Item 1.01 |
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement |
Trust Amendment Agreement
On August 18, 2024 as approved by its shareholders at the annual general meeting held on August 18, 2024 (the “Annual Meeting”), CSLM ACQUISITION CORP. (the “Company”), and its trustee, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company amended (the “Trust Amendment”) the Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated as of January 12, 2022, as amended on July 13, 2023 (the “Trust Agreement”), by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “Trustee”) and the Company, in order to allow the Company to extend the time to complete a business combination on a month-to-month basis, until July 18, 2025 (the “Termination Date”) by placing $30,000 into the Company’s trust account (the “Trust Account”). At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders of the Company approved by a special resolution, to amend Trust Agreement to extend the time by which the Company has to consummate a business combination until July 18, 2025 in accordance with the Company’s amended and Amended and Restated Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association, adopted by special resolution dated January 5, 2022, as amended (the “Articles of Association”).
The foregoing description of the Trust Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Trust Amendment, a copy of which is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.03 |
Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. |
On August 19, 2024, CSLM issued a 2nd amended and restated promissory note (the “2nd A&R Note”) to Consilium Acquisition Sponsor I, LLC (“Sponsor”), to replace the initial promissory note issued to the Sponsor on February 28, 2023, as amended on January 18, 2024, for working capital, allowing the Company to borrow up to $2,000,000. The 2nd A&R Note is unsecured, increases the amount the Company may borrow to $2,750,000, bears interest at a rate of 4.75% per annum, and is payable on the earlier to occur of (i) the date by which the Company has to complete a business combination or (ii) the effective date of a business combination.
The foregoing description of the 2nd A&R Note is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the 2nd A&R Note, a copy of which is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.03. |
Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
The shareholders of the Company approved the following proposals at the Annual Meeting held on August 18, 2024: (a) as a special resolution, to amend the Company’s Articles of Association to remove the requirement that the Company must have net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 to consummate a business combination (the “NTA Proposal”); (b) as a special resolution, to provide the Company the right to extend the date by which it has to complete a business combination on a month-to-month basis until July 18, 2025 by placing $30,000 into the Trust Account (the “Extension Amendment Proposal”); (c) as a special resolution, an amendment to the Trust Agreement, to extend the Termination Date until July 18, 2025 (the “Trust Amendment Proposal”), and (d) as an ordinary resolution, a proposal to consider and vote to ratify the appointment of BDO USA, P.C. as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year December 31, 2024 (the “Ratification of Auditors Proposal”).
Item 5.07. |
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On August 18, 2024, the Company held the Annual Meeting. On August 6, 2024, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 9,515,937 ordinary shares entitled to be voted at the Annual Meeting. This includes 9,515,936 Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class A Shares”), and one Class B ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class B Shares” and together being the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of the Company, referred to as the “Shares”). At the meeting, 7,821,472 or 82.19% of such Shares were represented in person or by proxy.