UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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| The Stock Market LLC | ||||
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On September 29, 2022, IG Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), issued a promissory note (the “Note”) in the aggregate principal amount of up to $608,601.12 to IG Sponsor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), pursuant to which the Sponsor agreed to loan to the Company up to $608,601.12 in connection with the extension of the Company’s termination date from October 5, 2022 to April 5, 2023 (or such earlier date as determined by the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”).
The Company will deposit $101,433.52 into the Trust Account in connection with the first drawdown under the Note as well as $101,433.52 into the Trust Account for each calendar month (commencing on November 6, 2022 and ending on the 5th day of each subsequent month), or portion thereof, that is needed by the Company to complete an initial business combination (the “Initial Business Combination”), and such amounts will be distributed either to: (i) all of the holders of shares of Class A common stock (the “Public Shares”) upon the Company’s liquidation or (ii) holders of Public Shares who elect to have their shares redeemed in connection with the consummation of the Initial Business Combination.
The Note bears no interest and is repayable in full upon the date of the consummation of the Initial Business Combination.
The issuance of the Note was made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Note, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation Under an Off-balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The disclosure contained in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 2.03.
Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On September 29, 2022, the Company held a special meeting in lieu of the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Meeting”). At the Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter Amendment”) to extend the date by which the Company must consummate its Initial Business Combination from October 5, 2022 to April 5, 2023 (or such earlier date as determined by the Board). The Company filed the Charter Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on September 29, 2022.
The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Charter Amendment, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
At the Meeting, an aggregate of 27,500,842 shares of the Company’s common stock, which represents a quorum of the outstanding common stock entitled to vote as of the record date of August 25, 2022, were represented in person or by proxy at the Meeting.
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At the Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on the following proposals, each of which was approved:
(1) The Extension Amendment Proposal — a proposal to amend the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination from October 5, 2022 to April 5, 2023 (or such earlier date as determined by the Board). The following is a tabulation of the votes with respect to this proposal, which was approved by the Company’s stockholders:
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 26,894,364 | 488,552 | 117,926 | 0 |
(2) The Director Election Proposal — to elect two persons as Class I directors (to serve until 2025 or until a successor is elected and qualified or their earlier resignation or removal). The following is a tabulation of the votes with respect to the election of directors, each of whom was elected by the Company’s stockholders:
| Name | For | Withhold | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| Catharine Dockery | 24,687,276 | 2,813,566 | 0 | |||
| Peter Ward | 24,683,903 | 2,816,939 | 0 |
In connection with the Meeting, stockholders holding 27,464,162 Public Shares exercised their right to redeem their shares for a pro rata portion of the funds in the Trust Account. As a result, approximately $275.7 million (approximately $10.04 per Public Share) will be removed from the Trust Account to pay such holders and approximately $25.5 million will remain in the Trust Account. Following redemptions, the Company will have 2,535,838 Public Shares outstanding.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed with this Form 8-K:
| Exhibit No. | Description of Exhibits | |
| 3.1 | Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. | |
| 10.1 | Promissory Note issued to IG Sponsor LLC, dated September 30, 2022. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
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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.
| IG ACQUISITION CORP. | |||
| By: | /s/ Christian Goode | ||
| Name: | Christian Goode | ||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | ||
Dated: September 30, 2022
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Exhibit 3.1
AMENDMENT
TO THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
IG ACQUISITION CORP.
