DEF 14A 1 def14a0222_viveonhealth.htm PROXY STATEMENT

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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VIVEON HEALTH ACQUISITION CORP.

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VIVEON HEALTH ACQUISITION CORP.
c/o Gibson, Deal & Fletcher, PC
Spalding Exchange
3953 Holcomb Bridge Road
Suite 200
Norcross, Georgia 30092

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

TO BE HELD MARCH 18, 2022

TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF VIVEON HEALTH ACQUISITION CORP.:

You are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting (the “Annual Meeting”) of stockholders of VIVEON HEALTH ACQUISITION CORP., (the “Company,” “Viveon,” “we,” “us” or “our”) to be held at 10:30 a.m. ET on March 18, 2022. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company will be holding the Annual Meeting virtually via tele-conference using the following dial-in information:

 

US/CANADA Toll-Free Dial-In Number:

 

813-308-9980

   

Conference ID:

 

173547

The Annual Meeting will be held for the purpose of considering and voting upon the following proposals:

•        The Extension Proposal — a proposal to amend (the “Extension Amendment”) the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “charter”) to (i) extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination for three months, from March 28, 2022 (the “Original Termination Date”) to June 28, 2022 (the “Extended Date”), and (ii) allow the Company, without another stockholder vote, to elect to extend the date to consummate a business combination on a monthly basis for up to six times by an additional one month each time after the Extended Date, upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable deadline, for a total of up to nine months after the Original Termination Date, unless the closing of the proposed Business Combination with Suneva Medical, Inc. (“Suneva”) or any potential alternative initial business combination shall have occurred (the “Additional Extension Date”);

•        The Director Election Proposal — a proposal to re-elect the current five (5) directors to the Company’s Board;

•        The Auditor Ratification Proposal — a proposal to ratify appointment of Marcum LLP, as the Company’s independent accountants, for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021; and

•        The Adjournment Proposal — a proposal to approve the adjournment of the Meeting by the chairman thereof to a later date, if necessary, under certain circumstances, to solicit additional proxies for the purpose of approving the Extension Proposal, if a quorum is not present at the Annual Meeting, to amend the Extension Proposal, subject to Suneva’s consent, or to allow reasonable additional time for the filing or mailing of any supplemental or amended disclosure that the Company has determined in good faith after consultation with outside legal counsel is required under applicable law and for such supplemental or amended disclosure to be disseminated and reviewed by the Company’s stockholders prior to the Annual Meeting; provided that the Annual Meeting is reconvened as promptly as practical thereafter.

Your attention is directed to the Proxy Statement accompanying this Notice for a more complete statement of matters to be considered at the Annual Meeting.

The Company’s board of directors has fixed the close of business on January 28, 2022 as the date for determining the Company’s stockholders entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting and any adjournment thereof. Only holders of record of the Company’s common stock on that date are entitled to have their votes counted at the Annual Meeting or any adjournment thereof. A complete list of stockholders of record entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting will be available for ten days before the Annual Meeting at the Company’s principal executive offices for inspection by stockholders during ordinary business hours for any purpose germane to the Annual Meeting.

 

After careful consideration of all relevant factors, the Company’s board of directors recommends that you vote or give instructions to vote (i) “FOR” the Extension Proposal; (ii) “FOR” each of the directors as part of the Director Election proposal; (iii) “FOR” the Auditor Ratification Proposal; and (iv) “FOR” the Adjournment Proposal.

Enclosed is the proxy statement containing detailed information concerning the Extension Proposal, the Director Election Proposal, the Auditor Ratification Proposal, the Adjournment Proposal and the Annual Meeting. Whether or not you plan to virtually attend the Annual Meeting, we urge you to read this material carefully and vote your shares.

I look forward to seeing you at the meeting.

February 7, 2022

 

By Order of the Board of Directors

   

/s/ Jagi Gill

   

Chairman of the Board

Your vote is important. Please sign, date and return your proxy card as soon as possible to make sure that your shares are represented at the Annual Meeting. If you are a stockholder of record, you may also cast your vote in person at the Annual Meeting. If your shares are held in an account at a brokerage firm or bank, you must instruct your broker or bank how to vote your shares, or you may cast your vote in person at the Annual Meeting by obtaining a proxy from your brokerage firm or bank. Your failure to vote or instruct your broker or bank how to vote will have the same effect as voting against the proposal.

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on March 18, 2022: This notice of meeting, the accompany proxy statement, proxy card and annual report are available at https://www.cstproxy.com/viveon/2022. For banks and brokers, the notice of meeting and the accompany proxy statement are available at https://www.cstproxy.com/viveon/2022/proxy and the annual report is available at https://www.cstproxy.com/viveon/2022/ar.

 

VIVEON HEALTH ACQUISITION CORP.
c/o Gibson, Deal & Fletcher, PC
Spalding Exchange
3953 Holcomb Bridge Road
Suite 200
Norcross, Georgia 30092

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

TO BE HELD MARCH 18, 2022

PROXY STATEMENT

VIVEON HEALTH ACQUISITION CORP., (the “Company,” “Viveon,” “we,” “us” or “our”), a Delaware corporation, is providing this proxy statement in connection with the solicitation by the Company’s Board of Directors of proxies to be voted at the Annual Meeting to be held 10:30 a.m. ET on March 18, 2022. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company will be holding the Annual Meeting virtually via teleconference using the following dial-in information:

 

US/CANADA Toll-Free Dial-In Number:

 

813-308-9980

   

Conference ID:

 

173547

The Annual Meeting will be held for the sole purpose of considering and voting upon

•        The Extension Proposal — a proposal to amend (the “Extension Amendment”) the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “charter”) to (i) extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination for three months, from March 28, 2022 (the “Original Termination Date”) to June 28, 2022 (the “Extended Date”), and (ii) allow the Company, without another stockholder vote, to elect to extend the date to consummate a business combination on a monthly basis for up to six times by an additional one month each time after the Extended Date, upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable deadline, for a total of up to nine months after the Original Termination Date, unless the closing of the proposed Business Combination with Suneva or any potential alternative initial business combination shall have occurred (the “Additional Extension Date”);

•        The Director Election Proposal — a proposal to re-elect the current five (5) directors to the Company’s Board;

•        The Auditor Ratification Proposal — a proposal to ratify appointment of Marcum LLP, as the Company’s independent accountants, for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020; and

•        The Adjournment Proposal — a proposal to approve the adjournment of the Meeting by the chairman thereof to a later date, if necessary, under certain circumstances, to solicit additional proxies for the purpose of approving the Extension Proposal, if a quorum is not present at the Annual Meeting, to amend the Extension Proposal, subject to Suneva’s consent, or to allow reasonable additional time for the filing or mailing of any supplemental or amended disclosure that the Company has determined in good faith after consultation with outside legal counsel is required under applicable law and for such supplemental or amended disclosure to be disseminated and reviewed by the Company’s stockholders prior to the Annual Meeting; provided that the Annual Meeting is reconvened as promptly as practical thereafter.

On January 12, 2022, the Company announced that it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Suneva (the “Business Combination”). The Company will file a registration statement on Form S-4, including a preliminary proxy statement/prospectus (the “Business Combination Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the purpose of soliciting stockholder approval of the Business Combination at a special meeting of the Company’s stockholders as promptly as possible. If approved, the Company would consummate the Business Combination shortly thereafter.

The purpose of the Extension Proposal is to allow the Company additional time to complete the proposed Business Combination. The Company’s prospectus for its initial public offering (“IPO”) and its charter provide that the Company has until March 28, 2022 to complete an initial business combination. There is not sufficient time before March 28, 2022 for the Company to consummate the proposed Business Combination given the expected timetable for filing the Business Combination Registration Statement and having it declared effective prior to holding a special

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meeting of the Company’s stockholders to consider the proposed Business Combination. Accordingly, our board has determined that it is in the best interests of our stockholders to extend the date that the Company has to consummate an initial business combination. If the Extension Proposal is approved, the Company would have an additional nine months after the Original Termination Date to consummate the Business Combination or any potential alternative initial business combination, until December 28, 2022, which is a total of up to 24 months to complete an initial business combination after the Company’s initial public offering.

The Company has agreed that if the Extension Proposal is approved, prior to filing the Extension Amendment, it will make a deposit (each deposit being referred to herein as a “Deposit”) into the trust account established in connection with the IPO (the “trust account”) of $720,000. Such amount is based upon the assumption that 6,000,000 public shares (each a “Remaining Public Share,” and collectively, the “Remaining Public Shares”) will not be redeemed in connection with the Extension Proposal at a deposit price of $0.04 per Remaining Public Share per month, or $0.12 per Remaining Public Share for the first three months, in the aggregate. After the Extended Date, the Company shall deposit $0.04 per Remaining Public Share for each monthly period, or portion thereof, that is needed by the Company to complete an initial business combination between the Extended Date and the Additional Extension Date. If the Company does not have the funds necessary to make the Deposit referred to above, the Company’s Sponsor has agreed that it and/or any of its affiliates or designees will contribute to the Company as a loan (the Sponsor, affiliate or designee making the loan being referred to herein as a “Contributor” and each loan being referred to herein as a “Contribution”) the amounts described above for the Company to Deposit. Accordingly, if the Extension Proposal is approved and the Extension Amendment is filed and the Company takes the full time through the Extended Date to complete an initial business combination, the redemption amount per share at the meeting for such business combination or the Company’s subsequent liquidation will be approximately $10.34 per share (without taking into account any interest), in comparison to the current redemption amount of approximately $10.10 per share. The first Deposit or Contribution will be made prior to the filing of the Extension Amendment, if the Extension Proposal is approved. Each Deposit or Contribution after the Extended Date will be placed in the trust account no less than five business days prior to the beginning of such monthly period. If such Deposits or Contributions are not timely made, the Company must either (i) consummate an initial business combination prior to the next monthly period, or (ii) wind up the Company’s affairs and redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares in accordance with the same procedures set forth below that would be applicable if the Extension Proposal is not approved.

No Deposit or Contribution will be made unless the Extension Proposal is approved and the Company determines to file the Extension Amendment. The Contribution(s) will be repayable by the Company to the Contributor(s) upon consummation of the proposed Business Combination or a potential alternative initial business combination. The loans will be forgiven if the Company is unable to consummate the proposed Business Combination or a potential alternative initial business combination, except to the extent of any funds held outside of the trust account. The Company will have the sole discretion whether to extend for additional monthly periods after the Extended Date up to the Additional Extension Date. If the Company determines not to extend for additional monthly periods, the obligation to make additional Deposits or Contributions will terminate. If this occurs, or if the Company’s board of directors otherwise determines that the Company will not be able to consummate the proposed Business Combination by the Extended Date or the proposed Business Combination or potential alternative initial business combination by the Additional Extension Date (if necessary), and does not wish to seek an additional extension beyond such time, the Company would wind up the Company’s affairs and redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares in accordance with the same procedures set forth below that would be applicable if the Extension Proposal is not approved.

The Company’s board of directors has fixed the close of business on January 28, 2022 as the record date for determining the Company’s stockholders entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting and any adjournment thereof (the “Record Date”). On the record date, there were 25,156,250 outstanding shares of Company common stock, including 20,125,000 outstanding public shares. The Company’s warrants and rights do not have voting rights. Only holders of record of the Company’s common stock on the Record Date are entitled to have their votes counted at the Annual Meeting or any adjournment thereof. A complete list of stockholders of record entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting will be available for ten days before the Annual Meeting at the Company’s principal executive offices for inspection by stockholders during ordinary business hours for any purpose germane to the Annual Meeting.

This proxy statement contains important information about the Annual Meeting, the Extension Proposal, the Director Election Proposal, the Auditor Ratification Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal. Please read it carefully and vote your shares.

This proxy statement, together with the proxy card and 2020 Annual Report is dated February 7, 2022 and is first being mailed to stockholders on or about that date.

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE ANNUAL MEETING

These Questions and Answers are only summaries of the matters they discuss. They do not contain all of the information that may be important to you. You should carefully read the entire document, including the annexes to this proxy statement.

