EDTX EdtechX Holdings Acquisition Corporation II

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

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SCHEDULE 14A

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EDTECHX HOLDINGS ACQUISITION CORP. II

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EDTECHX HOLDINGS ACQUISITION CORP. II
c/o IBIS Capital Limited
22 Soho Square
London, W1D 4NS United Kingdom

The Company’s board of directors has fixed the close of business on May 8, 2023 as the date for determining the Company’s stockholders entitled to receive notice of and vote at the special 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 special meeting or any adjournment thereof. As of the record date, there are 274,708 shares of Class A Common Stock held by public stockholders (the “public shares”) and 2,875,000 shares of Class A Common Stock held by our officers, directors and their affiliates (the “sponsor shares”). A complete list of stockholders of record entitled to vote at the special meeting will be available for ten days before the special meeting at the Company’s principal executive offices for inspection by stockholders during ordinary business hours for any purpose germane to the special meeting.

The holders of public shares may elect to have their public shares redeemed for their pro rata portion of the funds held in the trust account (calculated as of two business days prior to the special meeting) if the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and the Extension is implemented (the “Redemption”). Holders of public shares do not need to vote on the Extension Amendment Proposal or be a holder of record on the record date to exercise redemption rights. The per share pro rata portion of the trust account on the record date (which is expected to be the same approximate amount two business days prior to the meeting) after taking into account taxes owed but not paid by such date was approximately $10.52. The Company intends to continue to invest the funds in the trust account in treasury bills at prevailing interest rates. The closing price of the Company’s common stock on the record date was $11.22. Accordingly, if the market price were to remain the same until the date of the meeting, exercising redemption rights would result in a public stockholder receiving approximately $0.70 less than if the stockholder sold such shares in the open market. However, the actual market price on the redemption date may be higher or lower than the per share pro rata portion of the trust account on such date. Additionally, the Company cannot assure stockholders that they will be able to sell their 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 the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved by June 15, 2023 (whether on the scheduled date for the special meeting or at an adjourned meeting upon approval of the Adjournment Proposal), the Extension will not be implemented and, in accordance with our charter, we expect to (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, less up to $100,000 of interest earned on the funds held in the trust account that may be used for liquidation expenses and 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 Amendment Proposal is approved and the Extension is implemented, 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 the redeemed public shares 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 its business combination on or before the Extended Date. 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 if the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and the Extension is implemented.

After careful consideration of all relevant factors, the Company’s board of directors has determined that both of the proposals to be presented at the special meeting are fair to and in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders, and has declared it advisable and recommends that you vote or give instruction to vote “FOR” the Extension Amendment Proposal and “FOR” the Adjournment Proposal, if presented.

EDTECHX HOLDINGS ACQUISITION CORP. II
c/o IBIS Capital Limited
22 Soho Square
London, W1D 4NS United Kingdom

TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF EDTECHX HOLDINGS ACQUISITION CORP. II:
SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

TO BE HELD ON JUNE 13, 2023

The purpose of the Adjournment Proposal is to allow the Company to adjourn the special meeting to a later date or dates if we determine that more time is necessary to effectuate the Extension.

The Company’s board of directors has fixed the close of business on May 8, 2023 as the date for determining the Company’s stockholders entitled to receive notice of and vote at the special 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 special meeting or any adjournment thereof. A complete list of stockholders of record entitled to vote at the special meeting will be available for ten days before the special meeting at the Company’s principal executive offices for inspection by stockholders during ordinary business hours for any purpose germane to the special meeting.

The holders of shares of Class A Common Stock issued in Company’s IPO (such shares being referred to as the “public shares”) may elect to have their public shares redeemed for their pro rata portion of the funds held in the trust account established at the time of the IPO (the “trust account”) if the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and the Extension is implemented (the “Redemption”). Holders of public shares do not need to vote on the Extension Amendment Proposal or be a holder of record on the record date to exercise redemption rights. 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 if the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and the Extension is implemented.

Approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal is a condition to the implementation of the Extension.

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and the Extension is implemented, 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 the redeemed public shares 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 its business combination on or before the Extended Date. Accordingly, if the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved, the amount remaining in the trust account may be only a small fraction of the approximately $2.9 million that was in the trust account as of the record date. In such event, the Company may need to obtain additional funds to complete its initial business combination and there can be no assurance that such funds will be available on terms acceptable to the Company or at all. Additionally, if the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved, the Company’s warrants will remain outstanding in accordance with their existing terms.

