As previously disclosed, Social Leverage Acquisition Corp I (“SLAC” or the “Company”) announced a proposed business combination (the “Business Combination”) between SLAC and W3BCLOUD Holdings Inc. (“W3BCLOUD”). SLAC entered into a Business Combination Agreement, dated as of July 28, 2022 (as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among the Company, SLAC Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and W3BCLOUD. The Business Combination was unanimously approved by SLAC’s board of directors on July 28, 2022.
Attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K is an updated investor presentation (the “Presentation”) that was used by W3BCLOUD at the 25th Annual Needham Growth Conference, which, along with the subsequent Q&A session, included high-level commentary on W3BCLOUD’s business and industry. A transcript of the Presentation is available on W3BCLOUD’s website at https://investors.w3bcloud.com/, and is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2.
The Company has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a preliminary proxy statement in connection with the Business Combination. The preliminary proxy statement contains information about the Business Combination, including a business overview of each of the Company and W3BCLOUD, certain terms of the Business Combination, pro-forma financial information and risk factors related to the Business Combination.
Important Information about the Business Combination and Where to Find It
In connection with the Business Combination, the Company has filed with the SEC a preliminary proxy statement, which will be mailed (if and when available) to all Company stockholders once definitive (the “Proxy Statement”), and certain other related documents, which will be distributed to all Company stockholders in connection with the Company’s solicitation of proxies for the vote by the Company’s stockholders with respect to the Business Combination as well as other matters as may be described in the Proxy Statement. This communication is not intended to be, and is not, a substitute for the preliminary proxy statement or any other document that the Company has filed or may file with the SEC in connection with the Business Combination. The Company’s stockholders and other interested persons are advised to read, when available, the Proxy Statement, as well as other documents filed with the SEC in connection with the Business Combination, as these materials will contain important information about the parties to the Business Combination Agreement, the Company and the Business Combination. Copies of the preliminary proxy statement and definitive proxy statement and all other relevant materials for the Business Combination filed or that will be filed with the SEC may be obtained free of charge at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the documents filed by the Company may be obtained for free by directing a request to: Social Leverage Acquisition Corp I, 8390 E.Via De Ventura, Suite F110-207, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258, Attention: Howard Lindzon.
Participants in the Solicitation
SLAC, W3BCLOUD and certain of their respective directors, executive officers and certain employees and other persons may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from SLAC’s stockholders in connection with the proposed transaction. Security holders may obtain information regarding the names, affiliations and interests of SLAC’s directors and executive officers in SLAC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, which was filed with the SEC on March 31, 2022. A list of the names, affiliations and interests of SLAC’s directors and executive officers in SLAC will be contained in a proxy statement relating to the proposed transaction that will be filed with the SEC. Investors may obtain additional information regarding the interests of participants in the solicitation of proxies from SLAC’s stockholders in connection with in the proposed transaction, which may, in some cases, be different than those of SLAC’s stockholders generally, by reading the proxy statement relating to the proposed transaction when it is filed with the SEC and other materials that may be filed with the SEC in connection with the proposed transaction when they become available. These documents (when available) may be obtained free of charge from the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or by directing a request to: Social Leverage Acquisition Corp I, 8390 E.Via De Ventura, Suite F110-207, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258, Attention: Howard Lindzon.