Item 1.01. |
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
Second Amendment to Business Combination Agreement
As previously disclosed by Investcorp Europe Acquisition Corp I, a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated with limited liability (the “Company”), under Item 1.01 of its Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 26, 2023, the Company entered into a business combination agreement, dated April 25, 2023 (the “Original Business Combination Agreement”), with OpSec Holdings, a Cayman Islands exempted company with limited liability (“Pubco”), Opal Merger Sub I, a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated with limited liability and wholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco, Opal Merger Sub II, a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated with limited liability and wholly-owned Subsidiary of Pubco, Orca Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated with limited liability (“OpSec”), Orca Midco Limited, a private limited company incorporated under the Laws of England and Wales (“Orca Midco”), Orca Bidco Limited, a private limited company incorporated under the Laws of England and Wales and a subsidiary of OpSec (“Orca Bidco”), Investcorp Technology Secondary Fund 2018, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (“ITSF”), and Mill Reef Capital Fund ScS, a limited partnership (société en commandite simple) organized under the laws of Luxembourg (“Mill Reef”, and together with ITSF, the “OpSec Shareholders”), which Original Business Combination Agreement was amended by that certain First Amendment to the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2023 (the “First BCA Amendment”) with Pubco, OpSec and the OpSec Shareholders, which First BCA Amendment was previously disclosed by the Company under Item 1.01 of its Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 14, 2023. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Business Combination Agreement.
On March 10, 2024, the Company entered into that certain Second Amendment to the Business Combination Agreement (the “Second BCA Amendment” and, the Original Business Combination Agreement, as amended by the First BCA Amendment and the Second BCA Amendment, the “Business Combination Agreement”) with Pubco, OpSec and the OpSec Shareholders. The Second BCA Amendment was unanimously approved by the Company’s board of directors (the “Company Board”) based upon the unanimous recommendation of a special committee of independent directors (the “Special Committee”).
The Second BCA Amendment is being entered into by the Company, Pubco, OpSec and the OpSec Shareholders in connection with, and concurrently with, the execution of a stock purchase agreement (the “Divestiture Agreement”) by Orca Midco and CA-MC Acquisition UK Ltd. (the “Divestiture Buyer”), pursuant to which, among other things, Orca Midco will sell, and the Divestiture Buyer will purchase, all of the issued and outstanding equity securities of Orca Bidco (the “Divestiture”). Prior to the execution of the Divestiture Agreement, OpSec effected a reorganization of its subsidiaries pursuant to which all of the issued and outstanding equity securities of Orca Holding Denmark APS (“Orca Denmark”), the parent entity of Zacco A/S (“Zacco”), became directly owned by Orca Midco (the “Reorganization”). As a result of the Reorganization, the Divestiture will effect a sale to the Divestiture Buyer of only the OpSec business which is conducted through Orca Bidco and its subsidiaries (the “Divested Companies”), with the Zacco business being retained by Orca Midco. The Company is currently evaluating whether it is in the best interests of its shareholders to continue to pursue the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement (the “Transactions”) after the consummation of the Divesture, as the consummation of the Transactions following the consummation of the Divestiture will result in the Company effecting a business combination with the Zacco business. In connection with the Divestiture Agreement and the Second BCA Amendment, the Company entered into a letter agreement, dated March 10, 2024 (the “Consent”), with Pubco, OpSec, the OpSec Shareholders, and, solely for the purpose of Sections 1, 3 and 4 through 10 of the Consent, Crane NXT, Co., a Delaware corporation (“NXT”), pursuant to which the Company consented to, among other things, OpSec effecting the Reorganization and Orca Midco entering into the Divesture Agreement and consummating the Divestiture. Pursuant to the Consent, the Company also releases, relinquishes and discharges any and all existing or potential claims, causes of action and damages (i) against NXT and its affiliates solely in respect of matters relating to the Divestiture arising or occurring prior to the execution of the Divestiture Agreement, and (ii) if the Divestiture is consummated, against the Divested Companies, solely in respect of matters related to the Reorganization, the Divestiture, the Letter Agreement (as defined in the Consent) and the Business Combination Agreement.
In connection with the Reorganization and the Divestiture, the Second BCA Amendment provides for, among other things, the following amendments to be made to the Business Combination Agreement.
Divestiture Proceeds
If the Divestiture is consummated prior to the Second Merger Closing, then concurrently with the consummation of the Divestiture, Orca Midco shall cause the net proceeds of the Divestiture (the “Divestiture Proceeds”) to be deposited into a third-party escrow account (the “Divestiture Proceeds Escrow Account”) with an escrow agent reasonably acceptable to the Company. Such Divestiture Proceeds shall be held in the Divestiture Proceeds Escrow Account pursuant to an escrow agreement to be entered into by and among Orca Midco, Pubco, the Company and the escrow agent, in form and substance acceptable to the Company (the “Divestiture Proceeds Escrow Agreement”), such escrow agent holding such funds as nominee of and for the benefit of Orca Midco, the Company or Pubco, as applicable, subject always to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement and the Divestiture Proceeds Escrow Agreement. The Divestiture Proceeds shall, and the Divestiture Proceeds Escrow Agreement shall provide that the Divestiture