Q. What is being voted on?

 

A. You are being asked to vote on (i) a proposal to amend the Company’s charter to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination to the Extended Date, with optional additional extensions of up to six (6) times by an additional one month each time until the Additional Extension Date, unless the closing of the Business Combination or any potential alternative initial business combination shall have occurred; (ii) a proposal to re-elect the Company’s five (5) directors to the Company’s board of directors; (iii) a proposal to ratify appointment of Marcum LLP, as the Company’s independent accountants for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021; and (iv) a proposal to adjourn the Annual Meeting.

Q. Why is the Company proposing the Extension Amendment?

 

A. The Company is a blank check company formed in August 2020 for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. In December 2020, the Company consummated its IPO from which it derived gross proceeds of $201,250,000 (including $26,250,000 from the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option). Like most blank check companies, our charter provides for the return of the IPO proceeds held in the trust account to the holders of public shares if there is no qualifying business combination(s) consummated on or before a certain date, in our case, March 28, 2022.

   

On January 12, 2022, we announced that we entered into a definitive agreement to engage in the Business Combination. We will file with the SEC, as promptly as possible, the Business Combination Registration Statement for the purpose of registering stock to be issued to Suneva stockholders and soliciting Company stockholder approval of the Business Combination, and other proposals, at a special meeting of stockholders. If approved, we will consummate the Business Combination shortly thereafter.

   

Given our expenditure of time, effort, and money negotiating with and reaching a definitive agreement with Suneva, we believe that the circumstances warrant providing public stockholders an opportunity to consider the proposed Business Combination at a special meeting to be held to allow stockholders to approve the Business Combination. We do not believe that we will have sufficient time to consummate the Business Combination prior to March 28, 2022. Therefore, we are seeking approval of the Extension Proposal to file the Extension Amendment.

   

The board of directors believes that it is in the best interests of the stockholders to continue the Company’s existence in order to allow the Company more time to complete the proposed Business Combination. Accordingly, the Company’s board of directors is proposing the Extension Proposal to extend the Company’s corporate existence.

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YOU ARE NOT BEING ASKED TO VOTE ON THE BUSINESS COMBINATION AT THIS TIME. IF THE EXTENSION PROPOSAL IS APPROVED AND THE EXTENSION AMENDMENT IS FILED AND YOU DO NOT ELECT TO REDEEM YOUR PUBLIC SHARES NOW, YOU WILL RETAIN THE RIGHT TO VOTE ON THE BUSINESS COMBINATION WHEN IT IS SUBMITTED TO STOCKHOLDERS AND THE RIGHT TO REDEEM YOUR PUBLIC SHARES FOR A PRO RATA PORTION OF THE TRUST ACCOUNT IN THE EVENT THE BUSINESS COMBINATION IS APPROVED AND COMPLETED OR THE COMPANY HAS NOT CONSUMMATED A BUSINESS COMBINATION BY THE EXTENDED DATE (OR THE ADDITIONAL EXTENSION DATE, IF APPLICABLE).

Q. Why should I vote for the Extension Proposal?

 

A. The Company’s board of directors believes stockholders will benefit from the Company consummating the proposed Business Combination and is proposing the Extension Proposal to extend the date by which the Company has to complete the proposed Business Combination. Approval of the Extension Proposal would give the Company additional time to complete the proposed Business Combination or a potential alternative initial business combination and would allow you as a stockholder the benefit of voting for the proposed Business Combination or a potential alternative initial business combination and remaining a stockholder in the post-business combination company, if you desire.

   

Accordingly, we believe that the Extension Proposal is consistent with the spirit in which the Company offered its securities to the public in the IPO.

The Company has agreed that if the Extension Proposal is approved, prior to filing the Extension Amendment, it will Deposit into the trust account $720,000. Such amount is based upon the assumption that 6,000,000 public shares (each a “Remaining Public Share,” and collectively, the “Remaining Public Shares”) will not be redeemed in connection with the Extension Proposal at a deposit price of $0.04 per Remaining Public Share per month, or $0.12 per Remaining Public Share for the first three months, in the aggregate. After the Extended Date, the Company shall Deposit $0.04 per Remaining Public Share for each monthly period, or portion thereof, that is needed by the Company to complete the proposed Business Combination or a potential alternative initial business combination between the Extended Date and the Additional Extension Date (if needed). If the Company does not have the funds necessary to make the Deposits referred to above, the Sponsor and/or any of its affiliates or designees will make a Contribution to the Company (as a loan) in the amounts described above.

The first Deposit or Contribution will be made prior to the filing of the Extension Amendment, if the Extension Proposal is approved. Each Deposit or Contribution after the Extended Date will be placed in the trust account no less than five business days prior to the beginning of such monthly period. If such Deposits or Contributions are not timely made, the Company must either (i) consummate the proposed Business Combination or a potential alternative initial business combination prior to the next monthly period, or (ii) wind up the Company’s affairs and redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares in accordance with the same procedures set forth below that would be applicable if the Extension Proposal is not approved.

You will have redemption rights in connection with the Extension Proposal, however, you will not have any redemption rights in connection with the Company electing to extend on a monthly basis after the Extended Date until the Additional Extension Date.

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No Deposit or Contribution will be made unless the Extension Proposal is approved and the Company determines to file the Extension Amendment. The Contribution(s) will be repayable by the Company to the Contributor(s) upon consummation of the proposed Business Combination or a potential alternative initial business combination. The loans will be forgiven if the Company is unable to consummate the proposed Business Combination or a potential alternative initial business combination, except to the extent of any funds held outside of the trust account. The Company will have the sole discretion whether to extend for additional monthly periods after the Extended Date up to the Additional Extension Date. If the Company determines not to extend for additional monthly periods, the obligation to make additional Deposits or Contributions will terminate. If this occurs, or if the Company’s board of directors otherwise determines that the Company will not be able to consummate the proposed Business Combination or a potential alternative initial business combination by the Extended Date or by the Additional Extension Date, and does not wish to seek an additional extension beyond such time, the Company would wind up the Company’s affairs and redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares in accordance with the same procedures set forth below that would be applicable if the Extension Proposal is not approved.

Q. May I redeem my public shares in connection with the vote on the Extension Proposal?

 

Yes. Under our charter, the submission of a matter to amend our charter entitles holders of public shares to redeem their shares for their pro rata portion of the funds held in the trust account established at the time of the IPO. Holders of public shares do not need to vote against the Extension Proposal or be a holder of record on the record date to exercise their redemption rights.

   

If the Extension Proposal is approved and the Extension Amendment is filed with the Delaware Secretary of State, with respect to a holders right to redeem, the Company will (i) remove from the trust account an amount (the “Withdrawal Amount”) equal to the pro rata portion of funds available in the trust account relating to any public shares redeemed by holders in connection with the Extension Proposal, if any, and (ii) deliver to the holders of such redeemed public shares their pro rata portion of the Withdrawal Amount. The remainder of such funds shall remain in the trust account and be available for use by the Company to complete the proposed Business Combination or a potential alternative initial business combination on or before the Extended Date or the Additional Extension Date, if applicable. Holders of public shares who do not redeem their public shares now will retain their redemption rights and their ability to vote on the proposed Business Combination or a potential alternative initial business combination.

Q. Why is the Company proposing the proposal to elect directors, the proposal to ratify appointment of the Company’s independent accountants and the adjournment proposal?

 

A: The Director Election Proposal:    The Delaware General Corporate Law (the “DGCL”) requires corporations to hold elections for directors each year.

The Auditor Ratification Proposal:    The Company appointed Marcum LLP to serve as the Company’s independent accountants for the 2021 fiscal year. The Company elects to have its stockholders ratify such appointment.

The Adjournment Proposal:    To allow the Company more time to solicit additional proxies in favor of the Extension Proposal, in the event the Company does not have a quorum or does not receive the requisite stockholder vote to approve the Extension Proposal.

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Q. How do the Company’s executive officers, directors and affiliates intend to vote their shares?

 

A. All of the Company’s directors, executive officers and their respective affiliates, as well as the Sponsor, are expected to vote any common stock over which they have voting control (including any public shares owned by them) in favor of the Extension Proposal, the Director Election Proposal, the Auditor Ratification Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal.

   

The holders of the insider shares are not entitled to redeem such shares in connection with the Extension Proposal. On the Record Date, the 5,031,250 insider shares represented approximately 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock.

   

Neither the Company’s Sponsor, directors or executive officers nor any of their respective affiliates beneficially owned any public shares as of the Record Date. However, they may choose to buy public shares in the open market and/or through negotiated private purchases after the date of this proxy statement. In the event that purchases do occur, the purchasers may seek to purchase shares from stockholders who would otherwise have voted against the Extension Proposal and/or elected to redeem their shares. Any public shares so purchased will be voted in favor of the Extension Proposal.

Q. What vote is required to adopt the proposals?

 

A. Extension Proposal.    Approval of the Extension Proposal will require the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock, represented in person by virtual attendance or by proxy and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting or any adjournment thereof.

Director Election Proposal.    Approval of each of the directors being re-elected will require the affirmative vote of a plurality of the shares of the Company’s common stock, represented in person by virtual attendance or by proxy and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting on any adjournment thereof.

Auditor Ratification Proposal.    Approval of the Auditor Ratification Proposal requires affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock present in person by virtual attendance or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting or any adjournment thereof.

Adjournment Proposal.    Approval of the Adjournment Proposal requires the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock present in person by virtual attendance or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting or any adjournment thereof.

Q. What if I do not want to approve the Extension Proposal, the Director Election Proposal, the Auditor Ratification Proposal or the Adjournment Proposal?

 

A. If you do not want to approve the Extension Proposal, the Director Election Proposal, the Auditor Ratification Proposal or the Adjournment Proposal, you must abstain, not vote, or vote against each the proposal, or with respect to the Director Election Proposal, withhold your vote.

Q. Will you seek any further extensions to liquidate the trust account?

 

A. Other than the extensions until the Extended Date, or the Additional Extension Date(s), if applicable, as of the date of this proxy statement, we do not anticipate seeking any further extension to consummate a business combination, although we may determine to do so in the future, if necessary.

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Q. What happens if the Extension Proposal is not approved?

 

A. If the Extension Proposal is not approved at the Annual Meeting, we must take all necessary actions and hold additional stockholders’ meetings until March 28, 2022 to obtain the approval of the Extension Proposal. If the Extension Proposal is not approved on March 28, 2022 and we are unable to consummate the proposed Business Combination prior to or on March 28, 2022 we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including any interest but net of taxes payable, divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining stockholders and our board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject (in the case of (ii) and (iii) above) to our obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.

   

The holders of the insider shares waived their rights to participate in any liquidation distribution with respect to such shares. There will be no distribution from the trust account with respect to our rights and warrants which will expire worthless in the event we wind up. The Company will pay the costs of liquidation from its remaining assets outside of the trust account, which it believes are sufficient for such purposes. If such funds are insufficient, the Sponsor has agreed to advance the Company the funds necessary to complete such liquidation (currently anticipated to be no more than approximately $15,000) and has agreed not to seek repayment of such expenses.

Q. If the Extension Proposal is approved, what happens next?

 

A. If the Extension Proposal is approved, the Company will make the initial Deposit into the trust account, file the Extension Amendment with the Delaware Secretary of State and will continue to attempt to consummate the proposed Business Combination until the Extended Date, or the proposed Business Combination or a potential alternative initial business combination until the Additional Extension Date(s), if applicable, or the earlier date on which the Company’s board of directors otherwise determines in its sole discretion that it will not be able to consummate the proposed Business Combination by the Extended Date, or the proposed Business Combination or a potential alternative initial business combination by the Additional Extension Date(s), if applicable, and does not wish to seek an additional extension.

   

If the Extension Proposal is approved, the removal of the Withdrawal Amount from the trust account, if any, will reduce the amount remaining in the trust account and increase the percentage interest of Company shares held by the Company’s officers, directors and their affiliates.

Q. Would I still be able to exercise my redemption rights in the future if I vote against any subsequently proposed business combination?

 

A. Unless you elect to redeem your shares in connection with this stockholder vote to approve the Extension Proposal, you will be able to vote on any subsequently proposed business combination when it is submitted to stockholders. If you disagree with the business combination, you will retain your right to vote against it and/or redeem your public shares upon consummation of the business combination in connection with the stockholder vote to approve such business combination, subject to any limitations set forth in the charter.

