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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

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

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 14, 2022

 

American Virtual Cloud Technologies, Inc.
(Exact Name of registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware   001-38167   81-2402421
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

1720 Peachtree Street, Suite 629
Atlanta, GA

 

30309

(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

(404) 239-2863
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share   AVCT   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50   AVCTW   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2).

 

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.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On March 15, 2022, in connection with the consummation by American Virtual Cloud Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) of the sale (the “Asset Sale”) of substantially all of the assets of the Company’s subsidiaries comprising the Company’s Computex business (collectively, the “Purchased Assets”) to Calian Corp. (the “Buyer”), as described in Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, certain direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company (collectively, the “Subject Subsidiaries”) entered into a Restrictive Covenant Agreement (the “Restrictive Covenant Agreement”) with the Buyer, pursuant to which the Subject Subsidiaries agreed not to engage in their current lines of business, including (1) developing, marketing, reselling and licensing data centers solutions, enterprise networking and integration services, and (2) cloud and managed services and cybersecurity services, for a period of four years following the date of the Restrictive Covenant Agreement. The Companies have also agreed to certain other customary employee and customer non-solicitation covenants.

 

The foregoing description of the Restrictive Covenant Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Restrictive Covenant Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

 

On March 15, 2022, the Company completed the Asset Sale and sold the Purchased Assets to the Buyer pursuant to the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement, dated January 26, 2022 (the “Purchase Agreement”), among the Company, the Subject Subsidiaries and the Buyer. As consideration for the Purchased Assets, Buyer paid a purchase price of approximately $34 million, after giving effect to an adjustment for estimated net working capital of the Computex as of the closing, and is subject to further adjustment in the future based on actual net working capital, indebtedness and certain other matters as of the closing. Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Company retained certain specified assets, including cash. The Company will retain the assets comprising its Kandy Business, which it intends to continue to operate, as described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed on February 14, 2022.

 

The foregoing description of the Asset Purchase Agreement and the Asset Sale does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Asset Purchase Agreement which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 1, 2022 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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

 

At the special meeting of stockholders of the Company held on March 14, 2022 (the “Special Meeting”), the Company’s stockholders approved proposals to (1) authorize and approve the Purchase Agreement, the Asset Sale and the other transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement (the “Asset Sale Proposal”), (2) approve, for purposes of complying with the Nasdaq Listing Rules, the issuance of shares of common stock of the Company (the “Common Stock”) upon exercise of the warrants issued by the Company pursuant to the terms of a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 2, 2021, as amended by that certain Amendment and Waiver dated as of December 2, 2021, in an amount equal to 20% or more of the Common Stock outstanding (“Nasdaq Proposal I”) and (3) approve, for purposes of complying with the Nasdaq Listing Rules, the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of warrants without giving effect to any cap on the number of shares issuable upon exercise thereof, issued by the Company pursuant to the terms of a Subscription Agreement, dated as of December 2, 2021 (“Nasdaq Proposal II”) . The final voting results for each proposal submitted to a vote are set forth below:

 

PROPOSAL 1: Approval of the Asset Sale Proposal.

 

Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions
47,888,262   247,002   13,285

 

PROPOSAL 2: Approval of Nasdaq Proposal I.

 

Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions
47,646,437   426,044   76,068

 

PROPOSAL 3: Approval of Nasdaq Proposal II.

 

Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions
47,596,551   473,925   78,073

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

On March 16, 2022, the Company issued a press release in which it announced that it completed the Asset Sale pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Such exhibit and the information set forth therein shall not be deemed to be filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise be subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.

 

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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(a)Pro Forma Financial Information.

 

The Company’s unaudited pro forma condensed financial information as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and for the successor period ended December 31, 2020 included in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on February 14, 2022, beginning on page 27 is incorporated herein by reference.

