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): August 2, 2022
FOUNDER SPAC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Cayman Islands | 001-40910 | N/A | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
11752 Lake Potomac Drive
Potomac MD, 20854
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (240) 418-2649
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
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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).
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On December 15, 2021, Founder SPAC (the “Company” or “Founder”), Ravenclaw Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, Ravenclaw Merger Sub Corporation 1, a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, Ravenclaw Merger Sub Corporation 2, a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, Ravenclaw Merger Sub Corporation 3, a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, Boom Clover Business Limited, a British Virgin Islands corporation, NZSF Frontier Investments Inc., a Delaware corporation, and PLC Blocker A LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, entered into an agreement and plan of merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Rubicon Technologies, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Rubicon”).
On August 2, 2022, the Company held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”). At the Meeting, the Company’s shareholders approved the following proposals (collectively, the “Proposals”): (1) a proposal to approve by ordinary resolution the business combination between Founder and Rubicon (the “Business Combination” and such proposal, the “Business Combination Proposal”); (2) a proposal to approve by special resolution a change in Founder’s jurisdiction of incorporation by deregistering as an exempted company in the Cayman Islands and continuing and domesticating as a corporation under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Domestication” and such proposal, the “Domestication Proposal”); (3) a proposal to approve by special resolution the certificate of incorporation of Founder in connection with the Domestication (the “Proposed Charter”) to, among other things, change Founder’s name to “Rubicon Technologies, Inc.” (“New Rubicon”), to be effective upon the consummation of the Business Combination (the “Charter Proposal”); (4) a proposal to approve and adopt, on a non-binding advisory basis and by ordinary resolution, certain governance provisions set forth in the Proposed Charter, including: (A) a proposal to amend the Memorandum and Articles of Association of Founder (“Memorandum and Articles of Association”) to authorize the change in the authorized capital stock of Founder from (i) 479,000,000 Class A ordinary shares (“Founder Class A Shares”), 20,000,000 Class B ordinary shares (“Founder Class B Shares”) and 1,000,000 preference shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of Founder, to (ii) 690,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, 275,000,000 shares of Class V common stock and 10,000,000 shares of New Rubicon preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share; (B) a proposal to amend the Memorandum and Articles of Association to authorize adopting Delaware as the exclusive forum for certain stockholder litigation; (C) a proposal to amend the Memorandum and Articles of Association to authorize adopting Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporate Law to prevent certain takeovers by interested stockholders; (D) a proposal to amend the Memorandum and Articles of Association to require at least two-thirds of the voting power of the stock outstanding and entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, to adopt, amend or repeal, or adopt any provision inconsistent with, Articles V (the provisions regarding the size of the board of directors of New Rubicon, the classification of the board of directors of New Rubicon, the filling of vacancies and the election and removal of directors), VI (the provisions regarding stockholder actions without a meeting and who can call special meetings of stockholders), IX (the provisions regarding requirements to amend the charter and bylaws of New Rubicon by the board of directors of New Rubicon or by stockholders), and X (the provisions regarding the limited liability of directors of New Rubicon) of the Proposed Charter or any provision of the bylaws of New Rubicon; (E) a proposal to amend the Memorandum and Articles of Association to approve provisions permitting the removal of a director only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the outstanding shares entitled to vote at an election of directors, voting together as a single class; (F) a proposal to amend the Memorandum and Articles of Association to approve provisions requiring stockholders to take action at an annual or special meeting and prohibiting stockholder action by written consent in lieu of a meeting; (G) a proposal to amend the Memorandum and Articles of Association to adopt a waiver of corporate opportunities for its non-employee directors; and (H) a proposal to amend the Memorandum and Articles of Association to authorize (i) changing the corporate name from “Founder SPAC” to “Rubicon Technologies, Inc.”; (ii) making New Rubicon’s corporate existence perpetual, and (iii) removing certain provisions related to Founder’s status as a blank check company that will no longer be applicable upon consummation of the Business Combination (together, the “Governance Proposals”); (5) a proposal to elect by ordinary resolution, effective as of the consummation of the Business Combination, Nate Morris, Andres Chico, Coddy Johnson, Paula Henderson, Osman Ahmed, Jack Selby, Ambassador Paula J. Dobriansky, Barry Caldwell, and Brent Callinicos, to serve on the board of directors of New Rubicon until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified (the “Directors Proposal”); (6) a proposal to approve by ordinary resolution the Rubicon Technologies, Inc. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan, to be effective upon the consummation of the Business Combination (the “Share Plan Proposal”); (7) a proposal to approve by ordinary resolution, for purposes of complying with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635 (a) and (b), the issuance of more than 20% of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares and the resulting change in control in connection with the Business Combination(the “Nasdaq Proposal”); and (8) a proposal to approve by ordinary resolution the adjournment of the Meeting by the chairman thereof to a later date, if necessary, under certain circumstances, including for the purpose of soliciting additional proxies in favor of the foregoing Proposals, in the event Founder does not receive the requisite shareholder vote to approve the Proposals (the “Adjournment Proposal”).
