Tempo Automation, Inc. announced a private placement of 13.00% (per annum payable semi-annually, 8.00% in cash plus 5.00% in kind) convertible senior notes due in 2025 issued at par for gross proceeds of $200,000,000 led by new investor, Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. for $175,000,000 on January 19, 2022. The transaction included participation from ACE Convergence Acquisition Corp. for $25,000,000, as a replacement for a previously announced investment, for a total of $175 million of new financing.

The notes are anticipated to fund concurrently with the closing of the proposed business combination of Tempo Automation, Inc. and ACE. The transaction is expected to close in first quarter or second quarter of 2022. The $175,000,000 of new financing will replace the existing $54,000,000 proceeds from the previously announced senior term debt facility.