 

(d)Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.   Exhibit
1.1   Asset Purchase Agreement, dated January 26, 2022, among Calian Corp., Computex, Inc., Stratos Management Systems, Inc., First Byte Computers, Inc., eNetSolutions, LLC and American Virtual Cloud Technologies, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 1, 2022).
10.1   Restrictive Covenant Agreement, dated March 15, 2022, among Calian Corp., Computex, Inc., Stratos Management Systems, Inc., First Byte Computers, Inc. and eNetSolutions, LLC
99.1   Press Release, dated March 16, 2022.
99.2   Unaudited pro forma financial information of the Company (incorporated by reference to the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed on February 14, 2022).

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  AMERICAN VIRTUAL CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
   
  By:  /s/ Thomas H. King
  Name: Thomas H. King
  Title: Chief Financial Officer
     
Date: March 16, 2022    

 

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

RESTRICTIVE COVENANT AGREEMENT

 

This RESTRICTIVE COVENANT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of March 15, 2022, is by and between CALIAN CORP., a Delaware corporation (the “Purchaser”), and the Persons listed on the signature page hereto as the restricted parties (the “Restricted Parties”). The Restricted Parties and the Purchaser are sometimes individually referred to as a “Party” and, collectively, as the “Parties”.

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, Purchaser, a subsidiary of Calian Group Ltd., a Canadian corporation (“Calian”; together with Purchaser, the “Purchaser Parties”), the Restricted Parties and American Virtual Cloud Technologies, Inc. have entered into that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 26, 2022 (as may be amended, restated or supplemented from time to time, the “Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other actions, the Sellers will sell, assign transfer, convey and deliver to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser will purchase, acquire and accept from the Sellers, all of the Sellers’ right, entitlement and interest in, to and under the Purchased Assets;

 

WHEREAS, as a condition to the consummation of the transactions contemplated under the Purchase Agreement, the Restricted Parties have agreed to execute and deliver this Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, capitalized terms used herein (including in the recitals hereto) but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and promises made in the Purchase Agreement, and in consideration of the representations and warranties contained in the Purchase Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties, intending to become legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Definitions. Certain definitions of capitalized terms used in this Agreement are as follows:

 

(a) “Competing Business” means any business that is engaged or involved in any business or line of business that the Business is engaged or involved in as of the date hereof.

 

(b) “Covered Customer” means any client or customer of the Business during the preceding two (2) year period prior to the Closing Date, and any prospective client or customer of the Business to which any Restricted Party has actively marketed or has made or has taken specific action to make a proposal within the preceding two (2) year period prior to the Closing Date. In the case of a Governmental Authority, “client or customer” includes the source selection officials or program office for any applicable contract or program and all offices and personnel that report to or support such source selection officials or program office.

 

(c) “Covered Party” means Calian and each of its direct and indirect subsidiaries, including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Purchaser.

 

(d) “Prohibited Activities” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.

 

(e) “Restricted Territory” means Canada and the United States.

 

 

 

 

2. Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation.

 

(a) In consideration for the benefits the Restricted Parties will, directly or indirectly, receive in connection with the transactions contemplated under the Purchase Agreement, which benefits each of the Restricted Parties hereby expressly acknowledges, as a condition to the transactions contemplated under the Purchase Agreement, each Restricted Party hereby covenants and agrees that such Restricted Party will not, anywhere in the Restricted Territory, directly or indirectly:

 

(i) for the duration of four (4) years from the Closing, (A) operate, develop or own any interest in, or be involved in or manage, any Competing Business; (B) consult with, advise (whether formally or informally) or be employed by, serve as a director or manager to, be an observer on the board of directors or similar body of, any business which directly or indirectly owns, manages or operates a Competing Business; or (C) interfere with, solicit, disrupt or attempt to disrupt any past, present or prospective relationship, contractual or otherwise, with any retailer, supplier or customer of the Business; provided, however, that such Restricted Party is not prohibited from being employed by or providing consulting services for a division of a business that is engaged in multiple business lines, including a Competing Business, if such division is not engaged, directly or indirectly, in any Competing Business and such Restricted Party does not, directly or indirectly engage in, assist, or aid in any work related to any Competing Business engaged in by other divisions of such business, and provided, further, that such Restricted Party may own shares of capital stock of any publicly traded company if such Restricted Party, together with any of such Restricted Party’s Affiliates, owns beneficially (directly or indirectly) less than two percent (2%) of the total number of shares of such company’s issued and outstanding capital stock; or

