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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): December 23, 2022

 

KludeIn I Acquisition Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-39843   85-3187857
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

1096 Keeler Avenue

Berkeley, California 94708

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650246-9907

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which
registered
         
Units, each consisting of one share of Class A Common Stock and one-half of one Redeemable Warrant   INKAU   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
         
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share   INKA   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
         
Warrants, each exercisable for one share of Class A Common Stock for $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment   INKAW   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

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

 

Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

As previously disclosed by KludeIn I Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 18, 2022 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 3, 2022 (the “First Amendment to Merger Agreement”) and as further amended by the Second Amendment to Merger Agreement described herein, and as may be further amended, restated and/or supplemented in accordance with its terms, the “Merger Agreement”), with Paas Merger Sub 1 Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub 1”), Paas Merger Sub 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub 2”), and Near Intelligence Holdings Inc. (“Near”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, immediately prior to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (the “Closing”), (i) Merger Sub 1 will merge with and into Near, with Near surviving the merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “First Merger”), and (ii) immediately following the First Merger, Near, as the surviving entity of the First Merger, will merge with and into Merger Sub 2, with Merger Sub 2 being the surviving entity (the “Second Merger” and, together with the First Merger, the “Mergers”). The Mergers and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement are collectively referred to herein as the “Transaction”. The Transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including the approval of the Company’s stockholders and the listing on The Nasdaq Stock Market of the shares to be issued to Near stockholders as merger consideration.

 

All capitalized terms but not otherwise defined in this Current Report on Form 8-K have the meanings given to them in the Merger Agreement.

 

Second Amendment to Merger Agreement

 

On December 23, 2022, the Company and Near entered into that certain Amendment No. 2 to Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Second Amendment to Merger Agreement”). The Second Amendment to Merger Agreement revises the Merger Agreement to reduce the Company Base Value from $675 million, plus the aggregate amount of proceeds of the Permitted Equity Financing (if any), to $575 million, plus the aggregate amount of proceeds of the Permitted Equity Financing (if any). Additionally, the Second Amendment to Merger Agreement extends the Outside Date from January 11, 2023 to April 11, 2023.

 

Other than as expressly modified pursuant to the Second Amendment to Merger Agreement, the Merger Agreement, which was initially filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on May 19, 2022, and subsequently amended by the First Amendment to Merger Agreement, filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 9, 2022, remains in full force and effect. The foregoing description of the Second Amendment to Merger Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Second Amendment to Merger Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

First Amendment to Sponsor Voting and Support Agreement

 

Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement on May 18, 2022, the Company and Near entered into a Voting and Support Agreement (the “Sponsor Support Agreement”) with the Company’s sponsor, KludeIn Prime LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”). Under the Sponsor Support Agreement, the Sponsor agreed to vote all of the Sponsor’s securities of the Company in favor of the Merger Agreement and the other matters to be submitted to the Company stockholders for approval in connection with the Transaction and the Sponsor agreed to take (or not take, as applicable) certain other actions in support of the Merger Agreement and the Transaction, in each case in the manner and subject to the conditions set forth in the Sponsor Support Agreement, and to provide a proxy to Near to vote such securities accordingly. The Sponsor also agreed to waive its anti-dilution rights with respect to the shares of Company Class B common stock (the “Founder Shares”) held by the Sponsor and redemption right with respect to its securities of the Company. The Sponsor Support Agreement prevent transfers of Company securities held by the Sponsor thereto between the date of the Sponsor Support Agreement and the date of Closing, except for certain permitted transfers where the transferee also agrees to comply with the Sponsor Support Agreement.

 

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On December 23, 2022, the Company, Near and the Sponsor entered into Amendment No. 1 to the Sponsor Support Agreement (the “First Sponsor Support Agreement Amendment”). Pursuant to the First Sponsor Support Agreement Amendment, the Sponsor agreed that the Sponsor, upon and subject to the Closing, will forfeit two hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred (237,500) of its Founder Shares (the “Forfeited Shares”), and that, upon and subject to the Closing, such Forfeited Shares will be surrendered to and cancelled by the Company for no consideration.

 

Other than as expressly modified pursuant to the First Sponsor Support Agreement Amendment, the Sponsor Support Agreement, which was initially filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 19, 2022, remains in full force and effect. The foregoing description of the First Sponsor Support Agreement Amendment does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the First Sponsor Support Agreement Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and which is incorporated herein by reference. 

