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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 14, 2025

 

 

 

PAPAYA GROWTH OPPORTUNITY CORP. I

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-41223   87-3071107
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
  (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification
Number)

 

3500 South Dupont Highway, Suite HX-102, Dover, DE   19901
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (510) 214-3750

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing 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 share of Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, and one-half of one redeemable warrant   PPYAU   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
         
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share   PPYA   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
         
Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A common stock   PPYAW   The Nasdaq Stock Market 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 1.01Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

On January 14, 2025, Papaya Growth Opportunity Corp. I, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), held a special meeting in lieu of annual meeting of its stockholders (the “Special Meeting”). At the Special Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved (i) an amendment (the “Charter Amendment”) to the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (as amended, the “Charter”) to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination (the “Combination Period”) from January 19, 2025 to December 19, 2025 (or such earlier date as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors); and (ii) an amendment to the Company’s investment management trust agreement, dated January 13, 2022, with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee (the “IMTA”), to allow the trustee to liquidate the trust account (as amended, the “Trust Account”) established in connection with the Company’s initial public offering (“IPO”) at such time as may be determined by the Company as set forth in the Charter Amendment (the “IMTA Amendment”).

 

The Charter Amendment was filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on January 14, 2025, and in connection therewith, the Company entered into the IMTA Amendment to extend the term of the IMTA.

 

The foregoing descriptions of the Charter Amendment and the IMTA Amendment do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of such documents, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 3.1 and 10.1, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 3.01Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

 

On January 16, 2025, the Company received a written notice (the “Notice”) from the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) that the Company’s securities will be delisted from The Nasdaq Stock Market by reason of the failure of the Company to complete its initial business combination by January 13, 2025 (36 months from the effectiveness of its IPO registration statement) as required by IM-5101-2. Accordingly, trading in the Company’s Class A Common Stock, Units and Warrants will be suspended at the opening of business on January 23, 2025 and a Form 25-NSE will be filed by Nasdaq with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which will remove the Company’s securities from listing and registration on the Nasdaq Stock Market.

 

After delisting from Nasdaq, the Company expects its Class A Common Stock, Units and Warrants to be quoted on the Pink Open Market operated on The OTC Market systems ("OTC Market") under the symbols "PPYA,” “PPYAU” and “PPYAW," respectively. There is no guarantee, however, that a broker will continue to make a market in the Company’s securities or that trading thereof will continue on the OTC Market or otherwise.

 

Notwithstanding the delisting of the Company’s securities from Nasdaq, it remains the intention of the Company to continue to pursue an initial business combination as well as the listing of its Common Stock and Warrants on The Nasdaq Stock Market in connection therewith. However, there can be no assurance that an initial business combination will ultimately be successful or that the Company’s securities will ultimately be listed on Nasdaq in connection therewith.

 

 

 

 

Item 5.03Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

At the Special Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved the Charter Amendment, the IMTA Amendment and a proposal to approve the adjournment of the Special Meeting from time to time if determined by the chairperson of the Special Meeting to be necessary or appropriate (the “Adjournment Proposal”).

 

Charter Amendment    

 

Votes for   Votes against   Abstentions 
 9,095,752    125,000    0 

 

IMTA Amendment    

 

Votes for   Votes against   Abstentions 
 9,095,752    125,000    0 

 

Adjournment Proposal    

 

Votes for   Votes against   Abstentions 
 9,095,752    125,000    0 

 

Item 7.01Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

In connection with the approval and implementation of the Charter Amendment, the holders of 620,479 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock issued in the IPO (“Public Shares”) exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $11.33880803 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $7.0 million. Following such redemptions, 90,050 Public Shares remain outstanding.

 

 

 

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.   Description

 

3.1   Certificate of Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
10.1   Amendment to the Investment Management Trust Agreement
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

 

 

 

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.

 

Dated: January 17, 2025PAPAYA GROWTH OPPORTUNITY CORP. I
  
 By: /s/ Clay Whitehead
 Name: Clay Whitehead
 Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.1

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OF SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF

PAPAYA GROWTH OPPORTUNITY CORP. I

PAPAYA GROWTH OPPORTUNITY CORP. I, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, hereby certifies as follows:

1.            The name of the Corporation is “Papaya Growth Opportunity Corp. I”. The original Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on October 8, 2021. A First Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 19, 2021. A Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on January 13, 2022, a Certificate of Amendment was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on April 12, 2023, a Certificate of Amendment was filed with the Secretary of the State of Delaware on August 31, 2023, and a Certificate of Amendment was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on February 16, 2024 (as amended, the “Second Amended and Restated Certificate”).

2.            This Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Certificate (this “Amendment”) further amends the provisions of the Second Amended and Restated Certificate.

3.            This Amendment has been duly adopted by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 65% of the outstanding shares of common stock at a meeting of stockholders in accordance with the Second Amended and Restated Certificate and the provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

4.            The Second Amended and Restated Certificate is hereby amended by deleting Article IX, Section 9.01(b) in its entirety and inserting the following in lieu thereof:

“(b) Immediately after this 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, initially filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on November 24, 2021 (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 franchise and income taxes, and less interest in an amount up to $100,000 to pay dissolution expenses, 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 is unable to complete its initial Business Combination by December 19, 2025 (the “completion window”) (iii) the redemption by the Corporation of 100% of the Offering Shares before the end of the completion window at the sole discretion of the Board (the “Early Termination Date”) and (iv) the redemption of shares in connection with a vote seeking to amend such provisions of this Amended and Restated Certificate as described in Section 9.07. Holders of shares of 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 affiliates of any of the foregoing) are referred to herein as “Public Stockholders.

