Environmental Solutions Group Holdings Limited acquired Genesis Unicorn Capital Corp. from a group of shareholders in a reverse merger transaction.
The Business Combination will require the approval of the shareholders of GENQ and ESG, including a registration statement on Form F-4 (the ?Registration Statement?), which Registration Statement will also include a proxy statement of GENQ being filed with and cleared by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the ?SEC?), regulatory approvals, all required filings under any applicable anti-trust laws shall have been made and any applicable waiting period shall have been completed, as of the closing, ESG shall have at least $5,000,001 in net tangible assets, the initial listing application with Nasdaq in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement having been conditionally approved and other customary closing conditions. The transaction has been approved by the boards of directors of each of GENQ and ESG. Genesis Unicorn shareholder approved the transaction on July 26, 2023. The transaction is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2023. On April 17, 2023, GUCC exercised its option to extend the date by which it has to complete a business combination from April 17, 2023 to May 17, 2023. As of July 7, 2023, the transaction is expected to close on or about July 31, 2023.
ARC Group Limited is acting as sole financial and M&A advisor to ESG. Mark I. Gruhin of Saul Ewing LLP is acting as US legal counsel to ESG. Taylor Wessing and Altum Law Corporation are acting as legal counsel to ESG in international and Singapore law, respectively. MSPC Certified Public Accountants and Advisors, A Professional Corporation, serves as ESG?s auditor. EF Hutton, division of Benchmark Investments, LLC, is acting as capital markets advisor to GENQ. Mitchell Nussbaum of Loeb & Loeb LLP is acting as US legal counsel to GENQ. Marshall & Stevens Transaction Advisory Services LLC is acting as the fairness opinion provider and due diligence provider to the board of directors of GENQ. Maples and Calder (Cayman) and Oon & Bazul LLP acted as legal advisors to Genesis. Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acted as transfer agent and registrar to Genesis. Genesis engaged Advantage Proxy to assist in the solicitation of proxies for the Meeting, for a service fee of $10,000, plus disbursements. Marshall & Stevens received a non-contingent fixed fee of $132,500 as compensation for the delivery of the opinion.
Environmental Solutions Group Holdings Limited acquired Genesis Unicorn Capital Corp. (NasdaqGM:GENQ) from a group of shareholders in a reverse merger transaction on August 2, 2023. The combined company is named ESGL Holdings Limited (?ESGL? or the ?Company?) and will be led by ESA?s existing management team. The combined company?s common stock and public warrants are expected to begin trading on August 4, 2023, on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbols ?ESGL? and ?ESGLW,? respectively.