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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 22, 2020 (October 19, 2020)
HELIX ACQUISITION CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Cayman Islands | 001-39630 | N/A | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer | ||
| of incorporation) | Identification No.) |
Cormorant Asset Management, LP 200 Clarendon Street, 52nd Floor Boston, MA 02116 |
| (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) |
(857) 702-0370
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbols | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
| Class A ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share | HLXA | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
| ☒ | Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). |
| ☒ | Emerging growth company |
| ☐ | If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. |
| Item 1.01. | Entry into Material Definitive Agreement. |
On October 22, 2020, Helix Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) consummated its initial public offering (the “IPO”) of 11,500,000 Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”), including the issuance of 1,500,000 shares of Class A Ordinary Shares as a result of the underwriter’s exercise in full of its over-allotment option. The Class A Ordinary Shares were sold at a price of $10.00 per share, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $115,000,000.
In connection with the IPO, the Company entered into the following agreements, forms of which were previously filed as exhibits to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-249197) for the IPO, originally filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on October 1, 2020 (as amended, the “Registration Statement”):
| ● | An Underwriting Agreement, dated October 19, 2020, between the Company and Jefferies LLC, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. |
| ● | A Letter Agreement, dated October 19, 2020, among the Company, the Company’s sponsor, Helix Holdings LLC (the “Sponsor”) each of its officers and directors of the Company, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. |
| ● | An Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated October 19, 2020, between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.2 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. |
| ● | A Registration Rights Agreement, dated October 19, 2020, among the Company, the Sponsor and the Holders signatory thereto, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.3 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. |
| ● | A Private Placement Class A Ordinary Shares Purchase Agreement, dated October 19, 2020 (the “Private Placement Shares Purchase Agreement”), between the Company and the Sponsor, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.4 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. |
| ● | An Administrative Services Agreement, dated October 19, 2020, between the Company and the Sponsor, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.8 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. |
| Item 3.02. | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities. |
Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, pursuant to the Private Placement Shares Purchase Agreement, the Company completed the private sale of 430,000 Class A Ordinary Shares (the “Private Placement Shares”) at a purchase price of $10.00 per Private Placement Share, to the Sponsor, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $4,300,000. The Private Placement Shares are identical to the shares of Class A Ordinary Shares sold in the IPO, except that, so long as they are held by the Sponsor and its permitted transferees: (i) they may not, subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold until 30 days after the completion of a business combination and (ii) they are entitled to registration rights.
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In addition, the Sponsor has agreed to waive its redemption rights with respect to the Private Placement Shares in connection with (i) the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination, or (ii) a stockholder vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of the shares of Class A Ordinary Shares sold in the IPO if the Company has not consummated a business combination within 24 months of the closing of the IPO or with respect to any other material provisions relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity.
| Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On October 19, 2020, in connection with the IPO, Dr. Nancy Chang, Mr. Will Lewis and Mr. John Schmid (the “Directors”) were appointed to the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”). The Directors are independent directors. Effective October 19, 2020, Dr. Chang, Mr. Lewis and Mr. Schmid were also appointed to the Board’s (i) Audit Committee, with Mr. Schmid serving as chair of the Audit Committee, (ii) Compensation Committee, with Mr. Lewis serving as chair of the Compensation Committee and (iii) Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, with Dr. Chang serving as chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
Following the appointment of the Directors, the Board is comprised of the following three classes: the term of office of the first class of directors, Class I, consisting of Dr. Chang and Mr. Lewis, will expire at the Company’s first annual meeting of stockholders; the term of office of the second class of directors, Class II, consisting of Mr. Schmid and will expire at the Company’s second annual meeting of stockholders; and the term of office of the third class of directors, Class III, consisting of Ms. Chen, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, will expire at the Company’s third annual meeting of stockholders.
In connection with their appointments to the Board, each Director entered into the Letter Agreement as well as an indemnity agreement with the Company in the form previously filed as Exhibit 10.5 to the Registration Statement. In addition, in September 2020, the Sponsor transferred 30,000 shares of Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company to each of the Directors for the same per-share price initially paid by the Sponsor.
Other than the foregoing, none of the Directors are party to any arrangement or understanding with any person pursuant to which they were appointed as directors, nor are they party to any transactions required to be disclosed under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K involving the Company.
The foregoing descriptions of the Letter Agreement and the form of indemnity agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entireties by reference to the Letter Agreement and form of indemnity agreement, copies of which are attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and Exhibit 10.5 to the Registration Statement, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 5.03. | Amendments to Memorandum and Articles of Association. |
On October 19, 2020, in connection with the IPO, the Company filed its amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the “Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association”) with the Cayman Islands General Registry, effective the same day. The terms of the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association are set forth in the Registration Statement and are incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association is attached as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
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| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
A total of $115,000,000 comprised of the proceeds from the IPO and the sale of the Private Placement Shares, were placed in a U.S.-based trust account maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds in the trust account that may be released to the Company to pay its taxes, the funds held in the trust account will not be released from the trust account until the earliest of (i) the completion of the Company’s initial business combination, (ii) the redemption of any of the Company’s public shares properly tendered in connection with a shareholder vote to amend the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association to (A) modify the substance or timing of its obligation to allow redemption in connection with the Company’s initial business combination or to redeem 100% of the Company’s public shares if it does not complete its initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of the IPO or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-business combination activity, and (iii) the redemption of the Company’s public shares if it is unable to complete its initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of the IPO, subject to applicable law.
On October 19, 2020, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of the IPO, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
On October 22, 2020, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the IPO, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| HELIX ACQUISITION CORP. | ||
| Date: October 22, 2020 | By: | /s/ Bihua Chen |
| Name: | Bihua Chen | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
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