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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): April 11, 2023

 

Horizon Acquisition Corporation II

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Cayman Islands   001-39631   98-1553406
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

  

600 Steamboat Road, Suite 200

Greenwich, CT

  06830
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(203) 298-5300

(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 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-third of one redeemable Warrant   HZON.U   The NYSE American LLC
Class A Ordinary Shares included as part of the units   HZON   The NYSE American LLC
Redeemable warrants included as part of the units, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $11.50   HZON WS   The NYSE American 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 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 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

As previously disclosed, Horizon Acquisition Corporation II, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Horizon”) entered into a Business Combination Agreement (the “BCA”), dated as of October 11, 2022, among the Company, OTH Merger Sub 1, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Horizon, Flexjet, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Flexjet”), Flexjet Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Flexjet, and Epic Aero, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Epic”). Epic Fairgrave, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Epic Fairgrave”), became a party to the BCA by joinder dated February 21, 2023.

 

On April 11, 2023, pursuant to Section 10.1 of the BCA, Horizon, Epic, and Epic Fairgrave entered into a Termination Agreement (the “Termination Agreement”) to terminate the BCA and abandon the transactions contemplated by the BCA (together, the “Termination”). The Termination Agreement also terminates and makes void the Ancillary Agreements (as defined in the BCA). Additionally, the Termination Agreement provides for a mutual release of claims among the parties and their affiliates.

 

As a result of the Termination, the BCA is of no further force and effect, with the exception of specified provisions in Section 10.2 of the BCA and the confidentiality provisions of the Ancillary Agreements, each of which shall survive the termination of the BCA and remain in full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms.

 

As a condition to the effectiveness of the Termination and the other matters contemplated by the Termination Agreement, Epic is required to pay Horizon a termination payment (the “Termination Payment”) of $30,059,000. The Termination Payment must be paid no later than five business days after the execution of the Termination Agreement. The Termination and the other transactions contemplated by the Termination Agreement are effective upon the Company’s receipt of the Termination Payment. If the Termination Payment is not paid within five business days, Horizon has the right to terminate the Termination Agreement. If Horizon elects to terminate the Termination Agreement, the Termination and other transactions contemplated by the Termination Agreement shall not occur, and the BCA and each Ancillary Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

 

The foregoing descriptions of the BCA, the Termination Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by the terms and conditions of, respectively, (i) the BCA, a copy of which was previously filed as Exhibit 2.1 to Horizon’s Current Report on Form 8-K on October 11, 2022, (ii) the Termination Agreement, a copy of which is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1, and the terms of which are incorporated by reference herein and (iii) the Ancillary Agreements, copies of which were previously filed as Exhibits 10.1, 10.3, 10.4 and 10.5 to Horizon’s Current Report on Form 8-K on October 11, 2022.

 

 

 

 

Item 1.02. Termination of Material Definitive Agreement.

 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 above is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 1.02.

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

On April 11, 2023, Horizon issued a press release announcing the termination of the BCA and Horizon’s intent to promptly liquidate Horizon following receipt of the Termination Payment. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.   Description
10.1   Termination Agreement, dated April 11, 2023, among Epic Fairgrave, Inc., Epic Aero, Inc. and Horizon Acquisition Corporation II.
99.1   Press Release, dated April 11, 2023.
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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.

 

  HORIZON ACQUISITION CORPORATION II
   
  By: /s/ Todd Boehly
    Name:   Todd Boehly
    Title: Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

 

Date: April 11, 2023

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

TERMINATION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of April 11, 2023 among:

 

(i)             Epic Fairgrave, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”);

 

(ii)            Epic Aero, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Epic”); and

 

(iii)           Horizon Acquisition Corporation II, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “SPAC”).

 

The Company, Epic and the SPAC are referred to herein as the “Parties”.

 

RECITALS

 

Reference is made to the Business Combination Agreement dated as of October 11, 2022 (the “BCA”) among the SPAC, OTH Merger Sub 1, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Flexjet, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Flexjet Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and Epic. The Company became a party to the BCA (as the “Company” referred to therein) by a Joinder Agreement dated February 21, 2023.

 

Each capitalized term used but not defined herein shall have the meaning specified in the BCA.

 

Clause (a) of the first sentence of Section 10.1 of the BCA provides that the BCA may be terminated and the Transactions abandoned at any time prior to the SPAC Merger Effective Time by mutual written consent of the Company, Epic and the SPAC. The SPAC Merger Effective Time has not occurred. The Parties wish to provide for such termination and abandonment and certain related matters, all upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement.

