UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): August 10, 2023
Bite Acquisition
Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-40055 | 85-3307316 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
720 N. State Street Chicago, IL |
60654 |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(347) 685-5236
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
30 West Street, No. 28F
New York, New York 10004
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
Units, each consisting of one share of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share and one-half of one warrant | BITE.U | NYSE American LLC | ||
Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share | BITE | NYSE American LLC | ||
Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 | BITE WS | NYSE American LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company x
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨
Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On August 10, 2023, Bite Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) held a special meeting of stockholders (the “Special Meeting”). As approved by its stockholders at the Special Meeting, the Company filed a certificate of amendment to its amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Charter”) with the Delaware Secretary of State on August 10, 2023 (the “Charter Amendment”), to (i) extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination from August 17, 2023 (the “Termination Date”) to up to February 17, 2024, or such earlier date as determined by the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”), (ii) remove the Conversion Limitation (as defined in the Charter) to allow the Company to redeem public shares notwithstanding the fact that such redemption would result in the Company having net tangible assets of less than $5,000,001, and (iii) allow the Company to remove up to $100,000 of interest earned on the amount on deposit in the Company’s trust account prior to redeeming the public shares in connection with the liquidation and dissolution of the Company in order to pay dissolution expenses. The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Charter Amendment, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On August 10, 2023, the Company held the Special Meeting. On June 26, 2023, the record date for the Special Meeting, there were 8,638,815 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to be voted at the special meeting, approximately 95% of which were represented in person or by proxy at the Special Meeting.
The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders at the Special Meeting are as follows:
1. Charter Amendment Proposal
The stockholders approved the proposal to amend the Company’s Charter to (i) extend the date by which the Company has to consummate an initial business combination from August 17, 2023 to February 17, 2024, by electing to extend the date to consummate an initial business combination on a monthly basis for up to six times by an additional one month each time after August 17, 2023, until February 17, 2024, or a total of up to six months after August 17, 2023, or such earlier date as determined by the Board, unless the closing of the Company’s initial business combination shall have occurred, provided that Smart Dine, LLC (or its affiliates or designees) will deposit into the Company’s trust account $75,000 for each such one-month extension unless the closing of the Company’s initial business combination shall have occurred in exchange for a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note payable upon consummation of a business combination, (ii) remove the Conversion Limitation (as defined in the Charter) to allow the Company to redeem public shares notwithstanding the fact that such redemption would result in the Company having net tangible assets of less than $5,000,001, and (iii) allow the Company to remove up to $100,000 of interest earned on the amount on deposit in the Company’s trust account prior to redeeming the public shares in connection with the liquidation and dissolution of the Company in order to pay dissolution expenses. The voting results were as follows:
FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | BROKER NON- VOTES |
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7,619,471 | 302 | 0 | 567,468 |
2. Director Proposal
The stockholders approved the proposal to re-elect two directors, Joseph C. Essa and Julia A. Stewart, to serve as Class II directors on the Board until the third annual meeting of stockholders following the Special Meeting or until their successors are elected and qualified. The voting results were as follows:
NAME | FOR | WITHHOLD | BROKER NON- VOTES |
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Joseph C. Essa | 7,617,880 | 1,893 | 567,468 | |||||||
Julia A. Stewart | 7,619,471 | 102 | 567,468 |
3. Auditor Proposal
The stockholders approved the proposal to ratify the selection by the Company’s Audit Committee of Marcum LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. The voting results were as follows:
FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | BROKER NON- VOTES |
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8,187,139 | 100 | 2 | 0 |
Item 8.01. Other Events.
In connection with the votes to approve the proposals above, the holders of 120,637 shares of common stock of the Company properly exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(c) Exhibits:
Exhibit No. | Description | |
3.1 | Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Bite Acquisition Corp., dated August 10, 2023. | |
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
BITE ACQUISITION CORP. | |||
By: | /s/ Alberto Ardura González | ||
Name: | Alberto Ardura González | ||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board |
Date: August 11, 2023
Exhibit 3.1
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
TO THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
BITE ACQUISITION CORP.
August 10, 2023
Bite Acquisition Corp., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), DOES HEREBY CERTIFY AS FOLLOWS:
1. The name of the Corporation is “Bite Acquisition Corp.”. The original certificate of incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on September 29, 2020 (the “Original Certificate”). The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (as amended, the “Amended and Restated Certificate”) was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on February 11, 2021. The Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on December 19, 2022.