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Q. How do I change my vote?

 

A. If you have submitted a proxy to vote your shares and wish to change your vote, or revoke your proxy, you may do so by delivering a later-dated, signed proxy card to Advantage Proxy, Inc., Attention: Karen Smith, Toll Free: 877-870-8565, Collect: 1-206-870-8565, E-mail: ksmith@advantageproxy.com, the Company’s proxy solicitor, prior to the date of the Annual Meeting.

Q. How are votes counted?

 

A. The Company’s proxy solicitor, Advantage Proxy, will be appointed as inspector of election for the meeting. Votes will be counted by the inspector of election, who will separately count “FOR” and “AGAINST” votes, abstentions, and broker non-votes.

Extension Proposal.    The Extension Proposal must be approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock as of the Record Date.

With respect to the Extension Proposal, abstentions and broker non-votes will have the same effect as “AGAINST” votes.

Director Election Proposal.    The Director Election Proposal will be approved by the affirmative vote of a plurality of the shares of the Company’s common stock, represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to this proposal will have no effect on the vote.

Auditor Ratification Proposal.    The Auditor Ratification of Proposal will be approved by the majority of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock present in person by virtual attendance or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting or any adjournment thereof. Abstentions with respect to this proposal will have the effect of a vote “AGAINST” such proposal. Broker non-votes with respect to this proposal will have no effect on the vote.

Adjournment Proposal.    The Adjournment Proposal will be approved by the majority of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock present in person by virtual attendance or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting or any adjournment thereof. Abstentions with respect to this proposal will have the effect of a vote “AGAINST” such proposal. Broker non-votes with respect to this proposal will have no effect on the vote.

Q. If my shares are held in “street name,” will my broker automatically vote them for me?

 

A. The Extension Proposal and the Director Election Proposal are non-discretionary items. Your broker can vote your shares for those proposals only if you provide instructions on how to vote. If your shares are held by your broker as your nominee (that is, in “street name”), you may need to obtain a proxy form from the institution that holds your shares and follow the instructions included on that form regarding how to instruct your broker to vote your shares. If you do not give instructions to your broker, your broker can vote your shares with respect to “discretionary” items, but not with respect to “non-discretionary” items. Discretionary items are proposals considered routine under the rules of the New York Stock Exchange applicable to member brokerage firms. These rules provide that for routine matters your broker has the discretion to vote shares held in street name in the absence of your voting instructions. On non-discretionary items for which you do not give your broker instructions, the shares will be treated as broker non-votes.

Your brokers can use their discretionary authority to vote shares with respect to the Auditor Ratification Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal.

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Q. What is a quorum requirement?

 

A. A quorum of stockholders is necessary to hold a valid meeting. A quorum will be present if at least a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock on the Record Date are represented by stockholders present at the meeting or by proxy.

   

Your shares will be counted towards the quorum only if you submit a valid proxy (or one is submitted on your behalf by your broker, bank or other nominee) or if you vote in person at the Annual Meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes will be counted towards the quorum requirement. If there is no quorum, a majority of the votes represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting may adjourn the Annual Meeting to another date.

Q. Who can vote at the Annual Meeting?

 

A. Only holders of record of the Company’s common stock at the close of business on January 28, 2022 are entitled to have their vote counted at the Annual Meeting and any adjournments or postponements thereof. On the Record Date, there were 25,156,250 outstanding shares of Company common stock, including 20,125,000 outstanding public shares.

   

Stockholder of Record: Shares Registered in Your Name.    If on the Record Date your shares were registered directly in your name with the Company’s transfer agent, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, then you are a stockholder of record. As a stockholder of record, you may vote in person at the Annual Meeting or vote by proxy. Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting virtually, we urge you to fill out and return the enclosed proxy card to ensure your vote is counted.

   

Beneficial Owner: Shares Registered in the Name of a Broker or Bank.    If on the Record Date your shares were held, not in your name, but rather in an account at a brokerage firm, bank, dealer, or other similar organization, then you are the beneficial owner of shares held in “street name” and these proxy materials are being forwarded to you by that organization. As a beneficial owner, you have the right to direct your broker or other agent on how to vote the shares in your account. You are also invited to attend the Annual Meeting. However, since you are not the stockholder of record, you may not vote your shares in person at the Annual Meeting unless you request and obtain a valid proxy from your broker or other agent.

Q. Does the board recommend voting for the Extension Proposal, the Director Election Proposal, the Auditor Ratification Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal?

 

A. Yes. The board of directors recommends that the Company’s stockholders vote “FOR” the Extension Proposal, the Director Election Proposal, the Auditor Ratification Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal.

Q. What interests do the Company’s directors and officers have in the approval of the Extension Proposal?

 

A. The Company’s directors, officers and their affiliates have interests in the Extension Proposal that may be different from, or in addition to, your interests as a stockholder. These interests include, but are not limited to, beneficial ownership of insider shares and warrants that will become worthless if the Extension Proposal is not approved, loans by them that will not be repaid in the event of our winding up and the possibility of future compensatory arrangements. See the section entitled “Interests of the Company’s Directors and Officers.”

Q. What if I object to the Extension Proposal? Do I have appraisal rights?

 

A. Company stockholders do not have appraisal rights in connection with the Extension Proposal under the DGCL.

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Q. What happens to the Company’s warrants and rights if the Extension Proposal is not approved?

 

A. If the Extension Proposal is not approved at the Annual Meeting, we must take all necessary actions and hold additional stockholders’ meetings until March 28, 2022 to obtain the approval of the Extension Proposal. If the Extension Proposal is not approved on March 28, 2022 and the proposed Business Combination is not consummated by March 28, 2022, we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including any interest but net of taxes payable, divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining stockholders and our board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject (in the case of (ii) and (iii) above) to our obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. In such event, your warrants and rights will become worthless.

Q. What do I need to do now?

 

A. The Company urges you to read carefully and consider the information contained in this proxy statement and to consider how the Extension Proposal, the Director Election Proposal, the Auditor Ratification Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal will affect you as a Company stockholder. You should then vote as soon as possible in accordance with the instructions provided in this proxy statement and on the enclosed proxy card.

Q. How do I redeem my shares of Company common stock?

 

A. In connection with the Annual Meeting and the vote on the Extension Proposal, each public stockholder may seek to redeem its public shares for a pro rata portion of the funds available in the trust account, less any taxes we anticipate will be owed on such funds but have not yet been paid. Holders of public shares do not need to vote on the Extension Proposal or be a holder of record on the record date to exercise redemption rights.

   

To demand redemption, you must either physically tender your stock certificates to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the Company’s transfer agent, at Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, 1 State Street, New York, New York 10004, Attn: Mark Zimkind, mzimkind@continentalstock.com, no later than two business days prior to the Annual Meeting or deliver your shares to the transfer agent electronically using The Depository Trust Company’s DWAC (Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian) System, which election would likely be determined based on the manner in which you hold your shares. You will only be entitled to receive cash in connection with a redemption of these shares if you continue to hold them until the effective date of the Extension.

Q. What should I do if I receive more than one set of voting materials?

 

A. You may receive more than one set of voting materials, including multiple copies of this proxy statement and multiple proxy cards or voting instruction cards, if your shares are registered in more than one name or are registered in different accounts. For example, if you hold your shares in more than one brokerage account, you will receive a separate voting instruction card for each brokerage account in which you hold shares. Please complete, sign, date and return each proxy card and voting instruction card that you receive in order to cast a vote with respect to all of your Company shares.

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Q. Who is paying for this proxy solicitation?

 

A. The Company will pay for the entire cost of soliciting proxies. In addition to these mailed proxy materials, our directors and officers may also solicit proxies in person, by telephone or by other means of communication. Our officers and directors will not be paid any additional compensation for soliciting proxies. We have also engaged Advantage Proxy to solicit proxies on our behalf. We will pay Advantage Proxy approximately $8,500 in fees plus disbursements for such services. We may also reimburse brokerage firms, banks and other agents for the cost of forwarding proxy materials to beneficial owners.

Q. Who can help answer my questions?

 

A. If you have questions about the proposals or if you need additional copies of the proxy statement or the enclosed proxy card you should contact:

Advantage Proxy, Inc.
Toll Free: 1-877-870-8565
Collect: 1-206-870-8565
Email: ksmith@advantageproxy.com

   

You may also obtain additional information about the Company from documents filed with the SEC by following the instructions in the section entitled “Where You Can Find More Information.”

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

We believe that some of the information in this proxy statement constitutes forward-looking statements. You can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as “may,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “contemplate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “intends,” and “continue” or similar words. You should read statements that contain these words carefully because they:

•        discuss future expectations;

•        contain projections of future results of operations or financial condition; or

•        state other “forward-looking” information.

We believe it is important to communicate our expectations to our stockholders. However, there may be events in the future that we are not able to predict accurately or over which we have no control. The cautionary language discussed in this proxy statement provide examples of risks, uncertainties and events that may cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations described by us in such forward-looking statements, including, among other things, claims by third parties against the trust account, unanticipated delays in the distribution of the funds from the trust account and the Company’s ability to finance and consummate a business combination following the distribution of funds from the trust account. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this proxy statement.

All forward-looking statements included herein attributable to the Company or any person acting on the Company’s behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section. Except to the extent required by applicable laws and regulations, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this proxy statement or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

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BACKGROUND

The Company

We are a Delaware company incorporated on August 7, 2020 for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities.

In December 2020, we consummated our IPO of 20,125,000 units, including 2,625,000 units that were subject to the underwriters’ over-allotment option, with each unit consisting of one share of common stock and one redeemable warrant, with each warrant to purchase one half of a share of common stock, and one right to receive one-twentieth (1/20) of a share of common stock. The units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds of $201,250,000.

Prior to our IPO, we issued an aggregate of 5,031,250 insider shares for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000.

Simultaneous with the consummation of the IPO, we consummated the private placement of an aggregate of 18,000,000 private warrants at a price of $0.50 per private warrant, generating total proceeds of $9,000,000.

On January 12, 2022, the Company announced that it entered into a definitive agreement to engage in the Business Combination. The Company will file the Business Combination Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the purpose of soliciting stockholder approval of the proposed Business Combination at a special meeting of the Company’s stockholders as promptly as possible. If approved, the Company would consummate the Business Combination shortly thereafter.

The Company’s principal executive office is located at c/o Gibson, Deal & Fletcher, PC, Spalding Exchange, 3953 Holcomb Bridge Road, Suite 200, Norcross Georgia 30092.

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PROPOSAL 1

THE EXTENSION PROPOSAL

The Extension Proposal

The Company is proposing to amend its charter to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination to the Extended Date of June 28, 2022. This amendment is necessary because the Company does not have sufficient time to complete the proposed Business Combination or any potential alternative initial business combination by the March 28, 2022 deadline in the Company’s charter. The amendment would also allow the Company, in its sole discretion, upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable deadline, to elect to extend after the Extended Date six times by an additional one month each time after the Extended Date for a total of up to nine months after the Original Termination Date, unless the Business Combination or any potential alternative initial business combination has closed. The Additional Extension Date is December 28, 2022, which is 24 months after the Company’s initial public offering. The Extension Proposal is essential to the overall implementation of the board of directors’ plan to allow the Company more time to complete the proposed Business Combination. Approval of the Extension Proposal is a condition to the filing of the Extension Amendment. A copy of the Extension Amendment to the charter of the Company is attached to this proxy statement as Annex A.

All holders of the Company’s public shares, whether they vote for or against the Extension Proposal or do not vote at all, will be permitted to redeem all or a portion of their public shares into their pro rata portion of the trust account, provided that the Extension Proposal is approved. Holders of public shares do not need to be a holder of record on the record date in order to exercise redemption rights. If approved, we will not file the Extension Amendment if we do not have at least $5,000,001 of net tangible assets following approval of the Extension Proposal, after taking into account the Redemption.

The per-share pro rata portion of the trust account on the Record Date after taking into account taxes owed but not paid by such date (which is expected to be the same approximate amount two business days prior to the Annual Meeting) was approximately $10.10. The closing price of the Company’s common stock on the Record Date was $10.05. The Company cannot assure stockholders that they will be able to sell their shares of Company common stock in the open market, even if the market price per share is higher than the redemption price stated above, as there may not be sufficient liquidity in its securities when such stockholders wish to sell their shares.

