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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 1, 2022

 

Atlas Crest Investment Corp. II

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-39999   85-2730902
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

399 Park Avenue, 5th Floor

New York, New York 10022

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 883-3800

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

  ¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
     
  ¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
     
  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
     
  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class  

Trading

Symbol(s)

  Name of each exchange on
which registered
Units, each consisting of one share of Class A Common Stock and one-third of one Redeemable Warrant   ACII. U   The New York Stock Exchange
         
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share   ACII   The New York Stock Exchange
         
Warrants, each exercisable for one share of Class A Common Stock for $11.50 per share     None

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company x

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On December 1, 2022, Atlas Crest Investment Corp. II (the “Company”) held a special meeting of its stockholders (the “Stockholder Meeting”) to approve certain amendments to its amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) and the Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated February 3, 2021 (the “Trust Agreement”), by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee (“Continental”) to allow the Company to redeem all of its outstanding public shares no later than December 30, 2022, in advance of the automatic termination date in its current Certificate of Incorporation of February 8, 2023 (the “Original Termination Date”).

 

At the Stockholder Meeting, the stockholders of the Company approved a proposal to amend the Trust Agreement (such proposal, the “Early Termination Trust Agreement Proposal” and such amendment, the “Early Termination Trust Agreement Amendment”) to change the date on which Continental must commence liquidation of the trust account established in connection with the Company’s initial public offering from the Original Termination Date to such other date as shall be determined by the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) and publicly announced by the Company, provided that such other date shall be no sooner than the date of the effectiveness of the required amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and no later than December 30, 2022 (such date, the “Early Termination Date”).

 

The Board has established December 1, 2022 as the Early Termination Date. Accordingly, on December 1, 2022, the Company and Continental entered into the Early Termination Trust Agreement Amendment.

 

The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Early Termination Trust Agreement Amendment, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

On December 1, 2022, the Company held the Stockholder Meeting to (a) eliminate the requirement that the Company retain at least $5,000,001 of net tangible assets following the redemption of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, in connection with a Business Combination (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation) and certain amendments to the Certificate of Incorporation (such proposal, the “Redemption Limit Elimination Proposal” and such amendment, the “Redemption Limit Elimination Amendment”), (b) change the date by which the Company must consummate a Business Combination from the Original Termination Date to the Early Termination Date (such proposal, the “Early Termination Proposal” and such amendment, the “Early Termination Amendment”), (c) approve the Early Termination Trust Agreement Proposal and (d) approve an adjournment proposal (such proposal, the “Adjournment Proposal”), each as more fully described in the definitive proxy statement filed by the Company with SEC on November 10, 2022.

 

Holders of 32,992,879 shares of common stock of the Company held of record as of November 3, 2022, the record date for the Stockholder Meeting, were present in person or by proxy, representing approximately 76.34% of the voting power of the Company’s shares of common stock as of the record date for the Stockholder Meeting, and constituting a quorum for the transaction of business.

 

The stockholders approved the Redemption Limit Elimination Proposal, the Early Termination Proposal and the Early Termination Trust Agreement Proposal (the “Proposals”).

 

The voting results for the Proposals were as follows:

 

The Redemption Limit Elimination Proposal

 

For  Against  Abstain  Broker Non-Vote
32,660,666  212,034  50,179  0

 

The Early Termination Proposal

 

For  Against  Abstain  Broker Non-Vote
32,662,172  210,528  50,179  0

 

The Early Termination Trust Amendment Proposal

 

For  Against  Abstain  Broker Non-Vote
32,662,172  210,528  50,179  0

 

The Company had solicited proxies in favor of an Adjournment Proposal which would have given the Company authority to adjourn the Stockholder Meeting to solicit additional proxies. As there were sufficient votes to approve the Redemption Limit Elimination Proposal, the Early Termination Proposal and the Early Termination Trust Agreement Proposal, the Adjournment Proposal was not presented to stockholders and was not voted upon at the Stockholder Meeting.

