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OF SUCH JURISDICTION
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT
IS NOT INTENDED TO CONSTITUTE, AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS, AN
OFFER TO SELL OR A SOLICITATION OF ANY OFFER TO BUY THE SECURITIES
OF THE COMPANY (AS DEFINED BELOW) IN ANY JURISDICTION WHERE IT
WOULD BE UNLAWFUL TO DO SO
7 August 2024
ACG Acquisition
Company Limited
("ACG" or the "Company")
Approval
and Publication of Prospectus, Convening of Acquisition Shareholder
Meeting and Exercise of Redemption Rights
THE
TRANSACTION
On 18 July 2024, ACG announced that it had
agreed the acquisition of the Gediktepe Mine in Türkiye from Lidya
Madencilik Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi (the "Seller"), a subsidiary of
Istanbul-based conglomerate Çalık Holding (the "Acquisition").
APPROVAL AND PUBLICATION OF PROSPECTUS
ACG today announces that a
prospectus (the "Prospectus") dated today has been
approved by the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority and has been
published by the Company. The Prospectus relates to the (1) placing
of up to 4,166,667 Class A Ordinary Shares of ACG (the "Placing
Shares"), together with one redeemable public warrant per Placing
Share, at US$6.00 per Placing Share to certain institutional
investors (the "Placing"); (2) the issuance of up to 11,250,000
Class A Ordinary Shares (the "Funding Shares") at US$6.00 per
Funding Share to certain investors funding the Acquisition; (3) the
issuance of 7,233,905 Class A Ordinary Shares to the Seller as
consideration for the Acquisition (the "ACG Sale Shares"), and (4) the
re-admission of all the Class A Ordinary Shares and the public
warrants of the Company to listing, effective as of the closing
date of the Acquisition. The Company will also
issue one redeemable private placement warrant per Funding Share or
ACG Sale Share subscribed for. The net proceeds from the
Placing will be applied towards the payment of consideration in
relation to the Acquisition and the Company may use any Placing
proceeds above US$15 million to optimise its capital
structure following the completion of the Acquisition, including by
reducing certain equity commitments made by ACG's funding partners,
as described in more detail in the Prospectus.
Copies of the Prospectus will be available from the
Company's registered office at Craigmuir Chambers, PO Box 71, Road
Town, Tortola, VG1110, British Virgin Islands and on the Company's
website at www.acgcorp.co,
subject to certain access restrictions.
A copy of the Prospectus will be submitted to the
National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for
inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
CONVENING of Acquisition
EGM
ACG today announces the publication
of a circular (the "Circular") and a
notice of extraordinary general meeting of its shareholders
("EGM Notice") convening a
meeting of the shareholders of ACG (the "Acquisition EGM") for the purpose of
considering and voting on the adoption of certain resolutions,
including, but not limited to, the approval of the Acquisition in
accordance with the memorandum and articles of association of ACG
currently in effect ("M&As") and the revision of the
M&As.
The Acquisition EGM will be held at 10:00 a.m. London
time on 20 August 2024 at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP,
2 London Wall, Barbican, London, EC2Y 5AU, England.
In addition to being available
at www.acgcorp.co subject to certain access restrictions, shareholders of ACG
will also receive a copy of the Circular and the EGM Notice by
postal mail.
REDEMPTION RIGHTS
In accordance with Article 18 of its
M&As, ACG is required to provide its public shareholders with
the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Class A
Ordinary Shares prior to the completion of the Acquisition at a
per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount
then on deposit in the Escrow Account held by ACG calculated as of
two U.K. trading days prior to the consummation of the Acquisition
(including any Overfunding), divided by the number of then issued
and outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares, subject to amongst other
things the redemption limitations described in the
M&As.
However, as announced on 28 June
2024, the Company already provided its Class A Ordinary
Shareholders with the right to redeem their Class A Ordinary Shares
in connection with the extension of the deadline by which the
Company must complete an acquisition (as such term is defined in
the M&As) (the "Extension").
Further to its announcements on 28
June 2024 and 26 July 2024, ACG announces today that the deadline
by which Class A Ordinary Shareholders wishing to redeem all or a
portion of their depositary interests in Class A Ordinary Shares in
connection with the Extension are required to submit their
redemption election electronically through the UK's Certificateless
Registry for Electronic Share Transfer ("CREST") has been further extended from
13 August 2024 to 1:00 pm London time on 21 August 2024.
Except to the extent amended by this
announcement, redemption rights arising from the Acquisition and
those relating to the Extension shall be exercised following the
same redemption process and in accordance with the key redemption
procedures and conditions previously announced by ACG on 28 June
2024. The redemption payment is expected to take place on or around
the completion date of the Acquisition. As of the date of this
announcement, the total number of Class A Ordinary Shares
outstanding is 4,112. The amount on deposit on the Escrow Account
as of 31 July 2024 was equal to US$124,579.42. In accordance with
Article 18 of the M&As, the final redemption price per Class A
Ordinary Share will be calculated based on the aggregate amount
then on deposit in the Escrow Account as of two U.K. trading days
prior to the consummation of the Acquisition and will supersede the
redemption price announced on 28 June 2024. Such final redemption
price will be announced by ACG in due course and confirmed prior to
payment within CREST. For the avoidance of doubt,
any holders who have already elected to have their Class A Ordinary
Shares redeemed as of the date hereof, or do elect hereafter to
submit redemption elections, are eligible to vote at the
Acquisition EGM irrespective of whether they vote for or against or
abstain from voting on the proposed Acquisition.
