Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Amendment of Trust Agreement
On January 13, 2022, Broad Capital Acquisition Corp, a blank check company
incorporated in the State of Delaware (the "Company"), consummated its initial
public offering (the "Offering"). In connection therewith, the Company entered
into an Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated January 10, 2022 (the
"Trust Agreement"), by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer &
Trust Company, as trustee ("Continental"). The form of the Trust Agreement was
initially filed as an exhibit to the Company's Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (File No. 333-258943) for the Offering.
On January 10, 2023, at 10:30 a.m. ET, the Company held a virtual special
meeting of its stockholders at
https://www.cstproxy.com/broadcapitalacquisition/2023, pursuant to due notice
(the "Stockholders Meeting"). At the Stockholders Meeting, the Company's
stockholders entitle to vote at the meeting cast their votes and approved a
proposal to amend the Trust Agreement to amend the Trust Agreement, allowing the
Company to extend the Termination Date (as described in Item 5.03 below, which
description is incorporated herein by reference) for an additional nine one (1)
month extensions until October 13, 2023 (the "Trust Amendment"), by depositing
into the Trust Account an additional $0.0625 per share for each one-month until
October 13, 2023 unless the Closing of the Company's initial business
combination shall have occurred.
The foregoing summary of the amendment to the Trust Agreement is qualified by
the full text of the Amendment No. 1 to Investment Trust Agreement dated January
10, 2023 by and between the Company and Continental included as Exhibit 10.1
hereto, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.
Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation
As described in Item 5.03 below, which description is incorporated herein by
reference, the stockholders of the Company approved the First Amendment to the
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company at the January
10, 2023 Stockholders Meeting, and the Company subsequently filed the First
Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the
Secretary of State for the State of Delaware.
Item 5.03. Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws.
The stockholders of the Company approved the First Amendment to the Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (the "Charter Amendment")
at the January 10, 2023 Stockholders Meeting, changing the structure and cost of
the Company's right to extend the date (the "Termination Date") by which the
Company (i) consummate a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition,
stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination involving the
Company and one or more businesses, which we refer to as a "business
combination," (ii) cease its operations if it fails to complete such business
combination, and (iii) redeem or repurchase 100% of the Company's common stock
included as part of the units sold in the Company's initial public offering that
closed on January 13, 2022 (the "IPO") which is currently January 13, 2023
unless extended.
The Charter Amendment allows the Company to extend the Termination Date by up to
nine (9) one-month extensions to October 13, 2023 (each of which we refer to as
an "Extension", and such later date, the "Extended Deadline") provided that (i)
the Sponsor (or its affiliates or permitted designees) will deposit into the
Trust Account an additional $0.0625 per share for each month until October 13,
2023, unless the closing of the Company's initial business combination shall
have occurred (the "Extension Payment") in exchange for a non-interest bearing,
unsecured promissory note payable upon consummation of a business combination
and (ii) the procedures relating to any such extension, as set forth in the
Trust Agreement, shall have been complied with. Without the Charter Amendment,
the Company would have been required to obtain extensions in up to two
three-month increments at a cost of $1,015,906.90 each.
Following receipt of shareholder approval of the Charter Amendment, the Company
filed the First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation with the Secretary of State for the State of Delaware. The
foregoing summary is qualified by the full text of the First Amendment to the
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation which is included as Exhibit
3.1 hereto, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On January 10, 2023, at 10:30 a.m. ET, the Company held a virtual special
meeting of its stockholders at
https://www.cstproxy.com/broadcapitalacquisition/2023, pursuant to due notice.
On the record date of December 16, 2022, the Company had 13,149,966 shares
entitled to vote at the special meeting. At the special meeting, holders of the
Company's stock (the "Stockholders") voted on two of the three proposals
presented, the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal
each as described in the proxy statement dated December 28, 2022. The
Stockholders entitled to vote at the special meeting cast their votes as
described below:
Proposal 1- Extension Amendment Proposal
The Stockholders approved the proposal (the "Extension Amendment Proposal") to
change the structure and cost of the Company's right to extend the date (the
"Termination Date") by which the Company (i) consummate a merger, capital stock
exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business
combination involving the Company and one or more businesses, which we refer to
as a "business combination," (ii) cease its operations if it fails to complete
such business combination, and (iii) redeem or repurchase 100% of the Company's
common stock included as part of the units sold in the Company's IPO from
January 13, 2023 by up to nine (9) one-month extensions to October 13, 2023
provided that (i) the Sponsor (or its affiliates or permitted designees) will
deposit into the Trust Account an additional $0.0625 per share for each month
until October 13, 2023, unless the closing of the Company's initial business
combination shall have occurred (the "Extension Payment") in exchange for a
non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note payable upon consummation of a
business combination and (ii) the procedures relating to any such extension, as
set forth in the Trust Agreement, shall have been complied with. The following
is a tabulation of the voting results:
Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes
9,764,728 (74.25%) 325,114 (2.47%) - -
Proposal 2 - Trust Amendment Proposal
The Stockholders approved the proposal to amend the Company's Trust Agreement
with Continental (the "Trust Amendment Proposal"), pursuant to which the
Company's Trust Agreement with Continental was amended to conform the procedures
in the Trust Agreement by which the Company may extend the date on which
Continental must liquidate the Trust Account if the Company has not completed
its initial business combination to the procedures in the Charter Amendment
approved in the Extension Amendment Proposal. The following is a tabulation of
the voting results:
Common Stock:
Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes
9,764,728 (74.25%) 325,114 (2.47%) - -
Proposal 3 - Adjournment Proposal
The third proposal to adjourn the Shareholder Meeting (the "Adjournment
Proposal"), was not presented at the Stockholders Meeting since the Extension
Amendment Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal received sufficient
favorable votes to be adopted.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
A press release describing the Stockholders Meeting, its results, and the first
extensionis attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
Redemption of Public Shares
In connection with the approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal and the
Trust Amendment Proposal at the Stockholders Meeting, holders of 4,227,461 of
the Company's shares (the "Public Shares") exercised their right to redeem those
shares for cash at an approximate price of $10.25 per share, for an aggregate of
approximately $43.35 million. Following the payment of the redemptions, the
Trust Account will have a balance of approximately $60.83 million before the
deposit of funds by the Company as described in the following paragraph.
First One-Month Extension and Deposit of Extension Funds
Also in connection with approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal and the
Trust Amendment Proposal, the Company elected to obtain the first 1-month
extension to the Termination Date, which extends its deadline to complete its
initial business combination from January 13, 2023 to February 13, 2023 and
which will give the Company additional time to complete a business combination.
The Company caused $0.0625 per share for each Public Share outstanding after
giving effect to the redemptions disclosed above, or approximately $370,725.50,
to be deposited in the Trust Account. Such funds were provided by our Sponsor or
its designees pursuant to the Extension Loan described in the proxy statement
dated December 28, 2022.
Item 9.01. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number Description of Exhibit
3.1 First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the Company dated January 10, 2023.
10.1 Amendment No. 1 to Investment Management Trust Agreement dated
January 10, 2023 by and between the Company and Continental Stock
Transfer and Trust Company.
99.1 Press Release
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