Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger
As previously announced, on July 11, 2022, FAST Acquisition Corp. II, a Delaware
corporation ("SPAC"), Falcon's Beyond Global, LLC, a Florida limited liability
company (the "Company"), Falcon's Beyond Global, Inc., a Delaware corporation
and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, which was formerly known as Palm
Holdco, Inc. ("Pubco"), and Palm Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Pubco ("Merger Sub") entered into an
Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"). Capitalized terms used
herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the
Merger Agreement, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report
on Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC")
by SPAC on July 12, 2022, and is incorporated herein by reference.
On September 13, 2022, SPAC, the Company, PubCo and Merger Sub entered into that
certain Amendment No. 1 to the Merger Agreement ( "Amendment No. 1"), pursuant
to which the parties thereto extended the date by which the Company is required
to deliver to SPAC PCAOB Audited Financial Statements from August 15, 2022 to
September 28, 2022, and the date on which SPAC could terminate the Merger
Agreement if the PCAOB Audited Financial Statements have not been delivered from
September 14, 2022 to September 28, 2022.
The foregoing description of Amendment No. 1 does not purport to be complete and
is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment,
which is filed as Exhibit 2.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and
incorporated herein by reference.
Important Information About the Mergers and Where to Find It
In connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (the
"Mergers"), SPAC and Pubco intend to file with the SEC a registration statement
on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement") containing a proxy
statement/prospectus and certain other related documents, which will be both the
proxy statement to be distributed to holders of SPAC's common stock in
connection with SPAC's solicitation of proxies for the vote by SPAC's
stockholders with respect to the Mergers and other matters as may be described
in the Registration Statement, as well as the prospectus relating to the offer
and sale of the securities of Pubco to be issued in connection with the Mergers.
SPAC's stockholders and other interested persons are advised to read carefully
and in their entirety, when available, the preliminary proxy
statement/prospectus included in the Registration Statement (including any
amendments or supplements thereto) and the definitive proxy
statement/prospectus, as well as other documents filed with the SEC, as these
materials will contain important information about the parties to the Merger
Agreement, SPAC and the Mergers. After the Registration Statement is declared
effective, the definitive proxy statement/prospectus will be mailed to
stockholders of SPAC as of a record date to be established for voting on the
Mergers and other matters as may be described in the Registration Statement.
Stockholders will also be able to obtain copies of the proxy
statement/prospectus and other documents filed with the SEC that will be
incorporated by reference in the proxy statement/prospectus, without charge,
once available, at the SEC's web site at sec.gov, or by directing a request to:
FAST Acquisition Corp. II, 109 Old Branchville Road, Ridgefield, CT 06877,
Attention: Chief Financial Officer, (201) 956-1969. The documents filed by
Falcon's Beyond with the SEC may also be obtained free of charge upon written
request to 6996 Piazza Grande Avenue, Suite 301, Orlando, FL 32835.
Participants in the Solicitation
SPAC and its directors and executive officers may be deemed participants in the
solicitation of proxies from SPAC's stockholders with respect to the Mergers. A
list of the names of those directors and executive officers and a description of
their interests in SPAC is contained in SPAC's registration statement on Form
S-1 (as amended to date), which was initially filed with the SEC on July 26,
2021, and is available free of charge at the SEC's web site at sec.gov, or by
directing a request to FAST Acquisition Corp. II, 109 Old Branchville Road,
Ridgefield, CT 06877, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, (201) 956-1969.
Additional information regarding the interests of such participants will be
contained in the Registration Statement when available or may be included in
other relevant documents when they are filed with the SEC. You may obtain free
copies of these documents from the sources indicated above.
