Item 5.03 | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year |
On February 17, 2023, the shareholders of ALSP Orchid Acquisition Corporation I (“we”, “ALSP Orchid” or the “Company”) approved, at an extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Company (the “Extraordinary General Meeting”), an amendment to the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (the “Initial Period Extension Amendment”) to extend the initial date by which ALSP Orchid must consummate a business combination from February 23, 2023 to August 23, 2023, subject to any additional extensions as provided in the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association. On or about February 24th, 2023, the Company will file with the Initial Period Extension Amendment with the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands.
The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended by the Initial Period Extension Amendment, which are filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders |
At the Extraordinary General Meeting, holders of 16,011,933 of the Company’s ordinary shares were present in person or represented by proxy, which represented approximately 71.24% of the ordinary shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote as of the record date of January 26, 2023.
At the Extraordinary General Meeting, the Company’s shareholders approved a proposal to adopt the Initial Period Extension Amendment (such proposal, the “Initial Period Extension Amendment Proposal”). Accordingly, the Adjournment Proposal (as such term is defined in the definitive proxy statement related to the Extraordinary General Meeting filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 2, 2023) was not presented to the Company’s shareholders.
Set forth below are the final voting results for each of the proposal presented at the Extraordinary General Meeting:
Approval of Proposal 1 - Initial Period Extension Amendment Proposal
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Votes For | | Votes Against | | Abstentions | | Broker Non-Votes |
14,911,282 | | 1,100,651 | | 0 | | 0 |
In connection with the shareholders’ vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting, the holders of 15,253,673 ordinary shares of the Company properly exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.33 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $157,689,018.34.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements and factors that may cause such differences include, without limitation, uncertainties relating to the Company’s ability to complete an initial business combination within the required time period or, and other risks and uncertainties indicated from time to time in filings with the SEC, including the Company’s Annual