 

AGREEMENT

 

Accordingly, in consideration of the mutual agreements set forth herein and other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1
Terminations and Related Matters

 

SECTION 1.1         Terminations

 

(a)            Pursuant to clause (a) of the first sentence of Section 10.1 of the BCA, the Company, Epic and the SPAC hereby provide their mutual written consent that the BCA is hereby terminated and the Transactions are hereby abandoned, subject to the next paragraph. Such termination and abandonment are referred to herein as the “Termination”.

 

The Termination shall be effective at the time of receipt of the Termination Payment (as defined and provided for in Section 1.2) (the “Termination Effective Time”), subject to the next sentence. If the Termination Payment is not received on or before the fifth Business Day after the date hereof, the SPAC shall have the right to terminate this Agreement by not fewer than two Business Days’ notice to Epic. If the SPAC gives such notice, none of the Termination and any Ancillary Termination shall occur, and the BCA and each Ancillary Agreement shall continue in full force and effect. If the SPAC does not give such notice, the Termination Payment shall continue to be payable, and the SPAC may enforce its rights to payment thereof.

 

 

 

 

(b)           The Termination shall have the effects specified in Section 10.2 of the BCA.

 

(c)           Subject to Section 1.1(d), the Parties acknowledge that, as a result of the Termination, and effective at the Termination Effective Time, each Ancillary Agreement shall terminate in accordance with its terms and/or shall no longer be applicable (the “Ancillary Terminations”).

 

(d)           Notwithstanding the Termination and the Ancillary Terminations, the following provisions shall survive in accordance with their respective terms:

 

(i)             any provision specified in Section 10.2 of the BCA as surviving Termination;

 

(ii)            any confidentiality provision of any Ancillary Agreement and, without duplication, any provision thereof that by its terms survives its termination; and

 

(iii)           all provisions of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 1.2         Termination Payment

 

Epic shall cause a wire transfer of immediately available funds in the amount of $30,059,000 to be paid to an account or accounts of the SPAC previously designated for such purpose by the SPAC to Epic. Such payment is referred to herein as the “Termination Payment”. The due date for the Termination Payment shall be as promptly as practicable after the date hereof, but in no event later than five Business Days after the date hereof.

 

SECTION 1.3          Releases and Discharges

 

(a)            Effective at the Termination Effective Time, the SPAC, for itself and for each other SPAC Releasor (as defined below), hereby releases and discharges each SPAC-Released Person (as defined below) from all Released Liabilities (as defined below).

 

SPAC Releasor” means each of the SPAC and each Affiliate thereof, including the Sponsor and its Affiliates.

 

SPAC-Released Person” means:

 

(i)             the Company, Epic, Flexjet and Merger Sub 2 and their respective Affiliates, including Directional and its Affiliates; and

 

(ii)            the current, former or future members, officers, directors, managers, employees, agents, advisors, counsel and representatives of each Person described in clause (i).

 

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Released Liabilities” means all claims, demands, actions, causes of action and liabilities of whatever kind, nature, or description, direct or indirect, known or unknown, in law or in equity, in contract or otherwise (“Liabilities”), that arise or have arisen under or in connection with the BCA, any Ancillary Agreement or the Transactions, except that Released Liabilities shall not include Liabilities that arise or have arisen under or in connection with:

 

(i)             any obligations of any Party under this Agreement; or

 

(ii)            any provisions referred to in clauses (i) or (ii) of Section 1.1(d).

 

(b)           Effective at the Termination Effective Time, each of the Company and Epic, for itself and for each other Epic Releasor (as defined below), hereby releases and discharges each Epic-Released Person (as defined below) from all Released Liabilities.

 

Epic Releasor” means each of the Company and Epic and each Affiliate thereof, including Directional and its Affiliates.

 

Epic-Released Person” means:

 

(i)             the SPAC and Merger Sub 1 and their respective Affiliates, including the Sponsor and its Affiliates; and

 

(ii)            the current, former or future members, officers, directors, managers, employees, agents, advisors, counsel and representatives of each Person described in clause (i).

