Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On December 15, 2022, upon the stockholders' approval of the Trust Amendment
Proposal (as defined below) at the special meeting in lieu of 2022 annual
meeting of stockholders (the "Meeting") of Monument Circle Acquisition Corp.(the
"Company"), the Company entered into an amendment (the "Trust Amendment") to the
Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated January 13, 2021 (the "Trust
Agreement"), by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust
Company, as trustee ("Continental"), to extend the date by which the Company
would be required to consummate a business combination from January 19, 2023 to
July 19, 2023, or such earlier date as determined by the Company's Board of
Directors (the "Board") in its sole discretion.
A copy of the Trust Amendment is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report
on Form 8-K, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3.01 Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or
Standard; Transfer of Listing.
On December 15, 2022, following the stockholders' approval of the Charter
Amendments (as defined below) at the Meeting, the Board resolved, in accordance
with the Charter Amendments, that the Company wind up its operations and
commence liquidation as soon as practicable before December 31, 2022. The
Company has (i) notified the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq") of the
anticipated redemption (the "Redemption") of 100% of the shares of Class A
common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the "Class A Common
Stock"), included as part of the units sold in the IPO, whether such shares were
purchased in the IPO or in the secondary market following the IPO (including
shares sold pursuant to the underwriters' overallotment option, collectively,
the "Public Shares") in connection with the Company's implementation of the
Charter Amendments (as defined below) and the Trust Amendment and the Board's
election to commence liquidation and dissolution of the Company; and
(ii) requested that Nasdaq (A) suspend trading of the Company's shares of Class
A Common Stock, warrants to purchase shares of Class A Common Stock (the
"Warrants") and units, each consisting of one Public Share and one-half of one
Redeemable Warrant (the units, together with the Class A Common Stock and the
Redeemable Warrants, the "Securities") effective after the closing of trading on
December 23, 2022, and (B) file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC") a Form 25 Notification of Removal from Listing and/or Registration ("Form
25") to delist and deregister the Securities under Section 12(b) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). As a result,
the Securities will be suspended from trading on Nasdaq on December 23, 2022.
The Company expects that Nasdaq will file Form 25 with the SEC on or about
December 23, 2022. Following that, the Company intends to file a Form 15
Certification and Notice of Termination of Registration with the SEC, requesting
that the Company's reporting obligations under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act be terminated with respect to the Securities.
Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.
The information set forth in Items 1.01 and 5.03 of this Current Report on Form
8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal
Year
On December 14, 2022, stockholders of the Company approved at the Meeting (i) an
amendment (the "Extension Amendment") to the Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the Company (the "Charter") to extend the date by which the
Company would be required to consummate a business combination from January 19,
2023 to July 19, 2023 and (ii) an amendment to the Charter to permit the Board,
in its sole discretion, to elect to wind up the Company's operations on an
earlier date (the "Liquidation Amendment" and, together with the Extension
Amendment, the "Charter Amendments"). The Company filed the Charter Amendments
with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on December 15, 2022.
A copy of the Charter Amendments is filed herewith as Exhibit 3.1 and is
incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
At the Meeting, the following proposals were considered and acted upon by the
stockholders of the Company: (a) a proposal to approve the Extension Amendment
(the "Extension Amendment Proposal"); (b) a proposal to amend the Charter to
permit the Board, in its sole discretion, to elect to wind up the Company's
operations on an earlier date (the "Liquidation Amendment Proposal"); (c) a
proposal to approve the Trust Amendment to extend the date by which the Company
would be required to consummate a business combination from January 19, 2023 to
July 19, 2023, or such earlier date as determined by the Board in its sole
discretion (the "Trust Amendment Proposal"); (d) a proposal to ratify the
selection by the audit committee of the Board of WithumSmith+Brown, PC to serve
as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year
ending December 31, 2022 (the "Auditor Ratification Proposal"); and (e) a
proposal to approve the adjournment of the Special Meeting to a later date or
dates, if necessary, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies in the
event that there are insufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with,
the approval of any of the foregoing proposals (the "Adjournment Proposal"). The
number of votes cast for or against, as well as the number of abstentions as to
each proposal, are set forth below.
1. Extension Amendment Proposal
Votes For Votes Against Abstentions
22,212,370 268,026 18,923
Accordingly, the Extension Amendment Proposal was approved.
2. Liquidation Amendment Proposal
Votes For Votes Against Abstentions
22,239,080 240,816 19,424
Accordingly, the Liquidation Amendment Proposal was approved.
3. Trust Amendment Proposal
Votes For Votes Against Abstentions
22,211,869 268,026 19,424
Accordingly, the Trust Amendment Proposal was approved.
4. Auditor Ratification Proposal
Votes For Votes Against Abstentions
26,119,370 0 0
Accordingly, the Auditor Ratification Proposal was approved.
As there were sufficient votes at the time of the Special Meeting to approve
each of the above proposals, the Adjournment Proposal, which had been previously
voted on by proxy, was not presented to stockholders at the Special Meeting.
In connection with the Meeting, stockholders holding 23,585,009 Public Shares
exercised their right to redeem their shares for a pro rata portion of the funds
in the Trust Account. Following redemptions, the Company will have 1,414,991
Public Shares outstanding. As of the date of this report, the final amount being
redeemed from the Trust Account, the amounts of funds remaining in the Trust
Account, and the per-share redemption price are being calculated by Continental
Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the transfer agent and trustee of the Company.
The Company expects to file a Current Report on Form 8-K to announce such
information as soon as possible.
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
In connection with the Company's implementation of the Charter Amendments and
the Board's decision to liquidate and dissolve the Company, the Public Shares
will be redeemed at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the remaining
aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned
on the Trust Account deposits (which interest shall be net of taxes payable and
up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number
of then outstanding Public Shares (which represents those Public Shares that
were not redeemed in connection with the Meeting). The Redemption will
completely extinguish rights of the holders of Public Shares (including the
right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any). There will be no
redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to the Redeemable
Warrants, which will expire worthless upon the liquidation of the Company.
As of the close of business on December 23, 2022, all Public Shares will be
deemed cancelled and will represent only the right to receive the Redemption
amount. As of the date of this report, the final Redemption Amount and the
per-share redemption price are being calculated by Continental Stock Transfer &
Trust Company, the transfer agent of the Company. The Company expects to file a
Current Report on Form 8-K to announce such information as soon as possible.
In connection with the foregoing matters described in this Current Report on
Form 8-K, on December 20, 2022, the Company issued a press release, a copy of
which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is
incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. Description
3.1 Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation
10.1 Amendment to the Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated as of
December 15, 2022
99.1 Press Release dated December 20, 2022
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and
contained in Exhibit 101)
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