UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarter ended September 30, 2020

 

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from               to                        

 

Commission file number: 001-38715

 

ALBERTON ACQUISITION CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

British Virgin Islands   N/A
(State or other jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)   Identification No.)

 

Room 1001, 10/F, Capital Center

151 Gloucester Road

Wanchai, Hong Kong

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

+852 2117 1621

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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 ordinary share,
one redeemable warrant, and one right
  ALACU   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Ordinary shares, no par value   ALAC   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Redeemable warrants, each warrant exercisable
for one-half (1/2) of one ordinary share
  ALACW   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Rights, each to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one ordinary share   ALACR   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes  ☒  No  ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes  ☒  No  ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer Accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer Smaller reporting company
    Emerging Growth Company

 

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.  ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☒  No ☐

 

As of November 9, 2020, there were 4,616,238 ordinary shares of the Company, no par value per share, issued and outstanding.

 

 

 

 

 

ALBERTON ACQUISITION CORPORATION

FORM 10-Q

 FOR THE QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

    Page
Part I. Financial Information 1
  Item 1. Financial Statements (Unaudited) 1
  Condensed Balance Sheets (Unaudited) 1
  Condensed Statements of Operations (Unaudited) 2
  Condensed Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity (Unaudited) 3
  Condensed Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) 4
  Notes to Condensed Financial Statements (Unaudited) 5
  Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 18
  Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 23
  Item 4. Controls and Procedures 23
Part II Other Information 24
  Item 1. Legal Proceedings 24
  Item 1A. Risk Factors 24
  Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds 24
  Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities 24
  Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures 24
  Item 5. Other Information 24
  Item 6. Exhibits 25
Signatures 26

 

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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

ALBERTON ACQUISITION CORPORATION

CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

 

    September 30,     December 31,  
    2020     2019  
    (unaudited)        
Assets            
Cash   $ 1,595     $ 477,154  
Prepaid assets     19,385       8,333  
Total Current Assets     20,980       485,487  
                 
Cash and investments held in Trust Account     15,174,028       119,045,327  
Total assets   $ 15,195,008     $ 119,530,814  
                 
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity                
Accounts payable and accrued expenses   $ 187,604     $ 13,699  
Due to related party     205,000        
Promissory notes     1,868,800       1,648,800  
Promissory note - related party     1,080,000       300,000  
Total current liabilities     3,341,404       1,962,499  
                 
Deferred underwriting compensation     4,020,797       4,020,797  
Total Liabilities     7,362,201       5,983,296  
                 
Commitments and Contingencies    
 
     
 
 
                 
Ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, 264,008 and 10,477,559 shares at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (at conversion value of $10.73 and $10.36 per share), respectively     2,832,801       108,547,510  
                 
Shareholders’ Equity:                
Preferred shares, no par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding    
     
 
Ordinary shares, no par value; 300,000,000 shares authorized; 4,352,230 and 4,212,191 shares (excluding 264,008 and 10,477,559 shares subject to possible redemption) at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively     2,403,530       2,567,939  
Retained earnings     2,596,476       2,432,069  
Total shareholders’ equity     5,000,006       5,000,008  
                 
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity   $ 15,195,008     $ 119,530,814  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

 

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ALBERTON ACQUISITION CORPORATION

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(UNAUDITED)

 

    Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
    2020     2019     2020     2019  
                         
Operating costs   $ 100,347     $ 80,795     $ 395,447     $ 371,681  
Loss from operations     (100,347 )     (80,795 )     (395,447 )     (371,681 )
                                 
Other income                                
Interest income – bank     3       146       835       598  
Interest income     380       617,233       559,019       1,999,894  
Total other income     383       617,379       559,854       2,000,492  
                                 
Net (loss) income   $ (99,964 )   $ 536,584     $ 164,407     $ 1,628,811  
Less: income attributable to ordinary shares subject to possible redemption     (71 )     (568,780 )     (104,313 )     (1,842,902 )
Adjusted net (loss) income   $ (100,035 )   $ (32,196 )   $ 60,094     $ (214,091 )
                                 
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding (1)
    4,339,562       4,104,181       4,292,420       4,095,763  
                                 
Basic and diluted adjusted net (loss) income per ordinary share   $ (0.02 )   $ (0.01 )   $ 0.01     $ (0.05 )

 

(1) Excludes an aggregate of up to 264,008 and 10,586,284 ordinary shares subject to possible redemption at September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

 

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ALBERTON ACQUISITION CORPORATION

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(UNAUDITED)

 

 THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

 

    Ordinary Shares     Retained     Shareholders’  
    Shares     Capital     Earnings     Equity  
                         
Balance – January 1, 2020     4,212,191     $ 2,567,939     $ 2,432,069     $ 5,000,008  
                                 
Change in ordinary shares subject to possible redemption     112,797       (386,139 )    
      (386,139 )
                                 
Net income          
      386,140       386,140  
Balance – March 31, 2020     4,324,988       2,181,800       2,818,209       5,000,009  
                                 
Change in ordinary shares subject to possible redemption     14,574       121,769             121,769  
                                 
Net loss                 (121,769 )     (121,769 )
Balance – June 30, 2020     4,339,562       2,303,569       2,696,440       5,000,009  
                                 
Change in ordinary shares subject to possible redemption     12,668       99,961             99,961  
                                 
Net loss                 (99,964 )     (99,964 )
Balance – September 30, 2020     4,352,230     $ 2,403,530     $ 2,596,476     $ 5,000,006  

 

THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

 

    Ordinary Shares     Retained     Shareholders’  
    Shares     Capital     Earnings     Equity  
                         
Balance – January 1, 2019     4,086,448     $ 4,658,296     $ 341,708     $ 5,000,004  
                                 
Change in ordinary shares subject to possible redemption     10,018       (535,015 )    
      (535,015 )
                                 
Net income          
      535,012       535,012  
Balance – March 31, 2019     4,096,466       4,123,281       876,720       5,000,001  
                                 
Change in ordinary shares subject to possible redemption     7,715       (557,213 )           (557,213 )
                                 
Net income                 557,215       557,215  
Balance – June 30, 2019     4,104,181       3,566,068       1,433,935       5,000,003  
                                 
Change in ordinary shares subject to possible redemption     (715 )     (536,579 )           (536,579 )
                                 
Net income                 536,584       536,584  
                                 
Balance – September 30, 2019     4,103,466     $ 3,029,489     $ 1,970,519     $ 5,000,008  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.  

 

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ALBERTON ACQUISITION CORPORATION

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(UNAUDITED)

 

    Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
    2020     2019  
             
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:            
Net income   $ 164,407     $ 1,628,811  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities:                
Interest earned on investments held in Trust Account     (559,019 )     (1,999,894 )
Changes in current assets and current liabilities:                
Prepaid assets     (11,052 )     13,762  
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     173,905       (4,414 )
Due to related party     205,000       (2,379 )
Net cash used in operating activities     (26,759 )     (364,114 )
                 
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:                
Purchase of investments held in Trust Account     (1,448,800 )    
 
Cash withdrawn from Trust Account to pay redeeming stockholders     105,879,118        
Net cash provided by investing activities     104,430,318      
 
                 
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:                
Proceeds from promissory note – related party     780,000      
 
Proceeds from promissory notes     220,000       1,148,000  
Redemption of ordinary shares     (105,879,118 )      
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities     (104,879,118 )     1,148,000  
                 
Net Increased (Decrease) in Cash     (475,559 )     784,686  
Cash – Beginning of the period     477,154       452,409  
Cash – Ending of period   $ 1,595     $ 1,237,095  
                 
Supplemental Disclosure of Non-Cash Financing Activities:                
Change in value of ordinary shares subject to possible redemption   $ 164,409     $ 1,628,807  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

 

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ALBERTON ACQUISITION CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

(UNAUDITED)

 

Note 1 — Organization and Business Operations

 

Organization and General

 

Alberton Acquisition Corporation (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated on February 16, 2018, under the laws of British Virgin Islands for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities (a “Business Combination”). The Company’s efforts to identify a prospective target business are not limited to an industry or geographic location.

 

As of September 30, 2020, the Company had not yet commenced any operations. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.

 

The Company has one subsidiary, Alberton Merger Subsidiary Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company incorporated in Nevada on October 16, 2020 (“Merger Sub”).

 

Financing

 

The registration statement for the Company’s initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering” as described in Note 3) was declared effective by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on October 23, 2018. On October 26, 2018, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 10,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit (“Units” or “Public Units” and, with respect to the ordinary shares included in the Public Units offered, the “Public Shares”), generating gross proceeds of $100,000,000, which is described in Note 3. 

 

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of 300,000 units (the “Private Units”) at a price of $10.00 per Unit in a private placement to the Company’s sponsor, Hong Ye Hong Kong Shareholding Co., Limited (the “Sponsor”), generating gross proceeds of $3,000,000, which is described in Note 4. 

 

On November 20, 2018, the underwriters exercised the over-allotment option in part and purchased 1,487,992 Public Units, which were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $14,879,920. Simultaneously with the sale of the over-allotment Public Units, the Company consummated the private placement of an additional 29,760 Private Units at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating total additional gross proceeds of $297,600.

 

Trust Account

 

Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering on October 26, 2018, an amount of $100,000,000 ($10.00 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Public Units in the Initial Public Offering and the Private Units was placed in a trust account (“Trust Account”). Following the closing of underwriters’ exercise of over-allotment option on November 20, 2018, an additional $14,879,920 of net proceeds ($10.00 per Unit) was placed in the Trust Account, bringing the aggregate proceeds held in the Trust Account to $114,879,920.

 

On April 23, 2020, the Company filed an amendment to its Articles of Association with the Registrar of the British Virgin Islands to extend the time that it needs to complete an initial Business Combination from April 27, 2020 to October 26, 2020 or such an earlier date as determined by its board of directors (the “Extension”). In connection with the Extension, shareholders holding 10,073,512 public shares exercised their right to redeem such shares for a pro rata portion of the Trust Account. As a result, an aggregate of $105,879,118 (or $10.51 per share) was removed from the Trust Account to pay such shareholders.

 

On October 26, 2020, the Company filed an amendment to its Articles of Association with the Registrar of the British Virgin Islands to extend the time that it needs to complete an initial Business Combination from October 26, 2020 to April 26, 2021 or such an earlier date as determined by its board of directors (the “Second Extension”). In connection with the Second Extension, shareholders holding 1,000 public shares exercised their right to redeem such shares for a pro rata portion of the Trust Account. As a result, an aggregate of $10,770 (or $10.77013 per share) was removed from the Trust Account to pay such shareholders.

 

The funds in the Trust Account are invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), with a maturity of 180 days or less or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund meeting the conditions of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the consummation of a Business Combination or (ii) the Company’s failure to consummate a Business Combination by April 27, 2020 (the “Combination Period”). Placing funds in the Trust Account may not protect those funds from third party claims against the Company. Although the Company will seek all vendors, service providers, prospective target businesses or other entities it engages, to execute agreements with the Company waiving any claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the Trust Account, there is no guarantee that such persons will execute such agreements. The remaining net proceeds (not held in the Trust Account) may be used to pay for business, legal and accounting due diligence on prospective acquisitions and continuing general and administrative expenses. Additionally, the interest earned on the Trust Account balance may be released to the Company to pay the Company’s tax obligations.

  

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ALBERTON ACQUISITION CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

(UNAUDITED)

 

Business Combination

 

The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Units, although substantially all the net proceeds are intended to be generally applied toward consummating a Business Combination. The Company’s Business Combination must be with one or more target businesses that together have a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the balance in the Trust Account (excluding any deferred underwriter’s fees and taxes payable on the income earned on the Trust Account), which the Company refers to as the 80% test, at the time of the signing of an agreement to enter into a Business Combination. However, the Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-Business Combination company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully effect a Business Combination. If less than 100% of the equity interests or assets of a target business or businesses are owned or acquired by the post-transaction company, the portion of such business or businesses that is owned or acquired is what will be valued for purposes of the 80% test.

 

The Company will provide its shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the completion of a Business Combination either (i) in connection with a shareholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek shareholder approval of a Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company, solely in its discretion. The shareholders will be entitled to redeem their shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then on deposit in the Trust Account ($10.00 per share, plus any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its tax obligations).

 

The Company will proceed with a Business Combination if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon such consummation of a Business Combination and a majority of the issued and outstanding shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination. If a shareholder vote is not required by law and the Company does not decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other legal reasons, the Company will, pursuant to Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination. If, however, a shareholder approval of the transaction is required by law, or the Company decides to obtain shareholder approval for business or other legal reasons, the Company will offer to redeem shares in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to the proxy rules and not pursuant to the tender offer rules. If the Company seeks shareholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the Initial Shareholders (defined in Note 5 - Related Party Transactions) have agreed to vote their initial shares and private shares, as well as any Public Shares acquired in or after the Initial Public Offering, in favor of any proposed Business Combination. Additionally, each public shareholder may elect to redeem their Public Shares irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction.

 

The amount in the Trust Account (less the aggregate nominal par value of the shares of the Company’s public shareholders) under the Companies Law will be treated as share premium which is distributable under the Companies Law provided that immediately following the date on which the proposed distribution is proposed to be made, the Company is able to pay the debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business. If the Company is forced to liquidate the Trust Account, the public shareholders would be distributed the amount in the Trust Account calculated as of the date that is two days prior to the distribution date (including any accrued interest).

 

The Initial Shareholders have agreed to (i) vote their insider shares (as well as any Public Shares acquired in or after the Initial Public Offering) in favor of any proposed Business Combination, (ii) waive their conversion rights with respect to their initial share (as well as any other shares acquired in or after the Initial Public Offering) in connection with the consummation of a Business Combination, (iii) waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to their initial shares if the Company fails to consummate a Business Combination within the Combination Period, and (iv) not propose an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association that would affect the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of its Public Shares if the Company does not complete a Business Combination, unless the Company provides the public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their shares in conjunction with any such amendment.

 

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ALBERTON ACQUISITION CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

(UNAUDITED)

 

Liquidation

 

The Company initially had until October 26, 2019 to consummate a Business Combination, however, if the Company anticipated that it would not be able to consummate a Business Combination by such deadline, it could extend the period to consummate a Business Combination by an additional six months (for a total of up to 18 months to complete a Business Combination). Pursuant to the terms of the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association and the trust agreement entered into between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, in order to extend the time available for the Company to consummate the Business Combination, the Company’s insiders or their affiliates or designees, upon five days advance notice prior to each applicable deadline, must deposit into the Trust Account $1,148,799 on or prior to the date of such applicable deadline.

 

On October 18, 2019, the Company deposited $1,148,799 into its Trust Account (the “Extension Funds”) to extend the period to consummate a Business Combination until January 24, 2020. The Extension Funds were proceeds of a note in the principal amount of $1,148,800 (the “GN Note 1”) the Company issued to Global Nature Investment Holdings Limited (“Global Nature”), a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands, its registered assignees or successor in interest (the “Payee”). The GN Note 1 was issued in connection with a non-binding letter of intent entered into by and between Alberton and Global Nature on September 13, 2019, to consummate a potential Business Combination with Global Nature (the “GN LOI”) (see Note 6).

 

On January 23, 2020, the Company deposited an additional $1,148,800 into the Trust Account to further extend the time available for the Company to complete a Business Combination from January 24, 2020 to April 27, 2020 (the “Extension”). The Extension was partially funded from a $780,000 loan provided by the Sponsor and $368,800 from the Company’s working capital. In connection with the loan provided by the Sponsor, the Company issued a promissory note (the “Sponsor Note”) to the Sponsor in the aggregate principal amount of $780,000 (see Note 5).

 

On April 23, 2020, the Company held a special meeting pursuant to which the Company’s shareholders approved extending the Extension from April 27, 2020 to October 26, 2020 (the “Extended Date”). In connection with the approval of the extension, shareholders elected to redeem an aggregate of 10,073,512 of the Company’s ordinary shares. As a result, an aggregate of $105,879,118 (or $10.51 per share) was released from the Company’s Trust Account to pay such shareholders. On the same day, in connection with the Extension, the Company filed with the Registrar of the British Virgin Islands an amendment to Regulation 47 of its Articles of Association., and entered into an amendment to the trust agreement with the trust agent to extend the final liquidation date of the Trust Account to the 24-month anniversary of the closing of its Initial Public Offering, which is October 26, 2020.

 

The Company agreed to contribute, or cause to be contributed on its behalf (the “Cash Contribution”), $60,000 for the aggregate number of Public Shares that did not convert in connection with the Extension (the “Remaining Public Shares”) for each monthly period or portion thereof that is needed to complete a Business Combination (commencing on April 27, 2020 until the earlier of the consummation of a Business Combination and the expiry of the Extension). The Cash Contribution will be deposited as additional interest on the proceeds in the Trust Account and will be distributed pro rata as a part of the redemption amount to each Remaining Public Share in connection with a future redemption. In addition, at the earlier date (the “Issuance Date”) of the consummation of its initial Business Combination and the expiry of the Extension, the Company will issue a dividend of one warrant to purchase one-half of one ordinary share for each Remaining Public Share. Each such warrant will be identical to the warrants included in the Units sold in the Company’s Initial Public Offering (the “Dividend”, collectively with the Cash Contribution, the “Contribution”). Through September 30, 2020, the Company deposited an aggregate of $300,000 into the Trust Account to fund the Extension. The Extension was partially funded from an $80,000 advance provided by the Sponsor (see Note 5), $100,000 from the AMC Note (defined below) and $120,000 from the SolarMax Notes (see Note 6).

 

On October 26, 2020, the Company held a special meeting pursuant to which the Company’s shareholders approved extending the Extended Date from October 26, 2020 to April 26, 2021 or such earlier date as determined by the Board was voted on and approved (the “Second Extended Date”). In connection with the approval of the extension (the “Second Extension”), shareholders elected to redeem an aggregate of 1,000 of the Company’s ordinary shares. As a result, an aggregate of $10,770 (or $10.77013 per share) was released from the Company’s Trust Account to pay such shareholders. On the same day, in connection with the Second Extension, the Company filed with the Registrar of the British Virgin Islands another amendment to Regulation 47 of its Articles of Association and entered into another amendment to the trust agreement with the trust agent to extend the final liquidation date of the Trust Account to the 30-month anniversary of the closing of its Initial Public Offering, which is April 26, 2021.

