Global Gas Corp DEFA14A, filed Aug 23, 2023
Global Gas Corp (HGAS)
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): August 22, 2023
Dune Acquisition Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-39819 | 85-1617911 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 700
S. Rosemary Avenue, Suite 204 West Palm Beach, FL |
33401 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(917) 742-1904
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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-half of one redeemable warrant |
DUNEU |
The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share |
DUNE | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||
Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A common stock, each at an exercise price of $11.50 per share |
DUNEW | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
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 ☒
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.
As previously disclosed on May 15, 2023, Dune Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Dune”), entered into a Unit Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated May 14, 2023, by and among Dune, Global Gas Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Dune (“Holdings”), Global Hydrogen Energy LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Global Hydrogen”), William Bennett Nance, Jr., Sergio Martinez, and Barbara Guay Martinez (together with Mr. Nance and Mr. Sergio Martinez, the “Sellers”), pursuant to which Dune and Global Hydrogen agreed to enter into a business combination transaction (the “Business Combination”).
On August 22, 2023, Dune, Holdings, Global Hydrogen and the Sellers entered into the First Amendment to Unit Purchase Agreement (the “Amendment”), pursuant to which the aggregate share consideration to be paid to the Sellers (as set forth in the “Company Equity Value” definition in the Purchase Agreement) was reduced from $57.5 million to $48.0 million.
The foregoing description of the Amendment is not complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment, a copy of which is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 2.1, and the terms of which are incorporated by reference herein.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
The Business Combination will be submitted to Dune’s stockholders for their consideration. On July 17, 2023, Dune filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a revised preliminary proxy statement (the “Revised Preliminary Proxy Statement”) in connection with the proposed Business Combination. This document does not contain all the information that should be considered in regard to the proposed Business Combination and is not intended to form the basis of any investment decision or any other decision in respect of the proposed Business Combination. Dune’s stockholders, Global Hydrogen’s unitholders and other interested persons are advised to read the Revised Preliminary Proxy Statement and any further amendments thereto and the definitive proxy statement and other documents filed in connection with the proposed Business Combination, when available, as these materials contain, and will contain, as applicable, important information about Global Hydrogen, Dune and the proposed Business Combination. When available, the definitive proxy statement and other relevant materials for the proposed Business Combination will be mailed to stockholders of Dune as of a record date to be established for voting on the proposed Business Combination. Dune stockholders and Global Hydrogen unitholders are also able to obtain copies of the Revised Preliminary Proxy Statement, and will be able to obtain copies of the definitive proxy statement and other documents filed with the SEC, when available, without charge, at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, or by directing a request to Dune’s secretary at 700 S. Rosemary Avenue, Suite 204, West Palm Beach, FL 33401, (917) 742-1904.
Participants in Solicitation
Dune and its directors and executive officers may be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies from Dune’s stockholders with respect to the proposed Business Combination. A list of the names of those directors and executive officers and a description of their interests in Dune is contained in Dune’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, which was filed with the SEC on April 10, 2023, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Dune’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A, which was filed with the SEC on July 17, 2023, each of which is available free of charge at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. To the extent such holdings of Dune’s securities may have changed since that time, such changes have been or will be reflected on Statements of Change in Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC. Additional information regarding the interests of such participants is contained in the Revised Preliminary Proxy Statement, and will be contained in any further amendments to the Revised Preliminary Proxy Statement and the definitive proxy statement and other documents filed in connection with the proposed Business Combination, when available. These documents can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above.
Global Hydrogen and its managers and executive officers may also be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from Dune’s stockholders with respect to the proposed Business Combination. A list of the names of such managers and executive officers and information regarding their interests in the proposed Business Combination are contained in the Revised Preliminary Proxy Statement, and will be contained in any further amendments to the Revised Preliminary Proxy Statement and the definitive proxy statement and other documents filed in connection with the proposed Business Combination, when available.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would,” “will,” “shall,” “seek,” “result,” “become,” “target” or other similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters, but the absence of these words does not mean a statement is not forward looking. Indications of, and guidance or outlook on, future earnings, dividends or financial position or performance are also forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: (1) references with respect to the anticipated benefits of the proposed Business Combination and inferences of anticipated closing timing; (2) the anticipated capitalization and enterprise value of the combined company following the consummation of the proposed Business Combination; (3) current and future potential commercial and customer relationships; and (4) anticipated demand for the combined company’s product and service offerings. These statements are based on various assumptions, whether or not identified in this Current Report on Form 8-K, and on the current expectations of Dune’s and Global Hydrogen’s management and are not predictions of actual performance. These forward-looking statements are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as, and must not be relied on by any investor as, a guarantee, an assurance, a prediction or a definitive statement of fact or probability.
