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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Effective as of December 19, 2023 (the “Effective Date”), Aerwins Technology, Inc. (“Company”) entered into a letter of intent (the “Letter of Intent”) with Helicopter Technology Company (“Helicopter Technology”) regarding the design, development, manufacturing, sales, and marketing (collectively, the “Project”) of a single-seat optionally manned air vehicle (the “Air Vehicle”). Pursuant to the Letter of Intent, the Company and Helicopter Technology will form an entity (the “Operating Company”) that will be owned 70% by the Company and 30% by Helicopter Technology. The Operating Company agreed to enter into an agreement with Helicopter Technology to design, build, assemble and test the Air Vehicle that is planned to meet the Federal Aviation Association (FAA) Powered Ultra-Light Category (the “Development Services Agreement”). In addition, pursuant to the Development Services Agreement, Helicopter Technology will determine and obtain all required regulatory approvals for the Air Vehicle, provide all required labor and materials and enter into a manufacturing supply agreement on terms to be mutually agreed on. In addition, the parties will work together to secure funding required to start production of the Air Vehicle. The Operating Company will pay Helicopter Technology its costs plus 15% of such amount to provide the services it provides pursuant to the Development Services Agreement in addition to equity compensation in the Company no less favorable than comparable compensation to the Company’s executive management.
The Operating Company will enter into a marketing and support agreement with the Company to provide certain engineering oversight, accounting, marketing, sales, advertising, development of a dealer distribution network, online marketplace, and other distribution channels, and financial management, budgeting, accounting, legal, and other administrative services as may be required by the Operating Company. The Operating Company will pay the Company its costs plus 15% of such amount to provide these services. Payments will be subject to available cash flow of the Operating Company. In addition, the Company has agreed to provide working capital to the Operating Company of up to a maximum of $1,700,000 for its operations over a 12 month period.
The parties intend to use their best efforts to negotiate and enter into an operating agreement for the Operating Company (the “Operating Agreement”) with 45 days of the execution of the Letter of Intent. The Letter of Intent also contains additional customary conditions to entering into the Operating Agreement.
The foregoing description of the Letter of Intent is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Letter of Intent, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
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| 10.1 | Letter of Intent. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
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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 thereunto duly authorized.
| Date: December 22, 2023 | AERWINS Technologies Inc. | |
| By: | /s/ Kiran Sidhu | |
| Kiran Sidhu | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||
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