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900 Kearny St.,

195 US HWY 50, Suite 610, San Francisco, CA 94133208

ZEPHYR COVE, NV 89448

 

NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

LETTER TO BE HELD ON MARCH 24, 2023SHAREHOLDERS

 

TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF TWO:

 

You are cordially invited to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting (the “Extraordinary General Meeting”)extraordinary general meeting in lieu of an annual general meeting of two, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the Company“Company, “we,” “us” or “our”), towhich will be held on December 27, 2023, at 10:00AM11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (the “Meeting”), at the offices of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP located at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105, or at such other time and on March 24, 2023.such other date to which the Meeting may be adjourned or postponed.

You can participate in the Meeting and vote via live webcast. You will be able to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting online, vote and submit your questions during the Extraordinary General Meeting by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/TWOA2023SM.https://www.cstproxy.com/twoaspac/2023. Even if you are planning on attending the Meeting online, please promptly submit your proxy vote by telephone, or, if you received a printed form of proxy in the mail, by completing, dating, signing and returning the enclosed proxy, so your shares will be represented at the Meeting. Instructions on voting your shares are on the proxy materials you received for the Meeting. Even if you plan to attend the Meeting online, it is strongly recommended you complete and return your proxy card before the Meeting date, to ensure that your shares will be represented at the Meeting if you are unable to attend.

 

The Extraordinary Generalattached Notice of the Meeting is beingand proxy statement describe the business the Company will conduct at the Meeting and provide information about the Company that you should consider when you vote your shares. As set forth in the attached proxy statement, the Meeting will be held to considerfor the purpose of considering and vote uponvoting on the following proposals:

 

1.As aProposal No. 1 — Extension Amendment Proposal — To approve, by way of special resolution, an amendment to amend (the “Extension Amendment”) the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (the Governing Documents“Memorandum and Articles of Association”) as provided by the resolution in the form set forth in Annex A to give the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) the right to extend the date by which the Company musthas to consummate a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination (as defined below) (the “Extensioninvolving the Company, with one or more businesses (a “business combination”) (such date, the “Termination Date”) from March 29,January 1, 2024 (the “Original Termination Date”) (as extended, the “Charter Extension”) until July 1, 2024 (as extended, the “Charter Extension Date”) or such earlier date as determined by the Board (the “Extension Amendment Proposal”);

2.Proposal No. 2 — Auditor Ratification Proposal — To ratify, by way of ordinary resolution, the selection by the audit committee of the Board of WithumSmith+Brown, PC (“Withum”) to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023 (the date which is 24 months from the closing date“Auditor Ratification Proposal”);

3.Proposal No. 3 — Director Election Proposal — To re-elect, by way of ordinary resolution of the Company’s initial public offering (the “IPO”)) to December 29, 2023 (the date which is 33 months from the closing dateholders of the IPO)Class B ordinary shares of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class B Ordinary Shares,” together with Class A Ordinary Shares, “Ordinary Shares”), M. Joseph Beck and Adam Blake as the Class III directors of the Board to hold office until the 2026 annual general meeting of the Company (the Extended Date“Director Election Proposal”) (the “Extension Amendment Proposal”).; and

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2.As anProposal No. 4 — Adjournment Proposal — To approve, by way of ordinary resolution, to approve the adjournment of the Extraordinary General Meeting to a later date or dates or indefinitely, if necessary either (x)or convenient, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies in the event that there are insufficient votes to approvefor, or otherwise in connection with, the approval of any of the foregoing proposals or for any other reason in the discretion of the chairperson of the Meeting (the “Adjournment Proposal”). For the avoidance of doubt, if put forth at the Meeting, the Adjournment Proposal will be the first and only proposal voted on and the Extension Amendment Proposal, or if the Company determinesAuditor Ratification Proposal and the Director Election Proposal will not be submitted to the shareholders for a vote, provided that additional time is necessary to effectuate the Extension or (y) if the board of directors (the “Board”) determines before the Extraordinary General Meeting that it is not necessary or no longer desirable to proceed with the Extension Amendment Proposal (the “Adjournment Proposal”). passes.

 

Each of the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Auditor Ratification Proposal, the Director Election Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal are more fully described in the accompanying proxy statement. You will be ablePlease take the time to attend and participate inread carefully each of the Extraordinary General Meeting online by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/TWOA2023SM. Questions and Answers about the Extraordinary General Meeting — How do I attend the Extraordinary General Meeting?proposals in the accompanying proxy statement for more information.

before you vote.

 

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE EXTENSION AMENDMENT PROPOSAL AND, IF PRESENTED, THE ADJOURNMENT PROPOSAL.

The sole purpose of the Extension Amendment Proposal is to provide the Company with sufficient time to complete a potential merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or similar business combination involving the Company and one or more businesses (a “business combination”). The Company’s prospectus for its IPO and its current Governing Documents provide that the Company has until March 29, 2023, or 24 months after the closing date of its IPO (the “Current Outside Date”), to complete a business combination. The Company’s Board currently believes that there may not be sufficient time to enter into a definitive agreement, complete the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) review process and hold an extraordinary general meeting to obtain shareholder approval of and consummate any potential initial business combination, by the Current Outside Date. If the Company were precluded from completing its initial business combination by the Current Outside Date, the Company would be forced to liquidate even if its shareholders are otherwise in favor of consummating such business combination. The Board believes and has determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to extend the Current Outside Date to the Extended Date and have the Company’s shareholders approve the Extension Amendment Proposal.

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved, the Company plans to hold another meeting of shareholders prior to the Extended Date in order to seek shareholder approval of any potential initial business combination, and related proposals.

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The purpose of the AdjournmentExtension Amendment Proposal is to allow the Company additional time to adjourncomplete an initial business combination (the “Business Combination”).

On August 15, 2023, the Extraordinary General MeetingCompany entered into a Business Combination Agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”) with LatAm Logistic Properties S.A., a company incorporated under the laws of Panama (together with its successors, “LLP”), by a joinder agreement, each of Logistic Properties of the Americas, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Pubco”), and Logistic Properties of the Americas Subco, a Cayman Islands exempted company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco, and upon execution of a joinder agreement, a to-be-formed company incorporated under the laws of Panama to be a later datewholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco, for a proposed business combination among the parties (the “LLP Transaction”). Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, Pubco will become the parent company of each of the Company and LLP following the consummation of the LLP Transaction. The total consideration to be paid by Pubco to LLP’s shareholders at the closing of the LLP Transaction (the “Merger Consideration”) will be an amount equal to $286,000,000. The Merger Consideration will be payable in new Pubco ordinary shares, each valued at a price per share equal to ten U.S. dollars ($10.00). The Business Combination Agreement does not provide for any purchase price adjustment.

The Company intends to call an extraordinary general meeting of its shareholders to approve the LLP Transaction. The Company currently has until January 1, 2024 to complete the LLP Transaction, which the Board believes is insufficient time to complete all the steps necessary to complete the LLP Transaction or datesanother Business Combination if the Company determinesLLP Transaction is not completed. Accordingly, the Board has determined that additional timeit is necessary to either permit further solicitation and vote of proxies in the event that there are insufficient votesbest interests of the Company to seek an extension of the Original Termination Date and have the Company’s shareholders approve the Extension Amendment Proposal to allow additional time to consummate the LLP Transaction. Without the Charter Extension, the Company determinesbelieves that additional time is necessaryit will not be able to effectuatecomplete the ExtensionLLP Transaction on or the Board determines before the Extraordinary General MeetingOriginal Termination Date. If that it is not necessary or no longer desirablewere to proceed withoccur, the Extension Amendment Proposal.Company would be precluded from completing the LLP Transaction and would be forced to liquidate on the Original Termination Date.

 

TheAs contemplated by the Memorandum and Articles of Association, the holders of the Class A Ordinary Shares (the “Public Shares”) sold in the Company’s initial public offering (the “initial public offering”) may elect (the “Election”) to redeem their Public Shares upon approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal requires a special resolution under Cayman Islands law, being the affirmative vote of at least a two-thirds (2/3) majority of the votes cast by the holders of the Company’s issued Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares present in person or represented by proxy at the Extraordinary General Meeting and entitled to vote on such matter.

As of the date of this proxy statement, the Company’s sponsor, two sponsor (the Sponsor“Redemption”), the Company’s independent directors and Ms. Laura DePetra (collectively, the “initial shareholders”) hold in aggregate 5,359,375 founder shares. Accordingly, the shares held by the Sponsor and other initial shareholders represent 20.0% of the Company’s outstanding ordinary shares.

Approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal is a condition to the implementation of the Extension.. The Company’s Governing Documents require that the Company not proceed with the Extension if the number of redemptions of its public shares causes the Company to have less than $5,000,001 of net tangible assets, which requirement may not be waived by the Board.

The Adjournment Proposal requires an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law, being the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the votes cast by the holders of the issued ordinary shares present in person (including via live webcast) or represented by proxy at the Extraordinary General Meeting and entitled to vote on such matter.

The Company’s Board has fixed the close of business on February 23, 2023 as the record date for determining the Company’s shareholders entitled to receive notice of and vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting and any adjournment thereof. Only holders of record of the Company’s ordinary shares on that date are entitled to have their votes counted at the Extraordinary General Meeting or any adjournment thereof. A complete list of shareholders of record entitled to vote at the Extraordinary General Meetingper-share Redemption price will be available for ten days before the Extraordinary General Meeting at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/TWOA2023SM

In connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal, if approved by the requisite vote of shareholders, holders of public shares (“public shareholders”) may elect to redeem their public shares for a per-share price, payablepaid in cash and equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Company’s trust account, which was established byat the initial public offering (the “Trust Account”), including interest earned and not previously released to the Company in connection withto pay its IPO (the “trust account”) asincome taxes less up to $100,000 of two business days priorinterest to such approval, including any interest earned on the trust account deposits (which interest shall be net of taxes payable),pay dissolution expenses, divided by the number of Public Shares then outstanding public shares (the “Election”), subject to certain limitations,in issue, regardless of whetherhow such public shareholders vote onin regard to the Extension Amendment Proposal. However, a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), will be restricted from seeking redemption rights with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of the Class A ordinary shares without the prior consent of the Company. The initial shareholders have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and public shares, as applicable, in connection with a shareholder vote to approve certain amendments to the Company’s Governing Documents, including a vote to approve an extension to the Current Outside Date.

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If the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved by the requisite vote of shareholders then(and not abandoned), the Withdrawal Amount (as defined below)holders of Public Shares remaining after the Redemption will be withdrawn fromretain their right to redeem their Public Shares for their pro rata portion of the trust account and paid tofunds available in the redeemingTrust Account upon consummation of the LLP Transaction. In addition, public shareholders with respect towho do not make the portion of public shares that were validly redeemed as described above.

If the Extension is effectuated, the remaining public shareholders will retain the opportunity to have their public shares redeemed in conjunction with any potential initial business combination, subject to any limitations set forth in the Governing Documents. In addition, the remaining public shareholders willElection would be entitled to have their public sharesPublic Shares redeemed for cash if the Company has not completed a business combinationthe LLP Transaction by the ExtendedCharter Extension Date. Our 5,359,375 Class B Ordinary Shares are held by (i) all of our holders of Class B Ordinary Shares immediately prior to our initial public offering, including two sponsor, a Cayman Islands limited liability company, and the Company’s officers and directors at the time of the initial public offering, to the extent they hold such shares and (ii) HC PropTech Partners III LLC, our sponsor (the “Sponsor”), our officers, directors, advisors and their affiliates.

 

The Company estimates thatOn the per-shareRecord Date (as defined below), the redemption price at whichper share was approximately $10.55 (which is expected to be the public shares may be redeemed from cash heldsame approximate amount two business days prior to the Meeting), based on the aggregate amount on deposit in the trust account will beTrust Account of approximately $10.17 (which amount includes$52.8 million as of the Record Date (including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously or yet released to the Company to pay its taxes)income taxes, and less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), for illustrative purpose, calculated asdivided by the total number of February 23, 2023, the record date of the Extraordinary General Meeting. On the record date, thethen outstanding Public Shares. The closing price of the Company’s Class A ordinary sharesOrdinary Shares on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE(the “NYSE”) on the Record Date was $10.17.$10.62. Accordingly, if the market price of the Class A Ordinary Shares were to remain the same until the date of the Meeting, exercising redemption rights would result in a public shareholder receiving $0.07 less per share than if the shares were sold in the open market. The Company cannot assure public shareholders that they will be able to sell their public sharesClass A Ordinary Shares in the open market, even if the market price per share is higher than the redemption price stated above, as there may not be sufficient liquidity in its securities when such shareholders wish to sell their shares. The Company believes that such redemption right enables its public shareholders to determine whether or not to sustain their investments for an additional period if the Company does not complete the LLP Transaction on or before the Original Termination Date.

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The Adjournment Proposal, if adopted,Company cannot predict the amount that will allow the Board to adjourn the Extraordinary General Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary or appropriate, either (x) to permit further solicitation of proxiesremain in the eventTrust Account following the Redemption if the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved, and the amount remaining in the Trust Account may be only a small fraction of the approximately $52.8 million that there are insufficient voteswas in the Trust Account as of the Record Date.

Additionally, if the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and implemented, the Sponsor or its designees has agreed to contribute to the Company as a loan (i) the lesser of (x) an aggregate of $165,000 or (y) $0.035 for each Public Share that is not redeemed in connection with the Charter Extension for the first two months (commencing on January 2, 2024 and on the 2nd day of each subsequent month until March 1, 2024) plus (ii) the lesser of (x) $82,500 per month or otherwise(y) $0.0175 per Public Share that remains outstanding and is not redeemed in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposalfor each of the four subsequent calendar months (commencing on March 2, 2024 and on the 2nd day of each subsequent month) until the Charter Extension Date, or (y)portion thereof, that is needed to complete a Business Combination (such loans, the Board determines before“Contribution”), which amount will be deposited into the Extraordinary General MeetingTrust Account. Accordingly, the amount deposited per share will depend on the number of Public Shares that it is not necessary or no longer desirable to proceed with the Extension Amendment Proposal. The Adjournment Proposal will only be presented to the Company’s shareholders in the event that there are insufficient votes for, or otherwiseremain outstanding after redemptions in connection with the approvalExtension and the length of the extension period that will be needed to complete the LLP Transaction. If more than 4,714,285 Public Shares remain outstanding after redemptions in connection with the Extension, then the amount paid per share will be decreased proportionately. For example, if we complete the LLP Transaction on July 1, 2024, which would represent six (6) calendar months, no Public Shares are redeemed and all of our Public Shares remain outstanding in connection with the Extension, then the aggregate amount deposited per share will be approximately $0.099 per share, with the aggregate maximum contribution to the Trust Account being $495,000. However, if 285,728 Public Shares are redeemed and 4,714,285 of our Public Shares remain outstanding after redemptions in connection with the Extension, then the amount deposited per share for such six-month period will be $0.105 per share, with the aggregate maximum contribution to the Trust Account being $495,000.

Assuming the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved, the initial Contribution amount will be deposited into the Trust Account promptly following the Original Termination Date. Each additional monthly Contribution will be deposited in the Trust Account within seven calendar days from the 2nd day of such calendar month. The Contributions are conditioned upon the implementation of the Charter Extension. The Contributions will not be made if the Charter Extension is not approved or the Extension is not completed. The amount of the Contributions, which are loans, will not bear interest and will be repayable by us to the Sponsor or its designees upon consummation of a Business Combination. If the Sponsor or its designees advises us that it does not intend to make the Contributions, then the proposals will not be put before the shareholders at the Meeting and we will wind up, liquidate and dissolve in accordance with the Memorandum and Articles of Association. Our Board will have the sole discretion whether to extend for additional calendar months following January 1, 2024 until July 1, 2024 and if our Board determines beforenot to continue extending for additional calendar months, the Extraordinary General Meeting that it isSponsor or its designees will not necessary or no longer desirable to proceed with the Extension Amendment Proposal.make any additional Contributions following such determination.

 

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved and the Company may again seek to extend the Current Outside Date. If the Extension Amendment ProposalLLP Transaction is not approved,completed on or before the Current OutsideOriginal Termination Date, is not otherwise extendedJanuary 1, 2024, as contemplated by and the Company does not consummate an initial business combination by the Current Outside Date, in accordance with its Governing Documents,the Memorandum and Articles of Association, the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the public shares,Public Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account,Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust accountTrust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its franchise and income taxes, if any (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of the then-outstanding public shares,Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholdersof the holders of such Public Shares (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any, subject to applicable law)any); and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining shareholders and its board of directors,the Board, liquidate and dissolve, subject in eachthe case of clauses (ii) and (iii) to the Company’s obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and in all cases subject to the other requirements of other applicable laws.law.

 

You are not being asked to vote on any proposed business combination at this time. If the Extension is implemented and you do not elect to redeem your public shares in connection with the Extension, you will retain the right to vote on any potential initial business combination, when and if such business combination is submittedSubject to the public shareholders (provided that you are a shareholder onforegoing, the record date for a meeting to consider such business combination) and the right to redeem your public shares for a pro rata portion of the trust account in the event any proposed business combination is approved and completed or the Company has not consummated a business combination by the Extended Date.

After careful consideration of all relevant factors, the Company’s Board has determined that the Extension Amendment Proposal and, if presented, the Adjournment Proposal are both advisable and recommends that you vote or give instruction to vote “FOR” both the Extension Amendment Proposal and, if presented, the Adjournment Proposal.

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Enclosed is the proxy statement containing detailed information concerning the Extension Amendment Proposal, Adjournment Proposal and the Extraordinary General Meeting. Whether or not you plan to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting, the Company urges you to read this material carefully and vote your shares.

I look forward to seeing you at the Extraordinary General Meeting.

March 10, 2023By Order of the Board of Directors,
/s/ Kevin E. Hartz
Kevin E. Hartz
Chief Executive Officer and Director

Your vote is important. If you are a shareholder of record, please sign, date and return your proxy card as soon as possible to make sure that your shares are represented at the Extraordinary General Meeting. If you are a shareholder of record, you may also cast your vote virtually at the Extraordinary General Meeting. If your shares are held in an account at a brokerage firm or bank, you must instruct your broker or bank how to vote your shares, or you may cast your vote virtually at the Extraordinary General Meeting by obtaining a proxy from your brokerage firm or bank. Your failure to vote or instruct your broker or bank how to vote will have no effect on the outcome of any vote on the Extension Proposal. Abstentions and broker non-votes will be counted in connection with the determination of whether a valid quorum is established but will have no effect on any of the proposals.

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Extraordinary General Meeting to be held on March 24, 2023: This notice of meeting and the accompanying proxy statement are being made available on or about March 13, 2023.

TO EXERCISE YOUR REDEMPTION RIGHTS, YOU MUST SUBMIT A WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE TRANSFER AGENT BY 5:00 P.M. ET ON MARCH 22, 2023, THE DATE THAT IS TWO BUSINESS DAYS PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED VOTE AT THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING, THAT YOUR PUBLIC SHARES BE REDEEMED FOR CASH, INCLUDING THE LEGAL NAME, PHONE NUMBER, AND ADDRESS OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNER OF THE SHARES FOR WHICH REDEMPTION IS REQUESTED, AND TENDER OR DELIVER YOUR SHARES (AND SHARE CERTIFICATES (IF ANY) AND OTHER REDEMPTION FORMS) TO THE TRANSFER AGENT, PHYSICALLY OR ELECTRONICALLY USING THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY’S DWAC (DEPOSIT WITHDRAWAL AT CUSTODIAN) SYSTEM, IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES AND DEADLINES DESCRIBED IN THE ACCOMPANYING PROXY STATEMENT. IF YOU HOLD THE SHARES IN STREET NAME, YOU WILL NEED TO INSTRUCT THE ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE AT YOUR BANK OR BROKER TO WITHDRAW THE SHARES FROM YOUR ACCOUNT IN ORDER TO EXERCISE YOUR REDEMPTION RIGHTS.

This proxy statement is dated March 10, 2023
and is first being mailed to our stockholders with the form of proxy on or about March 13, 2023.

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900 Kearny St., Suite 610,

San Francisco, CA 94133

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PRELIMINARY PROXY STATEMENT FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

TO BE HELD ON MARCH 24, 2023

You are cordially invited to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting (the “Extraordinary General Meeting”) of two (the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”), to be held at 10:00AM Eastern Time, on March 24, 2023. You will be able to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting online, vote, and submit your questions during the Extraordinary General Meeting by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/TWOA2023SM.

The Extraordinary General Meeting is being held to consider and vote upon the following proposals:

1.As a special resolution, to amend (the “Extension Amendment”) the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (the “Governing Documents”) to extend the date by which the Company must consummate a business combination (as defined below) (the “Extension”) from March 29, 2023 (the date which is 24 months from the closing date of the Company’s initial public offering (the “IPO”)) to December 29, 2023 (the date which is 33 months from the closing date of the IPO) (the “Extended Date”) (the “Extension Amendment Proposal”).

2.As an ordinary resolution, to approve the adjournment of the Extraordinary General Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary, to either (x) permit further solicitation and vote of proxies in the event that there are insufficient votes to approve the Extension Amendment Proposal or if the Company determines that additional time is necessary to effectuate the Extension or (y) if the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) determines before the Extraordinary General Meeting that it is not necessary or no longer desirable to proceed with the Extension Amendment Proposal (the “Adjournment Proposal”).

Each of the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal are more fully described herein. You will be able to attend and participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting online by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/TWOA2023SM. Questions and Answers about the Extraordinary General Meeting — How do I attend the Extraordinary General Meeting?” for more information.

The sole purpose of the Extension Amendment Proposal is to provide the Company with sufficient time to complete a potential merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or similar business combination involving the Company and one or more businesses (a “business combination”). The Company’s prospectus for its IPO and its current Governing Documents provide that the Company has until March 29, 2023, or 24 months after the closing date of its IPO (the “Current Outside Date”), to complete a business combination. The Company’s Board currently believes that there may not be sufficient time to enter into a definitive agreement, complete the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) review process and hold an extraordinary general meeting to obtain shareholder approval of and consummate any potential initial business combination, by the Current Outside Date. If the Company were precluded from completing its initial business combination by the Current Outside Date, the Company would be forced to liquidate even if its shareholders are otherwise in favor of consummating such business combination. The Board believes and has determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to extend the Current Outside Date to the Extended Date and have the Company’s shareholders approve the Extension Amendment Proposal.

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved, the Company plans to hold another meeting of shareholders prior to the Extended Date in order to seek shareholder approval of any potential initial business combination, and related proposals.

The purpose of the Adjournment Proposal is to allow the Company to adjourn the Extraordinary General Meeting to a later date or dates if the Company determines that additional time is necessary to either permit further solicitation and vote of proxies in the event that there are insufficient votes to approve the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Company determines that additional time is necessary to effectuate the Extension or the Board determines before the Extraordinary General Meeting that it is not necessary or no longer desirable to proceed with the Extension Amendment Proposal.

The approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal requires a special resolution, under Cayman Islands law, being the affirmative vote of a majority of at least a two-thirds (2/3) majority of the votes cast by the holders of the Company’s issued Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares presentOrdinary Shares, voting as a single class, who, being entitled to do so, vote in person or represented by proxy at the Extraordinary General Meeting and entitled to vote on such matter.

Meeting.

 

As of the date of this proxy statement, the Company’s sponsor, two sponsor (the “Sponsor”), the Company’s independent directors and Ms. Laura DePetra (collectively, the “initial shareholders”) hold in aggregate 5,359,375 founder shares. Accordingly, the shares held by the Sponsor and other initial shareholders represent 20.0% of the Company’s outstanding ordinary shares.

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The Company’s Governing Documents requireCompany is listed on the NYSE. NYSE Rule 102.06 requires that a special purpose acquisition company complete one or more business combinations within three years of its initial public offering, which, in the case of the Company, would be April 1, 2024. If the Charter Extension is approved and the Board exercises its right to extend the life of the Company past April 1, 2024, such extension would extend the Company’s life beyond such 36-month deadline. As a result, the contemplated Charter Extension may not proceedcomply with NYSE Rule 102.06. We may be subject to suspension or delisting by the NYSE following April 1, 2024 if the Board exercises its right to extend the Termination Date past April 1, 2024 pursuant to the Charter Extension. For more information see “Risk Factors - The Charter Extension contemplated by the Extension ifAmendment Proposal may contravene NYSE rules, and as a result, the number of redemptions of its public shares causesNYSE could suspend trading in the Company to have less than $5,000,001 of net tangible assets, which requirement may not be waived byCompany’s securities or delist the Board.Company’s securities from the NYSE.

 

TheApproval of each of the Auditor Ratification Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal (if put forth at the Meeting) requires an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law, being the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the votes cast by the holders of the issued ordinary shares presentOrdinary Shares, voting as a single class, who, being entitled to do so, vote in person (including via live webcast) or represented by proxy at the Extraordinary GeneralMeeting. Approval of the Director Election Proposal requires an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law of the holders of the Class B Ordinary Shares, being the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the votes cast by the holders of the Class B Ordinary Shares, who, being entitled to do so, vote in person or by proxy at the Meeting. The Adjournment Proposal, if put forth and adopted, will allow our Board to adjourn the Meeting to a later date or dates to permit further solicitation of proxies or for any other reason in the discretion of the chairperson of the Meeting. The Adjournment Proposal will be put forth for a vote if the Company anticipates that there are not sufficient votes to approve the Extension Amendment Proposal at the Meeting or for any other reason in the discretion of the chairperson of the Meeting, and entitledif put forth at the Meeting, the Adjournment Proposal will be the first and only proposal voted on and the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Auditor Ratification Proposal and the Director Election Proposal will not be submitted to vote on such matter.the shareholders for a vote.