The Company has agreed that if the Extension Proposal is approved, prior to filing the Extension Amendment, it will deposit into the trust account $720,000 (the “Deposit”). After the Extended Date, the Company shall deposit $240,000 for each monthly period, or portion thereof, that is needed by the Company to complete the proposed Business Combination between the Extended Date and the Additional Extension Date. In the event that the proposed Business Combination is not completed by September 12, 2022 and the proposed Business Combination is terminated by the parties, the Company may not have sufficient time to negotiate and enter into an alternative initial business combination by the Additional Extension Date.

If the Company does not have the funds necessary to make the Deposit referred to above, the Company’s Sponsor has agreed that it and/or any of its affiliates or designees will make a Contribution to the Company as a loan, in the amounts described above, for the Company to Deposit. Each Deposit or Contribution after the Extended Date will be placed in the trust account no less than five business days prior to the beginning of such monthly period. The first Deposit or Contribution will be made prior to the filing of the Extension Amendment, if the Extension Proposal is approved. If such Deposits or Contributions are not timely made, the Company must either (i) consummate an initial business combination prior to the next monthly period, or (ii) wind up the Company’s affairs and redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares in accordance with the same procedures set forth below that would be applicable if the Extension Proposal is not approved.

No Deposit or Contribution will be made unless the Extension Proposal is approved and the Company determines to file the Extension Amendment. The Contribution(s) will be repayable by the Company to the Contributor(s) upon consummation of an initial business combination. The loans will be forgiven if the Company is unable to consummate an initial business combination except to the extent of any funds held outside of the trust account. The Company will have the sole discretion whether to continue extending for additional monthly periods after the Extended Date and up to the Additional Extension Date. If the Company determines not to continue extending for additional monthly periods, the obligation to make additional Deposits or Contributions will terminate. If this occurs, or if the Company’s

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board of directors otherwise determines that the Company will not be able to consummate the proposed Business Combination by the Extended Date or the proposed Business Combination or a potential alternative initial business combination by the Additional Extension Date, and does not wish to seek an additional extension beyond such time, the Company would wind up the Company’s affairs and redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares in accordance with the same procedures set forth below that would be applicable if the Extension Proposal is not approved.

Reasons for the Extension Proposal

The Company’s IPO prospectus and charter provide that the Company has until March 28, 2022 to complete a business combination. On January 12, 2022, the Company announced that it entered into a definitive agreement for the Business Combination with Suneva. The Company will file the Business Combination Registration Statement for the purpose of soliciting stockholder approval of the proposed Business Combination at a special meeting of stockholders. If approved, the Company would then consummate the Business Combination shortly thereafter. The Company does not have sufficient time to complete the proposed Business Combination or any potential alternative initial business combination by the March 28, 2022 deadline in the Company’s charter.

The Company believes that given its expenditure of time, effort, and money searching for potential business combination opportunities and the fact that the board of directors has approved and agreed to recommend the proposed Business Combination, the public stockholders of the Company should be given an opportunity to consider and vote on the Business Combination. Accordingly, the Company has determined to seek stockholder approval to extend the time for closing a business combination beyond March 28, 2022. The Company and its officers and directors agreed that it would not seek to amend the Company’s charter to allow for a longer period of time to complete a business combination unless it provided holders of public shares with the right to seek redemption of their public shares in connection therewith.

If the Extension Amendment Is Not Approved

If the Extension Amendment is not approved at the Annual Meeting, we must take all necessary actions and hold additional stockholders’ meetings until March 28, 2022 to obtain the approval of the Extension Proposal. If the Extension Proposal is not approved on March 28, 2022, we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including any interest but net of taxes payable, divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining stockholders and our board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject (in the case of (ii) and (iii) above) to our obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.

If the Extension Proposal is not approved, the Company or Contributor(s), as applicable, will not make the Deposit or Contribution, as applicable.

The holders of the insider shares have waived their rights to participate in any liquidation distribution with respect to such shares. There will be no distribution from the trust account with respect to the Company’s warrants and rights which will expire worthless in the event the Extension Amendment is not approved. The Company will pay the costs of liquidation from its remaining assets outside of the trust account. If such funds are insufficient, the Sponsor has agreed to advance the funds necessary to complete such liquidation (currently anticipated to be no more than approximately $15,000) and has agreed not to seek repayment of such expenses.

If the Extension Amendment is Approved

If the Extension Amendment is approved, the Company will file an amendment to the charter with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in the form of Annex A hereto to extend the time it has to complete a business combination until the Extended Date and to permit the Company, in its sole discretion, upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable deadline, to elect to extend after the Extended Date up to six (6) times by an additional one month each time, unless the closing of the Business Combination or a potential alternative business combination shall have occurred. The Additional Extension Date is December 28, 2022, which is 24 months after the Company’s initial

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public offering. The Company will continue to attempt to consummate the proposed Business Combination until the Extended Date or the Additional Extension Date, if necessary, or until the Company’s board of directors determines in its sole discretion that it will not be able to consummate the proposed Business Combination or a potential alternative business combination and does not wish to seek an additional extension. The Company will remain a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and its units, common stock, warrants and rights will remain publicly traded during the extension period.

YOU ARE NOT BEING ASKED TO VOTE ON ANY BUSINESS COMBINATION AT THIS TIME. IF THE EXTENSION PROPOSAL IS APPROVED AND THE EXTENSION AMENDMENT IS FILED AND YOU DO NOT ELECT TO REDEEM YOUR PUBLIC SHARES NOW, YOU WILL RETAIN THE RIGHT TO VOTE ON ANY PROPOSED BUSINESS COMBINATION WHEN AND IF IT IS SUBMITTED TO STOCKHOLDERS AND THE RIGHT TO REDEEM YOUR PUBLIC SHARES FOR A PRO RATA PORTION OF THE TRUST ACCOUNT IN THE EVENT THE PROPOSED BUSINESS COMBINATION IS APPROVED AND COMPLETED.

Redemption Rights

If the Extension Proposal is approved, and the Extension Amendment is filed, each public stockholder may seek to redeem its public shares for a pro rata portion of the funds available in the trust account, less any taxes we anticipate will be owed, but have not yet been paid, calculated as of two business days prior to the meeting. Holders of public shares do not need to vote on the Extension Amendment or be a holder of record on the record date to exercise redemption rights.

If the Extension Proposal is approved and the Extension Amendment is filed with the Delaware Secretary of State, the Company will (i) remove from the trust account an amount (the “Withdrawal Amount”) equal to the pro rata portion of funds available in the trust account relating to any public shares redeemed by holders in connection with the Extension Proposal, if any, and (ii) deliver to the holders of such redeemed public shares their pro rata portion of the Withdrawal Amount. The remainder of such funds shall remain in the trust account and be available for use by the Company to complete a business combination on or before the Extended Date or the Additional Extension Date(s), if applicable. Holders of public shares who do not redeem their public shares now will retain their redemption rights and their ability to vote on a business combination through the Extended Date, or the Additional Extension Date(s), if applicable, if the Extension Proposal is approved and the Extension Amendment is filed.

If the Extension Proposal is approved, and the Extension Amendment is filed, the removal of the Withdrawal Amount from the trust account, if any, will reduce the Company’s net asset value. The Company cannot predict the amount that will remain in the trust account if the Extension Proposal is approved, and the amount remaining in the trust account may be only a small fraction of the approximately $203.3 million (actual value $203,284,715.92) that was in the trust account as of the Record Date. However, we will not proceed if we do not have at least $5,000,001 of net tangible assets following approval of the Extension Proposal (after taking into account the redemption of public shares).

TO DEMAND REDEMPTION, YOU MUST EITHER PHYSICALLY TENDER YOUR STOCK CERTIFICATES TO CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, THE COMPANY’S TRANSFER AGENT, AT CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, 1 STATE STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10004, ATTN: MARK ZIMKIND, MZIMKIND@CONTINENTALSTOCK.COM, NO LATER THAN TWO BUSINESS DAYS PRIOR TO THE VOTE FOR THE EXTENSION AMENDMENT OR DELIVER YOUR SHARES TO THE TRANSFER AGENT ELECTRONICALLY USING THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY’S DWAC (DEPOSIT/WITHDRAWAL AT CUSTODIAN) SYSTEM.

The requirement for physical or electronic delivery prior to the vote at the Annual Meeting ensures that a redeeming holder’s election is irrevocable once the Extension Proposal is approved. In furtherance of such irrevocable election, stockholders making the election will not be able to tender their shares after the vote at the Annual Meeting.

The electronic delivery process through the DWAC system can be accomplished by the stockholder, whether or not it is a record holder or its shares are held in “street name,” by contacting the transfer agent or its broker and requesting delivery of its shares through the DWAC system. Delivering shares physically may take significantly longer. In order to obtain a physical stock certificate, a stockholder’s broker and/or clearing broker, DTC, and the Company’s transfer agent will need to act together to facilitate this request. There is a nominal cost associated with the above -referenced tendering process and the act of certificating the shares or delivering them through the DWAC system.

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The transfer agent will typically charge the tendering broker a nominal amount and the broker would determine whether or not to pass this cost on to the redeeming holder. It is the Company’s understanding that stockholders should generally allot at least two weeks to obtain physical certificates from the transfer agent. The Company does not have any control over this process or over the brokers or DTC, and it may take longer than two weeks to obtain a physical stock certificate. Such stockholders will have less time to make their investment decision than those stockholders that deliver their shares through the DWAC system. Stockholders who request physical stock certificates and wish to redeem may be unable to meet the deadline for tendering their shares before exercising their redemption rights and thus will be unable to redeem their shares.

Certificates that have not been tendered in accordance with these procedures prior to the vote for the Extension Proposal will not be redeemed into a pro rata portion of the funds held in the trust account. In the event that a public stockholder tenders its shares and decides prior to the vote at the Annual Meeting that it does not want to redeem its shares, the stockholder may withdraw the tender. If you delivered your shares for redemption to our transfer agent and decide prior to the vote at the Annual Meeting not to redeem your shares, you may request that our transfer agent return the shares (physically or electronically). You may make such request by contacting our transfer agent at address listed above. In the event that a public stockholder tenders shares, and the Extension Proposal is not approved or is abandoned, these shares will be redeemed in accordance with the terms of the charter promptly following the meeting, as described elsewhere herein. The Company anticipates that a public stockholder who tenders shares for redemption in connection with the vote to approve the Extension Proposal would receive payment of the redemption price for such shares soon after the filing of the Extension Amendment. The transfer agent will hold the certificates of public stockholders that make the election until such shares are redeemed for cash or redeemed in connection with our winding up.

The per-share pro rata portion of the trust account on the Record Date after taking into account taxes owed but not paid by such date (which is expected to be the same approximate amount two business days prior to the Annual Meeting) was approximately $10.10. The closing price of the Company’s common stock on the Record Date was $10.05. The Company cannot assure stockholders that they will be able to sell their shares of Company common stock in the open market, even if the market price per share is higher than the redemption price stated above, as there may not be sufficient liquidity in its securities when such stockholders wish to sell their shares.

If you exercise your redemption rights, you will be exchanging your shares of the Company’s common stock for cash and will no longer own the shares. You will be entitled to receive cash for these shares only if you properly demand redemption by tendering your stock certificate(s) to the Company’s transfer agent prior to the vote for the Extension Proposal If the Extension Proposal is not approved or if it is abandoned, these shares will be redeemed in accordance with the terms of the charter promptly following the meeting as described elsewhere herein.

Required Vote.

The Extension Proposal must be approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock as of the Record Date. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have the same effect as votes “AGAINST” the Extension Proposal.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE
“FOR” THE EXTENSION PROPOSAL.

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PROPOSAL 2

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

Nominees of the Board of Directors

Our board of directors currently consists of five directors: Jagi Gill, Rom Papadopoulos, Demetrios (Jim) G. Logothetis, Brian Cole and Doug Craft.

Our board of directors has nominated the persons identified below for re-election as directors, to serve until the next annual meeting and their successors have been elected and qualified If any nominee becomes unavailable for election, which is not expected, the persons named in the accompanying proxy intend to vote for any substitute whom the Board nominates.

