8-K
Qt Imaging Holdings, Inc. (QTI)
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
September 28, 2023
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)
GIGCAPITAL5, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-40389 | 86-1728920 |
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| (State or other jurisdiction of<br> <br>incorporation or organization) | (Commission<br> <br>File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer<br> <br>Identification Number) |
1731 Embarcadero Rd., Suite 200
Palo Alto, CA 94303
(Address of principal executive offices)
(650) 276-7040
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
| ☒ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
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| ☐ | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
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| ☐ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
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| ☐ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e 4(c)) |
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading<br>Symbols | Name of each exchange<br> <br>on which registered |
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| Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share | GIA | 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).
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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. |
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As disclosed in a Current Report on Form 8-K that GigCapital 5, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), filed on September 29, 2021 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), the Company previously entered into an Investment Management Trust Agreement (the “IMTA”), dated September 23, 2021 and amended as of September 23, 2022 and March 28, 2023, with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“CST”), as trustee. On September 28, 2023, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment (the “IMTA Amendment”) to the IMTA that extends the date by which the Company must consummate a business combination transaction from March 28, 2023 (the date which is 24 months from the closing date of the Company’s initial public offering of units (the “IPO”)) one (1) time until December 31, 2023, without any additional payment to the trust account (the “Trust Account”), as described in the Definitive Proxy Statement on Form DEF 14A as filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on September 18, 2023 (the “Definitive Proxy Statement”), as supplemented with additional materials on September 27, 2023. Following such approval by the Company’s stockholders, the Company and CST entered into the IMTA Amendment on September 28, 2023.
The foregoing description of the IMTA Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the IMTA Amendment, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 5.03 | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year |
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On September 28, 2023, the Company held a special meeting of its stockholders (the “Special Meeting”). At the Special Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation that extends the date by which the Company must consummate a business combination transaction from September 28, 2023 (the date which is 24 months from the closing date of the Company’s IPO) up to December 31, 2023. The certificate of amendment was filed with the Delaware Secretary of State and has an effective date of September 28, 2023.
The foregoing description of the certificate of amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the certificate of amendment, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 3.1 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders |
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At the Special Meeting, of the 9,564,001 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote, 8,949,235 shares were represented, constituting a quorum. The final results for the matter submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Special Meeting are as follows:
Proposal 1: The stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to extend the date by which the Company must consummate a business combination transaction from September 28, 2023 (the date which is 24 months from the closing date of the Company’s IPO) up to December 31, 2023, by the votes set forth in the table below:
| For | Against | Abstained |
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| 8,946,254 | 2,981 | 0 |
Proposal 2: The stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Investment Management Trust Agreement to extend the date by which the Company must consummate a business combination transaction from September 28, 2023 (the date which is 24 months from the closing date of the Company’s initial public offering of units) up to December 31, 2023, without any additional payment to the Trust Account, by the votes set forth in the table below:
| For | Against | Abstained |
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| 8,946,254 | 2,981 | 0 |
No other items were presented for stockholder approval at the Special Meeting.
| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
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The information set forth below under this Item 7.01 is intended to be furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
In connection with Proposal 1 to amend the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to extend the date by which the Company must consummate a business combination transaction from September 28, 2023 (the date which is 24 months from the closing date of the Company’s IPO) until December 31, 2023, stockholders elected to redeem 904,023 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), which represents approximately 3.9% of the shares that were part of the units that were sold in the Company’s IPO. Following such redemptions, approximately $23 million will remain in the trust account and 2,114,978 shares of Common Stock will remain issued and outstanding.
On September 29, 2023, the Company issued a press release announcing the results of the Special Meeting. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
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| Exhibit<br> <br>Number | |
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| 3.1 | Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation |
| 10.1 | Amendment to the Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated September 28, 2023 |
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated September 29, 2023 |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
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.
Dated: September 29, 2023
| By: | /s/ Dr. Raluca Dinu |
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| Name: | Dr. Raluca Dinu |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer, President, Secretary, and Director |
EX-3.1
Exhibit 3.1
CERTIFICATE OF THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
GIGCAPITAL5, INC.
GigCapital5, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), does hereby certify:
The name of the corporation is GigCapital5, Inc. The corporation was originally incorporated pursuant to the DGCL on January 19, 2021, under the name of GigCapital5, Inc.
The date of filing of the corporation’s original Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware was January 19, 2021, and the date of filing the corporation’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware was September 23, 2021. Certificates of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation were filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on September 23, 2022 and March 28, 2023.