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The approval of the Business Combination Proposal required the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the votes cast by the holders of the issued and outstanding Founder ordinary shares represented in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon and who vote at the Meeting.
The Business Combination Proposal and each of the other Proposals presented at the Meeting were approved by Founder’s shareholders. The final voting results for each Proposal are set forth below.
Business Combination Proposal
The Business Combination Proposal was approved by ordinary resolution of Founder’s shareholders, and received the following votes:
Founder Ordinary Shares Votes For |
Founder
Ordinary Shares Votes Against |
Founder Ordinary Shares Abstentions |
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30,012,866 | 822,897 | 1,806 |
Domestication Proposal
The Domestication Proposal was approved by special resolution of Founder’s shareholders, and received the following votes:
Founder Ordinary Shares Votes For |
Founder Ordinary Shares Votes Against |
Founder Ordinary Shares Abstentions |
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30,012,906 | 822,867 | 1,796 |
Charter Proposal
The Charter Proposal was approved by special resolution of Founder’s shareholders, and received the following votes:
Founder Ordinary Shares Votes For |
Founder Ordinary Shares Votes Against |
Founder Ordinary Shares Abstentions |
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30,013,788 | 821,985 | 1,796 |
Governance Proposals
Each of the Governance Proposals was approved. The votes for each sub-proposal were as follows:
(i) | A proposal to amend the Memorandum and Articles of Association to authorize the change in the authorized capital stock of Founder from (i) 479,000,000 Founder Class A Shares, 20,000,000 Founder Class B Shares and 1,000,000 preference shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of Founder, to (ii) 690,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, 275,000,000 shares of Class V common stock and 10,000,000 shares of New Rubicon preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, received the following votes: |
Founder Ordinary Shares Votes For |
Founder Ordinary Shares Votes Against |
Founder Ordinary Shares Abstentions |
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23,378,633 | 4,087,566 | 3,371,370 |
(ii) | A proposal to amend the Memorandum and Articles of Association to authorize adopting Delaware as the exclusive forum for certain stockholder litigation received the following votes: |
Founder Ordinary Shares Votes For |
Founder Ordinary Shares Votes Against |
Founder Ordinary Shares Abstentions |
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23,379,899 | 4,087,636 | 3,370,034 |
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(iii) | A proposal to amend the Memorandum and Articles of Association to authorize adopting Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporate Law to prevent certain takeovers by interested stockholders received the following votes: |
Founder Ordinary Shares Votes For |
Founder Ordinary Shares Votes Against |
Founder Ordinary Shares Abstentions |
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23,380,485 | 4,087,068 | 3,370,016 |
(iv) | A proposal to amend the Memorandum and Articles of Association to require at least two-thirds of the voting power of the stock outstanding and entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, to adopt, amend or repeal, or adopt any provision inconsistent with, Articles V (the provisions regarding the size of the board of directors of New Rubicon, the classification of the board of directors of New Rubicon, the filling of vacancies and the election and removal of directors), VI (the provisions regarding stockholder actions without a meeting and who can call special meetings of stockholders), IX (the provisions regarding requirements to amend the charter and bylaws of New Rubicon by the board of directors of New Rubicon or by stockholders), and X (the provisions regarding the limited liability of directors of New Rubicon) of the Proposed Charter or any provision of the bylaws of New Rubicon received the following votes: |
Founder Ordinary Shares Votes For |
Founder Ordinary Shares Votes Against |
Founder Ordinary Shares Abstentions |
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23,379,312 | 4,087,598 | 3,370,659 |
(v) | A proposal to amend the Memorandum and Articles of Association to approve provisions permitting the removal of a director only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the outstanding shares entitled to vote at an election of directors, voting together as a single class, received the following votes: |
Founder Ordinary Shares Votes For |
Founder Ordinary Shares Votes Against |
Founder Ordinary Shares Abstentions |
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23,375,687 | 4,091,026 | 3,370,856 |
(vi) | A proposal to amend the Memorandum and Articles of Association to approve provisions requiring stockholders to take action at an annual or special meeting and prohibiting stockholder action by written consent in lieu of a meeting received the following votes: |
Founder Ordinary Shares Votes For |