5.            The Second Amended and Restated Certificate is hereby amended by deleting Article IX, Section 9.01(c) in its entirety and inserting the following in lieu thereof:

“(c) [RESERVED].”

 

[signature page follows]

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Amendment on this 14th day of January, 2025.

  PAPAYA GROWTH OPPORTUNITY CORP. I
   
 
  By: /s/ Clay Whitehead
    Name: Clay Whitehead
    Title: Chief Executive Officer

 Exhibit 10.1

 

AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT

 

THIS AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO THE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is made as of January 14, 2025, by and between Papaya Growth Opportunity Corp. I, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation (the “Trustee”). Capitalized terms contained in this Amendment, but not specifically defined in this Amendment, shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Original Agreement (as defined below).

 

WHEREAS, on January 19, 2022, the Company consummated an initial public offering (the “Offering”) of units of the Company, each of which is composed of one share of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and one-half of one warrant, each whole warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one share of Common Stock;

 

WHEREAS, $293,250,000 of net proceeds of the Offering and sale of the Private Placement Units (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement) were delivered to the Trustee to be deposited and held in the segregated Trust Account located in the United States for the benefit of the Company and the holders of Common Stock included in the Units issued in the Offering pursuant to the investment management trust agreement made effective as of January 13, 2022, by and between the Company and the Trustee (as amended, the “Original Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, the Original Agreement was amended on April 12, 2023 to: (i) provide the Company’s Board of Directors with the right to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination (the “Combination Period”) up to six (6) times for an additional one (1) month each time, from April 19, 2023 to October 19, 2023 and (ii) allow the Company to extend the Combination Period up to six (6) times for an additional one (1) month each time from April 19, 2023 to October 19, 2023 (the “First Amendment”);

 

WHEREAS, the Original Agreement was further amended on August 30, 2023 to: (i) provide the Company’s Board of Directors with the right to extend the Combination Period from October 19, 2023 to February 19, 2024 and (ii) allow the Company to extend the Combination Period for an additional one (1) month each time from October 19, 2023 to February 19, 2024 (the “Second Amendment”);

 

WHEREAS, the Original Agreement was further amended on December 14, 2023 to expand the list of permitted investments of the Trust Account (the “Third Amendment”);

 

WHEREAS, the Original Agreement was further amended on February 16, 2024 to: (i) provide the Company’s Board of Directors with the right to extend the Combination Period from February 19, 2024 to January 19, 2025 and (ii) allow the Company to extend the Combination Period for an additional one (1) month each time from February 19, 2024 to January 19, 2025 (the “Fourth Amendment”);

 

WHEREAS, the Company has sought the approval of the holders of its Class A common stock and holders of its Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (together the “Common Stock”), at a special meeting to: (i) provide the Company’s Board of Directors with the right to extend the Combination Period from January 19, 2025 to December 19, 2025 (as extended, the “Extended Date”) (the “Extension Amendment”) and (ii) allow the Company to extend the Combination Period from January 19, 2025 to the Extended Date or in the Board’s sole discretion, the Early Termination Date, as set forth in the Extension Amendment (the “Trust Amendment”);

 

WHEREAS, holders of 65% of the then issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, voting together as a single class, approved the Extension Amendment and the Trust Amendment; and

 

WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend the Original Agreement, as amended by the First Amendment, Second Amendment, Third Amendment and Fourth Amendment, to, among other things, reflect the amendments contemplated by the Trust Amendment.

 

 

 

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.      Amendments to Trust Agreement.

 

1.1.   The third WHEREAS clause of the Original Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

“WHEREAS, the Company may extend the period by which it has to consummate a Business Combination (as defined below) to the Extended Date or such earlier date as may be determined by the Board in its sole discretion (the “Extension”); and”

 

2.      Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

2.1.   Successors.   All the covenants and provisions of this Amendment by or for the benefit of the Company or the Trustee shall bind and inure to the benefit of their permitted respective successors and assigns.

 

2.2.   Severability. This Amendment shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision hereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability of this Amendment or of any other term or provision hereof. Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable term or provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part of this Amendment a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be valid and enforceable.

 

2.3.   Applicable Law. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

2.4.  Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in several original or facsimile counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, and together shall constitute but one instrument.

 

2.5.  Effect of Headings. The section headings herein are for convenience only and are not part of this Amendment and shall not affect the interpretation thereof.

 

2.6.  Entire Agreement. The Original Agreement, as modified by the First Amendment, the Second Amendment, the Third Amendment, the Fourth Amendment and this Amendment, constitutes the entire understanding of the parties and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, arrangements, promises and commitments, whether written or oral, express or implied, relating to the subject matter hereof, and all such prior agreements, understandings, arrangements, promises and commitments are hereby canceled and terminated.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

  Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Trustee
   
   
  By: /s/ Francis Wolf
    Name: Francis Wolf
    Title: Vice President
     
   
  Papaya Growth Opportunity Corp. I
   
   
  By: /s/ Clay Whitehead
    Name: Clay Whitehead
    Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature Page to Amendment to Investment Management Trust Agreement]