UNITED
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SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
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Schedule
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Proxy
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NOVA
VISION ACQUISITION CORP.
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of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
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of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)
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NOVA
VISION ACQUISITION CORP.
2
Havelock Road, #07-12
Singapore,
059763
July
19, 2024
Dear
Shareholders:
On
behalf of the Board of Directors of Nova Vision Acquisition Corp. (the “Company” or “we”), I invite
you to attend our Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”). We hope you can join us. The Annual Meeting
will be held:
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Loeb
& Loeb LLP, 2206-19 Jardine House, 1 Connaught Place Central, Hong Kong SAR. |
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August
6, 2024 |
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10
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The
Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the Proxy Statement and the proxy card accompany this letter, together with our Annual Report
on Form 10-K and amendment No. 1 to the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 will be first mailed to our shareholders
on or about July 19, 2024.
As
discussed in the enclosed Proxy Statement, the Annual Meeting will be devoted to:
(i)
A proposal to amend (the “Charter Amendment”) the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of
association (the “Charter”) to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination (the
“Extension”) six (6) times for an additional one (1) month each time from August 10, 2024 (the “Current Termination
Date”) to February 10, 2025 (the termination date as so extended, the “Extended Termination Date”) by adopting
the fourth amended and restated memorandum and articles of association in their entirety in place of the Company’s existing memorandum
and articles, a copy of which is attached in the proxy statement as Annex A;
(ii)
A proposal to amend (the “Trust Amendment”) the Company’s investment management trust agreement (the “Trust
Agreement”), dated as of August 5, 2021, by and between the Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “trustee”),
as amended, to extend the date on which to commence liquidating the trust account (the “Trust Account”) established
in connection with the Company’s initial public offering (the “IPO”) six (6) times for an additional one (1)
month each time from August 10, 2024 to February 10, 2025 by depositing into the trust account the lesser of (a) $15,000 and (b)
an aggregate amount that equals to $0.03 multiplied by the number of issued and outstanding Company ordinary shares issued in
the IPO (each, a “Public Share”) that has not been redeemed (the “Extension Payment”) for each
one-month extension in the event the Company has not consummated a business combination by the Extended Termination Date;
(iii)
A proposal to elect five (5) directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their respective successors have
been duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation, removal or death; and
(iv)
A proposal to authorize the Chairman of the Annual Meeting to adjourn the Annual Meeting to a later date or dates (the “Adjournment”),
from time to time, as the Chairman of the Annual Meeting may deem necessary or appropriate (the “Adjournment Proposal”).
The
Company’s IPO prospectus dated August 5, 2021 provides that the Company initially had until May 10, 2023 (after three (3) three-month
extensions) to complete its initial business combination. The Company’s charter was most recently amended and restated in its entirety
on August 4, 2023, with the Current Termination Date of August 10, 2024. Our board of directors has determined that it is in the best
interests of our shareholders to allow the Company to extend the time to complete a business combination a total of six (6) times for
an additional one (1) month each time beginning on August 10, 2024, and provide that the date for cessation of operations of the Company
if the Company has not completed a business combination would similarly be extended to the Extended Termination Date.
The
purpose of the Charter Amendment and the Trust Amendment is to allow for six (6) monthly extensions, each with a required Extension Payment
each month that equals the lesser of (i) $15,000 and (ii) an aggregate amount that equals to $0.03 multiplied by the number
of Public Shares that have not been redeemed. Our insiders or their affiliates or designees will elect to exercise each extension on
a month-to-month and as-needed basis only.
We
know that many of our shareholders will be unable to attend the Annual Meeting. We are soliciting proxies so that each shareholder has
an opportunity to vote on all matters that are scheduled to come before the shareholders at the Annual Meeting. Whether or not you plan
to attend, please take the time now to read the Proxy Statement and vote by submitting by mail a paper copy of your proxy or vote instructions,
so that your shares are represented at the meeting. You may also revoke your proxy or vote instructions and change your vote at any time
prior to the Annual Meeting. Regardless of the number of Company shares you own, your presence in person or by proxy is important for
quorum purposes and your vote is important for proper corporate action.
Thank
you for your continuing interest in Nova Vision Acquisition Corp. We look forward to seeing you at the Annual Meeting.
If
you have any questions about the Proxy Statement, please contact us at Nova Vision Acquisition Corp., 2 Havelock Road, #07-12, Singapore
059763.
Sincerely,
/s/
Eric Ping Hang Wong |
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Eric
Ping Hang Wong |
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Chief
Executive Officer |
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NOVA
VISION ACQUISITION CORP.
2
Havelock Road, #07-12,
Singapore
059763
NOTICE
OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO
BE HELD ON AUGUST 6, 2024
To
the Shareholders of Nova Vision Acquisition Corp.:
NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Nova Vision Acquisition Corp. (the “Company” or “we”),
a British Virgin Islands company, will be held at the offices of Loeb & Loeb LLP, 2206-19 Jardine House, 1 Connaught Place Central,
Hong Kong SAR on August 6, 2024, at 10 a.m. local time, for the following purposes:
1.
A proposal to amend (the “Charter Amendment”) the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of
association (the “Charter”) to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination (the
“Extension”) six (6) times for an additional one (1) month each time from August 10, 2024 (the “Current Termination
Date”) to February 10, 2025 (the termination date as so extended, the “Extended Termination Date”) by adopting
the fourth amended and restated memorandum and articles of association in their entirety in place of the Company’s existing memorandum
and articles, a copy of which is attached in the proxy statement as Annex A.
2.
A proposal to amend (the “Trust Amendment”) the Company’s investment management trust agreement (the “Trust
Agreement”), dated as of August 5, 2021, by and between the Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “trustee”),
as amended, to extend the date on which to commence liquidating the trust account (the “Trust Account”) established
in connection with the Company’s initial public offering (the “IPO”) six (6) times for an additional one (1)
month each time from August 10, 2024 to February 10, 2025 by depositing into the trust account the lesser of (a) $15,000 and (b)
an aggregate amount that equals to $0.03 multiplied by the number of issued and outstanding Company ordinary shares issued in
the IPO (each, a “Public Share”) that has not been redeemed (the “Extension Payment”) for each
one-month extension in the event the Company has not consummated a business combination by the Extended Termination Date.
3.
A proposal to elect five (5) directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their respective successors have
been duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation, removal or death.
4.
A proposal to authorize the Chairman of the Annual Meeting to adjourn the Annual Meeting to a later date or dates (the “Adjournment”),
from time to time, as the Chairman of the Annual Meeting may deem necessary or appropriate (the “Adjournment Proposal”).
The
Board has fixed the close of business on July 15, 2024 as the record date for the meeting and only holders of shares of record
at that time will be entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting or any adjournment or adjournments thereof.
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Eric Ping Hang Wong |
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Eric
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Chief
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Singapore
July 19, 2024
IMPORTANT
IF
YOU CANNOT PERSONALLY ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING, IT IS REQUESTED THAT YOU INDICATE YOUR VOTE ON THE ISSUES INCLUDED ON THE ENCLOSED PROXY
AND DATE, SIGN AND MAIL IT IN THE ENCLOSED SELF-ADDRESSED ENVELOPE WHICH REQUIRES NO POSTAGE IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
IMPORTANT
NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON AUGUST 6, 2024. THIS
PROXY STATEMENT TO THE SHAREHOLDERS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT HTTPS://WWW.SEC.GOV/.
NOVA
VISION ACQUISITION CORP.
2
Havelock Road, #07-12,
Singapore
059763
PROXY
STATEMENT
FOR
ANNUAL
MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO
BE HELD AUGUST 6, 2024
FIRST
MAILED ON OR ABOUT JULY 19, 2024
Date,
Time and Place of the Annual Meeting
The
enclosed proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Nova Vision Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”),
a British Virgin Islands company, in connection with the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held at the offices of Loeb & Loeb
LLP, 2206-19 Jardine House, 1 Connaught Place Central, Hong Kong SAR on August 6, 2024, at 10 a.m. local time, and any adjournments
thereof, for the purposes set forth in the accompanying Notice of Meeting.
The
principal executive office of the Company is 2 Havelock Road, #07-12, Singapore 059763, and its telephone number, including area code,
is +65 8718 3000.
Purpose
of the Annual Meeting
At
the Annual Meeting, you will be asked to consider and vote upon the following matters:
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proposal to amend (the “Charter Amendment”) the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of
association (the “Charter”) to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination (the
“Extension”) six (6) times for an additional one (1) month each time from August 10, 2024 (the “Current
Termination Date”) to February 10, 2025 (the termination date as so extended, the “Extended Termination Date”)
by adopting the fourth amended and restated memorandum and articles of association in their entirety in place of the Company’s
existing memorandum and articles, a copy of which is attached in the proxy statement as Annex A. |
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A
proposal to amend (the “Trust Amendment”) the Company’s investment management trust agreement (the “Trust
Agreement”), dated as of August 5, 2021, by and between the Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the
“trustee”), as amended, to extend the date on which to commence liquidating the trust account (the “Trust
Account”) established in connection with the Company’s initial public offering (the “IPO”) six
(6) times for an additional one (1) month each time from August 10, 2024 to February 10, 2025 by depositing into the trust account
the lesser of (a) $15,000 and (b) an aggregate amount that equals to $0.03 multiplied by the number of issued and outstanding
Company ordinary share issued in the IPO (each, a “Public Share”) that has not been redeemed (the “Extension
Payment”) for each one-month extension in the event the Company has not consummated a business combination by the Extended
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proposal to elect five (5) directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their respective successors
have been duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation, removal or death. |
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proposal to authorize the Chairman of the Annual Meeting to adjourn the Annual Meeting to a later date or dates (the “Adjournment”),
from time to time, as the Chairman of the Annual Meeting may deem necessary or appropriate (the “Adjournment Proposal”). |
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Company’s IPO prospectus provides that the Company initially had until May 10, 2023 (after three (3) three-month extensions) to
complete its initial business combination. The Company’s charter was most recently amended and restated in its entirety on August
4, 2023, with the Current Termination Date of August 10, 2024. Following the completion of our IPO in August 2021, our representatives
have engaged in extensive discussions with business owners with respect to potential business combination opportunities. The purpose
of the Charter Amendment and the Trust Amendment is to allow the Company an option to further extend the time to complete a business
combination. Our board of directors has determined that it is in the best interests of our shareholders to extend the Current Termination
Date so to allow the Company to extend the time to complete a business combination up to six (6) times for an additional one (1) month
each time by depositing into the trust account an Extension Payment that equals the lesser of (i) $15,000 and (ii) an aggregate
amount that equals to $0.03 multiplied by the number of Public Shares that have not been redeemed for each one-month extension
and provide that the date for cessation of operations of the Company if the Company has not completed a business combination would similarly
be extended to the Extended Termination Date (the “Extension”). Both the Trust Agreement and the Company’s charter
will be amended to reflect the foregoing. The Charter Amendment is attached hereto as Annex A, and the Trust Amendment is attached
hereto as Annex B.
After
consultation with Nova Pulsar Holdings Limited (the “Sponsor”), Company management has reasons to believe that, if
the Charter Amendment and Trust Amendment proposals are approved, the Sponsor or its affiliates will, in connection with each monthly
extension, contribute the lesser of (i) $15,000 and (ii) an aggregate amount that equals to $0.03 multiplied by the number of Public
Shares that have not been redeemed to the Company as a loan (each loan being referred to herein as a “contribution”)
for the Company to deposit the funds into the Trust Account as the Extension Payment upon five (5) days’ advance notice prior to
the applicable deadlines. The first extension payment after the approval of the Charter Amendment Proposal must be made prior to the
Current Termination Date, while the second extension payment must be deposited into the trust account no fewer than five (5) calendar
days prior to the then existing termination date. The contribution(s) will bear no interest and will be repayable by the Company to the
Sponsor upon consummation of an initial business combination. The loans will be forgiven by the Sponsor or its affiliate if the Company
is unable to consummate an initial business combination except to the extent of any funds held outside of the Trust Account. Each of
the Charter Amendment, Trust Amendment, proposal for the election of directors and the Adjournment Proposal are more fully described
in the accompanying Proxy Statement.
As
of June 30, 2024, there was approximately $18,720,990.16 in the Trust Account.
If
the Charter Amendment and the Trust Amendment are not approved and we do not consummate an initial business combination by August 10,
2024, we will be required to dissolve and liquidate our trust account by returning the then remaining funds in such account to the public
shareholders and our warrants to purchase Ordinary Shares will expire worthless.
Voting
Rights and Revocation of Proxies
The
record date with respect to this solicitation is the close of business on July 15, 2024 (the “Record Date”)
and only shareholders of record at that time will be entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting and any adjournment or adjournments thereof.
The
Company’s ordinary shares (“Ordinary Shares”) represented by all validly executed proxies received in time to
be taken to the meeting and not previously revoked will be voted at the meeting. This proxy may be revoked by the shareholder at any
time prior to its being voted by filing with the Secretary of the Company either a notice of revocation or a duly executed proxy bearing
a later date. We intend to release this Proxy Statement and the enclosed proxy card to our shareholders on or about July 19, 2024.
Dissenters’
Right of Appraisal
Holders
of Ordinary Shares do not have appraisal rights under the laws of the British Virgin Islands or under the governing documents of the
Company in connection with this solicitation.
Outstanding
Shares and Quorum
The
number of outstanding Ordinary Shares entitled to vote at the meeting is 3,318,297. Each Ordinary Share is entitled to one vote. The
presence in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting of the holders of 1,659,149 shares, or not less than 50 per cent of votes of outstanding
Ordinary Shares entitled to vote, will constitute a quorum. There is no cumulative voting. Shares that abstain or for which the authority
to vote is withheld on certain matters (so-called “broker non-votes”) will be treated as present for quorum purposes on all
matters.
Broker
Non-Votes
Holders
of Ordinary Shares that are held in street name must instruct their bank or brokerage firm that holds their shares how to vote their
shares. If a shareholder does not give instructions to his or her bank or brokerage firm, it will nevertheless be entitled to vote the
shares with respect to “routine” items, but it will not be permitted to vote the shares with respect to “non-routine”
items. In the case of a non-routine item, such shares will be considered “broker non-votes” on that proposal. The Company
believes that all of the proposals presented to the shareholders at this Annual Meeting will be considered “non-routine”
items. Accordingly, banks or brokerages cannot use discretionary authority to vote shares on Proposals 1, 2, 3 or 4 if they have not
received instructions from their clients. Please submit your vote instruction form so your vote is counted.
Required
Votes for Each Proposal to Pass
Assuming
the presence of a quorum at the Annual Meeting:
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Charter
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of the votes of the shares which were present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon at the Annual Meeting |
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Trust
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Affirmative
vote of at least 50% of the outstanding shares present |
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No |
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Election
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Majority
of the votes of the shares which were present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon at the Annual Meeting |
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Adjournment |
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of the votes of the shares which were present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon at the Annual Meeting |
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Abstentions
will not count as a vote against each of the proposals.
Voting
Procedures
Each
Ordinary Share that you own in your name entitles you to one vote on each of the proposals for the Annual Meeting. Your proxy card shows
the number of Ordinary Shares that you own.
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You
can vote your Ordinary Shares in advance of the Annual Meeting by completing, signing, dating and returning the enclosed proxy card
in the postage-paid envelope provided. If you hold your shares in “street name” through a broker, bank or other nominee,
you will need to follow the instructions provided to you by your broker, bank or other nominee to ensure that your shares are represented
and voted at the Annual Meeting. If you vote by proxy card, your “proxy,” whose name is listed on the proxy card, will
vote your shares as you instruct on the proxy card. If you sign and return the proxy card but do not give instructions on how to
vote your shares, your Ordinary Shares will be voted as recommended by our board of directors. Our board of directors recommends
voting “FOR” each of the Charter Amendment, the Trust Amendment Proposal, each of the nominees named in this Proxy
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You
can attend the Annual Meeting and vote in person even if you have previously voted by submitting a proxy. You will be given a ballot
when you arrive. However, if your Ordinary Shares are held in the name of your broker, bank or other nominee, you must get a proxy
from the broker, bank or other nominee. That is the only way we can be sure that the broker, bank or nominee has not already voted
your shares. |
Solicitation
of Proxies
The
solicitation of proxies is made by the Company. The expenses of solicitation of proxies will be paid by the Company. We may solicit proxies
by mail, and the officers and employees of the Company may solicit proxies personally or by telephone and will receive no extra compensation
from such activities. The Company will reimburse brokerage houses and other nominees for their expenses incurred in sending proxies and
proxy materials to the beneficial owners of shares held by them.
Delivery
of Proxy Materials to Households
Only
one copy of the 2023 Annual Report on Form 10-K, Amendment No. 1 to the Form 10-K, and this Proxy Statement will be delivered to an address
where two or more shareholders reside with the same last name or whom otherwise reasonably appear to be members of the same family based
on the shareholders’ prior express or implied consent.
We
will deliver promptly upon written or oral request a separate copy of the 2023 Annual Report on Form 10-K, Amendment No. 1 to the Form
10-K, and this Proxy Statement. If you share an address with at least one other shareholder, currently receive one copy of our Annual
Report on Form 10-K, Amendment No. 1 to the Form 10-K, and Proxy Statement at your residence, and would like to receive a separate copy
of our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Amendment No. 1 to the Form 10-K, and Proxy Statement for future shareholder meetings of the Company,
please specify such request in writing and send such written request to Nova Vision Acquisition Corp., 2 Havelock Road, #07-12, Singapore
059763; Attention: Chief Executive Officer, or call the Company promptly at +65 8718 3000.
If
you share an address with at least one other shareholder and currently receive multiple copies of Annual Report on Form 10-K and Proxy
Statement, and you would like to receive a single copy of Annual Report on Form 10-K, Amendment No. 1 to the Form 10-K, and Proxy Statement,
please specify such request in writing and send such written request to Nova Vision Acquisition Corp., 2 Havelock Road, #07-12, Singapore
059763; Attention: Chief Executive Officer.
Redemption
Rights
Pursuant
to our current existing charter, any holders of our public shares may demand that such shares be redeemed for a pro rata share of the
aggregate amount on deposit in the trust account, less taxes payable, calculated as of two (2) business days prior to the Annual Meeting.
Regardless whether you vote for or against the Charter Amendment and the Trust Amendment, if your request is properly made and the Charter
Amendment and the Trust Amendment are approved, these shares will cease to be outstanding and will represent only the right to receive
a pro rata share of the aggregate amount on deposit in the trust account which holds the proceeds of our IPO (calculated as of two (2)
business days prior to the Annual Meeting). For illustrative purposes only, based on funds in the trust account of approximately $18.7
million on June 30, 2024, the estimated per share redemption price would have been approximately $11.90.