If a quorum is present at the Annual Meeting, the nominees for directors will be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote in the election.

Name

 

Age

 

Other positions with the Company;

 

Has served as the
Company director since

Jagi Gill

 

56

 

Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman

 

August 2020

Rom Papadopoulos

 

63

 

Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary and Director

 

August 2020

Demetrios (Jim) G. Logothetis

 

65

 

Independent Director

 

April 2021

Brian Cole

 

59

 

Independent Director

 

December 2020

Doug Craft

 

59

 

Independent Director

 

December 2020

The following sets forth certain information with respect to our director nominees.

Jagi Gill, PhD is our Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of our board of directors. Dr. Gill has more than 20 years of healthcare investment and general management experience. From 2017 to 2020, he served as the Vice-President of Business Development and General Manager of AcuVentures, a business unit within Acumed LLC, a Berkshire Hathaway Company. Acumed LLC is a market leader in the orthopedic sector with particular strength in the upper extremity fracture repair and trauma market segments. As the General Manager, Dr. Gill led two business units, Rib Fixation and the Soft Tissue Repair, with responsibilities for product development, sales, marketing and profitability. Under his leadership, the business units grew 2-3x faster than their market segment. In addition to general management responsibilities, Dr. Gill was involved in sourcing, closing and integrating four acquisitions within the orthopedic sector for Acumed. These transactions ranged from technology acquisitions serving as tuck-in product integrations to stand alone companies with global revenue. From 2009 to 2017, he was the Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Board Member of Tenex Health a privately held orthopedic sports medicine company. In this capacity he patented, designed and developed the initial platform technology intended to treat chronic tendon pain. Under his leadership, Tenex Health launched commercially, generated positive operating income, secured FDA regulatory approval, developed a manufacturing and operations infrastructure, and established sales channels serving the outpatient Ambulatory Surgery Centers. Before founding Tenex Health, Dr. Gill was the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of OrthoCor, a company providing non-invasive pain management technology, from 2007 to 2009, while also serving on an advisory and consulting capacity to a number of medical technology companies. OrthoCor developed and commercialized orthopedic knee braces integrating pulsed electromagnetic technology to address chronic pain associated with trauma or osteoarthritis. Prior to this, he served in executive business development roles for Boston Scientific Corporation from 2001 to 2007 where he was involved in sourcing and supporting the acquisition of private companies which collectively accounted for more than $750 million in enterprise value. While at Boston Scientific, he was involved in the investments in, and acquisition of, the following private companies: Advanced Bionics (implantable neurostimulation), Cameron Health (implantable cardiac rhythm management), Innercool (systemic hypothermia for recovery from cardiac arrest), Orqis Medical (heart failure treatment) and Kerberos (endovascular thrombectomy). Dr. Gill completed his BSc and MSc in Anatomy from McGill University and PhD in Neuroscience from Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. We believe we will be able to capitalize on Dr. Gill’s experience and accomplishments in the orthopedic and spine markets, along with his relationships among executives in the target companies, their supply chains, and their customer networks, to successfully close a business combination.

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Rom Papadopoulos, M.D. is our Chief Financial Officer and director. Dr. Papadopoulos has more than 25 years of healthcare investment and operational experience. From 2006 to June 2020, Dr. Papadopoulos was the Founder and Managing Partner of Intuitus Capital, a private equity firm actively investing in the healthcare sector. At Intuitus, he led investments in more than 30 companies with a total of more than $700 million in enterprise value. Prior to founding Intuitus Capital, Dr. Papadopoulos was Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operations Officer, Corporate Executive Vice President and Corporate Secretary of Global Energy Holdings (NYSE Amex: GNH). While at GNH, he created and executed the company’s repositioning from traditional markets to renewable energy. He was responsible for coordinating all aspects of the financial management of the company including cash management and treasury, risk management, audit functions, SEC reporting and compliance as well as HR functions and employee policies. Dr. Papadopoulos was an early investor in Tenex Health Inc., a medical device company engaged in the manufacturing and sale of minimally invasive high frequency technology used to perform percutaneous tenotomy and fasciotomy. He eventually became the interim CFO for the company until September 2013. In this capacity, he was an integral part of the team seeking and completing acquisitions for the company. From 2002 to 2006, Dr. Papadopoulos was the Managing Director and head of healthcare investment banking for Caymus Partners, a middle market investment banking firm. Dr. Papadopoulos received his medical degree (M.D.) from the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece, Medical School in 1985 and conducted his post-graduate training in Pediatrics at Emory University in 1986. We believe that Dr. Papadopoulos is qualified to sit on our board due to his years of experience in the healthcare industry, as a clinician as well as an investor who possesses unique insight into medical technology assets, in addition to his strong financial credentials.

Demetrios (Jim) G. Logothetis, is one of our directors and served as Senior Advisor in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of the Assistant Secretary and Chief Financial Officer where he led the Audit Coordination Committee for Ginnie Mae, a government corporation within HUD from May 2020 to November 2020. Mr. Logothetis retired from Ernst & Young (EY) effective in June 2019 extending three years beyond normal retirement at the request of the EY Executive Board. Throughout his forty-year career with EY, from January 1979 to June 2019, Mr. Logothetis served some of EY’s largest global clients as lead audit partner, and fulfilled senior leadership roles within the firm, from offices in Chicago, Frankfurt Germany, New York, London England, and Atlanta. Mr. Logothetis has served over the years on the boards of several non-profit organizations, including The National Board of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Americas where he served on the audit committee; The Archbishop Lakovos Leadership 100 Endowment Fund where he serves as Vice Chair, The American College of Greece where he serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees; The Board of National Hellenic Museum; Founder and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Hellenic American Academy, one of the largest Greek American schools in the United States; and founding Chairman of the Foundation for Hellenic Education and Culture. Mr. Logothetis holds an M.B.A. degree in Accounting, Finance and International Business from The University of Chicago Booth Graduate School of Business and a B.S.C degree in Accountancy from DePaul University. Mr. Logothetis is also a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Management Accountant. Mr. Logothetis has taught many EY training programs as well as graduate accounting classes at DePaul University. Mr. Logothetis served for several years on the DePaul University, Richard H. Driehaus College of Business advisory council, and since 2017 on the board of Trustees of the University as vice-chair, and then chair of the audit committee and member of the finance committee. Mr. Logothetis has also served as a member of the Trusteeship and Finance Committees for DePaul University.

Brian Cole MD, MBA is one of our directors, and the Managing Partner of Midwest Orthopedics at Rush in Chicago, the lead executive for this large specialty practice which is consistently ranked as one of the top orthopedic groups by US News & World Report. Dr. Cole is a Professor in the Department of Orthopedics with a conjoint appointment in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at Rush University Medical Center. In 2015, he was appointed as an Associate-Chairman of the Department of Orthopedics at Rush. In 2011, he was appointed as Chairman of Surgery at Rush Oak Park Hospital. He is the Section Head of the Cartilage Research and Restoration Center at Rush specializing in the treatment of arthritis in young active patients with a focus on regenerative medicine and biologic alternatives to surgery. He also serves as the head of the Orthopedic Master’s Training Program and trains residents and fellows in sports medicine and research. He lectures nationally and internationally and holds several leadership positions in prominent sports medicine societies. Through his basic science and clinical research, he has developed several innovative techniques with several patents for the treatment of shoulder, elbow and knee conditions. He has published more than 1,000 articles and 10 widely read textbooks in orthopedics and regenerative medicine. In addition to his academic accomplishments, Dr. Cole currently serves in many senior leadership roles in organizations such as President of the Arthroscopy Association of North America, President of the Ortho-regeneration Network Foundation, and Secretary General (Presidential-line) International Cartilage Repair Society. Dr. Cole is frequently chosen as one of the “Best Doctors in America” since 2004 and as a “Top Doctor” in the Chicago metro area since 2003. In 2006, he was featured on the cover of Chicago

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Magazine as “Chicago’s Top Doctor” and was selected as NBA Team Physician of the Year in 2009. Orthopedics This Week has named Dr. Cole as one of the top 20 sports medicine, knee and shoulder specialists repeatedly over the last 5 years as selected by his peers. He is the head team physician for the Chicago Bulls NBA team, co-team physician for the Chicago White Sox MLB team and DePaul University in Chicago. Dr. Cole was awarded his medical degree from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He completed his residency in Orthopedic Surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery — Cornell Medical Center in New York and his fellowship in Sports Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh.

Doug Craft is one of our directors, and the Chief Executive Officer of Atlanta-based Medicraft, Inc., which is one of the largest independent agents for Medtronic, the world leader in medical technology and pioneering therapies. He has devoted his entire career to the medical industry, initially concentrating in the sale of spinal implants, which he continues today. Mr. Craft has extensive relationships with health care systems, surgeons and other senior health care professionals across the nation. Over the past three decades his commercial interests have expanded to include evaluating, consulting and developing businesses in the medical field generally, including but not limited to neuro-intraoperative monitoring, biologic agents, orthopedic reconstruction implants, surgical navigation systems, regenerative kidney technology, trans-catheter cardiac valves and spinal implant device design. He has funded and started over 12 businesses in the Orthopedic, Spine and Neurological segments such as Biocraft Inc, Orthocraft Inc, Neurocraft Inc, Pharmacraft, Premier Medical Systems, and Diamond Orthopedics. Early in his career, he was one of the first agents for Danek a publicly traded spinal implant company which merged with Sofamor to become Sofamor-Danek and relisting on the NYSE. Sofamor-Danek was acquired by Medtronic in 1999 for $3.7 billion. Mr. Craft is a highly experienced entrepreneur who is continually exploring opportunities to multiply investments in medical businesses and technologies. Mr. Craft earned a B.S. degree in biomedical engineering from Mississippi State University, and is a Distinguished Fellow of the College of Engineering at Mississippi State University.

Board Operations

Mr. Gill holds the positions of chief executive officer and chairman of the Board. The Board believes that Mr. Gill’s services as both chief executive officer and chairman of the Board is in the best interest of the Company and its stockholders. Mr. Gill possesses detailed and in-depth knowledge of the issues, opportunities and challenges facing the Company in its business and is thus best positioned to develop agendas that ensure that the Board’s time and attention are focused on the most critical matters relating to the business of the Company. His combined role enables decisive leadership, ensures clear accountability, and enhances the Company’s ability to communicate its message and strategy clearly and consistently to the Company’s stockholders, employees and customers. Mr. Gill chairs the Board and stockholder meetings and participates in preparing their agendas. The Board has not designated a lead director. Given the limited number of directors comprising the Board, the independent directors call, plan, and chairs their executive sessions collaboratively and, between board meetings, communicate with management and one another directly. Under these circumstances, the directors believe designating a lead director to take on responsibility for functions in which they all currently participate might detract from rather than enhance performance of their responsibilities as directors. The Company believes that these arrangements afford the independent directors sufficient resources to supervise management effectively, without being overly engaged in day-to-day operations.

Risk Oversight

Management is responsible for assessing and managing risk, subject to oversight by the Board. The Board oversees our risk management policies and risk appetite, including operational risks and risks relating to our business strategy and transactions. Various committees of the Board assist the Board in this oversight responsibility in their respective areas of expertise as set forth below:

•        The Audit Committee assists the Board with the oversight of our financial reporting, independent auditors and internal controls. It is charged with identifying any flaws in business management and recommending remedies, detecting fraud risks and implementing anti-fraud measures. The Audit Committee further discusses the Company’s policies with respect to risk assessment and management with respect to financial reporting.

•        The Compensation Committee oversees compensation, retention, succession and other human resources-related issues and risks.

•        The Nominating Committee overviews risks relating to our governance policies and initiatives.

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The Board did not hold meetings or take action by unanimous written consent during fiscal year ended December 31, 2020. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, no director attended fewer than 75% of the meetings of our board of directors and board committees of which the director was a member.

It is the policy of the Board that all directors should attend the annual meetings in person or by teleconference. This is the first Annual Meeting of the Company.

On December 22, 2020, our board of directors adopted a code of ethics that applies to our executive officers, directors and employees. The code of ethics codifies the business and ethical principles that governs aspects of our business. The code of ethics is available in our SEC filings as Exhibit 14 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 filed on April 9, 2021 and amended on December 17, 2021.