 

The Company agreed to contribute, or cause to be contributed on its behalf (the “Second Cash Contribution”), $0.05 per share for the aggregate number of Public Shares that did not convert in connection with the Second Extension (the “Remaining Public Shares Post Second Extension”) for each monthly period or portion thereof that is needed to complete a Business Combination (commencing on October 26, 2020 until the earlier of the consummation of a Business Combination and the expiry of the Second Extension). The Second Cash Contribution will be deposited as additional interest on the proceeds in the Trust Account and will be distributed pro rata as a part of the redemption amount to each Remaining Public Share in connection with a future redemption.

 

Any additional loans that may be made to the Company to fund the Contribution will not bear interest and will be repayable by the Company upon consummation of a Business Combination. The Company’s officers, directors or affiliates will have the sole discretion whether to continue extending additional loans for additional calendar months until the Extended Date and if the officers, directors or affiliates determine not to continue extending additional loans for additional calendar months, their obligation to extend additional loans following such determination will terminate.

 

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ALBERTON ACQUISITION CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

(UNAUDITED)

 

NASDAQ Delisting Notifications and Grant of an Extension of Compliance

 

On September 1, 2020, the Company received a notice from the Nasdaq indicating that the Company was not in compliance with Listing Rule 5550(a)(3) (the “Minimum Public Holders Rule”), which requires the Company to have at least 300 public holders for continued listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market. The Company had until October 15, 2020 to provide Nasdaq with a plan to regain compliance with the Minimum Public Holders Rule. The notice is a notification of deficiency, not of imminent delisting, and had no current effect on the listing or trading of the Company's securities on Nasdaq.

 

The Company submitted its plan of compliance on October 16, 2020. On October 29, 2020, the Company received a notification letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq stating that the Nasdaq Staff had determined to grant the Company an extension of time through March 1, 2021 to regain compliance with Minimum Public Holders Rule.

 

Going Concern

 

In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with Financial Accounting Standard Board’s Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” management has determined that the mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should the Company be required to liquidate after April 26, 2021.

 

Emerging Growth Company

 

The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the “Securities Act”), as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, (the “JOBS Act”), and it may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.

 

Further, Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised, and it has different application dates for public or private companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of the Company’s financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.

 

Note 2 — Significant Accounting Policies

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements of the Company are presented in U.S. dollars in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) and pursuant to the accounting and disclosure rules and regulations of the SEC. The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with US GAAP for interim financial statements and Article 8 of Regulation S-X. They do not include all of the information and notes required by US GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) have been made that are necessary to present fairly the financial position, and the results of its operations and its cash flows. Operating results as presented are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for a full year. The unaudited condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and the notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2019.

 

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ALBERTON ACQUISITION CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

(UNAUDITED)

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of condensed financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Company did not have any cash equivalents as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

 

Investments Held in Trust Account

 

At September 30, 2020, the assets held in the Trust Account were held in money market funds, which are invested in U.S. Treasury securities. At December 31, 2019, substantially all of the assets held in the Trust Account were held in U.S. Treasury Bills.

 

Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption

 

The Company accounts for its ordinary shares subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Ordinary shares subject to mandatory redemption are classified as a liability instrument and are measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable ordinary shares (including ordinary shares that feature redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) are classified as temporary equity. At all other times, ordinary shares are classified as shareholders’ equity. The Company’s ordinary shares feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, ordinary shares subject to possible redemption are presented as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ equity section of the Company’s condensed balance sheets.

 

Income Taxes

 

The Company complies with the accounting and reporting requirements of ASC Topic 740, “Income Taxes,” which requires an asset and liability approach to financial accounting and reporting for income taxes. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are computed for differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities that will result in future taxable or deductible amounts, based on enacted tax laws and rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.

 

ASC Topic 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. The Company’s management determined that the British Virgin Islands is the Company’s only major tax jurisdiction. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits, if any, as income tax expense. There were no unrecognized tax benefits as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position. The Company is subject to income tax examinations by major taxing authorities since inception.

 

The Company is considered an exempted British Virgin Islands Company and is presently not subject to income taxes or income tax filing requirements in the British Virgin Islands or the United States. As such, the Company’s tax provision is zero for the period presented.

 

Adjusted Net (Loss) Income per Ordinary Share 

 

The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements ASC Topic 260, “Earnings Per Share.” Adjusted net (loss) income per ordinary share is computed by dividing net (loss) income by the weighted average number of ordinary shares issued and outstanding for the period. Ordinary shares subject to possible redemption at September 30, 2020 and 2019, which are not currently redeemable and are not redeemable at fair value, have been excluded from the calculation of basic and diluted adjusted net (loss) income per ordinary share since such shares, if redeemed, only participate in their pro rata share of the Trust Account earnings. At September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company did not have any dilutive securities and other contracts that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into ordinary shares and then share in the income (loss) of the Company. As a result, diluted adjusted net (loss) income per ordinary share is the same as basic adjusted net (loss) income per ordinary share for the periods presented. 

 

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ALBERTON ACQUISITION CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

(UNAUDITED)

 

Concentration of Credit Risk

 

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of cash accounts in a financial institution, which at times, may exceed the Federal depository insurance coverage of $250,000. The Company has not experienced losses on these accounts and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such accounts.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurement,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying condensed balance sheets, primarily due to their short-term nature.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s condensed financial statements.

 

Note 3 — Initial Public Offering

 

Public Units

 

Pursuant to the Initial Public Offering on October 26, 2018, the Company sold 10,000,000 Units at a purchase price of $10.00 per Unit. On November 20, 2018, in connection with the underwriters’ exercise of their over-allotment option, the Company consummated the sale of an additional 1,487,992 Public Units at $10.00 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one ordinary share, one redeemable warrant (“Public Warrant”), and one right (“Public Right”). Each whole redeemable warrant entitles the holder to purchase one half of one ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50 (see Note 8). Every 10 Public Rights will convert automatically into one ordinary share upon consummation of a Business Combination (see Note 8).

 

If the Company does not complete its Business Combination within the necessary time period described in Note 1, the Public Warrants and Public Rights will expire and be worthless. Since the Company is not required to net cash settle the Public Warrants and Public Rights, and the Public Warrants and Public Rights are convertible upon the consummation of the Business Combination, management determined that the Public Warrants and Public Rights are classified within shareholders’ equity as “Additional paid-in capital” upon their issuance in accordance with ASC 815-40. The proceeds from the sale are allocated to Public Shares and Public Warrants and Public Rights based on the relative fair value of the securities in accordance with ASC 470-20-30. The value of the Public Shares, Public Warrants and Public Rights was based on the closing price paid by investors.

 

At the closing of the Initial Public Offering and over-allotment option, the Company paid an upfront underwriting discount of $2,000,000 and $297,598, 2.0% of the per unit offering price to the underwriter, respectively, with an additional fee of $3,500,000 and $520,797 (the “Deferred Discount”), 3.5% of the gross offering proceeds payable upon the completion of the Business Combination, respectively. The Deferred Discount will become payable to the underwriter from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event the Company completes its Business Combination. In the event that the Company does not close a Business Combination, the underwriter has waived its right to receive the Deferred Discount. The underwriter is not entitled to any interest accrued on the Deferred Discount. Total offering costs were $3,060,924, which consisted of $2,297,598 of underwriter’s commissions and $763,325 of other offering costs.

 

Purchase Option

 

On October 26, 2018, the Company sold the underwriter (and its designees), for $100, an option to purchase up to 500,000 Units exercisable at $11.50 per Unit (or an aggregate exercise price of $5,750,000) commencing on the consummation of a Business Combination. The purchase option may be exercised for cash or on a cashless basis, at the holder’s option, and expires five years from the effective date of the registration statement related to the Initial Public Offering. The Units issuable upon exercise of this option are identical to those offered in the Initial Public Offering, with 500,000 ordinary shares, warrants to purchase 250,000 shares and rights to receive 50,000 ordinary shares that may be issued upon exercise of the option.

 

The Company accounted for the unit purchase option, inclusive of the receipt of $100 cash payment, as an expense of the Initial Public Offering resulting in a charge directly to shareholders’ equity. The Company estimated the fair value of this unit purchase option to be approximately $1,603,060 (or $3.206 per Unit) using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The fair value of the unit purchase option granted to the underwriters was estimated as of the date of grant using the following assumptions: (1) expected volatility of 38%, (2) risk-free interest rate of 2.29% (the interest rate on a three-month US Treasury Bill on October 26, 2018) and (3) expected life of five years.

 

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ALBERTON ACQUISITION CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

(UNAUDITED)

 

Note 4 — Private Placements

 

Simultaneously with the Initial Public Offering, the Company’s Sponsor purchased an aggregate of 300,000 Private Units at $10.00 per Unit (for a total purchase price of $3,000,000). On November 20, 2018, in connection with the underwriters’ partial exercise of their over-allotment option, the Company consummated the sale of additional 29,760 Private Units, generating gross proceeds of $297,600. The proceeds from the Private Units were added to the proceeds from the Initial Public Offering held in the Trust Account.

 

The Private Units are identical to the units sold in the Initial Public Offering except the Private Units are non-redeemable and may be exercised on a cashless basis, in each case so long as they continue to be held by the Sponsor or its permitted transferees. The purchasers of the Private Units have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of the Private Units or underlying securities (except to the same permitted transferees as the founder shares) until the completion of the Business Combination.

 

If the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the proceeds of the sale of the Private Units will be used to fund the redemption of the Public Shares (subject to the requirements of applicable law).

  

Note 5 — Related Party Transactions

 

Founder Shares

 

In August 2018, the Company issued 1,725,000 Class B ordinary shares to its initial shareholders as founder shares, of which an aggregate of 1,650,000 Class B ordinary shares were issued for an aggregate purchase price of $17,250 or $0.010454545 per share, and an aggregate of 75,000 Class B ordinary shares were issued for services rendered. On September 10, 2018, the Company issued an additional 1,150,000 Class B ordinary shares to its initial shareholders as founder shares, of which an aggregate of 1,135,000 Class B ordinary shares were issued for an aggregate purchase price of $2,300 or approximately $0.00202643 per share, and an aggregate of 15,000 Class B ordinary shares were issued for services rendered. On September 14, 2018, the Company’s initial shareholders converted all of their Class B ordinary shares, constituting all of the outstanding Class B ordinary shares of the Company, into Class A ordinary shares and, immediately thereafter, the Company amended and restated its Memorandum and Articles of Association to eliminate the Class B ordinary shares and re-designate the Class A ordinary shares as “ordinary shares.” As a result, prior to the Initial Public Offering, the Company’s initial shareholders held 2,875,000 founder shares. The 2,875,000 founder shares included an aggregate of up to 375,000 ordinary shares subject to forfeiture to the extent that the over-allotment option was not exercised by the underwriters in full or in part. On November 20, 2018, as a result of the underwriters’ partial exercise of their over-allotment option, 3,002 founder shares were forfeited.

 

The founder shares are identical to the ordinary shares included in the units sold in the Initial Public Offering. However, the Initial Shareholders have agreed to (A) to vote any shares owned by them in favor of any proposed Business Combination, (B) not to convert any shares in connection with a shareholder vote to approve a proposed initial Business Combination or any amendment to the Company’s charter documents prior to consummation of an initial Business Combination, or sell any shares to the Company in a tender offer in connection with a proposed initial Business Combination and (C) that the founder shares shall not participate in any liquidating distribution from the Trust Account upon winding up if a Business Combination is not consummated.

 

Additionally, subject to certain limited exceptions, the Initial Shareholders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of the founder shares (except to certain permitted transferees) until, with respect to 50% of the founder shares, the earlier of (i) six months after the date of the consummation of a Business Combination, or (ii) the date on which the closing price of the Company’s ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.50 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing after a Business Combination, and with respect to the remaining 50% of the founder shares, upon six months after the date of the consummation of a Business Combination, or earlier, in each case, if, subsequent to a Business Combination, the Company consummates a subsequent liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property. 

 

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ALBERTON ACQUISITION CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

(UNAUDITED)

 

Related Party Advances

 

To participate in the private placement in connection with the Initial Public Offering, the Company’s Sponsor made a deposit of $3,299,979 (net of a bank service charge) into the Company’s escrow account on October 21, 2018. Because the Company’s underwriter did not exercise its over-allotment option in full and cancelled the remaining portion on November 20, 2018, the Company’s Sponsor subscribed to a total of 329,760 Private Units for $3,297,600, and the remaining $2,379 was repaid by the Company to the Sponsor as of March 31, 2019.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company received an aggregate of $205,000 in advances from the Company’s Chief Executive Officer for working capital purposes, of which $80,000 was used to partially fund the Extension. The advances are non-interest bearing and due on demand. At September 30, 2020, advances of $205,000 were outstanding.

 

Related Party Loans

 

In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”). If the Company completes a Business Combination, the Company would repay the Working Capital Loans out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to the Company. The Working Capital Loans would either be repaid upon consummation of a Business Combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $1,500,000 of such Working Capital Loans may be converted into units of the post Business Combination entity at a price of $10.00 per unit. The units would be identical to the Private Units. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans but no proceeds held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans.

  

On July 6, 2018, the Sponsor loaned the Company $300,000 under a promissory note, a portion of which was used to pay for costs associated with the Initial Public Offering. The loan is non-interest bearing, unsecured and due at the closing of a Business Combination. As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, there was $300,000 outstanding under the promissory note. 

 

On January 24, 2020, the Sponsor loaned the Company $780,000 under a promissory note (the “Sponsor Note”) in order to partially fund the amount required to be deposited into the Trust Account to extend the period of time required by the Company to complete a Business Combination. The loan is non-interest bearing, unsecured and due at the closing of a Business Combination. The Sponsor Note may also be converted, at the Sponsor’s discretion, into units of the post Business Combination entity at a purchase price of $10.00 per unit. The units would be identical to the Private Units. As of September 30, 2020, there was $780,000 outstanding under the Sponsor Note.

 

Administrative Service Fee

 

The Company has agreed, commencing on August 1, 2018, to pay the Sponsor, a monthly fee of an aggregate of $1,000 for general and administrative services including office space, utilities and secretarial support, due before the first day of each month. This arrangement will terminate upon the completion of a Business Combination or a distribution of the Trust Account to the public shareholders. For each of the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company incurred $3,000 of administrative fees. For each of the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company incurred $9,000 of administrative fees. At September 30, 2020, $3,000 of such fees are included in accounts payable and accrued expenses in the accompanying condensed balance sheets. 

 

Other than the $1,000 per month administrative fee, the $290,000 payment to White and Williams LLP (an affiliate of our director) for its legal services to the Company in connection with the IPO and other payments to such firm for legal services (including with respect to periodic filings) prior to the initial Business Combination and the $300,000 of non-interest bearing loans described above, no compensation or fees of any kind, including finder’s fee, consulting fees and other similar fees, will be paid to our initial shareholders, members of our management team or their respective affiliates, for services rendered prior to, or in order to effectuate the consummation of, our initial Business Combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is). However, such individuals will receive reimbursement for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with activities on our behalf, such as identifying potential target businesses, performing business due diligence on suitable target businesses and Business Combination as well as traveling to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses to examine their operations. There is no limit on the amount of out-of-pocket expenses reimbursable by us.

 

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ALBERTON ACQUISITION CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

(UNAUDITED)

 

Note 6 — Promissory Notes

 

 

Promissory notes are comprised of the following as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019:

 

   

September 30,

2020

    December 31, 2019  
GN Note 1   $ 1,148,800     $ 1,148,800  
GN Note 2     500,000       500,000  
AMC Note     100,000        
SolarMax Notes     120,000        
Total   $ 1,868,800     $ 1,648,800  

 

On September 18, 2019, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note in the aggregate principal amount of $1,148,800 to Global Nature (the “GN Note 1”). The GN Note 1 was issued in connection with the GN LOI entered into by and between Global Nature and the Company on September 13, 2019, to consummate a potential Business Combination with Global Nature.

  

The GN Note 1 is non-interest bearing and is payable on the date on which the Company consummates its initial Business Combination with Global Nature or another qualified target company (a “Qualified Business Combination” and such date, the “Maturity Date”), subject to certain mandatory repayment arrangement set forth in the GN Note 1. The principal balance may be prepaid at any time without penalty. As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, there was $1,148,800 outstanding under the GN Note 1.

 

Pursuant to the GN Note 1, in the event that Global Nature notifies the Company that it does not wish to proceed with the Qualified Business Combination (the “Withdrawal Request”), the Company shall only be obligated to repay the GN Note 1 as follows: (i) 50% of the principal amount of the GN Note 1 as soon as possible with best efforts but no later than 5 business days after a Business Combination with another target if the Withdrawal Request is given from after October 18, 2019; or (ii) the full principal amount of the GN Note 1 as soon as possible with best efforts but no later than 5 business days after a Business Combination or the date of expiry of the term of the Company (whichever is earlier), if the parties have not entered into a definitive agreement with regard to the Qualified Business Combination within 45 days from the date of the GN Note 1 as a result of the disagreement on the valuation of the Qualified Business Combination. On March 12, 2020, the Company received the Withdrawal Request from Global Nature that it did not wish to proceed with the Qualified Business Combination. The parties are in discussion of the repayment of the GN Note 1 which shall be repaid as soon as possible with best efforts but no later than 5 business days after the Company’s Business Combination or the date of the expiry of the term of the Company (whichever is earlier).

 

All amounts owed by the Company under the GN Note 1 become immediately due and payable upon an event of default, which includes the Company’s failure to pay the principal amount due within 5 business days of the Maturity Date and the Company’s voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy.

 

On December 3, 2019, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note in the aggregate principal amount of $500,000 to Global Nature (the “GN Note 2”). The GN Note 2 was issued in order to fund the Company’s working capital needs. The GN Note 2 is non-interest bearing and is payable as soon as possible but in any event no later than 5 business days after the Company’s initial Business Combination or the date of the expiry of the term of the Company, whichever is earlier. The principal balance may be prepaid at any time without penalty. As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, there was $500,000 outstanding under the GN Note 2. 

 

On April 17, 2020, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note in the aggregate principal amount of $500,000 (the “AMC Note”) to Qingdao Zhongxin Huirong Distressed Asset Disposal Co., Ltd. (“AMC Sino”), a PRC company based in Qingdao, China, its registered assignees or successor in interest (the “AMC Payee”). The AMC Note was issued in connection with a non-binding letter of intent entered (“AMC LOI”) into by and between the Company and Zhongxin AmcAsset Limited (“AmcAsset”), a holding company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, to consummate a potential business combination with AmcAsset. AmcAsset is a transnational distressed asset management company with foothold in the U.S. and China, and undergoing global expansion. AmcAsset holds 100% equity interest of Quest Mark Capital Inc., a California corporation located in Los Angeles, and Qingdao Zhongbiao Distressed Asset Management Co., Ltd (“Zhongbiao”), to which AMC Sino is related. The principal of the AMC Note of $500,000 will be paid in installments according to the needs of the Company. The AMC Note is non-interest bearing and is payable on the date on which the Company consummates its initial business combination with AMC Payee or another qualified target company, subject to certain mandatory repayment arrangement set forth in the AMC Note. The principal balance may be prepaid at any time without penalty. On May 5, 2020, the Company received first installment of $100,000 under the AMC Note. 