In
order to exercise your redemption rights, you must submit a request in writing prior to 5:00 p.m., Eastern time on August 2, 2024
(two (2) business days before the Annual Meeting) that we redeem your Public Shares for cash to American Stock Transfer & Trust Company,
our transfer agent, at the following address:
American
Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC
6201
15th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11219
Attn:
Felix Orihuela
Senior
Vice President SPAC Services Administration
Relationship
Management
E-mail:
Forihuela@astfinancial.com
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deliver
your public shares either physically or electronically through DTC to our transfer agent at least two (2) business days before the
Annual Meeting. Shareholders seeking to exercise their redemption rights and opting to deliver physical certificates should allot
sufficient time to obtain physical certificates from the transfer agent and time to effect delivery. It is our understanding that
shareholders should generally allot at least two (2) weeks to obtain physical certificates from the transfer agent. However, we do
not have any control over this process and it may take longer than two (2) weeks. Shareholders who hold their shares in street name
will have to coordinate with their broker, bank or other nominee to have the shares certificated or delivered electronically. If
you do not submit a written request and deliver your public shares as described above, your shares will not be redeemed. |
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demand for redemption, once made, may be withdrawn at any time until the deadline for exercising redemption requests (and submitting
shares to the transfer agent) and thereafter, with our consent, until the vote is taken with respect to the Charter Amendment and the
Trust Amendment. If you delivered your shares for redemption to our transfer agent and decide within the required timeframe not to exercise
your redemption rights, you may request that our transfer agent return the shares (physically or electronically). You may make such request
by contacting our transfer agent at the phone number or address listed above.
Prior
to exercising redemption rights, shareholders should verify the market price of our Ordinary Shares, as they may receive higher proceeds
from the sale of their Ordinary Shares in the public market than from exercising their redemption rights if the market price per share
is higher than the redemption price. We cannot assure you that you will be able to sell your Ordinary Shares in the open market, even
if the market price per share is higher than the redemption price stated above, as there may not be sufficient liquidity in our Ordinary
Shares when you wish to sell your shares.
If
you exercise your redemption rights, your Ordinary Shares will cease to be outstanding immediately prior to the Annual Meeting (assuming
the Charter Amendment and Trust Amendment are approved) and will only represent the right to receive a pro rata share of the aggregate
amount on deposit in the trust account. You will no longer own those shares and will have no right to participate in, or have any interest
in, the future growth of the Company, if any. You will be entitled to receive cash for these shares only if you properly and timely request
redemption.
If
the Charter Amendment and the Trust Amendment are not approved and we do not consummate an initial business combination by August 10,
2024, we will be required to dissolve and liquidate our trust account by returning the then remaining funds in such account to the public
shareholders and our warrants to purchase Ordinary Shares will expire worthless.
Holders
of outstanding units must separate the underlying public shares, public rights and public warrants prior to exercising redemption rights
with respect to the public shares.
If
you hold units registered in your own name, you must deliver the certificate for such units to American Stock Transfer & Trust Company,
LLC with written instructions to separate such units into public shares, public rights and public warrants. This must be completed far
enough in advance to permit the mailing of the public share certificates back to you so that you may then exercise your redemption rights
with respect to the public shares upon the separation of the public shares from the units.
If
a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee holds your units, you must instruct such nominee to separate your units.
Your nominee must send written instructions by facsimile to American Stock Transfer & Trust Company. Such written instructions must
include the number of units to be split and the nominee holding such units. Your nominee must also initiate electronically, using DTC’s
deposit withdrawal at custodian (DWAC) system, a withdrawal of the relevant units and a deposit of an equal number of public shares,
public rights and public warrants. This must be completed far enough in advance to permit your nominee to exercise your redemption rights
with respect to the public shares upon the separation of the public shares from the units. While this is typically done electronically
the same business day, you should allow at least one full business day to accomplish the separation. If you fail to cause your public
shares to be separated in a timely manner, you will likely not be able to exercise your redemption rights.
CAUTIONARY
NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This
proxy statement contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. Forward-looking
statements may relate to the company’s “initial business combination” (as defined below) and any other statements relating
to future results, strategy and plans of the company (including statements which may be identified by the use of the words “plans,”
“expects” or “does not expect,” “estimated,” “is expected,” “budget,” “scheduled,”
“estimates,” “forecasts,” “intends,” “anticipates” or “does not anticipate,”
“targets,” “projects,” “contemplates,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,”
or “believes,” or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results “may,”
“could,” “would,” “should,” “might,” “will” or “will be taken,”
“occur” or “be achieved”).
Forward-looking
statements are based on the opinions and estimates of management of the company as of the date such statements are made, and they are
subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity,
performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks
and uncertainties include, but are not limited to:
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expectations around the performance of a prospective target business or businesses; |
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success in retaining or recruiting, or changes required in, our officers, key employees or directors following our initial business
combination; |
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directors and officers allocating their time to other businesses and potentially having conflicts of interest with our business or
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pool of prospective target businesses in the technology industry and the effects on these sectors of broader economic trends, including
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search for a business combination, and any target
business with which we ultimately consummate a business combination, may be materially adversely affected by the geopolitical conditions
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in laws or regulations or how such laws or regulations are interpreted or applied, or a failure to comply with any laws or regulations,
may adversely affect our business, including our ability to negotiate and complete our initial business combination, and results of
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our
independent registered public accounting firm’s report contains an explanatory paragraph that expresses substantial doubt about
our ability to continue as a “going concern,” since we will cease all operations except for the purpose of liquidating
if we are unable to complete an initial business combination by August 10, 2024 (i.e., 36 months from the consummation of the IPO),
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Additional
information on these and other factors that may cause actual results and the company’s performance to differ materially is included
in the company’s periodic reports filed with the SEC, including, but not limited to, our annual report including those factors
described under the heading “Risk Factors” therein, and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Copies of the company’s
filings with the SEC are available publicly on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or may be obtained by contacting the company.
Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may
vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance
upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date
hereof, and the company undertakes no obligations to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
RISK
FACTORS
You
should consider carefully all of the risks described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 4, 2024 and Form 10-K/A
filed with the SEC on June 20, 2024, our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 8, 2024, and in the other reports we
file with the SEC before making a decision to invest in our securities. Furthermore, if any of the following events occur, our business,
financial condition and operating results may be materially adversely affected or we could face liquidation. In that event, the trading
price of our securities could decline, and you could lose all or part of your investment. The risks and uncertainties described in the
aforementioned filings and below are not the only ones we face. Additional risks and uncertainties that we are unaware of, or that we
currently believe are not material, may also become important factors that adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating
results or result in our liquidation.
There
are no assurances that the extension will enable us to complete an initial business combination.
Approving
the extension involves a number of risks. Even if the extension is approved, the company can provide no assurances that the initial business
combination will be consummated prior to the extended date. Our ability to consummate any business combination is dependent on a variety
of factors, many of which are beyond our control. If the extension is approved, the company expects to seek shareholder approval of the
initial business combination. We are required to offer shareholders the opportunity to redeem shares in connection with the extension
proposal, and we will be required to offer shareholders redemption rights again in connection with any shareholder vote to approve the
initial business combination. Even if the extension or the initial business combination are approved by our shareholders, it is possible
that redemptions will leave us with insufficient cash to consummate the initial business combination on commercially acceptable terms,
or at all. The fact that we will have separate redemption periods in connection with the extension and the initial business combination
vote could exacerbate these risks. Other than in connection with a redemption offer or liquidation, our shareholders may be unable to
recover their investment except through sales of our shares on the open market. The price of our shares may be volatile, and there can
be no assurance that shareholders will be able to dispose of our shares at favorable prices, or at all.
If
we were deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company
Act”), we may be forced to abandon our efforts to complete an initial business combination and instead be required to liquidate
the company. To avoid that result, we have liquidated the securities held in the trust account and instead hold all funds in the trust
account in cash. As a result, following such liquidation, we maintain the remaining amount in its trust account in a high yield deposit
account at a bank.
There
is currently uncertainty concerning the applicability of the Investment Company Act to a SPAC, including a company like ours, that has
not entered into a definitive agreement within 18 months after the effective date of its IPO Registration Statement or that does not
complete its initial business combination within 24 months after such date. We did not enter into a definitive business combination agreement
within 18 months after the effective date of our IPO Registration Statement, and did not complete our initial business combination
within 24 months of such date. As a result, it is possible that a claim could be made that we have been operating as an unregistered
investment company. If we were deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, we might be forced to abandon
our efforts to complete an initial business combination and instead be required to liquidate the company. If we are required to liquidate
the company, our investors would not be able to realize the benefits of owning stock in a successor operating business, including the
potential appreciation in the value of our stock and warrants following such a transaction, and our warrants would expire worthless.
The
funds in the trust account have, since our IPO, been held only in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or
less or in money market funds investing solely in U.S. government treasury obligations and meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7
under the Investment Company Act. However, to mitigate the risk of us being deemed to have been operating as an unregistered investment
company (including under the subjective test of Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act), we may instruct Equiniti Trust Company,
LLC (f/k/a American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC), the trustee with respect to the trust account, to liquidate the U.S. government
treasury obligations or money market funds held in the trust account and thereafter to hold all funds in the trust account in cash in
an high yield deposit account at a bank until the earlier of the consummation of the initial business combination, another business
combination or our liquidation.
We
may not be able to complete an initial business combination with certain potential target companies if a proposed transaction with the
target company may be subject to review or approval by regulatory authorities pursuant to certain U.S. or foreign laws or regulations.
Certain
acquisitions or business combinations may be subject to review or approval by regulatory authorities pursuant to certain U.S. or foreign
laws or regulations. In the event that such regulatory approval or clearance is not obtained, or the review process is extended beyond
the period of time that would permit an initial business combination to be consummated with us, we may not be able to consummate an initial
business combination with such target.
Among
other things, the U.S. Federal Communications Act prohibits foreign individuals, governments, and corporations from owning more a specified
percentage of the capital stock of a broadcast, common carrier, or aeronautical radio station licensee. In addition, U.S. law currently
restricts foreign ownership of U.S. airlines. In the United States, certain mergers that may affect competition may require certain filings
and review by the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission, and investments or acquisitions that may affect national security
are subject to review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”). CFIUS is an interagency
committee authorized to review certain transactions involving foreign investment in the United States by foreign persons in order to
determine the effect of such transactions on the national security of the United States. Our Sponsor is Nova Pulsar Holdings Limited,
a non-U.S. person. We are therefore likely considered a “foreign person” under the regulations administered by CFIUS and
will continue to be considered as such in the future for so long as our Sponsor has the ability to exercise control over us for purposes
of CFIUS’s regulations. As such, an initial business combination with a U.S. business may be subject to CFIUS review, the scope
of which was expanded by the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (“FIRRMA”), to include certain
non-passive, non-controlling investments in sensitive U.S. businesses and certain acquisitions of real estate even with no underlying
U.S. business. FIRRMA, and subsequent implementing regulations that are now in force, also subjects certain categories of investments
to mandatory filings. If our potential initial business combination with a U.S. business falls within CFIUS’s jurisdiction, we
may determine that we are required to make a mandatory filing or that we will submit a voluntary notice to CFIUS, or to proceed with
the initial business combination without notifying CFIUS and risk CFIUS intervention, before or after closing the initial business combination.
CFIUS may decide to block or delay our initial business combination, impose conditions to mitigate national security concerns with respect
to such initial business combination or order us to divest all or a portion of a U.S. business of the combined company without first
obtaining CFIUS clearance, which may limit the attractiveness of or prevent us from pursuing certain initial business combination opportunities
that we believe would otherwise be beneficial to us and our shareholders. As a result, the pool of potential targets with which we could
complete an initial business combination may be limited and we may be adversely affected in terms of competing with other special purpose
acquisition companies which do not have similar foreign ownership issues.
Outside
the United States, laws or regulations may affect our ability to consummate a business combination with potential target companies incorporated
or having business operations in jurisdiction where national security considerations, involvement in regulated industries (including
telecommunications), or in businesses relating to a country’s culture or heritage may be implicated. U.S. and foreign regulators
generally have the power to deny the ability of the parties to consummate a transaction or to condition approval of a transaction on
specified terms and conditions, which may not be acceptable to us or a target. In such event, we may not be able to consummate a transaction
with that potential target.
As
a result of these various restrictions, the pool of potential targets with which we could complete an initial business combination may
be limited and we may be adversely affected in terms of competing with other SPACs which do not have similar ownership issues. Moreover,
the process of government review, could be lengthy. Because we have only a limited time to complete our initial business combination,
our failure to obtain any required approvals within the requisite time period may require us to liquidate. If we liquidate, our public
shareholders may only receive $11.90 per share, and our warrants will expire worthless. This will also cause you to lose any potential
investment opportunity in a target company and the chance of realizing future gains on your investment through any price appreciation
in the combined company.
If
we continue our life beyond 36 months from the closing of our IPO without completing an initial business combination, Nasdaq may delist
our securities from its exchange which could limit investors’ ability to make transactions in its securities and subject us to
additional trading restrictions.
If
the extension proposal in this proxy statement is approved by our shareholders, it would allow us to complete a business combination
for up to 42 months after the closing of our IPO. However, Nasdaq rules require that we complete a business combination no later than
36 months after our IPO. While we may be able to appeal a delisting and be granted additional time to complete a business combination
after 36 months, we may not be successful in such an appeal. If we are not successful in such an appeal and we fail to complete a business
combination within 36 months of our IPO our securities will be delisted. If our securities are delisted, such delisting could limit investors’
ability to make transactions in its securities and subject us to additional trading restrictions.
If
our initial business combination involves a company organized under the laws of a state of the United States, it is possible a 1% U.S.
federal excise tax will be imposed on us in connection with redemptions of our ordinary shares after or in connection with such initial
business combination.
On
August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 became law in the United States, which, among other things, imposes a 1% excise
tax on the fair market value of certain repurchases (including certain redemptions) of stock by publicly traded domestic (i.e., United
States) corporations (and certain non-U.S. corporations treated as “surrogate foreign corporations”). The excise tax will
apply to stock repurchases occurring in 2023 and beyond. The amount of the excise tax is generally 1% of the fair market value of the
shares of stock repurchased at the time of the repurchase. The U.S. Department of the Treasury has been given authority to provide regulations
and other guidance to carry out, and prevent the abuse or avoidance of, the excise tax; however, only limited guidance has been issued
to date.
As
a British Virgin Islands company, the 1% excise tax is not expected to apply to redemptions of our ordinary shares (absent any
regulations and other additional guidance that may be issued in the future with retroactive effect).
However,
if we conduct an initial business combination involving a company organized under the laws of the United States, it is possible
that we domesticate and continue as a Delaware corporation prior to certain redemptions and, because our securities are trading on Nasdaq,
it is possible that we will be subject to the excise tax with respect to any subsequent redemptions, including redemptions in connection
with the initial business combination, that are treated as repurchases for this purpose (other than, pursuant to recently issued guidance
from the U.S. Department of the Treasury, redemptions in complete liquidation of the company). In all cases, the extent of the excise
tax that may be incurred will depend on a number of factors, including the fair market value of our stock redeemed, the extent such redemptions
could be treated as dividends and not repurchases, and the content of any regulations and other additional guidance from the U.S. Department
of the Treasury that may be issued and applicable to the redemptions. Issuances of stock by a repurchasing corporation in a year in which
such corporation repurchases stock may reduce the amount of excise tax imposed with respect to such repurchase. The excise tax is imposed
on the repurchasing corporation itself, not the stockholders from which stock is repurchased. The imposition of the excise tax as a result
of redemptions in connection with the initial business combination could, however, reduce the cash contribution to the target business
in connection with our initial business combination, which could cause the shareholders of the combined company who did not elect to
redeem our ordinary shares to economically bear the impact of such excise tax.
SECURITY
OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The
following table sets forth certain information with respect to the beneficial ownership of our voting securities by (i) each person who
is known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares, (ii) each of our officers and
directors, and (iii) all of our officers and directors as a group as of July, 19, 2024.
Unless
otherwise indicated, we believe that all persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all ordinary
shares beneficially owned by them. The following table does not reflect record of beneficial ownership of any ordinary shares issuable
upon exercise of the warrants or conversion of rights, as the warrants are not exercisable, and the rights are not convertible, within
60 days of July 19, 2024.
Name
and Address of Beneficial Owner(1) | |
Amount
and Nature of Beneficial Ownership | | |
Approximate
Percentage of Outstanding Ordinary Shares | |
Nova
Pulsar Holdings Limited(2) | |
| 1,405,000 | | |
| 42.3 | % |
Poseidon
Ocean Corporation(3) | |
| 200,000 | | |
| 6.0 | % |
Eric
Ping Hang Wong | |
| 100,000 | | |
| 3.0 | % |
Wing-Ho
Ngan(2) | |
| 1,405,000 | | |
| 42.3 | % |
Tin
Lun Brian Cheng | |
| 10,000 | | |
| * | % |
Philip
Richard Herbert | |
| 10,000 | | |
| * | % |
Chun
Fung Horace Ma | |
| 20,000 | | |
| * | % |
All
directors and executive officers (five individuals) as a group | |
| 1,545,000 | | |
| 46.6 | % |
Other
5% shareholders | |
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Polar
Asset Management Partners Inc.(4) | |
| 250,000 | | |
| 7.53 | % |
Periscope
Capital Inc.(5) | |
| 175,000 | | |
| 5.27 | % |
*
Less than 1%.
(1)
Unless otherwise indicated, the business address of each of the individuals or entities is c/o Nova Vision Acquisition Corp., 3 Ocean
Way #5-7, Singapore 098368.
(2)
Nova Pulsar Holdings Limited is the record holder of the insider shares reported herein. Mr. Wing-Ho Ngan, our Chairman, by virtue of
his control over our sponsor, may be deemed to beneficially own shares held by our sponsor.
(3)
Poseidon Ocean Corporation, our advisor, is controlled by Mr. Kin (Stephen) Sze.
(4)
According to an amended Schedule 13G filed on February 12, 2024, interests shown are held by Polar Asset Management Partners Inc., a
company incorporated under the laws of Ontario, Canada, which serves as the investment advisor to Polar Multi-Strategy Master Fund, a
Cayman Islands exempted company (“PMSMF”) with respect to the shares directly held by PMSMF. Polar Asset Management Partners
Inc. is an investment fund manager, portfolio manager, exempt market dealer and commodity trading manager registered with the Ontario
Securities Commission. The business address of each of the reporting entities or individuals is 16 York Street, Suite 2900, Toronto,
ON, Canada M5J 0E6.
