Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On April 17, 2022, with the anticipated near-term closing of the Business Combination (as defined below), and subject to satisfaction or waiver of the conditions to closing in the Business Combination Agreement, by and among the Company, Alvotech (as defined below) and the other parties thereto, Patrick McCaney voluntarily resigned, effective immediately, as the Chief Executive Officer and Director of Oaktree Acquisition Corp. II (the “Company” or “OACB”). Mr. McCaney will focus on other responsibilities at Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. and its affiliates. Mr. McCaney’s resignation was not due to any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to its operations, policies or practices. Also on April 17, 2022, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Alexander Taubman, the Company’s current President, as Chief Executive Officer and a Class III Director of the Company, to serve until a successor is chosen and qualified, or until his earlier resignation or removal. Mr. Taubman will retain the title of President of the Company.
Alexander Taubman has served as the President of the Company since August 2020, as Co-Chief Executive Officer of Oaktree Acquisition Corp. III since February 2021 and is a managing director within Oaktree’s Value Equities strategy, which he helped launch. From July 2019 to January 2021, Mr. Taubman served as President of Oaktree Acquisition Corp. prior to its business combination with Hims, Inc. Mr. Taubman contributes to the analysis, portfolio construction and management of the Value Equities strategy. He has led public and private investments in consumer, industrial, media, financials and various other sectors. Prior to joining Oaktree in 2014, Mr. Taubman was an investment professional in the Special Situations Group at Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he originated, executed, and managed investments of Goldman’s balance sheet capital. Mr. Taubman serves as a Trustee of Heckscher Foundation for Children, as well as the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. He earned a A.B. degree in economics from Harvard College, as well as an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School
There is no family relationship between Mr. Taubman and any director or executive officer of the Company. There are no transactions between Mr. Taubman and the Company that would be required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Additional Information
In connection with the proposed business combination (the “Business Combination”) between OACB and Alvotech Holdings S.A. (“Alvotech”), OACB and Alvotech have filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a Registration Statement on Form F-4 (the “Registration Statement”) containing a preliminary proxy statement of OACB and a preliminary prospectus of Alvotech Lux Holdings S.A.S., and after the Registration Statement is declared effective, OACB will mail a definitive proxy statement/prospectus related to the proposed Business Combination to its shareholders. This Current Report on Form 8-K does not contain all the information that should be considered concerning the proposed Business Combination and is not intended to form the basis of any investment decision or any other decision in respect of the proposed Business Combination. OACB’s shareholders and other interested persons are advised to read, when available, the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus and the amendments thereto and the definitive proxy statement/prospectus and other documents filed in connection with the proposed Business Combination, as these materials will contain important information about Alvotech, OACB and the proposed Business Combination. When available, the definitive proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant materials for the proposed Business Combination will be mailed to shareholders of OACB as of a record date to be established for voting on the proposed Business Combination. Shareholders of OACB will also be able to obtain copies of the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus, the definitive proxy statement/prospectus and other documents filed with the SEC, without charge, once available, at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, or by directing a written request to: OACB, 333 South Grand Avenue, 28th Floor, Los Angeles, California 90071.
Participants in the Solicitation
OACB and Alvotech and their directors and executive officers may be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies from OACB’s shareholders with respect to the Business Combination. A list of the names of those directors and executive officers and a description of their interests in OACB is contained in OACB’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, which was filed with the SEC and is available free of charge at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov, or by directing a written request to OACB, 333 South Grand Avenue, 28th Floor, Los Angeles, California 90071. Additional information regarding the interests of such participants will be contained in the proxy statement/prospectus for the proposed Business Combination when available.
Alvotech Lux Holdings S.A.S and its directors and executive officers may also be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the shareholders of OACB in connection with the proposed Business Combination. A list of the names of such directors and executive officers and information regarding their interests in the proposed Business Combination will be included in the proxy statement/prospectus for the proposed Business Combination when available.