 

Notwithstanding the issuance of the GN Note 1, GN Note 2, AMC Note and the non-binding GN LOI and AMC LOI which have expired or been terminated under their respective terms, the Company has not entered into any definitive agreements, for the purpose of acquiring, engaging in a share exchange, share reconstruction and amalgamation with, purchasing all or substantially all of the assets of, entering into contractual arrangements with, or engaging in any other similar Business Combination with one or more businesses or entities.

 

In September 2020, the Company issued unsecured promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of $120,000 to SolarMax (the “SolarMax Notes”). The SolarMax Notes are non-interest bearing and payable on the earlier of (i) the consummation of a Business Combination, (ii) the Second Extended Date, or (iii) the date on which either (x) the letter of intent dated September 3, 2020 (the “LOI”) or (y) the Acquisition Agreement, as defined in the LOI, are terminated for any reason. At September 30, 2020, there was $120,000 outstanding under the SolarMax Notes (see Note 12).

 

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ALBERTON ACQUISITION CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

(UNAUDITED)

 

Note 7 — Cash and Investments Held in Trust Account 

 

As of September 30, 2020, assets held in the Trust Account were comprised of $15,174,028 in money market funds which are invested in U.S. Treasury Securities. As of December 31, 2019, investments in the Company’s Trust Account consisted of $1,187,964 in United States Money Market funds and $117,857,363 in U.S. Treasury Securities, respectively. 

 

The following table presents information about the Company’s assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at September 30, 2020 and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value:

 

Description   Level     September 30,
2020
 
Assets:            
Trust Account – U.S. Treasury Securities Money Market Fund     1     $ 15,174,028  
                 

 

The Company classifies its United States Treasury and equivalent securities as held-to-maturity in accordance with FASB ASC 320 “Investments — Debt and Equity Securities.” Held-to-maturity treasury securities are recorded at amortized cost on the accompanying balance sheets and adjusted for the amortization or accretion of premiums or discounts.

 

The gross holding gains and fair value of held-to-maturity securities at December 31, 2019 are as follows:

 

    Amortized Cost     Gross
Holding
Gain
    Fair Value  
December 31, 2019                  
U.S. Money Market   $ 1,187,964     $
    $ 1,187,964  
U.S. Treasury Securities     117,857,363       41,157       117,898,520  
    $ 119,045,327     $ 41,157     $ 119,086,484  

 

Note 8 — Commitments and Contingencies

 

Risks and Uncertainties

 

Management continues to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the virus could have a negative effect on the Company’s financial position, results of its operations and/or search for a target company, the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of these unaudited condensed financial statements. The unaudited condensed financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

Registration Rights 

 

Pursuant to a registration rights agreement entered into on October 23, 2018, the holders of the founder shares, Private Units (and underlying securities) and units that may be issued in payment of Working Capital Loans (and all underlying securities) are entitled to registration rights. The holders of a majority-in-interest of these securities are entitled to make up to two demands that the Company register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the consummation of a Business Combination. The registration rights agreement does not contain liquidating damages or other cash settlement provisions resulting from delays in registering the Company’s securities. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements. 

 

Note 9 — Deferred Underwriter Compensation 

 

The Company is obligated to pay the underwriters a deferred underwriting discounts and commissions equal to 3.5% of the gross proceeds of the Initial Public Offering. Upon completion of the Business Combination, $4,020,797 (with consideration of the underwriters’ exercise of their over-allotment option on November 20, 2018) will be paid to the underwriters from the funds held in the Trust Account. No discounts or commissions will be paid with respect to the purchase of the Private Units.

    

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ALBERTON ACQUISITION CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

(UNAUDITED)

 

Note 10 — Shareholders’ Equity

 

Preferred Shares - The Company is authorized to issue 100,000,000 shares of no par value preferred shares, with such designation, rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the Company’s board of directors. As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, there are no preferred shares designated, issued or outstanding.

 

Ordinary Shares - The Company is authorized to issue 300,000,000 ordinary shares, no par value. As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company had issued an aggregate of 4,352,230 and 4,212,191 ordinary shares, excluding 264,008 and 10,477,559 shares of ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, respectively.

 

Warrants - Each warrant entitles the registered holder to purchase one-half (1/2) of one ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per whole ordinary share, subject to adjustment as discussed below, at any time commencing on the later of the completion of the Business Combination or 12 months from the date of the effective date of the registration statement. However, no warrants will be exercisable for cash unless the Company has an effective and current registration statement covering the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a registration statement covering the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the public warrants is not effective within a specified period following the consummation of the Company’s Business Combination, warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when the Company shall have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise warrants on a cashless basis pursuant to the exemption provided by Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, provided that such exemption is available. In such event, each holder would pay the exercise price by surrendering the warrants for that number of ordinary shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of ordinary shares underlying the warrants, multiplied by the difference between the exercise price of the warrants and the “fair market value” (defined below) by (y) the fair market value. The “fair market value” for this purpose will mean the average reported last sale price of the ordinary shares for the 20 trading days ending on the third trading day immediately prior to the date of exercise. If that exemption, or another exemption, is not available, holders will not be able to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis. The warrants will expire on the fifth anniversary of the closing of the initial business combination, at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

 

The warrants issued in the Private Units (“Private Warrants”) are identical to the Public Warrants sold in the Initial Public Offering except the Private Warrants will be non-redeemable and may be exercised on a cashless basis, in each case so long as they continue to be held by the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees.

 

The Company may call the warrants for redemption (excluding the private warrants and any warrants issued to its initial shareholders, officers or directors in payment of working capital loans made to the Company, but including outstanding warrants issued upon exercise of the unit purchase option issued to Chardan Capital Markets LLC), in whole and not in part, at a price of $0.01 per warrant,

 

  at any time after the warrants become exercisable,
  upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption to each warrant holder,
  if, and only if, the reported last sale price of the ordinary shares equals or exceeds $16.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations), for any 20 trading days within a 30 trading day period ending on the third business day prior to the notice of redemption to warrant holders; and
  if, and only if, there is a current registration statement in effect with respect to the ordinary shares underlying such warrants.

 

The right to exercise will be forfeited unless the warrants are exercised prior to the date specified in the notice of redemption. On and after the redemption date, a record holder of a warrant will have no further rights except to receive the redemption price for such holder’s warrant upon surrender of such warrant.

 

If the Company calls the warrants for redemption as described above, management will have the option to require all holders that wish to exercise warrants to do so on a “cashless basis.”

 

Rights - Each holder of a right will receive one-tenth (1/10) of one ordinary share upon consummation of a Business Combination, even if a holder of such right converted all ordinary shares held by it in connection with a Business Combination. No fractional shares will be issued upon exchange of the rights. No additional consideration will be required to be paid by a holder of rights to receive its additional shares upon consummation of a Business Combination as the consideration related thereto has been included in the Unit purchase price paid for by investors in the Initial Public Offering. If the Company enters into a definitive agreement for a Business Combination in which the Company will not be the surviving entity, the definitive agreement will provide for the holders of rights to receive the same per share consideration the holders of the ordinary shares will receive in the transaction on an as-converted into ordinary shares basis and each holder of rights will be required to affirmatively covert its rights in order to receive 1/10 of a share underlying each right (without paying additional consideration). The shares issuable upon exchange of the rights will be freely tradable (except to the extent held by affiliates of the Company).

 

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ALBERTON ACQUISITION CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

(UNAUDITED)

 

If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of rights will not receive any of such funds with respect to their rights, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with respect to such rights, and the rights will expire worthless. Further, there are no contractual penalties for failure to deliver securities to the holders of the rights upon consummation of a Business Combination. Additionally, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the rights. Accordingly, the rights may expire worthless.

 

The rights included in the Private Units sold in the private placement are identical to the rights included in the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering, except that, among others, the rights including the shares issuable upon exchange of such rights, are being purchased pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and will become tradable only after certain conditions are met or the resale of such rights (including underlying securities) is registered under the Securities Act. Please refer to Note 4 Private Placement for more details.

 

Note 11 — Reconciliation of Adjusted Net (Loss) Income per Ordinary Share

  

The Company’s net (loss) income is adjusted for the portion of income or loss that is attributable to ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, as these shares only participate in the earnings of the Trust Account and not the income or losses of the Company. Accordingly, basic and diluted adjusted net (loss) income per ordinary share is as follows: 

 

    Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
    2020     2019     2020     2019  
                         
Net (loss) income   $ (99,964 )   $ 536,584     $ 164,407     $ 1,628,811  
Less: income attributable to ordinary shares subject to redemption (1)     (71 )     (568,780 )     (104,313 )     (1,842,902 )
Adjusted net (loss) income   $ (100,035 )   $ (32,196 )   $ 60,094     $ (214,091 )
                                 
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding (2)     4,339,562       4,104,181       4,292,420       4,095,763  
Basic and diluted adjusted net (loss) income per ordinary share   $ (0.02 )   $ (0.01 )   $ 0.01     $ (0.05 )

 

(1) Income attributable to ordinary shares subject to possible redemption was calculated in proportion of the interest income earned in the Trust Account, which would be distributed to shareholders in the event they choose to exercise their redemption rights at the closing of a Business Combination and at October 26, 2020.
(2) Excludes an aggregate of up to 264,008 and 10,586,284 shares subject to possible redemption at September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

 

Note 12 — Subsequent Events

 

The Company’s management reviewed all material events that have occurred after the balance sheet date through the date which these unaudited condensed financial statements were issued. Based upon this review, other than as described below, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the unaudited condensed financial statements.

 

 

On October 26, 2020, the Company held a special meeting pursuant to which the Company’s shareholders approved extending the Extended Date from October 26, 2020 to April 26, 2021 or such earlier date as determined by the Board was voted on and approved (the “Second Extended Date”). In connection with the approval of the Second Extension, shareholders elected to redeem an aggregate of 1,000 of the Company’s ordinary shares. As a result, an aggregate of $10,770 (or $10.77013 per share) was released from the Company’s Trust Account to pay such shareholders.

 

The Company agreed to contribute, or cause to be contributed on its behalf, $0.05 per share for the aggregate number of Public Shares that did not convert in connection with the Second Extension for each monthly period or portion thereof that is needed to complete a Business Combination (commencing on October 26, 2020 until the earlier of the consummation of a Business Combination and the expiry of the Second Extension). The Cash Contribution will be deposited as additional interest on the proceeds in the Trust Account and will be distributed pro rata as a part of the redemption amount to each Remaining Public Share in connection with a future redemption.

 

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ALBERTON ACQUISITION CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

(UNAUDITED)

 

Agreement and Plan of Merger with SolarMax

 

On October 27, 2020, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Merger Sub and SolarMax Technology, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“SolarMax”).

 

Pursuant to the transactions contemplated by the terms of the Merger Agreement (the “Closing”), and subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions set forth therein, Merger Sub will merge with and into SolarMax, with SolarMax surviving the merger and as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger”) (the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and the related ancillary agreements, the “SolarMax Business Combination”).

 

As consideration for the Merger, among other things, at the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”): (i) all shares of SolarMax common stock (the “SolarMax Stock”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time will be converted into the right to receive the Stockholder Merger Consideration (as defined below); (ii) each outstanding option to acquire SolarMax Stock (whether vested or unvested) shall be assumed by combined entity and automatically converted into an option to acquire shares of combined entity’s common stock, with its price and number of shares equitably adjusted based on the conversion ratio, which is the number of shares of the Company’s common stock issuable in respect of one share of SolarMax Stock (each, an “Assumed Option”) and (iii) each outstanding convertible notes of SolarMax shall become convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock determined by dividing the conversion price of such notes at the Effective Time by the applicable conversion ratio.

 

The Merger Agreement also provides that, immediately prior to the Closing, the Company will re-domesticate from a British Virgin Islands corporation into a Nevada corporation so as to continue as a Nevada corporation (the “Domestication”). At the Closing, the Company will change its name to “SolarMax Technology Holdings, Inc.” In connection with the Domestication, the provision in the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association which provides that the Company have net tangible assets of at least US$5,000,001 upon such consummation of the business combination is to be amended to require that the net tangible asset test be met “prior to or upon” consummation of the SolarMax Business Combination.

 

SolarMax shareholders as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (but excluding holders of SolarMax options) collectively will receive from the Company, in the aggregate, a number of the Company’s common stock equal to: (i) $300,000,000, divided by (ii) the Redemption Price (defined below) (such shares of the Company’s common stock is referred as the “Stockholder Merger Consideration”). The holders of SolarMax options shall receive Assumed Options to purchase the number of shares of the Company’s common stock as described above in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement. For the purpose of the Merger Agreement, Redemption Price means a price per share equal to the price at which each share of the Company’s common stock is redeemed pursuant to the redemption by the Company of its public stockholders in connection with the Company’s initial business combination, as required by its amended and restated certificate of incorporation immediately prior to the Effective Time (the “Redemption”).

 

The Merger Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants by the parties thereto and the Closing is subject to certain conditions as further described in the Merger Agreement.

 

The Merger also calls for additional agreements, including, among others, the Lock-Up Agreements and the Voting Agreement, as described elsewhere in the current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 28, 2020.

 

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes forward-looking statements. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “continue,” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. Factors that might cause or contribute to such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, those described in our other Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings.  References to “we”, “us”, “our” or the “Company” are to Alberton Acquisition Corporation, except where the context requires otherwise.  The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our condensed financial statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this report.

 

Overview

 

We were incorporated on February 16, 2018 under the laws of British Virgin Islands for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar Business Combination with one or more businesses or entities. The Company’s efforts to identify a prospective target business are not limited to a particular industry or geographic location. We have not selected any target business for our initial Business Combination.

 

We presently have no revenue, have had losses since inception from incurring formation and operating costs and have had no operations other than identifying and evaluating suitable acquisition transaction candidates. We have relied upon the sale of our securities and loans from Hong Ye Hong Kong Shareholding Co., Limited (our “Sponsor”) to fund our operations.

 

On October 26, 2018, we consummated our Initial Public Offering of 10,000,000 Units. Each Unit consists of one ordinary share, one redeemable warrant to purchase one-half of one ordinary share and one right to receive 1/10 of an ordinary share upon the consummation of our initial Business Combination. The Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $100,000,000. On October 26, 2018, simultaneously with the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, we consummated a private placement with our Sponsor of 300,000 Private Units at a price of $10.00 per Private Unit, generating total proceeds of $3,000,000. On November 20, 2018, the underwriters exercised the over-allotment option in part and purchased 1,487,992 over-allotment option Units at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $14,879,920. On November 20, 2018, simultaneously with the sale of the over-allotment units, the Company consummated the private sale of an additional 29,760 Private Units to our Sponsor, generating gross proceeds of $297,600. On November 20, 2018, the underwriters waived their right to exercise the reminder of the over-allotment option. In connection with such waiver, an aggregate of 3,002 founder shares held by our initial shareholders were forfeited.

 

A total of $114,879,920 of the net proceeds from the Initial Public Offering (including the partial exercise of the over-allotment option) and the private placements were deposited in a Trust Account established for the benefit of the Company’s public shareholders.

 

Our management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of Initial Public Offering and the private placements, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally towards consummating a Business Combination.

 

Recent Developments

 

April 2020 Special Shareholder Meeting

 

We initially had until October 25, 2019 to consummate a Business Combination. However, as we anticipated that we may not be able to consummate a Business Combination by October 25, 2019, we extended the period of time to consummate a Business Combination until October 26, 2020 or such an earlier date as determined by our board. On April 23, 2020, we held a special meeting pursuant to which our shareholders approved extending the Extension from April 27, 2020 to October 26, 2020 (the “Extended Date”). In connection with the approval of the extension, shareholders elected to redeem an aggregate of 10,073,512 of our ordinary shares. As a result, an aggregate of $105,879,118 (or $10.51 per share) was released from our Trust Account to pay such shareholders. On the same day, we entered into an amendment to the trust agreement to extend the final liquidation date of the trust account to the 24-month anniversary of the closing of its Initial Public Offering.

 

We agreed to contribute, or cause to be contributed on our behalf (the “Cash Contribution”), $60,000 for the aggregate number of Public Shares that did not convert in connection with the extension (the “Remaining Public Shares”) for each monthly period or portion thereof that is needed to complete a Business Combination (commencing on April 27, 2020 until the earlier of the consummation of a Business Combination and the expiry of the Extension). The Cash Contribution will be deposited as additional interest on the proceeds in the Trust Account and will be distributed pro rata as a part of redemption amount to each Remaining Public Share in connection with a future redemption. In addition, at the earlier date (the “Issuance Date”) of the consummation of its initial Business Combination and the expiry of the Extension, we will issue a dividend of one warrant to purchase one-half of one ordinary share for each Remaining Public Share. Each such warrant will be identical to the warrants included in the Units sold in our Initial Public Offering (the “Dividend”, collectively with the Cash Contribution, the “Contribution”).

 

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The Cash Contribution is subject to the following deposit schedule (the “Deposit Schedule”): the aggregate amount of the Cash Contribution of first two months of $120,000 will be deposited into the Trust Account within 7 business days of April 27, 2020 and the Cash Contribution of each subsequent month of $60,000 will be deposited into the Trust Account with 7 business days of 27th day of such month. We deposited the proceeds of AMC Note into the Trust Account as the Cash Contribution pursuant to the Deposit Schedule. Through September 30, 2020, we deposited an aggregate of $300,000 into the trust account to fund the Extension. The Extension was partially funded from an $80,000 advance provided by the Sponsor, $100,000 from the AMC Note and $120,000 from the SolarMax Notes. On October 8, 2020, we deposited $60,000 into the Trust Account to fund the Extension, which was funded by SolarMax.

 

Any additional loans that may be made to us to fund the Contribution, will not bear interest and will be repayable by us upon consummation of a Business Combination. Our officers, directors or affiliates will have the sole discretion whether to continue extending additional loans for additional calendar months until the Extended Date and if the officers, directors or affiliates determine not to continue extending additional loans for additional calendar months, their obligation to extend additional loans following such determination will terminate.