(5)
According to an amended Schedule 13G filed on February 9, 2024, Periscope Capital Inc. is the beneficial owner of 175,000 shares, and
acts as investment manager of, and exercises investment discretion with respect to, certain private investment funds that collectively
directly own 94,600 shares. The business address of the reporting entity is 333 Bay Street, Suite 1240, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5H
2R2.
PROPOSAL
1: THE CHARTER AMENDMENT
The
proposed Charter Amendment would amend our existing amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to extend the date by
which the Company has to consummate a business combination (the “Extension”) six (6) times for an additional one (1)
month each time from August 10, 2024 (the “Current Termination Date”) to February 10, 2025 (the termination date as
so extended, the “Extended Termination Date”). Pursuant to the terms of the proposed Charter Amendment, in order to
extend the time available for us to consummate our initial business combination, our insiders or their affiliates or designees must deposit
the Extension Payment that equals the lesser of (i) $15,000 and (ii) an aggregate amount that equals to $0.03 multiplied
by the number of Public Shares that have not been redeemed into the trust account for each one (1) month extension in accordance with
the terms as set out in the Trust Agreement (as revised by the Trust Amendment). The first extension payment after the approval of the
Charter Amendment Proposal must be made prior to the Current Termination Date, while the second extension payment must be deposited into
the trust account no fewer than five (5) calendar days prior to the then existing termination date. Both the Trust Agreement and the
Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will be amended to reflect the foregoing. The insiders will
receive a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note equal to the amount of any such deposit that will not be repaid in the event
that we are unable to close a business combination unless there are funds available outside the trust account to do so. Such notes would
be paid upon consummation of our initial business combination. We intend to issue a press release announcing the deposit of funds promptly
after such funds are deposited into the trust account. The full proposed fourth amended and restated memorandum and articles of association
are attached to this proxy statement as Annex A. All shareholders are encouraged to read the proposed amendment in its entirety
for a more complete description of its terms. However, the Company will not proceed with the Charter Amendment if the redemption of public
shares in connection therewith would cause the Company to have net tangible assets of less than $5,000,001, and in such event, we will
not affect the Charter Amendment or the Trust Amendment and we will move to liquidate the trust account and dissolve the Company promptly
after the Annual Meeting.
Reasons
for the Proposed Charter Amendment
The
Company is proposing to amend its amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to allow the Company to extend its life
six (6) times for an additional one (1) month each time from August 10, 2024 to February 10, 2025.
The
Company’s IPO prospectus dated August 5, 2021 provides that the Company initially had until May 10, 2024 (after three (3) three-month
extensions) to complete its initial business combination. The Company’s charter was most recently amended and restated in its entirety
on August 4, 2023, with the Current Termination Date of August 10, 2024. The purpose of the Charter Amendment and the Trust Amendment
is to allow the Company an option to further extend the time to complete a business combination. Our board of directors has determined
that it is in the best interests of our shareholders to allow the Company to extend the time to complete a business combination a total
of six (6) times for an additional one (1) month each time beginning on August 10, 2024, and provide that the date for cessation of operations
of the Company if the Company has not completed a business combination would similarly be extended to the Extended Termination Date.
After
consultation with the Sponsor, Company management has reasons to believe that, if the Charter Amendment and Trust Amendment
proposals are approved, the Sponsor or its affiliates will, in connection with each monthly extension, contribute the lessor of
$15,000 or $0.03 per Public Share that has not been redeemed to the Company as a loan
(each loan being referred to herein as a “contribution”) for the Company to deposit the funds into the Trust
Account as the Extension Payment, upon five (5) days’ advance notice prior to the applicable deadlines. The first extension
payment after the approval of the Charter Amendment Proposal must be made prior to the Current Termination Date, while the second
extension payment must be deposited into the trust account no fewer than five (5) calendar days prior to the then existing
termination date. The contribution(s) will bear no interest and will be repayable by the Company to the Sponsor upon consummation of
an initial business combination. The loans will be forgiven by the Sponsor or its affiliate if the Company is unable to consummate
an initial business combination except to the extent of any funds held outside of the Trust Account. Each of the Charter Amendment,
Trust Amendment, proposal for the election of directors and the Adjournment Proposal are more fully described in the accompanying
Proxy Statement.
If
the Charter Amendment is not approved and we do not consummate an initial business combination by August 10, 2024, we will (a) cease
all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (b) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter,
subject to lawfully available funds therefor, redeem 100% of the public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate
amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest income, divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which
redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation
distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (c) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the
approval of our remaining shareholders and our board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to our obligations under
the laws of the British Virgin Islands to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. There will be
no distribution from the trust account with respect to our warrants or rights which will expire worthless in the event we wind up.
Vote
Required and Board of Directors’ Recommendation
Approval
of the Charter Amendment to the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association requires the affirmative vote of at least
50% of the outstanding shares present. If your shares are held in street name, your broker, bank, custodian, or other nominee holder
cannot vote your shares on this proposal, unless you direct the holder how to vote, by marking your proxy card. Broker non-votes, abstentions
or the failure to vote on the Charter Amendment will not count as a vote cast at the Annual Meeting and will have no effect on the outcome
of the vote on any proposal.
The
Board recommends a vote “FOR” the Charter Amendment.
PROPOSAL
2: THE TRUST AMENDMENT
The
proposed Trust Amendment would amend our existing Trust Agreement, allowing the Company to extend the time available for us to consummate
our initial business combination six (6) times for an additional one (1) month each time from August 10, 2024 to February 10, 2025 (the
“Trust Amendment”) by depositing into the Trust Account the lesser of (i) $15,000 and (ii) an aggregate amount that
equals to $0.03 multiplied by the number of Public Shares that have not been redeemed for each one-month extension and make other
conforming amendments. A copy of the proposed Trust Amendment is attached to this proxy statement as Annex B. All shareholders
are encouraged to read the proposed amendment in its entirety for a more complete description of its terms. The first extension payment
after the approval of the Charter Amendment Proposal must be made prior to the Current Termination Date, while the second extension payment
must be deposited into the trust account no fewer than five (5) calendar days prior to the then existing termination date. The insiders
will receive a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note equal to the amount of any such deposit that will not be repaid in the
event that we are unable to close a business combination unless there are funds available outside the trust account to do so. Such notes
would be paid upon consummation of our initial business combination. The complete text of the proposed amendment is attached to this
proxy statement as Annex B. All shareholders are encouraged to read the proposed amendment in its entirety for a more complete
description of its terms. However, the Company will not proceed with the Trust Amendment if the redemption of public shares in connection
therewith would cause the Company to have net tangible assets of less than $5,000,001, and in such event, we will not affect the Charter
Amendment or the Trust Amendment and we will move to liquidate the trust account and dissolve the Company promptly after the Annual Meeting.
Reasons
for the Proposed Trust Amendment
The
Company is proposing to amend its Trust Agreement allow the Company to extend its life six (6) times for an additional one (1) month
each time from August 10, 2024 to February 10, 2025.
The
purpose of the Charter Amendment and the Trust Amendment is to allow the Company an option to further extend the time to complete a business
combination. Our board of directors has determined that it is in the best interests of our shareholders to allow the Company to extend
the time to complete a business combination a total of six (6) times for an additional one (1) month each time beginning on August 10,
2024, and provide that the date for cessation of operations of the Company if the Company has not completed a business combination would
similarly be extended to the Extended Termination Date.
After
consultation with the Sponsor, Company management has reasons to believe that, if the Charter Amendment and Trust Amendment proposals
are approved, the Sponsor or its affiliates will, in connection with each monthly extension, contribute the lessor of $15,000
or $0.03 per Public Share that have not been redeemed to the Company as a loan (each loan being referred to herein as a
“contribution”) for the Company to deposit the funds into the Trust Account as the Extension Payment, upon five (5)
days’ advance notice prior to the applicable deadlines. The first extension payment after the approval of the Charter Amendment
Proposal must be made prior to the Current Termination Date, while the second extension payment must be deposited into the trust account
no fewer than five (5) calendar days prior to the then existing termination date. The contribution(s) will bear no interest and will
be repayable by the Company to the Sponsor upon consummation of an initial business combination. The loans will be forgiven by the Sponsor
or its affiliate if the Company is unable to consummate an initial business combination except to the extent of any funds held outside
of the Trust Account. Each of the Charter Amendment, Trust Amendment, proposal for the election of directors and the Adjournment Proposal
are more fully described in the accompanying Proxy Statement.
If
the Trust Amendment is not approved and we do not consummate an initial business combination by February 10, 2025, we will (a) cease
all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (b) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter,
subject to lawfully available funds therefor, redeem 100% of the public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate
amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest income, divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which
redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation
distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (c) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the
approval of our remaining shareholders and our board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to our obligations under
the laws of the British Virgin Islands to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. There will be
no distribution from the trust account with respect to our warrants or rights which will expire worthless in the event we wind up.
Vote
Required and Board of Directors’ Recommendation
Approval
of the Charter Amendment to the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association requires the affirmative vote of at least
50% of the outstanding shares present. Broker non-votes, abstentions or the failure to vote on the Trust Amendment will not count as
a vote cast at the Annual Meeting and will have no effect on the outcome of the vote on any proposal.
The
Board recommends a vote “FOR” the Trust Amendment.
PROPOSAL
3: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
Nominees
for Director
At
the Annual Meeting, five (5) directors are up for re-election , with such directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders
and until their respective successors have been elected and has qualified, or until their earlier resignation, removal or death, unless
the term is otherwise fixed by a resolution of members.
If
for some unforeseen reason one or more of the nominees is not available as a candidate for director, the proxies may be voted for such
other candidate or candidates as may be nominated by the Board.
The
following table sets forth the positions and offices presently held with the Company by each nominee, their age as of the Record Date.
Proxies not marked to the contrary will be voted in favor of each such nominee’s election.
Name |
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Age |
|
Position |
Eric
Ping Hang Wong |
|
52 |
|
Director,
Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Financial Officer |
Wing-Ho
Ngan |
|
50 |
|
Chairman |
Tin
Lun Brian Cheng |
|
47 |
|
Independent
Director |
Philip
Richard Herbert |
|
60 |
|
Independent
Director |
Chun
Fung Horace Ma |
|
54 |
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Independent
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Below
is a summary of the business experience of each of our executive officers and directors:
Mr.
Eric Ping Hang Wong has served as our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Director since March 2021. Mr. Wong has
more than 25 years of commercial experience in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, integrating and leading growth in public
and private multinational companies. Mr. Wong currently serves as a senior advisor at Third Generation Capital Limited, a middle market
corporate finance advisory firm specializing in the Asian market. Prior to joining Third Generation Capital Limited in 2020, Mr. Wong
was an executive vice president of Living Style Group (LSG), previously the Home Lifestyle product vertical of Li & Fung Limited,
a leading global consumer products and supply chain company. Mr. Wong was also a member of the Executive Committee driving the growth
strategy of this Home Lifestyle vertical at Li & Fung from 2008 to 2018. He led the mergers and acquisitions strategy for Li &
Fung, having completed and integrated multiple strategic acquisitions to spearhead the creation of one of the premier home furnishings
suppliers to the North American market with operations across 12 countries. Concurrent with leading mergers and acquisitions, Mr. Wong
was leading LSG’s largest industrial brand Whalen, scaling the business and doubling revenue in two years from 2018 to 2020. This
growth helped culminate into the sale and privatization of LSG to private equity firms Hony Capital and Fung Group in 2018. Prior to
joining Li & Fung, from 2005 to 2008, Mr. Wong was a senior vice president and shareholder at RT Sourcing Asia Limited (a leading
global supply chain company), where he led its general merchandise division and Asia operations. In 2008, Mr. Wong and his partners at
RT Sourcing sold its business to Li & Fung. From 2008 to 2011, Mr. Wong was a senior vice president at Li & Fung leading the
general merchandise division and the quality operations for the company. Mr. Wong has also held senior executive and director positions
in high growth private companies in Asia and the United States from 2001 to 2007. Mr. Wong has been a member of the Chartered Professional
Accountants of Canada since 1999. He practiced public accounting and corporate finance for Deloitte & Touche LLP and Ernst &
Young Corporate Finance LLC, respectively, in Toronto Canada from 1996 to 2000, where he focused in the technology, manufacturing and
real estate sectors. Mr. Wong graduated from Western University with a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in economics and commerce in
1993. He completed an MBA from the Rotman School of Management at University of Toronto in 1999.
We
believe Mr. Wong is well-qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors given his experience, relationships and contacts.
Mr.
Wing-Ho Ngan has served as our Chairman since March 2021. Mr. Ngan has over 20 years of experience in senior management positions
in corporate, investment banking and entrepreneurship areas. Mr. Ngan is currently the chairman of QFPay Japan Inc, a leading digital
payment company in Japan. Mr. Ngan started his investment banking career in 1999 at global investment banks including ABN AMRO, HSBC,
Huatai International Financial Holdings, Lehman Brothers and UBS, and he last served as a managing director, Head of Asia Equity Capital
Markets at Huatai International Financial Holdings. Following a successful career in the investment banking industry, Mr. Ngan entered
the corporate world in 2015 and was appointed as global vice president of Sanpower Group in Nanjing China, board member of Hamleys Global
Holdings Limited in the United Kingdom and chief financial officer of HKEx-listed C.Banners International Holdings Limited, global chief
executive officer of ANA NEO Inc. a virtual entertainment company in Japan. During his time in the corporate world, Mr. Ngan focused
on international expansion, business strategy and partnerships, corporate finance, and mergers and acquisitions. Venturing from the corporate
area to entrepreneurship in 2017, Mr. Ngan co-founded two fintech start-ups QFPay International Limited and Alchemy Global Payment Solutions
Limited, where he served as chief executive officer and co-founder. Mr. Ngan graduated with a Master’s Degree in Accounting &
Finance from University of Southampton in the United Kingdom in 1998.
We
believe Mr. Ngan is well-qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors given his experience, relationships and contacts.
Mr.
Tin Lun Brian Cheng has served as our Independent Director since March 2021. Mr. Cheng has over 20 years of experience in real estate
investment, property development and property management in Asia. Mr. Cheng is currently the chief executive officer of Bridge Connections
Property Consultants Ltd. (“BCPC”), a property consulting firm providing strategic planning, advisory, leasing services,
and property management consultation to property owners. Prior to founding BCPC in 2007, Mr. Cheng has served as general manager of Bridge
8 Holdings Ltd. since 2007. Bridge 8 Holdings Ltd. is an award-winning property redeveloper, having completed several large redevelopment
projects including Bridge 8 Shanghai. Bridge 8 Shanghai is a property converted from the former Shanghai Automobile factory to a contemporary
mixed-use space, and model establishment in Shanghai. Since 2002, Mr. Cheng has been a vice president at Lifestyle Centre Holdings Limited,
where he focused on leasing and business development to government entities, local companies and MNCs. Before moving to Shanghai, Mr.
Cheng was a senior accountant at Arthur Anderson in Hong Kong, focusing on the financial sector. Mr. Cheng has been a Certified Professional
Member and APC Assessor of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) - Commercial Property since 2014. Mr. Cheng holds a Dual
Bachelor’s Degree in Banking/Finance and Management from Northwood University, and a Master’s Degree in International Real
Estate from Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
We
believe Mr. Cheng is well-qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors given his experience, relationships and contacts.
Mr.
Philip Richard Herbert has served as our Independent Director since March 2021. Mr. Herbet has over 30 years of experience leading
multinational companies in Asia. He is currently a director of air service and commercial development (Asia) of Edmonton Regional Airports
Authority (Alberta, Canada), one of the leading airports for private investment in North America where he leads business development
in Asia. Mr. Herbert’s core clients focus in the technology, bio-pharmaceuticals, advanced manufacturing, renewables, logistics,
horse-racing, and retail and hospitality sectors. Concurrent with his role at Edmonton Regional Airports Authority, Mr. Herbert was the
director of Strategy and Government Relations at Hong Kong Express Airways Limited from 2016 to 2017. Hong Kong Express Airways Limited
is an emerging, high growth (at the time) budget airline. From 1992 to 2013, Mr. Herbert was with the Swire Group, where he was a part
of its senior leadership team overseeing various parts of the business including air crew manager at Cathay Pacific Airways Limited,
business manager at Swire Pacific Cold Storage Pty. Limited, development manager of Asia Miles (Asia’s largest frequent flyer program).
Mr. Herbert served as an infantry officer in the British Army (1987-1992), reaching the rank of Captain, including extra-regimental duty
with the Multinational Force & Observers, an international peacekeeping organization in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. Mr. Herbert is
a graduate of Oxford University (Jesus College), where he studied Human Sciences. He has also studied at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
and the Junior Division of the Staff College (both British Army), as well as at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France.
We
believe Mr. Herbert is well-qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors given his experience, relationships and contacts.
Mr.
Chun Fung Horace Ma has served as our Independent Director since March 2021. Mr. Ma has over 20 years of experience in senior management,
audit, compliance and finance in the technology and consumer sectors. Mr. Ma is currently the chief financial officer of S. Culture Holdings
(BVI) Limited, where he joined in 2011 to lead the company to a successful IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in July 2013. Prior to
joining S. Culture Holdings (BVI) Limited, Mr. Ma was the Group Financial Controller of Samvo Strategic Holdings Limited, an online gaming
company licensed out of London, England from 2009 to 2010. Prior to Samvo Strategic Holdings Limited, Mr. Ma founded Protiviti Hong Kong,
a leading independent risk consulting firm in 2003. Mr. Ma’s core clients focused in technology, telecom and real estate sectors.
Mr. Ma started his formal professional training in Arthur Andersen Hong Kong in 1993. He has been a Certified Public Accountant (Practicing)
registered with the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants since 2003, a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified
Accountants since 2004, a Certified Internal Auditor registered with the Institute of Internal Auditors since 2005 and holder of Certification
of Control Self-Assessment of the Institute of Internal Auditors since 2006. Mr. Ma graduated with a Master of Science in Finance (2004)
and Bachelor of Business Administration and Professional Accountancy (1993) conferred by The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Bachelor
of Laws External Programme (2001) conferred by the University of London.
We
believe Mr. Ma is well-qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors given his experience, relationships and contacts.
Term
of Office
If
elected, the director-nominees will serve for a one-year term until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their respective
successors have been elected and has qualified, or until their earlier resignation, removal or death.