 

SECTION 1.4         Scope of Releases and Discharges

 

The Parties acknowledge and agree that:

 

(i)             they may be unaware of or may discover facts in addition to or different from those that they now know or believe to be true related to or concerning the Released Liabilities;

 

(ii)            the Parties know that now unknown or unappreciated facts could materially affect the claims or defenses of a Party granting a release or discharge pursuant to Section 1.3; and

 

(iii)           it is nonetheless the intent of the Parties to give a full and complete release and discharge of the Released Liabilities.

 

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To that end, with respect to the Released Liabilities only, each Party hereby waives and relinquishes any and all provisions, rights and benefits conferred by (i) Section 1542 of the California Civil Code or (ii) any law of the United States or of any state or territory of the United States or of any other relevant jurisdiction, or principle of common law, that is similar, comparable or equivalent to Section 1542 of the California Civil Code. The Parties acknowledge that Section 1542 of the California Civil Code provides:

 

A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND

TO CLAIMS THAT THE CREDITOR OR

RELEASING PARTY DOES NOT KNOW OR

SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR

AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE

AND THAT, IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER,

WOULD HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS

OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR

OR RELEASED PARTY.

 

The acknowledgments, agreements, waivers and relinquishments in the preceding two paragraphs are made by each Party on its own behalf and on behalf of each of its Related Releasors (as defined below).

 

Related Releasors” means (i) with respect to the SPAC, each other SPAC Releasor and (ii) with respect to each of the Company and Epic, each other Epic Releasor.

 

SECTION 1.5         Covenant Not to Sue

 

Each Party covenants, on behalf of itself and each of its Related Releasors, not to bring any claim, demand, action or cause of action for any Released Liability before any court, arbitrator, or other tribunal in any jurisdiction, whether as a claim, a cross-claim, counterclaim or otherwise. Any SPAC-Released Person or Epic-Released Person may plead this Agreement as a complete bar to any Released Liability brought in derogation of this covenant not to sue.

 

SECTION 1.6         Publicity

 

On April 11, 2023 or such other time as the parties may mutually agree, the Parties shall each cause to be issued press releases in the forms of Exhibit A and Exhibit B.

 

Except for such issuance:

 

(i)             the Parties shall, to the extent legally permitted, reasonably consult with each other before they or their respective Affiliates issue any press release or otherwise make any press release, public disclosure or public statements with respect to this Agreement, the Termination, the BCA, the Ancillary Agreements or the Transactions; and

 

(ii)            no such press release, public disclosure or public statement shall be made unless mutually agreed upon by the Parties or required by Law or applicable stock exchange rule.

 

It is understood that disclosures and statements to jet owners and other customers of the business of Epic and its Affiliates that have expressed interest or provided a commitment to participate in the PIPE Investment and are bound by a confidentiality agreement with respect to the Transactions are not public disclosure or public statements subject to the preceding paragraph.

 

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ARTICLE 2

Miscellaneous Provisions

 

SECTION 2.1         Representations and Warranties

 

Each Party (in this context, the “Representing Party”) represents, as to itself,

 

(i)             It is an entity duly formed and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction specified as to it in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

 

(ii)            It has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform all obligations to be performed by it hereunder.

 

(iii)          Such execution, delivery and performance have been duly and validly authorized and approved by its board of directors, and no other corporate proceeding on its part is necessary to authorize such execution, delivery and performance.

 

(iv)          Such execution, delivery and performance do not and will not

 

(A)             violate or conflict with any provision of, or result in the breach of, or default under the Organizational Documents of such Representing Party; or

 

(B)              violate or conflict with any provision of, or result in the breach of, or default under any applicable Law or Governmental Order applicable to such Representing Party, except to the extent that such violation, conflict, breach or default would not reasonably be expected to prevent, delay or impede the ability of such Representing Party to consummate the Termination.

 

(v)           This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by such Representing Party.

 

(vi)          This Agreement is a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Representing Party, enforceable against such Representing Party in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity.

 

SECTION 2.2         Other Miscellaneous Provisions

 

The following Sections of the BCA shall apply to this Agreement, mutatis mutandis:

 

·1.2;

 

·11.1;

 

·11.2;

 

·11.4 through 11.10 (inclusive at both ends);

 

·11.12 (as if referring only to this Agreement);

 

·11.13;

 

·11.15 through 11.17 (inclusive at both ends); and

 

·11.18 (without the qualification “Prior to the Closing” in the first sentence).

 

[Signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first written above.

 

  Epic Fairgrave, Inc.
   