Pursuant to Section 242 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law
IG ACQUISITION CORP. (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, does hereby certify as follows:
| 1. | The name of the Corporation is IG Acquisition Corp.. The Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation was filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on July 16, 2020 (the “Original Certificate”). The first certificate of amendment of the Original Certificate was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on July 21, 2020. An Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on September 30, 2020 (the “Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation”). |
| 2. | This Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation amends the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation. |
| 3. | This Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was duly adopted by the affirmative vote of the holders of 65% of the stock entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”). |
| 4. | The text of Section 9.1(b) of Article IX is hereby amended and restated to read in full as follows: |
(b) Immediately after the Offering, a certain amount of the net offering proceeds received by the Corporation in the Offering (including the proceeds of any exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option) and certain other amounts specified in the Corporation’s registration statement on Form S-1, initially filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on September 8, 2020, as amended (the “Registration Statement”), shall be deposited in a trust account (the “Trust Account”), established for the benefit of the Public Stockholders (as defined below) pursuant to a trust agreement described in the Registration Statement. Except for the withdrawal of interest to pay taxes, none of the funds held in the Trust Account (including the interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account) will be released from the Trust Account until the earliest to occur of (i) the completion of the initial Business Combination, (ii) the redemption of 100% of the Offering Shares (as defined below) if the Corporation is unable to complete its initial Business Combination by April 5, 2023 (or, if the Office of the Delaware Division of Corporations shall not be open for a full business day (including filing of corporate documents) on such date, the next date upon which the Office of the Delaware Division of Corporations shall be open for a full business day (the “Deadline Date”) and (iii) the redemption of shares in connection with a vote seeking to amend such provisions of this Amended and Restated Certificate as described in Section 9.7. Holders of shares of Common Stock included as part of the units sold in the Offering (the “Offering Shares”) (whether such Offering Shares were purchased in the Offering or in the secondary market following the Offering and whether or not such holders are the Sponsor or officers or directors of the Corporation, or affiliates of any of the foregoing) are referred to herein as “Public Stockholders.”
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, IG Acquisition Corp. has caused this Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate to be duly executed in its name and on its behalf by an authorized officer as of this 29th day of September, 2022.
| IG ACQUISITION CORP. | ||
| By: | /s/ Christian Goode | |
| Name: | Christian Goode | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
Exhibit 10.1
THIS PROMISSORY NOTE (“NOTE”) HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”). THIS NOTE HAS BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT ONLY AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF REGISTRATION OF THE RESALE THEREOF UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY IN FORM, SCOPE AND SUBSTANCE TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.
PROMISSORY NOTE
| Dated as of September 30, 2022 | |
| Principal Amount: Up to $608,601.12 | New York, New York |
IG Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company incorporated as a Delaware corporation (the “Maker”), promises to pay to the order of IG Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or its registered assigns or successors in interest (the “Payee”), or order, the principal sum of up to $608,601.12 in lawful money of the United States of America, on the terms and conditions described below. All payments on this Note shall be made by check or wire transfer of immediately available funds or as otherwise determined by the Maker to such account as the Payee may from time to time designate by written notice in accordance with the provisions of this Note.
1. Principal. The principal balance of this Note shall be due and payable by the Maker (such date, the “Maturity Date”), subject to Section 12 below, (a) upon the consummation of the Maker’s proposed initial business combination and (b) the date of the liquidation of the Maker.
2. Interest. No interest shall accrue on the unpaid principal balance of this Note.
3. Drawdown Requests. The Payee will fund up to $608,601.12 into the trust account of the Maker established in connection with its initial public offering (the “Trust Account”), such amounts to be for the benefit of the holders of the Maker’s unredeemed shares of Class A common stock upon redemption or liquidation of the Maker in accordance with the Maker’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation. The principal of this Note may be drawn down in six equal amounts of $101,433.52 per withdraw, between the 5th and 12th of each of October through December 2022 and January through March 2023, up until the date on which the Maker consummates its initial business combination, upon written request from the Maker to the Payee (each, a “Drawdown Request”). Each Drawdown Request must be made before the 1st of each applicable monthly period, and state the amount to be drawn down. The Payee, in its sole discretion, shall fund each Drawdown Request via a wire transfer directly to the Trust Account no later than the 12th of each applicable monthly period; provided, however, that the maximum amount of drawdowns collectively under this Note shall not exceed $608,601.12. Once an amount is drawn down under this Note, it shall not be available for future Drawdown Requests. Except as set forth herein, no fees, payments or other amounts shall be due to the Payee in connection with, or as a result of, any Drawdown Request by the Maker.
4. Application of Payments. All payments shall be applied first to payment in full of any costs incurred in the collection of any sum due under this Note, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, and then to the payment in full of any late charges and finally to the reduction of the unpaid principal balance of this Note.
5. Events of Default. The following shall constitute an event of default (“Event of Default”):
(a) Failure to Make Required Payments. Failure by the Maker to pay the principal amount due pursuant to this Note within one (1) business day of the Maturity Date.