 

Agreement and Plan of Merger with SolarMax

 

On September 3, 2020, we entered into a certain letter of intent for the business combination with SolarMax (the “SolarMax LOI”) and formally started to discuss the related matters for the business combination.

 

In September 2020, we issued unsecured promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of $120,000 to SolarMax (the “SolarMax Notes”). The SolarMax Notes are non-interest bearing and payable on the earlier of (i) the consummation of a Business Combination, (ii) the Second Extended Date, or (iii) the date on which either (x) the SolarMax LOI or (y) the Acquisition Agreement, as defined in the SolarMax LOI, are terminated for any reason. At September 30, 2020, there was $120,000 outstanding under the SolarMax Notes.

 

On October 27, 2020, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Alberton Merger Subsidiary Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company incorporated in Nevada on October 16, 2020 (“Merger Sub”), and SolarMax. The Merger Agreement provides for the merger of Merger Sub with and into SolarMax (the “Merger”), with SolarMax continuing as the surviving corporation in the Merger. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”): (i) all shares of SolarMax common stock (the “SolarMax Stock”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time will be converted into the right to receive the Stockholder Merger Consideration (as defined below); (ii) each outstanding option to acquire SolarMax Stock (whether vested or unvested) shall be assumed by combined entity and automatically converted into an option to acquire shares of combined entity’s common stock, with its price and number of shares equitably adjusted based on the conversion ratio, which is the number of shares of Alberton common stock issuable in respect of one share of SolarMax Stock (each, an “Assumed Option”) and (iii) each outstanding convertible notes of SolarMax shall become convertible into shares of Alberton common stock determined by dividing the conversion price of such notes at the Effective Time by the applicable conversion ratio.

 

The Merger Agreement also provides that, immediately prior to the Closing, we will re-domesticate from a British Virgin Islands corporation into a Nevada corporation so as to continue as a Nevada corporation (the “Redomestication”). At the closing of the Merger (the “Closing”), we will change its name to “SolarMax Technology Holdings, Inc.” In connection with the Redomestication, the provision in Alberton’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association which provides that we have net tangible assets of at least US$5,000,001 upon such consummation of the business combination is to be amended to require that the net tangible asset test be met “prior to or upon” consummation of the business combination.

 

Prior to the Closing, we will continue out of the British Virgin Islands and domesticate as a Nevada corporation and will no longer be considered a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands.

 

As consideration for the Merger, SolarMax shareholders as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (but excluding holders of SolarMax options) collectively will receive from us, in the aggregate, a number of Alberton common stock equal to: (i) $300,000,000, divided by (ii) the Redemption Price (defined below) (such shares of Alberton common stock is referred as the “Stockholder Merger Consideration”). The holders of SolarMax options shall receive Assumed Options to purchase the number of shares of Alberton common stock as described above in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement. For the purpose of the Merger Agreement, Redemption Price means a price per share equal to the price at which each share of Alberton common stock is redeemed pursuant to the redemption by our public stockholders in connection with our initial business combination, as required by its amended and restated certificate of incorporation immediately prior to the Effective Time (the “Redemption”).

 

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Consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement is subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the respective parties of a number of conditions, including the approval of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby by SolarMax’s and the Company’s respective stockholders. Other closing conditions include, among others: (i) the respective representations of the parties to each other being true and correct; (ii) receipt of requisite regulatory approvals; (iii) no law or order preventing or prohibiting the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; (iv) no pending litigation to enjoin or restrict the consummation of the Closing; (v) we having at least $5,000,001 in net tangible assets as of the Closing, after giving effect to the completion of the Redemption, consummation of the Merger and any private financings; (vi) the Redomestication, (vii) the election or appointment of members to the our board of directors as described above; (vii) the effectiveness of the Registration Statement (as defined in the Merger Agreement), and (viii) being advised by Nasdaq that upon consummation of the Merger, we shall continue to be listed and all outstanding deficiencies have been addressed to the satisfaction of Nasdaq.

 

The Merger also calls for additional agreements, including, among others, the Lock-Up Agreements and the Voting Agreement, as described elsewhere in the current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 28, 2020.

 

NASDAQ Delisting Notifications and Grant of an Extension of Compliance

 

On September 1, 2020, we received a notice from the Nasdaq indicating that we were not in compliance with Listing Rule 5550(a)(3) (the “Minimum Public Holders Rule”), which required us to have at least 300 public holders for continued listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market. We had until October 15, 2020 to provide Nasdaq with a plan to regain compliance with the Minimum Public Holders Rule. The notice is a notification of deficiency, not of imminent delisting, and had no current effect on the listing or trading of our securities on Nasdaq.

 

The Notice stated that we had 45 calendar days to submit a plan to regain compliance with the Minimum Public Holders Rule. We intended to submit a plan to regain compliance with the Minimum Public Holders Rule within the required timeframe. If Nasdaq accepted our plan, Nasdaq may grant us an extension of up to 180 calendar days from the date of the Notice to evidence compliance with the Minimum Public Holders Rule. If Nasdaq did not accept our plan, we would have the opportunity to appeal the decision in front of a Nasdaq Hearings Panel.

 

We submitted its plan of compliance on October 16, 2020 and based on the review of the materials submitted by us. On October 29, 2020, we received a notification letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq stating that the Nasdaq Staff had determined to grant us an extension of time through March 1, 2021 to regain compliance with Minimum Public Holders Rule.

 

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On October 19, 2020, Mr. John W. Allen resigned from his positions as an independent director and the chairman of the compensation committee of the Company and Mr. Harry Edelson resigned from his positions as an independent director and the chairman of audit committee of the Company. Their resignation did not result from a disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to our operations, policies or practices.

 

On October 20, 2020, the Board appointed Mr. William Walter Young as an independent director and the chairman of the compensation committee and Mr. Qing S. Huang as an independent director and the chairman of the audit committee of the Board of the Company to fill the vacancies created by Mr. Allen and Mr. Edelson, effective immediately.

 

As a result, the Board currently have two executive directors and three independent directors.

 

William Walter Young, 75, Director and Chairman of Compensation Committee. Since April 1999, Mr. Young has been the chief executive officer of JBY enterprise Inc., a company based in Los Angeles operating import and export business of large electrical equipment, mechanical equipment, aircraft parts and automobile and special vehicles. From May 1998 to September 1985, Mr. Young served as the electrical maintenance engineer and the electrical maintenance supervisor in McDonald Douglas in Shenyang, China and the Chief Electrical Maintenance Engineer of Boeing Company based in Shenyang, China. From June 1985 to January 1970, Mr. Young served as the technician, associate engineer and electrical engineer in Motorola in Oklahoma. Mr. Young received his bachelor degree in mechanics from Oklahoma Central State University in 1965 and his bachelor degree in business administration from Embry University in 1997. Mr. Young’s qualifications to serve as a director and the chairman of the compensation committee include decades of experience as a chief executive officer of a private company.

 

Qing S. Huang, 38, Director and Chairman of Audit Committee. Since January 2008, Mr. Huang has been serving as the principal of Boulder Accounting Service, a company based in El Monte, California, providing accounting and bookkeeping services. From November 2018 to May 2017, Mr. Huang served as vice president branch manager of CTBC Bank in Monterey Park, California, responsible for branch administration and daily operation of a full-service branch office and assistance with the retail planning department on developing new residential and commercial lending program. From May 2017 to May 2012, Mr. Huang served as the assistant vice president branch manager of East West Bank in Rancho Cucamonga, California, responsible for branch administration and daily operation and the development of new deposit and loan business by providing a superior level of customer relations. From April 2012 to December 2010, Mr. Huang served as a licensed banker in JPMorgan Chase Bank in Montebello, California, responsible for maintaining client’s relationship and cross-selling the banks financial products and services and analysis of financial information obtained from clients to determine strategies for meeting clients’ financial objectives. From November 2010 to January 2008, Mr. Huang served as a financial advisor in Ameriprise Financial in Glendale, California, responsible for providing comprehensive financial advice and services to its clients including brokerage and investment advisory. Mr. Huang currently holds several professional licenses, including Series 7 license, Series 66 license, and Chartered Financial Consultant, or ChFC®. Mr. Huang received his bachelor degree in business from University of Southern California in 2007. Mr. Huang’s qualifications to serve as a director and chairman of the audit committee include his accounting experience as well as his finance experience.

 

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Mr. Young and Mr. Huang are the “independent directors” under the Nasdaq Listing Rules. They also meet the criteria for independence set forth in Rule 10A-3(b)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Mr. Huang is an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Mr. Young and Mr. Huang do not have any direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

October 2020 Special Shareholder Meeting

 

On October 26, 2020, we held a special meeting pursuant to which our shareholders approved extending the Extended Date from October 26, 2020 to April 26, 2021 or such earlier date as determined by the Board was voted on and approved (the “Second Extended Date”). In connection with the approval of the Second Extension, shareholders elected to redeem an aggregate of 1,000 of our ordinary shares. As a result, an aggregate of $10,770 (or $10.77013 per share) was released from our Trust Account to pay such shareholders.

 

We agreed to contribute, or cause to be contributed on its behalf, $0.05 per share for the aggregate number of Public Shares that did not convert in connection with the Second Extension for each monthly period or portion thereof that is needed to complete a Business Combination (commencing on October 26, 2020 until the earlier of the consummation of a Business Combination and the expiry of the Second Extension). The Cash Contribution will be deposited as additional interest on the proceeds in the Trust Account and will be distributed pro rata as a part of the redemption amount to each Remaining Public Share in connection with a future redemption.

 

Results of Operations

 

Our entire activity from inception up to October 26, 2018 was related to the Company’s formation, the Initial Public Offering and general and administrative activities. Since the Initial Public Offering, our activity has been limited to the evaluation of Business Combination candidates, and we will not be generating any operating revenues until the closing and completion of our initial Business Combination. We generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on investments. We are incurring expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses.

 

For the three months ended September 30, 2020, we had a net loss of $100,035, consisting of $100,347 of operating costs, consisting mostly of general and administrative expenses, offset by $380 of interest income from investments in our Trust Account and $3 of interest income from deposits in our corporate bank account.  

 

For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we had net income of $60,094, consisting of $559,019 of interest income from investments in our Trust Account and $835 of interest income from deposits in our corporate bank account, offset by $395,447 of operating costs, consisting mostly of general and administrative expenses.  

 

For the three months ended September 30, 2019, we had net income of $536,584, consisting of $617,233 of interest income from investments in our trust account and $146 of interest income from deposits in our corporate bank account, offset by $80,795 of operating costs, consisting mostly of general and administrative expenses.  

 

For the nine months ended September 30, 2019, we had net income of $1,628,811, consisting of $1,999,894 of interest income from investments in our trust account and $598 of interest income from deposits in our corporate bank account, offset by $371,681 of operating costs, consisting mostly of general and administrative expenses.  

  

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, cash used in operating activities was $26,759. As of September 30, 2020, we had cash outside the Trust Account of $1,595 available for working capital needs. All remaining cash is held in the Trust Account and is generally unavailable for our use, prior to an initial Business Combination, and is restricted for use either in a Business Combination or to redeem ordinary shares. As of September 30, 2020, none of the amount on deposit in the Trust Account was available to be withdrawn as described above.

 

Until consummation of the Business Combination, we will be using the funds not held in the Trust Account, and any additional funding that may be loaned to us by our Sponsor, for identifying and evaluating prospective acquisition candidates, performing business due diligence on prospective target businesses, traveling to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses, reviewing corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, selecting the target business to acquire and structuring, negotiating and consummating the Business Combination.

 

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If our estimates of the costs of undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating Business Combination are less than the actual amount necessary to do so, we may have insufficient funds available to operate its business prior to the Business Combination and will need to raise additional capital. In this event, our officers, directors or their affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. If we consummate an initial Business Combination, we would repay such loaned amounts out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to us upon consummation of the Business Combination, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into units of the post Business Combination entity at a price of $10.00 per unit. In the event that the initial Business Combination does not close, we may use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts, but no proceeds from our Trust Account would be used for such repayment. The terms of such loans by our initial shareholders, officers and directors, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans.

 

Moreover, we may need to obtain additional financing either to consummate our initial Business Combination or because we become obligated to redeem a significant number of our Public Shares upon consummation of our initial Business Combination, in which case we may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with such Business Combination. Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, we would only consummate such financing simultaneously with the consummation of our initial Business Combination. Following our initial Business Combination, if cash on hand is insufficient, we may need to obtain additional financing in order to meet our obligations.

 

Going Concern

 

In connection with our assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with Financial Accounting Standard Board’s Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” management has determined that the mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution raises substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should we be required to liquidate after October 26, 2020.

  

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

As of September 30, 2020, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements. We have no obligations, assets or liabilities which would be considered off-balance sheet arrangements. We do not participate in transactions that create relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, often referred to as variable interest entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements. We have not entered into any off-balance sheet financing arrangements, established any special purpose entities, guaranteed any debt or commitments of other entities, or entered into any non-financial assets.

 

Contractual Obligations

 

We do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities, other than an agreement to pay an affiliate of the Sponsor a monthly fee of $1,000 for general and administrative services including office space, utilities and secretarial support. We began incurring these fees on August 1, 2018 and will continue to incur these fees monthly until the earlier of the completion of the Business Combination or our liquidation.

 

The underwriters are entitled to a deferred underwriting discounts and commissions equal to 3.5% of the gross proceeds of the Initial Public Offering. Upon completion of the Business Combination, $4,020,797 (with consideration of the underwriters’ exercise of their over-allotment option on November 20, 2018) will be paid to the underwriters from the funds held in the Trust Account. No discounts or commissions will be paid with respect to the purchase of the Private Units.

   

Critical Accounting Policies

 

The preparation of the condensed financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and income and expenses during the periods reported. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. We have not identified any critical accounting policies.

 

Recent Accounting Standards

 

Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on our condensed financial statements.

  

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

The net proceeds of our Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Units held in the Trust Account are invested in U.S. government treasury bills with a maturity of 180 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations. Due to the short-term nature of these investments, we believe there will be no associated material exposure to interest rate risk.

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2020, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer have concluded that during the period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

 

Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal quarter covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

 

We are not a party to any material legal proceedings and no material legal proceedings have been threatened by us or, to the best of our knowledge, against us.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

 

Not applicable to Smaller Reporting Companies. As provided in the Merger Agreement, we will file a proxy statement to seek shareholders’ approval to the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereunder and risk factors in connection with the Merger will be disclosed in such proxy statement.

 

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds from Registered Securities

 

None. 

 

Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities

 

None.

 

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 5. Other Information

 

None.

 

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Item 6. Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.   Description
2.1   Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated October 27, 2020, by and among Alberton, Merger Sub and SolarMax (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed on October 28, 2020)
3.1*   Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association
10.1*   Amendment No.1 to the Investment Management Trust Agreement dated May 5, 2020
10.2*   Amendment No.2 to the Investment Management Trust Agreement dated October 26, 2020
10.3   Form of Voting Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed on October 28, 2020)
10.4   Form of Sponsor Voting Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed on October 28, 2020)
10.5   Form of Lock-up Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed on October 28, 2020)
31.1*   Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14 and Rule 15d-14(a), promulgated under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
31.2*   Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14 and Rule 15d-14(a), promulgated under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
32**   Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS*   XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH*   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL*   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF*   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB*   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE*   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

   

* Filed herewith.
** Furnished.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

  ALBERTON ACQUISITION CORPORATION
     
Date: November 9, 2020 By: /s/ Guan Wang
    Guan Wang
    Chief Executive Officer
(Principal executive officer)
     
Date: November 9, 2020 By: /s/ Keqing (Kevin) Liu
    Keqing (Kevin) Liu
    Chief Financial Officer
(Principal financial and accounting officer)

 

 

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Exhibit 3.1

 

No: 1970853

 

 

 

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

 

BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT, 2004

 

MEMORANDUM

 

AND

 

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

 

OF

 

Alberton Acquisition Corporation

FIRST INCORPORATED THE 16TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2018

AMENDED AND RESTATED THE 23RD DAY OF JULY 2018

AMENDED AND RESTATED THE 14TH OF SEPTEMBER 2018

AMENDED AND RESTATED THE 23RD OF OCTOBER 2018

AMENDED AND RESTATED THE 24TH OF APRIL 2020

AMENDED AND RESTATED THE 26TH OF OCTOBER 2020

 

 

 

Intertrust Corporate Services (BVI) Limited

Ritter House, Wickhams Cay II

Road Town, Tortola VG1110, British Virgin Islands

T +1 284 394 9100 F +1 284 494 9101 www.intertrustgroup.com

 

   
 

 

TERRITORY OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

 

THE BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT (AS AMENDED)

 

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION

 

OF

 

Alberton Acquisition Corporation

 

a company limited by shares

 

Incorporated the 16th day of February 2018

 

Amended and Restated on the 23rd day of July 2018

 

Further Amended and Restated on the 14th of September 2018

 

Further Amended and Restated on the 23rd of October 2018

 

Further Amended and Restated on the 24th of April 2020

 

Further Amended and Restated on the 26th of October 2020

 

1. The name of the Company is Alberton Acquisition Corporation.

 

2. The Company shall be a company limited by shares.

 

3. The first registered office of the Company is at OMC Chambers, Wickhams Cay 1, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, the office of the first registered agent. The Directors or Members may from time to time change the registered office of the Company by Resolution of the Directors or Resolution of Members.

 

4. The first registered agent of the Company is Overseas Management Company Trust (B.V.I.) LTD. The Directors or Members may from time to time change the registered agent of the Company by Resolution of the Directors or Resolution of Members.

 

5. The objects for which the Company is established are unrestricted and the Company shall have full power and authority to carry out any object not prohibited by the laws of the British Virgin Islands.

 

6. The liability of each Member is limited to the amount unpaid on such Member’s shares.

 

7. The Company is authorised to issue a maximum of 400,000,000 shares divided into two classes as follows:

 

(a) up to 300,000,000 ordinary shares of no par value (the “Ordinary Shares”); and

 

(b) up to 100,000,000 preference shares of no par value (the “Preference Shares”), each Share having the rights and restrictions set out in the Memorandum and Articles. For the purposes of section 9 of the Statute, any rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to any of the Shares as provided for in the Memorandum and Articles are deemed to be set out and stated in full in the Memorandum. Shares may be issued in one or more series of Shares as the Directors may by Resolution of Directors determine from time to time.