Vote
Required and Board of Directors’ Recommendation
The
nominees receiving a majority of the shares present in person or by proxy will be elected to the Board of Directors. If your shares are
held in street name, your broker, bank, custodian, or other nominee holder cannot vote your shares on this proposal, unless you direct
the holder how to vote, by marking your proxy card. For purposes of the election of directors, abstentions will not count as a vote cast
at the Annual Meeting and will have no effect on the outcome of the vote on any proposal.
The
Board recommends a vote FOR the election of all of the above director nominees.
TRANSACTIONS
WITH RELATED PERSONS, PROMOTERS AND CERTAIN CONTROL
PERSONS
In
March 2021, 1,150,000 insider shares were issued to our Sponsor for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000, and 100,000 insider shares
were issued to Poseidon Ocean Corporation, our advisor, as consideration for its agreeing to be advisor to our board of directors. In
April 2021, the Sponsor transferred 240,000 insider shares to our officers, directors and advisor and we further allotted an aggregate
of 187,500 insider shares to our sponsor, resulting in an aggregate of 1,437,500 ordinary shares outstanding to our initial shareholders.
Simultaneously
with the closing of the IPO, we consummated the private placement with our Sponsor of 307,500 units (the “Private Units”)
at a price of $10.00 per Private Unit, generating total proceeds of $3,075,000.
As
of December 31, 2023 and 2022, we had a total amount due to related party of $233,151 and $129,451 from a related party for the payment
of costs related to general and administrative services, the Initial Public Offering and administrative services agreement. The balance
is unsecured, interest-free and has no fixed terms of repayment.
In
order to meet our working capital needs following the consummation of the IPO, our initial shareholders, officers and directors and their
respective affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable
in their sole discretion. Each loan would be evidenced by a promissory note. The notes would either be paid upon consummation of our
initial business combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $500,000 of the notes may be converted upon
consummation of our business combination into private units at a price of $10.00 per unit (which, for example, would result in the holders
being issued units to acquire 50,000 ordinary shares, warrants to purchase 25,000 ordinary shares and rights to receive 5,000 ordinary
shares if $500,000 of notes were so converted). Our shareholders have approved the issuance of the units and underlying securities upon
conversion of such notes, to the extent the holder wishes to so convert them at the time of the consummation of our initial business
combination. If we do not complete a business combination, the loans would be repaid out of funds not held in the trust account, and
only to the extent available.
On
January 10, 2023, July 3, 2023, September 28, 2023, January 10, 2024, February 9, 2024, March 8, 2024 and May 21, 2024, the Company issued
a total of seven unsecured promissory notes in an amount of $50,000, $350,000, $1,500,000, $170,000, $48,750, $50,000 and $85,000 to
the Sponsor in exchange for Sponsor providing such amount to the Company as the Company’s working capital. The notes do not bear
interest and matures upon the closing of a business combination by the Company. In addition, the notes may be converted by the holder
into units of the Company identical to the units issued in the Company’s initial public offering at a price of $10.00 per unit.
On
August 4, 2022, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note (together with the promissory notes issued subsequently, the “Promissory
Notes”) in the aggregate principal amount of $575,000 to the Sponsor in exchange for Sponsor depositing such amount into the
Company’s trust account in order to extend the amount of time the Company has available to complete a business combination for
a period of three months to November 10, 2022. Subsequently, the Company further issued a total of nine non-interest bearing, unsecured
Promissory Notes, each for an amount of $75,030.26 (representing $0.0416 per Public Share), on November 9, 2022, December 8, 2022,
January 5, 2023, February 7, 2023, March 7, 2023, April 5, 2023, May 2, 2023, June 8, 2023, and July 5, 2023 respectively, to the Sponsor
in exchange for the Sponsor depositing the same amount into the Company’s Trust Account. Since August 2023, the Company
issues a total of 12 Promissory Notes, each for an amount of $69,763.37 (representing $0.045 per Public Share), on August 3, 2023,
September 6, 2023, October 9, 2023, November 6, 2023, December 6, 2023, January 6, 2024, February 8, 2024, March 8, 2024, April 5, 2024,
May 10, 2024, June 7, 2024 and July 5, 2024. All Promissory Notes would either be paid upon consummation of our initial business combination,
or, at the lender’s discretion, converted upon consummation of our business combination into additional private units at a price
of $10.00 per unit, but will not be repaid in the event that we are unable to close a business combination unless there are funds available
outside the trust account to do so. As of the date of this proxy statement, the Company has until August 10, 2024 to consummate a business
combination.
The
holders of our insider shares, as well as the holders of the private units (and all underlying securities), will be entitled to registration
rights pursuant to an agreement signed on the effective date of the IPO. The holders of a majority of these securities are entitled to
make up to two (2) demands that we register such securities. The holders of the majority of the insider shares can elect to exercise
these registration rights at any time commencing three months prior to the date on which these ordinary shares are to be released from
escrow. The holders of a majority of the private units or securities issued in payment of working capital loans can elect to exercise
these registration rights at any time after we consummate a business combination. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back”
registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to our consummation of a business combination. We will bear
the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
Our
Sponsor, has agreed that, commencing on April 1, 2021, it will make available to us certain general and administrative services, including
office space, utilities and administrative support, as we may require from time to time. We have agreed to pay $10,000 per month for
these services. However, pursuant to the terms of such agreement, we may delay payment of such monthly fee upon a determination by our
audit committee that we lack sufficient funds held outside the trust to pay actual or anticipated expenses in connection with our initial
business combination. Any such unpaid amount will accrue without interest and be due and payable no later than the date of the consummation
of our initial business combination. We believe that the fee charged by Nova Pulsar Holdings Limited is at least as favorable as we could
have obtained from an unaffiliated person.
Other
than the fees described above, no compensation or fees of any kind, including finder’s fees, consulting fees or other similar compensation,
will be paid to any of our initial shareholders, officers or directors who owned our ordinary shares prior to the IPO, or to any of their
respective affiliates, prior to or with respect to the business combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is).
We
will reimburse our officers and directors for any reasonable out-of-pocket business expenses incurred by them in connection with certain
activities on our behalf such as identifying and investigating possible target businesses and business combinations. There is no limit
on the amount of out-of-pocket expenses reimbursable by us; provided, however, that to the extent such expenses exceed the available
proceeds not deposited in the trust account, such expenses would not be reimbursed by us unless we consummate an initial business combination.
Our audit committee will review and approve all reimbursements and payments made to any initial shareholder or member of our management
team, or our or their respective affiliates, and any reimbursements and payments made to members of our audit committee will be reviewed
and approved by our board of directors, with any interested director abstaining from such review and approval.
All
ongoing and future transactions between us and any of our officers and directors or their respective affiliates will be on terms believed
by us to be no less favorable to us than are available from unaffiliated third parties. Such transactions, including the payment of any
compensation, will require prior approval by a majority of our uninterested “independent” directors (to the extent we have
any) or the members of our board who do not have an interest in the transaction, in either case who had access, at our expense, to our
attorneys or independent legal counsel. We will not enter into any such transaction unless our disinterested “independent”
directors (or, if there are no “independent” directors, our disinterested directors) determine that the terms of such transaction
are no less favorable to us than those that would be available to us with respect to such a transaction from unaffiliated third parties.
Procedures
for Approval of Related Party Transactions
Our
Code of Ethics, which we have adopted upon consummation of the IPO, requires us to avoid, wherever possible, all related party transactions
that could result in actual or potential conflicts of interests, except under guidelines approved by the board of directors (or the audit
committee). Related-party transactions are defined as transactions in which (1) the aggregate amount involved will or may be expected
to exceed $120,000 in any calendar year, (2) we or any of our subsidiaries is a participant, and (3) any (a) executive officer, director
or nominee for election as a director, (b) greater than 5% beneficial owner of our ordinary shares, or (c) immediate family member, of
the persons referred to in clauses (a) and (b), has or will have a direct or indirect material interest (other than solely as a result
of being a director or a less than 10% beneficial owner of another entity). A conflict of interest situation can arise when a person
takes actions or has interests that may make it difficult to perform his or her work objectively and effectively. Conflicts of interest
may also arise if a person, or a member of his or her family, receives improper personal benefits as a result of his or her position.
We
also require each of our directors and executive officers to annually complete a directors’ and officers’ questionnaire that
elicits information about related party transactions.
Our
audit committee, pursuant to its written charter, will be responsible for reviewing and approving related-party transactions to the extent
we enter into such transactions. All ongoing and future transactions between us and any of our officers and directors or their respective
affiliates will be on terms believed by us to be no less favorable to us than are available from unaffiliated third parties. Such transactions
will require prior approval by our audit committee and a majority of our uninterested “independent” directors, or the members
of our board who do not have an interest in the transaction, in either case who had access, at our expense, to our attorneys or independent
legal counsel. We will not enter into any such transaction unless our audit committee and a majority of our disinterested “independent”
directors determine that the terms of such transaction are no less favorable to us than those that would be available to us with respect
to such a transaction from unaffiliated third parties. Additionally, we require each of our directors and executive officers to complete
a directors’ and officers’ questionnaire that elicits information about related party transactions.
These
procedures are intended to determine whether any such related party transaction impairs the independence of a director or presents a
conflict of interest on the part of a director, employee or officer.
To
further minimize potential conflicts of interest, we have agreed not to consummate a business combination with an entity which is affiliated
with any of our initial shareholders unless we obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm that the business combination
is fair to our unaffiliated shareholders from a financial point of view. Furthermore, in no event will any of our existing officers,
directors or initial shareholders, or any entity with which they are affiliated, be paid any finder’s fee, consulting fee or other
compensation prior to, or for any services they render in order to effectuate, the consummation of a business combination.
SECTION
16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE
Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires our officers, directors and persons who own more than ten percent of a registered
class of our equity securities to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Officers,
directors and ten percent shareholders are required by regulation to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file. We
believe that, during the year ended December 31, 2023, all filing requirements applicable to our officers, directors and greater than
ten percent beneficial owners were complied with.
DIRECTOR
INDEPENDENCE
The
Company currently has three (3) independent directors: Tin Lun Brian Cheng, Philip Richard Herbert, and Chun Fung Horace Ma. Each is
independent under the Nasdaq Marketplace Rules.
Board
Leadership Structure and Role in Risk Oversight
Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, requires our executive officers, directors and persons
who beneficially own more than 10% of a registered class of our equity securities to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission
initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of our ordinary shares and other equity securities. These executive
officers, directors, and greater than 10% beneficial owners are required by SEC regulation to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a)
forms filed by such reporting persons.
Based
solely on our review of such forms furnished to us and written representations from certain reporting persons, we believe that all filing
requirements applicable to our executive officers, directors and greater than 10% beneficial owners were filed in a timely manner.
Audit
Committee
We
established an Audit Committee of the board of directors at the closing of our IPO, which currently consists of Mr. Tin Lun Brian Cheng,
Mr. Philip Richard Herbert, and Mr. Chun Fung Horace Ma, each of whom is an independent director. Mr. Chun Fung Horace Ma serves as chairman
of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee’s duties, which are specified in our Audit Committee Charter, include, but are not
limited to:
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and discussing with management and the independent auditor the annual audited financial statements, and recommending to the board
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discussing
with management and the independent auditor significant financial reporting issues and judgments made in connection with the preparation
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with management major risk assessment and risk management policies; |
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the independence of the independent auditor; |
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the rotation of the lead (or coordinating) audit partner having primary responsibility for the audit and the audit partner responsible
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pre-approving
all audit services and permitted non-audit services to be performed by our independent auditor, including the fees and terms of the
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the compensation and oversight of the work of the independent auditor (including resolution of disagreements between management and
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procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints received by us regarding accounting, internal accounting controls
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Financial
Expert on Audit Committee
The
Audit Committee will at all times be composed exclusively of “independent directors” who are “financially literate”
as defined under the Nasdaq listing standards. The Nasdaq listing standards define “financially literate” as being able to
read and understand fundamental financial statements, including a company’s balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement.
In
addition, we must certify to Nasdaq that the committee has, and will continue to have, at least one member who has past employment experience
in finance or accounting, requisite professional certification in accounting, or other comparable experience or background that results
in the individual’s financial sophistication. The board of directors has determined that Eric Lam qualifies as an “Audit
Committee financial expert,” as defined under rules and regulations of the SEC.
Compensation
Committee
We
established a Compensation Committee of the board of directors at the closing of our IPO, which currently consists of Mr. Tin Lun Brian
Cheng, Mr. Philip Richard Herbert, and Mr. Chun Fung Horace Ma, each of whom is an independent director. Chun Fung Horace Ma serves as
chairman of the Compensation Committee. We adopted a Compensation Committee charter, which details the principal functions of the Compensation
Committee, including:
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reviewing
and approving on an annual basis the corporate goals and objectives relevant to our President and Chief Executive Officer’s
compensation, evaluating our President and Chief Executive Officer’s performance in light of such goals and objectives and
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all special perquisites, special cash payments and other special compensation and benefit arrangements for our executive officers
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charter also provides that the Compensation Committee may, in its sole discretion, retain or obtain the advice of a compensation consultant,
legal counsel or other adviser and will be directly responsible for the appointment, compensation and oversight of the work of any such
adviser. However, before engaging or receiving advice from a compensation consultant, external legal counsel or any other adviser, the
Compensation Committee will consider the independence of each such adviser, including the factors required by NASDAQ and the SEC.
Nominating
Committee
We
established a Nominating Committee of the board of directors at the closing of our initial public offering, which currently consists
of Mr. Tin Lun Brian Cheng, Mr. Philip Richard Herbert, and Mr. Chun Fung Horace Ma, each of whom is an independent director. Mr. Chun
Fung Horace Ma serves as chairman of the Nominating Committee. The Nominating Committee is responsible for overseeing the selection of
persons to be nominated to serve on our board of directors. The Nominating Committee considers persons identified by its members, management,
shareholders, investment bankers and others. The guidelines for selecting nominees, which are specified in the Nominating Committee Charter,
generally provide that the persons to be nominated:
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possess the requisite intelligence, education and experience to make a significant contribution to the board of directors and bring
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Shareholders
who wish to recommend individuals for consideration by the Nominating Committee to become nominees for election to the Board at our next
Annual Meeting of Shareholders may do so by submitting a written recommendation to the Nominating Committee, Nova Vision Acquisition
Corp., 2 Havelock Road, #07-12, Singapore 059763; Attention: Chief Executive Officer, in accordance with the procedures set forth below
in this proxy statement under the heading “Shareholder Proposals.” For nominees for election to the Board proposed by shareholders
to be considered, the following information concerning each nominee must be timely submitted in accordance with the required procedures:
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candidate’s name, age, business address, residence address, principal occupation or employment, the class and number of shares
of our capital stock the candidate beneficially owns, a brief description of any direct or indirect relationships with us, and the
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signed consent of the nominee to being named as a nominee, to cooperate with reasonable background checks and personal interviews
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to the shareholder proposing such nominee, that shareholder’s name and address, the class and number of shares of our capital
stock the shareholder beneficially owns, a description of all arrangements or understandings between the shareholder and the candidate
and any other person or persons (including their names) pursuant to which the recommendation is being made, a list of all other companies
to which the shareholder has recommended the candidate for election as a director in that fiscal year, and a representation that
the shareholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the person named in its notice. |
SHAREHOLDER
COMMUNICATIONS
Shareholders
who wish to communicate with the Board or with specified members of the Board should do so by sending any communication to Nova Vision
Acquisition Corp., 2 Havelock Road, #07-12, Singapore 059763; Attention: Chief Executive Officer.
Any
such communication should state the number of shares beneficially owned by the shareholder making the communication. Our Secretary will
forward such communication to the full Board or to any individual member or members of the Board to whom the communication is directed,
unless the communication is unduly hostile, threatening, illegal or similarly inappropriate, in which case the Secretary has the authority
to discard the communication or take appropriate legal action regarding the communication.
CODE
OF ETHICS
We
adopted a code of conduct and ethics applicable to our directors, officers and employees in accordance with applicable federal securities
laws. The code of ethics codifies the business and ethical principles that govern all aspects of our business.
EXECUTIVE
OFFICERS AND DIRECTOR COMPENSATION
None
of our directors or executive officers has received any compensation from us for services rendered to us. With respect to our executive
officers:
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do not maintain, sponsor or contribute to, and have not had and do not have any obligation to contribute to, any benefit plans, including
any qualified or nonqualified defined benefit plans, nonqualified defined contribution plans or other deferred compensation plans, |
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we
have not granted any equity-based awards. |
Other
than the monthly administration fee payable to Ms. Yeung Po Yi , no compensation or fees of any kind, including finder’s fees,
consulting fees and other similar fees, will be paid to our insiders or any of the members of our current management team, for services
rendered prior to or in connection with the consummation of a business combination. However, such individuals will receive reimbursement
for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with activities on our behalf. There is no limit on the amount of out-of-pocket
expenses reimbursable by us, except that to the extent such expenses exceed the available proceeds not deposited in the trust account,
such expenses would not be reimbursed by us unless we consummate a business combination.
SHAREHOLDER
PROPOSALS
Shareholders
who wish to present proposals for inclusion in the Company’s proxy materials for the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders may do
so by following the procedures prescribed in Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. To be eligible, the shareholder
proposals must be received by us at our principal executive office on or before July 30, 2025. Under SEC rules, you must have continuously
held for at least one year prior to the submission of the proposal (and continue to hold through the date of the meeting) at least $2,000
in market value, or 1%, of our outstanding stock in order to submit a proposal which you seek to have included in the Company’s
proxy materials. We may, subject to SEC review and guidelines, decline to include any proposal in our proxy materials.
Shareholders
who wish to make a proposal at the next Annual Meeting, other than one that will be included in our proxy materials, must notify us no
later than June 30, 2025. If a shareholder who wishes to present a proposal fails to notify us by June 30, 2025, the proxies that management
solicits for the meeting will confer discretionary authority to vote on the shareholder’s proposal if it is properly brought before
the meeting.
OTHER
BUSINESS
While
the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders provides for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before
the Annual Meeting, the Company has no knowledge of any matters to be presented at the Annual Meeting other than those listed as Proposals
1, 2, 3, and 4 in the notice. However, the enclosed Proxy gives discretionary authority in the event that any other matters should be
presented.
ANNUAL
REPORT
Upon
written request to Secretary, Nova Vision Acquisition Corp., 2 Havelock Road, #07-12, Singapore 059763, we will provide without charge
to each person requesting a copy of our 2023 Annual Report on Form 10-K, including the financial statements filed therewith. We will
furnish a requesting shareholder with any exhibit not contained therein upon specific request.