 

The Company’s Board has fixed the close of business on February 23,November 28, 2023 (the “Record Date”) as the record date for determining the Company’s shareholders entitled to receive notice of and vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof. Only holders of record of the Company’s ordinary sharesOrdinary Shares on that date are entitled to have their votes counted at the Extraordinary General Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. A complete list of shareholders of record entitled to vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting will be available for ten days before the Extraordinary General Meeting at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/TWOA2023SM

 

In connection withThe Company believes that it is in the best interests of the Company’s shareholders that the Company obtains the Charter Amendments and that the selection of Withum as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023 is ratified. After careful consideration of all relevant factors, the Board has determined that the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Auditor Ratification Proposal, the Director Election Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal are in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders, has declared it advisable and recommends that you vote or give instruction to vote “FOR” such proposals.

Enclosed are the proxy statement containing detailed information about the Meeting, the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Auditor Ratification Proposal, the Director Election Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal, and the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022. Whether or not you plan to attend the Meeting, the Company urges you to read this material carefully and vote your shares.

By Order of the Board of Directors of Two

Very truly yours,

/s/ Thomas D. Hennessy
Thomas D. Hennessy
Chairman of the Board

Your vote is very important. Whether or not you plan to attend the Meeting, please vote as soon as possible by following the instructions in this proxy statement to make sure that your shares are represented and voted at the Meeting. The approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal requires a special resolution, being the affirmative vote of a majority of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the votes which are cast by those holders of Ordinary Shares, voting as a single class, who, being entitled to do so, vote in person or by proxy at the Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. Approval of each of the Auditor Ratification Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal (if put forth at the Meeting) requires the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the votes cast by the holders of the Ordinary Shares, voting as a single class, who, being entitled to do so, vote in person or by proxy at the Meeting. Approval of the Director Election Proposal requires the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the votes cast by the holders of the Class B Ordinary Shares, who, being entitled to do so, vote in person or by proxy at the Meeting. Accordingly, if you fail to vote in person or by proxy at the Meeting, your shares will not be counted for the purposes of determining whether the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Auditor Ratification Proposal, the Director Election Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal (if put) are approved by the requisite majorities. If you hold your shares in “street name” through a bank, broker or other nominee, you will need to follow the instructions provided to you by your bank, broker or other nominee to ensure that your shares are represented and voted at the Meeting.

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NOTICE OF AN EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING IN LIEU OF AN ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

OF TWO

TO BE HELD ON DECEMBER 27, 2023

TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF TWO:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an extraordinary general meeting in lieu of an annual general meeting of the shareholders of two, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”), will be held on December 27, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (the “Meeting”), at the offices of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP located at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105, or at such other time and on such other date to which the Meeting may be adjourned or postponed.

You can participate in the Meeting and vote via live webcast. You will be able to attend the Meeting online, vote and submit your questions during the Meeting by visiting https://www.cstproxy.com/twoaspac/2023. Even if you are planning on attending the Meeting online, please promptly submit your proxy vote by telephone, or, if you received a printed form of proxy in the mail, by completing, dating, signing and returning the enclosed proxy, so your shares will be represented at the Meeting. Instructions on voting your shares are on the proxy materials you received for the Meeting. Even if you plan to attend the Meeting online, it is strongly recommended you complete and return your proxy card before the Meeting date, to ensure that your shares will be represented at the Meeting if you are unable to attend.

You are cordially invited to attend the Meeting for the purpose of considering and voting on the following proposals, more fully described below in this proxy statement, which is dated December 11, 2023 and is first being mailed, along with the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, to shareholders on or about December 12, 2023:

1.Proposal No. 1 — Extension Amendment Proposal — To approve, by way of special resolution, an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (the “Memorandum and Articles of Association”) as provided by the resolution in the form set forth in Annex A to give the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) the right to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination involving the Company, with one or more businesses (a “business combination”) (such date, the “Termination Date”) from January 1, 2024 (the “Original Termination Date”) (as extended, the “Charter Extension”) until July 1, 2024 (as extended, the “Charter Extension Date”) or such earlier date as determined by the Board (the “Extension Amendment Proposal”);

2.Proposal No. 2 — Auditor Ratification Proposal — To ratify, by way of ordinary resolution, the selection by the audit committee of the Board of WithumSmith+Brown, PC (“Withum”) to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023 (the “Auditor Ratification Proposal”);

3.Proposal No. 3 — Director Election Proposal — To re-elect, by way of ordinary resolution of the holders of the Class B ordinary shares of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class B Ordinary Shares,” together with Class A Ordinary Shares, “Ordinary Shares”), M. Joseph Beck and Adam Blake as the Class III directors of the Board to hold office until the 2026 annual general meeting of the Company (the “Director Election Proposal”); and

4.Proposal No. 4 — Adjournment Proposal — To approve, by way of ordinary resolution, the adjournment of the Meeting to a later date or dates or indefinitely, if necessary or convenient, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies in the event that there are insufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the approval of any of the foregoing proposals or for any other reason in the discretion of the chairperson of the Meeting (the “Adjournment Proposal”). For the avoidance of doubt, if put forth at the Meeting, the Adjournment Proposal will be the first and only proposal voted on and the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Auditor Ratification Proposal and the Director Election Proposal will not be submitted to the shareholders for a vote, provided that the Adjournment Proposal passes.

The purpose of the Extension Amendment Proposal is to allow the Company additional time to complete an initial business combination (the “Business Combination”).

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On August 15, 2023, the Company entered into a Business Combination Agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”) with LatAm Logistic Properties S.A., a company incorporated under the laws of Panama (together with its successors, “LLP”), by a joinder agreement, each of Logistic Properties of the Americas, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Pubco”), and Logistic Properties of the Americas Subco, a Cayman Islands exempted company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco, and upon execution of a joinder agreement, a to-be-formed company incorporated under the laws of Panama to be a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco, for a proposed business combination among the parties (the “LLP Transaction”). Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, Pubco will become the parent company of each of the Company and LLP following the consummation of the LLP Transaction. The total consideration to be paid by Pubco to LLP’s shareholders at the closing of the LLP Transaction (the “Merger Consideration”) will be an amount equal to $286,000,000. The Merger Consideration will be payable in new Pubco ordinary shares, each valued at a price per share equal to ten U.S. dollars ($10.00). The Business Combination Agreement does not provide for any purchase price adjustment.

The Company intends to call an extraordinary general meeting of its shareholders to approve the LLP Transaction. The Company currently has until January 1, 2024 to complete the LLP Transaction, which the Board believes is insufficient time to complete all the steps necessary to complete the LLP Transaction or another Business Combination if the LLP Transaction is not completed. Accordingly, the Board has determined that it is in the best interests of the Company to seek an extension of the Original Termination Date and have the Company’s shareholders approve the Extension Amendment Proposal to allow additional time to consummate the LLP Transaction. Without the Charter Extension, the Company believes that it will not be able to complete the LLP Transaction on or before the Original Termination Date. If that were to occur, the Company would be precluded from completing the LLP Transaction and would be forced to liquidate on the Original Termination Date.

As contemplated by the Memorandum and Articles of Association, the holders of the Class A Ordinary Shares (the “Public Shares”) sold in the Company’s initial public shares (“offering (the “initial public shareholdersoffering”) may elect (the “Election”) to redeem their public shares for aPublic Shares upon approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal (the “Redemption”). The per-share Redemption price payablewill be paid in cash and equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Company’s trust account, which was established byat the initial public offering (the “Trust Account”), including interest earned and not previously released to the Company in connection withto pay its IPO (the “trust account”) asincome taxes less up to $100,000 of two business days priorinterest to such approval, including any interest earned on the trust account deposits (which interest shall be net of taxes payable),pay dissolution expenses, divided by the number of Public Shares then outstanding public shares (the “Election”), subject to certain limitations,in issue, regardless of whetherhow such public shareholders vote onin regard to the Extension Amendment Proposal. However, a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), will be restricted from seeking redemption rights with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of the Class A ordinary shares without the prior consent of the Company. The initial shareholders have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and public shares, as applicable, in connection with a shareholder vote to approve certain amendments to the Company’s Governing Documents, including a vote to approve an extension to the Current Outside Date.

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved by the requisite vote of shareholders then(and not abandoned), the Withdrawal Amount (as defined below)holders of Public Shares remaining after the Redemption will be withdrawn fromretain their right to redeem their Public Shares for their pro rata portion of the trust account and paid tofunds available in the redeemingTrust Account upon consummation of the LLP Transaction. In addition, public shareholders with respect towho do not make the portion of public shares that were validly redeemed as described above.

If the Extension is effectuated, the remaining public shareholders will retain the opportunity to have their public shares redeemed in conjunction with any potential initial business combination, subject to any limitations set forth in the Governing Documents. In addition, the remaining public shareholders willElection would be entitled to have their public sharesPublic Shares redeemed for cash if the Company has not completed a business combinationthe LLP Transaction by the ExtendedCharter Extension Date.

Our 5,359,375 Class B Ordinary Shares are held by (i) all of our holders of Class B Ordinary Shares immediately prior to our initial public offering, including two sponsor, a Cayman Islands limited liability company, and the Company’s officers and directors at the time of the initial public offering, to the extent they hold such shares and (ii) HC PropTech Partners III LLC, our sponsor (the “Sponsor”), our officers, directors, advisors and their affiliates.

 

On August 7, 2023, the Company issued a promissory note (the “2023 August Note”) to the Sponsor in an amount up to $1,500,000, of which approximately $668,000 had previously been advanced by the Sponsor. The withdrawal2023 August Note accrues no interest and is payable upon the consummation of funds from the trust accountinitial Business Combination or the date of the liquidation of the Company. As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there were amounts of $1,218,414 and $0 advanced by the Sponsor under the 2023 August Note, respectively.

On March 29, 2021, the Company entered into that certain administrative services agreement (the “Administrative Services Agreement”) with two sponsor, a Cayman Islands limited liability company (the “Original Sponsor”), pursuant to which, commencing on the date the Company’s securities were first listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), the Company agreed to pay the Original Sponsor a total of $10,000 per month for office space, secretarial and administrative services. On March 31, 2023, pursuant to an assignment and assumption agreement, the Original Sponsor assigned the Administrative Services Agreement to the Sponsor. Upon completion of the initial Business Combination or the Company’s liquidation, the Company will cease paying these monthly fees. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company incurred $30,000 and $90,000 in connection withexpenses for these services, respectively, which are included in administrative expenses-related party on the Election will reduceaccompanying unaudited condensed statements of operations. No amount was due as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.

On the Record Date (as defined below), the redemption price per share was approximately $10.55 (which is expected to be the same approximate amount heldtwo business days prior to the Meeting), based on the aggregate amount on deposit in the trust account following the Election, and the amount remaining in the trust account after such withdrawal may be only a fractionTrust Account of the $214.4approximately $52.8 million plus accrued interest (less any funds used to pay taxes) that was in the trust account as of the record date. In such event, the Company may still seek to obtain additional funds to complete a potential business combination, but there can be no assurance that such funds will be available on terms acceptable to the parties to such transaction or at all.

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The Company estimates that the per-share price at which the public shares may be redeemed from cash held in the trust account will be approximately $10.17 (which amount includesRecord Date (including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously or yet released to the Company to pay its taxes)income taxes, and less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), for illustrative purposes, calculated asdivided by the total number of February 23, 2023, the record date of the Extraordinary General Meeting. On the record date, thethen outstanding Public Shares. The closing price of the Company’s Class A ordinary sharesOrdinary Shares on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on the Record Date was $10.17.$10.62. Accordingly, if the market price of the Class A Ordinary Shares were to remain the same until the date of the Meeting, exercising redemption rights would result in a public shareholder receiving $0.07 less per share than if the shares were sold in the open market. The Company cannot assure public shareholders that they will be able to sell their public sharesClass A Ordinary Shares in the open market, even if the market price per share is higher than the redemption price stated above, as there may not be sufficient liquidity in its securities when such shareholders wish to sell their shares. The Company believes that such redemption right enables its public shareholders to determine whether or not to sustain their investments for an additional period if the Company does not complete the LLP Transaction on or before the Original Termination Date.

 

The Adjournment Proposal, if adopted,Company cannot predict the amount that will allow the Board to adjourn the Extraordinary General Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary or appropriate, either (x) to permit further solicitation of proxiesremain in the eventTrust Account following the Redemption if the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved, and the amount remaining in the Trust Account, may be only a small fraction of the approximately $52.8 million that there are insufficient voteswas in the Trust Account as of the Record Date.

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Additionally, if the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and implemented, the Sponsor or its designees has agreed to contribute to the Company as a loan (i) the lesser of (x) an aggregate of $165,000 or (y) $0.035 for each Public Share that is not redeemed in connection with the Charter Extension for the first two months (commencing on January 2, 2024 and on the 2nd day of each subsequent month until March 1, 2024) plus (ii) the lesser of (x) $82,500 per month or otherwise(y) $0.0175 per Public Share that remains outstanding and is not redeemed in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposalfor each of the four subsequent calendar months (commencing on March 2, 2024 and on the 2nd day of each subsequent month) until the Charter Extension Date, or (y)portion thereof, that is needed to complete a Business Combination (such loans, the Board determines before“Contribution”), which amount will be deposited into the Extraordinary General MeetingTrust Account. Accordingly, the amount deposited per share will depend on the number of Public Shares that it is not necessary or no longer desirable to proceed with the Extension Amendment Proposal. The Adjournment Proposal will only be presented to the Company’s shareholders in the event that there are insufficient votes for, or otherwiseremain outstanding after redemptions in connection with the approvalExtension and the length of the extension period that will be needed to complete the LLP Transaction. If more than 4,714,285 Public Shares remain outstanding after redemptions in connection with the Extension, then the amount paid per share will be decreased proportionately. For example, if we complete the LLP Transaction on July 1, 2024, which would represent six (6) calendar months, no Public Shares are redeemed and all of our Public Shares remain outstanding in connection with the Extension, then the aggregate amount deposited per share will be approximately $0.099 per share, with the aggregate maximum contribution to the Trust Account being $495,000. However, if 285,728 Public Shares are redeemed and 4,714,285 of our Public Shares remain outstanding after redemptions in connection with the Extension, then the amount deposited per share for such six-month period will be $0.105 per share, with the aggregate maximum contribution to the Trust Account being $495,000.

Assuming the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved, the initial Contribution amount will be deposited into the Trust Account promptly following the Original Termination Date. Each additional monthly Contribution will be deposited in the Trust Account within seven calendar days from the 2nd day of such calendar month. The Contributions are conditioned upon the implementation of the Charter Extension. The Contributions will not be made if the Charter Extension is not approved or the Extension is not completed. The amount of the Contributions, which are loans, will not bear interest and will be repayable by us to the Sponsor or its designees upon consummation of a Business Combination. If the Sponsor or its designees advises us that it does not intend to make the Contributions, then the proposals will not be put before the shareholders at the Meeting and we will wind up, liquidate and dissolve in accordance with the Memorandum and Articles of Association. Our Board will have the sole discretion whether to extend for additional calendar months following January 1, 2024 until July 1, 2024 and if our Board determines beforenot to continue extending for additional calendar months, the Extraordinary General Meeting that it isSponsor or its designees will not necessary or no longer desirable to proceed with the Extension Amendment Proposal.make any additional Contributions following such determination.

 

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved and the Company may again seek to extend the Current Outside Date. If the Extension Amendment ProposalLLP Transaction is not approved,completed on or before the Current OutsideOriginal Termination Date, is not otherwise extendedJanuary 1, 2024, as contemplated by and the Company does not consummate an initial business combination by the Current Outside Date, in accordance with its Governing Documents,the Memorandum and Articles of Association, the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the public shares,Public Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account,Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust accountTrust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its franchise and income taxes, if any (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of the then-outstanding public shares,Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholdersof the holders of such Public Shares (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any, subject to applicable law)any); and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining shareholders and its board of directors,the Board, liquidate and dissolve, subject in eachthe case of clauses (ii) and (iii) to the Company’s obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and in all cases subject to the other requirements of other applicable laws.law.

 

The Company’s initial shareholders have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and public shares, as applicable, in connection with a shareholder vote to approve certain amendmentsSubject to the Company’s Governing Documents, including a vote to approve an extension toforegoing, the Current Outside Date.

The Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has entered into a written letterapproval of intent, confidentiality or similar agreement or business combination agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the trust account to below the lesser of (i) $10.00 per public share and (ii) the actual amount per public share held in the trust account as of the date of the liquidation of the trust account, if less than $10.00 per share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, less taxes payable, provided that such liability will not apply to any claims by a third party or prospective target business who executed a waiver of any and all rights to the monies held in the trust account (whether or not such waiver is enforceable) nor will it apply to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the IPO against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). However, the Company has not asked the Sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations, nor has it independently verified whether the Sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations and believe that the Sponsor’s only assets are securities of the Company. Therefore, the Company cannot assure that its Sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations.

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved, such approval will constitute consent forrequires a special resolution, being the Company to (i) remove fromaffirmative vote of a majority of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the trust account an amount (the “Withdrawal Amount”) equal to the number of public shares properly redeemed multipliedvotes cast by the per-share price, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account as of two business days prior to such approval, including any interest earned on the trust account deposits (which interest shall be net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares and (ii) deliver to the holders of such redeemedOrdinary Shares, voting as a single class, who, being entitled to do so, vote in person or by proxy at the Meeting.

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The Company is listed on the NYSE. NYSE Rule 102.06 requires that a special purpose acquisition company complete one or more business combinations within three years of its initial public shares their portionoffering, which, in the case of the Withdrawal Amount. The remainderCompany, would be April 1, 2024. If the Charter Extension is approved and the Board exercises its right to extend the life of the Company past April 1, 2024, such funds shall remain inextension would extend the trust account andCompany’s life beyond such 36-month deadline. As a result, the contemplated Charter Extension may not comply with NYSE Rule 102.06. We may be available for usesubject to suspension or delisting by the CompanyNYSE following April 1, 2024 if the Board exercises its right to complete a potential initial business combination, on or beforeextend the Extended Date. Holders of public shares who do not redeem their public shares now will retain their redemption rights and their abilityTermination Date past April 1, 2024 pursuant to vote on such business combination through the Extended Date ifCharter Extension. For more information see “Risk Factors - The Charter Extension contemplated by the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved.may contravene NYSE rules, and as a result, the NYSE could suspend trading in the Company’s securities or delist the Company’s securities from the NYSE.

Approval of each of the Auditor Ratification Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal (if put forth at the Meeting) requires the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the votes cast by the holders of the Ordinary Shares, voting as a single class, who, being entitled to do so, vote in person or by proxy at the Meeting. Approval of the Director Election Proposal requires the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the votes cast by the holders of the Class B Ordinary Shares, who, being entitled to do so, vote in person or by proxy at the Meeting. The Adjournment Proposal, if put forth and adopted, will allow our Board to adjourn the Meeting to a later date or dates to permit further solicitation of proxies. The Adjournment Proposal will be put forth for a vote if the Company anticipates that there are not sufficient votes to approve the Extension Amendment Proposal at the Meeting or for any other reason determined by the chairperson of the Meeting, and if put forth at the Meeting, the Adjournment Proposal will be the first and only proposal voted on and the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Auditor Ratification Proposal and the Director Election Proposal will not be submitted to the shareholders for a vote.

 

The Company’s Board has fixed the close of business on February 23,November 28, 2023 (the “Record Date”) as the date for determining the CompanyCompany’s shareholders entitled to receive notice of and vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting.Meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof. Only record holders of the Company’s ordinary shares at the closerecord of businessOrdinary Shares on the recordthat date are entitled to vote or have their votes castcounted at the Extraordinary General Meeting.Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. On the record date,Record Date, there were 21,437,500 Class A ordinary shares5,000,013 issued and outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares, and 5,359,375 Class B ordinary shares issued and outstanding which vote together as a single class with respectClass B Ordinary Shares.

To exercise your redemption rights, you must tender your Public Shares to the Extension Amendment ProposalCompany’s transfer agent at least two business days prior to the Meeting. You may tender your Public Shares by either delivering your share certificate to the transfer agent or by delivering your shares electronically using the Depository Trust Company’s (“DTC”) Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian (“DWAC”) system. If you hold your Public Shares in street name, you will need to instruct your bank, broker or other nominee to withdraw the Public Shares from your account in order to exercise your redemption rights.

A shareholder who is entitled to attend and if presented,vote at the Adjournment Proposal.Meeting is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and vote instead of that shareholder, and that such proxyholder need not be a shareholder of the Company.

 

This proxy statement contains important information about the Extraordinary General Meeting, the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Auditor Ratification Proposal, the Director Election Proposal and the proposalsAdjournment Proposal. Whether or not you plan to be voted on atattend the Extraordinary General Meeting. PleaseMeeting, the Company urges you to read itthis material carefully and vote your shares.

 

This proxy statement is dated December 11, 2023 and is first being mailed, along with the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, to shareholders on or about December 12, 2023.

By Order of the Board of Directors of Two

/s/ Thomas D. Hennessy

Thomas D. Hennessy
Chairman of the Board

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Page
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS1
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING2
RISK FACTORS1314
THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING1718
Date, Time and Place and Purpose of the Extraordinary General Meeting1718
The Proposals at the Meeting18
Voting Power; Record Date17
Votes Required17
Voting18
RevocabilityRecommendation of Proxiesthe Board18
Attendance at the Extraordinary General Meeting19
Solicitation of ProxiesQuorum and Required Vote for the Proposals for the Meeting19
No RightVoting Your Shares — Shareholders of AppraisalRecord19
Other BusinessVoting Your Shares — Beneficial Owners1920
Principal Executive OfficesAttending the Meeting1920
Revoking Your Proxy20
No Additional Matters21
Who Can Answer Your Questions about Voting21
Redemption Rights21
Appraisal Rights22
Proxy Solicitation Costs22
Interests of the Sponsor, Directors and Officers22
DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE24
PROPOSAL NO. 1 — THE EXTENSION AMENDMENT PROPOSAL2130
BackgroundOverview21
The Extension Amendment2130
Reasons for the Extension Amendment Proposal2231
If the Extension Amendment Proposal is Not Approved2231
If the ExtensionCharter Amendment Proposal isare Approved2331
Redemption Rights2332
Interests of the Company’s Directors and Executive Officers25
Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations for Shareholders Exercising Redemption Rights2633
U.S. HoldersVote Required for Approval28
Required Vote3439
Recommendation of the Board3439
PROPOSAL NO. 2 — THE ADJOURNMENTAUDITOR RATIFICATION PROPOSAL3540
Overview3540
Audit Fees40
Audit Related Fees40
Tax Fees40
All Other Fees40
Pre-Approval Policy40
Consequences if the Auditor Ratification Proposal is Not Approved41
Vote Required for Approval41
Recommendation of the Board41
PROPOSAL NO. 3 — THE DIRECTOR ELECTION PROPOSAL42
Overview42
Nominee Biography42
Vote Required for Approval42
Recommendation of the Board42
PROPOSAL NO. 4 — THE ADJOURNMENT PROPOSAL43
Overview43
Consequences if the Adjournment Proposal is Not Approved3543
Vote Required Votefor Approval3543
Recommendation of the Board3543
PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERSBACKGROUND3644
DELIVERYBENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF DOCUMENTS TO SHAREHOLDERSSECURITIES3745
FUTURE SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS46
HOUSEHOLDING INFORMATION46
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION37

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

The statements contained in this proxy statement that are not purely historical are “forward-looking statements.” Our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our or our management team’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,” “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 in this proxy statement may include, without limitation, statements about:

our ability to finance or consummate any potential initial business combination;46
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the anticipated benefits of any potential initial business combination;
our plans to seek shareholder approval of any potential initial business combination;
our executive officers and directors potentially having conflicts of interest in approving a business combination, as a result of which they would then receive expense reimbursements or other benefits;
our public securities’ potential liquidity and trading;
our intentions to seek any further extension to consummate our initial business combination;
our expectations regarding the timing of shareholder redemption payments; and
our status under or applicability of the Investment Company Act and any actions we may take to mitigate the risks associated therewith.A-1

The forward-looking statements contained in this proxy statement are based on our current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on us. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting us will be those that we have anticipated. These forward- looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those factors described under the heading “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this proxy statement, and under the heading “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, as amended, our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and any other documents filed by the Company with the SEC. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.

 

 

 

 

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETINGCAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

These Questions and Answers are only summariesSome of the statements contained in this proxy statement constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements relate to expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends and similar expressions concerning matters they discuss. They dothat are not containhistorical facts. Forward-looking statements reflect the Company’s current views with respect to, among other things, the Company’s capital resources and results of operations. Likewise, the Company’s financial statements and all of the information that may be important to you. You should read carefullyCompany’s statements regarding market conditions and results of operations are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify these forward-looking statements by the entire proxy statement, includinguse of terminology such as “outlook,” “believes,” “expects,” “potential,” “continues,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “seeks,” “approximately,” “predicts,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “anticipates” or the annex to this proxy statement.

Why am I receiving this proxy statement?

This proxy statement and the enclosed proxy card are being sent to you in connection with the solicitationnegative version of proxies by our Board for use at the Extraordinary General Meeting,these words or at any adjournmentsother comparable words or postponements thereof. This proxy statement summarizes the information that you need to make an informed decision on the proposals to be considered at the Extraordinary General Meeting.phrases.

