PHP Ventures Acquisition Corp. (the "Company") (Nasdaq: PPHP,
PPHPR, PPHPU, PPHPW), a special purpose acquisition company, today
announced that it has postponed the Special Meeting of Shareholders
scheduled to occur on December 28, 2022 (the "Special Meeting")
until December 30, 2022. On December 15, 2022, the Company filed a
Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A (the "Proxy Statement")
and a Revised Definitive Proxy Statement with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") with respect to the Special Meeting
to vote on, among other things, a proposal to amend the Company’s
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the "Charter")
to extend the date by which the Company must consummate a business
combination (the "Extension") from February 16, 2023 to August 16,
2023 (the "Extension Proposal"). The purpose of the Extension is to
allow the Company more time to complete its previously announced
business combination by and among the Company, Modulex Modular
Buildings Plc, a company registered in England and Wales with
company number 0729166 (the "Target"), and Modulex Merger Sub,
Cayman Islands exempted company and wholly-owned subsidiary of the
Target ("Merger Sub”), (together with the Company, Merger Sub, and
the Target, the "Parties"). In order to support this Extension
Proposal, the Company, and Global Link Investment LLC, the
Company’s Sponsor, have agreed that, if the Extension Proposal is
approved, the Sponsor (or its affiliates or permitted designees)
will deposit into the Trust Account $ 0.0625 per share that is not
redeemed for each such one-month extension until August 16, 2023
unless the closing of the Company’s initial business combination
shall have occurred prior to such date (the "Extension Payment") in
exchange for a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note
payable upon consummation of a business combination.
On December 27, 2022, the Company announced that
it had received redemption notices for 4,464,250 shares of its
Class A Common Stock from its stockholders. Accordingly, the
Company is postponing the previously scheduled meeting until 2:00
p.m. on Friday, December 30, 2022, to solicit investors to reverse
their redemption notices.
Business Combination
On December 6, 2022, PHP Ventures entered into a
definitive business combination agreement pursuant to which it
would merge with and into Merger Sub, with Merger Sub continuing as
the surviving entity. Upon the closing of the business combination,
which is expected in the second quarter of 2023, the combined
company expects to remain listed on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol
“MDLX”.
ABOUT PHP VENTURES ACQUISITION
CORP.
PHP Ventures Acquisition Corp. is a newly
organized blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a
merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase,
reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more
businesses. The Company is led by Marcus Choo Yeow Ngoh, the
Company's Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, and
Garry Richard Stein, the Company's Chief Financial Officer. PHP is
sponsored by Global Link Investment LLC. For more information visit
www.phpventures.com.
ABOUT MODULEX
Modulex Modular Buildings Plc, headquartered in
the United Kingdom with additional offices in India and Mauritius,
is a cutting-edge "ConstrucTech" company manufacturing 3D
volumetric steel modular buildings and harnessing emerging
technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain &
Internet of Things (IoT), to meet the burgeoning housing and
infrastructure needs at a rapid pace and with optimal cost
efficiency by delivering "Modular Buildings 2.0."
Modulex is an incubation business developed by
Red Ribbon Asset Management Plc, a Mainstream Impact Investing
company, which intends to take disruptive construction technology
to emerging and growth markets where there is an urgent need for
infrastructure such as healthcare, offices, and affordable housing.
For more information, visit www.modulexglobal.com.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND WHERE TO FIND
IT
In connection with the proposed Business
Combination, PHP intends to file the Registration Statement
containing proxy materials in the form of a proxy statement with
the SEC. The Form F-4 will include a proxy statement to be
distributed to holders of PHP’s common stock in connection with
PHP’s solicitation of proxies for the vote by PHP’s stockholders
with respect to the proposed Business Combination and other matters
as described in the Registration Statement, as well as the
prospectus relating to the offer of securities to be issued to
Modulex’s shareholders in connection with the proposed Business
Combination. After the Registration Statement has been filed and
declared effective, PHP will mail a definitive proxy statement,
when available, to its shareholders.