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved by June 15, 2023 (whether on the scheduled date for the special meeting or at an adjourned meeting upon approval of the Adjournment Proposal), the Extension will not be implemented and, in accordance with our charter, we expect to (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, less up to $100,000 of interest earned on the funds held in the trust account that may be used for liquidation expenses and 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.

IBIS Capital Sponsor II LLC and IBIS Sponsor II EdtechX LLC, limited liability companies affiliated with certain of the Company’s officers and directors (collectively, the “sponsors”), as well as our other stockholders prior to the IPO and our officers and directors, have waived their rights to participate in any liquidation distribution with respect to the 2,875,000 sponsor shares. As a consequence of such waivers, a liquidating distribution will be made only with respect to the public shares. There will be no distribution from the trust account with respect to the Company’s warrants, which will expire worthless in the event we wind up.

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved and the Company liquidates, our sponsors have agreed that they will be liable to us if and to the extent any claims by a vendor for services rendered or products sold to us, or a prospective target business with which we have discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reduces the amount of funds in the trust account to below $10.00 per public share, except as to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the trust account and except as to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters of our IPO against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as

amended. The sponsors will not be responsible for such third party claims even if a trust account waiver executed by such third party is deemed to be unenforceable. Furthermore, they will not be liable to our public stockholders and instead will only have liability to us. There is no assurance, however, that they will be able to satisfy those obligations to us. Based on the cash available to the Company outside of its trust account for working capital and the Company’s outstanding expenses owed to all creditors (both those that have signed trust fund waivers and those that have not), it is not anticipated that the sponsors will have any indemnification obligations. Accordingly, regardless of whether an indemnification obligation exists, the per share liquidation price for the public shares is anticipated to be approximately $10.52, calculated as of the record date (which is expected to be the same approximate amount two business days before the special meeting) after taking into account taxes owed but not paid by such date. Nevertheless, the Company cannot assure you that the per share distribution from the trust account, if the Company liquidates, will not be less than approximately $10.52, due to unforeseen claims of creditors.

Under the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), stockholders may be held liable for claims by third parties against a corporation to the extent of distributions received by them in a dissolution. If the corporation complies with certain procedures set forth in Section 280 of the DGCL intended to ensure that it makes reasonable provision for all claims against it, including a 60-day notice period during which any third-party claims can be brought against the corporation, a 90-day period during which the corporation may reject any claims brought, and an additional 150-day waiting period before any liquidating distributions are made to stockholders, any liability of stockholders with respect to a liquidating distribution is limited to the lesser of such stockholder’s pro rata share of the claim or the amount distributed to the stockholder, and any liability of the stockholder would be barred after the third anniversary of the dissolution. However, because the Company will not be complying with Section 280 of the DGCL, Section 281(b) of the DGCL requires us to adopt a plan, based on facts known to us at such time that will provide for our payment of all existing and pending claims or claims that may be potentially brought against us within the subsequent ten years. Because we are a blank check company, rather than an operating company, and our operations have been and will continue to be limited to searching for prospective target businesses to acquire, the only likely claims to arise would be from our vendors (such as lawyers, investment bankers, etc.) or prospective target businesses.

The record date for the special meeting is May 8, 2023. Record holders of common stock of the Company at the close of business on the record date are entitled to vote or have their votes cast at the special meeting. On the record date, there were 3,149,708 shares of common stock outstanding, including 274,708 outstanding public shares. The Company’s warrants do not have voting rights.

This proxy statement contains important information about the special meeting and the proposals described herein. Please read it carefully and vote your shares.

This proxy statement is dated May 22, 2023, and is first being mailed to stockholders on or about that date.

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, and the Company’s ability to enter into a definitive agreement with any prospective target and consummate a business combination. 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.

BACKGROUND

The Company

The Company is a blank check company incorporated in Delaware on May 27, 2020. The Company was 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.

