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| Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
As previously reported, on April 6, 2023, Concord Acquisition Corp III (the “Company”) and Concord Sponsor Group III LLC (the “Sponsor”), the Company’s sponsor, entered into agreements (“Non-Redemption Agreements”) with certain third parties in exchange for them agreeing not to redeem certain shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class A Common Stock”), sold in its initial public offering (“Non-Redeemed Shares”) at the special meeting called by the Company (the “Special Meeting”) to approve an extension of time for the Company to consummate an initial business combination from May 8, 2023 (the “Termination Date”) to November 8, 2023, or such earlier date as may be determined by the board of directors of the Company (such later date, the “Extended Date”). The Company and the Sponsor have since entered into additional Non-Redemption Agreements with additional holders of Class A Common Stock. In exchange for the foregoing commitments not to redeem such shares, the Sponsor has agreed to transfer to such investors an aggregate of 999,665 shares of the Company’s Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class B Common Stock”), held by the Sponsor immediately following consummation of an initial business combination if they continue to hold such Non-Redeemed Shares through the Special Meeting. The foregoing summary of the Non-Redemption Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of Non-Redemption Agreement previously filed by the Company as Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 7, 2023 and incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 5.03. | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
As approved by its stockholders at the Special Meeting on May 4, 2023, the Company filed an amendment to its amended and restated certificate of incorporation with the Delaware Secretary of State on May 4, 2023 (the “Charter Amendment”), to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination from the Termination Date to the Extended Date. The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Charter Amendment, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.
| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On May 4, 2023, the Company held the Special Meeting. On April 3, 2023, the record date for the Special Meeting, there were 34,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock and 8,625,000 shares of Class B Common Stock entitled to be voted at the Special Meeting. At the Special Meeting, 36,561,855 shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, voting together as a class, of the Company or 84.78% of the shares entitled to vote at the Special Meeting were represented in person or by proxy.
Charter Amendment
The stockholders approved the Charter Amendment to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination from the Termination Date to the Extended Date. The voting results were as follows:
| FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | BROKER NON- VOTES |
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| 33,891,464 | 2,670,391 | 0 | 0 |
| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
In connection with the votes to approve the proposal above, the holders of 30,460,066 shares of Class A Common Stock properly exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.42 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $317.39 million, leaving approximately $42.10 million in the trust account.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits. |
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 3.1 | Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Concord Acquisition Corp III, dated May 4, 2023 | |
| 10.1 | Form of Non-Redemption Agreement and Assignment of Economic Interest (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 in the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K on April 7, 2023). | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
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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.
| CONCORD ACQUISITION CORP IIi | ||
| By: | /s/ Jeff Tuder | |
| Name: Jeff Tuder | ||
| Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
Date: May 8, 2023
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Exhibit 3.1
certificate
of amendment
TO THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
CONCORD ACQUISITION CORP III
May 4, 2023
Concord Acquisition Corp III, 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 “Concord Acquisition Corp III” The original certificate of incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on February 18, 2021 (the “Original Certificate”). The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Amended and Restated Certificate") was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 3, 2021;
2. This Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation amends the Amended and Restated Certificate.
3. This Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was duly adopted 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 Sections 9.1(b), 9.2(a), 9.2(d), 9.2(e), 9.2(f), 9.7 and 9.8 are hereby amended and restated to read in full as follows:
9.1(b) Immediately after the Offering, a certain amount of the net offering proceeds received by the Corporation in the Offering (including the proceeds of any exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option) and certain other amounts specified in the Corporation’s registration statement on Form S-1, as initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 26, 2021, as amended (the “Registration Statement”), was deposited in a trust account (the “Trust Account”), established for the benefit of the Public Stockholders (as defined below) pursuant to a trust agreement described in the Registration Statement. Except for the withdrawal of interest income (if any) to pay the Corporation’s taxes, if any, none of the funds held in the Trust Account (including the interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account) will be released from the Trust Account until the earliest to occur of (i) the completion of the initial Business Combination, (ii) the redemption of 100% of the Offering Shares (as defined below) if the Corporation does not complete its initial Business Combination by November 8, 2023, or such earlier date as may be determined by the Board (the “Termination Date”), subject to applicable law, and (iii) the redemption of Offering Shares in connection with a stockholder vote to approve an amendment to this Amended and Restated Certificate that (A) would affect the substance or timing of the Corporation’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with the initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of the Offering Shares if the Corporation has not completed an initial Business Combination by the Termination Date or (B) with respect to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity (as described in Section 9.7). Holders of shares of the Common Stock included as part of the units sold in the Offering (the “Offering Shares”) (whether such Offering Shares were purchased in the Offering or in the secondary market following the Offering and whether or not such holders are the Sponsor or officers or directors of the Corporation, or any affiliates of any of the foregoing) are referred to herein as “Public Stockholders.”
9.2(a) Prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination, the Corporation shall provide all holders of Offering Shares with the opportunity to have their Offering Shares redeemed upon the consummation of the initial Business Combination pursuant to, and subject to the limitations of, Sections 9.2(b) and 9.2(c) (such rights of such holders to have their Offering Shares redeemed pursuant to such Sections, the “Redemption Rights”) hereof for cash equal to the applicable redemption price per share determined in accordance with Section 9.2(b) hereof (the “Redemption Price”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Amended and Restated Certificate, there shall be no Redemption Rights or liquidating distributions with respect to any warrant issued pursuant to the Offering.
9.2(d) In the event that the Corporation has not completed an initial Business Combination by the Termination Date, the Corporation shall (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but no more than ten business days thereafter subject to lawfully available funds therefor, redeem the Offering Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest (which interest shall be net of taxes payable, and less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of the then outstanding Offering Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish rights of the Public Stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining stockholders and the Board in accordance with applicable law, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to the Corporation’s obligations under the DGCL to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.
9.2(e) If the Corporation offers to redeem the Offering Shares in conjunction with a stockholder vote on an initial Business Combination, the Corporation shall consummate the proposed initial Business Combination only if such initial Business Combination is approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of the Common Stock that are voted at a stockholder meeting held to consider such initial Business Combination.
9.2(f) [RESERVED].
9.7 If, in accordance with Section 9.1(a), any amendment is made to Section 9.2(d) that would affect the substance or timing of the Corporation’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with the Corporation’s initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of the Offering Shares if the Corporation does not complete an initial Business Combination by the Termination Date or with respect to any other provision relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity, the Public Stockholders shall be provided with the opportunity to redeem their Offering Shares upon approval of any such amendment, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Corporation to pay its taxes, divided by the number of the then outstanding Offering Shares.
9.8 [RESERVED].
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Concord Acquisition Corp III 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.
| CONCORD ACQUISITION CORP III | |||
| By: | /s/ Jeff Tuder | ||
| Name: | Jeff Tuder | ||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | ||