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following provisions:
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of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Item 1.01
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Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
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Transaction Agreement
On July 30,
2019, New Frontier Corporation (“
NFC
” or the “
Company
”) entered into a Transaction
Agreement (the “
Transaction Agreement
”) with NF Unicorn Acquisition L.P., a Cayman Islands limited
partnership and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of NFC (“
NFC Buyer Sub
”, and together with NFC, the
“
Buyer Parties
”), Healthy Harmony Holdings, L.P., a Cayman Islands limited partnership (“
Healthy
Harmony
”), Healthy Harmony GP, Inc., a Cayman Islands company and the sole general partner of Healthy Harmony
(“
HH GP
” and, together with Healthy Harmony, the “
Target Companies
”), TPG Healthy,
L.P., a Cayman Islands limited partnership (“
TPG Seller
”), Fosun Industrial Co., Limited, a Hong Kong
company (“
Fosun Seller
”), Plenteous Flair Limited, a Cayman Islands company (“
Boyu
Seller
”), Roberta Lipson (“
Ms. Lipson
”), the Benjamin Lipson Plafker Trust, the Daniel Lipson
Plafker Trust, the Jonathan Lipson Plafker Trust and the Ariel Benjamin Lee Trust (the foregoing trusts together with Ms.
Lipson, the “
Lipson Parties
,” and together with TPG Seller, Fosun Seller and Boyu Seller, each a
“
Seller
” and collectively, the “
Sellers
”), pursuant to which NFC will
indirectly acquire all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of HH GP (the “
GP Shares
”) and
approximately 99.37% of the issued and outstanding limited partnership interests in Healthy Harmony (the “
LP
Interests
”) from the Sellers on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein (the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Agreement and the related ancillary agreements, the “
Business
Combination
”). The remaining 0.63% of the issued and outstanding LP Interests are held by certain members of
management of the Target Companies and are expected to be acquired by NFC simultaneously with the closing of the Business
Combination (the “
Closing
”) on terms and conditions to be agreed between NFC and these holders.
Consideration
The aggregate
purchase price for the Business Combination is approximately $1.3 billion, subject to customary adjustments as set forth in
the Transaction Agreement. Fosun Seller and the Lipson Parties have agreed to, concurrently with the Closing, reinvest a
portion of their respective proceeds to be received by them under the Transaction Agreement, in an aggregate amount of
approximately $144,756,494, for newly issued ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (“
New NFC ordinary
shares
”), in the post-business combination company (“
New NFC
”) at a subscription price of $10.00
per share.
Representations, Warranties and Covenants
The Transaction Agreement
contains customary representation, warranties and covenants by the parties thereto, including, among other things, covenants with
respect to the conduct of the Buyer Parties, HH GP, Healthy Harmony and the Sellers during the period between execution of the
Transaction Agreement and the Closing.
Conditions to Closing
The Closing is subject
to certain customary closing conditions, including, among other things, approval by NFC’s shareholders and the shareholders
of Fosun Seller’s parent, Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical (Group) Co., Ltd. (“
Fosun Pharma
”), of the Transaction
Agreement, the Business Combination and certain actions related thereto. In addition, the parties’ obligations to consummate
the Business Combination are subject to NFC having sufficient cash available to pay the aggregate consideration payable to the
Sellers (less any amount agreed to be reinvested by them).
Termination
The Transaction Agreement
may be terminated prior to the Closing under certain circumstances, including, among others, (i) by mutual written consent of NFC
Buyer Sub and HH GP, (ii) by NFC Buyer Sub, TPG Seller or Fosun Seller if the Closing has not occurred on or prior to the date
that is 9 months after the date of the Transaction Agreement (or such later date as NFC, TPG Seller and Fosun Seller may agree
in writing, the “
Outside Date
”), unless such party’s material breach of its representations, warranties,
covenants or other obligations contained in the Transaction Agreement results in or causes the failure of the transactions contemplated
thereby to be consummated by such time, (iii) by NFC Buyer Sub if any of HH GP, Healthy Harmony and the Sellers breaches any of
its representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements under the Transaction Agreement that would result in the failure
of the conditions to Buyer Parties’ obligation to consummate the Business Combination as of the Outside Date and has not
been cured within 30 days after receiving notice, (iv) by HH GP if any Buyer Party breaches any of its representations, warranties,
covenants or other agreements under the Transaction Agreement that would result in the failure of the conditions to HH GP, Healthy
Harmony and the Sellers’ obligation to consummate the Business Combination as of the Outside Date and has not been cured
within 30 days after receiving notice, or (v) by HH GP if the board of directors of NFC changes its recommendation in favor of
the Business Combination.