PROPOSAL
4: THE ADJOURNMENT PROPOSAL
The
adjournment proposal, if approved, will allow the chairman of the Annual Meeting (who has agreed to act accordingly) to adjourn the Annual
Meeting to a later date or dates to permit further solicitation of proxies.
Vote
Required and Board of Directors’ Recommendation
If
a majority of the votes of the shares which were present in person or by proxy and voting on the matter at the Annual Meeting vote for
the adjournment proposal, the chairman of the Annual Meeting will exercise his or her power to adjourn the meeting as set out above.
Recommendation
The
Company’s Board of Directors recommends that you vote “FOR” the adjournment proposal.
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By
Order of the Board of Directors. |
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/s/ Eric Ping Hang
Wong |
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Eric
Ping Hang Wong |
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Chief
Executive Officer |
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Singapore |
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July
19, 2024 |
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Annex
A
Territory
of the British Virgin Islands
The
BVI Business Companies Act, 2004
FOURTH
AMENDED AND RESTATED
memorandum
and articles of association
OF
Nova Vision Acquisition Corp.
Incorporated
as a BVI Business Company on 18th of March, 2021
Amended
and Restated on [ ] 2024
TERRITORY
OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
THE
BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT 2004
FOURTH
AMENDED AND RESTATED MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION
OF
Nova
Vision Acquisition Corp.
A
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
(amended
and restated on [ ] 2024)
The
name of the Company is Nova Vision Acquisition Corp..
The
Company shall be a company limited by shares.
3 | REGISTERED
OFFICE AND REGISTERED AGENT |
3.1 | The
first registered office of the Company is at Ritter House, Wickhams Cay II, PO Box 3170,
Road Town, Tortola VG1110, British Virgin Islands, the office of the first registered agent. |
3.2 | The
first registered agent of the Company is Ogier Global (BVI) Limited of Ritter House, Wickhams
Cay II, PO Box 3170, Road Town, Tortola VG1110, British Virgin Islands. |
3.3 | The
Company may change its registered office or registered agent by a Resolution of Directors
or a Resolution of Members. The change shall take effect upon the Registrar registering a
notice of change filed under section 92 of the Act. |
4.1 | The
Company has, subject to the Act and any other British Virgin Islands legislation for the
time being in force, irrespective of corporate benefit: |
| (a) | full
capacity to carry on or undertake any business or activity, do any act or enter into any
transaction; and |
| (b) | for
the purposes of paragraph (a), full rights, powers and privileges. |
4.2 | There
are subject to Clause 4.1 and Regulation 23, no limitations on the business that the Company
may carry on. |
5 | NUMBER
AND CLASSES OF SHARES |
5.1 | The
Company is authorised to issue 500,000,000 Shares of USD0.0001 each of a single class. |
5.2 | The
Company may at the discretion of the Board of Directors, but shall not otherwise be obliged
to, issue fractional Shares or round up or down fractional holdings of Shares to its nearest
whole number and a fractional Share (if authorised by the Board of Directors) may have the
corresponding fractional rights, obligations and liabilities of a whole share of the same
class or series of shares. |
6 | DESIGNATIONS
POWERS PREFERENCES OF SHARES |
6.1 | Each
Share in the Company confers upon the Member (unless waived by such Member): |
| (a) | subject
to Clause 11, the right to one vote at a meeting of the Members of the Company or on any
Resolution of Members; |
| (b) | the
right to be redeemed on an Automatic Redemption Event in accordance with Regulation 23.2
or pursuant to either a Tender Redemption Offer or Redemption Offer in accordance with Regulation
23.5 or pursuant to an Amendment Redemption Event in accordance with Regulation 23.11; |
| (c) | the
right to an equal share with each other Share in any dividend paid by the Company; and |
| (d) | subject
to satisfaction of and compliance with Regulation 23, the right to an equal share with each
other Share in the distribution of the surplus assets of the Company on its liquidation provided
that in the event that the Company enters liquidation prior to or without having consummated
a Business Combination then, in such circumstances, in the event any surplus assets (Residual
Assets) of the Company remain following the Company having complied with its applicable
obligations to redeem Public Shares and distribute the funds held in the Trust Account in
respect of such redemptions pursuant to Regulation 23, the Public Shares shall not have any
right to receive any share of those Residual Assets which are held outside the Trust Account
and such Residual Assets shall be distributed (on a pro rata basis) only in respect of those
Shares that are not Public Shares. |
6.2 | The
Directors may at their discretion by Resolution of Directors redeem, purchase or otherwise
acquire all or any of the Shares in the Company subject to Regulation 6 and Regulation 23
of the Articles. |
6.3 | The
Directors have the authority and the power by Resolution of Directors: |
| (a) | to
authorise and create additional classes of shares; and |
| (b) | to
fix the designations, powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions,
if any, appertaining to any and all classes of shares that may be authorised to be issued
under this Memorandum. |
7.1 | The
rights attached to the Shares as specified in Clause 6.1 may only, whether or not the Company
is being wound up, be varied with the consent in writing of at least fifty percent (50%)
of the issued Shares of that class, or by a resolution passed at a meeting by, the holders
of more than fifty percent (50%) of the Shares present at a duly convened and constituted
meeting of the Members of the Company holding Shares which were present at the meeting and
voted, or unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of such class. |
8 | RIGHTS
NOT VARIED BY THE ISSUE OF SHARES PARI PASSU |
The
rights conferred upon the holders of the Shares of any class issued with preferred or other rights shall not, unless otherwise expressly
provided by the terms of issue of the Shares of that class, be deemed to be varied by the creation or issue of further Shares ranking
pari passu therewith.
9.1 | The
Company shall issue registered shares only. |
9.2 | The
Company is not authorised to issue bearer shares, convert registered shares to bearer shares
or exchange registered shares for bearer shares. |
A
Share may be transferred in accordance with Regulation 4 of the Articles.
11 | AMENDMENT
OF MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES |
11.1 | The
Company may amend its Memorandum or Articles by a Resolution of Members or by a Resolution
of Directors, save that no amendment may be made by a Resolution of Directors: |
| (a) | to
restrict the rights or powers of the Members to amend the Memorandum or Articles; |
| (b) | to
change the percentage of Members required to pass a Resolution of Members to amend the Memorandum
or Articles; |
| (c) | in
circumstances where the Memorandum or Articles cannot be amended by the Members; or |
| (d) | to
change Clauses 7 or 8, this Clause 11 or Regulation 23 (or any of the defined terms used
in any such Clause or Regulation). |
11.2 | Notwithstanding
Clause 11.1, no amendment may be made to the Memorandum or Articles to amend: |
| (a) | Regulation
23 prior to the Business Combination unless the holders of the Public Shares are provided
with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares upon the approval of any such amendment
in the manner and for the price as set out in Regulation 23.11; or |
| (b) | this
Clause 11.2 during the Target Business Acquisition Period. |
12 | DEFINITIONS
AND INTERPRETATION |
12.1 | In
this Memorandum of Association and the attached Articles of Association, if not inconsistent
with the subject or context: |
| (a) | Act
means the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 (as amended) and includes the regulations
made under the Act; |
| (b) | AGM
means an annual general meeting of the Members; |
| (c) | Amendment
has the meaning ascribed to it in Regulation 23.11; |
| (d) | Amendment
Redemption Event has the meaning ascribed to it in Regulation 23.11; |
| (e) | Approved
Amendment has the meaning ascribed to it in Regulation 23.11; |
| (f) | Articles
means the attached Articles of Association of the Company; |
| (g) | Automatic
Redemption Event shall have the meaning given to it in Regulation 23.2; |
| (h) | Board
of Directors means the board of directors of the Company; |
| (i) | Business
Combination shall mean the initial acquisition by the Company, whether through a merger,
share exchange, share reconstruction or amalgamation, asset or share acquisition, a contractual
arrangement or other similar business combination transaction, with a Target Business at
Fair Value; |
| (j) | Business
Combination Articles means Regulation 23 relating to the Company’s obligations
regarding the consummation of a Business Combination; |
| (k) | Business
Days means a day other than a Saturday or Sunday or any other day on which commercial
banks in New York are required or are authorised to be closed for business; |
| (l) | Chairman
means a person who is appointed as chairman to preside at a meeting of the Company and
Chairman of the Board means a person who is appointed as chairman to preside at a
meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company, in each case, in accordance with the Articles; |
| (m) | Designated
Stock Exchange means the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board, the Global Select Market, Global
Market or the Capital Market of the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, the NYSE American or the New
York Stock Exchange, as applicable; provided, however, that until the Shares are listed on
any such Designated Stock Exchange, the rules of such Designated Stock Exchange shall be
inapplicable to the Company and this Memorandum or the Articles; |
| (n) | Director
means any director of the Company, from time to time; |
| (o) | Distribution
in relation to a distribution by the Company means the direct or indirect transfer of
an asset, other than Shares, to or for the benefit of a Member in relation to Shares held
by a Member, and whether by means of a purchase of an asset, the redemption or other acquisition
of Shares, a distribution of indebtedness or otherwise, and includes a dividend; |
| (p) | Eligible
Person means individuals, corporations, trusts, the estates of deceased individuals,
partnerships and unincorporated associations of persons; |
| (q) | Enterprise
means the Company and any other corporation, constituent corporation (including any constituent
of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger to which the Company (or any of its
wholly owned subsidiaries) is a party, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture,
trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise of which an Indemnitee is or was serving
at the request of the Company as a Director, Officer, trustee, general partner, managing
member, fiduciary, employee or agent; |
| (r) | Exchange
Act means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; |
| (s) | Expenses
shall include all direct and indirect costs, fees and expenses of any type or nature
whatsoever, including, without limitation, all legal fees and costs, retainers, court costs,
transcript costs, fees of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, fees of private investigators
and professional advisors, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges,
postage, delivery service fees, fax transmission charges, secretarial services and all other
disbursements, obligations or expenses, in each case reasonably incurred in connection with
prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, being or preparing
to be a witness in, settlement or appeal of, or otherwise participating in, a Proceeding,
including reasonable compensation for time spent by the Indemnitee for which he or she is
not otherwise compensated by the Company or any third party. Expenses shall also include
any or all of the foregoing expenses incurred in connection with all judgments, liabilities,
fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and
other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments,
fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred (whether
by an Indemnitee, or on his behalf) in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue
or matter therein, or any appeal resulting from any Proceeding, including without limitation
the principal, premium, security for, and other costs relating to any cost bond, supersedeas
bond, or other appeal bond or its equivalent, but shall not include amounts paid in settlement
by an Indemnitee or the amount of judgments or fines against an Indemnitee; |
| (t) | Fair
Value shall mean a value at least equal to 80% of the balance in the Trust Account (excluding
any deferred underwriting fees and any taxes payable on the Trust Account balance) at the
time of the execution of a definitive agreement for a Business Combination; |
| (u) | FINRA
means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority of the United States; |
| (v) | Indemnitee
means any person detailed in sub regulations (a) and (b) of Regulation 15; |
| (w) | Initial
Shareholders means the Sponsor and any Members who hold Shares prior to the IPO; |
| (x) | IPO
means the initial public offering of units, consisting of shares and warrants of the
Company and rights to receive shares of the Company; |
| (y) | Member
means an Eligible Person whose name is entered in the share register of the Company as
the holder of one or more Shares or fractional Shares; |
| (z) | Memorandum
means this Memorandum of Association of the Company; |
| (aa) | Officer
means any officer of the Company, from time to time; |
| (bb) | Per-Share
Redemption Price means: |
| (i) | with
respect to an Automatic Redemption Event, the aggregate amount on deposit in the Trust Account
including interest earned, but net of taxes payable and less up to US$50,000 of any interest
earned to pay liquidation expenses divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares; |
| (ii) | with
respect to an Amendment Redemption Event, the aggregate amount on deposit in the Trust Account,
including interest earned but net of taxes payable, calculated as of two (2) Business Days
prior to the vote of Members to approve the Amendment, divided by the number of then
outstanding Public Shares; and |
| (iii) | with
respect to either a Tender Redemption Offer or a Redemption Offer, the aggregate amount then
on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned but net of taxes payable, on the
date that is two Business Days prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, divided
by the number of then outstanding Public Shares; |
| (cc) | Proceeding
means any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, mediation, alternate
dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing or any other
actual, threatened or completed proceeding, whether brought in the name of the Company or
otherwise and whether of a civil (including intentional or unintentional tort claims), criminal,
administrative or investigative nature, in which an Indemnitee was, is, will or might be
involved as a party or otherwise by reason of the fact that such Indemnitee is or was a Director
or Officer of the Company, by reason of any action (or failure to act) taken by him or of
any action (or failure to act) on his part while acting as a Director, Officer, employee
or adviser of the Company, or by reason of the fact that he is or was serving at the request
of the Company as a Director, Officer, trustee, general partner, managing member, fiduciary,
employee, adviser or agent of any other Enterprise, in each case whether or not serving in
such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification,
reimbursement, or advancement of expenses can be provided under these Articles; |
| (dd) | Public
Shares means the Shares included in the units issued in the IPO; |
| (ee) | Redemption
Offer has the meaning ascribed to it in Regulation 23.5(b); |
| (ff) | Registration
Statement has the meaning ascribed to it in Regulation 23.10; |
| (gg) | relevant
system means a relevant system for the holding and transfer of shares in uncertificated
form; |
| (hh) | Resolution
of Directors means either: |
| (i) | a
resolution approved at a duly convened and constituted meeting of Directors of the Company
or of a committee of Directors of the Company by the affirmative vote of a majority of the
Directors present at the meeting who voted except that where a Director is given more than
one vote, he shall be counted by the number of votes he casts for the purpose of establishing
a majority; or |
| (ii) | a
resolution consented to in writing by all Directors or by all members of a committee of Directors
of the Company, as the case may be; |
| (ii) | Resolution
of Members means a resolution approved at a duly convened and constituted meeting of
the Members of the Company by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes of the Shares
entitled to vote thereon which were present at the meeting and were voted; |
| (jj) | Seal
means any seal which has been duly adopted as the common seal of the Company; |
| (kk) | SEC
means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission; |
| (ll) | Securities
means Shares, other securities and debt obligations of every kind of the Company, and
including without limitation options, warrants, rights to receive Shares or other securities
or debt obligations; |
| (mm) | Securities
Act means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended; |
| (nn) | Share
means a share issued or to be issued by the Company and Shares shall be construed
accordingly; |
| (oo) | Sponsor
means Nova Pulsar Holdings Limited; |
| (pp) | Target
Business means any businesses or entity with whom the Company wishes to undertake a Business
Combination; |
| (qq) | Target
Business Acquisition Period shall mean the period commencing from the effectiveness of
the registration statement filed with the SEC in connection with the Company’s IPO
up to and including the first to occur of (i) a Business Combination; or (ii) the Termination
Date. |
| (rr) | Tender
Redemption Offer has the meaning ascribed to it in Regulation 23.5(a); |
| (ss) | Termination
Date has the meaning given to it in Regulation 23.2; |
| (tt) | Treasury
Share means a Share that was previously issued but was repurchased, redeemed or otherwise
acquired by the Company and not cancelled; |
| (uu) | Trust
Account shall mean the trust account established by the Company prior to the IPO and
into which a certain amount of the IPO proceeds and the proceeds from a simultaneous private
placement of like units comprising like securities to those in included in the IPO by the
Company are deposited, interest on the balance of which may be released to the Company from
to time to time to pay the Company’s income or other tax obligations, and up to US$50,000
of such interest on the balance of the Trust Account may also be released to pay the liquidation
expenses of the Company if applicable; and |
| (vv) | written
or any term of like import includes information generated, sent, received or stored by
electronic, electrical, digital, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, biometric or photonic
means, including electronic data interchange, electronic mail, telegram, telex or telecopy,
and “in writing” shall be construed accordingly. |
12.2 | In
the Memorandum and the Articles, unless the context otherwise requires a reference to: |
| (a) | a
Regulation is a reference to a regulation of the Articles; |
| (b) | a
Clause is a reference to a clause of the Memorandum; |
| (c) | voting
by Member is a reference to the casting of the votes attached to the Shares held by the Member
voting; |
| (d) | the
Act, the Memorandum or the Articles is a reference to the Act or those documents as amended;
and |
| (e) | the
singular includes the plural and vice versa. |
12.3 | Any
words or expressions defined in the Act unless the context otherwise requires bear the same
meaning in the Memorandum and Articles unless otherwise defined herein. |
12.4 | Headings
are inserted for convenience only and shall be disregarded in interpreting the Memorandum
and Articles. |
We,
Ogier Global (BVI) Limited of Ritter House, Wickhams Cay II, PO Box 3170, Road Town, Tortola VG1110, British Virgin Islands, for the
purpose of incorporating a BVI business company under the laws of the British Virgin Islands hereby sign this Memorandum of Association
Dated:
18 March 2021.
Incorporator
Signed
for and on behalf of Ogier Global (BVI) Limited of Ritter House, Wickhams Cay II, PO Box 3170, Road Town, Tortola VG1110, British Virgin
Islands
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Toshra
Glasgow |
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Print
Name |
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TERRITORY
OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
THE
BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT 2004
FOURTH
AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
Nova
Vision Acquisition Corp.
