Item 1.01 |
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
As previously disclosed on April 11, 2023, Battery Future Acquisition Corp. (“BFAC” or the “Company”) issued an unsecured convertible promissory note (the “Pala Note”) to Pala Investments Limited (“Pala”) with a principal amount of up to $1,000,000 and with each advance under the Pala Note not to exceed $500,000. Pursuant to the Pala Note, BFAC agreed to repay the outstanding principal amount of the Pala Note on the earlier of (i) June 16, 2023 (as may be extended in accordance with the terms of the Pala Note) and (ii) the effective date of a business combination (the “Maturity Date”). At any time on or prior to the Maturity Date, Pala may elect to convert the outstanding principal balance and interest accrued on the Pala Note into warrants to purchase Class A ordinary shares of BFAC at a conversion price equal to $1.00 per warrant (the “Warrants”). The terms of such Warrants issued in connection with such conversion shall be identical to the private warrants issued by BFAC to Pala in connection with its initial public offering that closed on December 17, 2021. The Pala Note originally bore interest at a rate of ten percent (10.00%) per annum. In the event that BFAC does not consummate a business combination, the Pala Note will be repaid only from amounts remaining outside of BFAC’s trust account, if any.
On August 8, 2023, the Company and Pala amended and restated the Pala Note (the “A&R Pala Note”) to (i) distinguish between loans made for the purposes of funding (x) the Company’s working capital requirements (the “Pala Working Capital Loans”) and (y) the Company’s trust account to extend the Company’s deadline to complete its business combination (the “Pala Trust Extension Loans”), (ii) permit interest to accrue at a rate equal to twenty percent (20.00%) per annum, compounded annually, on any and all then-outstanding Pala Working Capital Loans, (iii) clarify that no interest shall accrue on the Pala Trust Extension Loans and (iv) clarify that up to $6,900,000 of Pala Trust Extension Loans may be converted into Warrants, subject to availability.
As previously disclosed on June 14, 2023, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note (the “Sponsor Note”) to Battery Future Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), in consideration of the Sponsor loaning the Company the necessary funds to extend the Company’s deadline to complete its business combination.
On July 31, 2023, the Company and the Sponsor amended and restated the Note (the “A&R Sponsor Note”) to (i) increase the aggregate principal amount available to be borrowed to up to $5,000,000, (ii) distinguish between loans made for the purposes of funding (x) the Company’s working capital requirements (“Sponsor Working Capital Loans”) and (y) the Company’s trust account to extend the Company’s deadline to complete its business combination (“Sponsor Trust Extension Loans”), and (iii) clarify that up to $6,900,000 of Sponsor Working Capital Loans and up to $1,500,000 Sponsor Trust Extension Loans, respectively, may be converted into Warrants, subject to availability.
Up to an aggregate of $6,900,000 of Pala Trust Extension Loans and Sponsor Trust Extension Loans may be converted into Warrants, and up to an aggregate of $1,500,000 of Pala Working Capital Loans and Sponsor Working Capital Loans may be converted into Warrants.
On August 8, 2023, the Company and the Sponsor amended and restated the A&R Note (the “Second A&R Sponsor Note”) to (i) permit interest to accrue at a rate equal to twenty percent (20.00%) per annum, compounded annually, on any and all then-outstanding Sponsor Working Capital Loans and (ii) clarify that no interest shall accrue on the Sponsor Trust Extension Loans.
The foregoing descriptions of the A&R Pala Note and Second A&R Sponsor Note are qualified in their entirety by reference to the A&R Pala Note and the Second A&R Sponsor Note, copies of which are attached as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2 hereto, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.03 |
Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. |
The disclosure contained in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 2.03.
On August 10, 2023, BFAC issued a press release (the “Press Release”), announcing that, on August 10, 2023, the Sponsor requested that BFAC extend the date by which BFAC has to consummate a business combination from August 17, 2023 to September 17, 2023 (the “Extension”). The Extension is the third of twelve one-month extensions permitted under BFAC’s Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association. In connection