In connection with our incorporation, in June 2020, the sponsors purchased an aggregate of 4,312,500 shares of our Class B Common Stock for an aggregate price of $25,000. In December 2020, the sponsors contributed an aggregate of 1,437,500 shares of Class B Common Stock to the Company for no consideration, resulting in a decrease in the total number of shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding to 2,875,000. Concurrent with our IPO, our sponsors contributed to our capital for no consideration an aggregate of 40,000 shares of Class B Common Stock and we issued in a private placement a like number of shares to MIHI LLC, an affiliate of Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., one of the underwriters in the IPO.

On December 15, 2020, we consummated our IPO of 11,500,000 units, which included the full exercise by the underwriters of the IPO of their over-allotment option, with each unit consisting of one public share and one-half of one redeemable warrant, each whole warrant entitling the holder to purchase one public share at a price of $11.50 per share. The units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds of $115,000,000.

Simultaneously with the consummation of the IPO, we consummated a private placement (the “private placement”) of 5,525,000 warrants (“private warrants”) at a price of $1.00 per private warrant, generating total proceeds of $5,525,000, to the sponsors, MIHI and Jefferies LLC, the representative of the underwriters in the IPO (“Jefferies”). 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 initial purchasers or their permitted transferees. The initial purchasers have agreed not to transfer, assign, or sell any of the securities purchased in the private placement, including the underlying shares of common stock (except to certain permitted transferees), until 30 days after the consummation of our initial business combination.

Following consummation of the IPO and the private placement, an aggregate of $116,725,000 was deposited in the trust account.

On May 16, 2022, the Company entered into the Merger Agreement for its initial business combination with zSpace. On June 2, 2022, we held a special meeting of stockholders at which such stockholders voted to extend the time we had to consummate an initial business combination from June 15, 2022 to December 15, 2022. In connection with such vote, the holders of an aggregate of 9,195,721 public shares exercised their right to redeem their shares for an aggregate of approximately $93,377,626 in cash. Additionally, the sponsors agreed that if the extension was approved, they or their affiliates would lend to the Company for every month of the extension that was needed to consummate its business combination the lesser of an aggregate of (i) $100,000 and (ii) $0.033 per share for each public share that was not redeemed in connection with the stockholder vote. An aggregate of 2,304,279 public shares were not redeemed in connection with the stockholder vote and accordingly the sponsors made a loan to the Trust Account of $76,041.21 upon such extension and thereafter for each month of the extension.

In November 2022, the holders of the sponsor shares converted such shares into a like number of shares of Class A common stock. As a result, we have only one class of common stock outstanding.

On December 13, 2022, we held another special meeting of stockholders at which such stockholders voted to extend the time we had to consummate an initial business combination from December 15, 2022 to June 15, 2023. In connection with such vote, the holders of an aggregate of 2,029,571 public shares exercised their right to redeem their shares for an aggregate of approximately $21,046,651 in cash. Accordingly, as of the record date, the Company had approximately $2.9 million of cash in the trust account.

In connection with the extension obtained in December 2022, we agreed that we would issue a dividend to holders of public shares who did not seek redemption of their public shares in connection with the extension and any business combination subsequently presented to stockholders. Our board of directors authorized a dividend of an aggregate of 350,000 shares to be divided equally among each public share held of record on the day following the consummation of the business combination subject to a maximum dividend payable of 0.50 shares per public share. Accordingly, if the holders of the 274,708 public shares that remained after the December 2022 special meeting do not

submit such public shares for redemption in connection with this Extension vote and the vote to approve the proposed business combination with zSpace, they will be entitled to a dividend of 0.50 shares per public share (or an aggregate of 137,354 shares).

The mailing address of the Company’s principal executive office is c/o IBIS Capital Limited, 22 Soho Square, London, W1D 4NS, United Kingdom, and its telephone number is (44) 207 070 7080.

Risks Related to Potential Application of the Investment Company Act, Inflation Reduction Act and Review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

