UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 6, 2023
GENESIS GROWTH TECH ACQUISITION CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Cayman Islands | | 001-41138 | | 98-1601264 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | | (Commission File Number) | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
Bahnhofstrasse 3 Hergiswil Nidwalden, Switzerland | | 6052 |
(Address of principal executive offices) | | (Zip Code) |
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: +41 78 607 99 01
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | | Trading Symbol(s) | | Name of each exchange on which registered |
Units, each consisting of one Class A Ordinary Share, $0.0001 par value, and one-half of one redeemable warrant | | GGAAU | | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Class A Ordinary Shares included as part of the units | | GGAA | | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Redeemable warrants included as part of the units, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $11.50 | | GGAAW | | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Emerging growth company ☒
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
Item 1.02 Termination of Material Definitive Agreement.
As previously announced, on August 26, 2022, Genesis Growth Tech Acquisition Corp., an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“GGAA”) and Biolog-ID, a société anonyme organized under the laws of France (“Biolog-id”), entered into a Business Combination Agreement (the “BCA”). The BCA had contemplated that GGAA and Biolog-id would engage in a series of transactions pursuant to which, among other transactions, GGAA would merge with and into Biolog-id, with Biolog-id continuing as the surviving entity upon the closing of the transactions contemplated by the BCA.
Effective as of March 6, 2023 and in accordance with Section 7.1(a) of the BCA, GGAA and Biolog-id mutually agreed to terminate the BCA, pursuant to a termination agreement by and between GGAA and Biolog-id (the “Termination Agreement”). Under the Termination Agreement, GGAA waived and released all claims, obligations, liabilities and losses against Biolog-id and its Company Non-Party Affiliates, and Biolog-id waived and released all claims, obligations, liabilities and losses against GGAA and its SPAC Non-Party Affiliates, arising or resulting from or relating to, directly or indirectly, the BCA, any other transaction documents, any of the transactions contemplated by the BCA or any other transaction documents, except for any terms, provisions, rights or obligations that expressly survive the termination of the BCA or set forth in the Termination Agreement.
The foregoing description of the Termination Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such agreement which is attached as an exhibit hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Exhibit No. | | Description |
10.1 | | Termination Agreement |
104 | | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| GENESIS GROWTH TECH ACQUISITION CORP. |
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Date: March 6, 2023 | By: | /s/ Eyal Perez |
| Name: | Eyal Perez |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Director |
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