Director Independence

NYSE American’s listing standards require that a majority of our board of directors be independent. An “independent director” is defined generally as a person other than an officer or employee of the Company or its subsidiaries or any other individual having a relationship, which, in the opinion of the Company’s board of directors, would interfere with the director’s exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. We have determined that Demetrios (Jim) G. Logothetis, Brian Cole and Doug Craft are independent directors under the NYSE American’s listing standards and other governing laws and applicable regulations, including Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act. Our independent directors have regularly scheduled meetings at which only independent directors are present.

Board Committees

Our Board has established standing committees in connection with the discharge of its responsibilities. These committees include an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Nominating Committee. Our Board has adopted written charters for each of these committees. Copies of the charters are available as exhibits to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on December 21, 2020. Our Board may establish other committees as it deems necessary or appropriate from time to time.

Audit Committee

The Audit Committee was established on December 22, 2020 and is comprised of our independent directors. As of the date of this proxy statement, the Audit Committee is composed of three directors: Messrs. Logothetis, Cole and Craft serve on the Audit Committee. Mr. Logothetis qualifies as the Audit Committee financial expert as defined in Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act.

The Audit Committee, which is established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Exchange Act, engages Company’s independent accountants, reviewing their independence and performance; reviews the Company’s accounting and financial reporting processes and the integrity of its financial statements; the audits of the Company’s financial statements and the appointment, compensation, qualifications, independence and performance of the Company’s independent auditors; the Company’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements; and the performance of the Company’s internal audit function and internal control over financial reporting.

Audit Committee Report

With respect to the audit of the Company’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020, the members of the Audit Committee:

•        have reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements with management;

•        have discussed with Company’s independent accountants the matters required to be discussed by the statement on Auditing Standards No. 61, as amended (AICPA, Professional Standards, Vol. 1, AU section 380), as adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board in Rule 3200T; and

•        have received the written disclosures and the letter from the independent accountant required by applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding the independent accountant’s communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence and have discussed with the independent accountant the independent accountant’s independence.

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Based on these reviews and discussions, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board that the audited financial statements be included in Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020.

Lishan Aklog, Chair*

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*        During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 through April 20, 2021, Dr. Lishan Aklog served as an independent director on the Company’s Board and Chairman of the Company’s Audit Committee, and as a member of the Company’s Nominating Committee and Compensation Committee. On April 20, 2021, Dr. Aklog resigned as a member of the Board. Dr. Aklog’s resignation was to pursue other personal endeavors, and not due to any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices.

The members of the Audit Committee during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 were Dr. Aklog, Messrs. Cole and Craft, each of whom is an independent director under NYSE American’s listing standards. Dr. Aklog served as the Chairperson of the Audit Committee and at the time of his appointment as an independent director, the Board determined that Dr. Aklog qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert,” as defined under the rules and regulations of the SEC.

On April 30, 2021, Mr. Logothetis was appointed to fill the vacancy on the Board due to Dr. Aklog’s resignation.

Audit Committee Meetings

Since the Audit Committee was not formed until December 22, 2020, it did not hold any meetings during fiscal year ended December 31, 2020.

Compensation Committee

Our Compensation Committee was established on December 22, 2020. As of the date of this proxy statement, the Compensation Committee is composed of three directors: Messrs. Logothetis, Cole and Craft serve on the Compensation Committee.

The Compensation Committee reviews annually the Company’s corporate goals and objectives relevant to the officers’ compensation, evaluates the officers’ performance in light of such goals and objectives, determines and approves the officers’ compensation level based on this evaluation; makes recommendations to the Board regarding approval, disapproval, modification, or termination of existing or proposed employee benefit plans, makes recommendations to the Board with respect to non-CEO and non-CFO compensation and administers the Company’s incentive-compensation plans and equity-based plans. The Compensation Committee has the authority to delegate any of its responsibilities to subcommittees as it may deem appropriate in its sole discretion. The chief executive officer of the Company may not be present during voting or deliberations of the Compensation Committee with respect to his compensation. The Company’s executive officers do not play a role in suggesting their own salaries. Neither the Company nor the Compensation Committee has engaged any compensation consultant who has a role in determining or recommending the amount or form of executive or director compensation. Since the Compensation Committee was not formed until December 22, 2020, it did not hold any meetings.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, as indicated above, no compensation of any kind, including finders, consulting or other similar fees, will be paid to any of our existing stockholders, including our directors, or any of their respective affiliates, prior to, or for any services they render in order to effectuate, the consummation of a business combination. Accordingly, it is likely that prior to the consummation of an initial business combination, the compensation committee will only be responsible for the review and recommendation of any compensation arrangements to be entered into in connection with such initial business combination.

The members of the Compensation Committee during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 were Lishan Aklog, Brian Cole and Doug Craft, each of whom is an independent director under NYSE American’s listing standards. As disclosed above, Dr. Aklog no longer serves on the Compensation Committee and Mr. Logothetis is now a member of the Compensation Committee. Mr. Craft is the Chairperson of the Compensation Committee.

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Compensation Committee Meetings

Since the Compensation Committee was not formed until December 22, 2020, it did not hold any meetings during fiscal year ended December 31, 2020.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

None of the members of the Compensation Committee has ever been an officer or employee of the Company. None of the Company’s executive officers serves, or has served since inception, as a member of the board of directors, compensation committee or other board committee performing equivalent functions of any entity that has one or more executive officers serving as one of the Company’s directors or on the Company’s Compensation Committee.

Nominating Committee

Our Nominating Committee was established on December 22, 2020. As of the date of this proxy statement, the Nominating Committee is composed of three directors: Mr. Logothetis, Mr. Cole and Mr. Craft serve on the Audit Committee. The Nominating Committee is responsible for overseeing the selection of persons to be nominated to serve on our Board. Specifically, the Nominating Committee makes recommendations to the Board regarding the size and composition of the Board, establishes procedures for the director nomination process and screens and recommends candidates for election to the Board. On an annual basis, the Nominating Committee recommends for approval by the Board certain desired qualifications and characteristics for board membership. Additionally, the Nominating Committee establishes and administers a periodic assessment procedure relating to the performance of the Board as a whole and its individual members. The Nominating Committee will consider a number of qualifications relating to management and leadership experience, background and integrity and professionalism in evaluating a person’s candidacy for membership on the Board. The Nominating Committee may require certain skills or attributes, such as financial or accounting experience, to meet specific board needs that arise from time to time and will also consider the overall experience and makeup of its members to obtain a broad and diverse mix of board members. The nominating committee does not distinguish among nominees recommended by stockholders and other persons.

The members of the Nominating Committee during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 were Lishan Aklog, Brian Cole and Doug Craft, each of whom is an independent director under NYSE American’s listing standards. As disclosed above, Dr. Aklog no longer serves on the Nominating Committee and Mr. Logothetis is now a member of the Nominating Committee. Dr. Cole is the Chairperson of the Nominating Committee.

Nominating Committee Meetings

Since the Nominating Committee was not formed until December 22, 2020, it did not hold any meetings during fiscal year ended December 31, 2020.

Stockholder Communications

Stockholders can mail communications to the Board, c/o Secretary, Viveon Health Acquisition Corp., at c/o Gibson, Deal & Fletcher, PC, Spalding Exchange, 3953 Holcomb Bridge Road Suite 200, Norcross, Georgia 30092, who will forward the correspondence to each addressee.

Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports

Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires the Company’s directors, officers and stockholders who beneficially own more than 10% of any class of equity securities of the Company registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, collectively referred to herein as the “Reporting Persons,” to file initial statements of beneficial ownership of securities and statements of changes in beneficial ownership of securities with respect to the Company’s equity securities with the SEC. All Reporting Persons are required by SEC regulation to furnish us with copies of all

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reports that such Reporting Persons file with the SEC pursuant to Section 16(a). Based solely on our review of the copies of such reports and upon written representations of the Reporting Persons received by us, we believe that the following transactions were not timely reported:

Name

 

Late Report

 

Transactions Covered

 

Number of Shares

Jagi Gill

 

3

 

Initial reporting of beneficial ownership of founders shares held by Viveon Health, LLC

 

5,031,250

Romilos Papadopoulos

 

3

 

Initial reporting of beneficial ownership of founders shares held by Viveon Health, LLC

 

5,031,250

Viveon Health, LLC

 

3

 

Initial reporting of beneficial ownership of founders shares

 

5,031,250

Lishan Aklog

 

3

 

Initial filing as a director

 

-0-

Brian Cole

 

3

 

Initial filing as a director

 

-0-

Doug Craft

 

3

 

Initial filing as a director

 

-0-

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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

The following sets forth the names and ages of our current executive officers, their respective positions and offices.

Name

 

Age

 

Position

Jagi Gill

 

56

 

Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of Board

Rom Papadopoulos

 

63

 

Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary and Director

Executive Compensation

Employment Agreements

We have not entered into any employment agreements with our executive officers and have not made any agreements to provide benefits upon termination of employment.

Executive Officers and Director Compensation

No executive officer has received any cash compensation for services rendered to us. No compensation of any kind, including finders, consulting or other similar fees, will be paid to any of our existing stockholders, including our directors, or any of their respective affiliates, prior to, or for any services they render in order to effectuate, the consummation of a business combination. However, such individuals will be reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with activities on our behalf such as identifying potential target businesses and performing due diligence on suitable business combinations. There is no limit on the amount of these out-of-pocket expenses and there will be no review of the reasonableness of the expenses by anyone other than our board of directors and audit committee, which includes persons who may seek reimbursement, or a court of competent jurisdiction if such reimbursement is challenged.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

In August 2020, our Sponsor purchased 3,593,750 shares for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000, or approximately $0.007 per share. We subsequently declared a share dividend of 0.36 for each outstanding share, resulting in 4,887,500 shares outstanding, and on December 22, 2020 declared another share dividend of 0.03 for each outstanding share, resulting in 5,031,250 shares outstanding, which shares are referred to herein as “founder shares” or “insider shares.” Prior to the initial investment in the company of $25,000 by our Sponsor, we had no assets, tangible or intangible.

On December 28, 2020, simultaneously with the consummation of the IPO, we sold to our Sponsor 18,000,000 Private Warrants at a price of $0.50 per Private Warrant, generating total proceeds of $9,000,000. The Private Warrants are identical to the Warrants sold in the IPO except that the Private Warrants are non-redeemable and may be exercised on a cashless basis, in each case so long as they continue to be held by the Sponsor, or its permitted transferees. Additionally, our Sponsor agreed not to transfer, assign, or sell any of the Private Warrants or underlying securities (except in limited circumstances, as described in the Private Placement Warrants Subscription Statement) until the date we complete our initial business combination. The Sponsor was granted certain demand and piggyback registration rights in connection with the purchase of the Private Warrants.

In order to meet our working capital needs following the consummation of our IPO, our initial stockholders, officers and directors and their respective affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion. Each loan would be evidenced by a promissory note. The notes would be repaid upon consummation of our initial business combination, without interest.

The holders of our insider shares issued and outstanding on the date of this annual report, as well as the holders of the Private Warrants (and all underlying securities) are entitled to registration rights pursuant to the registration rights agreement, dated December 22, 2020. The holders of a majority of these securities are entitled to make up to two demands that we register such securities. The holders of the majority of the insider shares can elect to exercise these registration rights at any time commencing three months prior to the date on which these shares of common stock are to be released from escrow. The holders of a majority of the private warrants can elect to exercise these registration rights at any time after we consummate a business combination. In addition, the holders have certain

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“piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to our consummation of a business combination. We will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

We reimburse our officers and directors for any reasonable out-of-pocket business expenses incurred by them in connection with certain activities on our behalf such as identifying and investigating possible target businesses and business combinations. There is no limit on the amount of out-of-pocket expenses reimbursable by us; provided, however, that to the extent such expenses exceed the available proceeds not deposited in the trust account and the interest income earned on the amounts held in the trust account, such expenses would not be reimbursed by us unless we consummate an initial business combination. Our audit committee reviews and approves all reimbursements and payments made to any initial stockholder or member of our management team, or our or their respective affiliates, and any reimbursements and payments made to members of our audit committee are reviewed and approved by our board of directors, with any interested director abstaining from such review and approval.

