8-K

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

January 2, 2024

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

International Media Acquisition Corp.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware	001-40687	86-1627460
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1604 US Highway 130 North Brunswick, NJ	08902
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 960-3677

N/A 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
☐	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act
☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock	IMAQ	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrants	IMAQW	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Rights	IMAQR	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Units	IMAQU	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 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

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 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

The information disclosed in Item 5.07 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01 to the extent required herein. As approved by its stockholders at the Special Meeting (defined below), the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company entered into an amendment, dated January 2, 2024, to the Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated July 28, 2021, and as amended on July 26, 2022, January 27, 2023 and July 31, 2023, by and between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and IMAQ (the “IMTA Amendment”). A copy of the IMTA Amendment is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

The information disclosed in Item 5.07 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03 to the extent required herein. As approved by its stockholders at the Special Meeting, the Company filed a certificate of amendment to its amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Extension Charter Amendment”) which became effective upon filing. The Extension Charter Amendment extended the deadline by which IMAQ must consummate an initial business combination for twelve (12) additional one (1) month periods from January 2, 2024 to January 2, 2025 provided that, in connection with each one-month extension, a deposit of $20,000 is made into the Trust Account established in connection with the Company’s initial public offering. Stockholders also approved an amendment to the amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “NTA Charter Amendment”) to expand the methods by which the Company may avoid being deemed a “penny stock” under the Rule 419 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. A copy of the Extension Charter Amendment and the NTA Charter Amendment are attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.07. Submissions of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On January 2, 2024 at 9:30a.m. Eastern Time, International Media Acquisition Corporation (“IMAQ” or the “Company”) held a special meeting of stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) at which the stockholders voted as set forth below on the following proposals pursuant to the definitive proxy statement, filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 19, 2023 and mailed by the Company to its stockholders on or about December 20, 2023 (the “Proxy Statement”). As of November 21, 2023, the record date for the Special Meeting, there were 8,456,623 issued and outstanding shares of IMAQ’s common stock (the “Common Stock”) entitled to vote at the Special Meeting. At the Special Meeting, there were 7,037,166 shares of Common Stock voted by proxy or in person, representing 83.21 % of the total shares of Common Stock as of the record date, and constituting a quorum for the transaction of business.

The final results of the matters submitted to a vote of IMAQ’s stockholders at the Special Meeting are as follows:

The proposals listed below are described in more detail in the Proxy Statement.

The stockholders approved the Charter Amendment Proposal, the Trust Amendment Proposal, and the NTA Requirement Proposal.

A summary of the voting result at the Special Meeting is set forth below:

Matters Voted On	For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Vote
Proposal 1 – Charter Amendment Proposal		7,007,847		29,295		24		0
Proposal 2 – Trust Amendment Proposal		6,972,021		29,322		35,823		0
Proposal 3 – NTA Requirement Proposal		7,000,878		458		35,830		0

Redemption of shares of Common Stock

The Company’s stockholders elected to redeem an aggregate of 934,193 shares of common stock in connection with the Special Meeting.

Item 8.01. Other Events

On January 2, 2024, the Company made a deposit of $20,000 (the “Extension Payment”) to the trust account to extend the period of time the Company has to consummate an initial business combination from January 2, 2024 to February 2, 2024.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c) Exhibits:

Exhibit No.	Description
3.1	Certificate of Amendment, dated January 2, 2024, to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of IMAQ
3.2	Certificate of Amendment, dated January 8, 2024 to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of IMAQ
10.1	Amendment to the Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated January 2, 2024, by and between IMAQ and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
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SIGNATURES

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.

Dated: January 9, 2024     

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ACQUISITION CORP.
By:	/s/ Shibasish Sarkar
Name:	Shibasish Sarkar
Title:	Chief Executive Officer

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EX-3.1

EXHIBIT 3.1

THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE

AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ACQUISITION CORP.

