Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
As previously disclosed, on October 6, 2022, MICT, Inc. (the "MICT" or the
"Company"), Tingo, Inc., a Nevada corporation ("Tingo"), the representative for
the stockholders of MICT ("Purchaser Representative"), and the representative
for Tingo ("Seller Representative"), entered into the Second Amended and
Restated Merger Agreement (the "Amended Agreement") amending and restating the
previous Amended and Restated Merger Agreement entered into by the parties on
June 15, 2022 (the "Previous Agreement").
Pursuant to the Amended Agreement, the parties agreed to the following: (i)
Tingo was to form Esquire Gruppe Limited, a British Virgin Islands company and a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Tingo ("Tingo Merger Sub") and then transfer all of
its rights, title, interest and liabilities in all of its other subsidiaries
into the Tingo Merger Sub; (ii) MICT was to form Tingo Group Holdings LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company and as a wholly-owned subsidiary of MICT
("Delaware Sub") and MICT Fintech Limited, a British Virgin Islands company and
as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Delaware Sub ("MICT Merger Sub"), and Tingo
Merger Sub was to merge with and into MICT Merger Sub, whereupon the separate
corporate existence of the Tingo Merger Sub shall cease and MICT Merger Sub, as
a wholly-owned subsidiary of Delaware Sub, shall continue as the surviving
company, with security holders of Tingo receiving substantially equivalent
securities of MICT in exchange and as consideration, including common stock,
Series A Preferred Stock, and Series B Preferred Stock of MICT, which preferred
stock are each convertible into shares of MICT's common stock upon certain
conditions being satisfied.
On December 1, 2022 (the "Closing"), pursuant to certain joinder agreements,
Tingo Merger Sub, Delaware Sub, and MICT Merger Sub joined the Amended
Agreement, and MICT completed the merger of Tingo Merger Sub with and into MICT
Merger Sub (the "Merger") and MICT Merger Sub became a wholly-owned subsidiary
of the Delaware Sub, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MICT. Tingo is an
Agri-Fintech company operating in Africa with a mobile marketplace that offers
its platform service to its subscribers, within and outside of the agricultural
sector, to manage their commercial activities of growing and selling their
production to market participants. At the closing of Merger (the "Closing"), the
total consideration paid by MICT to the shareholders of Tingo was: (i)
25,783,675 shares of common stock of MICT, representing approximately 19.9% of
the number of shares of MICT's common stock issued and outstanding; (ii)
2,604.28 shares of Series A Preferred Stock convertible into 26,042,808 shares
of MICT Common Stock equal to approximately 20.1% of the total issued and
outstanding MICT Common Stock immediately prior to Closing; and (iii) 33,687.21
shares of Series B Preferred Stock convertible into 336,872,138 shares of MICT
Common Stock equal to approximately 35% of the total issued and outstanding
Common Stock immediately prior to Closing (the "Merger Consideration Shares"),
5% of the foregoing consideration shall be withheld in escrow to satisfy the
indemnification obligations of MICT's stockholders.
The foregoing description of the Amended Agreement does not purport to be
complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the
Amended Agreement which was filed as Exhibit 2.1 to MICT's Current Report on
Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on
October 6, 2022 and is incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
The disclosure set forth above in Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K
with respect to the issuance of the Merger Consideration Shares is incorporated
by reference herein. The parties agreed that the Merger Consideration Shares
issued pursuant to the Merger Agreement shall not to be registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), in reliance on the
exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act
and/or Regulation D promulgated thereunder.
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
In connection with the Merger and effective as of the Closing, Mr. Darren Mercer
will continue to serve as Chief Executive Officer of MICT and pursuant to the
rights of the Series B Preferred Stock, Tingo has appointed John J. Brown and
Kenneth I. Denos to serve as directors of MICT's Board of Directors. Prior to
the Merger, Kenneth I. Denos served as Tingo's Executive Vice President, General
Counsel, and Corporate Secretary and Mr. John J. Brown served as Tingo's
Co-Chairman.
Kenneth Denos, 54, served as Tingo's Executive Vice President, General Counsel,
and Corporate Secretary from September 2021 until December 1, 2022. Since
June 2005, Mr. Denos has been an officer and director of Equus Total Return,
Inc. (NYSE: EQS), a closed-end fund traded on the New York Stock Exchange,
serving as its President and CEO from 2007-09. He is also a founder and
principal of Outsize Capital Ltd., an international corporate finance advisory
firm based in London, and is the founder and Chairman of Kenneth I. Denos, P.C.,
a U.S.-based corporate and consumer law firm. Previously, Mr. Denos was the CEO
of MCC Global NV, a Frankfurt stock exchange listed investment advisory firm
based in London, and also served as a director and executive officer of two
London Stock Exchange listed firms, Healthcare Enterprise Group plc and Tersus
Energy plc. Mr. Denos has worked in the private equity and advisory industry for
virtually his entire career, having served as a principal and/or advisor to
private and public companies and funds in the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and
North America. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Finance and
Political Science from the University of Utah. He also holds a Master of
Business Administration and a Juris Doctor from the University of Utah. We
believe that Mr. Denos is well-qualified to serve on the combined board due to
his extensive international legal and corporate governance background, as well
as his financial services and investment experience.