 

(ii) for the duration of four (4) years from the Closing, (A) solicit any past, present or prospective employee (including all officers and managers) of the Business (other than through general solicitations that do not directly target employees of the Business) to leave his or her employment with the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates; or (B) employ or attempt to employ any past, present or prospective employee (including all officers and managers) of the Business, provided, however, that such Restricted Party may solicit for employment or employ any then former employee of the Business on or after the six (6) month anniversary of such former employee’s separation from employment with the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates;

 

(the activities in sub-sections (i)-(ii) being collectively the “Prohibited Activities”).

 

(b) Each Restricted Party acknowledges and agrees that the Prohibited Activities substantially cover the activities that comprise the market in which the Business is conducted. Each Restricted Party acknowledges and agrees that none of the restrictions in this Section 2, including with respect to the geographic scope, duration or limitations on activities, will impair any Restricted Party’s ability to, as applicable, make a living or operate its businesses. Each Restricted Party further acknowledges that its agreements not to engage in the Prohibited Activities for the period of time provided herein are manifestly reasonable on their face and that they are reasonable as to time and no greater than is required for the reasonable protection of each Covered Party with respect to the Business in light of the substantial harm that such Covered Party would suffer with respect to the Business should any Restricted Party breach any of the provisions of this Section 2. Each Restricted Party further agrees that the nature, kind and character of the Prohibited Activities are reasonably necessary to protect the interests of each Covered Party with respect to the Business.

 

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(c) Each Restricted Party covenants and agrees that, for the duration of four (4) years from the Closing, such Restricted Party will not, anywhere in the Restricted Territory, individually or on behalf of any other Person:

 

(i) encourage, induce, attempt to induce, solicit, or otherwise cause any Covered Customer to (A) cease being a client or customer of or to not become a client or customer of the Business, or (B) divert any business from or reduce the amount of business of such Covered Customer with the Business, or otherwise to discontinue or alter, in a manner adverse to any Covered Party with respect to the Business, such business relationship;

 

(ii) otherwise interfere with, disrupt or attempt to interfere with, reduce or disrupt, the contractual relationship with respect to the Business between any Covered Party and any Covered Customer, including without limitation influencing or attempting to influence any Covered Customer to terminate or modify any written or oral agreement with respect to the Business with a Covered Party;

 

(iii) solicit for business, provide services to, engage in or do business with, any Covered Customer for products or services that are the same as or substantially similar to the Business; or

 

(iv) with respect to the Business, interfere with, disrupt, solicit, influence or attempt to influence, or arrange to have any other Person interfere with, disrupt, solicit, influence or attempt to influence, any Person that was a vendor, supplier, distributor, agent or other service provider of the Business and had a business relationship with the Business within the two (2) year period prior to the Closing Date, for a purpose competitive with the Business.

 

3. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) Confidentiality.

 

(i) Each Restricted Party shall, for the duration of four (4) years from the Closing, keep confidential and shall not, without the prior express written consent of the Purchaser, use, disclose, reveal, publish, transfer or provide access to (A) any and all information relating to trade secrets, documents including, but not limited to, products, facilities, methods, software, codes or data, systems, procedures, manuals, reports, product price lists, computer programs; names of suppliers and customers; bids and proposals; financial information (including the revenues, costs, or profits associated with the products or services of the Business), business plans, prospects or opportunities; legal opinions; records and specifications which are owned, developed, used or retained by any Covered Party with respect to the Business and which have not been publicly disclosed (excluding limited disclosures for business purposes) by any Covered Party with respect to the Business and (B) other information of any third party with respect to the Business which any Covered Party is under an obligation to keep confidential (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Confidential Information”).