 

The forward-looking statements contained in this proxy statement reflect the Company’s current views about future events and are subject to numerous known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and changes in circumstances that may cause its actual results to differ significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statement. The Company is a blank check company incorporated on January 15, 2021,does not guarantee that the transactions and events described will happen as a Cayman Islands exempted company, fordescribed (or that they will happen at all). The following factors, among others, could cause actual results and future events to differ materially from those set forth or contemplated in the forward-looking statements:

the Company’s ability to timely convene and hold the meeting of shareholders to approve the Business Combination and complete the LLP Transaction or an alternative Business Combination;

if the LLP Transaction is not consummated, the Company’s ability to enter into a definitive agreement and related agreements with respect to an alternative Business Combination;

the anticipated benefits of the LLP Transaction;

the volatility of the market price and liquidity of the Class A Ordinary Shares and other securities of the Company;

the use of funds not held in the Trust Account or available to the Company from interest income on the Trust Account balance;

the competitive environment in which our successor will operate following the LLP Transaction; and

proposed changes in the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) related to special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”).

While forward-looking statements reflect the Company’s good faith beliefs, they are not guarantees of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization, reorganizationfuture performance. The Company disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect changes in underlying assumptions or factors, new information, data or methods, future events or other similar business combination with one or more businesses.

In connection with the formation of the Sponsor, the Sponsor received 5,750,000 Class B ordinary shares for a per share purchase price of approximately $0.004. Prior to the IPO, our Sponsor transferred 25,000 of its founder shares to each of Michelle Gill, Ryan Petersen and Laura de Petra, and 30,000 of its founder shares to Pierre Lamond, in each case, at their original per share purchase price. As ofchanges after the date of this proxy statement, the initial shareholders continue to own an aggregate of 5,359,375 founder shares.except as required by applicable law.

 

OnFor a further discussion of these and other factors that could cause the Company’s future results, performance or transactions to differ significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statement, please see the section entitled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K, as amended, for the years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, as filed with the SEC on March 29, 2021,27, 2023 and April 1, 2022, respectively, and in other reports the Company consummated its IPOfiled with the SEC. You should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which are based only on information currently available to the Company (or to third parties making the forward-looking statements). For risks relating to LLP Transaction and LLP, see the Registration Statement on Form F-4 that will be filed by Pubco with the SEC.

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE MEETING

The questions and answers below highlight only selected information from this proxy statement and only briefly address some commonly asked questions about the Meeting and the proposals to be presented at the Meeting. The following questions and answers do not include all the information that is important to the Company’s shareholders. Shareholders are urged to read carefully this entire proxy statement, including Annex A and the other documents referred to herein, to fully understand the proposal to be presented at the Meeting and the voting procedures for the Meeting, which will be held on December 27, 2023, at 11:00 a.m., Eastern Time at the offices of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105, or at such other time and on such other date to which the Meeting may be adjourned or postponed. You can participate in the Meeting and vote via live webcast. You will be able to attend the Meeting online, vote and submit your questions during the Meeting by visiting https://www.cstproxy.com/twoaspac/2023. Even if you are planning on attending the Meeting online, please promptly submit your proxy vote by telephone, or, if you received a printed form of proxy in the mail, by completing, dating, signing and returning the enclosed proxy, so your shares will be represented at the Meeting. Instructions on voting your shares are on the proxy materials you received for the Meeting. Even if you plan to attend the Meeting online, it is strongly recommended you complete and return your proxy card before the Meeting date, to ensure that your shares will be represented at the Meeting if you are unable to attend.

Q:Why am I receiving this proxy statement?

A:The Company is a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company on January 15, 2021, for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. On April 1, 2021, the Company completed its initial public offering of 20,000,000 Public Shares, at an offering price of $10.00 per Public Share, generating gross proceeds of $200.0 million. On April 13, 2021, the underwriters partially exercised their over-allotment option and purchased an additional 1,437,500 Public Shares, generating gross proceeds of approximately $14.4 million (the “Over-Allotment”).

On April 1, 2021, simultaneously with the closing of the initial public offering, the Company completed the private sale (the “Private Placement”) of 600,000 Class A ordinary sharesOrdinary Shares (the “Private Placement Shares”), at a price of $10.00 per share (the “public shares”). On April 13, 2021, the underwriter of the IPO acquired an additional 1,437,000 Class A ordinary shares pursuantPrivate Placement Share to the underwriter’s partial exercise of its over-allotment option, at $10.00 per unit,Original Sponsor, generating total gross proceeds of $214,375,000.

approximately $6.0 million. Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Company consummated the sale of an aggregate of 600,000 Class A ordinary shares at a price of $10.00 per share in a private placement to our Sponsor, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $6,000,000. Simultaneously with the underwriter’s partial exercise of its over-allotment optionOver-Allotment on April 13, 2021, the Company consummated the second closing of the private placement,Private Placement, resulting in the purchase of an aggregate of an additional 28,750 Class A ordinary sharesPrivate Placement Shares by ourthe Original Sponsor, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $287,500 (with the initial such private placement, the “private placement,” and such shares, the “private placement shares”). On December 29, 2022, our Sponsor forfeited its 628,750 private placement shares to the Company for no value. As of the date of this proxy statement, the Sponsor does not own any Class A ordinary shares.$287,500.

 

In connection with the formation of the Sponsor, the Sponsor received 5,750,000 Class B ordinary shares at a per share purchase price of approximately $0.004. Prior to the IPO, our Sponsor transferred 25,000 of its founder shares to each of Michelle Gill, Ryan Petersen and Laura de Petra, and 30,000 of its founder shares to Pierre Lamond, in each case, at their original per share purchase price. On April 19, 2021, following the expiration of the underwriter’s over-allotment option, the Sponsor forfeited 390,625 Class B ordinary shares for no consideration, following which time there were 5,359,375 Class B ordinary shares issued and outstanding. As of the date of this proxy statement, the initial shareholders continue to own an aggregate of 5,359,375 founder shares.

FollowingUpon the closing of the IPO on March 29, 2021, an amount of approximatelyinitial public offering, the Over-Allotment and the Private Placements, $214.4 million ($10.00 per share) out of the net proceeds of the sale of the public sharesPublic Shares in the IPOinitial public offering and the sale of the private placement shares wasPrivate Placement Shares in the Private Placements were placed in the trust account, which was investedTrust Account, located in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16)United States with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee. In March 2023, the Company instructed the trustee of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“Investment Company Act”), with a maturity of 185 days or less orTrust Account to liquidate the investments held in money marketthe Trust Account and instead to hold the funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated underin the Investment Company Act which invest onlyTrust Account in direct U.S. government treasury obligations,an interest-bearing demand deposit account until the earlier of: (a)of the completionconsummation of our initial business combination, (b)a Business Combination and the redemptionliquidation of any public shares properly submittedthe Company. The funds were still held in connection with a shareholder vote to approve certain amendments to our Governing Documents, including a vote to approve an extension to the Current Outside Date, and (c) the redemptionthis account as of our public shares if we are unable to complete the initial business combination within the period provided in our Governing Documents. September 30, 2023.

Like most blank check companies, our Governing Documentsthe Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association provide for the return of the IPOinitial public offering proceeds held in the trust account to the public shareholders if we do not consummate a qualifying business combination on or before a certain date. In our case, such date is March 29, 2023. As of the record date, the Company had approximately $217.2 million of cash in the trust account. We intend, on or shortly prior to March 29, 2023, to instruct the trustee to liquidate the securities held in the Trust Account to the holders of Public Shares sold in the initial public offering if there is no qualifying Business Combination(s) consummated on or before the Termination Date.

The Company believes that it is in the best interests of the Company’s shareholders to continue the Company’s existence until the Charter Extension Date if necessary in order to allow the Company additional time to complete the LLP Transaction and to maintain such funds in cash, in an interest-bearing demand deposit account at a bank.is therefore holding this Meeting.

Q:When and where is the Meeting?

A:The Meeting will be held on December 27, 2023, at 11:00 a.m., Eastern Time at the offices of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105. You can participate in the Meeting and vote via live webcast. You will be able to attend the Meeting online, vote and submit your questions during the Meeting by visiting https://www.cstproxy.com/twoaspac/2023. Even if you are planning on attending the Meeting online, please promptly submit your proxy vote by telephone, or, if you received a printed form of proxy in the mail, by completing, dating, signing and returning the enclosed proxy, so your shares will be represented at the Meeting. Instructions on voting your shares are on the proxy materials you received for the Meeting. Even if you plan to attend the Meeting online, it is strongly recommended you complete and return your proxy card before the Meeting date, to ensure that your shares will be represented at the Meeting if you are unable to attend.

 

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Our Board has determined that it is in the best interests of the Company to amend the Governing Documents to extend the date we have to consummate a business combination to December 29, 2023 in order to allow the Company more time to complete an initial business combination. Therefore, our Board is submitting the proposals described in this proxy statement for the shareholders to vote upon.
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Can I attend the Meeting in person?

 

What is being voted on?

You are being asked to vote on each of the Extension Amendment Proposal and, if presented, the Adjournment Proposal. Both proposals are described below:
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Yes. The Meeting will be held at the offices of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105. We will also be hosting the Meeting via live webcast on the Internet. The webcast will start at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time, on December 27, 2023. Any shareholder can listen to and participate in the Meeting live via the Internet at https://www.cstproxy.com/twoaspac/2023.

 

Q:How do I register and attend the Meeting online?

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As a registered shareholder, you received a proxy card from Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company. The form contains instructions on how to attend the virtual Meeting including the URL address, along with your control number. You will need your control number for access. If you do not have your control number, contact Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company at the phone number or e-mail address below. Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company support contact information is as follows: 917-262-2373, or email proxy@continentalstock.com.

You can pre-register to attend the virtual Meeting starting December 20, 2023 at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time by visiting https://www.cstproxy.com/twoaspac/2023, and entering your control number, name and email address. Once you pre-register, you can vote your shares. At the start of the Meeting, you will need to re-log in using your control number and will also be prompted to enter your control number if you vote during the Meeting.

Beneficial investors, who own their investments through a bank or broker, will need to contact Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company to receive a control number. If you plan to vote at the Meeting, you will need to have a legal proxy from your bank or broker or if you would like to join and not vote Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company will issue you a guest control number with proof of ownership. Either way you must contact Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company for specific instructions on how to receive the control number. We can be contacted at the number or email address above. Please allow up to 72 hours prior to the Meeting for processing your control number.

If you do not have internet capabilities, you can attend the Meeting via a listen-only format by dialing (800) 450-7155 (toll-free), or (857) 999-9155 (standard rates apply) outside of the U.S. and Canada; when prompted enter the conference ID 9509259#. This is listen-only mode and you will not be able to vote or enter questions during the Meeting.

Q:What are the specific proposals on which I am being asked to vote at the Meeting?

A:The Company’s shareholders are being asked to consider and vote on the following proposals:

1.Proposal No. 1 — Extension Amendment Proposal: ProposalTo amend our Governing Documentsapprove, by way of special resolution, an amendment to the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association as provided by the resolution in the form set forth in Annex A to give the Company’s Board the right to extend the Termination Date from January 1, 2024 until July 1, 2024 or such earlier date as determined by which the Company must consummate a business combination from March 29, 2023 (the date which is 24 months from the closing date of the IPO) to December 29, 2023 (the date which is 33 months from the closing date of the IPO).Board;

 
2.Proposal No. 2 — Auditor Ratification Proposal — To ratify, by way of ordinary resolution, the selection by our audit committee of Withum to serve as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023;

3.Proposal No. 3 — Director Election Proposal — To re-elect, by way of ordinary resolution of the holders of the Class B Ordinary Shares, M. Joseph Beck and Adam Blake as the Class III directors of the Board to hold office until the 2026 annual general meeting of the Company; and

4.Proposal No. 4 — Adjournment Proposal: ToProposal — If put, to approve, by way of ordinary resolution, the adjournment of the Extraordinary General Meeting to a later date or dates or indefinitely, if necessary, either to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies in the event that there are insufficient votes to approvefor, or otherwise in connection with, the approval of any of the foregoing proposals or for any other reason in the discretion of the chairperson of the Meeting. For the avoidance of doubt, if put forth at the Meeting, the Adjournment Proposal will be the first and only proposal voted on and the Extension Amendment Proposal, or if we determinethe Auditor Ratification Proposal and the Director Election Proposal will not be submitted to the shareholders for a vote, provided that additional time is necessary to effectuate the Extension orAdjournment Proposal passes.

Q:Are the Board determines before the Extraordinary General Meeting that it is not necessary or no longer desirable to proceed withproposals conditioned on one another?

A:Approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal.Proposal is a condition to the implementation of the Charter Extension. If the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved and the Charter Extension is not implemented, the Company will wind up, liquidate and dissolve.

 

What areIf the purposesCharter Extension is implemented and one or more of the Extension Amendment ProposalCompany’s shareholders elect to redeem their Public Shares pursuant to the Redemption, the Company will remove from the Trust Account and deliver to the Adjournment Proposal?

Our Board believes that there may not be sufficient timeholders of such redeemed Public Shares an amount equal to consummate an initial business combination by the Current Outside Date.

The purposepro rata portion of funds, including interest earned but net of (i) the funds released to pay income taxes and (ii) $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses, as available in the Trust Account with respect to such redeemed Public Shares, and retain the remainder of the Adjournment Proposal is to allow the Company to adjourn the Extraordinary General Meeting to a later date or dates if we determine that additional time is necessary either to permit further solicitation and vote of proxiesfunds in the event that there are insufficient votes to approveTrust Account for the Extension Amendment ProposalCompany’s use in connection with consummating the LLP Transaction on or if we determine that additional time is necessary to effectuate the Extension or the Board determines before the Extraordinary General Meeting that it is not necessary or no longer desirable to proceed with theCharter Extension Amendment Proposal.

The Extension Amendment Proposal must be approved in order to implement the Extension. In addition, our Governing Documents require that the Company not proceed with the Extension if the number of redemptions of our public shares causes the Company to have less than $5,000,001 of net tangible assets, which requirement may not be waived by the Board.Date.

 

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and the Charter Extension is implemented, the removal from the Trust Account of the amount equal to the pro rata portion of funds available in the Trust Account with respect to such approvalredeemed Public Shares will constitute consent forreduce the Company’s net asset value. The Company cannot predict the amount that will remain in the Trust Account following the Redemption if the Charter Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and the Charter Extension is implemented, and the amount remaining in the Trust Account may be only a small fraction of the approximately $52.8 million that was in the Trust Account as of the Record Date.

Additionally, if the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and implemented, the Sponsor or its designees has agreed to contribute to the Company to removeas a loan (i) the Withdrawal Amount from the trust account, deliver to the holderslesser of redeemed public shares their portion(x) an aggregate of the Withdrawal Amount and retain the remainder of the funds in the trust account$165,000 or (y) $0.035 for the Company’s useeach Public Share that is not redeemed in connection with consummatingthe Charter Extension for the first two months (commencing on January 2, 2024 and on the 2nd day of each subsequent month until March 1, 2024) plus (ii) the lesser of (x) $82,500 per month or (y) $0.0175 per Public Share that remains outstanding and is not redeemed in connection with the Extension for each of the four subsequent calendar months (commencing on March 2, 2024 and on the 2nd day of each subsequent month) until the Charter Extension Date, or portion thereof, that is needed to complete a business combinationBusiness Combination (such loans, the “Contribution”), which amount will be deposited into the Trust Account. Accordingly, the amount deposited per share will depend on or before the Extended Date.number of Public Shares that remain outstanding after redemptions in connection with the Extension and the length of the extension period that will be needed to complete the LLP Transaction. If more than 4,714,285 Public Shares remain outstanding after redemptions in connection with the Extension, then the amount paid per share will be decreased proportionately. For example, if we complete the LLP Transaction on July 1, 2024, which would represent six (6) calendar months, no Public Shares are redeemed and all of our Public Shares remain outstanding in connection with the Extension, then the aggregate amount deposited per share will be approximately $0.099 per share, with the aggregate maximum contribution to the Trust Account being $495,000. However, if 285,728 Public Shares are redeemed and 4,714,285 of our Public Shares remain outstanding after redemptions in connection with the Extension, then the amount deposited per share for such six-month period will be $0.105 per share, with the aggregate maximum contribution to the Trust Account being $495,000.

 

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If the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved and the ExtensionLLP Transaction is implemented,not completed on or before the removal of the Withdrawal Amount from the trust accountOriginal Termination Date, January 1, 2024, as contemplated by and in connectionaccordance with the Election will reduce the amount held in the trust account following the Election. The Company cannot predict the amount that will remain in the trust account after such withdrawal if the Extension Amendment Proposal is approvedMemorandum and the amount remaining in the trust account may be only a fractionArticles of the $214.4 million, plus accrued interest (less any funds used to pay taxes) that was in the trust account as of the record date. In such event, the Company may still seek to obtain additional funds to complete its initial business combination and there can be no assurance that such funds will be available on terms acceptable to the parties or at all.

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved, we may again seek to extend the Current Outside Date. If the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved, the Current Outside Date is not otherwise extended and the Company has not consummated an initial business combination by the Current Outside Date,Association, the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the public shares,Public Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account,Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust accountTrust Account and not previously released to usthe Company to pay our franchise andits income taxes, if any (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of the then-outstanding public shares,Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholdersof the holders of such Public Shares (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any); and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of ourthe Company’s remaining shareholders and ourthe Board, liquidate and dissolve, subject in eachthe case of clauses (ii) and (iii) to ourthe Company’s obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and in all cases subject to the other requirements of other applicable law.

 

The Adjournmentholders of the Founder Shares have waived their rights to participate in any liquidating distribution with respect to the 5,359,375 Founder Shares.

Neither the Auditor Ratification Proposal will only be presented atnor the Extraordinary General Meeting if there are not sufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with,Director Election Proposal is conditioned on the approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal or the Board determines before the Extraordinary General Meeting that it is not necessary or no longer desirable to proceed with the Extension AmendmentAdjournment Proposal.

 

Our initial shareholders have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and public shares, as applicable, in connection with a shareholder vote to approve certain amendments toThe Adjournment Proposal is not conditioned on the Company’s Governing Documents, including a vote to approve an extension toapproval of any of the Current Outside Date. In addition, they have agreed to waive their right to receive liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to any founder shares they hold if we fail to consummate an initial business combination by the Current Outside Date.

Why isother three proposals. If the Company proposinganticipates that it may not have sufficient votes to pass the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Auditor Ratification Proposal or the Director Election Proposal, the Company may put the Adjournment Proposal to a vote in order to seek additional time to obtain sufficient votes in support of the Charter Extension, the Auditor Ratification Proposal or the Director Election Proposal. If the Adjournment Proposal is put forth at the Meeting, the Adjournment Proposal will be the first and only proposal voted on and the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Auditor Ratification Proposal and the Director Election Proposal will not be submitted to the shareholders for a vote, provided that the Adjournment Proposal?Proposal passes.

 

Our Governing Documents

Q:Why is the Company proposing the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal?

A:The Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association provide for the return of the initial public offering proceeds held in trust to the holders of Public Shares sold in the initial public offering if there is no qualifying Business Combination consummated on or before the Original Termination Date. As explained below, we will not be able to complete a Business Combination by that date. Without the Charter Extension, the Company believes that it will not be able to complete the LLP Transaction on or before the Original Termination Date. If that were to occur, the Company would be forced to liquidate on the Original Termination Date. Accordingly, the Board is proposing the Extension Amendment to extend the Company’s corporate existence until the Charter Extension Date.

On August 15, 2023, the return of the IPO proceeds held in trust to the holders of our public shares if we have not consummated a qualifying business combination by the Current Outside Date. Our Board believes that there may not be sufficient time to enterCompany entered into a definitive agreement, make the requisite SEC filings, complete the SEC review processBusiness Combination Agreement with LLP and holdother parties named thereof. The Company intends to call an extraordinary general meeting of its shareholders to obtain shareholder approvalapprove the LLP Transaction. The Company currently has until January 1, 2024 to complete the LLP Transaction, which the Board believes is insufficient time to complete all the steps necessary to complete the LLP Transaction or another Business Combination if the LLP Transaction is not completed. Accordingly, the Board has determined that it is in the best interests of the Company to seek an extension of the Original Termination Date and have the Company’s shareholders approve the Extension Amendment Proposal to allow additional time to consummate an initial business combination, by the Current OutsideLLP Transaction. Without the Charter Extension, the Company believes that it will not be able to complete the LLP Transaction on or before the Original Termination Date. Accordingly,If that were to occur, the Company would be precluded from completing the LLP Transaction and would be forced to liquidate on the Original Termination Date.

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Because we havemay not be able to complete the LLP Transaction within the permitted time period, the Board has determined to seek shareholder approval to extend the Current Outside Date to the Extended Date.date by which we must complete an initial Business Combination.

 

The sole purpose of the Extension Amendment Proposal is to provideIn particular, the Company with sufficient time to complete its initial business combination, which our Board believes is in the best interest of our shareholders. We believe that given ourits expenditure of time, effort and money on searching for potential business combination opportunities,finding a Business Combination target, circumstances warrant providing public shareholders an opportunity to consider any potential initial business combination.

The purpose of the Adjournment Proposal is to allowLLP Transaction. Accordingly, the Company to adjourn the Extraordinary General Meeting to a later date or dates if we determine that additional time is necessary either to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies in the event that there are insufficient votes to approve the Extension Amendment Proposal or if we determine that additional time is necessary to effectuate the Extension or the Board determines before the Extraordinary General Meeting that it is not necessary or no longer desirable to proceed with the Extension Amendment Proposal. Accordingly, our Board is proposing the Extension Amendment Proposal to amend our Memorandum and if necessary,Articles of Association by the Adjournment Proposal to extend the Company’s corporate existence until the Extended Date.

You are not being asked to vote on any proposed business combination at this time. If the Extension is implemented and you do not elect to redeem your public shares in connection with the Extension, you will retain the right to vote on any potential initial business combination, when and if such business combination is submitted to the public shareholders (provided that you are a shareholder on the record date for a meeting to consider such business combination) and the right to redeem your public shares for a pro rata portion of the trust accountresolution in the event any proposed business combination is approved and completed or the Company has not consummated a business combination by the Extended Date.

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Why should I vote for the Extension Amendment Proposal?

Our Board believes shareholders will benefit from the Company consummating a business combination and is proposing the Extension Amendment Proposalform set forth in Annex A hereto to, among other things, (i) extend the date by which the Companywe must complete(a) consummate a business combination until the Extended Date. The Extension would give the Company the opportunityBusiness Combination, (b) cease our operations if we fail to complete the any potential initial business combination, which our Board believes in the best interests of the shareholders.

Our Governing Documents provide that if our shareholders approve an amendment to our Governing Documents that would affect the substancesuch Business Combination, and (c) redeem or timing of our obligation to redeemrepurchase 100% of the Company’sPublic Shares sold in our initial public shares ifoffering, from January 1, 2024 to July 1, 2024 (or such earlier date as determined by the Board). The Extension Amendment Proposal is a condition of the Charter Extension.

If the Company doesanticipates that it may not completehave sufficient votes to pass the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Auditor Ratification Proposal or the Director Election Proposal, the Company may put the Adjournment Proposal to a business combination by the Current Outside Date, we will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their public shares in connection with such approval at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including any interest earned on the trust account deposits (which interest shall be net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares. This provision was included in the Governing Documents to protect our shareholders from having to sustain their investments for an unreasonably long period if we failed to find a suitable business combination in the timeframe contemplated by the Governing Documents. We also believe, however, that given our expenditure of time, effort and money on pursuing potential business combination opportunities, circumstances warrant providing our public shareholders an opportunity to consider a potential initial business combination.

Our Board recommends that you vote in favororder to seek additional time to obtain sufficient votes in support of the Extension Amendment Proposal, but expresses no opinion as to whether you should redeem your public shares.

Why should I vote for the Adjournment Proposal?

Auditor Ratification Proposal and the Director Election Proposal. If the Adjournment Proposal is presentedput forth at the Meeting and is not approved by ourthe Company’s shareholders, ourthe Board may not be able to adjourn the Extraordinary General Meeting to a later date inor dates, and the eventExtension Amendment Proposal, the Auditor Ratification Proposal and the Director Election Proposal will be put at the Meeting for approval even if the Company anticipates that there are insufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the approval of such proposals. For the Extension Amendment Proposal.

Our Board recommends that you vote in favoravoidance of doubt, if put forth at the Meeting, the Adjournment Proposal.

How doProposal will be the Company’s insiders intend to vote their shares?

The Sponsor, which is an affiliate of certain members of the Boardfirst and the Company’s management team,only proposal voted on and the other initial shareholders are expected to vote any ordinary shares over which they have voting control in favor of both of the proposals. The initial shareholders waived their rights to redeem their founder shares and/or public shares, as applicable. On the record date, the initial shareholders beneficially owned and were entitled to vote 5,359,375 founder shares, which represent 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding ordinary shares.

