.
The foregoing description of the Warrant Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Warrant Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.