Bayview Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ: BAYA, BAYAU, and BAYAR)
(“
BAYA”), a special purpose acquisition company,
announced the execution of an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the
“
Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which BAYA will
undergo a business combination with Oabay Inc.
(“
Oabay”), which provides trade credit digital
transformation solutions, through its wholly owned subsidiary in
mainland China. The transaction has been approved by the boards of
directors of BAYA and Oabay and is expected to be consummated in
late 2024. The closing of the transaction is subject to regulatory
approval, approval by the shareholders of BAYA and Oabay and the
satisfaction of certain other customary closing conditions.
Company Overview
Oabay provides trade credit digital
transformation solutions that primarily consist of two types of
services: supply chain finance cloud services and trade credit
management cloud services. Leveraging and building upon its
experience in accounts receivable factoring and enterprise credit
digitalization for small-to-medium-sized enterprises, Oabay offers
supply chain financing to critically and strategically positioned
companies, and optimizes the process to produce credit assets
within supply chains for financial institutions and other companies
with improved efficiency and savings. Oabay has more than ten years
of operating history and is a pioneer in the Chinese trade credit
technology solutions industry.
Key Transaction Terms
The transaction will be structured as a business
combination involving the following mergers: (a) Bayview Merger Sub
1 Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Merger Sub
1”) and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oabay Holding
Company, a Cayman Islands exempted company
(“PubCo”), will merge with and into BAYA, with
BAYA being the surviving entity (the “First SPAC
Merger”), (b) immediately following the First SPAC Merger,
BAYA will merge with and into Bayview Merger Sub 2 Limited, a
Cayman Islands exempted company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of
PubCo (“Merger Sub 2”), with Merger Sub 2 being
the surviving entity (the “Second SPAC Merger”,
and together with the First SPAC Merger, the “Initial
Mergers”), and (c) following the Initial Mergers, Oabay
Merger Sub Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company and
wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo (“Merger Sub 3”)
will merge with and into Oabay, with Oabay being the surviving
entity and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of PubCo (the
“Acquisition Merger” and together with the Initial
Mergers, the “Mergers”).
As a result of the Mergers, Oabay shareholders
will receive ordinary shares of PubCo, valued at
US$300,000,000.
Oabay will use its reasonable best efforts to
obtain transaction financing in the aggregate amount of at least
US$15,000,000, in the form of firm written commitments from
investors reasonably acceptable to BAYA or in the form of good
faith deposits made by investors for a private placement of equity,
debt or other alternative financing, in each case, to Oabay or
BAYA, on terms and conditions to be agreed by BAYA and Oabay (a
“Transaction Financing”), and (b) as long as Oabay
procures the Transaction Financing, BAYA shall use its reasonable
best efforts to obtain additional transaction financing to BAYA or
PubCo on terms reasonably satisfactory to BAYA and Oabay.
Upon the closing of the Mergers, PubCo is
expected to become a NASDAQ-listed public company trading under a
new ticker symbol. Oabay’s executive management team will lead the
PubCo. There can be no assurance that the Mergers will be
consummated.
The description of the Mergers contained herein
is only a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to
the Merger Agreement. For additional information, see BAYA’s
Current Report on Form 8-K, which will be filed promptly and can be
obtained at the website of the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”) at www.sec.gov.
Advisors
Winston & Strawn LLP is serving as legal
advisor to BAYA, Han Kun Law Offices LLP and Ogier are serving as
PRC and Cayman legal advisors to BAYA, respectively. Hunter Taubman
Fischer & Li LLC is serving as legal advisor to Oabay, Yingke
Law Firm and Ogier are serving as PRC and Cayman legal advisors to
Oabay.
About Oabay Inc
Oabay provides trade credit digital
transformation solutions that primarily consist of two types of
services: supply chain finance cloud services and trade credit
management cloud services. Leveraging and building upon its
experience in accounts receivable factoring and enterprise credit
digitalization for small-to-medium-sized enterprises, Oabay offers
supply chain financing to critically and strategically positioned
companies, and optimizes the process to produce credit assets
within supply chains for financial institutions and other companies
with improved efficiency and savings. Oabay has more than ten years
of operating history and is a pioneer in the Chinese trade credit
technology solutions industry.