Investors and security holders and other
interested parties are urged to read the Registration Statement,
any amendments thereto and any other documents filed or to be filed
with the SEC carefully and in their entirety when they become
available because they will contain important information about
PHP, Modulex and the proposed Business Combination. Additionally,
PHP will file other relevant materials with the SEC in connection
with the Business Combination. Copies may be obtained free of
charge at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov. Securityholders of PHP
are urged to read the Registration Statement and the other relevant
materials when they become available before making any voting
decision with respect to the proposed Business Combination because
they will contain important information about the Business
Combination and the parties to the Business Combination.
PARTICIPANTS IN THE
SOLICITATION
PHP and Modulex and their respective directors
and executive officers may be considered participants in the
solicitation of proxies with respect to the proposed Business
Combination under the rules of the SEC. Security holders may obtain
more detailed information regarding the names, affiliations, and
interests of certain of PHP’s executive officers and directors in
the solicitation by reading PHP’s Registration Statement and other
relevant materials filed with the SEC in connection with the
Business Combination when they become available. Information about
the directors and executive officers of PHP is set forth in PHP’s
annual report for the year ended December 31, 2021, on Forms filed
with the SEC, i.e., Form S-1, several Forms 8-K and Forms 10-Q.
Information regarding the persons who may, under the rules of the
SEC, be deemed participants in the solicitation of the stockholders
in connection with the proposed Business Combination will be set
forth in the Registration Statement when it is filed with the SEC.
These documents can be obtained free of charge at www.sec.gov.
Modulex and its directors and executive officers
may also be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of
proxies from the stockholders of PHP in connection with the
proposed Business Combination. A list of the names of such
directors and executive officers and information regarding their
interests in the proposed Business Combination will be included in
the Registration Statement filed in connection with the proposed
Business Combination.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release contains statements that
constitute “forward-looking statements,” including with respect to
the proposed Business Combination, within the meaning of the
federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements may include,
but are not limited to, statements with respect to Modulex’s
products, the likelihood of regulatory approval of such products
and their proposed uses; Modulex's growth prospects and Modulex's
potential target markets, as well as the size of those markets;
Modulex's projected financial and operational performance; new
product and service offerings Modulex may introduce in the future;
the potential business combination, including the implied business
value, the expected post-closing ownership structure and the
likelihood and ability of the parties to successfully consummate
the potential transaction; the anticipated effect of the
announcement or pendency of the proposed business combination on
PHP’s or Modulex's business relationships, performance, and
business generally; and other statements regarding PHP’s and
Modulex’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies
regarding the future.
In addition, any statements that refer to
projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events
or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are
forward-looking statements. The words "anticipate," "believe,"
"continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intends," "outlook,"
"may," "might," "plan," "possible," "potential," "predict,"
"project," "should," "would," and similar expressions may identify
forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not
mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking
statements are predictions, projections and other statements about
future events that are based on current expectations and
assumptions and, as a result, are subject to risks and
uncertainties. You should carefully consider the risks and
uncertainties described in the "Risk Factors" section of any proxy
statement relating to the proposed business combination, which is
expected to be filed by PHP with the SEC, other documents filed by
PHP from time to time with SEC, and any risk factors made available
to you in connection with PHP, Modulex and the transaction. These
forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and
uncertainties (some of which are beyond the control of PHP and
Modulex), and other assumptions, which may cause the actual results
or performance to be materially different from those expressed or
implied by these forward-looking statements. No assurance can be
given that the business combination discussed above will be
completed on the terms described, or at all. Forward-looking
statements are subject to numerous conditions, many of which are
beyond the control of PHP, including those set forth in the Risk
Factors section of the Registration Statement and preliminary proxy
statement for the proposed Business Combination. Copies of these
documents are or will be available on the SEC’s website,
www.sec.gov. PHP undertakes no obligation to update these
statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release,
except as required by law.