 

(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing limitation, the obligations set forth in Section 4(a)(i) shall not apply to any information that would constitute Confidential Information but that (A) is known or available through other lawful sources not bound by a confidentiality agreement with the disclosing party; (B) is or becomes publicly known or generally known through no default of a Restricted Party; (C) is already in the possession of the Person receiving the information through lawful sources not bound by a confidentiality agreement and through no fault of a Restricted Party; (D) the applicable Covered Party agrees in writing may be disclosed; or (E) is required to be disclosed pursuant to Law or the written request of a governmental body (provided that, if possible, the applicable Covered Party is given reasonable prior written notice).

 

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(b) Non-Disparagement. Each Restricted Party agrees that it will not, individually or on behalf of any other Person, engage in any conduct that involves the making or publishing of written or oral statements or remarks (including, without limitation, the repetition or distribution of derogatory rumors, allegations, negative reports or comments) that are disparaging, deleterious or damaging to the integrity, reputation or good will of one or more of the Purchaser Parties or their respective Affiliates, management, officers, employees, independent contractors or consultants. This provision is not applicable to (i) truthful testimony obtained through subpoena, (ii) any truthful information provided pursuant to investigation by any governmental body, or (iii) any truthful information provided pursuant to any legal action by such Restricted Party against the Business or any Covered Party or by any Covered Party against such Restricted Party under the Purchase Agreement or any of the other transaction documents contemplated thereunder asserted by such Restricted Party in good faith or by such Covered Party in good faith, respectively.

 

(c) Specific Performance. The Parties acknowledge and agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event any provision of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or otherwise are breached and that money damages would not be an adequate remedy. In addition to any other remedy to which the Purchaser is entitled at law or in equity, the Purchaser shall be entitled to seek an injunction, specific performance, or other equitable relief to enforce this Agreement and the terms and provisions hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, no such remedy or injunction, specific performance or other equitable relief under this Agreement may be brought against the Purchaser.

 

(d) Severability. If any term or provision of this Agreement or the application of any such term or provision to any Person or circumstance is invalid, illegal, void, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other term or provision of this Agreement or invalidate or render unenforceable such term or provision in any other jurisdiction. Upon such determination that any term, provision, or the application of any such term or provision, is invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby are fulfilled as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.

 

(e) Binding Effect; Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns. No Party may assign either this Agreement or any of its rights, interests, or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other Parties, and any attempted assignment, without such consent, shall be null and void, and no assignment shall relieve the assigning Party of any of its obligations hereunder, except that the Purchaser may assign this Agreement or any of its rights, interests, or obligations hereunder to any of its Affiliates (but such assignment shall not relieve the Purchaser of any of its obligations hereunder).

 

(f) Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Purchase Agreement constitute the entire agreement among the Parties with respect to the subject matter contained herein and therein, and supersede all prior and contemporaneous representations, warranties, understandings and agreements, both written and oral, with respect to such subject matter. To the extent any term or provision of this Agreement conflicts with or is inconsistent with any term or provision of the Purchase Agreement, the term or provision of the Purchase Agreement will control.

 

(g) Enforceability. Each Restricted Party represents and warrants that it has all capacity or authority, as applicable, to enter into and deliver this Agreement, and this Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of such Restricted Party which is enforceable against the Restricted Party in accordance with its terms.

 

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(h) Amendment and Modification; Waiver. This Agreement may only be amended, modified or supplemented by an agreement in writing signed by the Parties. No waiver by any of the Parties of any of the provisions hereof shall be effective unless explicitly set forth in writing and executed by the Party so waiving. No waiver by any Party shall operate or be construed as a waiver in respect of any failure, breach or default not expressly identified by such written waiver, whether of a similar or different character, and whether occurring before or after that waiver. No failure to exercise, or delay in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege arising from this Agreement shall operate or be construed as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.