In addition, the Sponsor, directors, executive officers or any of their respective affiliates, may purchase public shares in privately negotiated transactions or in the open market prior to or following the Extraordinary General Meeting, although they are under no obligation to do so. Such public shares purchased by our Sponsor, directors, executive officers or any of their respective affiliates would be (a) purchased at a price no higher than the redemption price for the public shares, which is currently estimated to be $10.17 per share, calculated based on the trust account amount as of the record date (which amount includes interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously or yet released to the Company to pay its taxes), and (b) would not be (i) voted by the Sponsor, directors, executive officers or their respective affiliates at the Extraordinary General Meeting and (ii) redeemable by the Sponsor, directors, executive officers or their respective affiliates. Any such purchases that are completed after the record date for the Extraordinary General Meeting may include an agreement with a selling shareholder that such shareholder, for so long as it remains the record holder of the shares in question, will vote in favor of the Extension Amendment Proposal, and/orthe Auditor Ratification Proposal and the Director Election Proposal will not exercise its redemption rights with respectbe submitted to the shares so purchased. The purpose of such share purchases and other transactions would be to increase the likelihoodshareholders for a vote provided that the proposals to be voted upon atAdjournment Proposal is approved, provided that the Extraordinary General Meeting are approved by the requisite number of votes and to reduce the number of public shares that are redeemed. In the event that such purchases do occur, the purchasers may seek to purchase shares from shareholders who would otherwise have voted against the Extension AmendmentAdjournment Proposal and elected to redeem their shares for a portion of the trust account. None of the Sponsor, directors, executive officers or their respective affiliates may make any such purchases when they are in possession of any material non-public information not disclosed to the seller or during a restricted period under Regulation M under the Exchange Act. Further, we, our directors and executive officers, our Sponsor, or any of their respective affiliates may enter into agreements with one or more shareholders of the Company pursuant to which such stockholders would agree not to redeem all or part of their public shares in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal and/or to vote in favor thereof, in consideration of payments made in the form of cash, founder shares forfeited by Sponsor or otherwise. To our knowledge, as of the date hereof, no such agreement has been entered into, and neither we nor our Sponsor (or our respective directors, members, officers or affiliates) have contacted or discussed any shareholders for the purposes of entering into any such agreement.passes.

 

5Q:What vote is required to approve the proposals presented at the Meeting?

 

Does the Board recommend voting for the approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal and, if presented, the Adjournment Proposal?

Yes. After careful consideration of the terms and conditions of the proposals, the Board has determined that the Extension Amendment Proposal and, if presented, the Adjournment Proposal are in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders. The Board unanimously recommends that shareholders vote “FOR” both the Extension Amendment Proposal and, if presented, the Adjournment Proposal.

What vote is required to adopt the Extension Amendment Proposal?

A:The approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal requires a special resolution, being the affirmative vote of a majority of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the votes which are cast by of those holders of the Ordinary Shares, voting as a single class, who, being entitled to do so, vote in person or by proxy at the Meeting.

 

Approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal will require a special resolution under Cayman Islands law, being the affirmative vote of at least a two-thirds (2/3) majorityeach of the votes cast by the holders of the issuedAuditor Ratification Proposal and outstanding ordinary shares present in person (including via live webcast) or represented by proxy at the Extraordinary General Meeting and entitled to vote on such matter on the record date. As of the date of this proxy statement, the initial shareholders hold 20% of the Company’s outstanding ordinary shares.

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and the Extension is implemented, any holder of public shares may redeem all or a portion of their public shares at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account as of two business days prior to such approval, including any interest earned on the trust account deposits (which interest shall be net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares. However, a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), will be restricted from seeking redemption rights with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of the Class A ordinary shares without the prior consent of the Company.

In addition, we will not proceed with the Extension if the number of redemptions of our Public Shares causes the Company to have less than $5,000,001 of net tangible assets, which requirement may not be waived by the Board.

What vote is required to adopt the Adjournment Proposal?

If presented, the Adjournment Proposal (if put forth at the Meeting) requires an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law, being the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the votes cast by the holders of the issued ordinary shares presentOrdinary Shares, voting as a single class, who, being entitled to do so, vote in person (including via live webcast) or represented by proxy at the Extraordinary GeneralMeeting. Approval of the Director Election Proposal requires the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the votes cast by the holders of the Class B Ordinary Shares, who, being entitled to do so, vote in person or by proxy at the Meeting.

A shareholder of the Company who attends the Meeting, either in person or by proxy (or, if a corporation or other non-natural person, by sending its duly authorized representative or proxy), will be counted (and the number of Ordinary Shares held by such shareholder will be counted) for the purposes of determining whether a quorum is present at the Meeting. The presence, in person or by proxy or by duly authorized representative, at the Meeting of the holders of a majority of all issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting shall constitute a quorum for the Meeting.

At the Meeting, only those votes which are actually cast, either “FOR” or “AGAINST,” the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Auditor Ratification Proposal, the Director Election Proposal or the Adjournment Proposal, will be counted for the purposes of determining whether the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Auditor Ratification Proposal, the Director Election Proposal or the Adjournment Proposal (as the case may be) are approved, and any Ordinary Shares which are not voted at the Meeting will have no effect on the outcome of such votes. Abstentions and broker non-votes, while considered present for the purposes of establishing a quorum, will not count as votes cast and will have no effect on the outcome of the vote on the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Auditor Ratification Proposal, the Director Election Proposal or the Adjournment Proposal.

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Q:Why should I vote “FOR” the Extension Amendment Proposal?

A:The Company believes shareholders will benefit from the Company consummating the LLP Transaction and is proposing the Extension Amendment Proposal to extend the date by which the Company has to complete the LLP Transaction until the Charter Extension Date. Without the Charter Extension, the Company believes that it will not be able to complete the LLP Transaction on or before the Original Termination Date. If that were to occur, the Company would be forced to liquidate on the Original Termination Date. Our Board recommends that you vote in favor of the Extension Amendment Proposal.

Q:Why should I vote “FOR” the Auditor Ratification Proposal?

A:Withum has served as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm since 2021. Our audit committee and Board believe that stability and continuity in the Company’s auditor is important as we continue to search for and complete the LLP Transaction. Our Board recommends that you vote in favor of the Auditor Ratification Proposal.

Q:Why should I vote “FOR” the Director Election Proposal?

A:Our Memorandum and Articles of Association provides that our Board is divided into three classes with only one class of directors being elected in each year and each class (except for those directors appointed prior to our first annual general meeting) serving a three-year term. In accordance with the NYSE corporate governance requirements, we are required to hold an annual general meeting no later than one year after our first fiscal year end following our listing on the NYSE. At the Meeting, our holders of Class B Ordinary Shares will have an opportunity to vote for the re-election of M. Joseph Beck and Adam Blake as the Class III directors of the Board to hold office until the 2026 annual general meeting of the Company.

Q:Why should I vote “FOR” the Adjournment Proposal?

A:If the Adjournment Proposal is put forth at the Meeting and not approved by the Company’s shareholders, the Board may not be able to adjourn the Meeting to a later date or dates to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies in the event that there are insufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Auditor Ratification Proposal or the Director Election Proposal or for any other reason in the discretion of the chairperson of the Meeting.

If presented, the Board recommends that you vote in favor of the Adjournment Proposal.

Q:If the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved, what happens next?

A:If the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved, the Extension will be implemented and the pro-rata amount per Class A Ordinary Share payable to redeeming shareholders will be removed from the Trust Account and distributed to redeeming shareholders.

We are seeking the Extension Amendment to provide us additional time to complete a Business Combination.

Upon approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the shareholders entitled to vote on such matter.

If the Adjournment Proposal is presented, what is the Resolution to be voted upon?

The full textwho attend and vote at a general meeting of the resolutionCompany, we will file the proposed amendment to be proposed is as follows:

RESOLVED, as an ordinary resolution, that the general meeting be adjourned to a later date or dates to be determinedAmended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association by the chairmanresolution in the form set forth in Annex A hereto. We will remain a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and our Ordinary Shares will remain publicly traded. The Company will then continue to work to consummate the general meeting, either (x) to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies or (y) becauseLLP Transaction by the board of directors has determined that it is not necessary or no longer desirable to proceed with the Extension Amendment Proposal.”Extended Date.

 

Q:How will the Sponsor and the Company’s directors and officers vote?

A:The Sponsor and the Company’s directors and officers have advised the Company that they intend to vote any Ordinary Shares over which they have voting control in favor of the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Auditor Ratification Proposal, the Director Election Proposal and, if necessary, the Adjournment Proposal.

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What happens if I sell my public shares beforeThe Sponsor, the Extraordinary General Meeting?Company’s directors, officers and directors and their respective affiliates are not entitled to redeem any Class B Ordinary Shares or Class A Ordinary Shares held by them in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal. On the Record Date, the Sponsor, the Company’s directors, officers and directors and their respective affiliates beneficially owned and were entitled to vote an aggregate of 3,347,611 Class B Ordinary Shares, collectively representing approximately 62.5% of the Company’s issued and outstanding Class B Ordinary Shares and 32.3% of the Company’s issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares.

 

The February 23, 2023 record date is earlier thanIn addition, the dateSponsor may enter into arrangements with a limited number of the Extraordinary General Meeting. Company’s shareholders pursuant to which such shareholders would agree not to redeem the Public Shares beneficially owned by them in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal. The Sponsor may provide such shareholders either Founder Shares, membership interests in the Sponsor or other consideration pursuant to such arrangements.

Q:What if I do not want to vote “FOR” the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Auditor Ratification Proposal, the Director Election Proposal or the Adjournment Proposal?

A:If you do not want the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Auditor Ratification Proposal, the Director Election Proposal or the Adjournment Proposal to be approved, you may “ABSTAIN,” not vote, or vote “AGAINST” such proposal.

If you transferattend the Meeting in person or by proxy, you may vote “AGAINST” the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Auditor Ratification Proposal, the Director Election Proposal or the Adjournment Proposal, and your public shares afterOrdinary Shares will be counted for the record date,purposes of determining whether the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Auditor Ratification Proposal, the Director Election Proposal or the Adjournment Proposal (as the case may be) are approved.

However, if you fail to attend the Meeting in person or by proxy, or if you do attend the Meeting in person or by proxy but before the Extraordinary General Meeting, unless the transferee obtains from you a proxy to vote those shares, you will retain your right“ABSTAIN” or otherwise fail to vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting. If you transferMeeting, your public shares prior toOrdinary Shares will not be counted for the record date, you will have no right to vote those shares at the Extraordinary General Meeting. If you acquired your public shares after the record date, you will still have an opportunity to redeem them if you so decide.

What if I don’t want to vote forpurposes of determining whether the Extension Amendment Proposal, and/the Auditor Ratification Proposal, the Director Election Proposal or the Adjournment Proposal?Proposal (as the case may be) are approved, and your Ordinary Shares which are not voted at the Meeting will have no effect on the outcome of such votes.

 

If you do not want the Extension Amendment Proposal or, if presented, the Adjournment Proposal to be approved, you must vote “AGAINST” such proposal. If the Extension Amendment Proposal, is approved,the Auditor Ratification Proposal and the Extension is implemented, thenDirector Election Proposal are approved, the Withdrawal AmountAdjournment Proposal will not be presented for a vote. For the avoidance of doubt, if put forth at the Meeting, the Adjournment Proposal will be withdrawn from the trust accountfirst and paid to the redeeming holders.

Abstentionsonly proposal voted on and broker non-votes will be counted in connection with the determination of whether a valid quorum is established but will have no effect on any of the proposals.

Will you seek any further extensions to liquidate the trust account?

Other than the extension until the Extended Date as described in this proxy statement, we do not currently anticipate seeking any further extension to consummate our initial business combination, although we may determine to do so in the future.

What happens if the Extension Amendment Proposal, isthe Auditor Ratification Proposal and the Director Election Proposal will not approved?be submitted to the shareholders for a vote, provided that the Adjournment Proposal passes.

Q:Will you seek any further extensions to liquidate the Trust Account?

A:Other than as described in this proxy statement, the Company does not currently anticipate seeking any further extension to consummate a Business Combination beyond the Charter Extension Date.

Q:What happens if the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved?

A:If there are insufficient votes to approve the Extension Amendment Proposal based on the tabulated votes received prior to the Meeting, the Company may put the Adjournment Proposal to a vote in order to seek additional time to obtain sufficient votes in support of the Extension Amendment Proposal. For the avoidance of doubt, if put forth at the Meeting, the Adjournment Proposal will be the first and only proposal voted on and the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Auditor Ratification Proposal and the Director Election Proposal will not be submitted to the shareholders for a vote provided that the Adjournment Proposal passes.

 

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved at the Company may again seek to extendMeeting or at any adjournment or postponement thereof and the Current Outside Date. If the Extension Amendment ProposalLLP Transaction is not approved,completed on or before the Current OutsideOriginal Termination Date, is not otherwise extendedthen as contemplated by and in accordance with the Company has not consummated an initial business combination by the Current Outside Date,Memorandum and Articles of Association, the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the public shares,Public Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account,Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust accountTrust Account and not previously released to usthe Company to pay our franchise andits income taxes, if any (lessand less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses)expenses, divided by the number of the then-outstanding public shares,Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholdersof the holders of such Public Shares (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any, subject to applicable law)any); and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of ourthe Company’s remaining shareholders and ourthe Board, liquidate and dissolve, subject in eachthe case of clauses (ii) and (iii) to ourthe Company’s obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable laws.law.

 

Our initial shareholdersThe holders of the Founder Shares have agreedwaived their rights to waive their redemption rightsparticipate in any liquidating distribution with respect to their founder shares and public shares, as applicable, in connection with a shareholder vote to approve certain amendments to our Governing Documents, including a vote to approve an extension to the Current Outside Date. In addition, they have agreed to waive their right to receive liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to any founder shares they hold if we fail to consummate an initial business combination by the Current Outside Date.5,359,375 Founder Shares.

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If the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved, what happens next?

Q:If the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved, what happens next?

A:If the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved, the Company will continue to attempt to consummate the LLP Transaction until the Charter Extension Date. The Company will file an amendment to its Memorandum and Articles of Association with the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands in substantially the form that appears in resolution as set out in Annex A hereto and will continue its efforts to obtain approval of the LLP Transaction at a Meeting and consummate the closing of the LLP Transaction on or before the Charter Extension Date.

 

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and the Company will continue to attempt to consummate its initial business combination until the Extended Date.

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In addition,Charter Extension is implemented, the removal from the Trust Account of the Withdrawal Amount fromamount equal to the trust account, if any,pro rata portion of funds available in the Trust Account with respect to such redeemed Public Shares will reduce the amount remaining in the trust accountTrust Account and increase the percentage interest of the Company ordinary shares held by our initial shareholders through the founder shares.

IfCompany’s officers, directors, the Sponsor and its affiliates. The Company cannot predict the amount that will remain in the Trust Account following the Redemption if the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved, we will file an amendment to our Governing Documents with the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands in the form of Annex A hereto. The Company will remain a reporting company under the Exchange Act, and our public shares will remain publicly traded.

How are the funds in the trust account currently being held?

The funds in the trust account have, since our IPO, been held only in U.S. government securities within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185 days or less, or money market funds meeting certain conditions of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, to mitigate the risk of being viewed as operating as an unregistered investment company (including under the subjective test of Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act). As of the record date, amounts held in the trust account included approximately $2.8 million of accrued interest.

There is currently uncertainty concerning the applicability of the Investment Company Act to special purpose acquisition companies like us (“SPACs”). It is possible that a claim could be made that we have been operating as an unregistered investment company, including under the subjective test of Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act, based on the rules currently in place and the current views of the SEC. If we were deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, burdensome regulatory requirements could force us to abandon our efforts to consummate an initial business combination. If we are forced to liquidate early, our shareholders will have lost the opportunity to participate in a business combination and earn any potential gain on their investment.

We currently intend to, on or prior to the 24-month anniversary of our IPO (March 29, 2023), instruct Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the trustee with respect to the Trust Account, to liquidate the U.S. government securities or money market funds heldamount remaining in the Trust Account, and thereafter to hold all fundsmay be only a small fraction of the approximately $52.8 million that was in the Trust Account in an interest-bearing bank deposit account until the earlier of consummation of our initial business combination or our liquidation. Following a liquidationas of the Trust Account assets,Record Date.

Additionally, if we are unablethe Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and implemented, the Sponsor or its designees has agreed to achieve more than minimal interestcontribute to the Company as a loan (i) the lesser of (x) an aggregate of $165,000 or (y) $0.035 for each Public Share that is not redeemed in connection with the Charter Extension for the first two months (commencing on January 2, 2024 and on the funds held in2nd day of each subsequent month until March 1, 2024) plus (ii) the Trust Account, the dollar amount our public shareholders would otherwise receive upon any redemptionlesser of (x) $82,500 per month or liquidation of the Company would be less than if the assets in the Trust Account remained in U.S. government securities or money market funds. Interest on the Trust Account(y) $0.0175 per Public Share that remains outstanding and is variable and, while it is currently expected to be approximately 3.0% per annum, the actual rate we obtain may be higher or lower, and may subsequently increase or decrease significantly.

Furthermore, there is no guarantee that moving the funds held in the Trust Account to cash prior to the 24-month anniversary of our IPO will successfully mitigate the risk of us being deemed an unregistered investment company. Please also read see the section entitled “Risk Factors — If we were deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, our activities would be severely restricted….”

If I do not redeem my shares now, would I still be able to vote on an initial business combination and exercise my redemption rights with respect to an initial business combination?

Yes. If you do not redeem your sharesredeemed in connection with the Extension for each of the four subsequent calendar months (commencing on March 2, 2024 and on the 2nd day of each subsequent month) until the Charter Extension Date, or portion thereof, that is needed to complete a Business Combination (such loans, the “Contribution”), which amount will be deposited into the Trust Account. Accordingly, the amount deposited per share will depend on the number of Public Shares that remain outstanding after redemptions in connection with the Extension and the length of the extension period that will be needed to complete the LLP Transaction. If more than 4,714,285 Public Shares remain outstanding after redemptions in connection with the Extension, then the amount paid per share will be decreased proportionately. For example, if we complete the LLP Transaction on July 1, 2024, which would represent six (6) calendar months, no Public Shares are redeemed and all of our Public Shares remain outstanding in connection with the Extension, then the aggregate amount deposited per share will be approximately $0.099 per share, with the aggregate maximum contribution to the Trust Account being $495,000. However, if 285,728 Public Shares are redeemed and 4,714,285 of our Public Shares remain outstanding after redemptions in connection with the Extension, then the amount deposited per share for such six-month period will be $0.105 per share, with the aggregate maximum contribution to the Trust Account being $495,000.

Assuming the Extension Amendment Proposal then, assuming youis approved, the initial Contribution amount will be deposited into the Trust Account promptly following the Original Termination Date. Each additional monthly Contribution will be deposited in the Trust Account within seven calendar days from the 2nd day of such calendar month. The Contributions are a shareholder asconditioned upon the implementation of the record date for voting on any potential initial business combination, youCharter Extension. The Contributions will not be made if the Charter Extension is not approved or the Extension is not completed. The amount of the Contributions, which are loans, will not bear interest and will be ablerepayable by us to vote on such business combination when it is submitted to shareholders. You will also retain your right to redeem your public sharesthe Sponsor or its designees upon consummation of a Business Combination. If the Sponsor or its designees advises us that it does not intend to make the Contributions, then the proposals will not be put before the shareholders at the Meeting and we will wind up, liquidate and dissolve in accordance with the Memorandum and Articles of Association. Our Board will have the sole discretion whether to extend for additional calendar months following January 1, 2024 until July 1, 2024 and if our Board determines not to continue extending for additional calendar months, the Sponsor or its designees will not make any additional Contributions following such business combination, subject to any limitations set forth in the Governing Documents.determination.

 

When and where is the Extraordinary General Meeting?

The Extraordinary General Meeting will be held at 10:00AM Eastern Time, on March 24, 2023, virtually via live webcast. You will be able to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting online, vote, and submit your questions during the Extraordinary General Meeting by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/TWOA2023SM

How do I attend the virtual Extraordinary General Meeting, and will I be able to ask questions?

If you are a registeredNotwithstanding shareholder you received a proxy card from our transfer agent, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“transfer agent”). The form contains instructions on how to attend the virtual annual meeting including the URL address, along with your control number. You will need your control number for access. If you do not have your control number, contact the transfer agent by phone (917) 262-2373, or email at proxy@continentalstock.com.

You can pre-register to attend the virtual meeting starting March 17, 2023 at 10:00AM Eastern Time (five business days prior to the Extraordinary General Meeting date). Enter the URL address into your browser www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/TWOA2023SM, enter your control number, name and email address. Once you pre-register you can vote or enter questions in the chat box. At the startapproval of the Extraordinary General Meeting youExtension Amendment Proposal, our Board will needretain the right to re-log in using your control numberabandon and will also be prompted to enter your control number if you vote duringnot implement the Extraordinary General Meeting.

Extension Amendment at any time without any further action by our shareholders.

 

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Q:If I vote for or against the Extension Amendment Proposal, do I need to request that my shares be redeemed?

Beneficial holders, who own their investments through a bank or broker, will need to contact the transfer agent to receive a control number. If you plan to vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting you will need to have a legal proxy from your bank or broker or if you would like to join and not vote, the transfer agent will issue you a guest control number with proof of ownership. Either way you must contact the transfer agent for specific instructions on how to receive the control number at the phone number or email address above. Please allow up to 72 hours prior to the Extraordinary General Meeting for processing your control number.

A:Yes. Whether you vote for or against the Extension Amendment Proposal, or do not vote at all, you may elect to redeem your shares. However, you will need to submit a redemption request for your shares if you choose to redeem.

Q:Will how I vote affect my ability to exercise Redemption rights?

A:No. You may exercise your Redemption rights whether or not you are a holder of Public Shares on the Record Date (so long as you are a holder at the time of exercise), or whether you are a holder and vote your Public Shares on the Extension Amendment Proposal (for or against) or any other proposal described by this proxy statement. As a result, the Charter Extension can be approved by shareholders who will redeem their Public Shares and no longer remain shareholders, leaving shareholders who choose not to redeem their Public Shares holding shares in a company with a potentially less liquid trading market, fewer shareholders, potentially less cash and the potential inability to meet the listing standards of the NYSE.

Q:May I change my vote after I have mailed my signed proxy card?

A:Yes. You may change your vote by:

entering a new vote by Internet;

sending a later-dated, signed proxy card to two, 195 US HWY 50, Suite 208, Zephyr Cove, NV 89448, Attn: Thomas D. Hennessy, Chief Executive Officer, so that it is received by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer on or before the Meeting; or

attending and voting during the Meeting.

 

How do I vote?

If you are a holder of record of the Company’s ordinary shares you may vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting or by submitting a proxy for the Extraordinary General Meeting. Whether or not you plan to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting virtually or in person, we urge you to vote by proxy to ensure your vote is counted. You may submit your proxy by completing, signing, dating and returning the enclosed proxy card in the accompanying pre-addressed postage paid envelope. You may still attend the Extraordinary General Meeting and vote in person or virtually if you have already voted by proxy.

If your ordinary shares of the Company are held in “street name” by a broker or other agent, you have the right to direct your broker or other agent on how to vote the shares in your account. You are also invited to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting, whether in person or via live webcast. However, since you are not the shareholder of record, you may not vote your shares virtually at the Extraordinary General Meeting unless you request and obtain a valid proxy from your broker or other agent.

How do I change my vote?

If you have submitted a proxy to vote your shares and wish to change your vote, you may do so by delivering a later-dated, signed proxy card prior to the date of the Extraordinary General Meeting or by voting virtually at the Extraordinary General Meeting. Attendance at the Extraordinary General Meeting alone will not change your vote. You also may revoke your proxy by sending a notice of revocation to the Company at:Company’s Chief Executive Officer, which must be received by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer on or before the Meeting. Attending the Meeting will not cause your previously granted proxy to be revoked unless you specifically so request.

 

Q:How are votes counted?

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A:Votes will be counted by the inspector of election appointed for the Meeting, who will separately count “FOR” and “AGAINST” votes, “ABSTAIN” and broker non-votes. The approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal requires a special resolution, being the affirmative vote of a majority of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the votes which are cast by of those holders of Ordinary Shares, voting as a single class, who, being entitled to do so, vote in person or by proxy at the Meeting. Approval of each of the Auditor Ratification Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal (if put forth at the Meeting) requires the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the votes cast by the holders of the Ordinary Shares, voting as a single class, who, being entitled to do so, vote in person or by proxy at the Meeting. Approval of the Director Election Proposal requires the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the votes cast by the holders of the Class B Ordinary Shares, who, being entitled to do so, vote in person or by proxy at the Meeting.

 

How are votes counted?

VotesShareholders who attend the Meeting, either in person or by proxy (or, if a corporation or other non-natural person, by sending their duly authorized representative or proxy), will be counted (and the number of Ordinary Shares held by the inspector of election appointedsuch shareholders will be counted) for the Extraordinary Generalpurposes of determining whether a quorum is present at the Meeting. The presence, in person or by proxy or by duly authorized representative, at the Meeting who will separately count “FORof the holders of a majority of all issued and AGAINSToutstanding Ordinary Shares entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting shall constitute a quorum for the Meeting.

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At the Meeting, only those votes abstentions and broker non-votes forwhich are actually cast, either “FOR” or “AGAINST,” the Extension Amendment Proposal.

Proposal, the Auditor Ratification Proposal, the Director Election Proposal or the Adjournment Proposal, will be counted for the purposes of determining whether each of the proposals is approved, and any Ordinary Shares which are not voted at the Meeting will have no effect on the outcome of such votes. Abstentions and broker non-votes, while considered present for the purposes of establishing a quorum, will be counted in connection with the determination of whether a valid quorum is established butnot count as votes cast and will have no effect on the outcome of the vote on any of the proposals.

Q:If my shares are held in “street name,” will my broker, bank or nominee automatically vote my shares for me?

A:No. Under the rules of various national and regional securities exchanges, your broker, bank, or nominee cannot vote your shares with respect to non-discretionary matters unless you provide instructions on how to vote in accordance with the information and procedures provided to you by your broker, bank, or nominee.