A
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
(amended
and restated on [ ] 2024)
1.1 | Every
Member is entitled to a certificate signed by a Director of the Company or under the Seal
specifying the number of Shares held by him and the signature of the Director and the Seal
may be facsimiles. |
1.2 | Any
Member receiving a certificate shall indemnify and hold the Company and its Directors and
officers harmless from any loss or liability which it or they may incur by reason of any
wrongful or fraudulent use or representation made by any person by virtue of the possession
thereof. If a certificate for Shares is worn out or lost it may be renewed on production
of the worn out certificate or on satisfactory proof of its loss together with such indemnity
as may be required by a Resolution of Directors. |
1.3 | If
several Eligible Persons are registered as joint holders of any Shares, any one of such Eligible
Persons may give an effectual receipt for any Distribution. |
1.4 | Nothing
in these Articles shall require title to any Shares or other Securities to be evidenced by
a certificate if the Act and the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange permit otherwise. |
1.5 | Subject
to the Act and the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Board of Directors without
further consultation with the holders of any Shares or Securities may resolve that any class
or series of Shares or other Securities in issue or to be issued from time to time may be
issued, registered or converted to uncertificated form and the practices instituted by the
operator of the relevant system. No provision of these Articles will apply to any uncertificated
shares or Securities to the extent that they are inconsistent with the holding of such shares
or securities in uncertificated form or the transfer of title to any such shares or securities
by means of a relevant system. |
1.6 | Conversion
of Shares held in certificated form into Shares held in uncertificated form, and vice versa,
may be made in such manner as the Board of Directors, in its absolute discretion, may think
fit (subject always to the requirements of the relevant system concerned). The Company or
any duly authorised transfer agent shall enter on the register of members how many Shares
are held by each member in uncertificated form and certificated form and shall maintain the
register of members in each case as is required by the relevant system concerned. Notwithstanding
any provision of these Articles, a class or series of Shares shall not be treated as two
classes by virtue only of that class or series comprising both certificated shares and uncertificated
shares or as a result of any provision of these Articles which applies only in respect of
certificated shares or uncertificated shares. |
1.7 | Nothing
contained in Regulation 1.5 and 1.6 is meant to prohibit the Shares from being able to trade
electronically. For the avoidance of doubt, Shares shall only be traded and transferred electronically
upon consummation of the IPO. |
2.1 | Subject
to the provisions of these Articles and, where applicable, the rules of the Designated Stock
Exchange, the unissued Shares of the Company shall be at the disposal of the Directors and
Shares and other Securities may be issued and option to acquire Shares or other Securities
may be granted at such times, to such Eligible Persons, for such consideration and on such
terms as the Directors may by Resolution of Directors determine. |
2.2 | Without
prejudice to any special rights previously conferred on the holders of any existing Shares,
the Directors may be issued Shares with such preferred, deferred or other special rights
or such restrictions, whether in regard to dividend, voting or otherwise as the Directors
may from time to time determine subject to Regulation 23.7. |
2.3 | Section
46 of the Act does not apply to the Company. |
2.4 | A
Share may be issued for consideration in any form, including money, a promissory note, real
property, personal property (including goodwill and know-how) or a contract for future services. |
2.5 | No
Shares may be issued for a consideration other than money, unless a Resolution of Directors
has been passed stating: |
| (a) | the
amount to be credited for the issue of the Shares; and |
| (b) | that,
in their opinion, the present cash value of the non-money consideration for the issue is
not less than the amount to be credited for the issue of the Shares. |
2.6 | The
Company shall keep a register (the share register) containing: |
| (a) | the
names and addresses of the persons who hold Shares; |
| (b) | the
number of each class and series of Shares held by each Member; |
| (c) | the
date on which the name of each Member was entered in the share register; and |
| (d) | the
date on which any Eligible Person ceased to be a Member. |
2.7 | The
share register may be in any such form as the Directors may approve, but if it is in magnetic,
electronic or other data storage form, the Company must be able to produce legible evidence
of its contents. Until the Directors otherwise determine, the magnetic, electronic or other
data storage form shall be the original share register. |
2.8 | A
Share is deemed to be issued when the name of the Member is entered in the share register. |
2.9 | Subject
to the provisions of the Act and the Business Combination Articles, Shares may be issued
on the terms that they are redeemable, or at the option of the Company be liable to be redeemed
on such terms and in such manner as the Directors before or at the time of the issue of such
Shares may determine. The Directors may issue options, warrants, rights or convertible securities
or securities or a similar nature conferring the right upon the holders thereof to subscribe
for, purchase or receive any class of Shares or Securities on such terms as the Directors
may from time to time determine. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Directors may also issue
options, warrants, rights to acquire or receive shares or convertible securities in connection
with the Company’s IPO. |
3.1 | Shares
that are not fully paid on issue, or are issued with the terms that they are subject to forfeiture
as the Directors determine upon allotment, are subject to the forfeiture provisions set forth
in this Regulation and for this purpose Shares issued for a promissory note or a contract
for future services are deemed to be not fully paid. |
3.2 | A
written notice of call specifying the date for payment to be made shall be served on the
Member who defaults in making payment in respect of the Shares. |
3.3 | The
written notice of call referred to in Regulation 3.2 shall name a further date not earlier
than the expiration of 14 days from the date of service of the notice on or before which
the payment required by the notice is to be made and shall contain a statement that in the
event of non-payment at or before the time named in the notice the Shares, or any of them,
in respect of which payment is not made will be liable to be forfeited. |
3.4 | Where
a written notice of call has been issued pursuant to Regulation 3.2 and the requirements
of the notice have not been complied with, the Directors may, at any time before tender of
payment, forfeit and cancel the Shares to which the notice relates. |
3.5 | The
Company is under no obligation to refund any moneys to the Member whose Shares have been
cancelled pursuant to Regulation 3.4 and that Member shall be discharged from any further
obligation to the Company. |
4.1 | Subject
to the Memorandum, certificated shares may be transferred by a written instrument of transfer
signed by the transferor and containing the name and address of the transferee, which shall
be sent to the Company for registration. A member shall be entitled to transfer uncertificated
shares by means of a relevant system and the operator of the relevant system shall act as
agent of the Members for the purposes of the transfer of such uncertificated shares. |
4.2 | The
transfer of a Share is effective when the name of the transferee is entered on the share
register. |
4.3 | If
the Directors of the Company are satisfied that an instrument of transfer relating to Shares
has been signed but that the instrument has been lost or destroyed, they may resolve by Resolution
of Directors: |
| (a) | to
accept such evidence of the transfer of Shares as they consider appropriate; and |
| (b) | that
the transferee’s name should be entered in the share register notwithstanding the absence
of the instrument of transfer. |
4.4 | Subject
to the Memorandum, the personal representative of a deceased Member may transfer a Share
even though the personal representative is not a Member at the time of the transfer. |
5.1 | Subject
to the Business Combination Articles, the Directors of the Company may, by Resolution of
Directors, authorise a distribution at a time and of an amount they think fit if they are
satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that, immediately after the distribution, the value of
the Company’s assets will exceed its liabilities and the Company will be able to pay
its debts as and when they fall due. |
5.2 | Dividends
may be paid in money, shares, or other property. |
5.3 | The
Company may, by Resolution of Directors, from time to time pay to the Members such interim
dividends as appear to the Directors to be justified by the profits of the Company, provided
always that they are satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that, immediately after the distribution,
the value of the Company’s assets will exceed its liabilities and the Company will
be able to pay its debts as and when they fall due. |
5.4 | Notice
in writing of any dividend that may have been declared shall be given to each Member in accordance
with Regulation 21 and all dividends unclaimed for three years after such notice has been
given to a Member may be forfeited by Resolution of Directors for the benefit of the Company. |
5.5 | No
dividend shall bear interest as against the Company. |
6 | REDEMPTION
OF SHARES AND TREASURY SHARES |
6.1 | The
Company may purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire and hold its own Shares save that the Company
may not purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire its own Shares without the consent of the Member
whose Shares are to be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired unless the Company is permitted
or required by the Act or any other provision in the Memorandum or Articles to purchase,
redeem or otherwise acquire the Shares without such consent. |
6.2 | The
purchase, redemption or other acquisition by the Company of its own Shares is deemed not
to be a distribution where: |
| (a) | the
Company purchases, redeems or otherwise acquires the Shares pursuant to a right of a Member
to have his Shares redeemed or to have his shares exchanged for money or other property of
the Company, or |
| (b) | the
Company purchases, redeems or otherwise acquires the Shares by virtue of the provisions of
section 179 of the Act. |
6.3 | Sections
60, 61 and 62 of the Act shall not apply to the Company. |
6.4 | Subject
to the provisions of Regulation 23, shares that the Company purchases, redeems or otherwise
acquires pursuant to this Regulation may be cancelled or held as Treasury Shares except to
the extent that such Shares are in excess of 50 percent of the issued Shares in which case
they shall be cancelled but they shall be available for reissue. |
6.5 | All
rights and obligations attaching to a Treasury Share are suspended and shall not be exercised
by the Company while it holds the Share as a Treasury Share. |
6.6 | Treasury
Shares may be disposed of by the Company on such terms and conditions (not otherwise inconsistent
with the Memorandum and Articles) as the Company may by Resolution of Directors determine. |
6.7 | Where
Shares are held by another body corporate of which the Company holds, directly or indirectly,
shares having more than 50 per cent of the votes in the election of Directors of the other
body corporate, all rights and obligations attaching to the Shares held by the other body
corporate are suspended and shall not be exercised by the other body corporate. |
6.8 | The
Company shall be entitled to sell (at a price which the Company shall use its reasonable
endeavours to ensure is the best obtainable) the Shares of a Member or the Shares to which
a person is entitled by virtue of transmission on death or insolvency or otherwise by operation
of law if and provided that: |
| (a) | all
checks, not being less than three (3) in total number, for any sums payable in cash to the
holder of such shares have remained uncashed for a period of twelve (12) years; |
| (b) | the
Company shall following the expiry of such period of twelve (12) years have inserted advertisements
in a national newspaper and in a newspaper circulating in the area in which the last known
address of the Member or the address at which service of notices may be effected under these
Articles is located giving notice of its intention to sell the said shares; and |
| (c) | during
the period of three (3) months following the publication of such advertisements (or, if published
on different dates, the last thereof) the Company shall have received indication neither
of the whereabouts nor of the existence of such Member or person. |
The
net proceeds of any such sale shall belong to the Company and when the Company receive these net proceeds, the Company shall become indebted
to the former shareholder for an amount equal to such net proceeds. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions of this Article
are subject to any restrictions applicable under any regulations relating to the holding and/or transferring of securities in any paperless
system as may be introduced from time to time in respect of the shares of the Company or any class thereof.
7 | MORTGAGES
AND CHARGES OF SHARES |
7.1 | Unless
a Member agrees otherwise, a Member may by an instrument in writing mortgage or charge his
Shares. |
7.2 | There
shall be entered in the share register at the written request of the Member: |
| (a) | a
statement that the Shares held by him are mortgaged or charged; |
| (b) | the
name of the mortgagee or chargee; and |
| (c) | the
date on which the particulars specified in subparagraphs (a) and (b) are entered in the share
register. |
7.3 | Where
particulars of a mortgage or charge are entered in the share register, such particulars may
be cancelled: |
| (a) | with
the written consent of the named mortgagee or chargee or anyone authorised to act on his
behalf; or |
| (b) | upon
evidence satisfactory to the Directors of the discharge of the liability secured by the mortgage
or charge and the issue of such indemnities as the Directors shall consider necessary or
desirable. |
7.4 | Whilst
particulars of a mortgage or charge over Shares are entered in the share register pursuant
to this Regulation: |
| (a) | no
transfer of any Share the subject of those particulars shall be effected; |
| (b) | the
Company may not purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any such Share; and |
| (c) | no
replacement certificate shall be issued in respect of such Shares, |
without
the written consent of the named mortgagee or chargee.
8 | MEETINGS
AND CONSENTS OF MEMBERS |
8.1 | Any
Director of the Company may convene meetings of the Members at such times and in such manner
and places within or outside the British Virgin Islands as the Director considers necessary
or desirable. Following consummation of the Business Combination, an AGM shall be held annually
at such date and time as may be determined by the Directors. |
8.2 | Upon
the written request of the Members entitled to exercise 30 percent or more of the voting
rights in respect of the matter for which the meeting is requested the Directors shall convene
a meeting of Members. |
8.3 | The
Director convening a meeting of Members shall give not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’
written notice of such meeting to: |
| (a) | those
Members whose names on the date the notice is given appear as Members in the share register
of the Company and are entitled to vote at the meeting; and |
8.4 | The
Director convening a meeting of Members shall fix in the notice of the meeting the record
date for determining those Members that are entitled to vote at the meeting. The notice of
meeting shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting and indicate that it is being
issued by or at the direction of the person calling the meeting. |
8.5 | A
meeting of Members held in contravention of the requirement to give notice is valid if Members
holding at least 90 per cent of the total voting rights on all the matters to be considered
at the meeting have waived notice of the meeting and, for this purpose, the presence of a
Member at the meeting shall constitute waiver in relation to all the Shares which that Member
holds. |
8.6 | The
inadvertent failure of a Director who convenes a meeting to give notice of a meeting to a
Member or another Director, or the fact that a Member or another Director has not received
notice, does not invalidate the meeting. |
8.7 | A
Member may be represented at a meeting of Members by a proxy who may speak and vote on behalf
of the Member. |
8.8 | The
instrument appointing a proxy shall be produced at the place designated for the meeting before
the time for holding the meeting at which the person named in such instrument proposes to
vote. |
8.9 | The
instrument appointing a proxy shall be in substantially the following form or such other
form as the chairman of the meeting shall accept as properly evidencing the wishes of the
Member appointing the proxy. |
Nova
Vision Acquisition Corp.
I/We
being a Member of the above Company HEREBY APPOINT ……………………………………………………………………………..……
of ……………………………………...……….…………..…………
or failing him …..………………………………………………….……………………..
of ………………………………………………………..…..……
to be my/our proxy to vote for me/us at the meeting of Members to be held on the …… day of …………..…………,
20…… and at any adjournment thereof.
(Any
restrictions on voting to be inserted here.)
Signed
this …… day of …………..…………, 20……
……………………………
Member
8.10 | The
following applies where Shares are jointly owned: |
| (a) | if
two or more persons hold Shares jointly each of them may be present in person or by proxy
at a meeting of Members and may speak as a Member; |
| (b) | if
only one of the joint owners is present in person or by proxy he may vote on behalf of all
joint owners; and |
| (c) | if
two or more of the joint owners are present in person or by proxy they must vote as one and
in the event of disagreement between any of the joint owners of Shares then the vote of the
joint owner whose name appears first (or earliest) in the share register in respect of the
relevant Shares shall be recorded as the vote attributable to the Shares. |
8.11 | A
Member shall be deemed to be present at a meeting of Members if he participates by telephone
or other electronic means and all Members participating in the meeting are able to hear each
other. |
8.12 | A
meeting of Members is duly constituted if, at the commencement of the meeting, there are
present in person or by proxy not less than 50 per cent of the votes of the Shares entitled
to vote on Resolutions of Members to be considered at the meeting. If the Company has two
or more classes of shares, a meeting may be quorate for some purposes and not for others.
A quorum may comprise a single Member or proxy and then such person may pass a Resolution
of Members and a certificate signed by such person accompanied where such person holds a
proxy by a copy of the proxy instrument shall constitute a valid Resolution of Members. |
8.13 | If
within two hours from the time appointed for the meeting of Members, a quorum is not present,
the meeting, at the discretion of the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall either be
dissolved or stand adjourned to a business day in the jurisdiction in which the meeting was
to have been held at the same time and place, and if at the adjourned meeting there are present
within one hour from the time appointed for the meeting in person or by proxy not less than
one third of the votes of the Shares entitled to vote or each class or series of Shares entitled
to vote, as applicable, on the matters to be considered by the meeting, those present shall
constitute a quorum but otherwise the meeting shall either be dissolved or stand further
adjourned at the discretion of the Chairman of the Board of Directors. |
8.14 | At
every meeting of Members, the Chairman of the Board shall preside as chairman of the meeting.
If there is no Chairman of the Board or if the Chairman of the Board is not present at the
meeting, the Members present shall choose one of their number to be the chairman. If the
Members are unable to choose a chairman for any reason, then the person representing the
greatest number of voting Shares present in person or by proxy at the meeting shall preside
as chairman failing which the oldest individual Member or representative of a Member present
shall take the chair. |
8.15 | The
person appointed as chairman of the meeting pursuant to Regulation 8.14 may adjourn any meeting
from time to time, and from place to place. For the avoidance of doubt, a meeting can be
adjourned for as many times as may be determined to be necessary by the chairman and a meeting
may remain open indefinitely for as long a period as may be determined by the chairman. |
8.16 | Voting
at any meeting of the Members is by show of hands unless a poll is demanded by the chairman.
On a show of hands every Member who is present in person (or, in the case of a Member being
a corporation, by its duly authorized representative) or by proxy shall have one vote and
on a poll every Member shall present in person (or, in the case of a Member being a corporation,
by its duly authorized representative) or by proxy shall have one vote for each Share which
such Member is the holder. Any Member present in person or by proxy who disputes the announcement
by the chairman of the result of any vote may immediately following such announcement demand
that a poll be taken and the chairman shall cause a poll to be taken. If a poll is taken
at any meeting, the result shall be announced to the meeting and recorded in the minutes
of the meeting. |
8.17 | Subject
to the specific provisions contained in this Regulation for the appointment of representatives
of Members other than individuals the right of any individual to speak for or represent a
Member shall be determined by the law of the jurisdiction where, and by the documents by
which, the Member is constituted or derives its existence. In case of doubt, the Directors
may in good faith seek legal advice and unless and until a court of competent jurisdiction
shall otherwise rule, the Directors may rely and act upon such advice without incurring any
liability to any Member or the Company. |
8.18 | Any
Member other than an individual may by resolution of its Directors or other governing body
authorise such individual as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any meeting of
Members or of any class of Members, and the individual so authorised shall be entitled to
exercise the same rights on behalf of the Member which he represents as that Member could
exercise if it were an individual. |
8.19 | The
chairman of any meeting at which a vote is cast by proxy or on behalf of any Member other
than an individual may at the meeting but not thereafter call for a notarially certified
copy of such proxy or authority which shall be produced within 7 days of being so requested
or the votes cast by such proxy or on behalf of such Member shall be disregarded. |
8.20 | Directors
of the Company may attend and speak at any meeting of Members and at any separate meeting
of the holders of any class or series of Shares. |
8.21 | Until
the consummation of the Company’s IPO, any action that may be taken by the Members
at a meeting may also be taken by a Resolution of Members consented to in writing, without
the need for any prior notice. If any Resolution of Members is adopted otherwise than by
the unanimous written consent of all Members, a copy of such resolution shall forthwith be
sent to all Members not consenting to such resolution. The consent may be in the form of
counterparts, each counterpart being signed by one or more Members. If the consent is in
one or more counterparts, and the counterparts bear different dates, then the resolution
shall take effect on the earliest date upon which Eligible Persons holding a sufficient number
of votes of Shares to constitute a Resolution of Members have consented to the resolution
by signed counterparts. Following the Company’s IPO, any action required or permitted
to be taken by the Members of the Company must be effected by a meeting of the Company, such
meeting to be duly convened and held in accordance with these Articles. |
9.1 | The
first Directors of the Company shall be appointed by the first registered agent within 30
days of the incorporation of the Company; and thereafter, the Directors shall be elected
by Resolution of Members or by Resolution of Directors. |
9.2 | No
person shall be appointed as a Director of the Company unless he has consented in writing
to act as a Director. |
9.3 | The
minimum number of Directors shall be two and there shall be no maximum number of Directors. |
9.4 | Each
Director holds office until the next annual general meeting, or until his earlier death,
resignation or removal (provided that no director may be removed by a Resolution of Members
prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination). If no term is fixed on the
appointment of a Director, the Director serves indefinitely until his earlier death, resignation
or removal. |
9.5 | A
Director may be removed from office with or without cause by: |
| (a) | (following
the consummation of the initial Business Combination but not at any time before) a Resolution
of Members passed at a meeting of Members called for the purposes of removing the Director
or for purposes including the removal of the Director; or |
| (b) | a
Resolution of Directors passed at a meeting of Directors. |
9.6 | A
Director may resign his office by giving written notice of his resignation to the Company
and the resignation has effect from the date the notice is received by the Company at the
office of its registered agent or from such later date as may be specified in the notice.
