Athena Consumer Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: ACAQ) announced that it intends to adjourn its September 21 special meeting to approve its combination with German EV-maker e.GO without conducting business and will reconvene it at 1:30 pm ET September 28.
The SPAC is not only counting on shareholders to approve the deal and certain governance matters. Its warrant holders are also to vote at at the special meeting on the portion of the business combination proposal that would convert all outstanding warrants to 0.175 shares in the combined company with remaining fractions rounded down.
With the meeting date moved, Athena Consumer’s redemption deadline has also been pushed to September 26. But, the SPAC has already seen about 95.8% of shares redeemed leaving about $10.8 million remaining in its trust.
Athena Consumer must provide at least $50 million in proceeds under the deal’s minimum cash condition and it has added a $15 million bridge loan and a standby equity purchase agreement that could see up to 15,000,000 shares purchased by Vellar Opportunity Fund or up to 9.9% of all shares.
e.GO also received $46.7 million in net proceeds from a notes issuance connected to the deal, with the opportunity to issue up to $25 million more. All notes bear a fixed 9.75% interest rate and mature on June 30, 2027.
In July and August, the parties also modified the deal to include the warrant exchange and tweak the earnout such that company shareholders will receive 10,000,000 additional shares in all cases after a one-year lock-up.
Athena announced its $913 million merger with e.GO in July 2022. Aachen, Germany-based e.GO designs and manufactures compact EVs designed for urban markets at microfactories, which it believes will provide a more capital efficient entry to the market.
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