MedTech Acquisition Corporation (Nasdaq: MTAC) (“MedTech” or the
“Company”) today announced that on December 7, 2022, it convened
and then adjourned, without conducting other business, its special
meeting of stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) in lieu of its 2022
Annual Meeting of Stockholders from December 7, 2022 to 11:00 a.m.
Eastern Time on December 12, 2022. The Special Meeting is being
adjourned in order to solicit more votes toward the approval to
amend the Company’s amended and restated certificate of
incorporation (“Extension Amendment”) to extend the date by which
the Company must complete a business combination from December 22,
2022 to June 22, 2023 (or such earlier date as determined by the
Board of Directors). The Company plans to continue to solicit
proxies for the Special Meeting until December 12, 2022.
The record date for the Special Meeting remains
the close of business on October 24, 2022 (the “Record Date”).
Stockholders who have previously submitted their proxy or otherwise
voted and who do not want to change their vote need not take any
action. Stockholders as of the Record Date can vote, even if they
have subsequently sold their shares.
On November 11, 2022, MedTech entered into an Agreement and Plan
of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with MTAC Merger Sub, Inc., a
Delaware corporation and direct wholly owned subsidiary of MedTech
(“Merger Sub”), and TriSalus Life Sciences, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (“TriSalus”), pursuant to which subject to the
satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions set forth therein,
Merger Sub will merge with and into TriSalus (the “Merger”), with
TriSalus surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of
MedTech (the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and
related ancillary agreements, the “Business Combination”). Upon
consummation of the Business Combination, MedTech will be renamed
“TriSalus Life Sciences, Inc.”
Forward-Looking Statements
This communication contains certain “forward-looking statements”
within the meaning of the United States federal securities laws
regarding the approval of certain proposals at the Special Meeting
or the implementation of the Extension Amendment. These
forward-looking statements generally are identified by words such
as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,”
“expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,”
“potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “strive,” “would,”
“will” and similar expressions or the negative or other variations
of such statements. These statements are predictions, projections
and other statements about future events that are based on various
assumptions, whether or not identified in this communication and on
the current expectations of MedTech’s and TriSalus’s respective
managements and are not predictions of actual performance and, as a
result, are subject to risks and uncertainties.
Many factors could cause actual results or developments to
differ materially from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements, including but not limited to: (i) the
risk that the Business Combination may not be completed in a timely
manner or at all, which may adversely affect the price of MedTech’s
securities; (ii) the risk that the Business Combination may not be
completed by MedTech’s business combination deadline and the
potential failure to obtain an extension of the business
combination deadline; (iii) the failure to satisfy the conditions
to the consummation of the Business Combination, including the
approval of the Merger Agreement by the stockholders of MedTech,
the satisfaction of the minimum cash amount following any
redemptions by MedTech’s public stockholders, and the receipt of
certain governmental and regulatory approvals, including
reimbursement approval; (iv) the lack of a third-party valuation in
determining whether or not to pursue the Business Combination; (v)
the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that
could give rise to the termination of the Merger Agreement; (vi)
the receipt of an unsolicited offer from another party for an
alternative transaction that could interfere with the Business
Combination, (vii) the effect of the announcement or pendency of
the Business Combination on TriSalus’s business relationships,
operating results and business generally; (viii) risks that the
Business Combination disrupts current plans and operations of
TriSalus; (ix) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be
instituted against TriSalus or MedTech related to the Merger
Agreement or the Business Combination; (x) the ability to maintain
the listing of MedTech’s securities on the Nasdaq; (xi) changes in
business, market, financial, political and legal conditions; (xii)
unfavorable changes in the reimbursement environment for TriSalus’s
products; (xiii) TriSalus’s product candidates not achieving
success in preclinical or clinical trials or not being able to
obtain regulatory approval, either on a timely basis or at all or
subject to any conditions that negatively impact TriSalus’s ability
to commercialize the applicable product candidates; (xiv) TriSalus
being unable to continue to grow TriNav sales; (xv) the size of the
addressable markets for TriNav and TriSalus’s product candidates,
if successfully developed and approved by the applicable regulatory
authorities, being less than TriSalus estimates; (xvi) TriSalus’s
ability to successfully commercialize any product candidates that
it successfully develops and that are approved by applicable
regulatory authorities; (xvii) TriSalus’s ability to continue to
fund preclinical and clinical trials for its product candidates;
(xviii) TriSalus’s ability to partner with other companies; (xix)
future economic and market conditions; (xx) the development,
effects and enforcement of laws and regulations affecting
TriSalus's business or industry; (xxi) TriSalus’s ability to manage
future growth; (xxii) TriSalus’s ability to maintain and grow its
market share; (xxiii) the effects of competition on TriSalus’s
business; (xxiv) the ability of MedTech or the combined company to
raise additional financing in connection with the Business
Combination or to finance its operations in the future; (xxv) the
ability to implement business plans, forecasts and other
expectations after the completion of the Business Combination, and
identify and realize additional opportunities; (xxvi) costs related
to the Business Combination; and (xxvii) the failure to realize the
anticipated benefits of the Business Combination or to realize
estimated pro forma results and the underlying assumptions,
including with respect to estimated stockholder redemptions. The
foregoing list of factors is not exclusive. You should
carefully consider the foregoing factors and other risks and
uncertainties described in the “Risk Factors” section of MedTech’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2021, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)
on March 2, 2022 (the “2021 Form 10-K”), MedTech’s definitive proxy
statement dated November 4, 2022 related to the Special Meeting, as
amended and supplemented by the Amendment No. 1 to the definitive
proxy statement dated November 28, 2022 (the “Proxy Statement”),
the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus on Form S-4 relating to
the Business Combination, which is expected to be filed by MedTech
with the SEC and other documents filed by MedTech from time to time
with the SEC. These filings identify and address other important
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results
to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the
forward-looking statements. 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 none of MedTech,
TriSalus, or any of their respective representatives assume any
obligation and do not intend to update or revise these
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events, or otherwise. None of MedTech, TriSalus, or any of
their respective representatives gives any assurance that either
MedTech or TriSalus will achieve its expectations.