A Director shall resign forthwith as a Director if he is, or becomes, disqualified from acting
as a Director under the Act. |
9.7 | The
Directors may at any time appoint any person to be a Director either to fill a vacancy or
as an addition to the existing Directors. Where the Directors appoint a person as Director
to fill a vacancy, the term shall not exceed the term that remained when the person who has
ceased to be a Director ceased to hold office. |
9.8 | A
vacancy in relation to Directors occurs if a Director dies or otherwise ceases to hold office
prior to the expiration of his term of office. |
9.9 | The
Company shall keep a register of Directors containing: |
| (a) | the
names and addresses of the persons who are Directors of the Company; |
| (b) | the
date on which each person whose name is entered in the register was appointed as a Director
of the Company; |
| (c) | the
date on which each person named as a Director ceased to be a Director of the Company; and |
| (d) | such
other information as may be prescribed by the Act. |
9.10 | The
register of Directors may be kept in any such form as the Directors may approve, but if it
is in magnetic, electronic or other data storage form, the Company must be able to produce
legible evidence of its contents. Until a Resolution of Directors determining otherwise is
passed, the magnetic, electronic or other data storage shall be the original register of
Directors. |
9.11 | The
Directors, or if the Shares (or depository receipts therefore) are listed or quoted on a
Designated Stock Exchange, and if required by the Designated Stock Exchange, any committee
thereof, may, by a Resolution of Directors, fix the emoluments of Directors with respect
to services to be rendered in any capacity to the Company. |
9.12 | A
Director is not required to hold a Share as a qualification to office. |
9.13 | Prior
to the consummation of any transaction with: |
| (a) | any
affiliate of the Company; |
| (b) | any
Member owning an interest in the voting power of the Company that gives such Member a significant
influence over the Company; |
| (c) | any
Director or executive officer of the Company and any relative of such Director or executive
officer; and |
| (d) | any
person in which a substantial interest in the voting power of the Company is owned, directly
or indirectly, by a person referred to in Regulations 9.13(b) and (c) or over which such
a person is able to exercise significant influence, |
such
transaction must be approved by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who do not have an interest in the transaction, such
directors having been provided with access (at the Company’s expense) to the Company’s attorney or independent legal counsel,
unless the disinterested directors determine that the terms of such transaction are no less favourable to the Company than those that
would be available to the Company with respect to such a transaction from unaffiliated third parties.
10.1 | The
business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by, or under the direction or supervision
of, the Directors of the Company. The Directors of the Company have all the powers necessary
for managing, and for directing and supervising, the business and affairs of the Company.
The Directors may pay all expenses incurred preliminary to and in connection with the incorporation
of the Company and may exercise all such powers of the Company as are not by the Act or by
the Memorandum or the Articles required to be exercised by the Members. |
10.2 | If
the Company is the wholly owned subsidiary of a holding company, a Director of the Company
may, when exercising powers or performing duties as a Director, act in a manner which he
believes is in the best interests of the holding company even though it may not be in the
best interests of the Company. |
10.3 | Each
Director shall exercise his powers for a proper purpose and shall not act or agree to the
Company acting in a manner that contravenes the Memorandum, the Articles or the Act. Each
Director, in exercising his powers or performing his duties, shall act honestly and in good
faith in what the Director believes to be the best interests of the Company. |
10.4 | Any
Director which is a body corporate may appoint any individual as its duly authorised representative
for the purpose of representing it at meetings of the Directors, with respect to the signing
of consents or otherwise. |
10.5 | The
continuing Directors may act notwithstanding any vacancy in their body. |
10.6 | Subject
to Regulation 23.7, the Directors may by Resolution of Directors exercise all the powers
of the Company to incur indebtedness, liabilities or obligations and to secure indebtedness,
liabilities or obligations whether of the Company or of any third party, provided always
that if the same occurs prior to the consummation of a Business Combination, the Company
must first obtain from the lender a waiver of any right, title, interest or claim of any
kind in or to any monies held in the Trust Account. |
10.7 | All
cheques, promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange and other negotiable instruments and
all receipts for moneys paid to the Company shall be signed, drawn, accepted, endorsed or
otherwise executed, as the case may be, in such manner as shall from time to time be determined
by Resolution of Directors. |
10.8 | Section
175 of the Act shall not apply to the Company. |
11 | PROCEEDINGS
OF DIRECTORS |
11.1 | Any
one Director of the Company may call a meeting of the Directors by sending a written notice
to each other Director. |
11.2 | The
Directors of the Company or any committee thereof may meet at such times and in such manner
and places within or outside the British Virgin Islands as the notice calling the meeting
provides. |
11.3 | A
Director is deemed to be present at a meeting of Directors if he participates by telephone
or other electronic means and all Directors participating in the meeting are able to hear
each other. |
11.4 | Until
the consummation of a Business Combination, a Director may not appoint an alternate. Following
the consummation of a Business Combination, a Director may by a written instrument appoint
an alternate who need not be a Director, any such alternate shall be entitled to attend meetings
in the absence of the Director who appointed him and to vote or consent in place of the Director
until the appointment lapses or is terminated. |
11.5 | A
Director shall be given not less than three days’ notice of meetings of Directors,
but a meeting of Directors held without three days’ notice having been given to all
Directors shall be valid if all the Directors entitled to vote at the meeting who do not
attend waive notice of the meeting, and for this purpose the presence of a Director at a
meeting shall constitute waiver by that Director. The inadvertent failure to give notice
of a meeting to a Director, or the fact that a Director has not received the notice, does
not invalidate the meeting. |
11.6 | A
meeting of Directors is duly constituted for all purposes if at the commencement of the meeting
there are present in person or, following the consummation of a Business Combination, by
alternate not less than one-half of the total number of Directors, unless there are only
two Directors in which case the quorum is two. |
11.7 | If
the Company has only one Director the provisions herein contained for meetings of Directors
do not apply and such sole Director has full power to represent and act for the Company in
all matters as are not by the Act, the Memorandum or the Articles required to be exercised
by the Members. In lieu of minutes of a meeting the sole Director shall record in writing
and sign a note or memorandum of all matters requiring a Resolution of Directors. Such a
note or memorandum constitutes sufficient evidence of such resolution for all purposes. |
11.8 | At
meetings of Directors at which the Chairman of the Board is present, he shall preside as
chairman of the meeting. If there is no Chairman of the Board or if the Chairman of the Board
is not present, the Directors present shall choose one of their number to be chairman of
the meeting. If the Directors are unable to choose a chairman for any reason, then the oldest
individual Director present (and for this purpose an alternate Director shall be deemed to
be the same age as the Director that he represents) shall take the chair. In the case of
an equality of votes at a meeting of Directors, the Chairman of the Board shall have a casting
vote. |
11.9 | An
action that may be taken by the Directors or a committee of Directors at a meeting may also
be taken by a Resolution of Directors or a resolution of a committee of Directors consented
to in writing by all Directors or by all members of the committee, as the case may be, without
the need for any notice. The consent may be in the form of counterparts each counterpart
being signed by one or more Directors. If the consent is in one or more counterparts, and
the counterparts bear different dates, then the resolution shall take effect on the date
upon which the last Director has consented to the resolution by signed counterparts. |
12.1 | The
Directors may, by Resolution of Directors, designate one or more committees, each consisting
of one or more Directors, and delegate one or more of their powers, including the power to
affix the Seal, to the committee. |
12.2 | The
Directors have no power to delegate to a committee of Directors any of the following powers: |
| (a) | to
amend the Memorandum or the Articles; |
| (b) | to
designate committees of Directors; |
| (c) | to
delegate powers to a committee of Directors; |
| (f) | to
approve a plan of merger, consolidation or arrangement; or |
| (g) | to
make a declaration of solvency or to approve a liquidation plan. |
12.3 | Regulations
12.2(b) and (c) do not prevent a committee of Directors, where authorised by the Resolution
of Directors appointing such committee or by a subsequent Resolution of Directors, from appointing
a sub-committee and delegating powers exercisable by the committee to the sub-committee. |
12.4 | The
meetings and proceedings of each committee of Directors consisting of 2 or more Directors
shall be governed mutatis mutandis by the provisions of the Articles regulating the
proceedings of Directors so far as the same are not superseded by any provisions in the Resolution
of Directors establishing the committee. |
13.1 | The
Company may by Resolution of Directors appoint officers of the Company at such times as may
be considered necessary or expedient. Such officers may consist of a Chairman of the Board
of Directors, a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Chief Financial Officer (in each
case there may be more than one of such officers), one or more vice-presidents, secretaries
and treasurers and such other officers as may from time to time be considered necessary or
expedient. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. |
13.2 | The
officers shall perform such duties as are prescribed at the time of their appointment subject
to any modification in such duties as may be prescribed thereafter by Resolution of Directors.
In the absence of any specific prescription of duties it shall be the responsibility of the
Chairman of the Board (or Co-Chairman, as the case may be) to preside at meetings of Directors
and Members, the Chief Executive Officer (or Co-Chief Executive Officer, as the case may
be) to manage the day to day affairs of the Company, the vice-presidents to act in order
of seniority in the absence of the Chief Executive Officer (or Co-Chief Executive Officer,
as the case may be) but otherwise to perform such duties as may be delegated to them by the
Chief Executive Officer (or Co-Chief Executive Officer, as the case may be), the secretaries
to maintain the share register, minute books and records (other than financial records) of
the Company and to ensure compliance with all procedural requirements imposed on the Company
by applicable law, and the treasurer to be responsible for the financial affairs of the Company. |
13.3 | The
emoluments of all officers shall be fixed by Resolution of Directors. |
13.4 | The
officers of the Company shall hold office until their death, resignation or removal. Any
officer elected or appointed by the Directors may be removed at any time, with or without
cause, by Resolution of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Company may
be filled by Resolution of Directors. |
13.5 | The
Directors may, by a Resolution of Directors, appoint any person, including a person who is
a Director, to be an agent of the Company. An agent of the Company shall have such powers
and authority of the Directors, including the power and authority to affix the Seal, as are
set forth in the Articles or in the Resolution of Directors appointing the agent, except
that no agent has any power or authority with respect to the matters specified in Regulation
12.2. The Resolution of Directors appointing an agent may authorise the agent to appoint
one or more substitutes or delegates to exercise some or all of the powers conferred on the
agent by the Company. The Directors may remove an agent appointed by the Company and may
revoke or vary a power conferred on him. |
14.1 | A
Director of the Company shall, forthwith after becoming aware of the fact that he is interested
in a transaction entered into or to be entered into by the Company, disclose the interest
to all other Directors of the Company. |
14.2 | For
the purposes of Regulation 14.1, a disclosure to all other Directors to the effect that a
Director is a member, Director or officer of another named entity or has a fiduciary relationship
with respect to the entity or a named individual and is to be regarded as interested in any
transaction which may, after the date of the entry or disclosure, be entered into with that
entity or individual, is a sufficient disclosure of interest in relation to that transaction. |
14.3 | Provided
that the requirements of Regulation 9.13 have first been satisfied, a Director of the Company
who is interested in a transaction entered into or to be entered into by the Company may: |
| (a) | vote
on a matter relating to the transaction; |
| (b) | attend
a meeting of Directors at which a matter relating to the transaction arises and be included
among the Directors present at the meeting for the purposes of a quorum; and |
| (c) | sign
a document on behalf of the Company, or do any other thing in his capacity as a Director,
that relates to the transaction, |
and,
subject to compliance with the Act and these Articles shall not, by reason of his office be accountable to the Company for any benefit
which he derives from such transaction and no such transaction shall be liable to be avoided on the grounds of any such interest or benefit.
15.1 | Subject
to the limitations hereinafter provided the Company shall indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate
against all direct and indirect costs, fees and Expenses of any type or nature whatsoever,
any person who: |
| (a) | is
or was a party or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding by reason of the fact
that such person is or was a Director, officer, key employee, adviser of the Company or who
at the request of the Company; or |
| (b) | is
or was, at the request of the Company, serving as a Director of, or in any other capacity
is or was acting for, another Enterprise. |
15.2 | The
indemnity in Regulation 15.1 only applies if the relevant Indemnitee acted honestly and in
good faith with a view to the best interests of the Company and, in the case of criminal
proceedings, the Indemnitee had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. |
15.3 | The
decision of the Directors as to whether an Indemnitee acted honestly and in good faith and
with a view to the best interests of the Company and as to whether such Indemnitee had no
reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful is, in the absence of fraud, sufficient
for the purposes of the Articles, unless a question of law is involved. |
15.4 | The
termination of any Proceedings by any judgment, order, settlement, conviction or the entering
of a nolle prosequi does not, by itself, create a presumption that the relevant Indemnitee
did not act honestly and in good faith and with a view to the best interests of the Company
or that such Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. |
15.5 | The
Company may purchase and maintain insurance, purchase or furnish similar protection or make
other arrangements including, but not limited to, providing a trust fund, letter of credit,
or surety bond in relation to any Indemnitee or who at the request of the Company is or was
serving as a Director, officer or liquidator of, or in any other capacity is or was acting
for, another Enterprise, against any liability asserted against the person and incurred by
him in that capacity, whether or not the Company has or would have had the power to indemnify
him against the liability as provided in these Articles. |
16.1 | The
Company shall keep the following documents at the office of its registered agent: |
| (a) | the
Memorandum and the Articles; |
| (b) | the
share register, or a copy of the share register; |
| (c) | the
register of Directors, or a copy of the register of Directors; and |
| (d) | copies
of all notices and other documents filed by the Company with the Registrar of Corporate Affairs
in the previous 10 years. |
16.2 | If
the Company maintains only a copy of the share register or a copy of the register of Directors
at the office of its registered agent, it shall: |
| (a) | within
15 days of any change in either register, notify the registered agent in writing of the change;
and |
| (b) | provide
the registered agent with a written record of the physical address of the place or places
at which the original share register or the original register of Directors is kept. |
16.3 | The
Company shall keep the following records at the office of its registered agent or at such
other place or places, within or outside the British Virgin Islands, as the Directors may
determine: |
| (a) | minutes
of meetings and Resolutions of Members and classes of Members; |
| (b) | minutes
of meetings and Resolutions of Directors and committees of Directors; and |
| (c) | an
impression of the Seal, if any. |
16.4 | Where
any original records referred to in this Regulation are maintained other than at the office
of the registered agent of the Company, and the place at which the original records is changed,
the Company shall provide the registered agent with the physical address of the new location
of the records of the Company within 14 days of the change of location. |
16.5 | The
records kept by the Company under this Regulation shall be in written form or either wholly
or partly as electronic records complying with the requirements of the Electronic Transactions
Act. |
17.1 | The
Company shall maintain at the office of its registered agent a register of charges in which
there shall be entered the following particulars regarding each mortgage, charge and other
encumbrance created by the Company: |
| (a) | the
date of creation of the charge; |
| (b) | a
short description of the liability secured by the charge; |
| (c) | a
short description of the property charged; |
| (d) | the
name and address of the trustee for the security or, if there is no such trustee, the name
and address of the chargee; |
| (e) | unless
the charge is a security to bearer, the name and address of the holder of the charge; and |
| (f) | details
of any prohibition or restriction contained in the instrument creating the charge on the
power of the Company to create any future charge ranking in priority to or equally with the
charge. |
The
Company may by Resolution of Members or by a Resolution of Directors continue as a company incorporated under the laws of a jurisdiction
outside the British Virgin Islands in the manner provided under those laws.
The
Company may have more than one Seal and references herein to the Seal shall be references to every Seal which shall have been duly adopted
by Resolution of Directors. The Directors shall provide for the safe custody of the Seal and for an imprint thereof to be kept at the
registered office. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein the Seal when affixed to any written instrument shall be witnessed and
attested to by the signature of any one Director or other person so authorised from time to time by Resolution of Directors. Such authorisation
may be before or after the Seal is affixed, may be general or specific and may refer to any number of sealings. The Directors may provide
for a facsimile of the Seal and of the signature of any Director or authorised person which may be reproduced by printing or other means
on any instrument and it shall have the same force and validity as if the Seal had been affixed to such instrument and the same had been
attested to as hereinbefore described.
