Exhibit 3.2
THE COMPANIES ACT (AS AMENDED)
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
AMENDED AND RESTATED Memorandum OF association
of
Tang Capital Acquisition Corp.
(ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED [], 2026)
Exhibit 3.2
THE COMPANIES ACT (AS AMENDED)
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
AMENDED AND RESTATED Memorandum OF association
of
Tang Capital Acquisition Corp.
(ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED [], 2026)
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THE COMPANIES act (AS AMENDED)
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
amended and restated MEMORANDUM of ASSOCIATION
OF
tang capital Acquisition Corp.
(ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED [], 2026)
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THE COMPANIES act (AS AMENDED)
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
amended and restated Articles OF association
of
tang capital Acquisition Corp.
(ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED [], 2026)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CLAUSE |
PAGE |
TABLE A |
1 |
Interpretation |
1 |
Preliminary |
5 |
Shares |
6 |
Modification Of Rights |
6 |
Certificates |
7 |
Fractional Shares |
8 |
Lien |
8 |
Calls On Shares |
8 |
Forfeiture Of Shares |
9 |
Transfer Of Shares |
10 |
Transmission Of Shares |
10 |
Alteration Of SHARE Capital |
11 |
Redemption, Purchase and Surrender Of Shares |
11 |
Treasury Shares |
12 |
General Meetings |
12 |
Notice Of General Meetings |
13 |
Proceedings At General Meetings |
13 |
Votes Of shareholders |
14 |
Corporations Acting By Representatives At Meetings |
15 |
Clearing Houses |
15 |
Directors |
16 |
Alternate Director |
16 |
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Powers And Duties Of Directors |
16 |
Borrowing Powers Of Directors |
18 |
The Seal |
18 |
Disqualification Of Directors |
18 |
Proceedings Of Directors |
19 |
Dividends |
21 |
Accounts, Audit and annual return and declaration |
21 |
Capitalisation Of reserves |
22 |
Share Premium Account |
23 |
Notices |
23 |
Indemnity |
24 |
Non-Recognition Of Trusts |
26 |
Business Combination Requirements |
26 |
Business Opportunities |
29 |
Winding Up |
30 |
Amendment Of Articles Of Association |
30 |
Closing of register or fixing record date |
31 |
Registration By Way Of Continuation |
31 |
Mergers and Consolidation |
31 |
disclosure |
31 |
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THE COMPANIES act (AS AMENDED)
Company Limited by Shares
amended and restated ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
tang capital Acquisition CORP.
(ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED [], 2026)
TABLE A
The Regulations contained or incorporated in Table 'A' in the First Schedule of the Companies Act shall not apply to Tang Capital Acquisition Corp. (the "Company") and the following Articles shall comprise the Articles of Association of the Company.
Interpretation
"Advances" means the payments made by the Sponsor on behalf of the Company pursuant to the Funding Agreement, which bear no interest, do not constitute a loan and are not convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, any securities of the Company.
"Affiliate" in respect of a person, means any other person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such person, and (a) in the case of a natural person, shall include, without limitation, such person’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mother-in-law and father-in-law and brothers and sisters-in-law, whether by blood, marriage or adoption or anyone residing in such person’s home, a trust for the benefit of any of the foregoing, a company, partnership or any natural person or entity wholly or jointly owned by any of the foregoing and (b) in the case of an entity, shall include a partnership, a corporation or any natural person or entity which directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such entity; and "affiliated" shall be construed accordingly.
"Articles" means these articles of association of the Company, as amended or substituted from time to time.
"Audit Committee" means the audit committee of the Company formed pursuant to Article 133 hereof, or any successor audit committee.
"Branch Register" means any branch Register of such category or categories of Members as the Company may from time to time determine.
"Business Combination" means a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganisation or similar business combination involving the Company, with one or more businesses or entities (the "target business"), which Business Combination: (a) must occur with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value of at least
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80% of the net assets held in the Trust Fund, excluding any deferred underwriting commissions held in the Trust Fund and taxes payable on interest earned on the Trust Fund, at the time the Company enters into the definitive agreement relating to such Business Combination; and (b) must not be effectuated solely with another blank cheque company or a similar company with nominal operations.
"Class" or "Classes" means any class or classes of Shares as may from time to time be issued by the Company.
"Companies Act" means the Companies Act (as amended) of the Cayman Islands.
"Completion Window" means the period ending 24 months from the effectiveness of the registration statement relating to the IPO, or such earlier liquidation date as the Directors may approve.
