African Agriculture, Inc. completed the acquisition of 10X Capital Venture Acquisition Corp. II from a group of shareholders in a reverse merger transaction.
The transaction is subject to regulatory approval, the approval of the proposed merger by the AAGR?s stockholders and 10X II?s shareholders, the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting period under the HSR Act, the Registration Statement becoming effective, delivery to 10X II by African Agriculture of executed counterparts to all Ancillary Agreements including support agreements, the Registration Rights agreement, the Trust agreement, 10X II Common Stock and 10X II Warrants shall have been approved for listing on Nasdaq, 10X II having available at Closing at least $10 million in cash or cash commitments, the Redomicile shall have been completed, the listed Directors and executive officers of 10X II shall have been removed from their respective positions or tendered their irrevocable resignation, neither 10X II nor Merger Sub shall have any outstanding Indebtedness in excess of $1,000,000, and the satisfaction or waiver of other customary closing conditions. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, the Business Combination cannot be completed until the applicable waiting period under the HSR Act has expired or been terminated. However, since the date of the Merger Agreement, the parties to the Merger Agreement have determined, based on currently available information, that one or more exemptions under the HSR Act apply to the Business Combination and, accordingly, no HSR Act filing is required. As a result, the parties to the Merger Agreement do not expect consummation of the Business Combination to be conditioned on the expiration or termination of any waiting period under the HSR Act. The Boards of Directors of each of AAGR and 10X II has unanimously approved the proposed transaction. 10X II Board unanimously recommends that its shareholders vote for the merger. On December 5, 2023, shareholders of 10X Capital approved the business combination agreement. The deal is expected to be completed in the first half of 2023. As of October 30, 2023, the business combination is expected to be consummated in the second half of 2023.
Marc Marano of Canaccord Genuity LLC is serving as a financial advisor to 10X II and also provided fairness opinion to 10X II?s Board. J. David Stewart, Michael Brogan, Jiyeon Lee-Lim, Reza Mojtabaee-Zamani, Joshua Marnitz, Bradd Williamson, Nineveh Alkhas, Michelle Gross, Quentin Gwyer, Jeremy Trinder, Eric Volkman and Ryan Maierson of Latham & Watkins LLP and Latham & Watkins (London) LLP are acting as legal counsel to 10X II. 10X II engaged Houda to act as its local counsel in Senegal and assist in due diligence. Latham & Watkins LLP also provided due diligence services to 10X II. Zachary Jacobs, Anthony M. Saur and Jack Levy of Morrison Cohen LLP are legal counsels and also provided due diligence services to AAGR. Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acted as transfer agent and Morrow Sodali LLC acted as proxy solicitor to 10X II for a fee of $15,000, plus disbursements. 10X II agreed to pay to Canaccord Genuity for its services in connection with the proposed Merger an aggregate fee of $1,500,000, of which $100,000 was payable upon execution of the letter agreement, $100,000 was earned by Canaccord Genuity and payable upon delivery of its opinion, and $1,300,000 of which is payable upon consummation of the Merger. Canaccord Genuity also may receive a discretionary incentive fee of $250,000 payable by 10X II in its sole discretion upon consummation of the merger.
African Agriculture, Inc. completed the acquisition of 10X Capital Venture Acquisition Corp. II (NasdaqCM:VCXA) from a group of shareholders in a reverse merger transaction on December 6, 2023.