Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal
Year.
On or about March 3, 2023, in connection with the Extraordinary General Meeting
(as defined below), Oxus Acquisition Corp. (the "Company") will file an
amendment (the "Charter Amendment") to the Company's Amended and Restated
Memorandum and Articles of Association (the "Charter") with the Registrar of
Companies in the Cayman Islands to (1) extend the date by which the Company must
consummate its initial business combination from March 8, 2023 to December 8,
2023, or such earlier date as determined by the Company's board of directors
(the "Extended Date") and (2) provide for the right of a holder of Class B
ordinary shares of the Company to convert into Class A ordinary shares on a
one-for-one basis prior to the closing of a business combination at the election
of such holder. The Company's shareholders approved the Charter Amendment at the
Extraordinary General Meeting on March 2, 2023.
The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the
Charter Amendment, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and is
incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
At the Extraordinary General Meeting (the "Extraordinary General Meeting") of
the Company, which was held on March 2, 2023, holders of 16,775,395 of the
Company's ordinary shares, which represents approximately 76.73% of the ordinary
shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote as of the record date of
January 25, 2023, were represented in person or by proxy.
At the Extraordinary General Meeting, the shareholders approved (1) a special
resolution (the "Extension Proposal") to amend the Charter to extend the date
that the Company has to consummate a business combination from March 8, 2023 to
the Extended Date and (2) a special resolution (the "Founder Share Amendment
Proposal") to amend the Charter to provide for the right of a holder of the
Class B ordinary shares to convert into the Class A ordinary shares on a
one-for-one basis prior to the closing of a business combination at the election
of such holder.
The affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the Class A
ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of the
Company issued and outstanding, voting together as a single class, represented
in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon and who do so in person or by
proxy at the Extraordinary General Meeting was required to approve each of the
Extension Proposal and the Founder Share Amendment Proposal.
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Set forth below are the final voting results for each of the proposals:
The Extension Proposal
The Extension Proposal was approved. The voting results of the ordinary shares
were as follows:
For Against Abstain
14,189,931 2,585,464 0
The Founder Share Amendment Proposal
For Against Abstain
14,189,931 2,585,464 0
The Adjournment Proposal was not presented at the meeting.
In connection with the votes to approve the Extension Proposal and the Founder
Share Amendment Proposal, the holders of 15,300,532 Class A ordinary shares of
the Company properly exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a
redemption price of approximately $10.41 per share, for an aggregate redemption
amount of approximately $159.34 million, leaving approximately $20.3 million in
the trust account.
Under Cayman Islands law, the amendment to the Charter took effect upon approval
of the Extension Proposal and the Founder Share Amendment Proposal. Accordingly,
the Company now has until December 8, 2023 to consummate its initial business
combination.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. Description
3.1 Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of
the Company
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
document)
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