Current Report Filing (8-k)
July 10 2020 - 4:31PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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
July
6, 2020
Date
of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
Opes
Acquisition Corporation
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
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001-38417
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82-2418815
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(State
or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification No.)
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4218 NE 2nd Avenue, 2nd Floor
Miami, FL
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33137
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (305) 573-3900
N/A
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(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Check
the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant
under any of the following provisions:
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Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
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☒
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act
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Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title
of each class
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Trading
Symbol(s)
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Name
of each exchange on
which
registered
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Units,
each consisting of one share of common stock and one redeemable warrant
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OPESU
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The
Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
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Common
stock, par value $0.0001 per share
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OPES
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The
Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
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Redeemable
warrants, each exercisable for one share of common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share
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OPESW
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The
Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR
§230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).
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. ☐
IMPORTANT NOTICES
Opes Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation
(“OPES” or “Purchaser”), and BurgerFi International LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“BurgerFi”)
and their respective directors, executive officers, members, managers, employees and other persons may be deemed to be participants
in the solicitation of proxies from the holders of Purchaser’s common stock in respect of the proposed transaction described
herein. Information about OPES’s directors and executive officers and their ownership of OPES’s common stock is set
forth in OPES’s Prospectus, dated March 13, 2018, Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated March 30, 2020 and the proxy statement
on Definitive Schedule 14A dated July 2, 2020, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), as modified
or supplemented by any Form 4 filed with the SEC since the date of such filings as modified or supplemented by any Form 3 or Form
4 filed with the SEC since the date of such filing. Other information regarding the interests of the participants in the proxy
solicitation will be included in the proxy statement pertaining to the proposed transaction when it becomes available. These documents
can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above.
In connection with the transaction described
herein, Purchaser will file relevant materials with the SEC, including a proxy statement on Schedule 14A. Promptly after filing
its definitive proxy statement with the SEC, Purchaser will mail the definitive proxy statement and a proxy card to each stockholder
entitled to vote at the special meeting relating to the transaction, and other proposals. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF PURCHASER
ARE URGED TO READ THESE MATERIALS (INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION
WITH THE TRANSACTION THAT PURCHASER WILL FILE WITH THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION
ABOUT OPES, BURGERFI AND THE TRANSACTION. The definitive proxy statement, the preliminary proxy statement and other relevant materials
in connection with the transaction (when they become available), and any other documents filed by Purchaser with the SEC, may be
obtained free of charge at the SEC’s website (www.sec.gov) or by writing to OPES at: 4218 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33137
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains
certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, both as amended by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements that are not historical facts, including
statements about the execution of definitive agreements relating to the Business Combination by and among OPES and BurgerFi and
the transactions contemplated thereby, and the parties’ perspectives and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Such
statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the proposed transaction. The words “expect,” “believe,”
“estimate,” “intend,” “plan,” and similar expressions indicate forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to various risks and uncertainties, assumptions
(including assumptions about general economic, market, industry and operational factors), known or unknown, which could cause the
actual results to vary materially from those indicated or anticipated.
Such risks and uncertainties include, but
are not limited to: (i) risks related to the timing of the completion of the Business Combination, (ii) the ability to satisfy
the various conditions to the closing of the Business Combination set forth in the Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, (iii)
the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the Membership Interest Purchase
Agreement, (iv) the risk that there may be a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, liabilities, results
of operations or condition (financial or otherwise), of BurgerFi or its subsidiaries or franchisees, taken as a whole; (v) risks
related to disruption of management time from ongoing business operations due to the proposed Business Combination; (vi) the risk
that any announcements relating to the proposed Business Combination could have adverse effects on the market price of OPES’s
common stock; and (vii) other risks and uncertainties and other factors identified in OPES’s prior and future filings with
the SEC, available at www.sec.gov.
A further list and description of risks
and uncertainties can be found in the proxy statement on Schedule 14A that will be filed with the SEC by Purchaser in connection
with the proposed transaction, and other documents that the parties may file or furnish with the SEC, which you are encouraged
to read.
Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties
materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those indicated or anticipated
by such forward-looking statements. Accordingly, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements relate only to the date they were made, and OPES and BurgerFi, and their respective subsidiaries, if
any, undertake no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made
except as required by law or applicable regulation.
Item 8.01 Other Information
As Opes Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”),
has previously reported, during the second quarter of 2020, management of the Company changed to a new team led by Ophir Sternberg,
the new Chairman and CEO. The Company moved its headquarters to the Miami Design District, at the offices of Mr. Sternberg’s
real estate investment and holding company, Lionheart Capital, LLC, 4218 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, Florida 33137.
The new management team focused on identifying
a high-growth US company that could take advantage of the new team’s extensive experience in real estate development, design
and build, acquisitions, leasing and rapid growth strategies. As previously announced, the Company strongly believes that the acquisition
of BurgerFi International, LLC (“BurgerFi”) fits their new target strategy as BurgerFi has an aggressive growth strategy
through expansion of corporate-owned restaurants within its current market, a more focused development plan in and around successful
growth areas, and a special focus on growth of same store sales, as well as opportunistic acquisitions of multi-store chains for
rebranding into BurgerFi.
Item 3.01 Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy
a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.
Prior to the new management team taking a leadership
role with the Company, on January 3, 2020, the Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K under Item 3.01 disclosing that the Company
received a notice from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”), that the Company
did not hold an annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) within 12 months after its fiscal year ended
December 31, 2018, as required by Nasdaq Listing Rule 5620(a). The prior management of the Company was notified of an additional
180 calendar days from its December 31, 2019 fiscal year end to regain compliance (the “Extension Period”). On July
6, 2020, the new management of the Company received a notice from Nasdaq that it did not hold the Annual Meeting within the Extension
Period and, therefore, did not satisfy the requirements to regain compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5620(a).
The new management of the Company, upon discovery,
immediately took measures to schedule its Annual Meeting by filing a definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A on July 2, 2020.
The record date for the Annual Meeting is set for July 15, 2020, and the Annual Meeting will be held on August 4, 2020. As set
forth in the notice, Nasdaq has determined that it will initiate procedures to delist the Company’s securities, unless the
Company timely requests a hearing to appeal the decision to delist, which the Company has done. While the appeals process is pending,
the Company’s securities will continue to trade on Nasdaq. The Company expects that following the Annual Meeting it will
have regained full compliance with the listing rules.
SIGNATURES
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.
Dated: July 10, 2020
OPES ACQUISITION CORP.
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By:
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/s/
Ophir Sternberg
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Name:
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Ophir Sternberg
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Title:
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Chief Executive Officer
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