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.   Description
2.1   Amendment No. 2 to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 23, 2022, by and among KludeIn I Acquisition Corp., Paas Merger Sub 1 Inc., Paas Merger Sub 2 LLC and Near Intelligence Holdings Inc.
10.1   Amendment to Sponsor Support Agreement, dated as of December 23, 2022, by and among KludeIn I Acquisition Corp., Near Intelligence Holdings Inc. and KludeIn Prime LLC.
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: December 27, 2022

 

  KLUDEIN I ACQUISITION CORP.
     
  By:  /s/ Narayan Ramachandran
    Name:  Narayan Ramachandran
    Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

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Exhibit 2.1

 

AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

 

This AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Amendment”) is made and entered into as of December 23, 2022, by and among KludeIn I Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors, the “Purchaser”), Paas Merger Sub 1 Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Purchaser (“Merger Sub 1”), Paas Merger Sub 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Purchaser (“Merger Sub 2”), and Near Intelligence Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement (as defined below).

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 18, 2022 (the “Original Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Agreement, the Purchaser shall acquire 100% of the equity interests of the Company, directly or indirectly, through (i) the merger of Merger Sub 1 with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving entity and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Purchaser (the “First Merger”), and (ii) immediately following the First Merger, the merger of the Company with and into Merger Sub 2, with Merger Sub 2 continuing as the surviving entity and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Purchaser (the “Second Merger” and, together with the First Merger, the “Mergers”);

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto entered into that certain Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 3, 2022 (the “First Amendment”, and the Original Agreement as amended by the First Amendment, the “First Amended Agreement”); and

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Mergers and the other transactions contemplated by the First Amended Agreement, the parties hereto desire to further amend the First Amended Agreement upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein (the First Amended Agreement, as amended pursuant to this Amendment and as may be further amended, supplemented, modified and/or restated from time to time, the “Agreement”).

 

 

 

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Purchaser and the Company agree as follows:

 

1. Amendments to the Agreement.

 

1.1 Amendment to Outside Date. Clause (b) of Section 7.1 of the Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

“(b) by written notice by the Purchaser or the Company if any of the conditions to the Closing set forth in Article VI have not been satisfied or waived by April 11, 2023 (the “Outside Date”); provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 7.1(b) shall not be available to a Party if the breach or violation by such Party or its Affiliates (or with respect to the Company, any Target Company or Company Stockholders) of any representation, warranty, covenant or obligation under this Agreement was the cause of, or resulted in, the failure of the Closing to occur on or before the Outside Date.”

 

1.2 Amendment to Company Base Value. The definition of “Company Base Value” set forth in Article X of the Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

““Company Base Value” means Five Hundred Seventy-Five Million U.S. Dollars ($575,000,000), plus the aggregate amount of proceeds of the Permitted Equity Financing (if any).”

 

2. Miscellaneous.

 

2.1 No Further Amendment. The parties hereto agree that all other provisions of the First Amended Agreement shall, subject to the amendments set forth in Section 1 of this Amendment, continue unmodified, in full force and effect and constitute legal and binding obligations of the parties in accordance with their terms. This Amendment is limited precisely as written and shall not be deemed to be an amendment to any other term or condition of the First Amended Agreement or any of the documents referred to therein. This Amendment shall form an integral and inseparable part of the Agreement. From and after the date of this Amendment, each reference in the Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereof,” “hereunder” or words of like import, and all references to the Agreement in any and all agreements, instruments, documents, notes, certificates and other writings of every kind of nature (other than in this Amendment or as otherwise expressly provided) will be deemed to mean the First Amended Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, whether or not this Amendment is expressly referenced.

 

2.2 Other Terms. The provisions of Article IX of the Agreement are incorporated herein by reference and shall apply to the terms and provisions of this Amendment and the Parties, mutatis mutandis.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed and delivered as of the date first written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.

 

  Purchaser:
     
  KludeIn I Acquisition Corp.
     
  By: /s/ Narayan Ramachandran 
    Name:  Narayan Ramachandran
    Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
  The Company:
     
  Near Intelligence Holdings Inc.
     
