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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): November 27, 2023

 

Kernel Group Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Cayman Islands   001-39983   N/A
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

515 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor - Suite 8078
New York, New York
  10022
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(646) 908-2659

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
   
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
   
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
   
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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 Class A Ordinary Share $0.0001 par value, and one-half of one redeemable warrant   KRNLU   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Class A Ordinary Shares included as part of the unit   KRNL   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrants included as part of the units, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $11.50   KRNLW   The Nasdaq Stock Market 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 ☒

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

As previously disclosed, on March 3, 2023, Kernel Group Holdings, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”) entered into a Business Combination Agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”) with AIRO Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ParentCo”), Kernel Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of ParentCo, AIRO Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of ParentCo, VKSS Capital, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, in the capacity as the representative for the shareholders of the Company and ParentCo, and also in the capacity as the Company’s sponsor, Dr. Chirinjeev Kathuria, in the capacity as the representative for the AIRO Group Holdings, Inc’s stockholders, and AIRO Group Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“AIRO”).

 

In connection with the Business Combination Agreement, the Company, AIRO, and Meteora Special Opportunity Fund I, LP (“MSOF”), Meteora Capital Partners, LP (“MCP”) and Meteora Select Trading Opportunities Master, LP (“MSTO”) (with MCP, MSOF, and MSTO collectively as “Seller”) entered into that certain Forward Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2023 (the “FPA” or the “Confirmation”).

 

Pursuant to the FPA. Meteora agreed to purchase from the Company up to a maximum of 7,700,000 Class A ordinary shares of the Company from holders (other than the Company or its affiliates) who elected to redeem such shares in connection with the business combination between the Company and AIRO (the “Business Combination”). Purchases by Seller were to be made through brokers in the open market after the redemption deadline in connection with the Business Combination at a price no higher than the redemption price to be paid by the Company in connection with the Business Combination.

 

On November 27, 2023, the Company, Seller, and AIRO entered into a mutual termination agreement (the “Mutual Termination Agreement”) to terminate the FPA. As a result of the termination of the FPA, the FPA is of no further force and effect. In consideration of the termination of the FPA, ParentCo agreed to issue fifty-thousand (50,000) shares of common stock to an entity designated by Seller at the time of closing of the Business Combination, which shares will have certain demand and piggback registration rights.

 

The foregoing description of the FPA and the Mutual Termination Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the FPA and Mutual Termination Agreement, which are filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 hereto, respectively, and incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01. Exhibits.

 

Exhibit Number   Description of Exhibit
10.1   Forward Purchase Agreement dated February 28, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 6, 2023).
10.2   Mutual Termination Agreement, dated November 27, 2023
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  KERNEL GROUP HOLDINGS, INC.
     
Date: November 27, 2023 By: /s/ Suren Ajjarapu
    Suren Ajjarapu
    Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

EX-10.2 2 ex10-2.htm

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

MUTUAL TERMINATION AGREEMENT

 

This MUTUAL TERMINATION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of November 27, 2023 (the “Effective Date”), is entered into by and between Kernel Group Holdings, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Kernel”), AIRO Group Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Target”), and Meteora Special Opportunity Fund I, LP (“MSOF”), Meteora Capital Partners, LP (“MCP”) and Meteora Select Trading Opportunities Master, LP (“MSTO”) (with MCP, MSOF, and MSTO collectively as “Seller”).

 

WHEREAS, (i) Kernel, (ii) the Target, and (iii) Seller (Kernel, Target, and Seller, each a “Party” and collectively, the “Parties”) previously entered into that certain Forward Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2023 (the “FPA” or the “Confirmation”); The term “Counterparty” refers to Kernel until Kernel and Target effectuate their business combination (the “Business Combination”), then to AIRO Group, Inc. following the Business Combination (the “Combined Company”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements and covenants hereinafter set forth, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the FPA.

 

2. Termination of the FPA. As of the Effective Date, the parties hereto mutually terminate the FPA in all respects and the FPA shall be of no further force or effect by or against any Party thereto. Except as set forth in Section 5 herein, each Party, on behalf of itself and its agents, hereby releases, waives, and forever discharges the other Party and other Party’s agents of and from any and all obligation or liability arising under the FPA.

 

3. Consideration. In consideration of the termination of the FPA, the Combined Company agrees to issue fifty-thousand (50,000) shares of common stock (“Consideration Shares Payment”) to an entity designated by Seller at the time of closing of the Business Combination.