 

   
 

 

8. Each Ordinary Share confers on the holder:

 

(a) the right to one vote on any Resolution of Members;

 

(b) the right to an equal share in any dividend paid by the Company in accordance with the Statute; and

 

(c) the right to an equal share in the distribution of the surplus assets of the Company.

 

and each Ordinary Share is redeemable in accordance with the provisions of this Memorandum and the Articles.

 

9. Shares may be issued in one or more series of Shares as the Directors may by Resolution of Directors determine from time to time. Any series of Ordinary Shares or Preference Shares shall have such rights as specified by the board of Directors pursuant to the Resolution of Directors approving the issue of such series of Ordinary Shares or Preference Shares, and in any such Resolution of Directors the board of Directors shall agree to amend and restate the Memorandum and Articles to fully set out such rights and instruct the registered agent of the Company to file the amended Memorandum and Articles with the Registrar. For avoidance of doubt, the Directors shall not require any approval of the Members in respect of the issuance of any series of Ordinary Shares or Preference Shares and the related amendments to the Memorandum and Articles.

 

10. Shares may only be issued as registered shares and the Company is not authorised to issue bearer shares. Registered shares may not be exchanged for bearer shares or converted to bearer shares.

 

11. Capitalised terms that are not defined in this Memorandum of Association bear the respective meanings given to them in the Articles of Association of the Company.

 

12. Subject to the provisions of the Statute and Clause 12A of the Memorandum below, the Company may from time to time amend the Memorandum or the Articles by Resolution of Members or Resolution of the Directors.

 

12A.  Prior to the consummation of any Business Combination, the rights attaching to Ordinary Shares may be amended without the consent of the holders of the Ordinary Shares where such amendment is considered by the directors of the Company not to have a material adverse effect upon the rights of the Ordinary Shares. In all other circumstances the rights attaching to the Ordinary Shares may only be amended by a Resolution of Members where such Resolution of Members has been passed by Members holding not less than 65 percent of the votes cast at a meeting of the holders of the Ordinary Shares, unless such Resolution of Members is passed in connection with a Business Combination in which case the Resolution of Members may be passed by an absolute majority of the shares cast at a meeting of the holders of the Ordinary Shares.

 

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We, Overseas Management Company Trust (B.V.I.) LTD. of OMC Chambers, Wickhams Cay 1, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands for the purpose of incorporating a BVI Business Company under the laws of the British Virgin Islands hereby sign this Memorandum of Association the 16th day of February, 2018.

 

Incorporator  
   
(Sgd. Sandra Vasquez)  
   
   

Sandra Vasquez

Authorised Signatory

Overseas Management Company Trust (B.V.I.) LTD.

 

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TERRITORY OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

 

THE BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT (AS AMENDED)

 

COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

 

OF

 

Alberton Acquisition Corporation

 

a company limited by shares

 

Incorporated the 16th day of February 2018

 

Amended and Restated on the 23rd day of July 2018

 

Further Amended and Restated on the 14th of September 2018

 

Further Amended and Restated on the 23rd of October 2018

 

Further Amended and Restated on the 24th of April 2020

 

Further Amended and Restated on the 26th of October 2020

 

1. Interpretation

 

1.1. In the Articles, unless there is something in the subject or context inconsistent therewith:

 

“Articles” means these articles of association of the Company.

 

“Audit Committee” means the audit committee of the Company formed pursuant to Article 40.2 hereof, or any successor audit committee.

 

“Auditor” means the person for the time being performing the duties of auditor of the Company (if any).

 

“Business Combination” means a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganisation or similar business combination involving the Company, with one or more businesses or entities (the “target business”), which Business Combination must occur with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the assets held in the Trust Fund (excluding taxes payable on the income earned on the Trust Fund) at the time of the agreement to enter into a Business Combination.

 

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“business day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorised or obligated by law to close in New York City.

 

“Company” means the above named company.

 

“Directors” means the directors for the time being of the Company. “Distribution” means any distribution (including an interim or final dividend).

 

“Electronic Record” has the same meaning as in the Electronic Transactions Act.

 

“Electronic Transactions Act” means the Electronic Transactions Act, 2001 of the British Virgin Islands.

 

“Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

“Founders” means all Members immediately prior to the consummation of the IPO.

 

“IPO” means the Company’s initial public offering of securities.

 

“IPO Redemption” has the meaning given to it in Article 47.5.

 

“Member” has the same meaning as in the Statute.

 

“Memorandum” means the memorandum of association of the Company.

 

“Ordinary Share” has the meaning given in the Memorandum.

 

“Over-Allotment Option” means the option of the Underwriters to purchase up to an additional 1,500,000 units (as described at Article 3.3) sold in the IPO at a price equal to US$10 per unit, less underwriting discounts and commissions.

 

“Preference Share” has the meaning given in the Memorandum.

 

“Public Share” means an Ordinary Share issued as part of the units (as described at Article 3.3) issued in the IPO.

 

“Recognised Exchange” has the same meaning as in the Statute.

 

“Register of Members” means the register of Members maintained in accordance with the Statute.

 

“Registered Agent” means the registered agent for the time being of the Company.

 

“Registered Office” means the registered office for the time being of the Company.

 

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“Resolution of Directors” means, subject to the Memorandum and these Articles, (i) a resolution passed at a duly quorate meeting of directors by a majority of the votes cast by directors who are present at the meeting and entitled to vote on the resolution and (ii) a resolution in writing passed by the Directors in accordance with Article 29.4.

 

“Resolution of Members” means, subject to Clauses 12 and 12A of the Memorandum and Article 47, a resolution passed by a simple majority of the Members as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting, and includes a written resolution signed by or on behalf of an absolute majority of the Members. In computing the majority when a poll is demanded, and in the case of a written resolution, regard shall be had to the number of votes to which each Member is entitled by the Articles. Except as otherwise set forth in the Memorandum and Articles, the Memorandum and Articles may only be amended by a Resolution of Members where such Resolution of Members has been passed by Members holding not less than 65 percent of the votes cast at a meeting of the holders of the Ordinary Shares, unless such Resolution of Members is passed in connection with a Business Combination in which case the Resolution of Members may be passed by an absolute majority of the shares cast at a meeting of the holders of the Ordinary Shares.

 

“Seal” means the common seal of the Company and includes every duplicate seal.

 

“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

“Share” means an Ordinary Share or a Preference Share and includes a fraction of a share in the Company.

 

“Statute” means the BVI Business Companies Act of the British Virgin Islands.

 

“Tax Filing Authorized Person” means such person as any Director shall designate.

 

“Treasury Share” means a Share held in the name of the Company as a treasury share in accordance with the Statute.

 

“Trust Fund” means the trust account established by the Company upon the consummation of its IPO and into which a certain amount of the net proceeds of the IPO, together with the proceeds of the private placement of units simultaneously with the closing date of the IPO, will be deposited.

 

“Unanimous Resolution of Members” means a resolution passed by all the holders of Shares entitled to vote thereon, and includes a written resolution signed for or on behalf of all the Members holding voting Shares.

 

“Underwriter” means an underwriter of the IPO from time to time and any successor underwriter.

 

1.2. In the Articles:

 

(a) words importing the singular number include the plural number and vice versa;

 

  -6-  
 

 

(b) words importing the masculine gender include the feminine gender;

 

(c) words importing persons include corporations as well as any other legal or natural person;

 

(d) “written” and “in writing” include all modes of representing or reproducing words in visible form, including in the form of an Electronic Record;

 

(e) “shall” shall be construed as imperative and “may” shall be construed as permissive;

 

(f) references to provisions of any law or regulation shall be construed as references to those provisions as amended, modified, re-enacted or replaced;

 

(g) any phrase introduced by the terms “including”, “include”, “in particular” or any similar expression shall be construed as illustrative and shall not limit the sense of the words preceding those terms;

 

(h) the term “and/or” is used herein to mean both “and” as well as “or.” The use of “and/or” in certain contexts in no respects qualifies or modifies the use of the terms “and” or “or” in others. The term “or” shall not be interpreted to be exclusive and the term “and” shall not be interpreted to require the conjunctive (in each case, unless the context otherwise requires);

 

(i) headings are inserted for reference only and shall be ignored in construing the Articles;

 

(j) any requirements as to delivery under the Articles include delivery in the form of an Electronic Record;

 

(k) any requirements as to execution or signature under the Articles including the execution of the Memorandum and Articles themselves can be satisfied in the form of an electronic signature as provided for in the Electronic Transactions Act;

 

(l) section 8(2) of the Electronic Transactions Act shall not apply;

 

(m) the term “clear days” in relation to the period of a notice means that period excluding the day when the notice is received or deemed to be received and the day for which it is given or on which it is to take effect;

 

(n) the term “holder” in relation to a Share means a person whose name is entered in the Register of Members as the holder of such Share;

 

(o) the term “simple majority” in relation to a Resolution of Members means a majority of those entitled to vote on the resolution and actually voting on the resolution (and absent Members, Members who are present but do not vote, blanks and abstentions are not counted); and

 

(p) the term “absolute majority” in relation to a Resolution of Members means a majority of all those entitled to vote on the resolution regardless of how many actually vote or abstain.

 

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2. Commencement of Business

 

2.1. The business of the Company may be commenced as soon after incorporation of the Company as the Directors shall see fit.

 

2.2. The Directors may pay, out of any monies of the Company, all expenses incurred in the formation and establishment of the Company, including the expenses of incorporation.

 

3. Issue of Shares

 

3.1. Subject to the Statute, the provisions, if any, in the Memorandum (and to any direction that may be given by the Company in general meeting), Article 47.9 and where applicable, the rules of any Recognised Exchanges, and without prejudice to any rights attached to any existing Shares, the Directors may allot, issue, grant options over or otherwise dispose of Shares (including fractions of a Share) with or without preferred, deferred or other rights or restrictions, whether in regard to Distribution, voting, return of investment or otherwise and to such persons, at such times, for such consideration, and on such other terms as they think proper, and may also (subject to the Statute and the Articles) vary such rights. A bonus share issued by the Company shall be deemed to have been fully paid for on issue.

 

3.2. The Company may issue rights, options, warrants or convertible securities or securities of similar nature conferring the right upon the holders thereof to subscribe for, purchase or receive any class of Shares or other securities in the Company on such terms as the Directors may from time to time determine.

 

3.3. The Company may issue units of securities in the Company, which may be comprised of whole or fractional Shares, rights, options, warrants or convertible securities or securities of similar nature conferring the right upon the holders thereof to subscribe for, purchase or receive any class of Shares or other securities in the Company, upon such terms as the Directors may from time to time determine. The securities comprising any such units which are issued pursuant to the IPO can only be traded separately from one another on the 90th day following the date of the prospectus relating to the IPO unless the Underwriters determine that an earlier date is acceptable, subject to the Company having filed a current report on Form 8-K with the SEC and a press release announcing when such separate trading will begin. Prior to such date, the units can be traded, but the securities comprising such units cannot be traded separately from one another.

 

4. Register of Members

 

The Company shall maintain or cause to be maintained the Register of Members in accordance with the Statute.

 

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5. Closing Register of Members and Fixing Record Date

 

5.1. For the purpose of determining Members entitled to vote at any meeting of Members or any adjournment thereof, or Members entitled to receive payment of any Distribution, or in order to make a determination of Members for any other purpose, the Directors may, after notice has been given by advertisement in an appointed newspaper or any other newspaper or by any other means in accordance with the requirements of the Recognised Exchange, provide that the Register of Members shall be closed for transfers for a stated period which shall not in any case exceed forty days.

 

5.2. In lieu of, or apart from, closing the Register of Members, the Directors may fix in advance or arrears a date as the record date for any such determination of Members entitled to vote at any meeting of the Members or any adjournment thereof, or for the purpose of determining the Members entitled to receive payment of any Distribution, or in order to make a determination of Members for any other purpose.

 

5.3. If the Register of Members is not so closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of Members entitled to vote at a meeting of Members or Members entitled to receive payment of a Distribution, the date on which notice of the meeting is sent or the date on which the resolution of the Directors resolving to pay such Distribution is passed, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of Members. When a determination of Members entitled to vote at any meeting of Members has been made as provided in this Article, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof.

 

6. Certificates for Shares

 

6.1. A Member shall only be entitled to a share certificate if the Directors resolve that share certificates shall be issued. Share certificates representing Shares, if any, shall be in such form as the Directors may determine. Share certificates shall be signed by one or more Directors or other person authorised by the Directors or shall be given under Seal. The Directors may authorise certificates to be issued with the authorised signature(s) or Seal affixed by mechanical process. All certificates for Shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified and shall specify the Shares to which they relate. All certificates surrendered to the Company for transfer shall be cancelled and subject to the Articles no new certificate shall be issued until the former certificate representing a like number of relevant Shares shall have been surrendered and cancelled.

 

6.2. The Company shall not be bound to issue more than one certificate for Shares held jointly by more than one person and delivery of a certificate to one joint holder shall be a sufficient delivery to all of them.

 

6.3. If a share certificate is defaced, worn out, lost or destroyed, it may be renewed on such terms (if any) as to evidence and indemnity and on the payment of such expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in investigating evidence, as the Directors may prescribe, and (in the case of defacement or wearing out) upon delivery of the old certificate.

 

6.4. Every share certificate sent in accordance with the Articles will be sent at the risk of the Member or other person entitled to the certificate. The Company will not be responsible for any share certificate lost or delayed in the course of delivery.

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7. Transfer of Shares

 

7.1. Subject to the terms of the Articles, any Member may transfer all or any of his Shares by an instrument of transfer. The instrument of transfer of any Share shall be in writing and shall be executed by or on behalf of the transferor (and if registration as a holder of the Shares imposes a liability to the Company on the transferee, signed by or on behalf of the transferee) and contain the name and address of the transferee. The transferor shall be deemed to remain the holder of a Share until the name of the transferee is entered in the Register of Members.

 

7.2. If the Shares in question were issued in conjunction with rights, options or warrants issued pursuant to Article 3 on terms that one cannot be transferred without the other, the Directors shall refuse to register the transfer of any such Share without evidence satisfactory to them of the like transfer of such option or warrant.

 

7.3. Where Shares are listed on a Recognised Exchange, (a) Article 7.1 shall not apply and (b) the Shares may be transferred without the need for a written instrument of transfer if the transfer is carried out in accordance with the law, rules, procedures and other requirements applicable to shares listed on the Recognised Exchange.

 

8. Redemption, Repurchase and Surrender of Shares

 

8.1. Subject to the provisions of the Statute (save that sections 60 and 61 of the Statute shall not apply to the Company) and, where applicable, the rules of the Recognised Exchange, the Company may issue Shares that are to be redeemed or are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Member or the Company. The redemption of such Shares, except Public Shares, shall be effected in such manner and upon such other terms as the Company may, by Resolution of Members, determine before the issue of such Shares. With respect to redeeming or repurchasing the Shares:

 

(a) Members who hold Public Shares are entitled to request the redemption of such Shares in the circumstances described in Article 47.5;

 

(b) Shares held by certain Founders shall be surrendered by such Founders for no consideration to the extent that the Over-Allotment Option is not exercised in full so that the Founders will own 20% of the Company’s issued Shares after the IPO (exclusive of any securities purchased in a private placement simultaneously with the IPO); and

 

(c) Public Shares shall be repurchased by way of tender offer in the circumstances set out in Article 47.2(b).

 

8.2. Subject to the provisions of the Statute (save that sections 60 and 61 of the Statute shall not apply to the Company) and, where applicable, the rules of the Recognised Exchange,, the Company may purchase or otherwise acquire its own Shares (including any redeemable Shares) in such manner and on such other terms as the Directors may agree with the relevant Member. For the avoidance of doubt, redemptions and repurchases of Shares in the circumstances described in Articles 8.1(a) to 8.1(c) above shall not require further approval of the Members by way of a Resolution of Members or otherwise.

 

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8.3. The Company may make a payment in respect of the redemption, purchase or other acquisition of its own Shares in any manner permitted by the Statute.

 

8.4. The Directors may accept the surrender for no consideration of any fully paid Share including, for the avoidance of doubt, a Treasury Share. Any such surrender shall be in writing and signed by the Member holding the Share or Shares.

 

9. Treasury Shares

 

Subject to the Statute, the Directors may, prior to the purchase, redemption or surrender of any Share, resolve that such Share shall be held as a Treasury Share.

 

10. Variation of Rights of Shares

 

10.1. Subject to Article 10.4 and Clause 12A of the Memorandum, if at any time the authorised Shares are divided into different classes of Shares, all or any of the rights attached to any class (unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of the Shares of that class) may, whether or not the Company is being wound up, be varied without the consent of the holders of the issued Shares of that class where such variation is considered by the Directors not to have a material adverse effect upon such rights; otherwise, any such variation shall be made only with the consent in writing of the holders of not less than two thirds of the issued Shares of that class, or with the sanction of a resolution passed by a simple majority of not less than two thirds of the votes cast at a separate meeting of the holders of the Shares of that class. For the avoidance of doubt, the Directors reserve the right, notwithstanding that any such variation may not have a material adverse effect, to obtain consent from the holders of Shares of the relevant class. To any such meeting all the provisions of the Articles relating to general meetings shall apply mutatis mutandis, except that the necessary quorum shall be one person holding or representing by proxy at least one half of the issued Shares of the class and that any holder of Shares of the class present in person or by proxy may demand a poll.

 

10.2. For the purposes of a separate class meeting, the Directors may treat two or more or all the classes of Shares as forming one class of Shares if the Directors consider that such class of Shares would be affected in the same way by the proposals under consideration, but in any other case shall treat them as separate classes of Shares.

 

10.3. The rights conferred upon the holders of the Shares of any class issued with preferred or other rights shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided by the terms of issue of the Shares of that class, be deemed to be varied by the creation or issue of further Shares ranking pari passu therewith.

 

10.4. Subject to Clause 9 of the Memorandum and for the avoidance of doubt, the creation, designation or issue of Preference Shares with rights and provisions ranking in priority to any existing class of Shares, shall be deemed not to be a variation of such existing class of Shares.

 

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11. Commission on Sale of Shares

 

The Company may pay a commission to any person in consideration of his subscribing or agreeing to subscribe (whether absolutely or conditionally) or procuring or agreeing to procure subscriptions (whether absolutely or conditionally) for any Shares. Such commissions may be satisfied by the payment of cash and/or, subject to the Statute, the issue of fully or partly paid-up Shares. The Company may also on any issue of Shares pay such brokerage as may be lawful.