About Bayview Acquisition
Corp
Bayview Acquisition Corp is a blank check
company whose business purpose is to effect a merger, capital stock
exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or
similar business combination with one or more businesses. While the
company is not limited to a particular industry or geographic
region in its identification and acquisition of a target company,
the company has focused its search on businesses throughout
Asia.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking
Statements
This press release may contain statements that
constitute “forward-looking statements” as defined in the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking
statements include information concerning PubCo’s, BAYA’s and
Oabay’s possible or assumed future results of operations, business
strategies, debt levels, competitive position, industry
environment, potential growth opportunities, and the effects of
regulation, including whether the Mergers will generate returns for
stockholders or shareholders, respectively. These forward-looking
statements are based on PubCo’s, BAYA’s or Oabay’s management’s
current expectations, projections, and beliefs, as well as a number
of assumptions concerning future events. When used in this
communication, the words “estimates,” “projected,” “expects,”
“anticipates,” “forecasts,” “plans,” “intends,” “believes,”
“seeks,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “future,” “propose,” and
variations of these words or similar expressions (or the negative
versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify
forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements are not
guarantees of future performance, conditions, or results, and
involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties,
assumptions, and other important factors, many of which are outside
of PubCo’s, BAYA’s or Oabay’s management’s control, that could
cause actual results to differ materially from the results
discussed in the forward-looking statements. These risks,
uncertainties, assumptions, and other important factors include,
but are not limited to: (a) the occurrence of any event, change, or
other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of
negotiations and any subsequent definitive agreements with respect
to the Mergers; (b) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may
be instituted against PubCo, BAYA, Oabay, or others following the
announcement of the Mergers and any definitive agreements with
respect thereto; (c) the inability to complete the Mergers due to
the failure to obtain the approval of the shareholders of BAYA, to
obtain financing to complete the Mergers or to satisfy other
conditions to closing; (d) changes to the proposed structure of the
Mergers that may be required or appropriate as a result of
applicable laws or regulations or as a condition to obtaining
regulatory approval of the Mergers; (e) the ability to meeting the
applicable stock exchange listing standards following the
consummation of the Mergers; (f) the risk that the Mergers disrupts
current plans and operations of Oabay or its subsidiaries as a
result of the announcement and consummation of the transactions
described herein; (g) the ability to recognize the anticipated
benefits of the Mergers, which may be affected by, among other
things, competition, the ability of PubCo and Oabay to grow and
manage growth profitably, maintain relationships with customers and
suppliers and retain its management and key employees; (h) costs
related to the Mergers; (i) changes in applicable laws or
regulations, including legal or regulatory developments (including,
without limitation, accounting considerations) which could result
in the need for BAYA to restate its historical financial statements
and cause unforeseen delays in the timing of the Mergers and
negatively impact the trading price of BAYA’s securities and the
attractiveness of the Mergers to investors; (j) the possibility
that BAYA and Oabay may be adversely affected by other economic,
business, and/or competitive factors; (k) Oabay’s ability to
execute its business plans and strategies; (l) Oabay’s estimates of
expenses and profitability; (m) risks relating to Oabay’s
operations and business, including information technology and
cybersecurity risks; (n) the risk that the transaction may not be
completed by BAYA’s business combination deadline and the potential
failure to obtain extensions of the business deadline if sought by
BAYA; (o) other risks and uncertainties indicated from time to time
in the final prospectus of BAYA relating to its initial public
offering filed with the SEC, including those under “Risk Factors”
therein, and other documents filed or to be filed with the SEC by
BAYA. Copies are available on the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov. You
are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking
statements, which speak only as of the date made.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the
date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance
on forward-looking statements, and PubCo, BAYA and Oabay assume no
obligation and, except as required by law, do not intend to update
or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of
new information, future events, or otherwise. PubCo, BAYA and Oabay
do not give any assurances that PubCo, BAYA or Oabay will achieve
their expectations.
Additional Information about the Mergers and Where to
Find It
In connection with the proposed Mergers, BAYA
will file a registration statement on Form F-4 (as may be amended
from time to time, the “Registration Statement”)
that will include a preliminary proxy statement of BAYA and a
registration statement/preliminary prospectus of PubCo, and after
the Registration Statement is declared effective, BAYA will mail a
definitive proxy statement/prospectus relating to the Mergers to
its shareholders. The Registration Statement, including the proxy
statement/prospectus contained therein, when declared effective by
the SEC, will contain important information about the Mergers and
the other matters to be voted upon at a meeting of BAYA’s
shareholders to be held to approve the Mergers and related matters.
This communication does not contain all of the information that
should be considered concerning the Mergers and other matters and
is not intended to provide the basis for any investment decision or
any other decision in respect to such matters. PubCo, BAYA and
Oabay may also file other documents with the SEC regarding the
Mergers. BAYA shareholders and other interested persons are advised
to read the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus when available
and the amendments thereto and the definitive proxy
statement/prospectus and other documents filed in connection with
the Mergers, as these materials will contain important information
about PubCo, BAYA, Oabay and the Mergers.
When available, the definitive proxy
statement/prospectus and other relevant materials for the Mergers
will be mailed to BAYA shareholders as of a record date to be
established for voting on the Mergers. Shareholders will also be
able to obtain copies of the preliminary proxy
statement/prospectus, the definitive proxy statement/prospectus,
and other documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC
through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov, or by
directing a request to the contacts mentioned below.
Participants in the
Solicitation
PubCo, BAYA, Oabay, and their respective
directors and officers may be deemed participants in the
solicitation of proxies of BAYA shareholders in connection with the
Mergers. BAYA shareholders and other interested persons may obtain,
without charge, more detailed information regarding the directors
and officers of BAYA and a description of their interests in BAYA
is contained in BAYA’s final prospectus related to its initial
public offering, dated December 19, 2023, and in BAYA’s subsequent
filings with the SEC. Information regarding the persons who may,
under SEC rules, be deemed participants in the solicitation of
proxies to BAYA shareholders in connection with the Mergers and
other matters to be voted upon at the BAYA shareholder meeting will
be set forth in the Registration Statement. Additional information
regarding the interests of participants in the solicitation of
proxies in connection with the Mergers will be included in the
Registration Statement that PubCo intends to file with the SEC. You
will be able to obtain free copies of these documents as described
in the preceding paragraph.
No Offer or Solicitation
This press release relates to proposed Mergers
involving PubCo, BAYA and Oabay. This press release does not
constitute an offer to sell or exchange, or the solicitation of an
offer to buy or exchange any securities, or a solicitation of any
vote or approval, nor shall there be any sale or exchange of
securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation,
sale, or exchange would be unlawful prior to registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a
prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended.
For investor and media inquiries, please
contact:
Bayview Acquisition CorpTaylor ZhangEmail:
taylorzhang@irimpact.comTel.: 203-998-5540
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