No compensation or fees of any kind, including finder’s fees, consulting fees or other similar compensation, will be paid to any of our initial stockholders, officers or directors who owned our shares of common stock, or to any of their respective affiliates, prior to or with respect to the business combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is).

All ongoing and future transactions between us and any of our officers and directors or their respective affiliates will be on terms believed by us to be no less favorable to us than are available from unaffiliated third parties. Such transactions, including the payment of any compensation, will require prior approval by a majority of our uninterested “independent” directors (to the extent we have any) or the members of our board who do not have an interest in the transaction, in either case who had access, at our expense, to our attorneys or independent legal counsel. We will not enter into any such transaction unless our disinterested “independent” directors (or, if there are no “independent” directors, our disinterested directors) determine that the terms of such transaction are no less favorable to us than those that would be available to us with respect to such a transaction from unaffiliated third parties.

Related Party Policy

Our code of ethics requires us to avoid, wherever possible, all related party transactions that could result in actual or potential conflicts of interests, except under guidelines approved by the board of directors (or the audit committee). Related-party transactions are defined as transactions in which (1) the aggregate amount involved will or may be expected to exceed the lesser of $120,000 in any calendar year and 1% of the average of the Company’s total assets at year-end for the last two completed fiscal years, (2) we or any of our subsidiaries is a participant, and (3) any (a) executive officer, director or nominee for election as a director, (b) greater than 5% beneficial owner of our common stock, or (c) immediate family member, of the persons referred to in clauses (a) and (b), has or will have a direct or indirect material interest (other than solely as a result of being a director or a less than 10% beneficial owner of another entity). A conflict of interest situation can arise when a person takes actions or has interests that may make it difficult to perform his or her work objectively and effectively. Conflicts of interest may also arise if a person, or a member of his or her family, receives improper personal benefits as a result of his or her position.

Our audit committee, pursuant to its written charter, is responsible for reviewing and approving related-party transactions to the extent we enter into such transactions. All ongoing and future transactions between us and any of our officers and directors or their respective affiliates will be on terms believed by us to be no less favorable to us than are available from unaffiliated third parties. Such transactions require prior approval by our audit committee and a majority of our uninterested “independent” directors, or the members of our board who do not have an interest in the transaction, in either case who had access, at our expense, to our attorneys or independent legal counsel. We will not enter into any such transaction unless our audit committee and a majority of our disinterested “independent” directors determine that the terms of such transaction are no less favorable to us than those that would be available to us with respect to such a transaction from unaffiliated third parties. Additionally, we require each of our directors and executive officers to complete a directors’ and officers’ questionnaire that elicits information about related party transactions.

These procedures are intended to determine whether any such related party transaction impairs the independence of a director or presents a conflict of interest on the part of a director, employee or officer.

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In furtherance of our policies with respect to related party transactions, with respect to any initial business combination that we consider with an entity that is affiliated with any of our initial stockholders, directors or officers, to further minimize potential conflicts of interest, we have agreed not to consummate a business combination with an entity affiliated with such parties unless (i) an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or another independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions on the type of target business we seek to acquire that such an initial business combination is fair to our unaffiliated stockholders from a financial point of view and (ii) the approval of a majority of our disinterested and of our independent directors. Furthermore, in no event will any of our existing officers, directors or initial stockholders, or any entity with which they are affiliated, be paid any finder’s fee, consulting fee or other compensation prior to, or for any services they render in order to effectuate, the consummation of a business combination.

Required Vote

The Director Election Proposal will be approved by the affirmative vote of a plurality of the shares of the Company’s common stock, represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to this proposal will have no effect on the vote.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE
“FOR” THE
RE-ELECTION OF THE DIRECTOR NOMINEES.

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PROPOSAL 3

RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

The Audit Committee has appointed Marcum LLP as independent accountants for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020. Representatives of Marcum LLP may be present by tele-conference at the Annual Meeting to respond to appropriate questions and will have an opportunity to make a statement, if they so desire.

In the event the stockholders fail to ratify the selection of Marcum LLP, the Audit Committee will reconsider whether or not to retain the firm. Even if the selection is ratified, the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors in their discretion may direct the appointment of a different independent accounting firm at any time during the year if they determine that such a change would be in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders.

Services and Fees of Independent Accountants

During the period from August 7, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020, the firm of Marcum LLP, has acted as our principal independent registered public accounting firm. The following is a summary of fees paid or to be paid to Marcum LLP for services rendered.

Audit Fees.    Audit fees consist of fees billed for professional services rendered for the audit of our year-end financial statements and services that are normally provided by Marcum LLP in connection with regulatory filings. The aggregate fees billed by Marcum LLP for professional services rendered for the audit of our annual financial statements, review of the financial information included in our Forms 10-Q for the respective periods, the registration statement, the closing 8-K and other required filings with the SEC for the period from August 7, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020 totaled $63,500. The above amount includes interim procedures and audit fees, as well as attendance at audit committee meetings.

Audit-Related Fees.    We did not pay Marcum LLP for consultations concerning financial accounting and reporting standards for the period from August 7, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020.

Tax Fees.    We did not pay Marcum LLP for tax planning and tax advice for the period from August 7, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020.

All Other Fees.    We did not pay Marcum LLP for other services for the period from August 7, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020.

Pre-Approval of Services

Since our Audit Committee had not yet been formed when the work commenced in 2020, the Audit Committee was not able to pre-approve all of the foregoing services, although all such services were approved by our board of directors. All services subsequent to the formation of the audit committee have been approved by the Audit Committee.

Required Vote

This Auditor Ratification Proposal will be approved and adopted only if holders of at least a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock present in person by virtual attendance or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the Meeting vote “FOR” the Adjournment Proposal. Abstentions with respect to this proposal will have the effect of a vote “AGAINST” such proposal. Broker non-votes with respect to this proposal will have no effect on the vote.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF THE INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS.

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PROPOSAL 4

THE ADJOURNMENT PROPOSAL

The Adjournment Proposal, if adopted, will approve the Chairman’s adjournment of the Annual Meeting to a later date to permit further solicitation of proxies. The Adjournment Proposal will only be presented to our stockholders in the event, based on the tabulated votes, there are not sufficient votes received at the time of the Annual Meeting to approve the Extension Proposal.

Consequences if the Adjournment Proposal is Not Approved

If the Adjournment Proposal is not approved by our stockholders, the Chairman will not adjourn the Annual Meeting to a later date in the event, based on the tabulated votes, there are not sufficient votes received at the time of the Annual Meeting to approve the Extension Proposal, the Director Election Proposal and the Auditor Ratification Proposal.

Required Vote

This Adjournment Proposal will be approved and adopted only if holders of at least a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock present in person by virtual attendance or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the Meeting vote “FOR” the Adjournment Proposal. Abstentions with respect to this proposal will have the effect of a vote “AGAINST” such proposal. Broker non-votes with respect to this proposal will have no effect on the vote.

THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” ADOPTION OF THE ADJOURNMENT PROPOSAL

The Annual Meeting

Date, Time and Place.    The Annual Meeting of the Company’s stockholders will be held at 10:30 a.m., ET on Friday, March 18, 2022 via teleconference using the following dial-in information:

 

US/CANADA Toll-Free Dial-In Number:

 

813-308-9980

         
   

Conference ID:

 

173547

Voting Power; Record Date.    You will be entitled to vote or direct votes to be cast at the Annual Meeting, if you owned Company common stock at the close of business on January 28, 2022, the record date for the Annual Meeting. At the close of business on the record date, there were 25,156,250 outstanding shares of Company common stock each of which entitles its holder to cast one vote on the proposal. Company warrants and rights do not carry voting rights.

Proxies; Board Solicitation.    Your proxy is being solicited by the Company’s board of directors on the proposals being presented to stockholders at the Annual Meeting. No recommendation is being made as to whether you should elect to redeem your shares. Proxies may be solicited in person or by telephone. If you grant a proxy, you may still revoke your proxy and vote your shares in person at the Annual Meeting. Advantage Proxy, Inc. is assisting the Company in the proxy solicitation process for this Annual Meeting. The Company will pay that firm approximately $8,500 in fees plus disbursements for such services.

Required Votes

The affirmative vote by holders of a majority of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock is required to approve the Extension Proposal. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have the same effect as “AGAINST” votes with respect to the Extension Proposal. All of the Company’s directors, executive officers and their affiliates are expected to vote any common stock owned by them in favor of the Extension Proposal. On the record date, the initial stockholders beneficially owned and were entitled to vote 5,031,250 insider shares, representing approximately 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock.

In addition, the Sponsor and the Company’s directors, executive officers and their respective affiliates may choose to buy public shares in the open market and/or through negotiated private purchases. In the event that purchases

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do occur, the purchasers may seek to purchase shares from stockholders who would otherwise have voted against the Extension Amendment and elected to redeem their shares into a portion of the trust account. Any public shares purchased by affiliates will be voted in favor of the Extension Amendment.

Each of the director nominees under the Election of Directors proposal will be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares of common stock present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote in the election.

Approval of the Auditor Ratification Proposal will require the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of shares of common stock present in person or by proxy at such meeting and entitled to vote.

Interests of the Company’s Directors and Officers

When you consider the recommendation of the Company’s board of directors, you should keep in mind that the Company’s executive officers and members of the Company’s board of directors have interests that may be different from, or in addition to, your interests as a stockholder. These interests include, among other things:

•        If the Extension Proposal is not approved and we do not consummate a business combination by March 28, 2022, the 5,031,250 insider shares which were acquired for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000 will be worthless (as the holders have waived liquidation rights with respect to such shares), as will the 18,000,000 private warrants that were acquired simultaneously with the IPO for an aggregate purchase price of $9,000,000. Such common stock and warrants had an aggregate market value of approximately $53.1 million based on the closing price of $10.05 and $0.14 of the common stock and warrants, respectively, on NYSE American on the Record Date.

•        In connection with the IPO, the Sponsor has agreed that if the Extension Proposal is not approved and the Company liquidates, it will be liable under certain circumstances to ensure that the proceeds in the trust account are not reduced by certain claims of target businesses or vendors or other entities that are owed money by the Company for services rendered, contracted for or products sold to the Company;

•        All rights specified in the Company’s charter relating to the right of officers and directors to be indemnified by the Company, and of the Company’s officers and directors to be exculpated from monetary liability with respect to prior acts or omissions, will continue after a business combination. If the Extension Proposal is not approved and the Company liquidates, the Company will not be able to perform its obligations to its officers and directors under those provisions;

•        If the Company is unable to complete a business combination within the required time period, it will pay the costs of any subsequent liquidation from its remaining assets outside of the trust account. If such funds are insufficient, the Sponsor has agreed to pay the funds necessary to complete such liquidation (currently anticipated to be no more than approximately $15,000) and has agreed not to seek repayment for such expenses;

•        The Company’s officers, directors and their affiliates are entitled to reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with certain activities on the Company’s behalf, such as identifying and investigating possible business targets and business combinations. If the Extension Proposal is not approved and a business combination is not consummated, these out-of-pocket expenses will not be repaid.

Additionally, if the Extension Proposal is approved and the Company consummates an initial business combination, the officers and directors may have additional interests that would be described in the proxy statement for such transaction.

Board Recommendation

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” THE EXTENSION PROPOSAL, THE DIRECTOR ELECTION PROPOSAL AND THE AUDITOR RATIFICATION PROPOSAL. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS EXPRESSES NO OPINION AS TO WHETHER YOU SHOULD REDEEM YOUR PUBLIC SHARES.

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BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

The following table sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of the Company’s common stock as of the Record Date by:

•        each person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding shares of common stock;

•        each of our officers and directors; and

•        all our officers and directors as a group.

As of January 28, 2022, the Record Date, there was a total of 25,156,250 shares of common stock outstanding. Unless otherwise indicated, all persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock beneficially owned by them. The following table does not reflect beneficial ownership of the Company’s warrants as these warrants are not exercisable within 60 days of the date of this proxy statement.