(b) Voluntary Bankruptcy, Etc. The commencement by the Maker of a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, rehabilitation or other similar law, or the consent by it to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Maker or for any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of any assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure of the Maker generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Maker in furtherance of any of the foregoing.
(c) Involuntary Bankruptcy, Etc. The entry of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of the Maker in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of the Maker or for any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days.
6. Remedies.
(a) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 5(a) hereof, the Payee may, by written notice to the Maker, declare this Note to be due immediately and payable, whereupon the unpaid principal amount of this Note, and all other amounts payable hereunder, shall become immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, anything contained herein or in the documents evidencing the same to the contrary notwithstanding.
(b) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Sections 5(b) and 5(c), the unpaid principal balance of this Note, and all other sums payable with regard to this Note, shall automatically and immediately become due and payable, in all cases without any action on the part of the Payee.
7. Waivers. The Maker and all endorsers and guarantors of, and sureties for, this Note waive presentment for payment, demand, notice of dishonor, protest, and notice of protest with regard to this Note, all errors, defects and imperfections in any proceedings instituted by the Payee under the terms of this Note, and all benefits that might accrue to the Maker by virtue of any present or future laws exempting any property, real or personal, or any part of the proceeds arising from any sale of any such property, from attachment, levy or sale under execution, or providing for any stay of execution, exemption from civil process, or extension of time for payment, and the Maker agrees that any real estate that may be levied upon pursuant to a judgment obtained by virtue hereof or any writ of execution issued hereon, may be sold upon any such writ in whole or in part in any order desired by the Payee.
8. Unconditional Liability. The Maker hereby waives all notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default, or enforcement of the payment of this Note, and agrees that its liability shall be unconditional, without regard to the liability of any other party, and shall not be affected in any manner by any indulgence, extension of time, renewal, waiver or modification granted or consented to by the Payee, and consents to any and all extensions of time, renewals, waivers, or modifications that may be granted by the Payee with respect to the payment or other provisions of this Note, and agrees that additional makers, endorsers, guarantors, or sureties may become parties hereto without notice to the Maker or affecting the Maker’s liability hereunder.
9. Notices. All notices, statements or other documents which are required or contemplated by this Note shall be made in writing and delivered: (a) personally or sent by first class registered or certified mail, overnight courier service or facsimile or electronic transmission to the address designated in writing, (b) by facsimile to the number most recently provided to such party or such other address or fax number as may be designated in writing by such party or (c) by electronic mail, to the electronic mail address most recently provided to such party or such other electronic mail address as may be designated in writing by such party. Any notice or other communication so transmitted shall be deemed to have been given on the day of delivery, if delivered personally, on the business day following receipt of written confirmation, if sent by facsimile or electronic transmission, one (1) business day after delivery to an overnight courier service or five (5) days after mailing if sent by mail.
10. Construction. THIS NOTE SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF.
11. Severability. Any provision contained in this Note which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
12. Trust Waiver. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Payee hereby waives any and all right, title, interest or claim of any kind (“Claim”) in or to any distribution of or from the trust account (the “Trust Account”) established in which the proceeds of the initial public offering (“the “IPO”) conducted by the Maker (including the deferred underwriters’ discounts and commissions) and the proceeds of the sale of the units issued in a private placement that occurred prior to the closing of the IPO were deposited, as described in greater detail in the Maker’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (333-248666) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the IPO, and hereby agrees not to seek recourse, reimbursement, payment or satisfaction for any Claim against the Trust Account for any reason whatsoever.
13. Amendment; Waiver. Any amendment hereto or waiver of any provision hereof may be made with, and only with, the written consent of the Maker and the Payee.
14. Assignment. No assignment or transfer of this Note or any rights or obligations hereunder may be made by the Maker (by operation of law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the Payee and any attempted assignment without the required consent shall be void.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Maker, intending to be legally bound hereby, has caused this Note to be duly executed by the undersigned as of the day and year first above written.
| IG Acquisition Corp. | |||
| By: | /s/ Christian Goode | ||
| Name: | Christian Goode | ||
| Title: | CEO | ||
| IG Sponsor LLC | |||
| By: | /s/ Bradley Tusk | ||
| Name: | Bradley Tusk | ||
| Title: | Managing Member | ||
[Signature Page – Promissory Note]
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