The foregoing description
of the Transaction Agreement and the Business Combination does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the
terms and conditions of the Transaction Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 2.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference
herein. The Transaction Agreement contains representations, warranties and covenants that the respective parties made to each other
as of the date of such agreement or other specific dates. The assertions embodied in those representations, warranties and covenants
were made for purposes of the contract among the respective parties and are subject to important qualifications and limitations
agreed to by the parties in connection with negotiating such agreement. The Transaction Agreement has been attached to provide
investors with information regarding its terms and is not intended to provide any other factual information about NFC, HH GP, Healthy
Harmony, any Seller or any other party to the Transaction Agreement. In particular, the representations, warranties, covenants
and agreements contained in the Transaction Agreement, which were made only for purposes of such agreement and as of specific dates,
were solely for the benefit of the parties to the Transaction Agreement, may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting
parties (including being qualified by confidential disclosures made for the purposes of allocating contractual risk between the
parties to the Transaction Agreement instead of establishing these matters as facts) and may be subject to standards of materiality
applicable to the contracting parties that differ from those applicable to investors and reports and documents filed with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “
SEC
”). Investors should not rely on the representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements, or any descriptions thereof, as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of any party
to the Transaction Agreement. In addition, the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements and other terms of the Transaction
Agreement may be subject to subsequent waiver or modification. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations
and warranties and other terms may change after the date of the Transaction Agreement, which subsequent information may or may
not be fully reflected in the NFC’s public disclosures.
Lipson Reinvestment Agreement
Concurrently with
the entry into the Transaction Agreement, NFC and the Lipson Parties entered into a Founder Reinvestment Agreement (the
“
Founder Reinvestment Agreement
”), pursuant to which the Lipson Parties will reinvest $50,756,494 of
their consideration under the Transaction Agreement and the Founder Reinvestment Agreement for newly issued New NFC ordinary
shares at a subscription price of $10.00 per share, which will be issued to the Lipson Parties concurrently with the
Closing.
The foregoing description
of the Founder Reinvestment Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions
of the Founder Reinvestment Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.
Fosun Rollover Agreement
Concurrently with the
entry into the Transaction Agreement, NFC and Fosun Seller entered into a Fosun Rollover Agreement (the “
Fosun Rollover
Agreement
”), pursuant to which Fosun Seller will reinvest $94,000,000 of its consideration under the Transaction Agreement
for newly issued New NFC ordinary shares at a subscription price of $10.00 per share, which will be issued to Fosun Seller concurrently
with the Closing.
The foregoing description
of the Fosun Rollover Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of
the Fosun Rollover Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.
Fosun Voting Undertaking
In connection with
the entry into the Transaction Agreement by Fosun Seller, Shanghai Fosun High Technology (Group) Co., Ltd. (“
Fosun High
Tech
”), as the beneficial owner of certain equity interests in Fosun Pharma, has delivered to NFC a voting undertaking
(the “
Fosun Voting Undertaking
”), in which Fosun High Tech undertakes to vote all of its equity interests in
Fosun Pharma in favor of the Business Combination at the shareholders meeting of Fosun Pharma.
The foregoing description
of the Fosun Voting Undertaking does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of
the Fosun Voting Undertaking, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.3 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.
Subscription Agreements
In connection with
its entry into the Transaction Agreement, NFC entered into certain subscription agreements (the “
Subscription Agreements
”),
each dated as of July 30, 2019, with certain investors, including Vivo Capital Fund IX (Cayman), L.P. (“
Vivo
”),
pursuant to which, among other things, NFC agreed to issue and sell, in private placements, an aggregate of up to 71.1 million
Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (“
NFC Class A ordinary shares
”), to the investors for $10.00
per share (the “
Equity Offering
”), subject to NFC’s right to reduce the number of NFC Class A ordinary
shares to be issued to the investors by up to 25%. The Equity Offering is expected to close immediately prior to the Closing. The
investors will be entitled to certain shelf registration rights subject to customary black-out periods and other limitations as
set forth in the Subscription Agreements.
The foregoing description
of the Subscription Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of
the form Subscription Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.4 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.
Vivo Letter Agreement
In
connection with the entry
into
the Transaction Agreement, NFC, New Frontier Public Holding
Ltd. (the “
Sponsor
”), Mr. Antony Leung and Mr. Carl Wu entered into a letter agreement with Vivo (“
Vivo
Letter Agreement
”), pursuant to which Mr. Antony Leung, Mr. Carl Wu and Sponsor agreed to certain restrictions relating
to their shareholding in NFC.
The foregoing description
of the Vivo Letter Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the
Vivo Letter Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.5 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.