2. This Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation amends the Amended and Restated Certificate.
3. This Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation and the stockholders of the Corporation in accordance with Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
4. The text of Sections 9.1(b), 9.2(a), 9.2(d), 9.2(e), 9.2(f) and 9.7 are hereby amended and restated to read in full as follows:
9.1(b) Immediately after the Offering, a certain amount of the net offering proceeds received by the Corporation in the Offering (including the proceeds of any exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option) and certain other amounts specified in the Corporation’s registration statement on Form S-1, as initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on January 25, 2021, as amended (the “Registration Statement”), shall be deposited in a trust account (the “Trust Account”), established for the benefit of the Public Stockholders (as defined below) pursuant to a trust agreement described in the Registration Statement. Except for the withdrawal of interest to pay taxes, none of the funds held in the Trust Account (including the interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account) will be released from the Trust Account until the earliest to occur of (i) the completion of the initial Business Combination, (ii) the redemption of 100% of the Offering Shares (as defined below) if the Corporation does not complete its initial Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the Offering; provided that the Company may extend such date (A) by up to an additional six months, to up to 30 months from the closing of the Offering, provided that the Sponsor (or its affiliates or permitted designees) will deposit into the Trust Account an amount determined by multiplying $0.05 by the number of public shares then outstanding, up to a maximum of $150,000 for each such one-month extension, until August 17, 2023, and (B) thereafter by up to an additional six months, to up to 36 months from the closing of the Offering, provided that the Sponsor (or its affiliates or designees) will deposit into the Trust Account $75,000 for each such one-month extension until February 17, 2024, unless the closing of the Company’s initial business combination shall have occurred, for such extension in exchange for a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note payable upon consummation of a Business Combination, or such earlier date as may be determined by the Board, and (iii) the redemption of Offering Shares properly tendered in connection with a stockholder vote to amend any provisions of this Amended and Restated Certificate relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity (as described in Section 9.7). Holders of shares of the Common Stock included as part of the units sold in the Offering (the “Offering Shares”) (whether such Offering Shares were purchased in the Offering or in the secondary market following the Offering and whether or not such holders are the Sponsor or officers or directors of the Corporation, or any affiliates of any of the foregoing) are referred to herein as “Public Stockholders.”
9.2(a) Prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination, the Corporation shall provide all holders of Offering Shares with the opportunity to have their Offering Shares converted upon the consummation of the initial Business Combination pursuant to, and subject to the limitations of, Sections 9.2(b) and 9.2(c) (such rights of such holders to have their Offering Shares converted pursuant to such Sections, the “Conversion Rights”) hereof for cash equal to the applicable conversion price per share determined in accordance with Section 9.2(b) hereof (the “Conversion Price”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Amended and Restated Certificate, there shall be no Conversion Rights or liquidating distributions with respect to any warrant issued pursuant to the Offering. As used in this Amended and Restated Certificate, “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
9.2(d) In the event that the Corporation has not consummated an initial Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the Offering, or within up to 36 months from the closing of the Offering, if the period of time to consummate an initial Business Combination is extended pursuant to Section 9.2(b), or such earlier date as may be determined by the Board, the Corporation shall (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter subject to lawfully available funds therefor, redeem 100% of the Offering Shares in consideration of a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Corporation but net of taxes payable and less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses, by (B) the total number of then outstanding Offering Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish rights of the Public Stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining stockholders and the Board in accordance with applicable law, dissolve and liquidate, subject in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) to the Corporation’s obligations under the DGCL to provide for claims of creditors and other requirements of applicable law.
9.2(e) If the Corporation offers to redeem the Offering Shares in conjunction with a stockholder vote on an initial Business Combination, the Corporation shall consummate the proposed initial Business Combination only if such initial Business Combination is approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of the Common Stock that are voted at a stockholder meeting held to consider such initial Business Combination.
9.2(f) [RESERVED].
9.7 If, in accordance with Section 9.1(a), any amendment is made to Section 9.2(d) that would affect the substance or timing of the Corporation’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with the Corporation’s initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of the Offering Shares if the Corporation does not complete an initial Business Combination by February 17, 2024 or with respect to any other provision relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity, the Public Stockholders shall be provided with the opportunity to redeem their Offering Shares upon approval of any such amendment, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Corporation to pay its taxes, divided by the number of the then outstanding Offering Shares.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Bite Acquisition Corp. has caused this Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate to be duly executed in its name and on its behalf by an authorized officer as of the date first set above.
BITE ACQUISITION CORP. | ||
By: | /s/ Alberto Ardura González | |
Name: Alberto Ardura González | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer |