Current Report Filing (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

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 15, 2022

 

TCW Special Purpose Acquisition Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware		001-40107		85-4391738
(State or other jurisdiction		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)				Identification No.)

 

865 S. Figueroa St., Suite 1800, Los Angeles, CA		90017
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

 

[phone]

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(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:

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

 

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Units, each consisting of one share of Class A common stock and one-third of one redeemable warrant		TSPQ.U		New York Stock Exchange
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share		TSPQ		New York Stock Exchange
Redeemable warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share		TSPQ WS		New York Stock Exchange

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

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 set forth in Item 3.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K related to the amendment of the Trust Agreement (as defined below) is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

 

The information set forth in Item 8.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

At the special meeting of stockholders of TCW Special Purpose Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) held on December 15, 2022 (the “Special Meeting”) stockholders of the Company approved (i) the third amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Third Amended and Restated Charter”) and (ii) an amendment to the Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated March 1, 2021, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee (the “Trust Agreement”), to allow the Company to redeem all of its outstanding shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Public Shares”), in advance of the Company’s contractual expiration date of March 4, 2023 (or June 4, 2023, if the Company has executed a letter of intent, agreement in principle or definitive agreement for an initial business combination by March 4, 2023) by changing the date by which the Company must cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up if it fails to complete a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination from March 4, 2023 (or June 4, 2023, if the Company has executed a letter of intent, agreement in principle or definitive agreement for an initial business combination by March 4, 2023) to the later of (x) December 15, 2022 or (y) the date of effectiveness of the Third Amended and Restated Charter (the “Amended Termination Date”).

 

The Company filed the Third Amended and Restated Charter with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on December 15, 2022. The foregoing descriptions of the Third Amended and Restated Charter and the amendment to the Trust Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to Exhibits 3.1 and 10.1, respectively, which are incorporated herein by reference.

 

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

 

At the Special Meeting, a total of 39,361,030 (67.87%) of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock held of record at the close of business on November 16, 2022, the record date for the Special Meeting, were present either in person or by proxy, which constituted a quorum. The Company’s stockholders voted on the following proposals (together the “Proposals”) at the Special Meeting, which are described in more detail in the definitive proxy statement of the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 25, 2022 (the “Proxy Statement”).

 

Proposal No. 1 – The Charter Amendment Proposal – to adopt the Third Amended and Restated Charter to amend the date by which the Company must cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up if it fails to complete a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses from March 4, 2023 (or June 4, 2023, if the Company has executed a letter of intent, agreement in principle or definitive agreement for an initial business combination by March 4, 2023) to the Amended Termination Date.

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
39,330,425		26,696		3,909		N/A

 

Proposal No. 2 – The Trust Amendment Proposal – to amend the Trust Agreement to change the date on which the trustee must commence liquidation of the trust account established in connection with the Company’s initial public offering to the Amended Termination Date.

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
39,330,425		26,696		3,909		N/A

 

As there were sufficient votes to approve the above proposals, the “Adjournment Proposal” described in the Proxy Statement was not presented to stockholders.

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events

 

Since the Proposals were approved, and because the Company will not be able to complete an initial business combination by the Amended Termination Date, the Company will be obligated to redeem all Public Shares as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days after the Amended Termination Date (the “Mandatory Redemption”) and the Company’s warrants will expire worthless. The Company expects to complete the Mandatory Redemption on or around December 19, 2022 at a per share redemption price of approximately $10.03.

 

On December 15, 2022, the Company filed a certificate of dissolution with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.		Description
3.1		Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
10.1		Amendment to the Trust Agreement
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.

 

	TCW Special Purpose Acquisition Corp.
Date: December 15, 2022	By:	/s/ Joseph R. Shaposhnik
		Name:	Joseph R. Shaposhnik
		Title:	Chief Executive Officer

 

 

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