Founder Ordinary Shares Votes Against |
Founder Ordinary Shares Abstentions |
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23,374,529 | 4,092,547 | 3,370,493 |
(vii) | A proposal to amend the Memorandum and Articles of Association to adopt a waiver of corporate opportunities for its non-employee directors received the following votes: |
Founder Ordinary Shares Votes For |
Founder Ordinary Shares Votes Against |
Founder Ordinary Shares Abstentions |
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23,378,447 | 4,087,077 | 3,372,045 |
(viii) | a proposal to amend the Memorandum and Articles of Association to authorize (i) changing the corporate name from “Founder SPAC” to “Rubicon Technologies, Inc.”; (ii) making New Rubicon’s corporate existence perpetual, and (iii) removing certain provisions related to Founder’s status as a blank check company that will no longer be applicable upon consummation of the Business Combination received the following votes: |
Founder Ordinary Shares Votes For |
Founder Ordinary Shares Votes Against |
Founder Ordinary Shares Abstentions |
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26,644,919 | 822,517 | 3,370,133 |
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Directors Proposal
The Directors Proposal was approved by ordinary resolution of Founder’s shareholders, electing, effective as of the consummation of the Business Combination, Nate Morris, Andres Chico, Paula Henderson, Coddy Johnson, Osman Ahmed, Jack Selby, Ambassador Paula J. Dobriansky, Barry Caldwell, and Brent Callinicos, to serve on the board of directors of New Rubicon until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. Pursuant to Founder’s Memorandum and Articles of Association, only holders of Founder’s Class B Shares were permitted to vote on the Directors Proposal. The Director Nominees received the following votes:
Director Nominees:
i. | Nate Morris |
Founder Class B Shares Votes For |
Founder Class B Shares Votes Against |
Founder Class B Shares Abstentions |
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7,906,250 |
0 | 0 |
ii. | Andres Chico |
Founder Class B Shares Votes For |
Founder Class B Shares Votes Against |
Founder Class B Shares Abstentions |
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7,906,250 | 0 | 0 |
iii. | Coddy Johnson |
Founder Class B Shares Votes For |
Founder Class B Shares Votes Against |
Founder Class B Shares Abstentions |
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7,906,250 | 0 | 0 |
iv. | Paula Henderson |
Founder Class B Shares Votes For |
Founder Class B Shares Votes Against |
Founder Class B Shares Abstentions |
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7,906,250 | 0 | 0 |
v. | Osman Ahmed |
Founder Class B Shares Votes For |
Founder Class B Shares Votes Against |
Founder Class B Shares Abstentions |
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7,906,250 | 0 | 0 |
vi. | Jack Selby |
Founder Class B Shares Votes For |
Founder Class B Shares Votes Against |
Founder Class B Shares Abstentions |
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7,906,250 | 0 | 0 |
vii. | Ambassador Paula J. Dobriansky |
Founder Class B Shares Votes For |
Founder Class B Shares Votes Against |
Founder Class B Shares Abstentions |
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7,906,250 | 0 | 0 |
viii. | Barry Caldwell |
Founder Class B Shares Votes For |
Founder Class B Shares Votes Against |
Founder Class B Shares Abstentions |
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7,906,250 | 0 | 0 |
ix. | Brent Callinicos |
Founder Class B Shares Votes For |
Founder Class B Shares Votes Against |
Founder Class B Shares Abstentions |
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7,906,250 | 0 | 0 |
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Share Plan Proposal
The Share Plan Proposal was approved by ordinary resolution of Founder’s shareholders, and received the following votes:
Founder Ordinary Shares Votes For |
Founder Ordinary Shares Votes Against |
Founder Ordinary Shares Abstentions |
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25,376,532 | 5,456,708 | 4,329 |
Nasdaq Proposal
The Nasdaq Proposal was approved by ordinary resolution of Founder’s shareholders, and received the following votes:
Founder Ordinary Shares Votes For |
Founder Ordinary Shares Votes Against |
Founder Ordinary Shares Abstentions |
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30,011,260 | 822,967 | 3,342 |
Adjournment Proposal
The Adjournment Proposal was approved by ordinary resolution of Founder’s shareholders, and received the following votes:
Founder Ordinary Shares Votes For |
Founder Ordinary Shares Votes Against |
Founder Ordinary Shares Abstentions |
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29,909,199 | 823,799 | 104,571 |
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On August 3, 2022, the Company issued a press release (the “Press Release”), announcing the results of the Meeting. A copy of the Press Release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) | Exhibits. |
Exhibit No. | Description | |
99.1 | Press Release, dated August 3, 2022 |
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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 hereunto duly authorized.