Investment Company Act

As previously indicated, the Company completed its initial public offering in December 2020 and has operated as a blank check company searching for a target business with which to consummate an initial business combination since such time (or approximately 30 months). On March 30, 2022, the SEC issued proposed rules relating to, among other matters, the extent to which special purpose acquisition companies like ours could become subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The SEC’s proposed rules would provide a safe harbor for such companies from the definition of “investment company” under Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act, provided that they satisfy certain conditions that limit a company’s duration, asset composition, business purpose and activities. The duration component of the proposed safe harbor rule would require the company to file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC announcing that it has entered into an agreement with the target company (or companies) to engage in an initial business combination no later than 18 months after the effective date of the company’s registration statement for its initial public offering. The company would then be required to complete its initial business combination no later than 24 months after the effective date of its registration statement for its initial public offering. The SEC has indicated that it believes that there are serious questions concerning the applicability of the Investment Company Act to special purpose acquisition companies, including a company like ours, that does not complete its initial business combination within the proposed time frame set forth in the proposed safe harbor rule. As a result, it is possible that a claim could be made in the future that we have been operating as an unregistered investment company. It is also possible that the investment of funds from the initial public offering during our life as a blank check company, and the earning and use of interest from such investment, both of which will likely continue until we consummate an initial business combination, could increase the likelihood of us being found to have been operating as an unregistered investment company more than if we sought to potentially mitigate this risk by holding such funds as cash. If the Company was deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act and found to have been operating as an unregistered investment company, it could cause the Company to liquidate. If we are forced to liquidate, investors in the Company would not be able to participate in any benefits of owning stock in an operating business (such as zSpace), including the potential appreciation of our stock following such a transaction and our warrants would expire worthless.

Inflation Reduction Act

On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IR Act”) was signed into federal law. The IR Act provides for, among other things, a new U.S. federal 1% excise tax on certain repurchases of stock by publicly traded U.S. domestic corporations and certain U.S. domestic subsidiaries of publicly traded foreign corporations occurring on or after January 1, 2023. The excise tax is imposed on the repurchasing corporation itself, not its shareholders from which shares are repurchased. The amount of the excise tax is generally 1% of the fair market value of the shares repurchased at the time of the repurchase. However, for purposes of calculating the excise tax, repurchasing corporations are permitted to net the fair market value of certain new stock issuances against the fair market value of stock repurchases during the same taxable year. In addition, certain exceptions apply to the excise tax. The U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) has been given authority to provide regulations and other guidance to carry out and prevent the abuse or avoidance of the excise tax. Any share redemption or other share repurchase that occurs after December 31, 2022, in connection with a business combination, extension vote or otherwise, may be subject to the excise tax. Whether and to what extent the Company would be subject to the excise tax in connection with its initial business combination, extension vote or otherwise in the future will depend on a number of factors, including (i) the fair market value of the redemptions and repurchases in connection with the business combination, extension or otherwise, (ii) the nature and amount of any “PIPE” or other equity issuances in connection with the business combination (or otherwise issued not in connection with the business combination but issued within the same taxable year of the business combination) and (iii) the content of regulations and other guidance from the Treasury.

In addition, because the excise tax would be payable by the Company and not by the redeeming holder, the mechanics of any required payment of the excise tax have not been determined. The foregoing could cause a reduction in the cash available on hand to complete our initial business combination and in the Company’s ability to complete the business combination.

Review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

The sponsors are Delaware limited liability companies. The sponsors currently own an aggregate of 2,088,975 sponsor shares acquired prior to our IPO and 5,525,000 private warrants that were purchased in a private placement which occurred simultaneously with the completion of the IPO. Each of Benjamin Vedrenne-Cloquet and Charles McIntyre, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, respectively, is a non-U.S. person and controls the sponsors.

We do not believe that either we or our sponsors constitute a “foreign person” under the rules and regulations of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”). However, if CFIUS considers us to be a “foreign person” that may affect national security, we could be subject to such foreign ownership restrictions and/or CFIUS review. If the business combination with zSpace falls within the scope of applicable foreign ownership restrictions, we may be unable to consummate such business combination. In addition, if such business combination falls within CFIUS’ jurisdiction, we may be required to make a mandatory filing or determine to submit a voluntary notice to CFIUS, or to proceed with the business combination without notifying CFIUS and risk CFIUS intervention, before or after closing the business combination.

Although we do not believe we or our sponsors are a “foreign person,” CFIUS may take a different view and decide to block or delay any business combination we seek to consummate, impose conditions to mitigate national security concerns with respect to the business combination, order us to divest all or a portion of a U.S. business of the combined company if we had proceeded without first obtaining CFIUS clearance, or impose penalties if CFIUS believes that the mandatory notification requirement applied. Additionally, the laws and regulations of other U.S. government entities may impose review or approval procedures on account of any foreign ownership by the sponsors. If we were to seek an initial business combination other than the business combination with zSpace, the pool of potential targets with which we could complete an initial business combination may be limited as a result of any such regulatory restriction. Moreover, the process of any government review, whether by CFIUS or otherwise, could be lengthy. Because we have only a limited time to complete the business combination, our failure to obtain any required approvals within the requisite time period may require us to liquidate. If we liquidate, our public stockholders may only receive $10.00 per share, and our warrants will expire worthless. This will also cause you to lose any potential investment opportunity in the business combination and the chance of realizing future gains on your investment through any price appreciation in the combined company after consummation of the business combination.