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1)

 

Number of
Shares Beneficially Owned

 

Approximate
Percentage of
Outstanding Common Stock

Jagi Gill(2)

 

4,923,250

 

19.68

%

Rom Papadopoulos(2)(3)

 

4,923,250

 

19.68

%

Brian Cole

 

27,000

 

*

 

Doug Craft

 

27,000

 

*

 

Demetrios G. Logothetis

 

27,000

 

*

 

All current directors and executive officers as a group (five individuals)

 

5,031,250

 

20.0

%

         

 

Holders of 5% or more of our Common Stock

       

 

Viveon Health, LLC(2)(3)

 

4,923,250

 

19.68

%

MMCAP International Inc. SPC(4)

 

1,937,500

 

7.5

%

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.(5)

 

1,218,000

 

6.1

%

____________

*        Less than 1%

(1)      Unless otherwise indicated, the business address of each of the individuals is c/o Viveon Health Acquisition Corp., c/o Gibson, Deal & Fletcher, PC, Spalding Exchange, 3953 Holcomb Bridge Road, Suite 200, Norcross, Georgia 30092.

(2)      Consists of shares of common stock owned by Viveon Health, LLC, for which Jagi Gill is a member and Rom Papadopoulos is the managing member. Mr. Papadopoulos has sole voting and dispositive control over those shares.

(3)      Rom Papadopoulos is the managing member of Viveon Health, LLC.

(4)      Based on a Schedule 13G filed by the reporting person, the address for the reporting person is c/o Mourant Governance Services (Cayman) Limited, 94 Solaris Avenue, Camana Bay, P.O. Box 1348, Grand Cayman, KY 1-1108, Cayman Islands and 161 Bay Street, TD Canada Trust Tower, Ste. 2240, Toronto, ON M5J 2S1, Canada.

(5)      Based on a Schedule 13G filed by the reporting person, the address for the reporting person is 1-5-5. Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8176, Japan.

All of the insider shares have been placed in escrow with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as escrow agent (the “IPO Escrow”). 50% percent of these shares will not be transferred, assigned, sold or released from escrow until the earlier of (i) six months after the date of the consummation of our initial business combination or (ii) the date on which the closing price of our shares of common stock equals or exceeds $12.50 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing after our initial business combination and the remaining 50% of the insider shares will not be transferred, assigned, sold or released from escrow until six months after the date of the consummation of our initial business combination, or earlier, in either case, if, subsequent to our initial business combination, we consummate a subsequent liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of our stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of common stock for cash, securities or other property. As a result, if an initial business combination is approved and consummated, 50% of the insider shares will be released upon the earlier of six months after the closing date of the initial business combination and the date on which the closing price of our shares of common stock equals or exceeds $12.50 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations and

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recapitalizations) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing after the consummation of the initial business combination, and the remaining 50% of the insider shares will not be transferred, assigned, sold or released from escrow until six months after the date of the closing of the initial business combination, or earlier, in either case, if, subsequent to the initial business combination, we consummate a subsequent liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of our stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of common stock for cash, securities or other property.

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STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS

If the Extension Proposal is approved and the Extension Amendment is filed and the Business Combination is not consummated, the post-Business Combination Company will hold its 2022 annual meeting of stockholders on or prior to December 31, 2022. The date of such meeting and the date by which you may submit a proposal for inclusion in the proxy statement will be included in a Current Report on Form 8-K or a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

If the Extension Proposal is not approved and the Business Combination is not consummated, there will be no further annual meetings of the Company.

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DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS TO STOCKHOLDERS

Pursuant to the rules of the SEC, the Company and its agents that deliver communications to its stockholders are permitted to deliver to two or more stockholders sharing the same address a single copy of the Company’s proxy statement. Upon written or oral request, the Company will deliver a separate copy of the proxy statement to any stockholder at a shared address who wishes to receive separate copies of such documents in the future. Stockholders receiving multiple copies of such documents may likewise request that the Company deliver single copies of such documents in the future. Stockholders may notify the Company of their requests by calling or writing the Company’s proxy solicitor at Advantage Proxy, Attention: Karen Smith, Toll Free: 877-870-8565, Collect: 1-206-870-8565, E-mail: ksmith@advantageproxy.com

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OTHER INFORMATION

The Company’s 2020 Annual Report on Form 10-K/A, excluding exhibits, will be mailed without charge to any stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting, upon written request to Secretary, VIVEON HEALTH ACQUISITION CORP., c/o Gibson, Deal & Fletcher, PC, Spalding Exchange, 3953 Holcomb Bridge Road Suite 200, Norcross, Georgia 30092.

Other Matters to Be Presented at the Annual Meeting

The Company did not have notice of any matter to be presented for action at the Annual Meeting, except as discussed in this proxy statement. The persons authorized by the accompanying form of proxy will vote in their discretion as to any other matter that comes before the Annual Meeting.

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

The Company files its reports, proxy statements and other information electronically with the SEC. You may access information on the Company at the SEC website containing reports, proxy statements and other information at http://www.sec.gov. This proxy statement describes the material elements of relevant contracts, exhibits and other information attached as annexes to this proxy statement. Information and statements contained in this proxy statement are qualified in all respects by reference to the copy of the relevant contract or other document included as an annex to this document.

This proxy statement contains important business and financial information about us that is not included in or delivered with this document. You may obtain this additional information, or additional copies of this proxy statement, at no cost, end you may ask any questions you may have about the Extension Amendment by contacting the Company’s proxy solicitor at the following:

Advantage Proxy, Inc.
Attention: Karen Smith
Toll Free: 877-870-8565
Collect: 1-206-870-8565

E-mail: ksmith@advantageproxy.com In order to receive timely delivery of the documents in advance of the Annual Meeting, you must make your request for information no later than March 10, 2022.

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ANNEX A

PROPOSED AMENDMENT
TO THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
VIVEON HEALTH ACQUISITION CORP.

Pursuant to Section 242 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law

The undersigned, being a duly authorized officer of VIVEON HEALTH ACQUISITION CORP., (the “Corporation”), a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, does hereby certify as follows:

1.      The name of the Corporation is VIVEON HEALTH ACQUISITION CORP.

2.      The Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation was originally filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on August 7, 2020, and was subsequently amended on December 22, 2020.

3.      This Amendment to the Corporation’s current Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation further amends the current Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation.

4.      This Amendment to the Corporation’s current Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was duly adopted by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding stock at a meeting of stockholders in accordance with ARTICLE SIXTH of the Corporation’s current Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the provisions of Sections 242 the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

5.      The text of Article FIFTH, subsections E of the Corporation’s current Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended and restated to read in full as follows:

“E. The Corporation shall (i) have until June 28, 2022 (the “Extended Date”), and (ii) upon the sole election of the Corporation, upon five days’ advance notice, further extend the Extended Date on a monthly basis for up to an additional six months after the Extended Date to December 28, 2022 (the “Additional Extension Date”), to complete a Business Combination. In the event that the Corporation does not consummate a Business Combination by (i) the Extended Date, or (ii) the Additional Extension Date, if applicable, (each such date being referred to as the “Termination Date”), the Corporation shall (i) cease all operations except for the purposes of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter redeem 100% of the IPO Shares for cash for a redemption price per share as described below (which redemption will completely extinguish such holders’ rights as stockholders, including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to approval of the Corporation’s then stockholders and subject to the requirements of the DGCL, including the adoption of a resolution by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 275(a) of the DGCL finding the dissolution of the Corporation advisable and the provision of such notices as are required by said Section 275(a) of the DGCL, dissolve and liquidate the balance of the Corporation’s net assets to its remaining stockholders, as part of the Corporation’s plan of dissolution and liquidation, subject (in the case of (ii) and (iii) above) to the Corporation’s obligations under the DGCL to provide for claims of creditors and other requirements of applicable law. In such event, the per share redemption price shall be equal to the Trust Fund plus any interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Fund and not previously released to the Corporation and not necessary to pay its taxes divided by the total number of IPO Shares then outstanding.”

H. If any amendment is made to this Article Fifth that would modify the substance or timing of the Corporation’s obligation to provide for the conversion of the IPO Shares in connection with an initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of the IPO Shares if the Corporation has not consummated an initial Business Combination by the Additional Extension Date, or with respect to any other provision in this Article Fifth, the holders of IPO Shares shall be provided with the opportunity to redeem their IPO Shares upon the approval of any such amendment, at the per-share price specified in paragraph C.”.

Annex A-1

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this Amendment to the Corporation’s current Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation this [•] day of [MONTH], 2022.

 

Name:

 

/s/ Jagi Gill

   

Title:

 

Chief Executive Officer

Annex A-2

PRELIMINARY PROXY
VIVEON HEALTH ACQUISITION CORP.
c/o Gibson, Deal & Fletcher, PC
Spalding Exchange
3953 Holcomb Bridge Road
Suite 200
Norcross, Georgia 30092

ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

MARCH 18, 2022

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT
FOLD AND DETACH HERE

VIVEON HEALTH ACQUISITION CORP.

THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON
MARCH 18, 2022

The undersigned, revoking any previous proxies relating to these shares, hereby acknowledges receipt of the Notice and Proxy Statement, dated February 7, 2022, in connection with the Annual Meeting to be held at 10:30 a.m. ET on March 18, 2022 via teleconference using the following dial-in information:

 

US/CANADA Toll-Free Dial-In Number:

 

813-308-9980

         
   

Conference ID:

 

173547

The undersigned hereby appoints Jagi Gill, the attorney and proxy of the undersigned, with power of substitution, to vote all shares of the common stock, of VIVEON HEALTH ACQUISITION CORP. (the “Company”) registered in the name provided, which the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of stockholders, and at any adjournments thereof, with all the powers the undersigned would have if personally present. Without limiting the general authorization hereby given, said proxy is instructed to vote or act as follows on the proposal set forth in this Proxy Statement.

THIS PROXY, WHEN EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR” THE EXTENSION PROPOSAL, DIRECTOR ELECTION PROPOSAL, AUDITOR RATIFICATION PROPOSAL AND THE ADJOURNMENT PROPOSAL.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE EXTENSION PROPOSAL, DIRECTOR ELECTION PROPOSAL, AUDITOR RATIFICATION PROPOSAL AND THE ADJOURNMENT PROPOSAL. This notice of meeting, the accompany proxy statement, proxy card and annual report are available at https://www.cstproxy.com/viveon/2022. For banks and brokers, the notice of meeting and the accompany proxy statement are available at https://www.cstproxy.com/viveon/2022/proxy and the annual report is available at https://www.cstproxy.com/viveon/2022/ar.

 

FOR

 

AGAINST

 

ABSTAIN

Proposal 1 — Extension Proposal

 

 

 

Amend the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation to (i) extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination for three months, from March 28, 2022 (the “Original Termination Date”) to June 28, 2022 (the “Extended Date”), and (ii) allow the Company, without another stockholder vote, to elect to extend the date to consummate a business combination on a monthly basis for up to six (6) times by an additional one month each time after the Extended Date for a total of up to nine months after the Original Termination Date until December 28, 2022.

 

Proposal 2 — Election of Directors

FOR all nominees listed below (except as marked to the contrary below)

WITHHOLD AUTHORITY to vote for all nominees listed below

 

1) Jagi Gill
2) Rom Papadopoulos
3) Demetrios G. Logothetis
4) Brian Cole
5) Doug Craft

   

INSTRUCTION: To withhold authority to vote for any nominee, write the nominee’s name in the space provided below.

 

FOR

 

AGAINST

 

ABSTAIN

Proposal 3 — Ratification of Appointment of Independent Accountants

 

 

 

 

FOR

 

AGAINST

 

ABSTAIN

Proposal 4 – Adjournment Proposal

 

 

 

 

Dated: __________________ 2022

   

   

Stockholder’s Signature

   

   

Stockholder’s Signature

Signature should agree with name printed hereon. If stock is held in the name of more than one person, EACH joint owner should sign. Executors, administrators, trustees, guardians, and attorneys should indicate the capacity in which they sign. Attorneys should submit powers of attorney.

PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE PROXY IN THE ENVELOPE ENCLOSED TO CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY. THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED STOCKHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR” PROPOSALS 1, 2, 3 AND 4 AND WILL GRANT DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY TO VOTE UPON SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENTS THEREOF. THIS PROXY WILL REVOKE ALL PRIOR PROXIES SIGNED BY YOU.