The Company believes that the Extension Amendment Proposal, or, if presented, the Adjournment Proposal. SinceDirector Election Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal, is considered a routine matter, brokers shall be entitled to vote on the Adjournment Proposal absent voting instructions, and thus there should be no broker non-votes with respectif presented to the Adjournment Proposal. For more information regardingshareholders at this Meeting, will be considered non-discretionary and, therefore, your broker, non-votes, please read the question “If my shares are held in “street name,” will my broker automatically vote them for me?” below.

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If my shares are held in “street name,” will my broker automatically vote them for me?

No. Holders of ordinary shares that are held in street name must instruct their bank, or brokerage firm that holds theirnominee cannot vote your shares how to vote their shares.without your instruction on these proposals presented at the Meeting. If you do not giveprovide instructions towith your bank or brokerage firm, the bank or brokerage firm will nevertheless be entitled to vote your shares with respect to “routine” items, but it will not be permitted to vote your shares with respect to “non-routine” items. In the case of a non-routine item, such shares will be considered “broker non-votes” on that proposal.

Proposal 1 – The Extension Amendment Proposal is a matter that we believe will be considered “non-routine.”

Proposal 2 – The Adjournment Proposal is a matter that we believe will be considered “routine.”

Banks or brokerages cannot use discretionary authority to vote shares on the Extension Amendment Proposal if they have not received instructions from their clients. Your broker can tell you how to provide these instructions. Please submit your vote instruction form so your vote is counted.

What is a quorum requirement?

A quorum of shareholders is necessary to hold a valid meeting. A quorum will be present if the holders of at least one-third of our ordinary shares are represented in person (including via live webcast) or by proxy at the Extraordinary General Meeting.

Your shares will be counted towards the quorum only if you submit a valid proxy (or one is submitted on your behalf bycard, your broker, bank, or other nominee)nominee may deliver a proxy card expressly indicating that it is NOT voting your shares. This indication that a broker, bank, or if you vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting. Abstentions and brokernominee is not voting your shares is referred to as a “broker non-vote.” Broker non-votes will be counted towardsfor the quorum requirement. If there ispurposes of determining the existence of a quorum. Your bank, broker or other nominee can vote your shares only if you provide instructions on how to vote. You should instruct your broker to vote your shares in accordance with directions you provide. Broker non-votes will have no quorum,effect on the chairpersonoutcome of any vote on any of the Extraordinary General Meeting may adjourn the Extraordinary General Meeting to another date.proposals.

 

Who canIn contrast, brokerage firms generally have the authority to vote shares not voted by customers on certain “routine” matters, including the ratification of an independent registered public accounting firm. Accordingly, at the Extraordinary General Meeting?Meeting, your shares may be voted by your brokerage firm for the Auditor Ratification Proposal.

 

Q:What constitutes a quorum at the Meeting?

Only

A:The holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares entitled to vote as of the Record Date at the Meeting must be present, in person or by proxy (or, in the case of a holder which is a corporation or other non-natural person, by its duly authorized representative or proxy), at the Meeting to constitute a quorum and in order to conduct business at the Meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes will be counted as present for the purpose of determining a quorum. The Sponsor owns approximately 31.0% of the Company’s issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares, which will count towards this quorum. As a result, in addition to the Ordinary Shares owned by the Sponsor, approximately 1,967,084 Class A Ordinary Shares would be required to achieve a quorum.

Q:How do I vote?

A:If you were a holder of record of Ordinary Shares on November 28, 2023, the Record Date for the Meeting, you may vote with respect to the proposal yourself at the Meeting, or by completing, signing, dating and returning the enclosed proxy card in the postage-paid envelope provided. You will be able to attend the Meeting online, vote and submit your questions during the Meeting by visiting https://www.cstproxy.com/twoaspac/2023.

Voting by Mail. By signing the Company’s ordinaryproxy card and returning it in the enclosed prepaid and addressed envelope, you are authorizing the individuals named on the proxy card to vote your shares at the close of business on February 23, 2023,Meeting in the manner you indicate. You are entitledencouraged to have their vote counted atsign and return the Extraordinary General Meeting and any adjournments or postponements thereof. On the record date, 21,437,500 Class A ordinary shares and 5,359,375 Class B ordinary shares were outstanding and entitled to vote.

Shareholder of Record: Shares Registered in Your Name. If on the record date your shares were registered directly in your name with the Company’s transfer agent, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, then you are a shareholder of record. As a shareholder of record, you may vote virtually at the Extraordinary General Meeting or vote by proxy. Whether or notproxy card even if you plan to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting we urgeso that your shares will be voted if you are unable to fill outattend the Meeting. If you receive more than one proxy card, it is an indication that your shares are held in multiple accounts. Please sign and return the enclosedall proxy cardcards to ensure that all of your vote is counted.shares are voted. Votes submitted by mail must be received by 11:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on December 27, 2023.

 

Beneficial Owner: Shares Registered inVoting by Internet. Shareholders who have received a copy of the Name of a Broker or Bank. Ifproxy card by mail may be able to vote over the Internet by visiting the web address on the record dateproxy card and entering the voter control number included on your shares were held, not in your name, but rather in an account at a brokerage firm, bank, dealer, or other similar organization, thenproxy card. If you are the beneficial owner of shares held in “street name” and these proxy materials are being forwarded to you by that organization. As a beneficial owner, you have the right to direct your broker or other agent on how to vote the shares in your account. You are also invited to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting in person or virtually. However, since you are not the shareholder of record,virtually, you may notsubmit your vote your shares in person or virtually at the Extraordinary General Meeting unlessonline at https://www.cstproxy.com/twoaspac/2023, in which case any votes that you request and obtain a valid proxy from your broker or other agent.

What interests dopreviously submitted will be superseded by the Company’s directors and executive officers have invote that you cast at the approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal?

The Company’s directors and executive officers have interests in the Extension Amendment Proposal that may be different from, or in addition to, your interests as a shareholder. These interests include ownership by them of founder shares, and the possibility of future compensatory arrangements. See the section entitled “Proposal No. 1 — The Extension Amendment — Interests of the Company’s Directors and Officers.”Meeting.

 

What if I object to the Extension Amendment Proposal and/or the Adjournment Proposal? Do I have dissenters’ rights?

Neither Cayman Islands nor the Company’s Governing Documents provide shareholders with dissenters’ rights in connection with either the Extension Amendment Proposal or, if presented, the Adjournment Proposal.

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How do I redeem my public shares?

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and the Extension is implemented, each public shareholder may seek to redeem all or a portion of his or her public shares at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account as of two business days prior to the approval of the Extension, including any interest earned on the trust account deposits (which interest shall be net of taxes payable), divided by the total number of then outstanding public shares. However, public shareholders will only be entitled to receive cash for any public shares to be redeemed only if they:

Q:Does the Board recommend voting “FOR” the approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Auditor Ratification Proposal, the Director Election Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal?

 

A:(i)hold public shares;Yes. After careful consideration of the terms and conditions of the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Board has determined that the Extension Amendment Proposal is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders. The Board recommends that the Company’s shareholders vote “FOR” the Extension Amendment Proposal.

Additionally, the Board has determined that the Auditor Ratification Proposal, the Director Election Proposal and, if presented, the Adjournment Proposal is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders and recommends that the Company’s shareholders vote “FOR” the Auditor Ratification Proposal, “FOR” the nominee set forth in the Director Election Proposal and “FOR” the Adjournment Proposal, if presented.

(ii)Q:priorWhat interests do the Company’s Sponsor, directors and officers have in the approval of the proposals?

A:The Company’s Sponsor, directors and officers have interests in the proposals that may be different from, or in addition to, 5:00PM Eastern Time,your interests as a shareholder. These interests include, among others, ownership, directly or indirectly through the Sponsor, of Ordinary Shares. See the section entitled “The Meeting — Interests of the Sponsor, Directors and Officers” in this proxy statement.

Q:Do I have appraisal rights or dissenters’ rights if I object to the Extension Amendment Proposal?

A:No. There are no appraisal rights available to the Company’s shareholders in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal.

Q:What do I need to do now?

A:You are urged to read carefully and consider the information contained in this proxy statement, including Annex A, and to consider how each of the proposals will affect you as a shareholder. You should then vote as soon as possible in accordance with the instructions provided in this proxy statement and on March 22, 2023 (twothe enclosed proxy card or, if you hold your shares through a brokerage firm, bank or other nominee, on the voting instruction form provided by the broker, bank or nominee.

Q:How do I exercise my redemption rights?

A:In connection with the Charter Extension Amendment Proposal and contingent upon the effectiveness of the implementation of the Charter Extension, the Company’s shareholders may seek to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the funds available in the Trust Account at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account as of two business days prior to the scheduled vote atMeeting, including interest earned on the Extraordinary General Meeting), (a) submit a written request, includingfunds held in the name, phoneTrust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its income taxes, and less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses, divided by the number and address of then outstanding Public Shares, subject to the beneficial owner oflimitations described in the shares for which redemption is requested, to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company,final prospectus dated March 29, 2021, filed in connection with the Company’s transfer agent, at (212) 845-3233, Attn: Francis Wolf (e-mail: fwolf@continentalstock.com), that the Company redeem theirinitial public shares for cash and (b) tender or deliver their shares to the transfer agent (and share certificates (if any) and other redemption forms), physically or electronically through The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”).offering.

 

Public shareholders may electIn order to redeem all or a portion of their public shares regardless of whether they vote for or against the Extension Amendment Proposal and regardless of whether they hold public shares on the record date.

If you holdexercise your shares through a bank or broker,redemption rights, you must, ensure your bankon or broker complies with the requirements identified herein, including submitting a written request that your shares be redeemed for cash to the transfer agent and delivering your shares to the transfer agent prior tobefore 5:00PM00 p.m., Eastern Time, on MarchDecember 22, 2023 (two business days before the scheduled vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting). You will only be entitled to receive cash in connection with a redemption of these shares if you continue to hold them until the effective date of the Extension Amendment and Election.

Through DTC’s DWAC (Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian) System, this electronic delivery process can be accomplished by the shareholder, whether it is a record holder or its shares are held in “street name,” by contacting the transfer agent or its broker and requesting delivery of its shares through the DWAC system. Delivering, tender your shares physically may take significantly longer. In orderor electronically and submit a request in writing that the Company redeem your Public Shares for cash to obtain a physical share certificate, a shareholder’s broker and/or clearing broker, DTC, andContinental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, the Company’s transfer agent, at the following address:

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company

One State Street Plaza, 30th Floor

New York, New York 10004

Attn: SPAC Redemption Team

E-mail: spacredemptions@continentalstock.com

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Shareholders of the Company seeking to exercise their redemption rights and opting to deliver physical certificates should allot sufficient time to obtain physical certificates from the transfer agent and time to effect delivery. It is the Company’s understanding that its shareholders should generally allot at least two weeks to obtain physical certificates from the transfer agent. However, the Company does not have any control over this process and it may take longer than two weeks. Shareholders who hold their shares in street name will needhave to act togethercoordinate with their bank, broker or other nominee to facilitatehave the shares certificated or delivered electronically.

Shareholders of the Company seeking to exercise their redemption rights, whether they are record holders or hold their shares in “street name,” are required to either tender their certificates to the transfer agent prior to the date set forth in this request. proxy statement, or up to two business days prior to the vote on the proposal to approve the Extension Amendment Proposal at the Meeting, or to deliver their shares to the transfer agent electronically using the DTC’s DWAC system, at such shareholder’s option. The requirement for physical or electronic delivery prior to the Meeting ensures that a redeeming shareholder’s election to redeem is irrevocable once the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved.

There is a nominal cost associated with the above- referencedabove-referenced tendering process and the act of certificating the shares or delivering them through the DWAC system. The transfer agent will typically charge thea tendering broker $100a fee and it is in the broker would determinebroker’s discretion whether or not to pass this cost on to the redeeming holder. It is our understanding thatshareholder. However, this fee would be incurred regardless of whether or not shareholders should generally allot at least two weeksseeking to obtain physical certificates from the transfer agent. The Company does not have any control over this process or over the brokers or DTC, and it may take longer than two weeksexercise redemption rights are required to obtain a physical share certificate. Such shareholders will have less time to make their investment decision than those shareholders that delivertender their shares, throughas the DWAC system. Shareholders who request physical share certificates and wishneed to redeem may be unabledeliver shares is a requirement to meet the deadline for tendering their shares before exercising their redemption rights, and thus willregardless of the timing of when such delivery must be unable to redeem their shares.effectuated.

 

Certificates that have not been tendered in accordance with these procedures prior to the vote on the Extension Amendment Proposal will not be redeemed for cash held in the trust account. In the event that a public shareholder tenders its shares and decides prior to the vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting that it does not want to redeem its shares, the shareholder may withdraw the tender with the consent of the Board. If you have tendered or delivered your shares for redemption to our transfer agent and decide prior to the vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting not to redeem your public shares, you may request that our transfer agent return the shares (physically or electronically). You may make such request by contacting our transfer agent at the address listed above under the question titles “How do I redeem my public shares?”. In the event that a public shareholder tenders shares and the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved, or is approved but the Extension is not implemented, these shares will not be redeemed and the physical certificates representing these shares will be returned to the shareholder promptly following the determination that the Extension Amendment Proposal will not be approved or that the Extension will not be implemented. The Company anticipates that a public shareholder who tenders shares for redemption in connection with the vote to approve the Extension would receive payment of the redemption price for such shares soon after the Extension is implemented. The transfer agent will hold the certificates of public shareholders that make the election until such shares are redeemed for cash or returned to such shareholders.

Q:What should I do if I receive more than one set of voting materials for the Meeting?

 

Public shareholders will also be able to redeem their public shares in connection with any shareholder vote to approve a business combination, or if the Company has not consummated a business combination by the Extended Date.

A:You may receive more than one set of voting materials for the Meeting, including multiple copies of this proxy statement and multiple proxy cards or voting instruction cards. For example, if you hold your shares in more than one brokerage account, you will receive a separate voting instruction card for each brokerage account in which you hold shares. If you are a holder of record and your shares are registered in more than one name, you will receive more than one proxy card. Please complete, sign, date and return each proxy card and voting instruction card that you receive in order to cast your vote with respect to all of your shares.

 

11Q:Who will solicit and pay the cost of soliciting proxies for the Meeting?

 

A:The Company will pay the cost of soliciting proxies for the Meeting. The Company has engaged Morrow Sodali LLC (“Morrow”) to assist in the solicitation of proxies for the Meeting. The Company has agreed to pay Morrow $15,000 for its services. The Company will also reimburse Morrow for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and will indemnify Morrow and its affiliates against certain claims, liabilities, losses, damages and expenses. In addition, the Company will reimburse banks, brokers and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries representing beneficial owners of Class A Ordinary Shares for their expenses in forwarding soliciting materials to beneficial owners of Class A Ordinary Shares and in obtaining voting instructions from those owners. The directors, officers and employees of the Company may also solicit proxies by telephone, by facsimile, by mail or on the Internet. They will not be paid any additional amounts for soliciting proxies.

 

What should I do if I receive more than one set of voting materials?

Q:Who can help answer my questions?

 

You may receive more than one set of voting materials, including multiple copies of this proxy statement and multiple proxy cards or voting instruction cards, if your shares are registered in more than one name or are registered in different accounts. For example, if you hold your shares in more than one brokerage account, you will receive a separate voting instruction card for each brokerage account in which you hold shares. Please complete, sign, date and return each proxy card and voting instruction card that you receive in order to cast a vote with respect to all of your ordinary shares.

Who is paying for this proxy solicitation?

The Company will pay for the entire cost of soliciting proxies. The Company has engaged Morrow Sodali LLC to assist in the solicitation of proxies for the Extraordinary General Meeting. The Company has agreed to pay Morrow Sodali LLC a fee of $32,500. The Company will also reimburse Morrow Sodali LLC for reasonable and customary out-of-pocket expenses. In addition, our directors and executive officers may also solicit proxies in person, by telephone or by other means of communication, but will not be paid any additional compensation for soliciting proxies. The Company may also reimburse brokerage firms, banks and other agents for the cost of forwarding proxy materials to beneficial owners.

Where do I find the voting results of the Extraordinary General Meeting?

We will announce preliminary voting results at the Extraordinary General Meeting. The final voting results will be tallied by the inspector of election and published in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, which the Company will file with the SEC within four business days following the Extraordinary General Meeting.

Who can help answer my questions?

If you have questions about the proposals or if you need additional copies of the proxy statement or the enclosed proxy card you should contact:

A:If you have questions about the proposals or if you need additional copies of this proxy statement or the enclosed proxy card you should contact:

 

two

900 Kearny St.,195 US HWY 50, Suite 208

Suite 610,Zephyr Cove, NV 89448

San Francisco, CA 94133

Telephone: (415) – 480-1752Tel: (310) 954-9665

 

You may also contact the Company’s proxy solicitor for the Company at:

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Morrow Sodali LLC
509 Madison Avenue
Suite 1206

New York, NY 10022
Attn: Kevin P. Kelly
Individuals333 Ludlow Street, 5th Floor, South Tower

Stamford, CT 06902

Shareholders may call toll-free: +1-203-658-9455(800) 662-5200

Banks and Brokerage Firms, please call: +1-203-658-9455brokers may call collect: (203) 658-9400

Email: k.kelly@morrowsodali.com

TWOA.info@investor.morrowsodali.com

 

To obtain timely delivery, shareholders must request the materials no later than December 19, 2023, or five business days prior to the date of the Meeting. You may also obtain additional information about the Company from documents filed with the SEC by following the instructions in the section entitled “Where You Can Find More Information.”

 

If you intend to seek redemption of your Public Shares, you will need to send a letter demanding redemption and deliver your Public Shares (either physically or electronically) to the transfer agent on or before 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on December 22, 2023 (two business days before the Meeting) in accordance with the procedures detailed under the question “How do I exercise my redemption rights?” If you have questions regarding the certification of your position or delivery of your Public Shares, please contact the transfer agent:

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company

1 State Street, 30th Floor

New York, New York 10004

Attn: SPAC Redemption Team

E-mail: spacredemptions@continentalstock.com

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RISK FACTORS

 

You should consider carefully all of the risks described in our Annual ReportReports on Form 10-K, as amended, for the years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, as filed with the SEC on March 31, 2022 (as amended on27, 2023 and April 1, 2022), any subsequent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC2022, respectively, and in the other reports we filethe Company filed with the SEC before making a decision to invest in our securities. Furthermore, if any of the following events occur, our business, financial condition and operating results may be materially adversely affected or we could face liquidation. In that event, the trading price of our securities could decline, and you could lose all or part of your investment. The risks and uncertainties described in the aforementioned filings and below are not the only ones we face. Additional risks and uncertainties that we are unaware of, or that we currently believe are not material, may also become important factors that adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results or result in our liquidation.

The SEC has issued proposed rules For risks relating to regulate special purpose acquisition companies. Certain of the proceduresBusiness Combination with LLP, see the Registration Statement on Form F-4 that we, a potential business combination target, or others may determine to undertake in connectionwill be filed by Pubco with such proposals may increase our costs and the time needed to complete an initial business combination, and may constrain the circumstances under which we could complete our initial business combination.SEC.

 

On March 30, 2022, the SEC issued proposed rules (the “SPAC Rule Proposals”), which include proposals relating to, among other items, disclosures in business combination transactions between SPACs such as us and private operating companies; the condensed financial statement requirements applicable to transactions involving shell companies; the use of projections by SPACs in SEC filings in connection with proposed business combination transactions; the potential liability of certain participants in proposed business combination transactions; and the extent to which SPACs could become subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act, including a proposed rule that would provide SPACs a safe harbor from treatment as an investment company if they satisfy certain conditions that limit a SPAC’s duration, asset composition, business purpose and activities. Certain of the procedures that we, a potential business combination target, or others may determine to undertake in connection with the SPAC Rule Proposals, or pursuant to the SEC’s views expressed in the SPAC Rule Proposals, may increase the costs and the time required to consummate an initial business combination, and may constrain the circumstances under which we could complete such business combination.

If we were deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, our activities would be severely restricted, we would be required to institute burdensome compliance requirements and we may be forced to abandon our efforts to complete an initial business combination, and instead be required to liquidate the Company. To mitigate the risk that we might be deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, we intend to liquidate the securities held in the trust account and instead hold all funds in the trust account in cash until the earlier of the consummation of our initial business combination or our liquidation, which could reduce the dollar amount that our public shareholders would receive upon any redemption or liquidation of the Company. There is no guarantee that doing so will fully mitigate such risk.

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There is currently uncertainty concerning the applicability of the Investment Company Act to SPACs like us. It is possible that a claim could be made that we have been operating as an unregistered investment company, including under the subjective test of Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act, based on the rules currently in place and the current views of the SEC. If we were deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, burdensome regulatory requirements could force us to abandon our efforts to consummate an initial business combination. If we are required to liquidate, our investors would not be able to realize the benefits of owning stock in a successor operating business, including the potential appreciation in the value of our shares following such a transaction.

We currently intend to, on or prior to the 24-month anniversary of our IPO (March 29, 2023), instruct Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the trustee with respect to the Trust Account, to liquidate the U.S. government securities or money market funds held in the Trust Account and thereafter to hold all funds in the Trust Account in an interest-bearing bank deposit account until the earlier of consummation of our initial business combination or our liquidation. Following a liquidation of the Trust Account assets, if we are unable to achieve more than minimal interest on the funds held in the Trust Account, the dollar amount our public shareholders would otherwise receive upon any redemption or liquidation of the Company would be less than if the assets in the Trust Account remained in U.S. government securities or money market funds. Interest on such a cash account is variable and, while it is currently expected to be approximately 3.0% per annum, the actual rate we obtain may be higher or lower, and may subsequently increase or decrease significantly.

In addition, even prior to the 24-month anniversary of the effective date of the registration statement relating to our initial public offering, we may be deemed to be an unregistered investment company. Under the proposed rules discussed above, a company like ours that has not entered into a definitive agreement within 18 months after its IPO and has not consummated its business combination by 24 months after its IPO would be outside the “safe harbor,” which would negatively impact our ability to defend against a claim that we are an unregistered investment company. Regardless of whether the proposed rules are adopted, the longer that the funds in the Trust Account are held in short-term U.S. government securities or in money market funds invested exclusively in such securities, even prior to the 24-month anniversary, there is a greater risk that we may be considered an unregistered investment company, in which case we may be required to liquidate. Accordingly, we may determine, in our discretion, to liquidate the securities held in the Trust Account at an earlier time than the 24-month anniversary, and instead hold all funds in the Trust Account as described above. There is no guarantee that the liquidation of securities held in our Trust Account and allocation of such funds to a cash account will successfully mitigate the risk of being deemed an unregistered investment company.

There are no assurances that the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Charter Extension in particular, will enable us to complete an initial Business Combination.the LLP Transaction.

 

Approving the Extension Amendment Proposal involves a number of risks. Even if the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved, and the Extension is implemented, the Company can provide no assurances that an initial business combinationthe LLP Transaction will be consummated prior to the ExtendedCharter Extension Date. Our ability to consummate an initial business combinationany Business Combination is dependent on a variety of factors, many of which are beyond our control, including completioncontrol. If the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved, the Company expects to seek shareholder approval of SEC or other regulatory review processes.

the LLP Transaction. We are required to offer shareholders the opportunity to redeem shares of Class A ordinary shares in connection with the Extension Amendment, Proposal, and we will be required to offer shareholders redemption rights again in connection with any shareholder vote to approve any potential initial business combination.the LLP Transaction. Even if the Extension Amendment Proposal or our initial business combinationthe LLP Transaction are approved by our shareholders, it is possible that redemptions will leave us with insufficient cash to consummate an initial business combinationa Business Combination on commercially acceptable terms, or at all. The fact that we will have separate redemption periods in connection with the Charter Extension Amendment Proposal and our initial business combinationthe LLP Transaction vote could exacerbate these risks. Other than in connection with a redemption offer or liquidation, our shareholders may be unable to recover their investment except through sales of shares of Class A ordinaryour shares on the open market. The price of shares of Class A ordinaryour shares may be volatile, and there can be no assurance that shareholders will be able to dispose of shares of Class A ordinaryour shares at favorable prices, or at all.

 

If theThe Charter Extension Proposal is not approved, we will be required to cease all operations on March 29, 2023, except for the purposes of winding up and we would redeem our public shares and liquidate, in which case our public shareholders may receive only $10.00 per share, or less than such amount in certain circumstances, and will forgo any of the potential benefits from a completed initial business combination including potential stock price appreciation

Ifcontemplated by the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved,may contravene NYSE rules, and as a result, the Current Outside Date is not otherwise extended and the Company has not consummated an initial business combination by the Current Outside Date, the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on depositNYSE could suspend trading in the trust account, including interest earned onCompany’s securities or delist the funds held inCompany’s securities from the trust account and not previously released to us to pay our franchise and income taxes, if any (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses) divided by the number of the then-outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any); and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining shareholders and our Board, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. Additionally, if the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved, you will forgo any of the potential benefits that could have been realized from a completed initial business combination resulting in owning shares in a successor operating business, including the potential appreciation in the value of our shares following such a transaction.

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NYSE.

 

The abilityCompany is listed on the NYSE. NYSE Rule 102.06 requires that a special purpose acquisition company complete one or more business combinations within three years of ourits initial public shareholdersoffering, which, in the case of the Company, would be April 1, 2024 (the “NYSE Deadline”). If the Charter Extension is approved and the Board exercises its right to exercise redemption rightsextend the life of the Company past the NYSE Deadline, such extension would extend the Company’s Termination Date beyond the NYSE Deadline. As a result, the Charter Extension may not comply with NYSE Rule 102.06. There is a risk that trading in the Company’s securities may be suspended and the Company’s securities may be subject to delisting by the NYSE subsequent to the NYSE Deadline if the Extension Amendment ProposalBoard exercises its right to further extend the Original Termination Date past the NYSE Deadline pursuant to the Charter Extension. There is approved with respect to a large number of our public shares may adversely affect the liquidity of our securities.