 

12. Non Recognition of Trusts

 

The Company shall not be bound by or compelled to recognise in any way (even when notified) any equitable, contingent, future or partial interest in any Share, or (except only as is otherwise provided by the Articles or the Statute) any other rights in respect of any Share other than an absolute right to the entirety thereof in the holder.

 

13. Lien on Shares

 

13.1. The Company shall have a first and paramount lien on all Shares (whether fully paid-up or not) registered in the name of a Member (whether solely or jointly with others) for all debts, liabilities or engagements to or with the Company (whether presently payable or not) by such Member or his estate, either alone or jointly with any other person, whether a Member or not, but the Directors may at any time declare any Share to be wholly or in part exempt from the provisions of this Article. The registration of a transfer of any such Share shall operate as a waiver of the Company’s lien thereon. The Company’s lien on a Share shall also extend to any amount payable in respect of that Share.

 

13.2. The Company may sell, in such manner as the Directors think fit, any Shares on which the Company has a lien, if a sum in respect of which the lien exists is presently due and payable, and is not paid within fourteen clear days after notice has been received or deemed to have been received by the holder of the Shares, or to the person entitled to it in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of the holder, demanding payment and stating that if the notice is not complied with the Shares may be sold.

 

13.3. To give effect to any such sale the Directors may authorise any person to execute an instrument of transfer of the Shares sold to, or in accordance with the directions of, the purchaser. The purchaser or his nominee shall be registered as the holder of the Shares comprised in any such transfer, and he shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, nor shall his title to the Shares be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the sale or the exercise of the Company’s power of sale under the Articles.

 

13.4. The net proceeds of such sale after payment of costs, shall be applied in payment of such part of the amount in respect of which the lien exists as is presently payable and any balance shall (subject to a like lien for sums not presently payable as existed upon the Shares before the sale) be paid to the person entitled to the Shares at the date of the sale.

 

14. Call on Shares

 

14.1. Subject to the terms of the allotment and issue of any Shares, the Directors may make calls upon the Members in respect of any monies unpaid on their Shares, and each Member shall (subject to receiving at least fourteen clear days’ notice specifying the time or times of payment) pay to the Company at the time or times so specified the amount called on the Shares. A call may be revoked or postponed, in whole or in part, as the Directors may determine. A call may be required to be paid by instalments. A person upon whom a call is made shall remain liable for calls made upon him notwithstanding the subsequent transfer of the Shares in respect of which the call was made.

 

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14.2. A call shall be deemed to have been made at the time when the resolution of the Directors authorising such call was passed.

 

14.3. The joint holders of a Share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls in respect thereof.

 

14.4. If a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable, the person from whom it is due shall pay interest on the amount unpaid from the day it became due and payable until it is paid at such rate as the Directors may determine (and in addition all expenses that have been incurred by the Company by reason of such non-payment), but the Directors may waive payment of the interest or expenses wholly or in part.

 

14.5. An amount payable in respect of a Share on issue or allotment or at any fixed date shall be deemed to be a call and if it is not paid all the provisions of the Articles shall apply as if that amount had become due and payable by virtue of a call.

 

14.6. The Directors may issue Shares with different terms as to the amount and times of payment of calls, or the interest to be paid.

 

14.7. The Directors may, if they think fit, receive an amount from any Member willing to advance all or any part of the monies uncalled and unpaid upon any Shares held by him, and may (until the amount would otherwise become payable) pay interest at such rate as may be agreed upon between the Directors and the Member paying such amount in advance.

 

14.8. No such amount paid in advance of calls shall entitle the Member paying such amount to any portion of a dividend or other Distribution payable in respect of any period prior to the date upon which such amount would, but for such payment, become payable.

 

15. Forfeiture of Shares

 

15.1. If a call or instalment of a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable the Directors may give to the person from whom it is due not less than fourteen clear days’ notice requiring payment of the amount unpaid together with any interest which may have accrued and any expenses incurred by the Company by reason of such non-payment. The notice shall specify where payment is to be made and shall state that if the notice is not complied with the Shares in respect of which the call was made will be liable to be forfeited.

 

15.2. If the notice is not complied with, any Share in respect of which it was given may, before the payment required by the notice has been made, be forfeited by a resolution of the Directors. Such forfeiture shall include all Distributions or other monies payable in respect of the forfeited Share and not paid before the forfeiture.

 

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15.3. A forfeited Share may be sold, re-allotted or otherwise disposed of on such terms and in such manner as the Directors think fit and at any time before a sale, re-allotment or disposition the forfeiture may be cancelled on such terms as the Directors think fit. Where for the purposes of its disposal a forfeited Share is to be transferred to any person the Directors may authorise some person to execute an instrument of transfer of the Share in favour of that person.

 

15.4. A person any of whose Shares have been forfeited shall cease to be a Member in respect of them and shall surrender to the Company for cancellation the certificate for the Shares forfeited.

 

15.5. A certificate in writing under the hand of one Director or officer of the Company that a Share has been forfeited on a specified date shall be conclusive evidence of the facts stated in it as against all persons claiming to be entitled to the Share. The certificate shall (subject to the execution of an instrument of transfer) constitute a good title to the Share and the person to whom the Share is sold or otherwise disposed of shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, if any, nor shall his title to the Share be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings in reference to the forfeiture, sale or disposal of the Share.

 

15.6. The provisions of the Articles as to forfeiture shall apply in the case of non-payment of any sum which, by the terms of issue of a Share, becomes payable at a fixed time as if it had been payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified.

 

16. Transmission of Shares

 

16.1. If a Member dies, the survivor or survivors (where he was a joint holder), or his legal personal representatives (where he was a sole holder), shall be the only persons recognised by the Company as having any title to his Shares. The estate of a deceased Member is not thereby released from any liability in respect of any Share, for which he was a joint or sole holder.

 

16.2. Any person becoming entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution of a Member (or in any other way than by transfer) may, upon such evidence being produced as may be required by the Directors, elect, by a notice in writing sent by him to the Company, either to become the holder of such Share or to have some person nominated by him registered as the holder of such Share. If he elects to have another person registered as the holder of such Share he shall sign an instrument of transfer of that Share to that person. The Directors shall, in either case, have the same right to decline or suspend registration as they would have had in the case of a transfer of the Share by the relevant Member before his death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution, as the case may be.

 

16.3. A person becoming entitled to a Share by reason of the death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution of a Member (or in any other case than by transfer) shall be entitled to the same Distributions and other advantages to which he would be entitled if he were the holder of such Share. However, he shall not, before becoming a Member in respect of a Share, be entitled in respect of it to exercise any right conferred by membership in relation to general meetings of the Company and the Directors may at any time give notice requiring any such person to elect either to be registered himself or to have some person nominated by him be registered as the holder of the Share (but the Directors shall, in either case, have the same right to decline or suspend registration as they would have had in the case of a transfer of the Share by the relevant Member before his death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution or any other case than by transfer, as the case may be). If the notice is not complied with within ninety days of being received or deemed to be received (as determined pursuant to the Articles) the Directors may thereafter withhold payment of all Distributions or other monies payable in respect of the Share until the requirements of the notice have been complied with.

 

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17. Offices and Places of Business

 

Subject to the provisions of the Statute, the Company may by resolution of the Directors or Resolution of Members change the location of its Registered Office and its Registered Agent, provided that the Company’s Registered Office shall at all times be the office of the Registered Agent. The Company may, in addition to its Registered Office, maintain such other offices or places of business as the Directors determine.

 

18. General Meetings

 

18.1. All general meetings other than annual general meetings shall be called extraordinary general meetings.

 

18.2. The Company may, but shall not be obliged to, in each year hold a general meeting as its annual general meeting, and, where called, shall specify the meeting as such in the notices calling it. Any annual general meeting shall be held at such time and place as the Directors shall appoint.

 

18.3. The Directors may call general meetings, and they shall on a Members’ requisition forthwith proceed to convene an extraordinary general meeting of the Company.

 

18.4. A Members’ requisition is a requisition of Members holding at the date of deposit of the requisition not less than thirty per cent of the issued Shares which as at that date carry the right to vote in respect of the matter for which the meeting is requested.

 

18.5. The Members’ requisition must state the objects of the meeting and must be signed by the requisitionists and deposited at the Registered Office, and may consist of several documents in like form each signed by one or more requisitionists.

 

18.6. If there are no Directors as at the date of the deposit of the Members’ requisition or if the Directors do not within twenty-one days from the date of the deposit of the Members’ requisition duly proceed to convene a general meeting to be held within a further twenty-one days, the requisitionists, or any of them representing more than one-half of the total voting rights of all of the requisitionists, may themselves convene a general meeting, but any meeting so convened shall be held no later than the day which falls three months after the expiration of the said twenty- one day period.

 

18.7. A general meeting convened as aforesaid by requisitionists shall be convened in the same manner as nearly as possible as that in which general meetings are to be convened by Directors.

 

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18.8. Members seeking to bring business before the annual general meeting or to nominate candidates for election as Directors at the annual general meeting must deliver notice to the principal executive offices of the Company not later than the close of business on the 90th day or earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to the scheduled date of the annual general meeting.

 

19. Notice of General Meetings

 

19.1. At least seven clear days’ notice shall be given of any general meeting. Every notice shall specify the place, the day and the hour of the meeting and the general nature of the business to be conducted at the general meeting and shall be given in the manner hereinafter mentioned or in such other manner if any as may be prescribed by the Company, provided that a general meeting of the Company shall, whether or not the notice specified in this Article has been given and whether or not the provisions of the Articles regarding general meetings have been complied with, be deemed to have been duly convened if it is so agreed:

 

(a) in the case of an annual general meeting, by all of the Members entitled to attend and vote thereat; and

 

(b) in the case of an extraordinary general meeting, by a majority in number of the Members having a right to attend and vote at the meeting, together holding not less than ninety five per cent of the voting rights by number of the Shares giving that right.

 

19.2. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Articles, the accidental omission to give notice of a general meeting to, or the non receipt of notice of a general meeting by, any person entitled to receive such notice, or the accidental failure to refer in any notice or other document to a meeting as an “annual general meeting” or “extraordinary general meeting”, as the case may be, shall not invalidate the proceedings of that general meeting.

 

20. Proceedings at General Meetings

 

20.1. No business shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum is present. The holders of at least 50 per cent of the Shares entitled to vote being individuals present in person or by proxy or if a corporation or other legal person which is not a natural person by its duly authorised representative or proxy (and whether or not a single Member or more than one Member) shall be a quorum unless the Company has only one Member entitled to vote at such general meeting in which case that Member shall constitute the quorum.

 

20.2. A person may participate at a general meeting by conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all the persons participating in the meeting can communicate with each other. Participation by a person in a general meeting in this manner is treated as presence in person at that meeting.

 

20.3. A resolution in writing (in one or more counterparts) signed by or on behalf of one or more Members representing an absolute majority of the votes of Members for the time being entitled to receive notice of and to attend and vote at general meetings (or, being corporations or other legal persons who are not natural persons, signed by their duly authorised representatives) shall, without the need for any advance notice, be as valid and effective as if the resolution had been passed at a general meeting of the Company duly convened and held. If any Resolution of Members in writing is passed otherwise than by the unanimous written consent of all Members, a copy of such resolution shall be sent to all Members by whom (or on whose behalf) the resolution has not been signed, but the accidental omission to send such a copy to, or the non receipt of a copy by, any person entitled to receive such copy shall not invalidate the resolution.

 

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20.4. If a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting to commence or if during such a meeting a quorum ceases to be present, the meeting, if convened upon a Members’ requisition, shall be dissolved and in any other case it shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same time and/or place or to such other day, time and/or place as the Directors may determine, and if at the adjourned meeting a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting to commence, the Members present shall be a quorum.

 

20.5. The Directors may, at any time prior to the time appointed for the meeting to commence, appoint any person to act as chairman of a general meeting of the Company or, if the Directors do not make any such appointment, the chairman, if any, of the board of Directors shall preside as chairman at such general meeting. If there is no such chairman, or if he shall not be present within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for the meeting to commence, or is unwilling to act, the Directors present shall elect one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.

 

20.6. If no Director is willing to act as chairman or if no Director is present within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for the meeting to commence, the Members present shall choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.

 

20.7. The chairman may, with the consent of a meeting at which a quorum is present (and shall if so directed by the meeting) adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place, but no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place.

 

20.8. When a general meeting is adjourned for thirty days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting. Otherwise it shall not be necessary to give any such notice of an adjourned meeting.

 

20.9. A resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided by a show of hands unless a poll is demanded.

 

20.10. A poll may be demanded by any Shareholder present in person or by proxy and it so demanded the poll shall be taken as the chairman directs, and the result of the poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the general meeting at which the poll was demanded.

 

20.11. A poll demanded on the election of a chairman or on a question of adjournment shall be taken forthwith. A poll demanded on any other question shall be taken at such date, time and place as the chairman of the general meeting directs, and any business other than that upon which a poll has been demanded or is contingent thereon may proceed pending the taking of the poll.

 

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20.12. In the case of an equality of votes, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, the chairman shall not be entitled to a second or casting vote.

 

21. Votes of Members

 

21.1. Subject to any rights or restrictions attached to any Shares, including as set out in Article 47.1, every Member present in any such manner shall have one vote for every Share of which he is the holder.

 

21.2. In the case of joint holders the vote of the senior holder who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy (or, in the case of a corporation or other legal person which is not a natural person, by its duly authorised representative or proxy), shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders, and seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names of the holders stand in the Register of Members.

 

21.3. A Member of unsound mind, or in respect of whom an order has been made by any court having jurisdiction in lunacy, may vote by his committee, receiver, curator bonis, or other person on such Member’s behalf appointed by that court, and any such committee, receiver, curator bonis or other person may vote by proxy.

 

21.4. No person shall be entitled to vote at any general meeting unless he is registered as a Member on the record date for such meeting nor unless all calls or other monies then due and payable by him in respect of Shares have been paid.

 

21.5. No objection shall be raised as to the qualification of any voter except at the general meeting or adjourned general meeting at which the vote objected to is given or tendered and every vote not disallowed at the meeting shall be valid. Any objection made in due time in accordance with this Article shall be referred to the chairman whose decision shall be final and conclusive.

 

21.6. Votes may be cast either personally or by proxy (or in the case of a corporation or other legal person which is not a natural person by its duly authorised representative or proxy). A Member may appoint more than one proxy or the same proxy under one or more instruments to attend and vote at a meeting. Where a Member appoints more than one proxy the instrument of proxy shall state which proxy is entitled to vote on a show of hands and shall specify the number of Shares in respect of which each proxy is entitled to exercise the related votes.

 

21.7. A Member holding more than one Share need not cast the votes in respect of his Shares in the same way on any resolution and therefore may vote a Share or some or all such Shares either for or against a resolution and/or abstain from voting a Share or some or all of the Shares and, subject to the terms of the instrument appointing him, a proxy appointed under one or more instruments may vote a Share or some or all of the Shares in respect of which he is appointed either for or against a resolution and/or abstain from voting a Share or some or all of the Shares in respect of which he is appointed.

 

22. Proxies

 

22.1. The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing and shall be executed under the hand of the appointor or of his attorney duly authorised in writing, or, if the appointor is a corporation or other legal person which is not a natural person, under the hand of its duly authorised representative. A proxy need not be a Member.

 

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22.2. The Directors may, in the notice convening any meeting or adjourned meeting, or in an instrument of proxy sent out by the Company, specify the manner by which the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited and the place and the time (being not later than the time appointed for the commencement of the meeting or adjourned meeting to which the proxy relates) at which the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited. In the absence of any such direction from the Directors in the notice convening any meeting or adjourned meeting or in an instrument of proxy sent out by the Company, the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited physically at the Registered Office not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for the meeting or adjourned meeting to commence at which the person named in the instrument proposes to vote.

 

22.3. The chairman may in any event at his discretion declare that an instrument of proxy shall be deemed to have been duly deposited. An instrument of proxy that is not deposited in the manner permitted, or which has not been declared to have been duly deposited by the chairman, shall be invalid.

 

22.4. The instrument appointing a proxy may be in any usual or common form (or such other form as the Directors may approve) and may be expressed to be for a particular meeting or any adjournment thereof or generally until revoked. An instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to include the power to demand or join or concur in demanding a poll.

 

22.5. Votes given in accordance with the terms of an instrument of proxy shall be valid notwithstanding the previous death or insanity of the principal or revocation of the proxy or of the authority under which the proxy was executed, or the transfer of the Share in respect of which the proxy is given unless notice in writing of such death, insanity, revocation or transfer was received by the Company at the Registered Office before the commencement of the general meeting, or adjourned meeting at which it is sought to use the proxy.

 

23. Corporate Members

 

23.1. Any corporation or other legal person that is not a natural person which is a Member may in accordance with its constitutional documents, or in the absence of such provision by resolution of its directors or other governing body, authorise such person as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any meeting of the Company or of any class of Members, and the person so authorised shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the corporation which he represents as the corporation could exercise if it were an individual Member.

 

23.2. If a clearing house (or its nominee(s)), being a corporation, is a Member, it may authorise such persons as it sees fit to act as its representative at any meeting of the Company or at any meeting of any class of Members provided that the authorisation shall specify the number and class of Shares in respect of which each such representative is so authorised. Each person so authorised under the provisions of this Article shall be deemed to have been duly authorised without further evidence of the facts and be entitled to exercise the same rights and powers on behalf of the clearing house (or its nominee(s)) as if such person was the registered holder of such Shares held by the clearing house (or its nominee(s)).

 

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24. Shares that May Not be Voted

 

Shares in the Company that are beneficially owned by the Company (including Treasury Shares) shall not be voted, directly or indirectly, at any meeting and shall not be counted in determining the total number of outstanding Shares at any given time.

 

25. Directors

 

There shall be a board of Directors consisting of not less than one person provided however that the Company may by Resolution of the Members or Resolution of the Director, amend these articles to increase or reduce the limits in the number of Directors.

 

26. Powers and Duties of Directors

 

26.1. Subject to the provisions of the Statute, the Memorandum and the Articles and to any directions given by Resolution of Members, the business of the Company shall be managed by the Directors who may exercise all the powers of the Company. No alteration of the Memorandum or Articles and no such direction shall invalidate any prior act of the Directors which would have been valid if that alteration had not been made or that direction had not been given. A duly convened meeting of Directors at which a quorum is present may exercise all powers exercisable by the Directors.

 

26.2. All cheques, promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange and other negotiable or transferable instruments and all receipts for monies paid to the Company shall be signed, drawn, accepted, endorsed or otherwise executed as the case may be in such manner as the Directors shall determine by resolution.