20.1 | The
Company shall keep records that are sufficient to show and explain the Company’s transactions
and that will, at any time, enable the financial position of the Company to be determined
with reasonable accuracy. |
20.2 | The
Company may by Resolution of Members call for the Directors to prepare periodically and make
available a profit and loss account and a balance sheet. The profit and loss account and
balance sheet shall be drawn up so as to give respectively a true and fair view of the profit
and loss of the Company for a financial period and a true and fair view of the assets and
liabilities of the Company as at the end of a financial period. |
20.3 | The
Company may by Resolution of Members call for the accounts to be examined by auditors. |
20.4 | If
the Shares are listed or quoted on a Designated Stock Exchange that requires the Company
to have an audit committee, the Directors shall adopt a formal written audit committee charter
and review and assess the adequacy of the formal written charter on an annual basis. |
20.5 | If
the Shares are listed or quoted on the Designated Stock Exchange, the Company shall conduct
an appropriate review of all related party transactions on an ongoing basis and, if required,
shall utilise the audit committee for the review and approval of potential conflicts of interest. |
20.6 | The
Directors may by a Resolution of Directors appoint or remove the auditor of the Company on
such terms as the Directors determine, except that if under applicable law and the rules
of the SEC and the Designated Stock Exchange the auditor is required to be appointed by shareholders,
then: |
| (a) | at
the AGM or at a subsequent general meeting in each year, the Members shall appoint an auditor
who shall hold office until the Members appoint another auditor. Such auditor may be a Member
but no Director or officer or employee of the Company shall during, his continuance in office,
be eligible to act as auditor; |
| (b) | a
person, other than a retiring auditor, shall not be capable of being appointed auditor at
an AGM unless notice in writing of an intention to nominate that person to the office of
auditor has been given not less than ten days before the AGM and furthermore the Company
shall send a copy of such notice to the retiring auditor; and |
| (c) | the
Members may, at any meeting convened and held in accordance with these Articles, by resolution
remove the auditor at any time before the expiration of his term of office and shall by resolution
at that meeting appoint another auditor in his stead for the remainder of his term. |
20.7 | The
remuneration of the auditors shall be fixed by Resolution of Directors in such manner as
the Directors may determine or in a manner required by the rules and regulations of the Designated
Stock Exchange and the SEC. |
20.8 | The
report of the auditors shall be annexed to the accounts and shall be read at the meeting
of Members at which the accounts are laid before the Company or shall be otherwise given
to the Members. |
20.9 | Every
auditor of the Company shall have a right of access at all times to the books of account
and vouchers of the Company, and shall be entitled to require from the Directors and officers
of the Company such information and explanations as he thinks necessary for the performance
of the duties of the auditors. |
20.10 | The
auditors of the Company shall be entitled to receive notice of, and to attend any meetings
of Members at which the Company’s profit and loss account and balance sheet are to
be presented. |
21.1 | Any
notice, information or written statement to be given by the Company to Members may be given
by personal service by mail, facsimile or other similar means of electronic communication,
addressed to each Member at the address shown in the share register. |
21.2 | Any
summons, notice, order, document, process, information or written statement to be served
on the Company may be served by leaving it, or by sending it by registered mail addressed
to the Company, at its registered office, or by leaving it with, or by sending it by registered
mail to, the registered agent of the Company. |
21.3 | Service
of any summons, notice, order, document, process, information or written statement to be
served on the Company may be proved by showing that the summons, notice, order, document,
process, information or written statement was delivered to the registered office or the registered
agent of the Company or that it was mailed in such time as to admit to its being delivered
to the registered office or the registered agent of the Company in the normal course of delivery
within the period prescribed for service and was correctly addressed and the postage was
prepaid. |
The
Company may by a Resolution of Members or by a Resolution of Directors appoint a voluntary liquidator.
23.1 | Regulations
23.1 to 23.11 shall terminate upon consummation of any Business Combination. |
23.2 | The
Company has until 10 August 2024 to consummate a Business Combination, provided however that
if the Board of Directors anticipates that the Company may not be able to consummate a Business
Combination by 10 August 2024, the Company may, by Resolution of Directors, at the request
of the Initial Shareholders, extend the period of time to consummate a Business Combination
up to six (6) times, each by an additional one (1) month (for a total of up to 6 months until
10 February 2025) to complete a Business Combination, subject to the Initial Shareholders
or its affiliates or designees depositing additional funds into the Trust Account in accordance
with terms as set out in the Trust Agreement and referred to in the Registration Statement.
In the event that the Company does not consummate a Business Combination by 10 August 2024
or (in the case of six (6) valid extensions of an additional one (1) month each) 10 February
2025 (such date, as applicable, being referred to as the Termination Date), such failure
shall trigger an automatic redemption of the Public Shares (an Automatic Redemption Event)
and the Directors of the Company shall take all such action necessary (i) as promptly as
reasonably possible but no more than ten (10) Business Days thereafter to redeem the Public
Shares in cash at a per-share amount equal to the applicable Per-Share Redemption Price;
and (ii) as promptly as practicable, to cease all operations except for the purpose of making
such distribution and any subsequent winding up of the Company’s affairs. In the event
of an Automatic Redemption Event, only the holders of Public Shares shall be entitled to
receive pro rata redeeming distributions from the Trust Account (including interests but
net of taxes payable and less up to US$50,000 of interests to pay liquidation expenses) with
respect to their Public Shares. |
23.3 | Unless
a shareholder vote is required by law or the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange, or,
at the sole discretion of the Directors, the Directors determine to hold a shareholder vote
for business or other reasons, the Company may enter into a Business Combination without
submitting such Business Combination to its Members for approval. |
23.4 | Although
not required, in the event that a shareholder vote is held, and a majority of the votes of
the Shares entitled to vote thereon which were present at the meeting to approve the Business
Combination are voted for the approval of such Business Combination, the Company shall be
authorised to consummate the Business Combination. |
| (a) | In
the event that a Business Combination is consummated by the Company other than in connection
with a shareholder vote under Regulation 23.4, the Company will, subject to as provided below,
offer to redeem the Public Shares for cash in accordance with Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E
of the Exchange Act and subject to any limitations (including but not limited to cash requirements)
set forth in the definitive transaction agreements related to the initial Business Combination
(the Tender Redemption Offer), provided however that the Company shall not redeem
those Shares held by the Initial Shareholders or their affiliates pursuant to such Tender
Redemption Offer, whether or not such holders accept such Tender Redemption Offer. The Company
will file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to consummating the Business Combination
which contain substantially the same financial and other information about the Business Combination
and the redemption rights as would be required in a proxy solicitation pursuant to Regulation
14A of the Exchange Act. In accordance with the Exchange Act, the Tender Redemption Offer
will remain open for a minimum of 20 Business Days and the Company will not be permitted
to consummate its Business Combination until the expiry of such period. If in the event a
Member holding Public Shares accepts the Tender Redemption Offer and the Company has not
otherwise withdrawn the tender offer, the Company shall, promptly after the consummation
of the Business Combination, pay such redeeming Member, on a pro rata basis, cash equal to
the applicable Per-Share Redemption Price. |
| (b) | In
the event that a Business Combination is consummated by the Company in connection with a
shareholder vote held pursuant to Regulation 23.4 in accordance with a proxy solicitation
pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act (the Redemption Offer), the Company
will, subject as provided below, offer to redeem the Public Shares, other than those Shares
held by the Initial Shareholders or their affiliates, regardless of whether such shares are
voted for or against the Business Combination, for cash, on a pro rata basis, at a per-share
amount equal to the applicable Per-Share Redemption Price, provided however that: (i) the
Company shall not redeem those Shares held by the Initial Shareholders or their affiliates
pursuant to such Redemption Offer, whether or not such holders accept such Redemption Offer;
and (ii) any other redeeming Member who either individually or together with any affiliate
of his or any other person with whom he is acting in concert or as a “group”
(as such term is defined under Section 13 of the Exchange Act) shall not be permitted to
redeem, without the consent of the Directors, more than fifteen percent (15%) of the total
Public Shares sold in the IPO. |
| (c) | In
no event will the Company consummate the Tender Redemption Offer or the Redemption Offer
under Regulation 23.5(a) or 23.5(b) or an Amendment Redemption Event under Regulation 23.11
if such redemptions would cause the Company to have net tangible assets of less than US$5,000,001
(and after payment of underwriters’ fees and commissions) prior to or upon consummation
of a Business Combination. |
23.6 | A
holder of Public Shares shall be entitled to receive distributions from the Trust Account
only in the event of an Automatic Redemption Event, an Amendment Redemption Event or in the
event he accepts a Tender Redemption Offer or a Redemption Offer where the Business Combination
is consummated. In no other circumstances shall a holder of Public Shares have any right
or interest of any kind in or to the Trust Account. |
23.7 | Following
the IPO, the Company will not issue any Securities (other than Public Shares) prior to a
Business Combination that would entitle the holder thereof to (i) receive funds from the
Trust Account; or (ii) vote on any Business Combination. |
23.8 | In
the event the Company seeks to complete a Business Combination with a company that is affiliated
with an Initial Shareholder, the Company will obtain an opinion from an independent investment
banking firm which is a member of FINRA or independent accounting firm that such a Business
Combination is fair to the Company from a financial point of view. |
23.9 | The
Company will not effectuate a Business Combination with another “blank cheque”
company or a similar company with nominal operations. |
23.10 | Immediately
after the Company’s IPO, that amount of the net proceeds received by the Company from
the IPO (including proceeds of any exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment option)
and from the simultaneous private placement by the Company as is stated in the Company’s
registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC (such registration statement at the
time it initially goes effective, the Registration Statement) to be deposited in the
Trust Account shall be so deposited and thereafter held in the Trust Account until released
in the event of a Business Combination or otherwise in accordance with this Regulation 23.
Neither the Company nor any officer, Director or employee of the Company will disburse any
of the proceeds held in the Trust Account until the earlier of (i) a Business Combination,
or (ii) an Automatic Redemption Event or in payment of the acquisition price for any shares
which the Company elects to purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire in accordance with this
Regulation 23, in each case in accordance with the trust agreement governing the Trust Account;
provided that interest earned on the Trust Account (as described in the Registration Statement)
may be released from time to time to the Company to pay the Company’s tax obligations
and up to US$50,000 of such interest may also be released from the Trust Account to pay any
liquidation expenses of the Company if applicable. |
23.11 | In
the event the Directors of the Company propose any amendment to Regulation 23 or to any of
the other rights of the Shares as set out at Clause 6.1 of the Memorandum prior to, but not
for the purposes of approving or in conjunction with the consummation of, a Business Combination
that would affect the substance or timing of the Company’s obligations as described
in this Regulation 23 to pay or to offer to pay the Per-Share Redemption Price to any holder
of the Public Shares (an Amendment) and such Amendment is (i) duly approved by a Resolution
of Members; and (ii) the amended Memorandum and Articles reflecting such amendment are to
be filed at the Registry of Corporate Affairs (an Approved Amendment), the Company
will offer to redeem the Public Shares of any Member for cash, on a pro rata basis, at a
per-share amount equal to the applicable Per-Share Redemption Price (an Amendment Redemption
Event), provided however that the Company shall not redeem those Shares held by the Initial
Shareholders or their affiliates pursuant to such offer, whether or not such holders accept
such offer. |
We,
Ogier Global (BVI) Limited of Ritter House, Wickhams Cay II, PO Box 3170, Road Town, Tortola VG1110, British Virgin Islands, for the
purpose of incorporating a BVI business company under the laws of the British Virgin Islands hereby sign these Articles of Association
Dated:
18 March 2021.
Incorporator
Signed
for and on behalf of Ogier Global (BVI) Limited of Ritter House, Wickhams Cay II, PO Box 3170, Road Town, Tortola VG1110, British Virgin
Islands
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Annex
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AMENDMENT
TO THE
INVESTMENT
MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT
This
Amendment No. 1 (this “Amendment”), dated as of [●], 2024, to the Investment Management Trust Agreement (as defined
below) is made by and between Nova Vision Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company,
LLC, 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 August 5, 2021 (as amended on November
9, 2022 and August 3, 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,
at an Annual Meeting of shareholders of the Company held on ____, 2024, the Company shareholders approved (i) a proposal to amend (the
“Charter Amendment”) the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to provide that the
date by which the Company shall be required to effect a Business Combination to be extended for six (6) times for an additional one (1)
month each time from August 10, 2024 to February 10, 2025 and (ii) a proposal to extend the date on which to commence liquidating the
Trust Account in the event the Company has not consummated a business combination; and
WHEREAS,
on the date hereof, the Company is filing the Charter Amendment with the Registrar of Corporate Affairs in the British Virgin Islands.
NOW
THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED:
The
Trust Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
1.
Preamble. The third WHEREAS clause in the preamble of the Trust Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:
“WHEREAS,
if a Business Combination is not consummated by August 10, 2024, 36 months following the closing of the IPO, the Company’s insiders
may extend such period by six (6) one-month periods, up to a maximum of 42 months in the aggregate following the closing of the IPO,
by depositing, for each one-month extension, the lesser of (i) $15,000 and (ii) an aggregate amount that equals to $0.03
multiplied by the number of shares issued at the IPO that have not been redeemed into the Trust Account (as defined below) no later than
August 10, 2024 (the 36-month anniversary of the IPO, and each succeeding one-month anniversary through and up to February 10, 2025);
and
2.
Section 1(i). Section 1(i) of the Trust Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in full 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,
in the case of a Termination Letter in a form substantially similar to that attached hereto as Exhibit A, acknowledged and agreed to
by EF Hutton, 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 the 24-month anniversary of the closing of the IPO or, in the event that the Company extended the
time to complete the Business Combination for up to 36-months from the closing of the IPO but has not completed the Business Combination
within the applicable monthly anniversary of the Closing, (“Last Date”), 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
the Last Date.
3.
Exhibit D. Exhibit D of the Trust Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
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Equiniti
Trust Company, LLC (f/k/a American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC)
6201
15th Avenue
Brooklyn,
NY 11219
Attn:
Relationship Management
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Trust
Account — Extension Letter |
Gentlemen:
Pursuant
to paragraph 1(i) of the Investment Management Trust Agreement between Nova Vision Acquisition Corp. (“Company”) and American
Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (“Trustee”), dated as of August 5, 2021, as amended on November 9, 2022 and August
3, 2023, (“Trust Agreement”), this is to advise you that the Company is extending the time available in order to consummate
a Business Combination with the Target Businesses for an additional one (1) month, from ______________ to ______________ (the “Extension”).
Capitalized words used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Trust Agreement.
This
Extension Letter shall serve as the notice required with respect to Extension prior to the Applicable Deadline.
In
accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement, we hereby authorize you to deposit $_______ or $[ ] per public share, which will be
wired to you, into the Trust Account investments upon receipt.
This
is the ____ of up to______ Extension Letters.
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All
other provisions of the Trust Agreement shall remain unaffected by the terms hereof. |
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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 shall be deemed to be an original signature for purposes of this Amendment. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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.
EQUINITI
TRUST COMPANY, LLC, AS TRUSTEE |
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PROXY
CARD
NOVA
VISION ACQUISITION CORP.
PROXY
FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
THIS
PROXY IS SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Important
Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Shareholder Meeting to be Held on August 6, 2024: The Proxy Statement,
Annual Report on Form 10-K, and Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K are available on July 19, 2024.
The
undersigned hereby appoints Eric Ping Hang Wong and Wing-Ho Ngan, individually, each with full power of substitution, as proxy of the
undersigned to attend the Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Nova Vision Acquisition Corp., to be held
on August 6, 2024 at 10 a.m. local time at the offices of Loeb & Loeb LLP, 2206-19 Jardine House, 1 Connaught Place Central,
Hong Kong SAR, and any postponement or adjournment thereof, and to vote as if the undersigned were then and there personally present
on all matters set forth in the Notice of Annual Meeting, dated July 19, 2024 (the “Notice”), a copy of which has
been received by the undersigned, as follows:
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PROPOSAL
1. CHARTER AMENDMENT — APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPANY’S AMENDED AND RESTATED MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
TO EXTEND THE DATE BY WHICH THE COMPANY HAS TO CONSUMMATE A BUSINESS COMBINATION (THE “EXTENSION”) SIX (6) TIMES FOR
AN ADDITIONAL ONE (1) MONTH EACH TIME FROM AUGUST 10, 2024 TO FEBRUARY 10, 2025 BY ADOPTING THE FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED MEMORANDUM
AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION IN THEIR ENTIRETY IN PLACE OF THE COMPANY’S EXISTING MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES, A COPY OF WHICH IS
ATTACHED IN THE PROXY STATEMENT AS ANNEX A. |
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For
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Against
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Abstain
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2. |
PROPOSAL
2. TRUST AMENDMENT — APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPANY’S INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF AUGUST
5, 2021, AS AMENDED ON NOVEMBER 9, 2023 AND AUGUST 3, 2023 (THE “TRUST AGREEMENT”), BY AND BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND AMERICAN
STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY (THE “TRUSTEE”), ALLOWING THE COMPANY TO EXTEND THE COMBINATION PERIOD SIX (6) TIMES
FOR AN ADDITIONAL ONE (1) MONTH EACH TIME FROM AUGUST 10, 2024 TO FEBRUARY 10, 2025 (THE “TRUST AMENDMENT”) BY DEPOSITING
INTO THE TRUST ACCOUNT THE LESSER OF (A) $15,000 AND (B) AN AGGREGATE AMOUNT THAT EQUALS TO $0.03 MULTIPLIED BY THE
NUMBER OF PUBLIC SHARES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN REDEEMED FOR EACH ONE-MONTH EXTENSION. |
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For
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Against
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Abstain
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3. |
PROPOSAL
3. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS — THE ELECTION OF FIVE (5) DIRECTORS TO SERVE UNTIL THE NEXT ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS AND UNTIL
HIS OR HER RESPECTIVE SUCCESSOR HAS BEEN DULY ELECTED AND QUALIFIED OR UNTIL HIS OR HER EARLIER RESIGNATION, REMOVAL OR DEATH. (Check
one) |
FOR
all nominees listed below (except as indicated). ☐
WITHHOLD
AUTHORITY to vote for all nominees listed below. ☐
If
you wish to withhold your vote for any individual nominee, strike a line through that nominee’s name set forth below:
Eric
Ping Hang Wong
Wing-Ho
Ngan
Tin
Lun Brian Cheng
Philip
Richard Herbert
Chun
Fung Horace Ma
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PROPOSAL
4. ADJOURNMENT — APPROVAL TO AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING TO ADJOURN THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING TO
A LATER DATE OR DATES, FROM TIME TO TIME, AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ANNUAL MEETING MAY DEEM NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE. |
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Against
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Abstain
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NOTE:
IN HIS DISCRETION, THE PROXY HOLDER IS AUTHORIZED TO VOTE UPON SUCH OTHER MATTER OR MATTERS THAT MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE ANNUAL
MEETING AND ANY ADJOURNMENT(S) THEREOF.
THIS
PROXY WILL BE VOTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFIC INDICATION ABOVE. IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH INDICATION, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR
THE PROPOSALS AND, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE PROXY HOLDER, ON ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE ANNUAL MEETING OR ANY
POSTPONEMENT OR ADJOURNMENT THEREOF.
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Signature
of Shareholder |
PLEASE
PRINT NAME
Certificate
Number(s)
Total
Number of Shares Owned
Sign
exactly as your name(s) appears on your share certificate(s). A corporation is requested to sign its name by its President or other authorized
officer, with the office held designated. Executors, administrators, trustees, etc., are requested to so indicate when signing. If a
share certificate is registered in two (2) names or held as joint tenants or as community property, both interested persons should sign.
PLEASE
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:
I
plan to attend the Annual Meeting (Circle one): Yes
No
Number of attendees:
PLEASE
NOTE:
SHAREHOLDER
SHOULD SIGN THE PROXY PROMPTLY AND RETURN IT IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO ENSURE THAT IT IS RECEIVED BEFORE THE ANNUAL
MEETING. PLEASE INDICATE ANY ADDRESS OR TELEPHONE NUMBER CHANGES IN THE SPACE BELOW.
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