 

Although the stockholders approved the Redemption Limit Elimination Proposal at the Stockholder Meeting, the Board determined that the Redemption Limit Elimination Amendment was not necessary and therefore the Redemption Limit Elimination Amendment was not filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

 

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Item 8.01Other Events

 

On December 1, 2022, the Company filed the Early Termination Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and established December 1, 2022 as the Early Termination Date. As such, the last day of trading of the Company’s public shares and units on the New York Stock Exchange was on December 1, 2022. The Company is obligated to redeem all public shares as as promptly as possible but not more than ten business days after the Early Termination Date. The Company expects to complete such redemption on or about December 6, 2022.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number  Description
10.1  Amendment to Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated February 3, 2021, by and between the Atlas Crest Investment Corp. II and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee
104  Cover Page Interactive Data File ( formatted in Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  Atlas Crest Investment Corp. II
     
  By: /s/ Michael Spellacy
    Name: Michael Spellacy
    Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
Dated: December 1, 2022    

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

AMENDMENT TO THE INVESTMENT
MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT

 

THIS AMENDMENT TO INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT (this “Amendment Agreement”), dated as of December 1, 2022, is made by and between Atlas Crest Investment Corp. II, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation (the “Trustee”).

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto are parties to that certain Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated as of February 3, 2021 (the “Trust Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, following the closing of the Offering and as of February 8, 2021, a total of $345,000,000 of the net proceeds from the Offering was placed in the Trust Account;

 

WHEREAS, Section 1(i) of the Trust Agreement provides that the Trustee is to liquidate the Trust Account and distribute the Property in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its taxes (less up to $100,000 of interest that may be released to the Company to pay dissolution expenses) only after and promptly after (x) receipt of, and only in accordance with, the terms of a letter from the Company in a form substantially similar to that attached to the Trust Agreement as Exhibit A or Exhibit B, as applicable, or (y) the date which is the later of (1) 24 months after the closing of the Offering and (2) such later date as may be approved by the Company’s stockholders in accordance with the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation 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 and not previously released to the Company to pay its taxes (less up to $100,000 of interest that may be released to the Company to pay dissolution expenses) shall be distributed to the Public Stockholders of record as of such date;

 

WHEREAS, Section 6(d) of the Trust Agreement provides that Section 1(i) of the Trust Agreement may only be modified, amended or deleted with the affirmative vote of sixty five percent (65%) or more of the then outstanding Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”) and Class B common, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the “Class B Common Stock”) voting together as a single class;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to a special meeting of the stockholders of the Company held on the date hereof, sixty five percent (65%) of the then outstanding Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, voting together as a single class, voted affirmatively to approve this Amendment Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to a special meeting of the stockholders of the Company held on the date hereof, stockholders of the Company have passed a special resolution to amend the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation; and

 

WHEREAS, each of the Company and the Trustee desires to amend the Trust Agreement as provided herein.

 

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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.Definitions. Capitalized terms contained in this Amendment Agreement, but not specifically defined in this Amendment, shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Trust Agreement.

 

2.Amendment to the Trust Agreement. Effective as of the execution hereof, Section 1(i) of the Trust Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

“(i) 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 a Termination Letter in a form substantially similar to the attached hereto as 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 and not previously released to the Company to pay its taxes (less up to $100,000 of interest that may be released to the Company to pay dissolution expenses), only as directed in the Termination Letter and the other documents referred to therein, or (y) the Deadline Date (as such term is defined in the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended), 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 and not previously released to the Company to pay its taxes (less up to $100,000 of interest that may be released to the Company to pay dissolution expenses) shall be distributed to the Public Stockholders of record as of such date;”

 

3.Amendment to Exhibit B. Effective as of the execution hereof, Exhibit B of the Trust Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety with Exhibit B attached hereto.

 

4.Amendment to Exhibit D. Effective as of the execution hereof, Exhibit D of the Trust Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety with Exhibit D attached hereto.

 

5.No Further Amendment. The parties hereto agree that except as provided in this Amendment Agreement, the Trust Agreement shall continue unmodified, in full force and effect and constitute legal and binding obligations of all parties thereto in accordance with its terms. This Amendment Agreement forms an integral and inseparable part of the Trust Agreement.

 

6.References.

 

(a)       All references to the “Trust Agreement” (including “hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder,” “hereby” and “this Agreement”) in the Trust Agreement shall refer to the Trust Agreement as amended by this Amendment Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, references to the date of the Trust Agreement (as amended hereby) and references in the Trust Agreement to “the date hereof” and terms of similar import shall in all instances continue to refer to February 3, 2021.