 

4. Registration Rights.

 

a. Demand Registration Rights. At any time and from time to time on or after the date the Parties consummate the Business Combination, the holders of the Termination Shares (the “Demanding Holders”) may make a written demand for registration of all or part of their Termination Shares, which written demand shall describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such Registration and the intended method(s) of distribution thereof (such written demand a “Demand Registration”). The Combined Company shall, within five (5) days of the Combined Company’s receipt of the Demand Registration, notify, in writing, all other holders of Termination Shares of such demand, and each holder of Termination Shares who thereafter wishes to include all or a portion of such holder’s Termination Shares in a registration pursuant to a Demand Registration (each such Holder that includes all or a portion of such holder’s Termination Shares in such registration, a “Requesting Holder”) shall so notify the Combined Company, in writing, within three (3) business days after the receipt by the holder of the notice from the Combined Company. Upon receipt by the Combined Company of any such written notification from a Requesting Holder(s) to the Combined Company, such Requesting Holder(s) shall be entitled to have their Termination Shares included in a registration pursuant to a Demand Registration and the Combined Company shall effect, as soon thereafter as practicable, but not more than ninety (90) days immediately after the Combined Company’s receipt of the Demand Registration, the registration of all Termination requested by the Demanding Holders and Requesting Holders pursuant to such Demand Registration. Under no circumstances shall the Combined Company be obligated to effect more than an aggregate of three (3) registrations pursuant to a Demand Registration under this paragraph with respect to any or all Termination Shares; provided, however, that a registration shall not be counted for such purposes unless a Form S-1 or any similar long-form registration statement that may be available at such time (“Form S-1”) has become effective and all of the Termination Shares requested by the Requesting Holders to be registered on behalf of the Requesting Holders in such Form S-1 Registration have been sold; provided, further, that an underwritten shelf takedown shall not count as a Demand Registration.

 

 
 

 

b. Piggyback Registration Rights. If at any time on or after the date the Parties consummates the Business Combination, the Combined Company proposes to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to an offering of equity securities, or securities or other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into equity securities, for its own account or for the account of shareholders of the Combined Company (or by the Combined Company and by the shareholders of the Combined Company, other than a registration statement (i) filed in connection with any employee stock option or other benefit plan, (ii) for an exchange offer or offering of securities solely to the Combined Company’s existing shareholders, (iii) for an offering of debt that is convertible into equity securities of the Combined Company or (iv) for a dividend reinvestment plan, then the Combined Company shall give written notice of such proposed filing to all of the Termination Shares as soon as practicable but not less than seven (7) days before the anticipated filing date of such registration statement, which notice shall (A) describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such offering, the intended method(s) of distribution, and the name of the proposed managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, in such offering, and (B) offer to all of the holders of the Termination Shares the opportunity to register the sale of such number of Termination Shares as such holders may request in writing within three (3) business days after receipt of such written notice (such registration a “Piggyback Registration”). The Combined Company shall, in good faith, cause such Termination Shares to be included in such Piggyback Registration and shall use its best efforts to cause the managing underwriter or underwriters of a proposed underwritten offering to permit the Termination Shares requested by the holders to be included in a Piggyback Registration on the same terms and conditions as any similar securities of the Combined Company included in such registration and to permit the sale or other disposition of such Termination Shares in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. All such holders proposing to distribute their Termination Shares through an underwritten offering shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter(s) selected for such underwritten offering by the Combined Company. The notice periods set forth in this paragraph shall not apply to an underwritten shelf takedown.

 

5. Further Assurances. The Parties hereby agree to execute and deliver, and to cause their respective representatives and affiliates to execute and deliver, from time to time, such additional documents, conveyances or other assurances reasonably necessary to carry out the intent of this Agreement.

 

6. Breakup Fees and Legal Fees. If the Counterparty fails to make the Consideration Shares Payment when such payment becomes due as set forth in Section 3 hereof, then the Counterparty shall pay or cause to be paid (i) the Break-up Fee (as defined in the FPA), and (ii) all documented fees and expenses of the Seller’s counsel incurred in connection with legal proceedings initiated by Seller to collect such payments pursuant to this Agreement.

 

7. Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by facsimile or .pdf signature in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

8. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the state of New York (without giving effect to the conflict of laws provisions thereof that would result in the application of the laws of another jurisdiction).

 

9. Assignment. This Agreement and the rights hereunder are not assignable by any party hereto unless such assignment is consented to in writing by the other parties hereto and any assignment in contravention to this provision shall be null and void. This Agreement and all the provisions herein shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

10. Representations and Warranties. Each party hereby represents and warrants to each other party that such party (i) has full power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, (ii) has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and (iii) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such party and, assuming the due execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of the other parties, this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such party, enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity).

 

[Signature Page to Mutual Termination Agreement]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  KERNEL GROUP HOLDINGS, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Suren Ajjarapu
  Name: Suren Ajjarapu
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
  AIRO GROUP HOLDINGS, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Chirinjeev Kathuria
  Name: Chirinjeev Kathuria
  Title: Executive Chairman
     
  METEORA SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY FUND I, LP; METEORA CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP; AND METEORA SELECT TRADING OPPORTUNITIES MASTER, LP
     
  By: /s/ Vik Mittal
  Name: Vik Mittal
  Title: CIO/Managing Member of GP 

 

[Signature Page to Mutual Termination Agreement]