 

(i) No Third Party Beneficiaries. Nothing expressed or implied in this Agreement is intended, or will be construed, to confer upon or give any Person other than the Parties, and their successors or permitted assigns, any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, or result in such Person being deemed a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement.

 

(j) Notices. Any notice, request, instruction or other document required or permitted to be given under this Agreement by any Party to another Party will be in writing and will be given to such Party to the address of such Party set forth below, or to such other address as the Party to whom notice is to be given may provide in a written notice to the Party giving such notice:

 

If to the Purchaser: Calian Group Ltd.
  770 Palladium Drive, 4th floor
  Ottawa, Ontario, K2V 1C8
  Attn: Patrick Houston
  Email:  phouston@calian.com
   
With a copy (which  
does not constitute  
notice) to: LaBarge Weinstein LLP
  800-515 Legget Drive
  Ottawa, Ontario K2K 3G4
  Attn: Deborah Weinstein
  Email: dw@lwlaw.com
   
If to a Restricted  
Party: American Virtual Cloud Technologies, Inc.
  1720 Peachtree Street, Suite 629
  Atlanta, Georgia 30309
  Attention: Thomas King, Chief Financial Officer
  E-Mail: tking@avctechnologies.com
   
With a copy (which  
does not constitute  
notice) to: Greenberg Traurig, LLP
  Terminus 200, Suite 2500
  3333 Piedmont Road, NE
  Atlanta, Georgia 30305
  Attention: David R. Yates
  E-Mail: yatesd@gtlaw.com

 

Each such notice, request, or other communication will be effective (x) if given by certified mail, return receipt requested, with postage prepaid addressed as aforesaid, upon receipt (and refusal of receipt shall constitute receipt), (y) one (1) Business Day after being furnished to a nationally recognized overnight courier for next Business Day delivery, or (z) on the date sent if sent by electronic mail, with electronic evidence of transmission generated on the end of the sending Party, or receipt confirmed by the recipient Party.

 

(k) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule.

 

[Signature pages follow]

 

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

 

  PURCHASER:
   
  CALIAN CORP.
     
  By: /s/ Kevin Ford
  Name:   Kevin Ford
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature Page to Restrictive Covenant Agreement]

 

 

 

 

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

 

  RESTRICTED PARTIES:
   
  COMPUTEX, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Thomas King
  Name:   Thomas H. King
  Title: Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, and Secretary
     
  STRATOS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Thomas King
  Name: Thomas H. King
  Title: Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, and Secretary
     
  FIRST BYTE COMPUTERS, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Thomas King
  Name: Thomas H. King
  Title: Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, and Secretary
     
  ENETSOLUTIONS, LLC
     
  By: /s/ Thomas King
  Name: Thomas H. King
  Title: Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, and Secretary

 

[Signature Page to Restrictive Covenant Agreement]

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

AVCT Announces Closing of Divestiture of Computex Technology Solutions to Calian Group Ltd.

 

The sale will complete AVCT’s transition to a pure-play cloud communications and collaboration company, centered on its premium Kandy platform and further strengthen its financial position

 

ATLANTA, March 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- American Virtual Cloud Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) (Nasdaq:AVCT), a trusted partner providing best-in-class cloud-based solutions to global enterprise customers, today announced it has successfully closed the sale of its Computex Technology Group (Computex) business to Calian Group Ltd. (Calian) (TSX: CGY), completing AVCT’s transition to a pure-play cloud communications and collaboration company, centered on its premium Kandy platform. The proceeds from the sale leave AVCtechnologies debt-free. 

