Exhibit 2.6
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
References to “we,” “us,” or “our” are to Alps Group Inc, except where the context requires otherwise.
The Company, or Alps Group Inc (formerly known as “Alps Global Holding Pubco”), is a Cayman Islands exempted company and its affairs are governed by the memorandum and articles of association, as amended and restated from time to time, and Companies Act, and the common law of the Cayman Islands.
Ordinary Shares
The following includes a summary of the terms of ordinary shares, based on its amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the “Memorandum and Articles of Association”) and Cayman Islands law.
General. The Company’s authorized share capital is US$50,000 divided into 500,000,000 shares comprising (i) 495,000,000 ordinary shares of US$0.0001 par value each, and (ii) 5,000,000 preferred shares of US$0.0001 par value each. All of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares are fully paid and non-assessable. Unless the board of directors determine otherwise, each holder of ordinary shares will not receive a certificate in respect of such ordinary shares. The Company may not issue share or warrant to bearer. The Company’s shareholders who are non-residents of the Cayman Islands may freely hold and transfer their ordinary shares.
Dividends. The holders of ordinary shares are entitled to such dividends as may be declared by its board of directors subject to its Memorandum and Articles of Association and the Companies Act. In addition, shareholders may by ordinary resolution declare a dividend, but no dividend may exceed the amount recommended by its directors. Dividends may also be declared and paid out of share premium account with the sanction of an ordinary resolution or any other lawfully available fund or account which can be authorized for this purpose in accordance with the Companies Act. No dividend may be declared and paid unless directors determine that, immediately following the date on which the dividend is proposed to be paid, the Company will be able to pay its debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business and the Company has funds lawfully available for such purpose. Holders of ordinary shares will be entitled to the same amount of dividends, if declared.
Voting Rights. A resolution put to the vote of a meeting of shareholders shall be decided on a poll. Subject to any rights or restrictions as to voting attached to any shares, unless any share carries special voting rights, on a poll, every shareholder who is present in person and every person representing a shareholder by proxy shall have one vote for each share of which he or the person represented by proxy is the holder. In addition, all shareholders holding shares of a particular class are entitled to vote at a meeting of the holders of that class of shares. Votes may be given either personally or by proxy.
A quorum required for a meeting of shareholders consists of one or more shareholders holding not less than one-third of the issued and outstanding shares entitled to vote at general meetings present in person or by proxy or, if a corporation or other non-natural person, by its duly authorized representative. As a Cayman Islands exempted company, the Company is not obliged by the Companies Act to call shareholders’ annual general meetings. The Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association provide that the Company may (but are not obliged to) in each year hold a general meeting as its annual general meeting in which case the Company will specify the meeting as such in the notices calling it, and the annual general meeting will be held at such time and place as may be determined by its directors. We, however, will hold an annual shareholders’ meeting during each fiscal year, as required by the Nasdaq Listing Rules. Each general meeting, other than an annual general meeting, shall be an extraordinary general meeting. Shareholders’ annual general meetings and any other general meetings of the Company’s shareholders may be called by the majority of all its directors or all of its Class A directors or, upon a requisition of one or more shareholders who together holding at least 10% of the rights to vote at such general meeting, in which case the directors are obliged to call such meeting and to put the resolutions so requisitioned to a vote at such meeting.
An ordinary resolution to be passed at a meeting by the shareholders requires the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the votes cast by those shareholders entitled to vote who are present in person or by proxy at a general meeting, while a special resolution also requires the affirmative vote of no less than two-thirds of the votes cast by those shareholders entitled to vote who are present in person or by proxy at a general meeting. A special resolution will be required for important matters such as a change of name or making changes to the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association.
Transfer of Ordinary Shares. Subject to any applicable requirements set forth in the e Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association and provided that a transfer of ordinary shares complies with applicable rules of the Nasdaq, a shareholder may transfer ordinary shares to another person by completing an instrument of transfer in a common form or in a form prescribed by Nasdaq or in any other form approved by the directors, executed:
| ● | where the ordinary shares are fully paid, by or on behalf of that shareholder; and | |
| ● | where the ordinary shares are partly paid, by or on behalf of that shareholder and the transferee. |
The transferor shall be deemed to remain the holder of an ordinary share until the name of the transferee is entered into our register of members.