  By: /s/ Anil Mathews
    Name: Anil Mathews
    Title: Chief Executive Officer and President

 

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO SPONSOR VOTING AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT

 

This AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO SPONSOR VOTING AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is made and entered into as of December 23, 2022, by and among (i) KludeIn I Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors, the “Purchaser”), (ii) Near Intelligence Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and (iii) KludeIn Prime LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”). All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Sponsor Agreement (as defined below).

 

WHEREAS, reference is made to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 18, 2022, by and among the Purchaser, the Company, Paas Merger Sub 1, a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Purchaser (“Merger Sub 1”), and Paas Merger Sub 2, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Purchaser (“Merger Sub 2”) (as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Merger Agreement, dated as of November 3, 2022, and Amendment No. 2 to the Merger Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, and as may be further amended, supplemented and/or restated in accordance with its terms, the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, (i) Merger Sub 1 shall merge with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving entity (the “First Merger”), and as a result of which, among other things, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company as of immediately prior to the First Effective Time shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled and shall cease to exist, in exchange for the right to receive the Merger Consideration as set forth in the Merger Agreement, all upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the DGCL, and (ii) the Company, as the surviving entity of the First Merger, shall merge with and into Merger Sub 2, with Merger Sub 2 continuing as the surviving entity, and as a result of which, among other things, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company as of immediately prior to the Second Effective Time shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled and shall cease to exist and each membership interest of Merger Sub 2 issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Second Effective Time shall remain outstanding as a membership interest of the Surviving Entity, all upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the LLCA;

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Merger Agreement, the Purchaser, the Company and the Sponsor entered into that certain Sponsor Voting and Support Agreement, dated as of May 18, 2022 (as may be amended, supplemented and/or restated from time to time in accordance with its terms, including by this Amendment, the “Sponsor Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 8(h) of the Sponsor Agreement, any term of the Sponsor Agreement may be amended and the observance of any term of the Sponsor Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance, and either retroactively or prospectively) with the written consent of the Purchaser, the Company and the Sponsor; and

 

WHEREAS, the Purchaser, the Company and the Sponsor, expressly making reference to the Sponsor Agreement, hereby desire to amend the Sponsor Agreement as set forth in this Amendment.

 

 

 

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1. Amendment to the Sponsor Agreement.

 

1.1 Amendment to Section 6. Section 6 of the Sponsor Agreement is hereby amended and supplemented by adding a new subsection (f) as follows:

 

“(f) Forfeiture by Sponsor. The Sponsor, agrees that, upon and subject to the Closing, the Sponsor shall forfeit two hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred (237,500) of its Founder Shares (the “Forfeited Shares”). Upon and subject to the Closing, such Forfeited Shares shall be surrendered to and cancelled by the Purchaser for no consideration.”

 

2. Miscellaneous.

 

2.1 No Further Amendment. The Parties hereto agree that all other provisions of the Sponsor Agreement shall, subject to the amendments set forth in Section 1 of this Amendment, continue unmodified, in full force and effect and constitute legal and binding obligations of the parties in accordance with their terms. This Amendment is limited precisely as written and shall not be deemed to be an amendment to any other term or condition of the Sponsor Agreement or any of the documents referred to therein. This Amendment shall form an integral and inseparable part of the Sponsor Agreement. From and after the date of this Amendment, each reference in the Sponsor Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereof,” “hereunder” or words of like import, and all references to the Sponsor Agreement in any and all agreements, instruments, documents, notes, certificates and other writings of every kind of nature (other than in this Amendment or as otherwise expressly provided) will be deemed to mean the Sponsor Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, whether or not this Amendment is expressly referenced.

 

2.2 Other Terms. The provisions of Section 8 of the Sponsor Agreement are incorporated herein by reference and shall apply to the terms and provisions of this Amendment and the parties hereto, mutatis mutandis.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be executed and delivered as of the date first written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.

 

  The Purchaser:
   
  KludeIn I Acquisition Corp.

 

  By: /s/ Narayan Ramachandran
  Name:  Narayan Ramachandran
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

  The Company:
   
  Near Intelligence Holdings Inc.

 

  By: /s/ Anil Mathews
  Name:  Anil Mathews
  Title: Chief Executive Officer and President

 

  The Sponsor:
   
  KludeIn Prime LLC

 

  By: /s/ Sriram Raghavan
  Name:  Sriram Raghavan
  Title: Managing Member

 

 

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