Pursuant to our Governing Documents, a public shareholder may requestno assurance that the Company redeem allNYSE will not suspend or a portion of such public shareholder’s public shares for cash ifdelist the Company’s securities in the event the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and the Charter Extension is implemented. The ability of our public shareholders to exercise such redemption rights with respect to a large number of our public shares may adversely affectimplemented and the liquidity of our Class A ordinary shares. As a result, you may be unable to sell your Class A ordinary shares even ifCompany does not complete one or more business combinations by the per-share market price is higher than the per-share redemption price paid to public shareholdersNYSE Deadline, that elect to redeem their public shares if the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved.

NYSE may delist our securities from trading on its exchange following redemptions by our shareholders in connection with approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal, which could limit investors’ ability to make transactions in our securities and subject us to additional trading restrictions.

Our Class A ordinary shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. After the Extraordinary General Meeting, we may be required to demonstrate compliance with NYSE’s continued listing requirements in order to maintain the listing of our securities on NYSE. The NYSE would normally give consideration to the prompt initiation of suspension and delisting procedures with respect to a security of an issuer when:

its average aggregate global market capitalization is below $50,000,000 or the average aggregate global market capitalization attributable to publicly held shares is below $40,000,000, in each case over 30 consecutive trading days (not including shares held by directors, officers or their immediate family members and other concentrated holders of 10% or more of such issuer’s outstanding shares);
the total number of public shareholders is less than 300 (including beneficial holders in addition to holders of record, but excluding directors, officers or their immediate family members and other concentrated holders of 10% or more such issuer’s outstanding shares);
the number of total stockholders is less than 1,200 (including beneficial holders in addition to holders of record) and the average monthly trading volume is less than 100,000 shares for the most recent 12 months; or
the number of publicly-held shares is less than 600,000, provided that if the unit of trading is less than 100 shares this requirement is reduced proportionately (excluding shares held by directors, officers or their immediate family members and other concentrated holders of 10% or more such issuer’s outstanding shares).

We cannot assure you that any of our Class A ordinary shares will be able to meet any of NYSE’s continued listing requirements followingobtain a hearing with the Extraordinary General Meeting and any related shareholder redemptions of our Class A ordinary shares. IfNYSE to appeal the delisting determination, or that our securities dowill not meetbe suspended pending the NYSE’s continued listing requirements, NYSE may delist our securities from trading on its exchange.decision.

 

If the NYSE delists any of our securities from trading on its exchange and we are not able to list suchour securities on another national securities exchange, we expect such securities could be quoted on an over-the-counter market. If this were to occur, we could face significant material adverse consequences, including:

 

 ·an inability to meet a condition to closing the Business Combination;

·a limited availability of market quotations for our securities;

 
·reduced liquidity for our securities;

 
·a determination that our Class A ordinary sharesOrdinary Shares are a “penny stock”stock,” which will require brokers trading in our Class A ordinary sharesOrdinary Shares to adhere to more stringent rules and possibly result in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market for our securities;

 
·a limited amount of news and analyst coverage; and

 
·a decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future.

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The National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996, which is a federal statute, prevents or preempts the states from regulating the sale of certain securities, which are referred to as “covered securities.” OurBecause our Class A ordinary shares qualify asOrdinary Shares are currently listed on the NYSE, our Class A Ordinary Shares are covered securities under such statute.securities. Although the states are preempted from regulating the sale of coveredour securities, the federal statute does allow the states to investigate companies if there is a suspicion of fraud, and, if there is a finding of fraudulent activity, then the states can regulate or bar the sale of covered securities in a particular case. While we are not aware of a state having used these powers to prohibit or restrict the sale of securities issued by SPACs,blank check companies, other than the state of Idaho, certain state securities regulators view blank check companies unfavorably and might use these powers, or threaten to use these powers, to hinder the sale of securities of blank check companies in their states. Further, if we were no longer listed on the NYSE, our securities would not qualify asbe covered securities under such statute and we would be subject to regulation in each state in which we offer our securities.

Our Sponsor, certain members

A 1% U.S. federal excise tax may decrease the value of our Board and our officers have interests in the proposals that may conflict with those of other shareholders in recommending that shareholders vote in favor of approval of the proposals in this proxy statement.

Our Sponsor, certain members of our Board and our officers have interests in the proposals that may conflict with those of other shareholders in recommending that shareholders vote in favor of approval of the proposals. For example,securities following our initial shareholders have agreedBusiness Combination, hinder our ability to waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder sharesconsummate an initial Business Combination, and public shares, as applicable,decrease the amount of funds available for distribution in connection with a shareholder vote to approve certain amendmentsliquidation.

Pursuant to the Company’s Governing Documents, includingInflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IR Act”), commencing in 2023, a vote to approve an extension to the Current Outside Date. In addition, they have agreed to waive their right to receive liquidating distributions from the trust account1% U.S. federal excise tax is imposed on certain repurchases (including redemptions) of stock by publicly traded domestic (i.e., U.S.) corporations and certain domestic subsidiaries of publicly traded foreign corporations. The excise tax would apply with respect to redemptions of shares in connection with a Business Combination or other shareholder vote pursuant to which shareholders would have a right to submit their shares for redemption (a “Redemption Event”). The excise tax is imposed on the repurchasing corporation and not on its shareholders. The amount of the excise tax is equal to 1% of the fair market value of the shares repurchased at the time of the repurchase. However, for purposes of calculating the excise tax, repurchasing corporations are permitted to net the fair market value of certain new stock issuances against the fair market value of stock repurchases during the same taxable year. The U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury Department”) has authority to promulgate regulations and provide other guidance regarding the excise tax. In December 2022, the Treasury Department issued Notice 2023-2, indicating its intention to propose such regulations and issuing certain interim rules on which taxpayers may rely (the “Notice”). Under the interim rules, liquidating distributions made by publicly traded domestic corporations are exempt from the excise tax. In addition, any founder shares they hold ifredemptions that occur in the Company fails to consummate an initial business combination by the Current Outside Date. Assame taxable year as a result, founder shares held by the Sponsor and the Company’s independent directorsliquidation is completed will also be worthless if the Extension is not approved and we do not consummate an initial business combination by March 29, 2023exempt from such tax.

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These interests may influence our directors in making their recommendation that you vote in favor of the approval of the proposalsAs described in this proxy statement. You should take these interests into account in deciding whether to vote in favor of such proposals. You should also read the section below entitled Proposal No. 1 — The Extension Amendment Proposal — InterestsRedemption Rights,” if the deadline for us to complete a Business Combination (currently January 1, 2024) is extended, our public shareholders will have the right to require us to redeem their Public Shares. Because we are a Cayman Islands company, any redemption or other repurchase that occurs in connection with an initial Business Combination — particularly one that involves our combination with a U.S. entity and/or our re-domestication as a U.S. corporation — may be subject to the excise tax. The extent to which we would be subject to the excise tax in connection with a Redemption Event would depend on a number of factors, including: (i) the fair market value of the Company’s Directorsredemptions and Officers.”repurchases in connection with the Redemption Event, (ii) the nature and amount of any “PIPE” or other equity issuances in connection with the Business Combination (or otherwise issued not in connection with the Redemption Event but issued within the same taxable year of the Business Combination), (iii) if we fail to timely consummate a Business Combination and liquidate in a taxable year following a Redemption Event and (iv) the content of any proposed or final regulations and other guidance from the Treasury Department. In addition, because the excise tax would be payable by us and not by the redeeming holders, the mechanics of any required payment of the excise tax remains to be determined. Any excise tax payable by us in connection with a Redemption Event may cause a reduction in the cash available to us to complete a Business Combination and could affect our ability to complete a Business Combination.

Changes to laws or regulations or in how such laws or regulations are interpreted or applied, or a failure to comply with any laws, regulations, interpretations or applications, may adversely affect our business, including our ability to negotiate and complete the LLP Transaction.

We are subject to the laws and regulations, and interpretations and applications of such laws and regulations, of national, regional, state and local governments and, potentially, non-U.S. jurisdictions. In particular, we are required to comply with certain SEC and potentially other legal and regulatory requirements, and our consummation of the LLP Transaction may be contingent upon our ability to comply with certain laws, regulations, interpretations and applications and any post-Business Combination company may be subject to additional laws, regulations, interpretations and applications. Compliance with, and monitoring of, the foregoing may be difficult, time consuming and costly. Those laws and regulations and their interpretation and application may also change from time to time, and those changes could have a material adverse effect on our business, including our ability to negotiate and complete the LLP Transaction. A failure to comply with applicable laws or regulations, as interpreted and applied, could have a material adverse effect on our business, including our ability to negotiate and complete the LLP Transaction. The SEC has, in the past year, adopted certain rules and may, in the future adopt other rules, which may have a material effect on our activities and on our ability to consummate the LLP Transaction, including the SPAC Rule Proposals described below.

In March 2022, the SEC issued proposed rules relating to certain activities of SPACs. Certain of the procedures that we, a potential Business Combination target, or others may determine to undertake in connection with such proposals may increase our costs and the time needed to complete the LLP Transaction and may constrain the circumstances under which we could complete the LLP Transaction. The need for compliance with the SPAC Rule Proposals may cause us to liquidate the funds in the Trust Account or liquidate the Company at an earlier time than we might otherwise choose.

On March 30, 2022, the SEC issued proposed rules (the “SPAC Rule Proposals”) relating, among other things, to disclosures in SEC filings in connection with Business Combination transactions between SPACs such as us and private operating companies; the financial statement requirements applicable to transactions involving shell companies; the use of projections by SPACs in SEC filings in connection with proposed Business Combination transactions; the potential liability of certain participants in proposed Business Combination transactions; and the extent to which SPACs could become subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Investment Company Act”), including a proposed rule that would provide SPACs a safe harbor from treatment as an investment company if they satisfy certain conditions that limit a SPAC’s duration, asset composition, business purpose and activities. The SPAC Rule Proposals have not yet been adopted, and may be adopted in the proposed form or in a different form that could impose additional regulatory requirements on SPACs. Certain of the procedures that we, a potential Business Combination target, or others may determine to undertake in connection with the SPAC Rule Proposals, or pursuant to the SEC’s views expressed in the SPAC Rule Proposals, may increase the costs and time of negotiating and completing the LLP Transaction, and may constrain the circumstances under which we could complete the LLP Transaction. The need for compliance with the SPAC Rule Proposals may cause us to liquidate the funds in the Trust Account or liquidate the Company at an earlier time than we might otherwise choose.

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If we are deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, we would be required to institute burdensome compliance requirements and our activities would be severely restricted. As a result, in such circumstances, unless we are able to modify our activities so that we would not be deemed an investment company, we may abandon our efforts to complete the Business Combination and instead liquidate the Company.

Even

As described further above, the SPAC Rule Proposals relate, among other matters, to the circumstances in which SPACs such as the Company could potentially be subject to the Investment Company Act and the regulations thereunder. The SPAC Rule Proposals would provide a safe harbor for such companies from the definition of “investment company” under Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act, provided that a SPAC satisfies certain criteria, including a limited time period to announce and complete a de-SPAC transaction. Specifically, to comply with the safe harbor, the SPAC Rule Proposals would require a company to file a report on Form 8-K announcing that it has entered into an agreement with a target company for a business combination no later than 18 months after the effective date of its registration statement for its initial public offering (the “IPO Registration Statement”). The SPAC would then be required to complete its initial business combination no later than 24 months after the effective date of the IPO Registration Statement.

If we are deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act, our activities would be severely restricted. In addition, we would be subject to burdensome compliance requirements. We do not believe that our principal activities will subject us to regulation as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. However, if we implementare deemed to be an investment company and subject to compliance with and regulation under the Extension,Investment Company Act, we would be subject to additional regulatory burdens and expenses for which we have not allotted funds. As a result, unless we are able to modify our activities so that we would not be deemed an investment company, we may abandon our efforts to complete the LLP Transaction and instead liquidate the Company.

To mitigate the risk that the Company might be deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, in March 2023, the Company instructed the trustee to liquidate the investments held in the Trust Account and instead to hold the funds in the Trust Account in an interest-bearing demand deposit account at a bank until the earlier of the consummation of our initial business combination or our liquidation. As a result, we may receive less interest on the funds held in the Trust Account than the interest we would have received pursuant to our original Trust Account investments, which could reduce the dollar amount our public shareholders would receive upon any redemption or liquidation.

The funds in the Trust Account had, since the Company’s initial public offering, been held in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds investing solely in U.S. government treasury obligations and meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act. However, in March 2023, to mitigate the risk of us being deemed to be an unregistered investment company (including under the subjective test of Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act) and thus subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act, we instructed Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the trustee with respect to the Trust Account, to liquidate the U.S. government treasury obligations or money market funds held in the Trust Account and thereafter to hold all funds in the Trust Account in an interest-bearing demand deposit account at a bank until the earlier of the consummation of our initial Business Combination or liquidation. Following such liquidation, the Company may receive less interest on the funds held in the Trust Account than the interest the Company would have received pursuant to the original Trust Account investments; however, interest previously earned on the funds held in the Trust Account still may be released to us to pay taxes, if any, and certain other expenses as permitted. Consequently, the transfer of the funds in the Trust Account to an interest-bearing demand deposit account could reduce the dollar amount our public shareholders would receive upon any redemption or liquidation.

The longer that the funds in the Trust Account are held in short-term U.S. government treasury obligations or in money market funds invested exclusively in such securities, the greater the risk that we may be deemed to be an unregistered investment company, in which case, we may be required to liquidate. Were we to liquidate, our securityholders would lose the investment opportunity associated with an investment in the Pubco, including any potential price appreciation of our securities.

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Adverse developments affecting the financial services industry, including events or concerns involving liquidity, defaults or non-performance by financial institutions, could adversely affect the Company’s or LLP’s business, financial condition or results of operations, or prospects.

The funds in the Company’s operating account and Trust Account are held in banks or other financial institutions. Cash held in non-interest bearing and interest-bearing accounts would exceed any applicable Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insurance limits. Should events, including limited liquidity, defaults, non-performance or other adverse developments occur with respect to the banks or other financial institutions that hold the Company or LLP’s funds, or that affect financial institutions or the financial services industry generally, or concerns or rumors about any events of these kinds or other similar risks, our liquidity may be adversely affected. For example, on March 10, 2023, the FDIC announced that Silicon Valley Bank had been closed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation. Although we did not have any funds in Silicon Valley Bank or other institutions that have been closed, we cannot guarantee that the banks or other financial institutions that hold our funds will not experience similar issues.

In addition, investor concerns regarding the U.S. or international financial systems could result in less favorable commercial financing terms, including higher interest rates or costs and tighter financial and operating covenants, or systemic limitations on access to credit and liquidity sources, thereby making it more difficult for the Company or LLP to acquire financing on favorable terms in connection with the LLP Transaction, or at all, and could have material adverse impacts on liquidity, their respective business, financial condition or results of operations, and prospects. The Company and LLP’s businesses may be adversely impacted by these developments in ways that cannot be predicted at this time, there may be additional risks that have not yet been identified, and we cannot guarantee that negative consequences can be avoided directly or indirectly from any failure of one or more banks or other financial institutions.

We may not be able to complete anythe Business Combination with certain potential initial business combination,target companies if it isa proposed transaction with the target company may be subject to review or approval by aregulatory authorities pursuant to certain U.S. or non-foreign laws or regulations.

Certain acquisitions or Business Combinations may be subject to review or approval by regulatory authorities pursuant to certain U.S. government entity,or foreign laws or regulations. In the event that such asregulatory approval or clearance is not obtained, or the review process is extended beyond the period of time that would permit the Business Combination to be consummated with us, we may not be able to consummate the Business Combination with such target. In addition, regulatory considerations may decrease the pool of potential target companies we may be willing or able to consider.

Among other things, the U.S. Federal Communications Act prohibits foreign individuals, governments, and corporations from owning more than a specified percentage of the capital stock of a broadcast, common carrier, or aeronautical radio station licensee. In addition, U.S. law currently restricts foreign ownership of U.S. airlines. In the United States, certain mergers that may affect competition may require certain filings and review by the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission, and investments or acquisitions that may affect national security are subject to review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”), the SEC, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) or non-U.S. equivalents, or ultimately prohibited.

Our initial business combination may be subject to regulatory review and approval requirements by governmental entities, or ultimately prohibited by government regulators.

For example,. CFIUS is an interagency committee authorized to review certain transactions involving acquisitions and investmentsforeign investment in the United States by foreign persons in U.S. businesses that have a nexus to critical technologies, critical infrastructure and/or sensitive personal data in order to determine the effect of such transactions on the national security of the United States. If

Outside the United States, laws or regulations may affect our initialability to consummate the Business Combination with potential target companies incorporated or having business combination falls within the scope of foreign ownership restrictionsoperations in jurisdictions where national security considerations, involvement in regulated industries (including telecommunications), or in businesses where a country’s culture or heritage may be implicated.

Because we are a Cayman Islands exempted company, we may be requiredconsidered a “foreign person” under such rules.

U.S. and foreign regulators generally have the power to makedeny the ability of the parties to consummate a mandatory filing or determine to submit a voluntary notice to CFIUS,transaction or to proceed with the business combination without notifying CFIUScondition approval of a transaction on specified terms and risk CFIUS intervention, before or after consummating the business combination. CFIUSconditions, which may decidenot be acceptable to block or delay the business combination, impose conditions to mitigate national security concerns with respect to such business combination or order us to divest all or a portion of the acquired U.S. business iftarget. In such event, we had proceeded without first obtaining CFIUS clearance.may not be able to consummate a transaction with that potential target.

 

As another example, our initial business combination targeta result of these various restrictions, the pool of potential targets with which we could complete the Business Combination may be connected to blockchain or digital assets, including, without limitation, cryptocurrencies. The SEC has not issued any regulations over whether these types of assets constitute a security under U.S. securities laws,limited and instead has taken a case-by-case approach to its analysis. Accordingly, if a business combination target is involved with such digital assets, the SEC might not approve any registration or proxy statement we file in connection with our initial business combination or may cause a substantial delay in granting its approval.

In addition, certain features of a business combination target’s products and services, including, among others, hedging products and margin financing for soft commodities and precious metals, may be subject to constantly evolving legal and regulatory frameworks. As a result, our initial business combination could be subjected to increased scrutiny during regulatory review and approval processes. There can be no assuranceadversely affected in terms of competing with other SPACs that we will receive the necessary regulatory approvals to complete our initial business combination as planned, or at all, or that the combined company will operate as anticipated.

do not have similar ownership issues. Moreover, if applicable, the process of government review, whether by CFIUS the SEC, the FTC or otherwise, could be lengthy. IfBecause we cannothave only a limited time to complete the business combination by March 29, 2023, because a regulatory review or approval process extends beyond such timeframe, we failBusiness Combination, our failure to obtain any required approvals within the requisite time period or because the business combination is ultimately prohibited by a government entity, we may be requiredrequire us to liquidate. If we liquidate, our public shareholders may only receive their pro rata$10.00 per share, of amounts heldor less in the trust account.certain circumstances. This will also cause you to lose any potential investment opportunity in a target company and the chance of realizing future gains on your investment through any price appreciation in the combined company.

 

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THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

 

This proxy statement is being provided to shareholders of the Company as part of a solicitation of proxies by the Board for use at the Meeting to be held on December 27, 2023, and at any adjournment or postponement thereof. This proxy statement contains important information regarding the Meeting, the proposals on which you are being asked to vote and information you may find useful in determining how to vote and voting procedures.

This proxy statement is being first mailed, along with the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, on or about December 12, 2023 to all shareholders of record of the Company as of November 28, 2023, the Record Date for the Meeting. Shareholders of record who owned Ordinary Shares at the close of business on the Record Date are entitled to receive notice of, attend and vote at the Meeting.

Date, Time and Place and Purpose of the Extraordinary General Meeting

 

The Extraordinary General Meeting will be held on December 27, 2023, at 10:00AM11:00 a.m., Eastern Time on March 24, 2023.at the offices of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105, or at such other date or time to which such meeting may be adjourned or postponed. You can participate in the Meeting and vote via live webcast. You will be able to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting online, vote and submit your questions during the Extraordinary General Meeting by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/TWOA2023SM.https://www.cstproxy.com/twoaspac/2023. Even if you are planning on attending the Meeting online, please promptly submit your proxy vote by telephone, or, if you received a printed form of proxy in the mail, by completing, dating, signing and returning the enclosed proxy, so your shares will be represented at the Meeting. Instructions on voting your shares are on the proxy materials you received for the Meeting. Even if you plan to attend the Meeting online, it is strongly recommended you complete and return your proxy card before the Meeting date, to ensure that your shares will be represented at the Meeting if you are unable to attend.

Registering for the Meeting

As a registered shareholder, you received a proxy card from Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company. The form contains instructions on how to attend the virtual Meeting including the URL address, along with your control number. You will need your control number for access. If you do not have your control number, contact Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company at the phone number or e-mail address below. Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company support contact information is as follows: 917-262-2373, or email proxy@continentalstock.com.

You can pre-register to attend the virtual Meeting starting December 20, 2023 at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time by visiting https://www.cstproxy.com/twoaspac/2023, and entering your control number, name and email address. Once you pre-register, you can vote your shares. At the start of the Meeting, you will need to re-log in using your control number and will also be prompted to enter your control number if you vote during the Meeting.

Beneficial investors, who own their investments through a bank or broker, will need to contact Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company to receive a control number. If you plan to vote at the Meeting, you will need to have a legal proxy from your bank or broker or if you would like to join and not vote Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company will issue you a guest control number with proof of ownership. Either way you must contact Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company for specific instructions on how to receive the control number. We can be contacted at the number or email address above. Please allow up to 72 hours prior to the Meeting for processing your control number.

If you do not have internet capabilities, you can attend the Meeting via a listen-only format by dialing (800) 450-7155 (toll-free), or (857) 999-9155 (standard rates apply) outside of the U.S. and Canada; when prompted enter the conference ID 9509259#. This is listen-only mode and you will not be able to vote or enter questions during the Meeting.

 

The Extraordinary GeneralProposals at the Meeting is being held to

At the Meeting, shareholders of the Company will consider and vote uponon the following proposals:

 

 1.TheProposal No. 1 — Extension Amendment Proposal: ProposalTo amend our Governing Documentsapprove, by way of special resolution, an amendment to the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association as provided by the resolution in the form set forth in Annex A to give the Company’s Board the right to extend the Termination Date from January 1, 2024 until July 1, 2024 or such earlier date as determined by which the Company must consummate a business combination from March 29, 2023 (the date which is 24 months from the closing date of the IPO), to December 29, 2023 (the date which is 33 months from the closing date of the IPO).Board.

 2.TheProposal No. 2 — Auditor Ratification Proposal — To ratify, by way of ordinary resolution, the selection by our audit committee of Withum to serve as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023.

3.Proposal No. 3 — Director Election Proposal — To re-elect, by way of ordinary resolution of the holders of the Class B Ordinary Shares, M. Joseph Beck and Adam Blake as the Class III directors of the Board to hold office until the 2026 annual general meeting of the Company.

4.Proposal No. 4 — Adjournment Proposal: ToProposal — If put, to approve, by way of ordinary resolution, the adjournment of the Extraordinary General Meeting to a later date or dates or indefinitely, if necessary, either to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies in the event that there are insufficient votes to approvefor, or otherwise in connection with, the approval of any of the foregoing proposals or for any other reason in the discretion of the chairperson of the Meeting. For the avoidance of doubt, if put forth at the Meeting, the Adjournment Proposal will be the first and only proposal voted on and the Extension Amendment Proposal, or if we determinethe Auditor Ratification Proposal and the Director Election Proposal will not be submitted to the shareholders for a vote, provided that additional time is necessary to effectuate the Extension or the Board determines before the Extraordinary General Meeting that it is not necessary or no longer desirable to proceed with the Extension Amendment Proposal.Adjournment Proposal passes.

 

Voting Power; Record Date

 

As a shareholder of the Company, you have a right to vote on certain matters affecting the Company. The proposals that will be presented at the Meeting and upon which you are being asked to vote are summarized above and fully set forth in this proxy statement. You will be entitled to vote or direct votes to be cast at the Extraordinary General Meeting if you owned our ordinary sharesOrdinary Shares at the close of business on February 23,November 28, 2023, which is the record dateRecord Date for the Extraordinary General Meeting. You will haveare entitled to one vote for each ordinary shareClass A Ordinary Share that you owned at that time.

as of the close of business on the Record Date. If your shares are held in “street name” or are in a margin or similar account, you should contact your broker, bank or other nominee to ensure that votes related to the shares you beneficially own are properly counted.

At As of the close of business on the record date, there were 21,437,500Record Date, 5,000,013 Class A ordinary shares issued and outstandingOrdinary Shares and 5,359,375 Class B ordinary sharesOrdinary Shares are issued and outstanding, which vote together as a single class with respect tooutstanding. No preferred shares are issued or outstanding.

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Recommendation of the Extension Amendment Proposal and, if presented, the Adjournment Proposal.Board

 

Votes RequiredTHE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS

THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” EACH OF THESE PROPOSALS

 

ApprovalQuorum and Required Vote for the Proposals for the Meeting

The approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal will requirerequires a special resolution, under Cayman Islands law, being the affirmative vote of a majority of at least a two-thirds (2/3) majority of the votes which are cast by theof those holders of the issued ordinary shares presentOrdinary Shares, voting as a single class, who, being entitled to do so, vote in person (including via live webcast) or represented by proxy at the Extraordinary General Meeting and entitled to vote on such matter on the record date.Meeting.