Additional information regarding the
redemption arrangements can be found in the Prospectus under the
heading "Part XIII. Share Capital, Liquidity and Capital Resources
and Accounting Policies - Redemption".
As a result of the Extension,
redeeming shareholders who have validly elected to redeem all or a
portion of their Class A Ordinary Shares shall have such depositary
interests in the Class A Ordinary Shares redeemed and payment will
be made as soon as practicable after the expected transaction
closing date even if the Acquisition is not approved at the
Acquisition EGM or does not complete.
UPDATED Transaction Timeline1
The remaining milestones in respect
of the Acquisition are as shown below.
ACG Management Roadshow
|
8 August - 19 August 2024
|
Equity offering results
announcement
|
7:00 a.m. on 20 August
2024
|
Acquisition EGM
|
10:00 a.m. on 20 August
2024
|
Redemption deadline for existing ACG
shareholders
|
1:00 p.m. on 21 August
2024
|
Transaction completion, closing and
settlement
|
23 August 2024
|
Redemption payment date
|
On or around the expected completion
date of the Acquisition
|
1 All dates are
indicative and subject to change. All times are London
time.
Further announcements will be made
in due course. Unless otherwise defined, capitalised terms used in
this announcement have the meaning set forth in the Company's
M&As.
About ACG
ACG is a special purpose acquisition
company with a vision to consolidate the critical metals industry,
starting with the copper sector. Through a series of roll-up
acquisitions, ACG intends to become a premier supplier of copper
and other critical metals to the western OEM supply chain, with
best-in-class ESG and carbon footprint characteristics. On 12
October 2022, ACG successfully raised proceeds of approximately
US$125 million in its initial public offering ("IPO"), and listed
on the London Stock Exchange (symbols: ACG and ACGW). On 27 June
2024, ACG extended the deadline by which it is required to complete
an acquisition from 30 June 2024 to 12 October 2024. For further
information please visit: www.acgcorp.co
Contacts for ACG
Palatine Communications -
Communications
Advisor
Conal Walsh / Andreas Grueter /
Richard Seed
acg@palatine-media.com
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited -
Capital Markets
Advisor
Varun Talwar / Ashton Clanfield /
Gregory Rodwell
snelibACGMetals@stifel.com
+44(0) 20 7710 7600
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underlying legislation. It is not a prospectus. The Prospectus
relating to the Placing has been approved by the U.K. Financial
Conduct Authority and has been published by the Company and is
available on the Company's website at www.acgcorp.co,
subject to certain access restrictions.
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transactions in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities
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at persons in Member States who are "qualified investors"
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any Member State by persons who are not Qualified Investors. Any
investment or investment activity to which this announcement
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agreement to purchase, subscribe or otherwise acquire the same will
be engaged in only with, Qualified Investors. For the purpose of
this paragraph, the expression "offer of securities to the public"
means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient
information on the terms of the offer and the securities to be
offered so as to enable the investor to decide to purchase or
subscribe for the securities.
In the United Kingdom, this
announcement is only addressed to and directed at persons who
are "qualified
investors" within the meaning of Article 2(e) of Regulation (EU)
2017/1129, as amended, as it forms part of the laws of the United
Kingdom by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
(the "U.K.
Prospectus Regulation"). In addition, this
announcement is being distributed to, and is only directed at,
qualified investors (i) who have professional experience in matters
relating to investments falling within the definition of
"investment professionals"
in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
(Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the
"FPO"), (ii) who fall
within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the FPO or (iii) to whom it may
otherwise lawfully be communicated (all such persons, together
with "qualified
investors" within the meaning of Article 2(e) of the U.K.
Prospectus Regulation, being referred to as "Relevant Persons"). This announcement and the information contained herein must
not be acted on or relied upon in the United Kingdom, by persons
who are not Relevant Persons. Any investment or investment activity
to which this announcement relates is available only to, and any
invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise
acquire the same will be engaged in only with, Relevant
Persons.
Securities of the Company have not
been and will not be registered under the applicable securities
laws of Australia, Canada, Japan of the Republic of South Africa
and, subject to certain exceptions, may not be offered or sold
within Australia, Canada, Japan or the Republic of South Africa
except under circumstances which will result in the full compliance
with the applicable laws and regulations promulgated by the
relevant regulatory authorities in effect at the relevant
time.
Forward-looking
statements
Some of the information in these
materials may contain projections or other forward-looking
statements regarding future events or the future financial
performance of the Company and the enlarged group. You can identify
forward looking statements by terms such as "expect", "believe",
"anticipate", "estimate", "intend", "will", "could", "may" or
"might" the negative of such terms or other similar expressions.
The Company wishes to caution you that these statements are only
predictions and that actual events or results may and often do
differ materially. The Company does not intend to update these
statements to reflect events and circumstances occurring after the
date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
Any forward-looking statements reflect the Company's current view
with respect to future events and many factors could cause the
actual results to differ materially from those contained in
projections or forward-looking statements of the Company,
including, among others, ACG's ability to obtain adequate
information to evaluate the target assets, ACG's ability to
successfully or timely complete the contemplated acquisition, ACG's
expectations around the performance of the target assets, ACG's
potential ability to obtain additional financing to complete the
contemplated acquisition and the financial performance of the
enlarged group that would result from the potential completion of
the contemplated acquisition. Forward-looking statements speak only
as of the date they are made.
END