Resignation of Jefferies LLC

Stockholders should be aware that Jefferies has notified the Company that it would not act in any capacity in connection with the proposed business combination with zSpace. Jefferies has delivered notice of its resignation to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 11(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has disclaimed any responsibility for any portion of the proxy statement/prospectus to be used in connection with the proposed business combination. Stockholders should not place any reliance on the participation of Jefferies prior to such resignation and waiver in the transactions between the Company and zSpace. Neither the Company nor zSpace believes that Jefferies’ resignation will impact the consummation of the business combination, other than by reducing the aggregate advisory fees payable at closing. Jefferies’ resignation did not impact the Company’s board’s analysis or continued support of the business combination. Further information regarding the resignation of Jefferies and any potential impact on the proposed business combination will be included in the proxy statement/prospectus to be used in connection with the proposed business combination that will be mailed to stockholders at a later date.

THE EXTENSION AMENDMENT PROPOSAL

The Company is proposing to amend its charter to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate its business combination to the Extended Date. The approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal is essential to the overall implementation of the board of directors’ plan to allow the Company more time to complete its initial business combination with zSpace. Approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal is a condition to the implementation of the Extension. A copy of the proposed amendment to the charter of the Company to effectuate the Extension 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 Amendment Proposal or do not vote at all, will be permitted to have all or a portion of their public shares redeemed for their pro rata portion of the trust account, provided that the Extension is implemented. Holders of public shares do not need to be a holder of record on the record date in order to exercise redemption rights.

The per share pro rata portion of the trust account on the record date (which is expected to be the same approximate amount two business days prior to the meeting) after taking into account taxes owed but not paid by such date was approximately $10.52. The closing price of the Company’s common stock on the record date was $11.22. Accordingly, if the market price were to remain the same until the date of the meeting, exercising redemption rights would result in a public stockholder receiving approximately $0.70 less than if the stockholder sold such shares in the open market. However, the actual market price on the redemption date may be higher or lower than the per share pro rata portion of the trust account on such date. Additionally, the Company cannot assure stockholders that they will be able to sell their shares 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.

Reasons for the Extension Amendment Proposal

The Company’s charter currently provides that the Company has until June 15, 2023 to complete a business combination. The Company believes that given the Company’s expenditure of time, effort and money on searching for potential business combination opportunities and negotiating and executing the Merger Agreement with zSpace, circumstances warrant providing public stockholders an opportunity to consider such initial business combination. However, there will not be sufficient time before June 15, 2023 to allow the Company to consummate such initial business combination. Accordingly, the Company has determined to seek stockholder approval to extend the time for closing a business combination beyond June 15, 2023 to the Extended Date. 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 with the amendment.

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is not Approved

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved by June 15, 2023 (whether on the scheduled date for the special meeting or at an adjourned meeting upon approval of the Adjournment Proposal), the Extension will not be implemented and, in accordance with our charter, we expect to (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, less up to $100,000 of interest earned on the funds held in the trust account that may be used for liquidation expenses 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 sponsor 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 which will expire worthless if the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved and the Company is wound up. The Company will pay the costs of liquidation from its remaining assets outside of the trust account and the up to $100,000 of interest earned on the funds held in the trust account available to us for such purposes.

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is Approved

If the Extension Amendment Proposal 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 its business combination until the Extended Date. The Company intends to continue to attempt to consummate its business combination until the Extended Date. The Company will remain a reporting company under the Exchange Act and its units, common stock, and warrants will remain publicly traded during the extension period. The warrants will continue in existence in accordance with their terms.

You are not being asked to vote on the business combination with zSpace at this time. If the Extension is implemented and you do not elect to redeem your public shares now, you will retain the right to vote on the proposed business combination with zSpace 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 proposed business combination is approved and completed or if the Company has not consummated a business combination by the Extended Date.