 

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(b)       All references to the “Certificate of Incorporation” in the Trust Agreement (as amended by this Amendment Agreement) and terms of similar import shall mean the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation.

 

7.Governing Law and Jurisdiction. This Amendment Agreement 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. The parties hereto consent to the jurisdiction and venue of any state or federal court located in the City of New York, State of New York, for purposes of resolving any disputes hereunder. AS TO ANY CLAIM, CROSS-CLAIM OR COUNTERCLAIM IN ANY WAY RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, EACH PARTY WAIVES THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.

 

8.Counterparts. This Amendment Agreement may be executed in several original or facsimile counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, and together shall constitute but one instrument.

 

9.Other Miscellaneous Terms. The provisions of Sections 6(e), 6(f) and 6(j) of the Trust Agreement shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Amendment Agreement, as if set forth in full herein.

 

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment Agreement to be duly executed by their duly authorized representatives, all as of the day and year first above written.

 

  CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee
   
  By:  /s/ Francis Wolf
  Name: Francis Wolf
  Title:   Vice President
   
  ATLAS CREST INVESTMENT CORP. II
   
  By: /s/ Chris Callesano
  Name: Chris Callesano
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

[Signature Page to the Amendment Agreement to
Investment Management Trust Agreement]

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

[Letterhead of Company]

 

[Insert date]

 

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
1 State Street Plaza, 30th Floor
New York, New York 10004
Attn: Francis Wolf and Celeste Gonzalez

 

Re:Trust Account — Termination Letter

 

Dear Mr. Wolf and Ms. Gonzalez:

 

Pursuant to Section 1(i) of the Investment Management Trust Agreement between Atlas Crest Investment Corp. II (the “Company”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “Trustee”), dated as of February 3, 2021 (as amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Trust Agreement”), this is to advise you that the Company has been unable to effect a business combination with a Target Business within the time frame specified in Section 1(i) of the Trust Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Trust Agreement.

 

In accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement, we hereby authorize you to liquidate all of the assets in the Trust Account and to transfer the total proceeds into a segregated account held by you on behalf of the Beneficiaries to await distribution to the Public Stockholders. The Company has selected [●] as the effective date for the purpose of determining when the Public Stockholders will be entitled to receive their share of the liquidation proceeds. You agree to be the Paying Agent of record and, in your separate capacity as Paying Agent, agree to distribute said funds directly to the Company’s Public Stockholders in accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement and the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company. Upon the distribution of all the funds, net of any payments necessary for reasonable unreimbursed expenses related to liquidating the Trust Account, your obligations under the Trust Agreement shall be terminated, except to the extent otherwise provided in Section 1(j) of the Trust Agreement.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  Atlas Crest Investment Corp. II
   
  By:  
    Name:  
    Title:  

 

cc: Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT D

 

[Letterhead of Company]

 

[Insert date]

 

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
1 State Street Plaza, 30th Floor
New York, New York 10004
Attn: Francis Wolf and Celeste Gonzalez

 

Re:Trust Account - Stockholder Redemption Withdrawal Instruction

 

Dear Mr. Wolf and Ms. Gonzalez:

 

Pursuant to Section 1(k) of the Investment Management Trust Agreement between Atlas Crest Investment Corp. II (the “Company”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “Trustee”), dated as of February 3, 2021 (as amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Trust Agreement”), the Company hereby requests that you deliver to the redeeming Public Stockholders of the Company $[●] of the principal and interest income earned on the Property as of the date hereof to a segregated account held by you on behalf of the Beneficiaries for distribution to the Stockholders who have requested redemption of their Common Stock. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Trust Agreement.

 

The Company needs such funds to pay its Public Stockholders who have properly elected to have their shares of Common Stock redeemed by the Company in connection with a stockholder vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of public shares of Common Stock if the Company has not consummated an initial Business Combination within such time as is described in Section 1(i) of the Trust Agreement. As such, you are hereby directed and authorized to transfer (via wire transfer) such funds promptly upon your receipt of this letter.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  Atlas Crest Investment Corp. II
   
  By:  
    Name:  
    Title:  

 

cc: Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.