 

26.3. The Directors on behalf of the Company may pay a gratuity or pension or allowance on retirement to any Director who has held any other salaried office or place of profit with the Company or to his widow or dependants and may make contributions to any fund and pay premiums for the purchase or provision of any such gratuity, pension or allowance.

 

26.4. The Directors may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge its undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and to issue debentures, debenture stock, mortgages, bonds and other such securities whether outright or as security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party.

 

26.5. A Director, in exercising his powers or performing his duties, shall act honestly and in good faith and in what the Director believes to be in the best interests of the Company.

 

26.6. Section 175 of the Statute shall not apply to the Company.

 

27. Appointment and Removal of Directors

 

27.1. The Company may by Resolution of Members appoint any person to be a Director either to fill a vacancy or as an additional Director provided that the appointment does not cause the number of Directors to exceed any number fixed by the Articles as the maximum number of Directors.

 

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27.2. Except as the Statute or other applicable law may otherwise require, in the interim between annual general meetings or extraordinary general meetings called for the election of Directors and/or the removal of one or more Directors and the filling of any vacancy in that connection, additional Directors and any vacancies in the board of Directors, including unfilled vacancies resulting from the removal of Directors for cause, may be filled by the vote of a majority of the remaining Directors then in office, although less than a quorum (as defined in the Articles), or by the sole remaining Director. All such Directors shall hold office until the expiration of their respective terms of office and until their successors shall have been elected and qualified. A Director elected to fill a vacancy resulting from the death, resignation or removal of a Director shall serve for the remainder of the full term of the Director whose death, resignation or removal shall have created such vacancy and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified.

 

27.3. Prior to consummation of a Business Combination, a director may only be removed from office by a Resolution of Directors passed for this purpose.

 

27.4. At any time after the consummation of a Business Combination, the Company may by Resolution of Members or Resolution of Directors remove any Director whether with or without cause.

 

27.5. Sections 114(2) and 114(3) of the Statute shall not apply to the Company.

 

28. Vacation of Office of Director

 

The office of a Director shall be vacated if:

 

(a) the Director gives notice in writing to the Company that he resigns the office of Director; or

 

(b) the Director absents himself (for the avoidance of doubt, without being represented by proxy) from three consecutive meetings of the board of Directors without special leave of absence from the Directors, and the Directors pass a resolution that he has by reason of such absence vacated office; or

 

(c) the Director dies, becomes bankrupt or makes any arrangement or composition with his creditors generally; or

 

(d) the Director is found to be or becomes of unsound mind; or

 

(e) all of the other Directors (being not less than two in number) determine that he should be removed as a Director, either by a resolution passed by all of the other Directors at a meeting of the Directors duly convened and held in accordance with the Articles or by a resolution in writing signed by all of the other Directors; or

 

(f) the Director becomes disqualified to act as a Director under section 111 of the Statute.

 

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29. Proceedings of Directors

 

29.1. The quorum for the transaction of the business of the Directors shall be a majority of the Directors present in person if there are two or more Directors, and shall be one if there is only one Director.

 

29.2. Subject to the provisions of the Articles, the Directors may regulate their proceedings as they think fit. Questions arising at any meeting shall be decided by a majority of votes. In the case of an equality of votes, the chairman shall have a second or casting vote.

 

29.3. A person may participate in a meeting of the Directors or a meeting of any committee of Directors by conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all the persons participating in the meeting can communicate with each other at the same time. Participation by a person in a meeting in this manner is treated as presence in person at that meeting. Unless otherwise determined by the Directors the meeting shall be deemed to be held at the place where the chairman is located at the start of the meeting.

 

29.4. A resolution in writing (in one or more counterparts) signed by a majority of the Directors or a majority of the members of a committee of the Directors or, in the case of a resolution in writing relating to the removal of any Director or the vacation of office by any Director, all of the Directors other than the Director who is the subject of such resolution shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Directors, or committee of Directors as the case may be, duly convened and held.

 

29.5. A Director may, or other officer of the Company on the direction of a Director shall, call a meeting of the Directors by at least two days’ notice in writing to every Director which notice shall set forth the general nature of the business to be considered unless notice is waived by all the Directors either at, before or after the meeting is held. To any such notice of a meeting of the Directors all the provisions of the Articles relating to the giving of notices by the Company to the Members shall apply mutatis mutandis.

 

29.6. The continuing Directors (or a sole continuing Director, as the case may be) may act notwithstanding any vacancy in their body, but if and so long as their number is reduced below the number fixed by or pursuant to the Articles as the necessary quorum of Directors the continuing Directors or Director may act for the purpose of increasing the number of Directors to be equal to such fixed number, or of summoning a general meeting of the Company, but for no other purpose.

 

29.7. The Directors may elect a chairman of their board and determine the period for which he is to hold office; but if no such chairman is elected, or if at any meeting the chairman is not present within five minutes after the time appointed for the meeting to commence, the Directors present may choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.

 

29.8. All acts done by any meeting of the Directors or of a committee of the Directors shall, notwithstanding that it is afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of any Director, and/or that they or any of them were disqualified, and/or had vacated their office and/or were not entitled to vote, be as valid as if every such person had been duly appointed and/or not disqualified to be a Director and/or had not vacated their office and/or had been entitled to vote, as the case may be.

 

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30. Presumption of Assent

 

A Director who is present at a meeting of the board of Directors at which action on any Company matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless his dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless he shall file his written dissent from such action with the person acting as the chairman or secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall forward such dissent by registered post to such person immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to a Director who voted in favour of such action.

 

31. Directors’ Interests

 

31.1. A Director may hold any other office or place of profit under the Company (other than the office of Auditor) in conjunction with his office of Director for such period and on such terms as to remuneration and otherwise as the Directors may determine.

 

31.2. A Director may act by himself or by, through or on behalf of his firm in a professional capacity for the Company and he or his firm shall be entitled to remuneration for professional services as if he were not a Director.

 

31.3. A Director may be or become a director or other officer of or otherwise interested in any company promoted by the Company or in which the Company may be interested as a shareholder, a contracting party or otherwise, and no such Director shall be accountable to the Company for any remuneration or other benefits received by him as a director or officer of, or from his interest in, such other company.

 

31.4. No person shall be disqualified from the office of Director or prevented by such office from contracting with the Company, either as vendor, purchaser or otherwise, nor shall any such contract or any contract or transaction entered into by or on behalf of the Company in which any Director shall be in any way interested be or be liable to be avoided, nor shall any Director so contracting or being so interested be liable to account to the Company for any profit realised by or arising in connection with any such contract or transaction by reason of such Director holding office or of the fiduciary relationship thereby established. A Director shall be at liberty to vote in respect of any contract or transaction in which he is interested provided that the nature of the interest of any Director in any such contract or transaction shall be disclosed by him at or prior to its consideration and any vote thereon.

 

31.5. Any notice that a Director is a shareholder, director, officer or employee of any specified firm or company and is to be regarded as interested in any transaction with such firm or company shall be deemed a general notice of such interest for the purposes of the Statute and be sufficient disclosure for the purposes of voting on a resolution in respect of a contract or transaction in which he has an interest, and after such general notice it shall not be necessary to give a general or special notice relating to any particular transaction.

 

32. Minutes

 

The Directors shall cause minutes to be made in books kept for the purpose of all appointments of officers made by the Directors, all proceedings at meetings of the Company or the holders of any class of Shares and of the Directors, and of committees of the Directors, including the names of the Directors present at each meeting.

 

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33. Delegation of Directors’ Powers

 

33.1. Subject to the Statute, the Directors may delegate any of their powers, authorities and discretions, including the power to sub-delegate, to any committee consisting of one or more Directors. Any such delegation may be made subject to any conditions the Directors may impose and either collaterally with or to the exclusion of their own powers and any such delegation may be revoked or altered by the Directors. Subject to any such conditions, the proceedings of a committee of Directors shall be governed by the Articles regulating the proceedings of Directors, so far as they are capable of applying.

 

33.2. Subject to the Statute, the Directors may establish any committees, local boards or agencies or appoint any person to be a manager or agent for managing the affairs of the Company and may appoint any person to be a member of such committees, local boards or agencies. Any such appointment may be made subject to any conditions the Directors may impose, and either collaterally with or to the exclusion of their own powers and any such appointment may be revoked or altered by the Directors. Subject to any such conditions, the proceedings of any such committee, local board or agency shall be governed by the Articles regulating the proceedings of Directors, so far as they are capable of applying.

 

33.3. Subject to the Statute, the Directors may by power of attorney or otherwise appoint any person to be the agent of the Company on such conditions as the Directors may determine, provided that the delegation is not to the exclusion of their own powers and may be revoked by the Directors at any time.

 

33.4. Subject to the Statute, the Directors may by power of attorney or otherwise appoint any company, firm, person or body of persons, whether nominated directly or indirectly by the Directors, to be the attorney or authorised signatory of the Company for such purpose and with such powers, authorities and discretions (not exceeding those vested in or exercisable by the Directors under the Articles) and for such period and subject to such conditions as they may think fit, and any such powers of attorney or other appointment may contain such provisions for the protection and convenience of persons dealing with any such attorneys or authorised signatories as the Directors may think fit and may also authorise any such attorney or authorised signatory to delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions vested in him.

 

33.5. The Directors may appoint such officers of the Company (including, for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation, any chairman of the board of Directors, chief executive offices, president, chief financial officer, vice-presidents, secretary, assistant secretary, treasurer or any other officers as may be determined by the Directors) as they consider necessary on such terms, at such remuneration and to perform such duties, and subject to such provisions as to disqualification and removal as the Directors may think fit. Unless otherwise specified in the terms of his appointment an officer of the Company may be removed by resolution of the Directors or Resolution of Members. An officer of the Company may vacate his office at any time if he gives notice in writing to the Company that he resigns his office.

 

34. Reserved.

 

35. No Minimum Shareholding

 

No Director shall be required to hold Shares.

 

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36. Remuneration of Directors

 

36.1. The remuneration to be paid to the Directors, if any, shall be such remuneration as the Directors shall determine. The Directors shall also be entitled to be paid all travelling, hotel and other expenses properly incurred by them in connection with their attendance at meetings of Directors or committees of Directors, or general meetings of the Company, or separate meetings of the holders of any class of Shares or debentures of the Company, or otherwise in connection with the business of the Company or the discharge of their duties as a Director, or to receive a fixed allowance in respect thereof as may be determined by the Directors, or a combination partly of one such method and partly the other.

 

36.2. The Directors may by resolution approve additional remuneration to any Director for any services which in the opinion of the Directors go beyond his ordinary routine work as a Director. Any fees paid to a Director who is also counsel, attorney or solicitor to the Company, or otherwise serves it in a professional capacity shall be in addition to his remuneration as a Director.

 

37. Seal

 

37.1. The Company shall have a Seal. The Seal shall only be used by the authority of the Directors or of a committee of the Directors authorised by the Directors.

 

37.2. The Company may have for use in any place or places outside the British Virgin Islands a duplicate Seal or Seals each of which shall be a facsimile of the Seal of the Company and, if the Directors so determine, with the addition on its face of the name of every place where it is to be used.

 

37.3. A Director or officer, representative or attorney of the Company may without further authority of the Directors affix the Seal over his signature alone to any document of the Company required to be authenticated by him under seal or to be filed wheresoever.

 

38. Dividends, Distributions and Reserve

 

38.1. Subject to the Statute and this Article and except as otherwise provided by the rights attached to any Shares, the Directors may resolve to pay Distributions on Shares in issue and authorise payment of the Distributions out of the funds of the Company lawfully available therefor. A dividend shall be deemed to be an interim dividend unless the terms of the resolution pursuant to which the Directors resolve to pay such dividend specifically state that such dividend shall be a final dividend. No Distribution shall be authorised if such Distribution would cause the Company or its Directors to be in breach of the Statute.

 

38.2. The Directors may deduct from any Distribution payable to any Member all sums of money (if any) payable by him to the Company on account of calls or otherwise.

 

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38.3. The Directors may resolve that any Distribution or redemption be paid wholly or partly by the distribution of specific assets and in particular (but without limitation) by the distribution of shares, debentures, or securities of any other company or in any one or more of such ways and where any difficulty arises in regard to such distribution, the Directors may settle the same as they think expedient and in particular may issue fractional Shares and may fix the value for distribution of such specific assets or any part thereof and may determine that cash payments shall be made to any Members upon the basis of the value so fixed in order to adjust the rights of all Members and may vest any such specific assets in trustees in such manner as may seem expedient to the Directors.

 

38.4. Except as otherwise provided by the rights attached to any Shares, Distributions may be paid in any currency. The Directors may determine the basis of conversion for any currency conversions that may be required and how any costs involved are to be met.

 

38.5. The Directors may, before resolving to pay any Distribution, set aside such sums as they think proper as a reserve or reserves which shall, at the discretion of the Directors, be applicable for any purpose of the Company and pending such application may, at the discretion of the Directors, be employed in the business of the Company.

 

38.6. Any Distribution, redemption payment, interest or other monies payable in cash in respect of Shares may be paid by wire transfer to the holder or by cheque or warrant sent through the post directed to the registered address of the holder or, in the case of joint holders, to the registered address of the holder who is first named on the Register of Members or to such person and to such address as such holder or joint holders may in writing direct. Every such cheque or warrant shall be made payable to the order of the person to whom it is sent. Any one of two or more joint holders may give effectual receipts for any dividends, other Distributions, bonuses, or other monies payable in respect of the Share held by them as joint holders.

 

38.7. No Distribution or redemption payment shall bear interest against the Company.

 

38.8. Any Distribution or redemption payment which cannot be paid to a Member and/or which remains unclaimed after six months from the date on which such Distribution becomes payable may, in the discretion of the Directors, be paid into a separate account in the Company’s name, provided that the Company shall not be constituted as a trustee in respect of that account and the dividend or other Distribution shall remain as a debt due to the Member. Any Distribution or redemption payment which remains unclaimed after a period of six years from the date on which such Distribution or redemption payment becomes payable shall be forfeited and shall revert to the Company.

 

39. Books of Account

 

39.1. The Directors shall cause proper books of account (including, where applicable, underlying documentation including contracts and invoices) to be kept with respect to all sums of money received and expended by the Company and the matters in respect of which the receipt or expenditure takes place, all sales and purchases of goods by the Company and the assets and liabilities of the Company, in accordance with the Statute.

 

39.2. The Directors shall determine whether and to what extent and at what times and places and under what conditions or regulations the accounts and books of the Company or any of them shall be open to the inspection of Members not being Directors and no Member (not being a Director) shall have any right of inspecting any account or book or document of the Company except as conferred by Statute or authorised by the Directors or by the Company in general meeting.

 

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39.3. The Directors may cause to be prepared and to be laid before the Company in general meeting profit and loss accounts, balance sheets, group accounts (if any) and such other reports and accounts as may be required by law.

 

40. Audit

 

40.1. The Directors may appoint an Auditor of the Company who shall (following its consent to act as auditor of the Company) hold office on such terms as the Directors determine.

 

40.2. Without prejudice to the freedom of the Directors to establish any other committee, if the Shares (or depositary receipts therefor) are listed or quoted on the Recognised Exchange, and if required by the Recognised Exchange, the Directors shall establish and maintain an Audit Committee as a committee of the Directors and shall adopt a formal written Audit Committee charter and review and assess the adequacy of the formal written charter on an annual basis. The composition and responsibilities of the Audit Committee shall comply with the rules and regulations of the SEC and the Recognised Exchange. The Audit Committee shall meet at least once every financial quarter, or more frequently as circumstances dictate.

 

40.3. If the Shares (or depositary receipts therefor) are listed or quoted on the Recognised Exchange, the Company shall conduct an appropriate review of all related party transactions on an ongoing basis and shall utilise the Audit Committee for the review and approval of potential conflicts of interest.

 

40.4. The remuneration of the Auditor shall be fixed by the Audit Committee (if one exists).

 

40.5. If the office of Auditor becomes vacant by resignation or death of the Auditor, or by his becoming incapable of acting by reason of illness or other disability at a time when his services are required, the Directors shall fill the vacancy and determine the remuneration of such Auditor.

 

40.6. Every Auditor of the Company shall have a right of access at all times to the books and accounts and vouchers of the Company and shall be entitled to require from the Directors and officers of the Company such information and explanation as may be necessary for the performance of the duties of the Auditor.

 

40.7. Auditors shall, if so required by the Directors, make a report on the accounts of the Company during their tenure of office at any time during their term of office, upon request of the Directors or any general meeting of the Members.

 

41. Notices

 

41.1. Notices shall be in writing and may be given by the Company to any Member either personally or by sending it by courier, post, cable, telex, fax or e-mail to him or to his address as shown in the Register of Members (or where the notice is given by e-mail by sending it to the e-mail address provided by such Member). Notice may also be served in accordance with the requirements of the Recognised Exchange.

 

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41.2. Where a notice is sent by courier, service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by delivery of the notice to a courier company, and shall be deemed to have been received on the third day (not including Saturdays or Sundays or public holidays) following the day on which the notice was delivered to the courier. Where a notice is sent by post, service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing, pre paying and posting a letter containing the notice, and shall be deemed to have been received on the fifth day (not including Saturdays or Sundays or public holidays in the British Virgin Islands) following the day on which the notice was posted. Where a notice is sent by cable, telex or fax, service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing and sending such notice and shall be deemed to have been received on the same day that it was transmitted. Where a notice is given by e-mail service shall be deemed to be effected by transmitting the e-mail to the e-mail address provided by the intended recipient and shall be deemed to have been received on the same day that it was sent, and it shall not be necessary for the receipt of the e-mail to be acknowledged by the recipient.

 

41.3. A notice may be given by the Company to the person or persons which the Company has been advised are entitled to a Share or Shares in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Member in the same manner as other notices which are required to be given under the Articles and shall be addressed to them by name, or by the title of representatives of the deceased, or trustee of the bankrupt, or by any like description at the address supplied for that purpose by the persons claiming to be so entitled, or at the option of the Company by giving the notice in any manner in which the same might have been given if the death or bankruptcy had not occurred.

 

41.4. Notice of every general meeting shall be given in any manner authorised by the Articles to every holder of Shares carrying an entitlement to receive such notice on the date such notice is given except that in the case of joint holders the notice shall be sufficient if given to the joint holder first named in the Register of Members and every person upon whom the ownership of a Share devolves by reason of his being a legal personal representative or a trustee in bankruptcy of a Member where the Member but for his death or bankruptcy would be entitled to receive notice of the meeting, and no other person shall be entitled to receive notices of general meetings.