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved, and the Extension is implemented, the removal of the Withdrawal Amount from the trust account will reduce the Company’s net asset value. The Company cannot predict the amount that will remain in the trust account if the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved, and the amount remaining in the trust account may be only a small fraction of the approximately $2.9 million that was in the trust account as of the record date.

Redemption Rights

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved, and the Extension is implemented, each public stockholder may seek to have his, her or its public shares redeemed 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, calculated as of two business days prior to the special meeting. Holders of public shares do not need to vote on the Extension Amendment 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, spacredemptions@continentalstock.com, NO LATER THAN TWO BUSINESS DAYS PRIOR TO THE VOTE FOR THE EXTENSION AMENDMENT PROPOSAL OR DELIVER YOUR SHARES TO THE TRANSFER AGENT ELECTRONICALLY NO LATER THAN TWO BUSINESS DAYS PRIOR TO THE VOTE FOR THE EXTENSION AMENDMENT PROPOSAL USING THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY’S DWAC (DEPOSIT/WITHDRAWAL AT CUSTODIAN) SYSTEM. The requirement for physical or electronic delivery at least two business days prior to the vote at the special meeting ensures that a redeeming holder’s election is completed once the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and the Extension is implemented. Accordingly, stockholders making the election will not be able to tender their shares after the date that is two business days prior to the vote at the special 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. 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.

Shares that have not been tendered in accordance with these procedures at least two business days prior to the vote for the Extension Amendment Proposal will not be redeemed for 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 special meeting (or after the special meeting but prior to effectuation of the Extension with the Company’s consent) 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 special meeting (or after the special meeting but prior to effectuation of the Extension with the Company’s consent) 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 the address listed above. In the event that a public stockholder tenders shares and the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved or is abandoned, these shares will be redeemed in accordance with the terms of the charter promptly following the June 15, 2023 expiration date, 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 Amendment Proposal would receive payment of the redemption price for such shares soon after the implementation of the Extension. 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.

If properly demanded, the Company will redeem each public share 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, calculated as of two business days prior to the meeting. As of the record date, after taking into account taxes owed but not paid by such date, this would amount to approximately $10.52 per share (which is expected to be approximately the same amount as of two business days prior to the meeting). The closing price of the Company’s common stock on the record date was $11.22. Accordingly, if the market price were to remain the same until the date of the meeting, exercising redemption rights would result in a public stockholder receiving approximately $0.70 less than if the stockholder sold such shares in the open market. However, the actual market price on the redemption date may be higher or lower than the per share pro rata portion of the trust account on such date.

If you exercise your redemption rights, you will be exchanging your shares of common stock of the Company 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 shares to the Company’s transfer agent two business days prior to the vote for the Extension Amendment Proposal. If the Extension Amendment 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 June 15, 2023 expiration date as described elsewhere herein.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with the extension obtained in December 2022, we agreed that we would issue a dividend to holders of public shares who did not seek redemption of their public shares in connection with the extension and any business combination subsequently presented to stockholders. Our board of directors authorized a dividend of an aggregate of 350,000 shares to be divided equally among each public share held of record on the day following the consummation of the business combination subject to a maximum dividend payable of 0.50 shares per public share. Accordingly, if the holders of the 274,708 public shares that remained after the December 2022 special meeting do not submit such public shares for redemption in connection with this Extension vote and the vote to approve the proposed business combination with zSpace, they will be entitled to a dividend of 0.50 shares per public share (or an aggregate of 137,354 shares). If such holders seek redemption of their public shares in connection with the Extension vote or the vote with respect to a business combination, they will no longer have the right to receive such shares if we subsequently consummate the proposed business combination with zSpace.

Board Recommendation

The board of directors recommends that stockholders vote “FOR” the approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal.

THE ADJOURNMENT PROPOSAL

The Company is proposing the Adjournment Proposal to allow the Company to adjourn the special meeting to a later date or dates to give the Company more time to effectuate the Extension for whatever reason, including to provide additional time to seek approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal.

If the Adjournment Proposal is presented to the special meeting and is not approved by the stockholders, the Company may not be able to adjourn the special meeting to a later date or dates if necessary. In such event, the Extension may not be effectuated.

Board Recommendation

The board of directors recommends that stockholders vote “FOR” the approval of the Adjournment Proposal.