These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially, and potentially adversely, from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections and other statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties. Most of these factors are outside Dune’s and Global Hydrogen’s control and are difficult to predict. Factors that may cause such differences include, but are not limited to: (i) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the Purchase Agreement; (ii) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Dune and Global Hydrogen following the announcement of the Purchase Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby; (iii) the inability of the parties to timely or successfully complete the proposed Business Combination, including due to failure to obtain approval of the stockholders of Dune, redemptions by Dune’s stockholders, certain regulatory approvals or the satisfaction of other conditions to closing in the Purchase Agreement; (iv) risks relating to the uncertainty of the projected financial information with respect to Global Hydrogen; (v) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the Purchase Agreement or could otherwise cause the transaction to fail to close; (vi) the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Global Hydrogen’s business and/or the ability of the parties to complete the proposed Business Combination; (vii) the inability to maintain the listing of Dune’s shares on The Nasdaq Capital Market following the proposed Business Combination; (viii) the risk that the proposed Business Combination disrupts current plans and operations as a result of the announcement and consummation of the proposed Business Combination; (ix) the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the proposed Business Combination, which may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of Global Hydrogen to grow and manage growth profitably, sell and expand its product and service offerings, implement its growth strategy and retain its key employees; (x) risks relating to Global Hydrogen’s operations and business, including the combined company’s ability to raise financing, hire employees, secure supplier, customer and other commercial contracts, obtain licenses and information technology and protect itself against cybersecurity risks; (xi) intense competition and competitive pressures from other companies worldwide in the industries in which the combined company will operate; (xii) litigation and the ability to adequately protect the combined company’s intellectual property rights; (xiii) costs related to the proposed Business Combination; (xiv) changes in applicable laws or regulations; and (xv) the possibility that Global Hydrogen or Dune may be adversely affected by other economic, business and/or competitive factors. The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive, and there may be additional risks that neither Dune nor Global Hydrogen presently know or that Dune and Global Hydrogen currently believe are immaterial that could also cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Additional information concerning certain of these and other risk factors is contained in Dune’s most recent filings with the SEC, including Dune’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, which was filed with the SEC on April 10, 2023, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Dune’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A, which was filed with the SEC on July 17, 2023, and in those documents that Dune has filed, or will file, with the SEC. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained herein. In addition, forward-looking statements reflect Dune’s and Global Hydrogen’s expectations, plans or forecasts of future events and views as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K. Dune and Global Hydrogen anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause Dune’s and Global Hydrogen’s assessments to change. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements concerning Dune and Global Hydrogen, the transactions related to the proposed Business Combination or other matters attributable to Dune, Global Hydrogen or any person acting on their behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements above. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. While Dune and Global Hydrogen may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, each of Dune and Global Hydrogen expressly disclaims any obligations or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in their expectations with respect thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any statement is based, except as required by law. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Dune’s and Global Hydrogen’s assessments as of any date subsequent to the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed upon the forward-looking statements.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 2.1 | ||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
SIGNATURES
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.
| Date: August 23, 2023 | DUNE ACQUISITION CORPORATION | |
| By: | /s/ Carter Glatt | |
| Name: | Carter Glatt | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
Exhibit 2.1
FIRST AMENDMENT TO UNIT PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This FIRST AMENDMENT TO UNIT PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of August 22, 2023, is entered into by and among (i) Dune Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“SPAC”), (ii) Global Gas Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of SPAC (“Holdings”), (iii) Global Hydrogen Energy LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), (v) William Bennett Nance, Jr., an individual (“Nance”), (vi) Sergio Martinez, an individual (“S. Martinez”) and (vii) Barbara Guay Martinez, an individual (“B. Martinez”, and together with Nance and S. Martinez, the “Sellers”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreement (as defined below).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, on May 14, 2023, the parties hereto entered into the Unit Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”).
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 12.10 of the Purchase Agreement, the parties hereto desire to amend the terms of the Purchase Agreement as set forth herein.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. Amendments to Purchase Agreement. The Purchase Agreement is hereby amended as set forth below in this Section 1.
(a) The definition of “Company Equity Value” in Article I of the Purchase Agreement is amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:
“Company Equity Value” means Forty Eight Million Dollars ($48,000,000).
Section 2. References to and Effect on the Purchase Agreement. Except as expressly amended by this Amendment, all of the terms, conditions and other provisions of the Purchase Agreement shall continue to be in full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms. No reference to this Amendment need be made in any instrument or document making reference to the Purchase Agreement, and any reference to the Purchase Agreement in any such instrument or document shall be deemed to refer to the Purchase Agreement as amended by this Amendment.
Section 3. Miscellaneous. All relevant provisions of Article XII (Miscellaneous) of the Purchase Agreement shall apply to this Amendment to the same extent as if set forth herein, mutatis mutandis.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have hereunto caused this Unit Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date hereof.
| SPAC | ||
| DUNE ACQUISITION CORPORATION | ||
| By: | /s/ Carter Glatt | |
| Name: | Carter Glatt | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
| HOLDINGS | ||
| GLOBAL GAS HOLDINGS LLC | ||
| By: | Dune Acquisition Corporation | |
| By: | Its Sole Member | |
| By: | /s/ Carter Glatt | |
| Name: | Carter Glatt | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
Signature Page to First Amendment to Purchase Agreement
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have hereunto caused this Unit Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date hereof.
| GLOBAL HYDROGEN ENERGY LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ William Nance | |
| Name: | William Nance | |
| Title: | CEO | |
| SELLERS | ||
| By: | /s/ William Bennett Nance, Jr. | |
| Name: | William Bennett Nance, Jr. | |
| By: | /s/ Sergio Martinez | |
| Name: | Sergio Martinez | |
| By: | /s/ Barbara Guay Martinez | |
| Name: | Barbara Guay Martinez | |
Signature Page to First Amendment to Purchase Agreement