0001104659-21-135717.txt : 20211108 0001104659-21-135717.hdr.sgml : 20211108 20211108164053 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-21-135717 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 425 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20211108 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20211108 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Duddell Street Acquisition Corp. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001823466 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: BLANK CHECKS [6770] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: E9 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 425 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-39672 FILM NUMBER: 211388565 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8/F PRINTING HOUSE STREET 2: 6 DUDDELL STREET CITY: HONG KONG STATE: K3 ZIP: 00000 BUSINESS PHONE: 852 3468 6200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8/F PRINTING HOUSE STREET 2: 6 DUDDELL STREET CITY: HONG KONG STATE: K3 ZIP: 00000 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Duddell Street Acquisition Corp. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001823466 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: BLANK CHECKS [6770] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: E9 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 425 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8/F PRINTING HOUSE STREET 2: 6 DUDDELL STREET CITY: HONG KONG STATE: K3 ZIP: 00000 BUSINESS PHONE: 852 3468 6200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8/F PRINTING HOUSE STREET 2: 6 DUDDELL STREET CITY: HONG KONG STATE: K3 ZIP: 00000 425 1 tm2132074d5_425.htm 425

Filed by Duddell Street Acquisition Corp.

This communication is filed pursuant to Rule 425 under the United States Securities Act of 1933

and deemed filed pursuant to Rule 14a-12

under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Subject Company: Duddell Street Acquisition Corp.

Commission File Number: 001-39672

Date: November 8, 2021

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“When we founded FiscalNote in 2013, we set out to build a category creating technology company that would change the way organizations understand and act on the legal, policy, and regulatory issues that mattered most to them.” -FiscalNote co-founder and CEO, @timthwang

Today FiscalNote, a leading global technology provider of legal and policy data and insights, announces plans to go public through merger with Duddell Street Acquisitions Corp. By combining AI capabilities, expert analysis, and legislative, regulatory, and geopolitical data, FiscalNote is reinventing the way that organizations minimize risk and capitalize on opportunity.

Press release link in bio.

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Big news! FiscalNote, a leading global technology provider of legal and policy data and insights, announces plans to go public through merger with Duddell Street Acquisitions Corp. Read the full press release here: https://fnlink.co/3H0FXLs

Additional Information and Where to Find It

For additional information on the proposed business combination, see Duddell Street ’s Current Report on Form 8-K, which will be filed concurrently with this press release. In connection with the proposed business combination, Duddell Street intends to file relevant materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including a registration statement on Form S-4, which will include a proxy statement/prospectus of Duddell Street, and will file other documents regarding the proposed business combination with the SEC. Duddell Street’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 and documents incorporated by reference therein filed in connection with the proposed business combination, as these materials will contain important information about FiscalNote, Duddell Street and the proposed business combination. Promptly after the Form S-4 is declared effective by the SEC, Duddell Street will mail the definitive proxy statement/prospectus and a proxy card to each shareholder entitled to vote at the meeting relating to the approval of the business combination and other proposals set forth in the proxy statement/prospectus. Before making any voting or investment decision, investors and shareholders of Duddell Street are urged to carefully read the entire registration statement and proxy statement/prospectus, when they become available, and any other relevant documents filed with the SEC, as well as any amendments or supplements to these documents, because they will contain important information about the proposed business combination. The documents filed by Duddell Street with the SEC may be obtained free of charge at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, or a solicitation of any vote or approval, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

Participants in the Solicitation

Duddell Street and its directors and executive officers may be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies from its 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 Duddell Street will be included in the proxy statement/prospectus for the proposed business combination when available at www.sec.gov. Information about Duddell Street’s directors and executive officers and their ownership of Duddell Street shares is set forth in Duddell Street’s prospectus, dated prospectus is October 28, 2020. Other information regarding the interests of the participants in the proxy solicitation will be included in the proxy statement/prospectus pertaining to the proposed business combination when it becomes available. These documents can be obtained free of charge from the source indicated above.

FiscalNote and its directors and executive officers may also be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the shareholders of Duddell Street 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

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This communication contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements about future financial and operating results, plans, objectives, expectations and intentions with respect to future operations, products and services; and other statements identified by words such as “will,” “are expected to,” “is anticipated,” “estimated,” “believe,” “intend,” “plan,” “projection,” “pro forma,” “outlook” or words of similar meaning. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding FiscalNote’s industry and market sizes, future opportunities for FiscalNote and Duddell Street, FiscalNote’s estimated future results and the proposed business combination between Duddell Street and FiscalNote, including pro forma market capitalization, pro forma revenue, the expected transaction and ownership structure and the likelihood, timing and ability of the parties to successfully consummate the proposed transaction. Such forward-looking statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of Duddell Street’s and FiscalNote’s management and are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are difficult to predict and generally beyond Duddell Street’s or FiscalNote’s control. Actual results and the timing of events may differ materially from the results anticipated in these forward-looking statements. Except as required by law, Duddell Street and FiscalNote do not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.