The Board of Directors of the corporation has duly adopted resolutions setting forth proposed amendments to the Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation (as amended and restated prior to the date hereof), declaring said amendment to be advisable and in the best interests of the corporation and its stockholders and authorizing the appropriate officers of the corporation to solicit the consent of the stockholders therefor, which resolutions setting forth the proposed amendment are substantially as follows:
RESOLVED, that Section 9.1(b) of Article IX of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation is amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:
“Immediately after the Offering, a certain amount of the net offering proceeds received by the Corporation in the Offering (including the proceeds of any exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option) and certain other amounts specified in the Corporation’s registration statement on Form S-1, as initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 28, 2021, as amended (the “Registration Statement”), shall be deposited in a trust account (the “Trust Account”), established for the benefit of the Public Stockholders (as defined below) pursuant to a trust agreement described in the Registration Statement. Except for the payment of deferred underwriting commissions and the withdrawal of interest to pay taxes, none of the funds held in the Trust Account (including the interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account) will be released from the Trust Account until the earliest to occur of (i) the completion of the initial Business Combination, (ii) the redemption of 100% of the Offering Shares (as defined below) if the Corporation is unable to complete its initial Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the Offering, provided that GigAcquisitions5, LLC may decide to extend the date by which it has to consummate a business combination one (1) time from September 28, 2023 to December 31, 2023 by delivering written notice thereof to the Corporation, and (iii) the redemption of shares in connection with a vote seeking to amend any provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate relating to the Corporation’s pre-initial Business Combination activity and related stockholders’ rights (as described in Section 9.7). Holders of shares of Common Stock included as part of the units sold in the Offering (the “Offering Shares”) (whether such Offering Shares were purchased in the Offering or in the secondary market following the Offering and whether or not such holders are Founders (as such term is defined in the Registration Statement), officers or directors of the Corporation, or affiliates of any of the foregoing) are referred to herein as “Public Stockholders. The gross proceeds from the issuance of such promissory notes pursuant to subpart (ii) above of this Section 9.1(b) will be added to the proceeds from the Offering to be held in the Trust Account and shall be used in accordance with this Article IX to fund the redemption of the Offering Shares that have not been previously redeemed.”
- That thereafter, said amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the DGCL by written consent of stockholders holding the requisite number of shares required by statute given in accordance with and pursuant to Section 228 of the DGCL.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the corporation has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be signed this day of September 28, 2023.
| /s/ Dr. Raluca Dinu |
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| Dr. Raluca Dinu |
| Chief Executive Officer, President, Secretary, and Director |
EX-10.1
Exhibit 10.1
THIRD AMENDMENT
TO THE
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT
This Amendment No. 3 (this “Amendment”), dated as of September 28, 2023, to the Investment Management Trust Agreement (as defined below) is made by and between GigCapital5, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), having its principal office located at 1731 Embarcadero Rd., Suite 200, Palo Alto, CA 94303, 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 September 23, 2021, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1, dated September 23, 2022 and that certain Amendment No. 2, dated March 28, 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 a special meeting of the Company held on September 28, 2023, the Company’s stockholders approved (i) a proposal to amend the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “A&R COI”) giving the Company the right to extend the date by which it has to consummate a business combination one (1) time, from September 28, 2023 to December 31, 2023 without depositing any additional amounts in the Trust Account; and
NOW THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED:
- 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 signed on behalf of the Company by the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of the Company or by the Executive 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 Representatives, and complete the liquidation of the Trust Account and distribute the Property in the Trust Account, including interest (less up to $100,000 of interest that may be released to the Company to pay dissolution expenses in the case of a Termination Letter in the form of Exhibit B hereto and which interest shall be net of any taxes payable), only as directed in the Termination Letter and the other documents referred to therein, or (y) the date which is the later of (i) 24 months after the closing of the IPO, provided that the Company may, but is not obligated to, extend the period of time to consummate its initial Business Combination one (1) time from September 28, 2023 to December 31, 2023 by delivering written notice thereof to the Trustee in the form of Exhibit E hereto; and (ii) such later date as may be approved by the Company’s stockholders in accordance with the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “Amended and Restated Certificate”) 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 form of letter attached hereto as Exhibit B and the Property in the Trust Account, including interest (less up to $100,000 of interest that may be released to the Company to pay dissolution expenses in the case of a Termination Letter in the form of Exhibit B hereto and which interest shall be net of any taxes payable), shall be distributed to the Public Stockholders of record as of such date; provided, however, that in the event the Trustee receives a Termination Letter in a form substantially similar to Exhibit B hereto, or if the Trustee begins to liquidate the Property because it has received no such Termination Letter by the date specified in clause (y) of this Section 1(i), the Trustee shall keep the Trust Account open until twelve (12) months following the date the Property has been distributed to the Public Stockholders;”
- A new Exhibit E is hereby added to the Trust Agreement to read as follows:
[Letterhead of Company]
[Insert date]
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
1 State Street, 30th Floor
New York, N.Y. 10004
Attn: Francis Wolf and Celeste Gonzalez
Re: Trust Account — Extension Letter
Gentlemen:
Pursuant to paragraph 1(i) of the Investment Management Trust Agreement between GigCapital5, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Company”), and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Trustee”), dated as of September 23, 2021 (“Trust Agreement”), amended by Amendment No. 1 on September 23, 2022, and Amendment No. 2 on March 28, 2023, and Amendment No. 3 on September 28, 2023, this is to advise you that the Company is extending the time available in order to consummate a Business Combination with the Target Businesses from September 28, 2023 to December 31, 2023 (the “Extension”). Capitalized words used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Trust Agreement.