Debt Commitment Letters
In order
to finance a portion of the cash consideration payable under the Transaction Agreement and the costs and expenses incurred
in connection therewith, NF Unicorn Acquisition Limited, a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of NFC
(“
NF Unicorn
”), entered into a senior loan commitment letter with Shanghai Pudong
Development
Bank Putuo Sub-Branch (“
SPDB
”) (the “
Senior Loan Commitment Letter
”), pursuant to
which SPDB has agreed, upon the terms and subject to the conditions thereof, to provide a 7-year senior secured credit
facility to NF Unicorn in an aggregate principal amount equal to the RMB equivalent of $
300
,000,000.
China Merchants
Bank
Shanghai Branch (“
CMB
”) had previously issued
a senior loan commitment letter to NFC, which also contemplated a senior secured credit facility in an aggregate amount
equal to up to $300,000,000 upon the terms and subject to the conditions thereof.
NFC
(and its wholly-owned subsidiaries) only expects to borrow up to an aggregate of $300,000,000 of senior secured term loans to
finance the Business Combination. As such, NFC (or any of its wholly-owned subsidiaries) expects to enter into a separate
senior loan commitment letter or other agreements after the date hereof with SPDB and/or CMB reflecting this arrangement.
The foregoing description
of the Senior Loan Commitment Letter does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions
of the Senior Loan Commitment Letter, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.6 hereto and is
incorporated by reference herein.
Additional Agreements to be Executed
at Closing
Director Nomination
Agreements
At the Closing, NFC
will enter into separate Director Nomination Agreements with each of Fosun Seller, Vivo and the Sponsor (collectively, the “
Director
Nomination Agreements
”), pursuant to which Fosun Seller, Vivo and the Sponsor will have separate rights to designate
nominees to the board of directors of New NFC in the number and subject to the beneficial ownership thresholds set forth therein.
Lipson Employment
Agreement
At the
Closing, NFC and Ms. Lipson will enter into an Employment Agreement (the “
Lipson Employment Agreement
”),
pursuant to which Ms. Lipson shall serve as the chief executive officer of NFC for an initial term of three years from the
Closing (subject to certain termination conditions to be set forth therein), and shall be nominated to serve on the board of
directors of NFC subject to certain beneficial ownership thresholds to be set forth therein. During the term of her
employment, Ms. Lipson shall be entitled to certain compensation and benefits to be set forth in the Lipson
Employment Agreement.
Registration
Rights Agreement
At the Closing,
NFC will enter into a Registration Rights Agreement with the Lipson Parties, under which the Lipson Parties will be
granted certain shelf registration rights with respect to the shares in New NFC they will hold following the Business
Combination subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein.
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Item 3.02
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Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
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The disclosure set
forth above in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K with respect to the issuance of New NFC ordinary shares and NFC Class
A ordinary shares is incorporated by reference herein. The ordinary shares issuable in connection with the transactions contemplated
by the Business Combination will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “
Securities Act
”),
in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, Regulation D and/or Regulation
S promulgated thereunder.
Concurrently with
the entry into the Transaction Agreement, each of Sponsor and certain other shareholders of NFC entered into a Support
Agreement (each a “
Support Agreement
” and collectively, the “
Support Agreements
”) with
HH GP, pursuant to which such shareholders agreed, among other things, to vote all of the NFC Class A ordinary shares and/or
Class B ordinary shares of NFC, par value $0.0001 per share, held or subsequently acquired by such shareholders in favor of
the approval of the Business Combination.
The foregoing description
of the Support Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the form
Support Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.7 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.
Important Information About the Business
Combination and Where to Find It
In connection with
the proposed Business Combination, NFC intends to file a preliminary proxy statement. NFC will mail a definitive proxy statement
and other relevant documents to its shareholders. NFC’s shareholders and other interested persons are advised to read, when
available, the preliminary proxy statement and the amendments thereto and the definitive proxy statement and documents incorporated
by reference therein filed in connection with the Business Combination, as these materials will contain important information about
the Target Companies, the Company and the Business Combination. When available, the definitive proxy statement and other relevant
materials for the Business Combination will be mailed to shareholders of NFC as of a record date to be established for voting on
the Business Combination. Shareholders will also be able to obtain copies of the preliminary proxy statement, the definitive proxy
statement and other documents filed with the SEC that will be incorporated by reference therein, without charge, once available,
at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov, or by directing a request to: New Frontier Corporation, 23rd Floor, 299 QRC, 287-299
Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong, Attention: Secretary, telephone: 852-3703-3251.