John J. Brown, 64, served on the board of directors of Tingo from September 2021
until December 1, 2022. Since 2016, Mr. Brown has also been the Managing Partner
of Sands Point Consulting, an advisor to entrepreneurs, founders, and senior
corporate leaders to develop new business strategies for a rapidly changing
market. From 2009 - 2016, he was the Group Managing Director and a member of the
WMA Executive Committee for UBS Wealth Management Americas. From 1995-2000,
Mr. Brown was the Managing Director and Global Head of Convertible Securities
Trading at UBS, and from 1980-1995 and again from 200-2009 he was a Managing
Director for Merrill Lynch & Co., holding senior executive leadership positions
at Merrill Lynch, most notably COO, Operations, Technology & Corp. Services
Group.. He also served as the Head of US Equity Financing & CEO, Merrill Lynch
Professional Clearing Corp in its Prime Broker Division.
Other than the appointment of John J. Brown and Kenneth I. Denos as directors of
MICT, and Mr. Denos as Executive Vice President, General Counsel of the
Company's new operating subsidiary, Tingo Mobile, pursuant to the Amended
Agreement, there are no arrangements or understandings between MICT and any
other persons. The Company intends to engage additional former officers of Tingo
as officers of Tingo Mobile. There are also no family relationships between John
J. Brown and Kenneth I. Denos and any director or executive officer of MICT.
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Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal
Year
On November 30, 2022, the Company filed its Certificate of Designations,
Preferences and Rights of Series A Preferred Stock and Certificate of
Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series B Preferred Stock
(the "Certificate of Designations") with the Secretary of State of Delaware. The
Certificate of Designations provides that the Company may issue up to 15,000,000
shares of Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock $0.001 par value
per share. Holders of Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock are
entitled to the following rights and preferences:
Series A Certificate of Designation
The Series A Preferred Stock shall have no voting rights. However, the Series A
Preferred Stock have conversion rights and dividend rights. Upon the occurrence
of the Conversion Date as defined within the Series A Certificate of
Designation, each outstanding share of Series A shall automatically be converted
into 10,000 shares of Common Stock, which in the aggregate shall be equal to
20.1% of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Closing. If a
dividend was declared and paid on the outstanding shares of Common Stock, an
amount equal to the amount each share of Series A Preferred Stock would have
received if it had been converted into Common Stock as declared by the Board of
Directors.
Series B Certificate of Designation
. The Series B Preferred Stock shall have no voting rights, however, the Series
B Preferred Stock are entitled to receive dividends and conversion rights. The
dividend rate on Series B Preferred Stock shall be the sum of (i) 4% of the
Stated Value (as defined in the Series B Certificate of Designation) per share
per annum plus (ii) if a dividend was declared and paid on the outstanding
shares of Common Stock, an amount equal to the amount each share of Series B
Preferred Stock would have received if it had been converted into Common Stock
prior to the payment of the dividend, as declared by the Board of Directors.
Regarding the conversion rights, upon the occurrence of the Conversion Date as
defined within the Series B Certificate of Designation, each outstanding share
of Preferred Stock shall be automatically converted into 10,000 shares of Common
Stock, which in the aggregate shall be equal to 35.0% of Common Stock
outstanding immediately prior to the Closing.
Item 8.01 Other Events
Also, As previously disclosed on December 1, 2022, the Company issued a joint
press release with MICT announcing the closing of the Merger pursuant to the
Amended Agreement. The text of the press release is included as Exhibit 99.1 to
this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(a) Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.
The financial statements required by Item 9.01(a) of Form 8-K in connection with
the Merger will be filed by amendment to this Current Report on Form 8-K within
the date that is required to be filed with the SEC.
(b) Pro Forma Financial Information.
The pro forma financial information required by Item 9.01(b) of Form 8-K in
connection with the Merger will be filed by amendment to this Form 8-K within
the date that is required to be filed with the SEC.
(d) Exhibits.
3.1 Form of Certificate of Designation of Series A Preferred Stock
3.2 Form of Certificate of Designation of Series B Preferred Stock
99.1 Press Release, dated December 1, 2022
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL).
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