In addition to factors previously disclosed in
PHP’s reports filed with the SEC and those identified elsewhere in
this communication, the following factors, among others, could
cause actual results and the timing of events to differ materially
from the anticipated results or other expectations expressed in the
forward-looking statements: (i) the risk that the transactions
contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement may not be
completed in a timely manner or at all, which may adversely affect
the price of PHP’s securities; (ii) the risk that the transactions
contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement may not be
completed by PHP’s business combination deadline and the potential
failure to obtain an extension of the business combination deadline
if sought by PHP; (iii) the failure to satisfy the conditions to
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business
Combination Agreement, including the adoption of the Business
Combination Agreement by the stockholders of PHP, the satisfaction
of the minimum cash amount following redemptions by PHP’s public
stockholders, (iv) the receipt of certain governmental and
regulatory approvals; (v) the occurrence of any event, change or
other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the
Business Combination Agreement; (vi) the potential effect of the
announcement or pendency of the transactions contemplated by the
Business Combination Agreement on Modulex’s business relationships,
performance and business generally; (vii) risks that the
transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement
disrupt current plans and operations of Modulex; (viii) the outcome
of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Modulex or
PHP related to the Business Combination Agreement or the
transactions contemplated thereby; (ix) the risk that PHP will be
unable to maintain the listing of PHP’s securities on Nasdaq
Capital Market; (x) the risk that the price of PHP’s securities,
including following the Closing, may be volatile due to a variety
of factors, including changes in the competitive and regulated
industries in which Modulex operates, variations in performance
across competitors, changes in laws and regulations affecting
Modulex’s business and changes in the capital structure; (xi) the
inability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other
expectations after the completion of the transactions contemplated
by the Business Combination Agreement, and identify and realize
additional opportunities; (xii) the risk of downturns and the
possibility of rapid change in the highly competitive industry in
which Modulex operates, (xiii) the risk of changes in applicable
law, rules, regulations, regulatory guidance, or social conditions
in the countries in which Modulex’s customers and suppliers operate
in that could adversely impact Modulex’s operations or the SPAC
market generally; (xiv) the risk of supply chain and supply route
challenges, including COVID-19, could result in delays or increased
costs for Modulex and partners deploying their technologies; (xv)
the risk that Modulex may not achieve or sustain profitability;
(xvi) the risk that Modulex will need to raise additional capital
to execute its business plan, which may not be available on
acceptable terms or at all; (xvii) the risk that Modulex
experiences difficulties in managing its growth and expanding
operations; (xviii) the inability to complete a PIPE financing on
attractive terms or at all; (xix) changes in overall economic
conditions that impact spending on Modulex’s products; and (xx)
deterioration in conditions of the building construction industry
or in broader economic conditions.
Actual results, performance or achievements may
differ materially, and potentially adversely, from any projections
and forward-looking statements and the assumptions on which those
forward-looking statements are based. There can be no assurance
that the data contained herein is reflective of future performance
to any degree. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on
forward-looking statements as a predictor of future performance as
projected financial information and other information are based on
estimates and assumptions that are inherently subject to various
significant risks, uncertainties, and other factors, many of which
are beyond our control. All information set forth herein speaks
only as of the date hereof in the case of information about PHP and
Modulex or the date of such information in the case of information
from persons other than PHP or Modulex, and we disclaim any
intention or obligation to update any forward-looking statements as
a result of developments occurring after the date of this
communication. Forecasts and estimates regarding Modulex’s industry
and end markets are based on sources we believe to be reliable,
however there can be no assurance these forecasts and estimates
will prove accurate in whole or in part. Annualized, pro forma,
projected, and estimated numbers are used for illustrative purposes
only, are not forecasts and may not reflect actual results.
NO OFFER OR SOLICITATION
This press release relates to a proposed
Business Combination between PHP and Modulex and is not a proxy
statement or solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with
respect to any securities or in respect of the proposed Business
Combination and shall not constitute an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to buy the securities of PHP or Modulex,
nor shall there be any sale of any such securities in any state or
jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be
unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the
securities laws of such state or jurisdiction. No offering of
securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting
the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, or an exemption therefrom.
CONTACT INFORMATION
MZ GroupChris Tyson+1 (949)
491-8235PPHP@mzgroup.us
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