 

If presented,Approval of each of the Auditor Ratification Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal (if put forth at the Meeting) requires an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law, being the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the votes cast by the holders of the issued ordinary shares presentOrdinary Shares, voting as a single class, who, being entitled to do so, vote in person (including via live webcast) or represented by proxy at the Extraordinary General Meeting andMeeting. Approval of the Director Election Proposal requires the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the votes cast by the holders of the Class B Ordinary Shares, who, being entitled to do so, vote on such matter.in person or by proxy at the Meeting.

 

If you do not wantShareholders who attend the Meeting, either in person or by proxy (or, if a corporation or other non-natural person, by sending their duly authorized representative or proxy), will be counted (and the number of Ordinary Shares held by such shareholders will be counted) for the purposes of determining whether a quorum is present at the Meeting. The presence, in person or by proxy or by duly authorized representative, at the Meeting of the holders of a majority of all issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting shall constitute a quorum for the Meeting.

At the Meeting, only those votes which are actually cast, either “FOR” or “AGAINST,” the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Auditor Ratification Proposal, the Director Election Proposal or if presented, the Adjournment Proposal, will be counted for the purposes of determining whether each of the proposals is approved, and any Ordinary Shares which are not voted at the Meeting will have no effect on the outcome of such votes. Abstentions and broker non-votes, while considered present for the purposes of establishing a quorum, will not count as votes cast and will have no effect on the outcome of the vote on any of the proposals.

It is possible that the Company will not be able to be approved, you must vote “AGAINST” such proposal. Ifcomplete the LLP Transaction by the Charter Extension Date if the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved, andapproved. In such event, the Extension is implemented, then the Withdrawal AmountCompany will be withdrawn fromrequired to wind up, liquidate and dissolve the trustTrust Account by returning the then remaining funds in such account and paid to the redeeming holders. You will still be entitled to make the Election if you vote “AGAINST”, abstain or do not vote on the Extension Proposal. We anticipate that a public shareholder who tenders shares for redemption in connection with the vote to approve the Extension Amendment Proposal would receive payment of the redemption price for such shares soon after the Extension is implemented.

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Abstentions and broker non-votes will be counted in connection with the determination of whether a valid quorum is established but will have no effect on any of the proposals. Since the Adjournment Proposal is considered a routine matter, brokers shall be entitled to vote on the Adjournment Proposal absent voting instructions, and thus there should be no broker non-votes with respect to the Adjournment Proposal.

Votingshareholders.

 

Voting Your Shares — Shareholders of Record

If you are a shareholder of record of the Company, you may vote by mail or Internet. Each Ordinary Share that you own in your name entitles you to one vote on each of the proposals for the Meeting. Your one or more proxy cards show the number of Ordinary Shares that you own.

Voting by Mail. You can vote your shares at the Extraordinary General Meeting by proxy, in person or virtually.

You can vote by proxy by having one or more individuals who will attend the Extraordinary General Meeting vote your shares for you. These individuals are called “proxies”completing, signing, dating and using them to cast your vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting is called voting “by proxy.”

If you wish to vote by proxy, you must (i) complete the enclosed form, called a “proxy card,” and mail it in the envelope provided or (ii) submit your proxy by telephone or over the internet (if those options are available to you) in accordance with the instructions onreturning the enclosed proxy card or voting instruction card.

If you completein the postage-paid envelope provided. By signing the proxy card and mailreturning it in the enclosed prepaid and addressed envelope, provided or submit your proxy by telephone or overyou are authorizing the internet as described above, you will designate Kevin Hartz or, failing him, Troy Steckenrider or, failing him, the duly appointed chairman to act as your proxy at the Extraordinary General Meeting. One of them will then vote your shares at the Extraordinary General Meeting in accordance with the instructions you have given them inindividuals named on the proxy card or voting instructions, as applicable, with respect to the proposals presented in this proxy statement. Proxies will extend to, and be voted at, any adjournments or postponements of the Extraordinary General Meeting.

Alternatively, you can vote your shares in person by attending the Extraordinary General Meeting virtually at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/TWOA2023SM.

A special note for those who plan to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting and vote: if your shares are held in the name of a broker, bank or other nominee, please follow the instructions you receive from your broker, bank or other nominee holding your shares. You will not be able to vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting unless you obtain a legal proxy from the record holder of your shares.

Our Board is asking for your proxy. Giving our Board your proxy means you authorize it to vote your shares at the Extraordinary General Meeting in the manner you direct.indicate. You may vote for or against any proposal or you may abstain from voting. All valid proxies received priorare encouraged to the Extraordinary General Meeting will be voted. All shares represented by a proxy will be voted,sign and where a shareholder specifies by means ofreturn the proxy a choice with respectcard even if you plan to any matter to be acted upon,attend the Meeting so that your shares will be voted in accordance withif you are unable to attend the specification so made.Meeting. If no choiceyou receive more than one proxy card, it is indicated on the proxy, the shares will be voted “FOR” both the Extension Amendment Proposal and, if presented, the Adjournment Proposal, and as the proxy holders may determine in their discretion with respect to any other mattersan indication that may properly come before the Extraordinary General Meeting.

Shareholders who have questions or need assistance in completing or submitting their proxy cards should contact our proxy solicitor, Morrow Sodali LLC, at 509 Madison Avenue, Suite 1206, New York, NY 10022 Attention: Kevin P. Kelly, Telephone: (203) 658-9455.

Shareholders who hold their shares in “street name,” meaning the name of a broker or other nominee who is the record holder, must either direct the record holder of their shares to vote their shares or obtain a legal proxy from the record holder to vote their shares at the Extraordinary General Meeting.

Revocability of Proxies

Any proxy may be revoked by the person giving it at any time before the polls close at the Extraordinary General Meeting. A proxy may be revoked by delivering to us, at two, 900 Kearny St., Suite 610, San Francisco, CA 94133, either a written notice of revocation bearing a date later than the date of such proxy or a subsequent proxy relating to the same shares or by attending the Extraordinary General Meeting and voting virtually.

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Simply attending the Extraordinary General Meeting will not constitute a revocation of your proxy. If your shares are held in the namemultiple accounts. Please sign and return all proxy cards to ensure that all of your shares are voted. If you hold your shares in “street name” through a bank, broker or other nominee, who is the record holder, you mustwill need to follow the instructions ofprovided to you by your bank, broker or other nominee to revoke a previously given proxy.

Attendanceensure that your shares are represented and voted at the Extraordinary General Meeting

Only holders of ordinary shares, their proxy holders and guests the Company may invite may attend the Extraordinary General Meeting. If you wish to attendsign and return the Extraordinary General Meeting in person or virtuallyproxy card but you hold your shares through someone else, such as a broker, please follow thedo not give instructions you receive from your broker, bank or other nominee holding your shares. You must bring a legal proxy from the broker, bank or other nominee holding your shares, confirming your beneficial ownership of the shares and giving you the righton how to vote your shares.

Solicitation of Proxies

Your proxy is being solicited by our Board on the proposals being presented to the shareholders at the Extraordinary General Meeting. Our directors and executive officers may also solicit proxies in person, by telephone or by other means of communication, but will not be paid any additional compensation for soliciting proxies. The Company may also reimburse brokerage firms, banks and other agents for the cost of forwarding proxy materials to beneficial owners.

The cost of preparing, assembling, printing and mailing this proxy statement and the accompanying form of proxy, and the cost of soliciting proxies relating to the Extraordinary General Meeting, will be borne by the Company.

Some banks and brokers have customers who beneficially own ordinary shares, listed of record in the names of nominees. The Company intends to request banks and brokers to solicit such customers and will reimburse them for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses for such solicitations. If any additional solicitation of the holders of our outstanding ordinary shares is deemed necessary, the Company (through our directors and executive officers) anticipates making such solicitation directly.

No Right of Appraisal

The Company’s shareholders do not have dissenters’ rights under Cayman Islands law nor the Company’s Governing Documents in connection with the proposals to be voted on at the Extraordinary General Meeting.

Other Business

The Company is not currently aware of any business to be acted upon at the Extraordinary General Meeting other than the matters discussed in this proxy statement. The form of proxy accompanying this proxy statement confers discretionary authority upon the named proxy holders with respect to amendments or variations to the matters identified in the accompanying Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting and with respect to any other matters which may properly come before the Extraordinary General Meeting. If other matters do properly come before the Extraordinary General Meeting, or at any adjournments or postponements of the Extraordinary General Meeting, the Company expects that the ordinary shares represented by properly submitted proxiesyour Ordinary Shares will be voted as recommended by the proxy holdersBoard. The Board recommends voting “FOR” the Extension Amendment Proposal, “FOR” the Auditor Ratification Proposal, “FOR” the nominee set forth in accordance with the recommendations of our Board.

Principal Executive Offices

Our principal executive offices are located at 900 Kearny St.Director Election Proposal and “FOR” the Adjournment Proposal. Votes submitted by mail must be received by 11:00 a.m., Suite 610, San Francisco, CA 94133. Our telephone number at such address is (415) 480-1752.Eastern Time, on December 27, 2023.

 

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PROPOSAL NO. 1 — THE EXTENSION AMENDMENT PROPOSALVoting by Internet. Shareholders who have received a copy of the proxy card by mail may be able to vote over the Internet by visiting the web address on the proxy card and entering the voter control number included on your proxy card. If you attend the Meeting virtually, you may submit your vote at the Meeting online at https://www.cstproxy.com/twoaspac/2023, in which case any votes that you previously submitted will be superseded by the vote that you cast at the Meeting.

 

BackgroundVoting Your Shares — Beneficial Owners

If your shares are registered in the name of your broker, bank or other agent, you are the “beneficial owner” of those shares and those shares are considered as held in “street name.” If you are a beneficial owner of shares registered in the name of your broker, bank or other agent, you should have received a proxy card and voting instructions with these proxy materials from that organization rather than directly from the Company. Simply complete and mail the proxy card to ensure that your vote is counted. You may be eligible to vote your shares electronically over the Internet. A large number of banks and brokerage firms offer Internet voting. If your bank or brokerage firm does not offer Internet voting information, please complete and return your proxy card in the self-addressed, postage-paid envelope provided. To vote yourself at the Meeting, you must first obtain a valid legal proxy from your broker, bank or other agent and then register in advance to attend the Meeting. Follow the instructions from your broker or bank included with these proxy materials, or contact your broker or bank to request a legal proxy form.

After obtaining a valid legal proxy from your broker, bank or other agent, to then register to attend the Meeting, you must submit proof of your legal proxy reflecting the number of your shares along with your name and email address to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company. Requests for registration should be directed to proxy@continentalstock.com. Written requests can be mailed to:

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company

1 State Street, 30th Floor

New York, New York 10004

Attn: SPAC Redemption Team

E-mail: spacredemptions@continentalstock.com

Requests for registration must be labeled as “Legal Proxy” and be received no later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on December 26, 2023.

You will receive a confirmation of your registration by email after the Company receives your registration materials. You will also need a voter control number included on your proxy card in order to be able to vote your shares or submit questions during the meeting. Follow the instructions provided to vote. The Company encourages you to access the meeting prior to the start time leaving ample time for the check in.

Attending the Meeting

The Meeting will be held at the offices of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105 and via live webcast. You will be able to attend the Meeting online, vote and submit your questions during the Meeting by visiting https://www.cstproxy.com/twoaspac/2023. Even if you are planning on attending the Meeting online, please promptly submit your proxy vote by telephone, or, if you received a printed form of proxy in the mail, by completing, dating, signing and returning the enclosed proxy, so your shares will be represented at the Meeting. Instructions on voting your shares are on the proxy materials you received for the Meeting. Even if you plan to attend the Meeting online, it is strongly recommended you complete and return your proxy card before the Meeting date, to ensure that your shares will be represented at the Meeting if you are unable to attend.

Revoking Your Proxy

If you are a shareholder and you give a proxy, you may revoke it at any time before it is exercised by doing any one of the following:

you may enter a new vote by Internet;
you may send a later-dated, signed proxy card to two, 195 US HWY 50, Suite 208, Zephyr Cove, NV 89448, so that it is received by the Company on or before the Meeting; or
you may attend the Meeting, as indicated above.

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No Additional Matters

 

The Company is blank check company incorporatedMeeting has been called only to consider and vote on January 15, 2021, as a Cayman Islands exempted company, for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. On March 29, 2021, the Company consummated its IPO of 20,000,000 Class A ordinary shares at a price of $10.00 per share. On April 13, 2021, the underwriterapproval of the IPO acquired an additional 1,437,000 Class A ordinary shares pursuantExtension Amendment Proposal, the Auditor Ratification Proposal, the Director Election Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal. Under the Memorandum and Articles of Association, other than procedural matters incidental to the underwriter’s partial exercise of its over-allotment option, at $10.00 per unit, generating total gross proceeds of $214,375,000.

Simultaneously with the closingconduct of the IPO,Meeting, no other matters may be considered at the Company consummated the sale of an aggregate of 600,000 private placement shares at a price of $10.00 per private placement shareMeeting if they are not included in a private placement to our Sponsor, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $6,000,000. Simultaneously with the underwriter’s partial exercise of its over-allotment option on April 13, 2021, the Company consummated the second closing of the private placement, resulting in the purchase of an aggregate of an additional 28,750 private placement shares by our Sponsor, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $287,500. On December 29, 2022, our Sponsor forfeited its 628,750 Class A ordinary shares to the Company for no value. As of the date of this proxy statement, which serves as the Sponsor does not ownnotice of the Meeting.

Who Can Answer Your Questions about Voting

If you have any questions about how to vote or direct a vote in respect of your Class A ordinary shares.Ordinary Shares, you may contact the proxy solicitor for the Company at:

Morrow Sodali LLC

333 Ludlow Street, 5th Floor, South Tower

Stamford, CT 06902

Shareholders may call toll-free: (800) 662-5200

Banks and brokers may call collect: (203) 658-9400

Email: TWOA.info@investor.morrowsodali.com

Redemption Rights

 

In connection with the formationExtension Amendment Proposal and contingent upon the effectiveness of the Sponsor,implementation of the Sponsor received 5,750,000 Class B ordinaryCharter Extension, each public shareholder may seek to redeem its Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the funds available in the Trust Account, including interest earned but net funds required for income taxes payable, if any (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses). If you exercise your redemption rights, you will be exchanging your Public Shares for cash and will no longer own the shares.

In order to exercise your redemption rights, you must:

on or before 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on December 22, 2023 (two business days before the Meeting), tender your shares physically or electronically and submit a request in writing that the Company redeem your Public Shares for cash to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the Company’s transfer agent, at the following address:

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company

One State Street Plaza, 30th Floor

New York, New York 10004

Attn: SPAC Redemption Team

E-mail: spacredemptions@continentalstock.com

and

deliver your Public Shares either physically or electronically through DTC’s DWAC system to the transfer agent at least two business days before the Meeting. Shareholders seeking to exercise their redemption rights and opting to deliver physical certificates should allot sufficient time to obtain physical certificates from the transfer agent and time to effect delivery. Shareholders should generally allot at least two weeks to obtain physical certificates from the transfer agent. However, it may take longer than two weeks. Shareholders who hold their shares in street name will have to coordinate with their bank, broker or other nominee to have the shares certificated or delivered electronically. If you do not submit a written request and deliver your Public Shares as described above, your shares will not be redeemed.

Shareholders seeking to exercise their redemption rights, whether they are record holders or hold their shares at a per share purchase price of approximately $0.004. Priorin “street name,” are required to either tender their certificates to the IPO, our Sponsor transferred 25,000 of its founder sharestransfer agent prior to each of Michelle Gill, Ryan Petersen and Laura de Petra, and 30,000 of its founder shares to Pierre Lamond, in each case, at their original per share purchase price. On April 19, 2021, following the expiration of the underwriter’s over-allotment option, the Sponsor forfeited 390,625 Class B ordinary shares for no consideration, following which time there were 5,359,375 Class B ordinary shares issued and outstanding. As of the date ofset forth in this proxy statement, the initial shareholders continueor up to own an aggregate of 5,359,375 founder shares.

The prospectus for our IPO and our current Governing Documents provide that we have until March 29, 2023, or 24 months after the closing date of our IPO, to complete atwo business combination.

The Extension Amendment

The Company is proposing to amend its Governing Documents to extend the date by which the Company must consummate a business combinationdays prior to the Extended Date.

The sole purpose ofvote on the proposal to approve the Extension Amendment Proposal isat the Meeting, or to providedeliver their shares to the transfer agent electronically using DTC’s DWAC system, at such shareholder’s option.

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Each redemption of a Public Share by the Company’s public shareholders will reduce the amount in the Trust Account, which held marketable securities with a fair value of approximately $52.8 million as of the Record Date. Prior to their exercising redemption rights, shareholders of the Company with sufficient time to complete our initial business combination. Our prospectus forshould verify the IPO and our current Governing Documents provide that we have until March 29, 2023, or 24 months after the closing datemarket price of the IPO, to complete a business combination.

Our Governing Documents require that we not proceed withClass A Ordinary Shares, as shareholders may receive higher proceeds from the Extensionsale of their Class A Ordinary Shares in the public market than from exercising their redemption rights if the number of redemptions of our public shares causesmarket price per share is higher than the Companyredemption price. There is no assurance that you will be able to have lesssell your Public Shares in the open market, even if the market price per share is higher than $5,000,001 of net tangible assets, which requirementthe redemption price stated above, as there may not be waived bysufficient liquidity in the Board.Class A Ordinary Shares when you wish to sell your shares.

If you exercise your redemption rights, your Public Shares will cease to be outstanding and will only represent the right to receive a pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account.

You will have no right to participate in, or have any interest in, the future growth of the Company, if any. You will be entitled to receive cash for your Public Shares only if you properly and timely demand redemption.

 

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved, the Company will be required to wind up, liquidate and dissolve the Trust Account by returning the then remaining funds in such account to the public shareholders.

Appraisal Rights

There are no appraisal rights available to the Company’s shareholders in connection with any of the proposals.

Proxy Solicitation Costs

The Company is soliciting proxies on behalf of the Board. This proxy solicitation is being made by mail, but also may againbe made by telephone or on the Internet. The Company has engaged Morrow to assist in the solicitation of proxies for the Meeting. The Company has agreed to pay $15,000 for its services. The Company will also reimburse Morrow for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and will indemnify Morrow and its affiliates against certain claims, liabilities, losses, damages and expenses. The Company and its directors, officers and employees may also solicit proxies on the Internet. The Company will ask banks, brokers and other institutions, nominees and fiduciaries to forward this proxy statement and the related proxy materials to their principals and to obtain their authority to execute proxies and voting instructions.

The Company will bear the entire cost of the proxy solicitation, including the preparation, assembly, printing, mailing and distribution of this proxy statement and the related proxy materials. The Company will reimburse brokerage firms and other custodians for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses for forwarding this proxy statement and the related proxy materials to the Company’s shareholders. Directors, officers and employees of the Company who solicit proxies will not be paid any additional compensation for soliciting.

Interests of the Sponsor, Directors and Officers

When you consider the recommendation of the Board, the Company’s shareholders should be aware that aside from their interests as shareholders, the Sponsor, certain members of the Board and officers of the Company have interests that are different from, or in addition to, those of other shareholders generally. The Board was aware of and considered these interests, among other matters, in recommending to the Company’s shareholders that they approve the Extension Amendment Proposal. Shareholders of the Company should take these interests into account in deciding whether to approve the Extension Amendment Proposal:

the fact that the Sponsor, our officers, directors, advisors and their affiliates own an aggregate of 3,347,611 Founder Shares which they purchased from the Original Sponsor for an aggregate price of $500,000 and which will be converted into up to 3,347,611 Pubco ordinary shares, which will have a significantly higher value at the time of the LLP Transaction, if it is consummated, and, based on the closing trading price of the Class A Ordinary Shares on November 28, 2023, which was $10.62, would have an aggregate value of approximately $35.6 million as of the same date, representing an approximate 7,000% gain on the Sponsor’s investment. The Original Sponsor currently owns 1,906,764 Founder Shares, or 35.6% of the total issued and outstanding Founder Shares or 18.4% of the total issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company. If the Company does not consummate the Business Combination or another initial Business Combination by January 1, 2024 (unless such date is extended by and with the approval of our shareholders), and we are therefore required to be liquidated, these shares would be worthless, as Founder Shares are not entitled to participate in any redemption or liquidation of the Trust Account. Based on the difference in the effective purchase price of $0.149 per share that the Sponsor paid for the Founder Shares, as compared to the purchase price of $10.00 per Class A Ordinary Share sold in the initial public offering, the Sponsor may earn a positive rate of return even if the stock price of Pubco after the closing of the LLP Transaction (the “Closing”) falls below the price initially paid for the Class A Ordinary Shares in the initial public offering and the public shareholders experience a negative rate of return following the Closing of the LLP Transaction;

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the fact that if the Company does not consummate the LLP Transaction or another initial Business Combination by January 1, 2024 (unless such date is extended by and with the approval of the Company’s shareholders), it would cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, redeeming all of the outstanding Public Shares for cash and, subject to the approval of its remaining shareholders and its directors, dissolving and liquidating, subject in each case to its obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. The Sponsor will benefit from the completion of an initial Business Combination and may be incentivized to complete the acquisition of a less favorable target company or on terms less favorable to shareholders rather than to liquidate;
the fact that on August 7, 2023, the Company issued the 2023 August Note to the Sponsor in an amount up to $1,500,000, of which approximately $668,000 had previously been advanced by the Sponsor. The 2023 August Note accrues no interest and is payable upon the consummation of the initial Business Combination or the date of the liquidation of the Company. If the LLP Transaction or another initial Business Combination is not consummated, the 2023 August Note may not be repaid;
the fact that the Sponsor is entitled to $10,000 per month for office space, secretarial and administrative services until the completion of an initial Business Combination under the Administrative Services Agreement;
the fact that the Sponsor and our officers and directors have waived their right to redeem their Founder Shares and any other Ordinary Shares held by them, or to receive distributions from the Trust Account with respect to the Founder Shares upon our liquidation if we are unable to consummate an initial Business Combination;
the continued indemnification of the Company’s existing directors and officers and the continuation of the Company’s directors’ and officers’ liability insurance after the LLP Transaction or an alternative Business Combination;
the fact that unless we consummate an initial Business Combination, our directors and officers will not receive reimbursement for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with the LLP Transaction or an alternative Business Combination (to the extent that such expenses exceed the amount of available proceeds not deposited in the Trust Account); and
the fact that the Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party (other than the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm) for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has discussed entering into a transactions agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below the lesser of (i) $10.00 per Public Share and (ii) the actual amount per Public Share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account, due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, in each case net of the interest that may be withdrawn to pay taxes. This liability will not apply to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account and as to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the initial public offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Additionally, if the Extension Amendment Proposal are approved and the Company consummates the LLP Transaction, the directors and officers may have additional interests, including interests in the LLP Transaction. Such interests will be described in the Registration Statement on Form F-4 for such transaction.

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DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Directors and Officers

The directors and executive officers of the Company are as follows:

NameAgePosition
Thomas D. Hennessy38Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
Nicholas Geeza38Chief Financial Officer
M. Joseph Beck38Director
Adam Blake38Director
Jack Leeney38Director
Gloria Fu52Director

The experience of our directors and executive officers is as follows:

Thomas D. Hennessyhas served as Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since March 2023. He has served as a Managing Partner of Growth Strategies of Hennessy Capital Group, LLC, an alternative investment firm founded in 2013 that focuses on investing in industrial, infrastructure, climate and real estate technologies. He has served as a director of TortoiseEcofin Acquisition Corp. III (NYSE: TRTL), a special purpose acquisition company, since July 2023. Mr. Hennessy has served as a director of Jaguar Global Growth Corporation I (Nasdaq: JGGC), a special purpose acquisition company targeting businesses operating primarily outside of the United States in the PropTech sector, since February 2021. Since December 2020, he has served as a director of 7GC & Co. Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: VII), a special purpose acquisition company targeting the technology industry. Mr. Hennessy, in his role as Chairman, Co-Chief Executive Officer and President, has executed two successful SPAC business combinations, including (i) PropTech Acquisition Corporation’s business combination with Porch Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: PRCH) in 2020; and (ii) PropTech Investment Corporation II’s business combination with Appreciate Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: SFR) in 2022. Since 2021, Mr. Hennessy has also invested in numerous privately-held companies in his capacity as Managing Partner of Hennessy Capital Growth Partners, a growth equity fund that serves as a strategic capital and growth partner to real estate technology and climate technology companies. Mr. Hennessy served from 2014 to 2019 as a Portfolio Manager of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. Mr. Hennessy holds a B.A. degree from Georgetown University and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Mr. Hennessy is qualified to serve as a director of the Company due to his extensive experience with special purpose acquisition companies and his expertise in mergers and acquisitions.