January 2, 2024

International Media Acquisition Corp., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), DOES HEREBY CERTIFY AS FOLLOWS:

1. The name of the Corporation is “International Media Acquisition Corp.” The original certificate of incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on January 15, 2021. The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on July 28, 2021 and subsequently amended on January 27, 2023 and July 31, 2023 (as amended, the “Amended and Restated Certificate”).

2. This Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate amends the Amended and Restated Certificate.

3. This Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate was duly approved by the Board of Directors of the Corporation and the stockholders of the Corporation in accordance with Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

4. The text of Paragraph E of Article SIXTH is hereby amended and restated to read in full as follows:

“E. In the event that the Corporation does not consummate a Business Combination by January 2, 2024 (the “Termination Date”), upon the Corporation’s or Sponsor’s request, the Corporation may extend the Termination Date by one month (each, an “Extension”) on up to twelve (12) occasions, but in no event to a date later than January 2, 2025 (or, in each case, if the Office of the Delaware Division of Corporations shall not be open for business (including filing of corporate documents) on such date, the next date upon which the Office of the Delaware Division of Corporations shall be open); provided that (i) the Corporation or the Sponsor (or their respective affiliates or permitted designees) will deposit into the Trust Account $20,000 for each Extension (each, a “Contribution”) and (ii) the procedures relating to any such extension, as set forth in the Trust Agreement, shall have been complied with. Any Contribution shall be held in the Trust Account and used to fund the redemption of the Offering Shares in accordance with this Article SIXTH. If the Corporation does not consummate a Business Combination by January 2, 2025, or by the applicable deadline in the event the Corporation does not extend the Termination Date in accordance with the terms hereof, the Corporation shall (i) cease all operations except for the purposes of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter redeem 100% of the IPO Shares for cash for a redemption price per share as described below (which redemption will completely extinguish such holders’ rights as stockholders, including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to approval of the Corporation’s then stockholders and subject to the requirements of the GCL, including the adoption of a resolution by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 275(a) of the GCL finding the dissolution of the Corporation advisable and the provision of such notices as are required by said Section 275(a) of the GCL, dissolve and liquidate the balance of the Corporation’s net assets to its remaining stockholders, as part of the Corporation’s plan of dissolution and liquidation, subject (in the case of (ii) and (iii) above) to the Corporation’s obligations under the GCL to provide for claims of creditors and other requirements of applicable law (“Dissolve”). In such event, the per share redemption price shall be equal to a pro rata share of the Trust Fund plus any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Fund and not previously released to the Corporation for its working capital requirements or necessary to pay its taxes divided by the total number of IPO Shares then outstanding. In the event that the Corporation does not timely make all additional deposits into its Trust Account as required by the Corporation’s Investment Management Trust Agreement entered into at the time of the IPO, as amended, the Corporation shall Dissolve.”

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, International Media Acquisition Corp. has caused this Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate to be duly executed in its name and on its behalf by an authorized officer as of the date first set above.

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ACQUISITION CORP.

By:	/s/ Shibasish Sarkar
Name:	Shibasish Sarkar
Title:	Chairman & CEO

EX-3.2

EXHIBIT 3.2

FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE

AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ACQUISITION CORP.

January __, 2024

International Media Acquisition Corp., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), DOES HEREBY CERTIFY AS FOLLOWS:

1. The name of the Corporation is “International Media Acquisition Corp.” The original certificate of incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on January 15, 2021. The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on July 28, 2021 and subsequently amended on January 27, 2023, July 31, 2023 and January 2, 2024 (as amended, the “Amended and Restated Certificate”).

2. This Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate amends the Amended and Restated Certificate.

3. This Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate was duly approved by the Board of Directors of the Corporation and the stockholders of the Corporation in accordance with Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

4. The text of Paragraph D of Article SIXTH is hereby amended and restated to read in full as follows:

“The Corporation will not consummate any Business Combination unless it (i) has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon consummation of such Business Combination, or (ii) is otherwise exempt from the provisions of Rule 419 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.”

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, International Media Acquisition Corp. has caused this Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate to be duly executed in its name and on its behalf by an authorized officer as of the date first set above.

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ACQUISITION CORP.