 

AVCT’s Kandy platform, which it acquired in December 2020, is one of the largest pure-play providers of cloud communications services (e.g., UCaaS) for enterprise customers and has consistently generated above-market revenue growth rates. Darrell J. Mays, CEO of AVCT, said “Our white-label relationships with key telecommunication companies and technology vendors, global carrier-grade connectivity, and proven SD-WAN integration position AVCT as a premier cloud communications provider poised to gain market share.”

 

AVCT acquired Computex, an award-winning IT solutions provider specializing in data centers, enterprise networking, cloud, cybersecurity, and managed services, in April 2020.

 

“We are pleased to have found an excellent home for Computex and are confident that it will thrive under Calian’s ownership,” said Mays.

 

Truist Securities, Inc. served as sole financial advisor and Greenberg Traurig LLP served as legal counsel to AVCT in connection with the transaction.

 

About American Virtual Cloud Technologies, Inc.
American Virtual Cloud Technologies, Inc. is a premier global cloud communications offering proprietary UCaaS, CPaaS, and CCaaS capabilities. Our mission is to provide global technology solutions with a superior customer experience. For more information, visit https://www.avctechnologies.com.

 

About Kandy
Kandy, an AVCtechnologies company, is a cloud-based, real-time communications platform offering proprietary UCaaS, CPaaS, CCaaS, Microsoft Teams Direct Routing as a Service, and SIP Trunking as a Service capabilities. Kandy enables service providers, enterprises, software vendors, systems integrators, partners, and developers to enrich their applications and services with real-time contextual communications, providing a more engaging user experience. With Kandy, companies of all sizes and types can quickly embed real-time communications capabilities into their existing applications and business processes. For more information visit kandy.io

 

About Computex Technology Solutions
Computex Technology Solutions is an award-winning solutions provider that enables its clients to grow, differentiate and evolve their business via innovative and proven technology. An American Virtual Cloud Technologies IT service management company (AVCtechnologies), Computex combines its over 30 years of hands-on experience with its unparalleled processes to deliver enterprise networking, cloud and cybersecurity data center solutions, as well as managed services, that meet each of its customers’ unique IT, business and budgetary goals. To learn more, please visit: https://computex.net/ or call 888-335-2789.

 

 

 

 

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements that are not historical facts but are forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements generally are accompanied by words such as “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “expect,” “should,” “would,” “plan,” “predict,” “potential,” “seem,” “seek,” “future,” “outlook,” and similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the Company’s projections, estimates and forecasts of revenue and other financial and performance metrics and planned future growth. The Company’s actual results or outcomes and the timing of certain events may differ significantly from those discussed in any forward-looking statements, including as a result of the uncertainty associated with the impact of the Computex sale on the Company’s business, including its financial and operating results and its employees and clients. These statements are based on various assumptions and on the current expectations of the Company’s management and are not predictions of actual performance. These forward-looking statements are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as, and must not be relied on by any investor as, a guarantee, an assurance, a prediction or a definitive statement of fact or probability.

 

Actual events and circumstances are difficult or impossible to predict and will differ from assumptions. Many actual events and circumstances are beyond the control of the Company. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including changes in the Company’s clients’ preferences, prospects and the competitive conditions prevailing in the industries in which the Company operates; risks associated with the potential effects of COVID-19 on the Company’s business; ability to maintain the Company’s listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market; ability to retain key personnel; the potential impact of consummation of the disposition of the Company’s Computex business on relationships with third parties, including customers, employees and competitors; conditions in the capital markets; and those factors discussed in the Company’s amended annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on May 14, 2021 under the heading “Risk Factors,” and other documents of the Company filed, or to be filed, with the SEC. If the risks materialize or assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the results implied by these forward-looking statements. There may be additional risks that the Company presently does not know or that the Company currently believes are immaterial that could also cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements reflect the Company’s expectations, plans or forecasts of future events and views as of the date of this report. The Company anticipates that subsequent events and developments will cause its assessments to change. However, while the Company may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company’s assessments as of any date subsequent to the date of this document. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed upon the forward-looking statements.

 

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