Where the ordinary shares in question are not listed on or subject to the rules of the Nasdaq, the board of directors may, in its absolute discretion, decline to register any transfer of any ordinary share that has not been fully paid up or is subject to a company lien. The board of directors may also decline to register any transfer of such Ordinary Share unless:
| ● | the instrument of transfer is lodged with the company, accompanied by the certificate for the ordinary shares to which it relates and such other evidence as the board of directors may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer; | |
| ● | the instrument of transfer is in respect of only one class of ordinary shares; | |
| ● | the instrument of transfer is properly stamped, if required; | |
| ● | the ordinary share transferred is fully paid and free of any lien in favor of the company; | |
| ● | any fee related to the transfer has been paid to us; and | |
| ● | the transfer is not more than four joint holders. |
If the directors refuse to register a transfer, they are required, within one month after the date on which the instrument of transfer was lodged, to send to each of the transferor and the transferee notice of such refusal.
The registration of transfers may, on 14 clear days’ notice being given by advertisement in such one or more newspapers or by electronic means, be suspended and our register of members closed at such times and for such periods as the directors may, in their absolute discretion, from time to time determine. The registration of transfers, however, may not be suspended, and the register may not be closed, for more than 30 clear days in any year.
Liquidation. If the Company is wound up, the shareholders may, subject to the articles and any other sanction required by the Companies Act, pass a special resolution allowing the liquidator to do either or both of the following:
| ● | to divide in specie among the shareholders the whole or any part of assets of the company and, for that purpose, to value any assets and to determine how the division shall be carried out as between the shareholders or different classes of shareholders; and | |
| ● | to vest the whole or any part of the assets in trustees for the benefit of shareholders and those liable to contribute to the winding up. |
The directors have the authority to present a petition for our winding up to the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands on our behalf without the sanction of a resolution passed at a general meeting.
Redemption, Repurchase and Surrender of Ordinary Shares. The Company may issue shares on terms that such ordinary shares are subject to redemption, at the Company’s option or at the option of the holders thereof, on such terms and in such manner as may be determined, before the issue of such ordinary shares, by a board resolution of the Company’s directors. The Company may also repurchase any of its ordinary shares in such manner and on such other terms as agreed between the board of directors and the relevant shareholder. Under the Companies Act, the redemption or repurchase of any share may be paid out of the Company’s profits, out of any combination of capital, profits and the proceeds of a fresh issue of shares if the Company can, immediately following the date on which the payment is proposed to be paid, pay its debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business.
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In addition, under the Companies Act no such ordinary shares may be redeemed or repurchased (a) unless it is fully paid up, or (b) if such redemption or repurchase would result in there being no shares outstanding, other than shares held as treasury shares.
General Meetings of Shareholders. The Company may, but shall not (unless required by the rules and regulations of the Nasdaq or any other national securities exchange on which the Shares are listed for trading) be obliged to, hold an annual general meeting in each year at such time and place as the board of directors of the Company will determine. At least five (5) clear days’ notice shall be given for any general meeting. The majority of all the directors or all the Class A directors of the Company may call general meetings, and they shall on a shareholders’ requisition forthwith proceed to convene an extraordinary general meeting. One or more shareholders who together hold not less than one-third of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares entitled to attend and vote at such meeting, being individuals present in person or by proxy shall be a quorum.
Variations of Rights of Shares. If at any time ordinary shares capital is divided into different classes of shares, the rights attached to any class of shares (unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of the shares of that class) may be varied only with consent in writing of the holders of not less than two-thirds of the issued shares of that class, or with the approval of a special resolution passed by at a separate general meeting of the members holding the issued shares of such class. Unless the terms on which a class of shares was issued state otherwise, the rights conferred upon the holders of the shares of any class issued shall not be deemed to be varied by the creation or issue of further shares ranking pari passu therewith.