"Designated Stock Exchange" means any national securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Company's securities are listed for trading, including but not limited to The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, NYSE American LLC, New York Stock Exchange LLC or any OTC market.
"Directors" means the directors of the Company for the time being, or as the case may be, the directors assembled as a board or as a committee thereof.
"Director Option Grants" means the one-time grants of 10-year options to acquire Shares granted to each of the three Directors who are not affiliated with Tang Capital immediately prior to the closing of the IPO, entitling each such Director to acquire 10,000 Shares at an exercise price of US$25.00 per Share, which options shall vest and become exercisable only upon the consummation of the Business Combination and shall automatically terminate without consideration if the Company is liquidated without consummating a Business Combination.
"Electronic Facility" means without limitation, website addresses and conference call systems, and any device, system, procedure, method or other facility whatsoever providing an electronic means of venue for a general meeting of the Company.
"Exchange Act" means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any similar U.S. federal statute and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.
"Funding Agreement" means the funding agreement entered into between the Company and the Sponsor, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Investor Group" means the Sponsor and its affiliates, successors and assigns.
"IPO" means the Company's initial public offering of securities.
"IPO Redemption" has the meaning given to it in Article 153.
"Memorandum of Association" means the memorandum of association of the Company, as amended or substituted from time to time.
"Office" means the registered office of the Company as required by the Companies Act.
"Officers" means the officers for the time being and from time to time of the Company.
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"Ordinary Resolution" means a resolution:
"Paid up" means paid up as to the par value in respect of the issue of any Shares and includes credited as paid up.
"Permitted Interest Withdrawals" means interest earned on the Trust Fund that is actually released to the Company under the Trust Agreement to pay the Company's expenses.
"Person" means any natural person, firm, company, joint venture, partnership, corporation, association or other entity (whether or not having a separate legal personality) or any of them as the context so requires, other than in respect of a Director or Officer in which circumstances Person shall mean any person or entity permitted to act as such in accordance with the laws of the Cayman Islands.
"Principal Register", where the Company has established one or more Branch Registers pursuant to the Companies Act and these Articles, means the Register maintained by the Company pursuant to the Companies Act and these Articles that is not designated by the Directors as a Branch Register.
"Redemption Price" has the meaning given to it in Article 153.
"Register" means the register of Members of the Company required to be kept pursuant to the Companies Act and includes any Branch Register(s) established by the Company in accordance with the Companies Act.
"Regulation S-K" means Regulation S-K (17 C.F.R. Part 229) promulgated by the SEC under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Exchange Act, as the same may be amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time.
"Related Party" means, in respect of any Business Combination or other transaction, any Person who is a "related person" (as defined in Instruction 1 to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K or any successor provision) and who has or will have a direct or indirect material interest in such Business Combination or other transaction, in each case without regard to any minimum dollar amount or other threshold for disclosure set forth in Item 404 of Regulation S-K.
"Seal" means the common seal of the Company (if adopted) including any facsimile thereof.
"SEC" means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Secretary" means any Person appointed by the Directors to perform any of the duties of the secretary of the Company.
"Series" means a series of a Class as may from time to time be issued by the Company.
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"Share" means a share in the capital of the Company. All references to "Shares" herein shall be deemed to be Shares of any or all Classes as the context may require. For the avoidance of doubt in these Articles the expression "Share" shall include a fraction of a Share.
"Shareholder" or "Member" means a Person who is registered as the holder of Shares in the Register and includes each subscriber to the Memorandum of Association pending entry in the Register of such subscriber.
"Share Premium Account" means the share premium account established in accordance with these Articles and the Companies Act.
"Signed" means bearing a signature or representation of a signature affixed by mechanical means.
"Special Resolution" means a special resolution of the Company passed in accordance with the Companies Act, being a resolution:
"Sponsor" means Tang Capital Acquisition Holdings, LLC, a Cayman Islands limited liability company, and its successors or assignees.
"Surplus Interest" means any interest earned on the Trust Fund that is not used through Permitted Interest Withdrawals to reimburse Advances to the Sponsor under the Funding Agreement.
"Tang Capital" means Tang Capital Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, together with its affiliates (other than the Company and its subsidiaries).
"Treasury Shares" means Shares that were previously issued but were purchased, redeemed, surrendered or otherwise acquired by the Company and not cancelled.
"Trust Agreement" means the trust agreement between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee, governing the Trust Fund, as amended from time to time.