FOUNDER SPAC | ||
By: | /s/ Osman Ahmed | |
Name: | Osman Ahmed | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
Date: August 3, 2022 |
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Exhibit 99.1
Founder SPAC Shareholders Approve Previously Announced Business Combination
with Rubicon Technologies, LLC
Lexington, Kentucky (August 3, 2022) – Founder SPAC (Nasdaq: FOUN) (“Founder”), a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company, today announced that its shareholders voted to approve the previously announced business combination with Rubicon Technologies, LLC (“Rubicon”) at Founder’s extraordinary general meeting of shareholders held on August 2, 2022 (the “Extraordinary Meeting”).
Over 97% of the votes cast at the Extraordinary Meeting were cast in favor of the approval of the business combination. Founder shareholders also voted to approve all other proposals presented at the Extraordinary Meeting. Founder plans to file the results of the Extraordinary Meeting, as tabulated by the inspector of election, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on a Form 8-K.
About Rubicon
Rubicon is a digital marketplace for waste and recycling, and provider of innovative software-based solutions for businesses and governments worldwide. Creating a new industry standard by using technology to drive environmental innovation, the company helps turn businesses into more sustainable enterprises, and neighborhoods into greener and smarter places to live and work. Rubicon’s mission is to end waste. It helps its partners find economic value in their waste streams and confidently execute on their sustainability goals. To learn more, visit www.Rubicon.com.
About Founder
Founder is a blank check company whose business purpose is to effect a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. While Founder is not limited to a particular industry or geographic region, the company focuses on businesses within the technology sector, with a specific focus on the theme of digital transformation. Founder is led by CEO Osman Ahmed, CFO Manpreet Singh, and Executive Chairman Hassan Ahmed. The company’s independent directors include Jack Selby, Steve Papa, Allen Salmasi, and Rob Theis. Sponsor and advisor Nikhil Kalghatgi leads the company’s advisory board.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Founder’s and Rubicon’s actual results may differ from their expectations, estimates and projections and consequently, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Words such as “expect,” “estimate,” “project,” “budget,” “forecast,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “may,” “will,” “could,” “should,” “believe,” “predict,” “potential,” “continue,” and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, Founder’s and Rubicon’s expectations with respect to future performance and anticipated financial impacts of the proposed business combination, the satisfaction of the closing conditions to the business combination and the timing of the completion of the proposed business combination. These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expected results, including factors that are outside of Founder’s and Rubicon’s control and that are difficult to predict. Factors that may cause such differences include, but are not limited to: (1) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Founder and Rubicon following the announcement of the proposed business combination and the transactions contemplated therein; (2) the inability to complete the proposed business combination, including due to failure to obtain the approval of the shareholders of Founder, approvals or other determinations from certain regulatory authorities, or other conditions to closing; (3) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the proposed business combination or that could otherwise cause the transactions contemplated therein to fail to close; (4) the inability to obtain or maintain the listing of the combined company’s shares on the New York Stock Exchange following the proposed business combination; (5) the risk that the proposed business combination disrupts current plans and operations as a result of the announcement and consummation of the proposed business combination; (6) the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the proposed business combination, which may be affected by, among other things, competition and the ability of the combined company to grow and manage growth profitably and to retain its key employees; (7) costs related to the proposed business combination; (8) changes in applicable laws or regulations; (9) the possibility that Rubicon or the combined company may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; (10) the combined company’s ability to raise financing in the future and to comply with restrictive covenants related to long-term indebtedness; (11) the impact of COVID-19 on Rubicon’s business and/or the ability of the parties to complete the proposed business combination; and (12) other risks and uncertainties indicated from time to time in the definitive proxy statement/consent solicitation statement/prospectus and other documents filed, or to be filed, by Founder with the SEC.
Founder cautions that the foregoing list of factors is not exclusive. Although Founder believes the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, nothing in this press release should be regarded as a representation by any person that the forward-looking statements or projections set forth herein will be achieved or that any of the contemplated results of such forward-looking statements or projections will be achieved. There may be additional risks that Founder and Rubicon presently do not know of or that they currently believe are immaterial that could also cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Founder cautions readers not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Neither Founder nor Rubicon undertakes any duty to update these forward-looking statements, except as otherwise required by law.
No Offer or Solicitation
This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any states or jurisdictions in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offering of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Contacts:
Media Contact – Rubicon
Dan Sampson
Chief Marketing & Corporate Communications Officer
dan.sampson@rubicon.com
RubiconPR@icrinc.com
Investor Relations Contact – Rubicon
Sioban Hickie
ICR, Inc.
RubiconIR@icrinc.com
Founder SPAC Contact
Cody Slach
Gateway Group
(949) 574-3860
FOUN@gatewayir.com