 

42. Winding Up

 

42.1. If the Company shall be wound up the liquidator shall apply the assets of the Company in satisfaction of creditors’ claims in such manner and order as such liquidator thinks fit. Subject to the rights attaching to any Shares, each Share will rank pari passu with each other Share in relation to the distribution of surplus assets on a winding up.

 

42.2. If the Company shall be wound up the liquidator may, subject to the rights attaching to any Shares and subject to contrary direction by Resolution of Members, divide amongst the Members in kind the whole or any part of the assets of the Company (whether such assets shall consist of property of the same kind or not) and may for that purpose value any assets and determine how the division shall be carried out as between the Members or different classes of Members. The liquidator may, subject to contrary direction by Resolution of Members, vest the whole or any part of such assets in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of the Members as the liquidator, subject to contrary direction by Resolution of Members, shall think fit, but so that no Member shall be compelled to accept any asset upon which there is a liability.

 

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43. Indemnity and Insurance

 

43.1. Subject to the Statute, every Director and officer of the Company (which for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include Auditors), together with every former Director and former officer of the Company (each an “Indemnified Person”) shall be indemnified out of the assets of the Company against any liability, action, proceeding, claim, demand, costs, damages or expenses, including legal expenses, whatsoever which they or any of them may incur as a result of any act or failure to act in carrying out their functions other than such liability (if any) that they may incur by reason of their own actual fraud or wilful default. Subject to the Statute, no Indemnified Person shall be liable to the Company for any loss or damage incurred by the Company as a result (whether direct or indirect) of the carrying out of their functions unless that liability arises through the actual fraud or wilful default of such Indemnified Person. No person shall be found to have committed actual fraud or wilful default under this Article unless or until a court of competent jurisdiction shall have made a finding to that effect.

 

43.2. Subject to the Statute, the Company shall advance to each Indemnified Person reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with the defence of any action, suit, proceeding or investigation involving such Indemnified Person for which indemnity will or could be sought. In connection with any advance of any expenses hereunder, the Indemnified Person shall execute an undertaking to repay the advanced amount to the Company if it shall be determined by final judgment or other final adjudication that such Indemnified Person was not entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Article. If it shall be determined by a final judgment or other final adjudication that such Indemnified Person was not entitled to indemnification with respect to such judgment, costs or expenses, then such party shall not be indemnified with respect to such judgment, costs or expenses and any advancement shall be returned to the Company (without interest) by the Indemnified Person.

 

43.3. The Directors, on behalf of the Company, may purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of any Director or other officer of the Company against any liability which, by virtue of any rule of law, would otherwise attach to such person in respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust of which such person may be guilty in relation to the Company.

 

44. Financial Year

 

Unless the Directors otherwise prescribe, the financial year of the Company shall end on 31st December in each year and, following the year of incorporation, shall begin on 1st January in each year.

 

45. Transfer by Way of Continuation

 

The Company shall, subject to the provisions of the Statute, have the power to register by way of continuation as a body corporate under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the British Virgin Islands and to be deregistered in the British Virgin Islands.

 

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46. Mergers and Consolidations

 

The Company shall, subject to the provisions of the Statute, have the power to merge or consolidate with one or more constituent companies (as defined in the Statute), upon such terms as the Directors may determine.

 

47. Business Combination

 

47.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Articles, this Article 47 shall cease to apply upon the first to occur of the consummation of any Business Combination and the distribution of the Trust Fund pursuant to Article 47.7. Subject to the Statute in the event of a conflict between this Article 47 and any other Articles, the provisions of this Article 47 shall prevail, and Articles 47.1, 47.5 and 47.7 may not be amended prior to the consummation of a Business Combination without a Unanimous Resolution of Members.

 

47.2. Prior to the consummation of any Business Combination, the Company shall either:

 

(a) submit such Business Combination to its Members for approval; or

 

(b) provide Members with the opportunity to have their Shares repurchased by means of a tender offer for an amount equal to their pro rata share of the Trust Fund, provided that the Company shall not repurchase Shares in an amount that would cause the Company’s net tangible assets to be less than US$5,000,001.

 

47.3. The Company shall initiate any tender offer in accordance with Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E of the Exchange Act, and shall file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination which contain substantially the same financial and other information about such Business Combination and the redemption rights as is required under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act, to repurchase Public Shares.

 

47.4. At a general meeting called for the purposes of approving a Business Combination pursuant to this Article, in the event that holders of a majority of the Ordinary Shares have voted for the approval of a Business Combination, the Company shall be authorised to consummate a Business Combination, provided that the Company has net tangible assets of at least US$5,000,001 upon such consummation or any greater net tangible asset or cash requirement that may be contained in the agreement relating to a Business Combination.

 

47.5. Any Member holding Shares issued to persons who are not a Founder, officer or Director of the Company may, contemporaneously with any vote on a Business Combination, elect to have their Public Shares redeemed for cash (the “IPO Redemption”). If so demanded, provided that the Member has complied with any all procedures relating thereto specified in the applicable documents provided by the Company to the Members, the Company shall pay any such redeeming Member, regardless of whether he is voting for or against such proposed Business Combination, a per Share redemption price equal to their pro rata share of the amount then held in the Trust Fund net of taxes payable (such redemption price being referred to herein as the “Redemption Price”).

 

47.6. The Redemption Price shall be paid promptly following the consummation of the relevant Business Combination. If the proposed Business Combination is not approved or completed for any reason then such redemptions shall be cancelled and share certificates (if any) returned to the relevant Members as appropriate.

 

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47.7. (a) In the event that the Company does not consummate an initial Business Combination within 12 months after the closing of the IPO (the “Deadline”), the Company may, (by way of authority given pursuant to a Resolution of Directors) but is not obliged to, extend the period of time to consummate the Business Combination up to two (2) occasions and for up to 3 months (the “Extension”) on each occasion, for up to 18 months from the closing of the IPO to initiate the initial Business Combination, provided that if the Company exercises the Extension, then, the Founders, or their affiliates or designees, shall upon five (5) days advance notice prior to the Deadline, deposit into the Trust Fund, $1,000,000, or $1,150,000 (the “Top-up Amount”) if the Over-Allotment Option is exercised in full, on or prior to the Deadline.

 

(b) If the Company does not complete its initial Business Combination within 12, 15, or 18 months of the IPO, as the case may be, or if the full Top-up Amount is not paid in full by the Founders, by the applicable date, the Company 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, redeem the Public Shares, at a per Share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Fund including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Fund and not previously released to the Company to pay its taxes, divided by the number of then Public Shares in issue, which redemption will completely extinguish public Members’ rights as Members (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law; and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining Members and the Directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to its obligations under the laws of the British Virgin Islands to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.

 

(c) If the Members approve an amendment to Article 47 that would affect the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem the Public Shares where the Company did not complete its Business Combination within eighteen months from closing of the IPO, the Company shall provide the Members holding Public Shares with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Shares upon such approval at a per Share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount of the Trust Fund, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Fund and not previously released to the Company to pay its taxes, divided by the number of then Public Shares in issue.

 

47.8. A holder of Public Shares shall be entitled to receive distributions from the Trust Fund only in the event of an IPO Redemption, repurchase of Shares by means of a tender offer pursuant to Article 47.2(b), or a distribution of the Trust Fund (including by way of redemption of Shares) pursuant to Article 47.7(a), 47.7(b) or 47.7(c). In no other circumstance shall a holder of Public Shares have any right or interest of any kind in the Trust Fund.

 

47.9. After the issue of Public Shares, and prior to the consummation of a Business Combination, the Directors shall not issue additional Shares or any other securities that participate in any manner in the Trust Fund or that vote as a class with Public Shares on any Business Combination.

 

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47.10. The approval of the uninterested independent Directors shall be required to approve any transaction or transactions between the Company and any of the following parties:

 

(b) any Member owning an interest in the voting power of the Company that gives such Member a significant influence over the Company; and

 

(c) any Director or officer of the Company and any affiliate or relative of such Director or officer.

 

47.11. Any payment made to members of the Audit Committee (if one exists) shall require the review and approval of the Directors, with any Director interested in such payment abstaining from such review and approval.

 

47.12. A Director may vote in respect of any Business Combination in which such Director has a conflict of interest with respect to the evaluation of such Business Combination. Such Director must disclose such interest or conflict to the other Directors.

 

47.13. The Audit Committee shall monitor compliance with the terms of the IPO and, if any non-compliance is identified, the Audit Committee shall be charged with the responsibility to take all action necessary to rectify such non-compliance or otherwise cause compliance with the terms of the IPO.

 

47.14. The Company may enter into a Business Combination with a target business that is affiliated with any Member, the Directors or officers of the Company.

 

47.15. Notwithstanding Article 47.7(b), if the Company is unable to consummate a Business Combination within 12, 15, or 18 months of the IPO and Members duly approve (or have duly approved), by way of Resolution of Members passed by Members holding 65% or more of the votes of the Company’s shares cast (in person or by proxy) at the special meeting and voting on the proposal, an extended period of time by which the Company must complete a Business Combination, the Company shall have until April 26, 2021 or such earlier date as may be determined by the Board (such date or such earlier date as may be so determined, the “Extended Termination Date”) to consummate such Business Combination; provided that the Company shall have offered all Members holding Public Shares the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Shares upon approval of such Resolution of Members at a per Share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount of the Trust Fund, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Fund and not previously released to the Company to pay its taxes, divided by the number of then Public Shares in issue. In such event, the phrase “within 12, 15, or 18 months of the IPO” referred to in Article 47.7(b) shall be deemed replaced with the phrase “by the end of the Extended Termination Date.

 

48. Certain Tax Filings

 

Each Tax Filing Authorised Person and any such other person, acting alone, as any Director shall designate from time to time, are authorised to file tax forms SS-4, W-8 BEN, W-8 IMY, W- 9, 8832 and 2553 and such other similar tax forms as are customary to file with any US state or federal governmental authorities or foreign governmental authorities in connection with the formation, activities and/or elections of the Company and such other tax forms as may be approved from time to time by any Director or officer of the Company. The Company further ratifies and approves any such filing made by any Tax Filing Authorised Person or such other person prior to the date of the Articles.

 

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49. Business Opportunities

 

49.7. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no individual serving as a Director or an officer of the Company (“Management”) shall have any duty, except and to the extent expressly assumed by contract, to refrain from engaging directly or indirectly in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as the Company. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company renounces any interest or expectancy of the Company in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate opportunity for Management, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other. Except to the extent expressly assumed by contract, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Management shall have no duty to communicate or offer any such corporate opportunity to the Company and shall not be liable to the Company or its Members for breach of any fiduciary duty as a Member, Director and/or officer of the Company solely by reason of the fact that such party pursues or acquires such corporate opportunity for itself, himself or herself, directs such corporate opportunity to another person, or does not communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Company.

 

49.8. Except as provided elsewhere in this Article, the Company shall have no interest or expectancy of the Company in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate opportunity for both the Company and Management, about which a Director and/or officer of the Company who is also a member of Management acquires knowledge.

 

49.9. To the extent a court might hold that the conduct of any activity related to a corporate opportunity that is renounced in this Article to be a breach of duty to the Company or its Members, the Company shall waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all claims and causes of action that the Company may have for such activities. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the provisions of this Article apply equally to activities conducted in the future and that have been conducted in the past.

 

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We, Overseas Management Company Trust (B.V.I.) LTD., OMC Chambers of Wickhams Cay 1, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, for the purpose of incorporating a BVI Business Company under the laws of the British Virgin Islands hereby sign this Memorandum of Association the 16th day of February, 2018

 

Incorporator  
   
(Sgd. Sandra Vasquez)  
   
Sandra Vasquez  
Authorised Signatory  
Overseas Management Company Trust (B.V.I.) LTD.  

 

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO THE
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT

 

This Amendment No. 1 (this “Amendment”) to the Investment Management Trust Agreement is made as of May 5, 2020 by and between Alberton Acquisition Corporation, a British Virgin Islands Company (the “Company”), and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation (the “Trustee”). All terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Trust Agreement.

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee entered into the Investment Management Trust Agreement (“Trust Agreement”) effective as of October 23, 2018;

 

WHEREAS, Section 1(i) of the Trust Agreement sets forth the terms that govern the liquidation of the Trust Account under the circumstances described therein;

 

WHEREAS, at a special meeting of stockholders of the Company (the “Special Meeting”) held on April 23, 2020, holders of at least 65% of the Company’s outstanding shares approved a proposal to amend (the “Extension Amendment”) the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (as may amended from time to time, the “M&A”) to extend the date by which the Company shall be required to effect a Business Combination from April 27, 2020 to October 26, 2020 or such earlier date determined by the Board (the “Extended Date”); and

 

WHEREAS, on the date hereof, the Company has filed the Extension Amendment with the Registrar of Corporate Affairs in the British Virgin Islands.

 

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. Section 1(i) of the Trust Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

(i) Commence liquidation of the Trust Account only after and promptly after receipt of, and only in accordance with, the terms of a letter (“Termination Letter”), in a form substantially similar to that attached hereto as either Exhibit A or Exhibit B, signed on behalf of the Company by its President, Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Board and Chief Financial Officer and, in the case of a Termination Letter in a form substantially similar to that attached hereto as Exhibit A, acknowledged and agreed to by Chardan, and complete the liquidation of the Trust Account and distribute the Property in the Trust Account only as directed in the Termination Letter and the other documents referred to therein; provided, however, that in the event that a Termination Letter has not been received by the Trustee by the 24-month anniversary of the closing of the IPO (“Closing”), the “Last Date”), the Trust Account shall be liquidated in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Termination Letter attached as Exhibit B hereto and distributed to the Public Shareholders as of the Last Date.

 

2. All other provisions of the Trust Agreement shall remain unaffected by the terms hereof.

 

This Amendment may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. A facsimile signature shall be deemed to be an original signature for purposes of this Amendment.

 

3. This Amendment is intended to be in full compliance with the requirements for an Amendment to the Trust Agreement as required by Section 6(c) of the Trust Agreement, and every defect in fulfilling such requirements for an effective amendment to the Trust Agreement is hereby ratified, intentionally waived and relinquished by all parties hereto.

 

4. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Amendment to the Investment Management Trust Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  CONTINETNAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee
     
  By: /s/ Francis Wolf
  Name:  Francis Wolf
  Title: Vice President
     
  ALBERTON ACQUISITION CORPORATION
     
  By: /s/ Guan Wang
  Name: Guan Wang
  Title: Chief Executive Officer and Chairman

 

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to the Investment Management Trust Agreement]

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO THE
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT

 

This Amendment No. 2 (this “Amendment”) to the Investment Management Trust Agreement is made as of October 26, 2020 by and between Alberton Acquisition Corporation, a British Virgin Islands Company (the “Company”), and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation (the “Trustee”). All terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Trust Agreement.

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee entered into the Investment Management Trust Agreement (“Trust Agreement”) effective as of October 23, 2018 and amended on May 5, 2020;

 

WHEREAS, Section 1(i) of the Trust Agreement sets forth the terms that govern the liquidation of the Trust Account under the circumstances described therein;

 

WHEREAS, at a special meeting of stockholders of the Company (the “Special Meeting”) held on October 26, 2020, holders of at least 65% of the Company’s outstanding shares approved a proposal to amend (the “Extension Amendment”) the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (as may amended from time to time, the “M&A”) to extend the date by which the Company shall be required to effect a Business Combination from October 26, 2020 to April 26, 2021 or such earlier date determined by the Board (the “Extended Date”); and

 

WHEREAS, on the date hereof, the Company has filed the Extension Amendment with the Registrar of Corporate Affairs in the British Virgin Islands.

 

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. Section 1(i) of the Trust Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

(i) Commence liquidation of the Trust Account only after and promptly after receipt of, and only in accordance with, the terms of a letter (“Termination Letter”), in a form substantially similar to that attached hereto as either Exhibit A or Exhibit B, signed on behalf of the Company by its President, Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Board and Chief Financial Officer and, in the case of a Termination Letter in a form substantially similar to that attached hereto as Exhibit A, acknowledged and agreed to by Chardan, and complete the liquidation of the Trust Account and distribute the Property in the Trust Account only as directed in the Termination Letter and the other documents referred to therein; provided, however, that in the event that a Termination Letter has not been received by the Trustee by the 30-month anniversary of the closing (the “Closing”) of the IPO (the “Last Date”), the Trust Account shall be liquidated in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Termination Letter attached as Exhibit B hereto and distributed to the Public Shareholders as of the Last Date.

 

2. All other provisions of the Trust Agreement shall remain unaffected by the terms hereof.

 

This Amendment may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. A facsimile signature shall be deemed to be an original signature for purposes of this Amendment.

 

3. This Amendment is intended to be in full compliance with the requirements for an Amendment to the Trust Agreement as required by Section 7(c) of the Trust Agreement, and every defect in fulfilling such requirements for an effective amendment to the Trust Agreement is hereby ratified, intentionally waived and relinquished by all parties hereto.
     
4. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Amendment to the Investment Management Trust Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  CONTINETNAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee    
     
  By: /s/ Francis Wolf
  Name: Francis Wolf
  Title: Vice President
     
  ALBERTON ACQUISITION CORPORATION    
     
  By: /s/ Guan Wang
  Name:  Guan Wang
  Title: Chief Executive Officer and Chairman

 

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 2 to the Investment Management Trust Agreement]

 

 

 

Exhibit 31.1

 

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

I, Guan Wang, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Alberton Acquisition Corporation;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; and

 

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under my supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; and

 

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report my conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

  

Date: November 9, 2020 /s/ Guan Wang
  Guan Wang
  Chief Executive Officer
  (Principal executive officer)

Exhibit 31.2

  

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

I, Keqing (Kevin) Liu, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Alberton Acquisition Corporation:

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; and

 

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under my supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; and

 

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report my conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: November 9, 2020 /s/ Keqing (Kevin) Liu
  Keqing (Kevin) Liu
  Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal financial and accounting officer)

Exhibit 32

 

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Alberton Acquisition Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2020 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”), each of the undersigned, in the capacities and on the dates indicated below, hereby certifies pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
   
2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operation of the Company.

  

Date: November 9, 2020 /s/ Guan Wang
  Guan Wang
  Chief Executive Officer
  (Principal executive officer)

 

Date: November 9, 2020 /s/ Keqing (Kevin) Liu
  Keqing (Kevin) Liu
  Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal financial and accounting officer)