"Trust Fund" means the trust account established by the Company upon the consummation of the IPO and into which an amount equal to 100% of the gross proceeds of the IPO will be deposited.
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Preliminary
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Shares
and, for such purposes, the Directors may reserve an appropriate number of Shares for the time being unissued. Notwithstanding the foregoing, after the closing of the IPO and prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, the Company shall not issue any additional Shares or other securities to the Sponsor or any other Person, other than the Director Option Grants, any Share issued pursuant to Article 155(a)(iii) or Article 155(b), and any Shares or other securities issued upon or contemporaneously with the consummation of the Business Combination, unless the Company provides the Members with the opportunity to redeem their Shares in accordance with Articles 153 and 155. Prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, the Company shall not issue any Share or other security to the Sponsor, any Officer or any Director at a price below the initial public offering price per Share, other than the Director Option Grants.
Modification Of Rights
6
Certificates
7
Fractional Shares
Lien
Calls On Shares
8
Forfeiture Of Shares
9
Transfer Of Shares
Transmission Of Shares
10
Alteration Of SHARE Capital
Redemption, Purchase and Surrender Of Shares
11
Treasury Shares
General Meetings
12
Notice Of General Meetings
Proceedings At General Meetings
13
but no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place. When a meeting, or adjourned meeting, is adjourned for 14 days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given in the manner provided for the original meeting. Save as aforesaid, it shall not be necessary to give any notice of an adjournment or of the business to be transacted at an adjourned meeting.
Votes Of shareholders
14
Corporations Acting By Representatives At Meetings
Clearing Houses
15
Directors
Alternate Director
Powers And Duties Of Directors
16
17
Borrowing Powers Of Directors
The Seal
Disqualification Of Directors
18
Proceedings Of Directors
19
20
Dividends
Accounts, Audit and annual return and declaration
21
Capitalisation Of reserves
and allot the Shares or debentures, credited as fully paid, to the Shareholders (or as they may direct) in those proportions, or partly in one way and partly in the other, but the Share Premium Account, the capital redemption reserve and profits which are not available for distribution may, for the purposes of this Article 135, only be applied in paying up unissued Shares to be allotted to Shareholders credited as fully paid;
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and any such agreement made under this authority being effective and binding on all those Shareholders; and
Share Premium Account
Notices
23
In proving service by post or courier service it shall be sufficient to prove that the letter containing the notice or documents was properly addressed and duly posted or delivered to the courier service.
No other Person shall be entitled to receive notices of general meetings.
Indemnity
24
unless the same shall happen through such Indemnified Person's own actual fraud, wilful default or wilful neglect as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.
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Non-Recognition Of Trusts
Business Combination Requirements
26
subject in each case to its obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and in all cases subject to the other requirements of applicable law. In the event that the Company is wound up for any reason prior to the consummation of a Business Combination, the Company shall also be required to follow the procedures outlined in sub-articles (ii)-(iv) of this Article 155(a).
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provided that, if the exercise of redemption rights pursuant to this Article 155(b) would result in there being no issued Shares outstanding immediately following such redemption, then simultaneously with such redemption, the Company shall issue one Share to the Sponsor at a subscription price of US$25.00, which Share shall not be entitled to participate in such redemption.
in no other circumstance shall a holder of Shares have any right or interest of any kind in the Trust Fund. For the avoidance of doubt, any Share issued pursuant to Article 155(a)(iii) or Article 155(b), shall not entitle the holder thereof to any payment or distribution from the Trust Fund.
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in each case subject to the review and approval of the Audit Committee, and payments to the Sponsor shall, following the closing of the IPO, also be subject to quarterly review by the Audit Committee.
For the avoidance of doubt, this Article 161 shall not restrict: (i) any payment to the Sponsor or any of its affiliates in its capacity as a Member, on the same terms as apply to all other Members, including any payment of the Redemption Price or any other redemption, distribution or liquidation payment made in accordance with these Articles; (ii) the payment to the Sponsor of US$25,000 upon the surrender to the Company, at the closing of the IPO, of the 1,000 Shares issued to the Sponsor pursuant to the Securities Subscription Agreement dated 17 August 2026; or (iii) the issue of any Share to the Sponsor pursuant to Article 155(a)(iii) or Article 155(b).
Business Opportunities
29
Winding Up
Amendment Of Articles Of Association
30
Closing of register or fixing record date
Registration By Way Of Continuation
Mergers and Consolidation
disclosure
31