Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
FREYR Battery 2021 Equity Incentive Plan
At the Extraordinary General Meeting (the "Extraordinary General Meeting") held
on June 30, 2021, shareholders of Alussa Energy Acquisition Corp. ("Alussa")
passed an ordinary resolution approving the adoption by FREYR Battery, a
corporation in the form of a public limited liability company (société anonyme)
incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg, with registered office at 412F, route
d'Esch, L-2086 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, registered with the
Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register (Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés)
under number B 251199, of its 2021 Incentive Plan (the "2021 Plan"), which makes
available for issuance a number of shares equal to approximately 10% of the
total outstanding capital stock of FREYR Battery. A summary of the 2021 Plan is
included in Alussa's definitive proxy statement (the "Definitive Proxy") for the
Extraordinary General Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "SEC") on June 14, 2021 and is incorporated by reference, which summary is
qualified in all respects by the full text of the 2021 Plan, included as Annex D
to the Definitive Proxy.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
At the Extraordinary General Meeting, 21,132,371 holders of Alussa's ordinary
shares, which represented 58.80% of the ordinary shares outstanding and entitled
to vote as of the record date of April 30, 2021, were represented in person or
by proxy. The final voting results for each matter submitted to a vote of the
Alussa shareholders at the Extraordinary General Meeting are set forth below:
Approval of the Business Combination Proposal
The shareholders passed an ordinary resolution approving the Business
Combination Agreement, dated as of January 29, 2021, (as may be amended from
time to time, the "Business Combination Agreement"), a copy of which is attached
to the Definitive Proxy as Annex A (the "Business Combination Proposal"), by and
among Alussa, Alussa Energy Sponsor LLC, FREYR Battery, FREYR AS, a company
organized under the laws of Norway, ATS AS, Norway Sub 1 AS, Norway Sub 2 AS,
Adama Charlie Sub and the shareholders of FREYR named therein, and the
transactions contemplated thereby (the transactions contemplated by the Business
Combination Agreement collectively, the "Business Combination") and adopted in
all respects on behalf of Alussa and authorized and directed the directors and
officers of Alussa, or persons authorized by the directors of Alussa, to execute
all documents and take all necessary or desirable actions in order to effect
such Business Combination. The voting results with respect to the Business
Combination Proposal were as follows:
Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes
18,706,664 2,295,242 130,465 N/A
Approval of the Merger Proposal
The shareholders passed a special resolution authorizing, approving and adopting
the plan of merger substantially in the form attached to the Definitive Proxy as
Annex C (the "Merger Proposal"). The voting results with respect to the Merger
Proposal were as follows:
Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes
18,704,039 2,296,649 131,683 N/A
Approval of the Share Issuance Proposal
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The shareholders passed an ordinary resolution approving, for the purpose of
complying with the New York Stock Exchange's Listed Company Manual rules, the
issuance of more than 20% of FREYR Battery's issued and outstanding ordinary
shares, and 20% or more of the voting power of FREYR Battery's ordinary shares,
in financing transactions in connection with the proposed Business Combination
(collectively, the "Share Issuance Proposal"). The voting results with respect
to the Share Issuance Proposal were as follows:
Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes
18,687,845 2,311,199 133,327 N/A
Approval of the Incentive Plan Proposal
The shareholders passed an ordinary resolution authorizing and approving FREYR
Battery's adoption of the 2021 Plan (the "Incentive Plan Proposal"). The voting
results with respect to the Incentive Plan Proposal were as follows:
Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes
20,869,074 82,717 180,580 N/A
Approval of the Adjournment Proposal
The shareholders approved the adjournment of the Extraordinary General Meeting
to a later date or dates, if necessary, to permit further solicitation and vote
of proxies if, based upon the tabulated vote at the time of the Extraordinary
General Meeting, there are not sufficient votes to approve one or more proposals
presented to shareholders for a vote or if holders of the Public Shares have
elected to redeem an amount of Public Shares such that the minimum available
cash condition to the Closing would not be satisfied (as each capitalized term
is defined in the Definitive Proxy) (collectively, the "Adjournment Proposal").
The voting results with respect to the Adjournment Proposal were as follows:
Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes
18,650,238 2,306,243 175,890 N/A
Though not guaranteed, Alussa expects to close the Business Combination on July
9, 2021, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, and for
FREYR Battery ordinary shares and warrants to begin publicly trading on the New
York Stock Exchange under the new symbols "FREY" and "FREY WS", respectively, on
July 8, 2021.
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On June 30, 2021 FREYR and Alussa issued a joint press release announcing the
results of the shareholder vote of the Extraordinary General Meeting. A copy of
the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
On the same day, FREYR issued a press release providing an update on the
expected transaction closing timeline. A copy of the press release is attached
hereto as Exhibit 99.2.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. Description
99.1 Press Release, dated June 30, 2021
99.2 Press Release, dated June 30, 2021
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