THE SPECIAL MEETING

Date, Time and Place.    The special meeting of the Company’s stockholders will be held at 1:30 p.m., EDT on June 13, 2023, virtually at https://www.cstproxy.com/edtechxcorp/sm2023.

Voting Power; Record Date.    You will be entitled to vote or direct votes to be cast at the special meeting, if you owned Company common stock at the close of business on May 8, 2023, the record date for the special meeting. At the close of business on the record date, there were 3,149,708 shares of common stock outstanding, each of which entitles its holder to cast one vote per proposal. Company warrants 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 special 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 virtually at the special meeting. Advantage Proxy, Inc. is assisting the Company in the proxy solicitation process for this special meeting. The Company will pay that firm a $5,500 fee plus disbursements for such services at the closing of any proposed business combination.

Required Vote

Extension Amendment Proposal.    Approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal will require the affirmative vote of stockholders holding 65% of the total shares of common stock outstanding on the record date. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have the same effect as votes against the Extension Amendment Proposal. On the record date, the 2,875,000 sponsor shares represented approximately 91.3% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock. Accordingly, we will not need any public shares to be voted in favor of the Extension Amendment Proposal to have it approved.

Adjournment Proposal.    Approval of the Adjournment Proposal will require the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of the Company’s common stock represented in person (including virtually) or by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on such proposal. Abstentions will have the same effect as a vote against the Adjournment Proposal. Brokers are entitled to vote on the Adjournment Proposal absent voting instructions from the beneficial holder because the proposal is considered “routine”. Consequently, there should be no broker non-votes with respect to the Adjournment Proposal.

The holders of the sponsor shares and all of the Company’s directors, executive officers and their affiliates, are expected to vote any shares of common stock owned by them in favor of the proposals. On the record date, the 2,875,000 sponsor shares represented approximately 91.3% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock.

In addition, the sponsors and Company’s directors, executive officers, advisors, initial stockholders, and their respective affiliates may choose to buy shares of Company public shares in the open market and/or through negotiated private purchases so long as they comply with all applicable securities laws. Any purchases made would be at prices no greater than the current redemption price of approximately $10.52 per share. Additionally, any shares purchased would not be voted in favor of the Extension and the holders would not be entitled to redemption rights with respect to such shares. We would file a Current Report on Form 8-K disclosing the material terms of any purchases made by any of the Company’s directors, executive officers or their respective affiliates, including the purchase price, the impact, if any, on the likelihood of approval of the Extension, the identities of the sellers of the shares if not purchased in the open market and the number of public shares that had been submitted for redemption at the time of such purchases. There is no assurance that purchases will be able to be made in compliance with applicable securities laws and as a result, they may not be able to make any such purchases.

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 Amendment Proposal is not approved and we do not consummate a business combination by June 15, 2023, the 2,875,000 sponsor shares which were acquired for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000 will be worthless (as the sponsors have waived liquidation rights with respect to such shares), as will the 5,525,000 private warrants that were acquired simultaneously with the IPO for an aggregate

purchase price of $5,525,000. Such shares of common stock and warrants had an aggregate market value of approximately $32.4 million based on the last sale price of $11.22 and $0.024 of the common stock and warrants, respectively, on Nasdaq on the record date;

•        In connection with the IPO, the sponsors have agreed that if the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved and the Company liquidates, they 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 Amendment 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 requires additional funds to operate until consummation of a business combination, the Company’s officers and directors and their affiliates may loan such funds to the Company. As of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, the Sponsors have loaned an aggregate of $674,960 in connection with extending the time EdtechX has to consummate an initial business combination to June 15, 2023. If the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved and a business combination is not consummated, any such loans will not be repaid;

•        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 Amendment Proposal is not approved and a business combination is not consummated, these out-of-pocket expenses will not be repaid unless there are funds available outside of the trust account;

•        All rights specified in the Company’s charter and indemnification agreements 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 a business combination 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.

Additionally, if the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and the Extension is implemented and the Company consummates its initial business combination with zSpace, 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 AMENDMENT PROPOSAL AND “FOR” THE ADJOURNMENT PROPOSAL, IF PRESENTED. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS EXPRESSES NO OPINION AS TO WHETHER YOU SHOULD REDEEM YOUR PUBLIC SHARES.