By:	/s/ Shibasish Sarkar
Name:	Shibasish Sarkar
Title:	Chairman & CEO

EX-10.1

EXHIBIT 10.1

FOURTH AMENDMENT 

TO THE

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT

This Amendment No. 4 (this “Amendment”), dated as of January 2, 2024, to the Investment Management Trust Agreement (as defined below) is made by and between International Media Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee (“Trustee”). All terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Trust Agreement.

WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee entered into an Investment Management Trust Agreement dated as of July 28, 2021 (as amended by Amendment No.1 to the Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated July 26, 2022, Amendment No. 2 to the Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated January 27, 2023, and Amendment No. 3 to the Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated July 31, 2023 the “Trust Agreement”);

WHEREAS, Section 1(i) of the Trust Agreement sets forth the terms that govern the liquidation of the Trust Account under the circumstances described therein; WHEREAS, the Company obtained the requisite vote of the stockholders of the Company to approve this Amendment; and

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED:

1.	Section 1(i) of the Trust Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
	“(i) Commence liquidation of the Trust Account only after and promptly after receipt of, and only in accordance with, the terms of a letter (“Termination Letter”), in a form substantially similar to that attached hereto as either Exhibit A or Exhibit B, signed on behalf of the Company by its President, Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Board and Secretary or Assistant Secretary, and complete the liquidation of the Trust Account and distribute the Property in the Trust Account only as directed in the Termination Letter and the other documents referred to therein; provided, however, that in the event that a Termination Letter has not been received by the Trustee by January 2, 2024 (the “Deadline Date”) (provided that the Board, in its discretion, upon written notice to the Trustee, may extend the Deadline Date by one month on up to twelve (12) occasions (each, an “Extension”), but in no event to a date later than January 2, 2025 (or, in each case , if the Office of the Delaware Division of Corporations shall not be open for business (including filing of corporate documents) on such date, the next date upon which the Office of the Delaware Division of Corporations shall be open)) if a Termination Letter has not been received by the Trustee prior to such date, in which case the Trust Account shall be liquidated in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Termination Letter attached as Exhibit B hereto and distributed to the Public Shareholders as of record as of such date; provided, however, that the Company or the Sponsor (or their respective affiliates or permitted designees) will deposit into the Trust Account $20,000 for each Extension (each, a “Contribution”); provided further, however, that in the event the Trustee receives a Termination Letter in a form substantially similar to Exhibit B hereto, or if the Trustee begins to liquidate the Property because it has received no such Termination Letter by the date specified in clause (y) of this Section 1(i), the Trustee shall keep the Trust Account open until twelve (12) months following the date the Property has been distributed to the Public Stockholders.
2.	Amendments to Definitions.
	(i) Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Trust Agreement. The following defined term in the Trust Agreement shall be amended and restated in their entirety:
	“Trust Agreement” shall mean that certain Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated July 28, 2021, by and between International Media Acquisition and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Investment Management Trust Agreement dated July 26, 2022, by Amendment No. 2 to the Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated January 27, 2023, by Amendment No.3 to Investment Management Trust Agreement dated July 31, 2023, and by Amendment No.4 to Investment Management Trust Agreement dated January 2, 2024.”; and

3.	All other provisions of the Trust Agreement shall remain unaffected by the terms hereof.
4.	This Amendment may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. A facsimile signature or electronic signature shall be deemed to be an original signature for purposes of this Amendment.
5.	This Amendment is intended to be in full compliance with the requirements for an Amendment to the Trust Agreement as required by Section 7(c) of the Trust Agreement, and every defect in fulfilling such requirements for an effective amendment to the Trust Agreement is hereby ratified, intentionally waived and relinquished by all parties hereto.
6.	This Amendment shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction.

[signature page follows]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Amendment to the Investment Management Trust Agreement as of the date first written above.

CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee

By:	/s/
Name:
Title:

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ACQUISITION CORP.

By:	/s/ Shibasish Sarkar
Name:	Shibasish Sarkar
Title:	Chief Executive Officer

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