Inspection of Books and Records. The board of directors of the Company or the shareholders by ordinary resolution will determine whether, to what extent, at what times and places and under what conditions or regulations the accounts and books of the Company will be open to the inspection by the Company’s shareholders, and no shareholder will otherwise have any right of inspecting any account or book or document of the Company except as required by the Companies Act.
Changes in Capital
The Company may from time to time by ordinary resolution:
| ● | increase its share capital by new shares of the amount fixed by that ordinary resolution; | |
| ● | consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into shares of a larger amount than its existing shares; | |
| ● | convert all or any of its paid-up shares into stock and reconvert that stock into paid-up shares of any denomination; | |
| ● | sub-divide its shares or any of them into shares of a smaller amount; or | |
| ● | cancel any shares that at the date of the passing of the ordinary resolution have not been taken or agreed to be taken by any person and diminish the amount of its share capital by the amount of the shares so cancelled. |
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Exempted Company
The Company is an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of Cayman Islands. The Companies Act distinguishes between ordinary resident companies and exempted companies. Any company that is registered in the Cayman Islands but conducts business mainly outside of the Cayman Islands may apply to be registered as an exempted company. The requirements for an exempted company are essentially the same as for an ordinary company except for the exemptions and privileges listed below:
| ● | an exempted company’s register of members is not open to inspection; | |
| ● | an exempted company does not have to hold an annual general meeting; | |
| ● | an exempted company may issue no par value shares; | |
| ● | an exempted company may obtain an undertaking against the imposition of any future taxation (such undertakings are usually given for 20 years in the first instance); | |
| ● | an exempted company may register by way of continuation in another jurisdiction and be deregistered in the Cayman Islands; | |
| ● | an exempted company may register as a limited duration company; and | |
| ● | an exempted company may register as a segregated portfolio company. |
The Company Warrants
As of the date of the annual report, the Company had 11,500,000 public warrants and 570,000 private warrants outstanding. Each warrant entitles the registered holder to purchase one half of a share of common stock at a price of $11.50 per full share, subject to adjustment as discussed below. However, except as set forth below, no warrants will be exercisable for cash unless we have an effective and current registration statement covering the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants and a current prospectus relating to such shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a registration statement covering the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants is not effective by January 26, 2026, warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when we shall have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise warrants on a cashless basis pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act provided that such exemption is available. If an exemption from registration is not available, holders will not be able to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis. The warrants will expire on October 28, 2030 at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.
The private warrants are identical to the public warrants except that such private warrants will be exercisable for cash (even if a registration statement covering the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants is not effective) or on a cashless basis, at the holder’s option, and will not be redeemable by us, in each case so long as they are still held by the Sponsor or its permitted transferees.
We may call the warrants for redemption (excluding the private warrants), in whole and not in part, at a price of $0.01 per warrant:
| ● | at any time while the warrants are exercisable; | |
| ● | upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption to each warrant holder; | |
| ● | if, and only if, the reported last sale price of the shares of common stock equals or exceeds $16.50 per share, for any 20 trading days within a 30 trading day period ending on the third business day prior to the notice of redemption to warrant holders (the “Force-Call Provision”); and | |
| ● | if, and only if, there is a current registration statement in effect with respect to the shares of common stock underlying such warrants at the time of redemption and for the entire 30-day trading period referred to above and continuing each day thereafter until the date of redemption. |
The right to exercise will be forfeited unless the warrants are exercised prior to the date specified in the notice of redemption. On and after the redemption date, a record holder of a warrant will have no further rights except to receive the redemption price for such holder’s warrant upon surrender of such warrant.
If we call the warrants for redemption as described above, our management will have the option to require all holders that wish to exercise warrants to do so on a “cashless basis.” In such event, each holder would pay the exercise price by surrendering the whole warrants for that number of shares of common stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of shares of common stock underlying the warrants, multiplied by the difference between the exercise price of the warrants and the “fair market value” (defined below) by (y) the fair market value. The “fair market value” shall mean the volume weighted average trading price of our common stock for the 20 trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the notice of redemption is sent to the holders of warrants. Whether we will exercise our option to require all holders to exercise their warrants on a “cashless basis” will depend on a variety of factors, including the price of our shares of common stock at the time the warrants are called for redemption, our cash needs at such time and concerns regarding dilutive share issuances.
