Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
As disclosed in a Current Report on Form 8-K that GigCapital 5, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), filed on September 29, 2021 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), the Company previously entered into an Investment Management Trust Agreement (the “IMTA”), dated September 23, 2021 and amended as of September 23, 2022, with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“CST”), as trustee. On March 28, 2023, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment (the “IMTA Amendment”) to the IMTA that extends the date by which the Company must consummate a business combination transaction from March 28, 2023 (the date which is 18 months from the closing date of the Company’s initial public offering of units (the “IPO”)) on a monthly basis up to six (6) times until September 28, 2023 by depositing into the trust account (the “Trust Account”) $100,000 for each one-month extension, as described in the Definitive Proxy Statement on Form DEF 14A as filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 14, 2023 (the “Definitive Proxy Statement”). Following such approval by the Company’s stockholders, the Company and CST entered into the IMTA Amendment on March 28, 2023.
The foregoing description of the IMTA Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the IMTA Amendment, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 to this report and is 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. |
As previously disclosed, on September 26, 2022, the Company issued a non-convertible unsecured promissory note to GigAcquisitions5, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), which was subsequently amended and restated on October 26, 2022, November 28, 2022, December 27, 2022, January 25, 2023, and February 27, 2023 (the “Extension Note”), for a collective principal amount of $960,000.00. On March 28, 2023, the Company further amended and restated the Extension Note (the “Sixth Restated Extension Note”) to reflect an additional principal amount of $100,000 extended by the Sponsor to the Company for a collective principal amount under the Sixth Restated Extension Note of $1,060,000. The Sponsor deposited the additional principal amount of $100,000 into the Trust Account with CST. The Sixth Restated Extension Note was issued in connection with the extension of the business combination period from March 28, 2023 on a monthly basis up to September 28, 2023 (the date which is 24 months from the closing date of the Company’s initial public offering of units) (“Extension”) approved by the stockholders of the Company on March 28, 2023, which extended the business combination period until April 28, 2023. The Sixth Restated Extension Note constitutes an aggregate of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh monthly contributions as previously disclosed in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement.
As previously disclosed, on September 26, 2022, the Company issued an unsecured convertible promissory note to the Sponsor, which was subsequently amended and restated on October 26, 2022, November 28, 2022, December 27, 2022, January 25, 2023, and February 27, 2023 (the “Working Capital Note”), for a collective principal amount of $675,000.00. On March 28, 2023, the Company further amended and restated the Working Capital Note (the “Sixth Restated Working Capital Note”) to reflect an additional principal amount of $130,000 extended by the