EX-10.1 3 ea185129ex10-1_apxacq1.htm AMENDMENT TO THE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT, DATED SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Exhibit 10.1

 

AMENDMENT TO THE

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT

 

This Amendment No. 2 (this “Amendment”), dated as of September 7, 2023, to the Investment Management Trust Agreement (as defined below) is made by and between APx Acquisition Corp. I (the “Company”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee (“Trustee”). All terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Trust Agreement.

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee entered into an Investment Management Trust Agreement dated as of December 6, 2021, as amended by that Amendment No. 1 to the Investment Management Trust Agreement dated as of February 27, 2023 (the “Trust Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, Section 1(i) of the Trust Agreement sets forth the terms that govern the liquidation of the Trust Account under the circumstances described therein;

 

WHEREAS, at an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held on September 7, 2023 (the “Extraordinary General Meeting”), the Company’s shareholders approved (i) a proposal to amend the Company’s amended and restated articles of association (the “Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association”) giving the Company the right to extend the date by which it has to consummate a business combination (the “Combination Period”) up to three (3) times for an additional one (1) month each time from September 9, 2023 to December 9, 2024 (i.e., for up to a period of time ending twenty-four (24) months after the consummation of its initial public offering); and

 

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED:

 

1. Section 1(i) of the Trust Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

“Commence liquidation of the Trust Account only after and promptly after (x) receipt of, and only in accordance with the terms of, a letter from the Company (“Termination Letter”) in a form substantially similar to that attached hereto as either Exhibit A or Exhibit B, as applicable, signed on behalf of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President, Executive Vice President, Vice President, Secretary or Chairman of the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) or other authorized officer of the Company, and, in the case of Exhibit A, acknowledged and agreed to by the Representative, and complete the liquidation of the Trust Account and distribute the Property in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account (less taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest income to pay dissolution expenses), only as directed in the Termination Letter and the other documents referred to therein, or (y) upon the date which is the later of (1) 24 months from the closing of the Offering and (2) such later date as may be approved by the Company’s shareholders in accordance with the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association if a Termination Letter has not been received by the Trustee prior to such date, in which case the Trust Account shall be liquidated in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Termination Letter attached as Exhibit B and the Property in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account (less taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest income to pay dissolution expenses), shall be distributed to the Public Shareholders of record as of such date;”

 

 

 

 

2. A new Section 1(m) shall be added as follows:

 

“(m) Upon receipt of an extension letter (“Extension Letter”) substantially similar to Exhibit E hereto at least five days prior to the applicable termination date (as may be extended in accordance with Section 1(i)), signed on behalf of the Company by an executive officer, to follow the instructions set forth in the Extension Letter.”

 

3. Exhibit E of the Trust Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

EXHIBIT E

 

[Letterhead of Company]

 

[Insert date]

 

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company

1 State Street, 30th Floor

New York, New York 10004

Attn: Francis Wolf & Celeste Gonzalez

 

Re: Trust Account No. [___] Extension Letter

 

Dear Mr. Wolf and Ms. Gonzalez:

 

Pursuant to Section 1(i) of the Investment Management Trust Agreement between APx Acquisition Corp. I (“Company”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, dated as of December 6, 2021 (“Trust Agreement”), this is to advise you that the Company is extending the time available to consummate a Business Combination from [●] to [●] (the “Extension”).

 

This Extension Letter shall serve as the notice required with respect to Extension prior to the Applicable Deadline. Capitalized words used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Trust Agreement.

 

Very truly yours,  
     
APx Acquisition Corp. I  
            
By:    
Name:     
Title:    

 

4. All other provisions of the Trust Agreement shall remain unaffected by the terms hereof.

 

5. This Amendment may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. A facsimile signature or electronic signature shall be deemed to be an original signature for purposes of this Amendment.

 

6. This Amendment is intended to be in full compliance with the requirements for an Amendment to the Trust Agreement as required by Section 6(c) of the Trust Agreement, and every defect in fulfilling such requirements for an effective amendment to the Trust Agreement is hereby ratified, intentionally waived and relinquished by all parties hereto.

 

7. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Amendment to the Investment Management Trust Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee

 

By: /s/ Francis Wolf  
Name:  Francis Wolf  
Title: Vice President  

 

APX ACQUISITION CORP. I

 

By: /s/ Xavier Martinez  
Name:  Xavier Martinez  
Title: CFO  

 

 

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