This Extension Letter shall serve as the notice required with respect to the extension prior to the applicable deadline.
| Very truly yours, | |
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| GIGCAPITAL5, INC. | |
| By: | |
| Dr. Raluca Dinu |
cc: Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
All other provisions of the Trust Agreement shall remain unaffected by the terms hereof.
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.
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.
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.
[signature page follows]
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 | |
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| By: | /s/ Francis Wolf |
| Name: | Francis Wolf |
| Title: | Vice President |
| GIGCAPITAL5, INC. | |
| By: | /s/ Dr. Raluca Dinu |
| Name: | Dr. Raluca Dinu |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer, President and Secretary |
EX-99.1
Exhibit 99.1
GigCapital5, Inc. Announces Stockholder Approval of Extension Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation andInvestment Management Trust Agreement
Palo Alto, CA – September 29, 2023 – GigCapital5, Inc. (“GigCapital5” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: GIA), a blank check company, also commonly referred to as a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, formed for the purpose of entering into a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities, today announced that its stockholders approved an extension of the date by which it has to consummate a business combination, allowing the Company to extend such date one (1) time from September 28, 2023 (the date which is 24 months from the closing date of GigCapital5’s initial public offering) until December 31, 2023 (the extension, the “Extension”).
About GigCapital5
GigCapital5 is a blank check company, also commonly referred to as a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, formed for the purpose of entering into a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. While GigCapital5’s efforts to identify a target business may span many industries, the focus of GigCapital5’s search is for prospects within the technology, media and telecommunications, aerospace and defense, advanced medical equipment, intelligent automation and sustainable industries. GigCapital5 was sponsored by GigAcquisitions5, LLC, which was founded by GigFounders, LLC, each a member entity of GigCapital Global, and formed for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses.
On December 8, 2022, GigCapital5 entered into a Business Combination Agreement (as amended, the “Business Combination Agreement” or “BCA”) with QTI Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of GigCapital5 (“Merger Sub”), and QT Imaging (the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, the “Business Combination”). Pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, Merger Sub will merge with and into QT Imaging (the “Merger”), with QT Imaging as the surviving company in the Merger (the “Surviving Corporation”), and after giving effect to the Merger, the Surviving Corporation will be a wholly owned subsidiary of GigCapital5, which will be renamed as QT Imaging Holdings, Inc. (“QTI Holdings”).
Additional Information and Where to Find It
In connection with the proposed Business Combination, GigCapital5 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendment to such registration statement, the “Registration Statement”), which includes a preliminary proxy statement/prospectus (the “BCA Proxy Statement”) to be distributed to holders of GigCapital5 Common Stock in connection with GigCapital5’s solicitation of proxies for the vote by GigCapital5’s stockholders with respect to the Business Combination and the other matters as described in the Registration Statement and a prospectus relating to the offer of the securities to be issued to the stockholders of QT Imaging in connection with the Business Combination. After the Registration Statement has been filed and declared effective, GigCapital will mail a definitive BCA Proxy Statement, when available, to its stockholders. Investors and security holders and other interested parties are urged to read the BCA Proxy Statement, any amendments thereto and any other documents filed with the SEC carefully and in their entirety when they become available because they will contain important information about GigCapital5, QT Imaging and the proposed Business Combination. Such persons can also read GigCapital5’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and Current Reports on Form 8-K for more information on the security holdings of its officers and directors and their respective interests as security holders in the consummation of the Transactions described in this Current Report. The BCA Proxy Statement, Registration Statement, the Extension Proxy Statement, and GigCapital5’s other reports can be obtained, without charge, at the SEC’s web site (www.sec.gov) and on GigCapital5’s website at www.gigcapital5.com.
sales of its output products in accordance with its plan; (14) risks related to the rollout of QT Imaging’s business and the timing of expected business milestones; (15) the effects of competition on QT Imaging’s business; (16) changes in domestic and foreign business, market, financial, political, and legal conditions; (17) the inability to close on the Yorkville SEPA or obtain any other financing to support the closing of the Business Combination and cover operating needs of QTI Holdings, and (18) other risks and uncertainties included in (x) the “Risk Factors” sections of the most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC by GigCapital5 and (y) other documents filed or to be filed with the SEC by GigCapital5. The foregoing list of factors is not exclusive. You should not place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. GigCapital5 and QT Imaging do not undertake or accept any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in their expectations or any change in events, conditions, or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
No Offer or Solicitation
This Current Report will not constitute a solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the Business Combination. This Current Report will also not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor will there be any sale of securities in any states or jurisdictions in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offering of securities will be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act or an exemption therefrom.
GigCapital5, Inc. Contact:
Brian Ruby, ICR, Brian.Ruby@icrinc.com