  By: /s/ Kenneth C. Ricci
    Name: Kenneth C. Ricci
    Title: Chairman and President
   
  Epic Aero, Inc.
   
  By: /s/ Kenneth C. Ricci
    Name:   Kenneth C. Ricci
    Title: Chairman and President
   
  Horizon Acquisition Corporation II
   
  By: /s/ Todd L. Boehly
    Name: Todd L. Boehly
    Title: Chief Executive Officer and Chairman

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A

 

SPAC Press Release

 

(Attached)

 

 

 

 

Exhibit B

 

Company and Epic Press Release

 

(Attached)

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

Horizon Acquisition Corporation II Agrees to
Terminate Business Combination Agreement with Flexjet, Inc.

 

– Flexjet and Horizon entered into a business combination agreement in October 2022

 

– The parties have terminated the business combination agreement

 

– Flexjet has agreed to make a termination payment to Horizon that will enable Horizon to make a liquidating distribution to the holders of its Class A ordinary shares expected to be approximately $11.33 per share

 

April 11, 2023 05:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time

 

GREENWICH, Conn.-- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Horizon Acquisition Corporation II (NYSE American: HZON), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, announced today that it has agreed to terminate its business combination agreement with Flexjet, Inc. As a result of the termination, Flexjet will remain a private company, and Horizon will liquidate its trust account and redeem all of its outstanding Class A ordinary shares.

 

The business combination agreement was signed on October 11, 2022. The parties have signed an agreement terminating the business agreement on mutually acceptable terms. The terms include a termination payment of approximately $30 million from Flexjet to Horizon. As a result of the payment and after satisfying its liabilities for expenses and working capital loans, Horizon expects to redeem all of its outstanding Class A shares for a redemption price of approximately $11.33 per share (the “Redemption Amount”). This is an expected increase of approximately $1.30 per share over the current $10.03 per share amount in Horizon’s trust account (which current amount does not reflect any deductions for liabilities).

 

In view of the deadline in Horizon’s charter documents for it to complete a business combination (September 30, 2023, as extended last year), Horizon will not be able to pursue an alternative business combination, and it therefore intends to liquidate as promptly as practicable and to return funds to holders of its Class A shares.

 

Horizon anticipates that the last day of trading in the Class A ordinary shares will be April 25, 2023. On or about the close of business on April 26, 2023, the Class A Shares will be deemed canceled and will represent only the right to receive the Redemption Amount. The Redemption Amount will be payable to the holders of Class A shares through the facilities of Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, Horizon’s transfer agent.

 

Horizon expects that the NYSE American will file a Form 25 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") to delist its securities. Horizon thereafter expects to file a Form 15 with the SEC to terminate the registration of its securities under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Horizon’s sponsor, which is an affiliate of Eldridge Industries, LLC, owns 87.7% of Horizon’s Class A shares and 100% of Horizon’s Class B ordinary shares. The sponsor has waived its redemption rights with respect to the Class B shares, and the Class B shares will not receive any portion of the final distribution amount. Horizon’s public warrants and private placement warrants are exercisable only from and after the closing of a business combination, so they will expire unexercised. The sponsor and affiliates advanced the working capital loans in 2022 and 2023 in a total amount of $1.775 million.

 

 

 

 

Additional Information and Where to Find It

 

Copies of the termination agreement filed by Horizon with the SEC may be obtained, once available, free of charge at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

Forward Looking Statements

 

Certain statements made in this press release and the documents incorporated by reference herein are “forward looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as: “target”, “believe”, “expect”, “will”, “shall”, “may”, “anticipate”, “estimate”, “would”, “positioned”, “future”, “forecast”, “intend”, “plan”, “project”, “outlook” and other similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. Examples of forward-looking statements include, among others, statements made in this press release regarding the proposed liquidating distribution to be made by Horizon.

 

Forward-looking statements are neither historical facts nor assurances of future performance. Instead, they are based only on Horizon’s current beliefs, expectations and assumptions. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of our control. Actual results and outcomes may differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these forward-looking statements.

 

Horizon cautions readers not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Horizon does not undertake or accept any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in their expectations or any change in events, conditions, or circumstances on which any such statement is based, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as may be required by applicable law. Horizon does give any assurance that it will achieve its expectations.

 

Contacts

 

Horizon Acquisition Corporation II

 

Nadia Damouni

Prosek Partners

646.818.9217

ndamouni@prosek.com