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The exercise price and number of shares of common stock issuable on exercise of the warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a stock capitalizations, extraordinary dividend or our recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. However, the warrants will not be adjusted for issuances of shares of common stock at a price below their respective exercise prices.
The warrants may be exercised upon surrender of the warrant certificate on or prior to the expiration date at the offices of the warrant agent, with the exercise form on the reverse side of the warrant certificate completed and executed as indicated, accompanied by full payment of the exercise price, by certified or official bank check payable to us, for the number of warrants being exercised. The warrant holders do not have the rights or privileges of holders of shares of common stock and any voting rights until they exercise their warrants and receive shares of common stock. After the issuance of shares of common stock upon exercise of the warrants, each holder will be entitled to one vote for each share held of record on all matters to be voted on by stockholders.
Except as described above, no warrants will be exercisable and we will not be obligated to issue shares of common stock unless at the time a holder seeks to exercise such warrant, a prospectus relating to the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants is current and the shares of common stock have been registered or qualified or deemed to be exempt under the securities laws of the state of residence of the holder of the warrants. Under the terms of the warrant agreement, we have agreed to use our best efforts to meet these conditions and to maintain a current prospectus relating to the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants until the expiration of the warrants. However, we cannot assure you that we will be able to do so and, if we do not maintain a current prospectus relating to the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants, holders will be unable to exercise their warrants and we will not be required to settle any such warrant exercise. If the prospectus relating to the shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of the warrants is not current or if the shares of common stock is not qualified or exempt from qualification in the jurisdictions in which the holders of the warrants reside, we will not be required to net cash settle or cash settle the warrant exercise, the warrants may have no value, the market for the warrants may be limited and the warrants may expire worthless.
Warrant holders may elect to be subject to a restriction on the exercise of their warrants such that an electing warrant holder (and his, her or its affiliates) would not be able to exercise their warrants to the extent that, after giving effect to such exercise, such holder (and his, her or its affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of 9.99% of the shares of common stock issued and outstanding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any person who acquires a warrant with the purpose or effect of changing or influencing the control of our company, or in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having such purpose or effect, immediately upon such acquisition will be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the underlying shares of common stock and not be able to take advantage of this provision.
No fractional shares will be issued upon exercise of the warrants. If, upon exercise of the warrants, a holder would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in a share (as a result of a subsequent share capitalizations payable in ordinary shares, or by a split up of the shares of common stock or other similar event), we will, upon exercise, round up or down to the nearest whole number the number of shares of common stock to be issued to the warrant holder.
We have agreed that, subject to applicable law, any action, proceeding or claim against us arising out of or relating in any way to the warrant agreement, including under the Securities Act, will be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and we irrevocably submit to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction will be the exclusive forum for any such action, proceeding or claim. This provision applies to claims under the Securities Act but does not apply to claims under the Exchange Act or any claim for which the federal district courts of the United States of America are the sole and exclusive forum. We note, however, that there is uncertainty as to whether a court would enforce these provisions and that investors cannot waive compliance with the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder. Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for state and federal courts over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder.
Contractual Arrangements with respect to the Certain Warrants
We have agreed that so long as the private warrants are still held by Public Gold Marketing Sdn. Bhd. or its permitted transferees, we will not redeem such warrants and we will allow the holders to exercise such warrants on a cashless basis (even if a registration statement covering the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants is not effective). However, once any of the foregoing warrants are transferred from Public Gold Marketing Sdn. Bhd. or its affiliates, these arrangements will no longer apply. Furthermore, because the private warrants will be issued in a private transaction, the holders and their transferees will be allowed to exercise the private warrants for cash even if a registration statement covering the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants is not effective and receive unregistered shares of common stock.
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