Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
As previously disclosed, on October 5, 2020, Social Captial Hedosophia Holdings Corp. III, a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares (“SCH”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Clover Health Investments, Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Clover”), and Asclepius Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of SCH (“Merger Sub”).
On December 8, 2020, SCH, Clover and Merger Sub entered into that certain Amendment to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Amendment”), which amends the Merger Agreement to, among other things, reflect agreed corporate governance changes relating to the combined company following the consummation of the proposed transaction.
Other than as expressly modified by the Amendment, the Merger Agreement, which was filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by SCH with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 6, 2020, remains in full force and effect. The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the full text of the Amendment, which is attached as Exhibit 2.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
This Current Report on Form 8-K relates to a proposed transaction between Clover and SCH. This Current Report on From 8-K does not constitute an offer to sell or exchange, or the solicitation of an offer to buy or exchange, any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, sale or exchange would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. In connection with the proposed transaction, SCH filed a registration statement on Form S-4 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on October 20, 2020, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the registration statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC on November 20, 2020 and as further amended by Amendment No. 2 to the registration statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC on December 9, 2020. SCH also will file other documents regarding the proposed transaction with the SEC. Before making any voting decision, investors and security holders of SCH are urged to read the registration statement, the proxy statement/prospectus included therein and all other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC in connection with the proposed transaction as they become available because they will contain important information about the proposed transaction.
Investors and security holders may obtain free copies of the registration statement, the proxy statement/prospectus and all other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC by SCH through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov.
The documents filed by SCH with the SEC also may be obtained free of charge at SCH’s website at http://www.socialcapitalhedosophiaholdings.com/docsc.html or upon written request to 317 University Ave, Suite 200, Palo Alto, California 94301.
Participants in Solicitation
SCH and Clover and their respective directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from SCH’s shareholders in connection with the proposed transaction. Additional information regarding the interests of those persons and other persons who may be deemed participants in the proposed transaction may be obtained by reading the proxy statement/prospectus regarding the proposed transaction. You may obtain a free copy of these documents as described in the preceding paragraph.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws with respect to the proposed transaction between Clover and SCH. These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words “believe,” “project,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “intend,” “strategy,” “future,” “opportunity,” “plan,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “would,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will likely result,” and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections and other statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause actual future events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements
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