Changes and Additional Information in Connection with
SEC Filing
The information in this communication has not been reviewed by
the SEC and certain information may not comply in certain respects
with SEC rules. MedTech urges investors, stockholders and other
interested persons to read the Proxy Statement as well as other
documents filed by MedTech with the SEC, because these documents
contain important information about MedTech and the Extension
Amendment. The Proxy Statement was first mailed to stockholders of
MedTech as of the Record Date on November 8, 2022. Stockholders may
obtain copies of the Proxy Statement, without charge, at the SEC’s
website at www.sec.gov or contact the Company’s proxy
solicitation agent at the following address and telephone
number:
Morrow Sodali LLC333 Ludlow Street,
5th Floor, South TowerStamford, CT 06902Individuals call toll-free
(800) 662-5200Banks and brokers call (203) 658-9400E-mail:
MTAC.info@investor.morrowsodali.com
You may also obtain these documents by
requesting them via phone or in writing:
MedTech Acquisition Corporation48
Maple AvenueGreenwich, CT 06830(908) 391-1288
MedTech intends to file a registration statement on Form S-4
(the “Registration Statement”) that will include a proxy
statement/prospectus of MedTech, that will be both the proxy
statement to be distributed to holders of MedTech’s common stock in
connection with its solicitation of proxies for the vote by
MedTech’s stockholders with respect to the Business Combination 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 to be issued in the Business Combination. The
Registration Statement is not yet effective. The Registration
Statement, including the proxy statement/prospectus contained
therein, when it is declared effective by the SEC, will contain
important information about the Business Combination and the other
matters to be voted upon at a meeting of MedTech’s stockholders to
be held to approve the Business Combination and other matters (the
“Combination Meeting”). MedTech may also file other documents with
the SEC regarding the Business Combination. MedTech stockholders
and other interested persons are advised to read, when available,
the Registration Statement, including the proxy
statement/prospectus contained therein, as well as any amendments
or supplements thereto, because they will contain important
information about the Business Combination. When available, the
definitive proxy statement /prospectus will be mailed to MedTech
stockholders as of a record date to be established for voting on
the Business Combination and the other matters to be voted upon at
the Combination Meeting.
Participation in Solicitation
MedTech and certain of its respective directors, executive
officers, other members of management and employees, under SEC
rules, may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of
proxies from the securityholders of MedTech in favor of the
approval of the proposed Extension Amendment. Securityholders of
MedTech and other interested persons may obtain more information
regarding the names and interests of MedTech directors and officers
in the proposed Extension Amendment in MedTech’s filings with the
SEC, including the Proxy Statement.
MedTech and TriSalus and their respective directors and
executive officers, under SEC rules, may be deemed to be
participants in the solicitation of proxies of MedTech’s
stockholders in connection with the Business Combination. Investors
and security holders may obtain more detailed information regarding
the names and interests in the Business Combination of MedTech’s
directors and officers in MedTech’s filings with the SEC, including
MedTech’s registration statement on Form S-1, which was originally
filed with the SEC on November 30, 2020, as amended, the Proxy
Statement, and MedTech’s 2021 Form 10-K. To the extent that
holdings of MedTech’s securities have changed from the amounts
reported in MedTech’s 2021 Form 10-K, such changes have been or
will be reflected on Statements of Change in Ownership on Form 4
filed with the SEC. Information regarding the persons who may,
under SEC rules, be deemed participants in the solicitation of
proxies from MedTech’s stockholders in connection with the Business
Combination will be set forth in the proxy statement/prospectus
forming a part of the Registration Statement. Investors and
security holders of MedTech and TriSalus are urged to carefully
read in their entirety the proxy statement/prospectus and other
relevant documents that will be filed with the SEC, when they
become available, because they will contain important information
about the Business Combination.
Investors and security holders will be able to obtain free
copies of the proxy statement/prospectus and other documents
containing important information about MedTech and TriSalus through
the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. Copies of the
documents filed with the SEC by MedTech can be obtained free of
charge by directing a written request to MedTech Acquisition
Corporation at 48 Maple Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830.
INVESTMENT IN ANY SECURITIES DESCRIBED HEREIN HAS NOT BEEN
APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SEC OR ANY OTHER REGULATORY
AUTHORITY NOR HAS ANY AUTHORITY PASSED UPON OR ENDORSED THE MERITS
OF THE OFFERING THEREOF OR THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THE
INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS
A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
No Offer or Solicitation
This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell, a
solicitation of an offer to buy or a recommendation to purchase any
securities, or the solicitation of any proxy, vote, consent or
approval in any jurisdiction in connection with the proposed
Extension Amendment or the Business Combination, nor shall there be
any offer, solicitation or sale of securities in any jurisdiction
in which the offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to
the registration or qualification under the securities laws of such
jurisdictions. This communication is restricted by law; it is not
intended for distribution to, or use by any person in, any
jurisdiction where such distribution or use would be contrary to
local law or regulation. No offering of securities shall be made
except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section
10 of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Contact
Christopher C. Dewey MedTech Acquisition Corporation (908)
391-1288
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