Participants in the Solicitation
NFC and its directors
and executive officers may be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies from NFC’s shareholders with respect to
the Business Combination. A list of the names of those directors and executive officers and a description of their interests in
NFC is contained in NFC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, which was filed with the
SEC and is available free of charge at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov, or by directing a request to New Frontier Corporation,
23rd Floor, 299 QRC, 287-299 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong, Attention: Secretary, telephone: 852-3703-3251. Additional
information regarding the interests of such participants will be contained in the proxy statement for the Business Combination
when available.
The Target Companies
and their directors and executive officers may also be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the shareholders
of NFC in connection with the Business Combination. A list of the names of such directors and executive officers and information
regarding their interests in the Business Combination will be included in the proxy statement for the Business Combination when
available.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report
on Form 8-K includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. NFC’s and the Target Companies’ actual results may differ from
their expectations, estimates and projections and consequently, you should not rely on these forward looking statements as predictions
of future events. Words such as “expect,” “estimate,” “project,” “budget,” “forecast,”
“anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “may,” “will,” “could,”
“should,” “believes,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,” and similar
expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation,
NFC’s and the Target Companies’ expectations with respect to future performance and anticipated financial impacts of
the Business Combination, the satisfaction of the closing conditions to the Business Combination and the timing of the completion
of the Business Combination. These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties that could cause the
actual results to differ materially from the expected results. Most of these factors are outside NFC’s and the Target Companies’
control and are difficult to predict. Factors that may cause such differences include, but are not limited to: (1) the occurrence
of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the Transaction Agreement or could otherwise
cause the Business Combination to fail to close; (2) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against NFC or
the Target Companies following the announcement of the Transaction Agreement and the Business Combination; (3) the inability to
complete the Business Combination, including due to failure to obtain approval of the shareholders of NFC or other conditions to
closing in the Transaction Agreement; (4) delays in obtaining or the inability to obtain necessary regulatory approvals (including
approval from healthcare regulators) required to complete the Business Combination; (5) the receipt of an unsolicited offer from
another party for an alternative business transaction that could interfere with the Business Combination; (6) the inability to
obtain the listing of the ordinary shares of the post-acquisition company on The New York Stock Exchange or any alternative national
securities exchange following the Business Combination; (7) the risk that the announcement and consummation of the Business Combination
disrupts current plans and operations; (8) the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the Business Combination, which
may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of the combined company to grow and manage growth profitably and
retain its key employees; (9) costs related to the Business Combination; (10) changes in applicable laws or regulations; (11) the
possibility that the Target Companies or New NFC may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors;
and (12) other risks and uncertainties indicated from time to time in the proxy statement relating to the Business Combination,
including those under “Risk Factors” therein, and in NFC’s other filings with the SEC. NFC cautions that the
foregoing list of factors is not exclusive. NFC cautions readers not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements,
which speak only as of the date made. NFC does not undertake or accept any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates
or revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in its expectations or any change in events, conditions or
circumstances on which any such statement is based.
No Offer or Solicitation
This Current Report
on Form 8-K shall not constitute a solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect
of the Business Combination. This Current Report on Form 8-K shall also not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of
an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any states or jurisdictions in which such offer, solicitation
or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offering
of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of section 10 of the Securities Act, or an
exemption therefrom.
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Item 9.01
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Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No.
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Description
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2.1*
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Transaction Agreement, dated as of July 30, 2019, by and among NFC, NFC Buyer Sub, Healthy Harmony, HH GP and the Sellers.
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10.1
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Founder
Reinvestment Agreement, dated as of July 30, 2019, by and among NFC and the Lipson Parties.
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10.2
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Fosun Rollover Agreement, dated as of July 30, 2019, by and between NFC and Fosun Seller.
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10.3
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Fosun Voting Undertaking, dated as of July 30, 2019, delivered by Fosun High Tech to NFC and HH GP.
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10.4
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Form of Subscription Agreement, by and between NFC and certain institutions and accredited investors.
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10.5
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Agreement, dated as of July 30, 2019, by and among Vivo, the Sponsor, NFC, Antony Leung and Carl Wu.
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10.6
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Commitment Letter, dated June 14, 2019, by and between NF Unicorn and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Putuo Sub-Branch.
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10.7
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Form of Support Agreement, by and between HH GP and certain shareholders of NFC.
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Certain exhibits and schedules to this Exhibit have been omitted in accordance with Regulation S-K Item 601(a)(5). NFC agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted exhibit or schedule to the SEC upon its request.
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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.
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NEW FRONTIER CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/ Carl Wu
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Name: Carl Wu
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Title: Chief Executive Officer
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Dated: July 30, 2019
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