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): December 19, 2022
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.) |
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30 West Street, No. 28F New York, New York (Address of principal executive offices) |
10004 (Zip Code) |
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(212) 608-2923
Not Applicable |
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 | ||
| Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share | BITE | The New York Stock Exchange | ||
| Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 | BITE WS | The New York Stock Exchange |
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. |
As previously disclosed, at a special meeting in lieu of the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders held on December 15, 2022 (the “Special Meeting”), the stockholders of Bite Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) approved alternative proposals to amend the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Charter”) to (i) extend the date by which the Company has to consummate an initial business combination from February 17, 2023 to up to August 17, 2023 (the “Extension Charter Amendment Proposal”) or (ii) change the date by which the Company has to complete an initial business combination to the time and date immediately following the filing of the amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “Termination Charter Amendment Proposal”). The Company also previously disclosed that it would issue a Current Report on Form 8-K to report its decision on whether or not to implement the Extension Charter Amendment Proposal or the Termination Charter Amendment proposal. On December 19, 2022, the Company determined to implement the Extension Charter Amendment Proposal.
Accordingly, as approved by its stockholders at the Special Meeting, the Company filed an amendment to its Charter with the Delaware Secretary of State on December 19, 2022 (the “Charter Amendment”), to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate an initial business combination (the “Business Combination”) from February 17, 2023 (the “Termination Date”) to August 17, 2023, 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 the Termination Date, until August 17, 2023 or a total of up to six months after the Termination Date, or such earlier date as determined by the board of directors of the Company, unless the closing of the Company’s initial business combination shall have occurred, provided that Smart Dine, LLC (the “sponsor”) (or its affiliates or permitted designees) will deposit into a trust account established for the benefit of the Company’s public stockholders (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 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. 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 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 December 19, 2022. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
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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/ Axel Molet Warschawski | |
| Name: Axel Molet Warschawski | ||
| Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
Date: December 19, 2022
Exhibit 3.1
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
TO THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED
OF
BITE ACQUISITION CORP.
December 19, 2022
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 (the “Amended and Restated Certificate”) was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on February 11, 2021;
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 Section 9.1(b) is hereby amended and restated to read in full as follows:
(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 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, 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.”
5. The text of Section 9.2(d) is hereby amended and restated to read in full as follows:
(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 30 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, 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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Bite Acquisition Corp. has caused this 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 Gonzalez | |
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Name: Alberto Ardura Gonzalez Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||