The Company and its managers and executive officers may also be deemed to be
participants in the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders of SPAC in
connection with the Mergers. A list of the names of such directors and executive
officers and information regarding their interests in the Mergers will be
contained in the Registration Statement when available or may be included in
other relevant documents when they are filed with the SEC. You may obtain free
copies of these documents from the sources indicated above.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K includes "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. SPAC's and the Company's actual results may differ from
their expectations, estimates and projections and consequently, you should not
rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Words
such as "expect," "estimate," "project," "budget," "forecast," "anticipate,"
"intend," "plan," "may," "will," "could," "should," "believe," "predict,"
"potential," "continue," and similar expressions are intended to identify such
forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, without
limitation, SPAC's and the Company's expectations with respect to future
performance and anticipated financial impacts of the Mergers, the satisfaction
of the closing conditions to the Mergers and the timing of the completion of the
Mergers. These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expected
results, including factors that are outside of SPAC's and the Company's control
and that are difficult to predict. Factors that may cause such differences
include, but are not limited to: (1) changes in domestic and foreign business,
market, financial, political, and legal conditions in general and in the
entertainment industry in particular; (2) the outcome of any legal proceedings
that may be instituted against SPAC, the Company or Pubco following the
announcement of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated therein,
(3) the inability of the parties to successfully or timely consummate the
Mergers or the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement,
including the risk that any regulatory approvals or the SEC's declaration of the
effectiveness of the proxy statement/prospectus relating to the transaction are
not obtained, are delayed or are subject to unanticipated conditions that could
adversely affect Pubco or the expected benefits of the transactions contemplated
by the Merger Agreement or that the approval of the requisite equity holders of
SPAC is not obtained; (4) the occurrence of any event, change or other
circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the Merger Agreement,
(5) volatility in the price of SPAC's or Pubco's securities, (6) the risk that
the Mergers or the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement
disrupt current plans and operations as a result of the announcement and
consummation thereof, (7) the enforceability of the Company's intellectual
property, including its patents, and the potential infringement on the
intellectual property rights of others, cyber security risks or potential
breaches of data security, (8) any failure to realize the anticipated benefits
of the Mergers or the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement,
(9) risks relating to the uncertainty of the projected financial information
with respect to the Company, (10) risks related to the rollout of the Company's
business and the timing of expected business milestones, (11) the effects of
competition on the Company's business, (12) the risk that the Mergers or the
other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement may not be completed by
SPAC's deadline and the potential failure to obtain an extension of its business
combination deadline if sought by SPAC, (13) the amount of redemption requests
made by stockholders of SPAC, (14) the ability of SPAC, the Company or Pubco to
issue equity or equity-linked securities or obtain debt financing in connection
with the Mergers or the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement
or in the future, (15) and those factors discussed in SPAC's final prospectus
dated March 15, 2021 under the heading "Risk Factors," and other documents SPAC
has filed, or will file, with the SEC.
SPAC cautions that the foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. Although
SPAC believes the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are
reasonable, nothing in this Current Report on Form 8-K should be regarded as a
representation by any person that the forward-looking statements or projections
set forth herein will be achieved or that any of the contemplated results of
such forward-looking statements or projections will be achieved. There may be
additional risks that SPAC and the Company presently do not know of or that SPAC
and the Company currently believe are immaterial that could also cause actual
results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. SPAC
cautions readers not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking
statements, which speak only as of the date made. Neither SPAC nor the Company
undertakes any duty to update these forward-looking statements, except as
otherwise required by law.
No Offer or Solicitation
This Current Report on Form 8-K and the exhibits hereto shall not constitute a
solicitation of a proxy, consent, or authorization with respect to any
securities or in respect of the Mergers. This Current Report on Form 8-K shall
also not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any
securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any state or
jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior
to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or
jurisdiction. No offering of securities shall be made except by means of a
prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number Description
2.1 Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated July 11, 2022, by and among FAST
Acquisition Corp. II, a Delaware corporation, Falcon's Beyond Global,
LLC, a Florida limited liability company, Falcon's Beyond Global, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation, and Palm Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to FAST
Acquisition Corp. II's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on
July 12, 2022).
2.2 Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated September 13,
2022, by and among FAST Acquisition Corp. II, a Delaware corporation,
Falcon's Beyond Global, LLC, a Florida limited liability company,
Falcon's Beyond Global, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Palm Merger
Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
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