Nicholas Geeza has served as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company since April 2023. Mr. Geeza has served as Head of Business Development of Hennessy Capital Growth Strategies, an alternative investment company, since April 2023. Mr. Geeza has served as Enterprise Sales Director for Capital Preferences, Ltd., a wealth technology platform focused on using behavioral economics to reveal client preferences and drive increased assets under management for global enterprise financial institutions, since March 2022. From November 2007 to March 2022, Mr. Geeza served as Senior Vice President in the Derivative Products Group at U.S. Bank National Association, where he was responsible for developing and servicing client relationships in the National Corporate Banking Technology, Automotive and Insurance divisions. During his tenure, Mr. Geeza assisted in the development and successful implementation of a dynamic hedging platform, advised on compliance with U.S. GAAP accounting requirements, and negotiated International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Dodd-Frank, and collateral management documentation. Prior to U.S. Bank, Mr. Geeza worked at JP Morgan Chase & Co. in New York. Mr. Geeza graduated cum laude with a B.S. from Georgetown University and earned an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

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M. Joseph Beck has served as a member of the Board, a member of the audit committee, as chairperson of the compensation committee and a member of the nominating and corporate governance committee of the Company since March 2023. Mr. Beck has served as a director of Jaguar Global Growth Corporation I, a special purpose acquisition company targeting business operating primarily outside of the United States in the PropTech sector, since February 2021. Since December 2020, he has served as a director of 7GC & Co. Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: VII), a special purpose acquisition company targeting the technology industry. From July 2019 to December 2020, he served as Co-Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and director of PropTech Acquisition Corporation. Since August 2020, he has served as Co-Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Director of PropTech Investment Corporation II and subsequently a director of Porch Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: PRCH), which completed a business combination with PropTech Investment Corporation II in November 2022. Mr. Beck has served as a Managing Partner of Growth Strategies of Hennessy Capital Group LLC since July 2019. From August 2012 to July 2019, Mr. Beck served as a Senior Investment Manager of ADIA. From July 2008 to August 2012, Mr. Beck served as an analyst in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. Mr. Beck holds a B.A. degree from Yale University. Mr. Beck is qualified to serve as a director of the Company due to his extensive experience with special purpose acquisition companies and his expertise in finance.

Adam Blake has served as a member of the Board, a member of the audit committee, a member of the compensation committee and chairperson of the nominating and corporate governance committee of the Company since March 2023. Mr. Blake is an independent investor. He served as an independent director of PropTech Investment Corporation II from December 2020 until November 2022. In January 2017, Mr. Blake co-founded Zego Inc., a digital amenity and resident engagement platform for apartments, for which he served as the Chief Executive Officer until April 2019, when it was acquired by PayLease, a portfolio company of Vista Equity Partners. In October 2010, Mr. Blake founded Brightergy, an energy service and software company, for which he served as Chief Executive Officer until July 2016. Previously, Mr. Blake was a real estate investor and developer specializing in multi-family apartments and other types of real estate investments. Mr. Blake holds a B.B.A degree from Texas Christian University. Mr. Blake is qualified to serve as a director of the Company due to his expertise in real estate investments.

Jack Leeneyhas served as a director of the Company since March 2023. He has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of 7GC & Co. Holdings (Nasdaq: VII) since September 2020. He has served as a director of TortoiseEcofin Acquisition Corp. III (NYSE: TRTL), a special purpose acquisition company, since July 2023. He previously served as an independent director of PropTech Acquisition Corporation (Nasdaq: PTAC) from November 2019 to December 2022 and PropTech Investment Corporation II (Nasdaq: PTIC) from December 2020 to November 2022. Since 2016, Mr. Leeney has served as a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of 7GC & Co., a growth stage venture capital firm. Mr. Leeney led the firm’s investments in Cheddar (sold to Altice USA, May 2019), Capsule Corp., hims & hers (IPO, January 2021, NYSE: HIMS), Roofstock, The Mom Project, Reliance Jio, Because Market, Jackpocket, and Moonfare. He currently serves on the board of directors of The Mom Project and Because Market. Between April 2011 and December 2016, Mr. Leeney served on the boards of directors of Quantenna Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: QTNA), DoAt Media Ltd. (Private), CinePapaya (acquired by Comcast), Joyent (acquired by Samsung), BOKU, Inc. (AIM: BOKU), Eventful (acquired by CBS) and Blueliv (Private). Previously, Mr. Leeney served as the Head of U.S. Investing for Telefonica Ventures between June 2012 and September 2016, the investment arm of Telefonica (NYSE: TEF), served as an investor at Hercules Capital (NYSE: HTGC) between May 2011 and June 2012 and began his career as a technology-focused investment banker at Morgan Stanley in 2007. Mr. Leeney holds a B.S. from Syracuse University. Mr. Leeney is well qualified to serve as a director due to his investment and advisory experience.

Gloria Fu has served as a member of the Board, chairperson of the audit committee, a member of the compensation committee and a member of the nominating and corporate governance committee of the Company since April 2023. Ms. Fu currently serves on the board of directors and is a chair of the audit committee for Appreciate Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: SFR), which combined with PropTech Investment Corporation II (Nasdaq: PTIC) in November 2022. Gloria Fu previously served as an independent director of PTIC II beginning December 2020 and was a member of the audit and compensation committees. Ms. Fu is the East Coast Chapter Chair for the International Luxury Hotel Association, a leading trade association for luxury hospitality executives. Ms. Fu is also on the board of directors and member of the audit and development committees for Visions, a New York based non-profit sponsoring programs for the blind. Ms. Fu brings over 20 years of investment management expertise, most recently at JPMorgan Asset Management, Inc., where she served as a Managing Director and portfolio manager from February 2004 to April 2019. Ms. Fu’s broad base of expertise includes strategy, financial analysis, and shareholder-related issues. Ms. Fu is a subject matter expert in corporate governance issues. Ms. Fu was a founding member of JPMorgan Asset Management’s Proxy Committee for which she provided leadership and guidance on a broad range of topics including proxy contests, Say on Pay, and ESG. From March 2002 to February 2004, Ms. Fu was a Vice President at JPMorgan Securities and a sell-side equity research analyst focused on the gaming and lodging industries. Ms. Fu is a Chartered Financial Analyst and holds a Bachelor of Sciences in Hotel Administration and Masters in Hospitality Administration from Cornell University. Ms. Fu is qualified to serve as a director of the Company due to her investment advisory and real estate expertise, particularly omnichannel retail and lodging.

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Number and Terms of Office of Officers and Directors

We have 5 directors. Our Board is divided into three classes, with only one class of directors being appointed in each year, and with each class (except for those directors appointed prior to this Meeting) serving a three-year term. The term of office of the Class I directors, consisting of Thomas D. Hennessy, will expire at our annual general meeting in 2025. The term of office of the Class II directors, consisting of Jack Leeney and Gloria Fu, will expire at our annual general meeting in 2024. The term of office of the Class III directors, consisting of M. Joseph Beck and Adam Blake, will expire at this Meeting.

Holders of the Founder Shares will have the right to appoint and remove all of our directors prior to consummation of the Business Combination and holders of the Public Shares will not have the right to vote on the appointment of directors during such time. Each of our directors will hold office for a three-year term. Incumbent directors will also have the ability to appoint additional directors or to appoint replacement directors in the event of a casual vacancy.

Our officers are appointed by the Board and serve at the discretion of the Board, rather than for specific terms of office. Our board of directors is authorized to appoint persons to the offices set forth in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association as it deems appropriate. Our officers may consist of a Chairman, a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Chief Operating Officer, a Chief Financial Officer, Vice Presidents, a Secretary, Assistant Secretaries, a Treasurer and such other offices as may be determined by our board of directors.

Director Independence

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The NYSE listing standards require that a majority of our Board be independent. An “independent director” is defined generally as a person who has no material relationship with the listed company (either directly or as a partner, shareholder or officer of an organization that has a relationship with the company). Our Board has determined that each of Jack Leeney, Gloria Fu, M. Joseph Beck and Adam Blake are an “independent director” under applicable SEC and NYSE rules. Our independent directors will have regularly scheduled meetings at which only independent directors are present.

Officer and Director Compensation

None of our executive officers or directors have received any cash compensation for services rendered to us. Pursuant to the Administrative Services Agreement, the Company agreed to pay the Original Sponsor a total of $10,000 per month for office space, secretarial and administrative services. On March 31, 2023, pursuant to an assignment and assumption agreement, the Original Sponsor assigned the Administrative Services Agreement to the Sponsor. Upon completion of the initial Business Combination or the Company’s liquidation, the Company will cease paying these monthly fees. Our executive officers and directors, or any of their respective affiliates will be reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with activities on our behalf such as identifying potential partner businesses and performing due diligence on suitable Business Combinations. Our audit committee reviews on a quarterly basis all payments that were made by us to our executive officers or directors, or our or their affiliates. Any such payments prior to an initial Business Combination will be made using funds held outside the Trust Account. Other than quarterly audit committee review of such reimbursements, we do not expect to have any additional controls in place governing our reimbursement payments to our directors and executive officers for their out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with our activities on our behalf in connection with identifying and consummating an initial Business Combination. Other than these payments and reimbursements, no compensation of any kind, including finder’s and consulting fees, will be paid by the Company to our executive officers and directors, or any of their respective affiliates, prior to completion of our initial Business Combination.

After the completion of our initial Business Combination, directors or members of our management team who remain with us may be paid consulting or management fees from the combined company. All of these fees will be fully disclosed to shareholders, to the extent then known, in the proxy solicitation materials or tender offer materials furnished to our shareholders in connection with a proposed Business Combination. We have not established any limit on the amount of such fees that may be paid by the combined company to our directors or members of management. It is unlikely the amount of such compensation will be known at the time of the proposed Business Combination, because the directors of the post-combination business will be responsible for determining executive officer and director compensation. Any compensation to be paid to our executive officers will be determined, or recommended to the Board for determination, either by a compensation committee constituted solely by independent directors or by a majority of the independent directors on our Board.

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We do not intend to take any action to ensure that members of our management team maintain their positions with us after the consummation of our initial Business Combination, although it is possible that some or all of our executive officers and directors may negotiate employment or consulting arrangements to remain with us after our initial Business Combination. The existence or terms of any such employment or consulting arrangements to retain their positions with us may influence our management team’s motivation in identifying or selecting a partner business but we do not believe that the ability of our management team to remain with us after the consummation of our initial Business Combination will be a determining factor in our decision to proceed with any potential Business Combination. We are not party to any agreements with our executive officers and directors that provide for benefits upon termination of employment.

Committees of the Board of Directors

Our Board has three standing committees: an audit committee, a compensation committee and a nominating and corporate governance committee. Subject to phase-in rules and a limited exception, NYSE rules and Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act require that the audit committee of a listed company be comprised solely of independent directors, and NYSE rules require that the compensation committee and nominating and corporate governance committee of a listed company each be comprised solely of independent directors.

Audit Committee

We established an audit committee of the board of directors. Gloria Fu, M. Joseph Beck and Adam Blake serve as members of our audit committee. Our Board has determined that each of our audit committee members is independent. Gloria Fu serves as the chairperson of the audit committee. Each member of the audit committee meets the financial literacy requirements of the NYSE and our Board has determined that Gloria Fu qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in applicable SEC rules and has accounting or related financial management expertise.

The audit committee is responsible for:

assisting Board oversight of (1) the integrity of our financial statements, (2) our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, (3) our independent auditor’s qualifications and independence, and (4) the performance of our internal audit function and independent auditors;
the appointment, compensation, retention, replacement, and oversight of the work of the independent auditors and any other independent registered public accounting firm engaged by us;
pre-approving all audit and non-audit services to be provided by the independent auditors or any other registered public accounting firm engaged by us, and establishing pre-approval policies and procedures;
reviewing and discussing with the independent auditors all relationships the auditors have with us in order to evaluate their continued independence;
setting clear hiring policies for employees or former employees of the independent auditors;
setting clear policies for audit partner rotation in compliance with applicable laws and regulations;
obtaining and reviewing a report, at least annually, from the independent auditors describing (1) the independent auditor’s internal quality-control procedures and (2) any material issues raised by the most recent internal quality-control review, or peer review, of the audit firm, or by any inquiry or investigation by governmental or professional authorities, within the preceding five years respecting one or more independent audits carried out by the firm and any steps taken to deal with such issues;
meeting to review and discuss our annual audited financial statements and quarterly financial statements with management and the independent auditor;
reviewing and approving any related party transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC prior to us entering into such transaction; and
reviewing with management, the independent auditors, and our legal advisors, as appropriate, any legal, regulatory or compliance matters, including any correspondence with regulators or government agencies and any employee complaints or published reports that raise material issues regarding our financial statements or accounting policies and any significant changes in accounting standards or rules promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the SEC or other regulatory authorities.

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Compensation Committee

We have established a compensation committee of our Board. However, as we are not paying compensation to any employees, and have already determined director compensation, we do not expect that the compensation committee will meet for substantive compensation purposes prior to our initial Business Combination. The members of our compensation committee are Gloria Fu, M. Joseph Beck and Adam Blake. M. Joseph Beck serves as chairperson of the compensation committee. Our Board has determined that all of the directors on the compensation committee are independent. We have adopted a compensation committee charter, which details the principal functions of the compensation committee, including:

reviewing and approving on an annual basis the corporate goals and objectives relevant to our Chief Executive Officer’s compensation, evaluating our Chief Executive Officer’s performance in light of such goals and objectives and determining and approving the remuneration (if any) of our Chief Executive Officer based on such evaluation;
reviewing and making recommendations to our Board with respect to the compensation, and any incentive-compensation and equity-based plans that are subject to Board approval of all of our other officers;
reviewing our executive compensation policies and plans;
implementing and administering our incentive compensation equity-based remuneration plans;
assisting management in complying with our proxy statement and annual report disclosure requirements;
approving all special perquisites, special cash payments and other special compensation and benefit arrangements for our officers and employees;
producing a report on executive compensation to be included in our annual proxy statement; and
reviewing, evaluating and recommending changes, if appropriate, to the remuneration for directors.

The charter also provides that the compensation committee may, in its sole discretion, retain or obtain the advice of a compensation consultant, independent legal counsel or other adviser and will be directly responsible for the appointment, compensation and oversight of the work of any such adviser. However, before engaging or receiving advice from a compensation consultant, external legal counsel or any other adviser, the compensation committee will consider the independence of each such adviser, including the factors required by the NYSE and the SEC.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

We established a nominating and corporate governance committee of our Board. The members of our nominating and corporate governance committee are Gloria Fu, M. Joseph Beck and Adam Blake, with Adam Blake serving as chairperson. Our Board has determined that each of Gloria Fu, M. Joseph Beck and Adam Blake is an independent director.

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The nominating and corporate governance committee is responsible for:

identifying, screening and reviewing individuals qualified to serve as directors, consistent with criteria approved by our Board, and recommending to our Board candidates for nomination for appointment;
developing and recommending to our Board and overseeing implementation of our corporate governance guidelines;
coordinating and overseeing the annual self-evaluation of our Board, its committees, individual directors and management in the governance of the company; and
reviewing on a regular basis our overall corporate governance and recommending improvements as and when necessary.

Guidelines for Selecting Director Nominees

We have not formally established any specific, minimum qualifications that must be met or skills that are necessary for directors to possess. In general, in identifying and evaluating nominees for director, our Board considers educational background, diversity of professional experience, knowledge of our business, integrity, professional reputation, independence, wisdom, and the ability to represent the best interests of our shareholders.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

None of our officers currently serves, or in the past year has served, as a member of the Board or compensation committee of any entity that has one or more officers serving on our Board.

Code of Ethics

We have adopted a Code of Ethics applicable to our directors, officers and employees. A copy of the Code of Ethics will be provided without charge upon request from us. We intend to disclose any amendments to or waivers of certain provisions of our Code of Ethics in a Current Report on Form 8-K.

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PROPOSAL NO. 1— THE EXTENSION AMENDMENT PROPOSAL

Overview

The Company is proposing to amend its Memorandum and Articles of Association to extend the Current Outsidedate by which the Company has to consummate a Business Combination to the Charter Extension Date so as to give the Company additional time to complete the LLP Transaction. A copy of the proposed amendment to the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company is attached to this proxy statement as part of Annex A.

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and the Charter Extension is implemented, the removal from the Trust Account of the amount equal to the pro rata portion of funds available in the Trust Account with respect to such redeemed Public Shares will reduce the Company’s net asset value. The Company cannot predict the amount that will remain in the Trust Account following the Redemption if the Charter Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and the Charter Extension is implemented, and the amount remaining in the Trust Account may be only a small fraction of the approximately $52.8 million that was in the Trust Account as of the Record Date.

Additionally, if the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and implemented, the Sponsor or its designees has agreed to contribute to the Company as a loan (i) the lesser of (x) an aggregate of $165,000 or (y) $0.035 for each Public Share that is not redeemed in connection with the Charter Extension for the first two months (commencing on January 2, 2024 and on the 2nd day of each subsequent month until March 1, 2024) plus (ii) the lesser of (x) $82,500 per month or (y) $0.0175 per Public Share that remains outstanding and is not redeemed in connection with the Extension for each of the four subsequent calendar months (commencing on March 2, 2024 and on the 2nd day of each subsequent month) until the Charter Extension Date, or portion thereof, that is needed to complete a Business Combination (such loans, the “Contribution”), which amount will be deposited into the Trust Account. Accordingly, the amount deposited per share will depend on the number of Public Shares that remain outstanding after redemptions in connection with the Extension and the length of the extension period that will be needed to complete the LLP Transaction. If more than 4,714,285 Public Shares remain outstanding after redemptions in connection with the Extension, then the amount paid per share will be decreased proportionately. For example, if we complete the LLP Transaction on July 1, 2024, which would represent six (6) calendar months, no Public Shares are redeemed and all of our Public Shares remain outstanding in connection with the Extension, then the aggregate amount deposited per share will be approximately $0.099 per share, with the aggregate maximum contribution to the Trust Account being $495,000. However, if 285,728 Public Shares are redeemed and 4,714,285 of our Public Shares remain outstanding after redemptions in connection with the Extension, then the amount deposited per share for such six-month period will be $0.105 per share, with the aggregate maximum contribution to the Trust Account being $495,000.

Assuming the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved, the initial Contribution amount will be deposited into the Trust Account promptly following the Original Termination Date. Each additional monthly Contribution will be deposited in the Trust Account within seven calendar days from the 2nd day of such calendar month. The Contributions are conditioned upon the implementation of the Charter Extension. The Contributions will not be made if the Charter Extension is not approved or the Extension is not completed. The amount of the Contributions, which are loans, will not bear interest and will be repayable by us to the Sponsor or its designees upon consummation of a Business Combination. If the Sponsor or its designees advises us that it does not intend to make the Contributions, then the proposals will not be put before the shareholders at the Meeting and we will wind up, liquidate and dissolve in accordance with the Memorandum and Articles of Association. Our Board will have the sole discretion whether to extend for additional calendar months following January 1, 2024 until July 1, 2024 and if our Board determines not to continue extending for additional calendar months, the Sponsor or its designees will not make any additional Contributions following such determination.

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved and the Current Outside DateCharter Extension is not otherwise extended and the Company has not consummated an initial business combination by the Current Outside Date,implemented, the Company will (i) ceasewind up, liquidate and dissolve.

Without the approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal and the implementation of the Charter Extension, the Company believes that it will not be able to complete the LLP Transaction on or before the Original Termination Date. If that were to occur, the Company would be forced to liquidate on the Original Termination Date.

As contemplated by the Memorandum and Articles of Association, the holders of the Company’s Public Shares may elect to redeem all operations exceptor a portion of their Public Shares in exchange for their pro rata portion of the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than tenfunds held in the Trust Account if the Charter Extension is implemented.

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On the Record Date, the redemption price per share was approximately $10.55 (which is expected to be the same approximate amount two business days thereafter, and subject to having lawfully available funds therefor, redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equalprior to the Meeting), based on the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including anyTrust Account of approximately $52.8 million as of the Record Date (including interest earned onnot previously released to the trust account deposits (which interest shall be net ofCompany to pay its income taxes, payable and after setting asideless up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the total number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining shareholders and our Board, in accordance with applicable law, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.

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Our initial shareholders have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and public shares, as applicable, in connection with a shareholder vote to approve certain amendments to our Governing Documents, including a vote to approve an extension to the Current Outside Date. In addition, they have agreed to waive their right to receive liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to any founder shares they hold if we fail to consummate an initial business combination by the Current Outside Date.

A copy of the proposed amendment to our Governing Documents is attached to this proxy statement as Annex A.

Reasons for the Proposal

The sole purpose of the Extension Amendment Proposal is to provide the Company with sufficient time to complete an initial business combination, which our Board believes is in the best interest of our shareholders. Approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal is a condition to the implementation of the Extension.

The Governing Documents provide that we have until the Current Outside Date to complete an initial business combination. Our Board believes that there may not be sufficient time to enter into a definitive agreement, complete the SEC review process and hold an extraordinary general meeting to obtain shareholder approval of and consummate any potential initial business combination, by the Current Outside Date. If we were precluded from completing our initial business combination by the Current Outside Date, we would be forced to liquidate even if our shareholders are otherwise in favor of consummating such business combination.

The Board believes it is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to extend the Current Outside Date to the Extended Date in order to provide sufficient time to consummate a potential initial business combination. We believe that given the Company’s expenditure of time, effort and money on searching for potential business combination opportunities, circumstances warrant providing the Company’s public shareholders an opportunity to consider a potential initial business combination. Accordingly, since we are unlikely to be able to complete an initial business combination by the Current Outside Date, we have determined to seek shareholder approval to extend the time for closing a business combination beyond the Current Outside Date to the Extended Date.

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is Not Approved

Shareholder approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal is required for the implementation of our Board’s plan to extend the date by which the Company must consummate an initial business combination. Therefore, the Board will abandon and not implement the Extension unless the Company’s shareholders approve the Extension Amendment Proposal.

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved, the Company may again seek to extend the Current Outside Date. If the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved, the Current Outside Date is not otherwise extended and we do not consummate an initial business combination by the Current Outside Date, in accordance with its Governing Documents, we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, and subject to having lawfully available funds therefor, redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including any interest earned on the trust account deposits (which interest shall be net of taxes payable and after setting aside up to $100,000 to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the total number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining shareholders and our Board, in accordance with applicable law, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.

Our initial shareholders have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and public shares, as applicable, in connection with a shareholder vote to approve certain amendments to our Governing Documents, including a vote to approve an extension to the Current Outside Date. In addition, they have agreed to waive their right to receive liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to any founder shares they hold if we fail to consummate an initial business combination by the Current Outside Date.

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If the Extension Amendment Proposal is Approved

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved, we will file an amendment to the Company’s Governing Documents with the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands in the form of Annex A hereto to extend the time the Company has to complete a business combination until the Extended Date. We will remain a reporting company under the Exchange Act, and our public shares will remain publicly traded. The Company will then continue to work to consummate an initial business combination by the Extended Date.

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved, we plan to hold another general meeting prior to the Extended Date in order to seek shareholder approval of a potential initial business combination, and related proposals.

You are not being asked to vote on any proposed business combination at this time. If the Extension is implemented and you do not elect to redeem your public shares in connection with the Extension, you will retain the right to vote on any potential initial business combination, when and if such business combination is submitted to the public shareholders (provided that you are a shareholder on the record date for a meeting to consider such business combination) and the right to redeem your public shares for a pro rata portion of the trust account in the event any proposed business combination is approved and completed or the Company has not consummated a business combination by the Extended Date.

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and the Extension is implemented, the removal of the Withdrawal Amount from the trust account in connection with the Election will reduce the amount held in the trust account following the Election. The Company cannot predict the amount that will remain in the trust account after such withdrawal if the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and the amount remaining in the trust account may be only a fraction of the $214.4 million, plus accrued interest (less any funds used to pay taxes) that was in the trust account as of the record date. In such event, we may still seek to obtain additional funds to complete a business combination, and there can be no assurance that such funds will be available on terms acceptable to the parties or at all. We will not proceed with the Extension if redemptions or repurchases of our public shares cause us to have less than $5,000,001 of net tangible assets following approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal.

Redemption Rights

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved, and the Extension is implemented, any holder of public shares may redeem all or a portion of their public shares at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account as of two business days prior to such approval, including any interest earned on the trust account deposits (which interest shall be net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares. However, a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), will be restricted from seeking redemption rights with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of the Class A ordinary shares without the prior consent of the Company. Our Governing Documents require that the Company not redeem its public shares in an amount that would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $$5,000,001, which requirement may not be waived by the Board. If the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved by the requisite vote of shareholders, then the Withdrawal Amount (as defined below) will be withdrawn from the trust account and paid to the redeeming public shareholders with respect to the portion of public shares that were validly redeemed as described above. In addition, the remaining public shareholders be entitled to have their shares redeemed for cash if we have not completed a business combination by the Extended Date, subject to any limitations set forth in our Governing Documents.

TO EXERCISE YOUR REDEMPTION RIGHTS, YOU MUST ENSURE YOUR BANK OR BROKER COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENTS IDENTIFIED HEREIN, INCLUDING SUBMITTING A WRITTEN REQUEST THAT YOUR SHARES BE REDEEMED FOR CASH TO THE TRANSFER AGENT AND DELIVERING YOUR SHARES TO THE TRANSFER AGENT PRIOR TO 5:00PM ET ON MARCH 22, 2023 (TWO BUSINESS DAYS BEFORE THE SCHEDULED VOTE AT THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING).

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YOU WILL ONLY BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE CASH IN CONNECTION WITH A REDEMPTION OF THESE SHARES IF YOU CONTINUE TO HOLD THEM UNTIL THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE EXTENSION AMENDMENT PROPOSAL AND ELECTION.

Pursuant to our Governing Documents, a public shareholder may request that the Company redeem all or a portion of such public shareholder’s public shares for cash if the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved. You will be entitled to receive cash for any public shares to be redeemed only if you:

(i)hold public shares; and
(ii)prior to 5:00PM Eastern Time, on March 22, 2023 (two business days prior to the scheduled vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting), (a) submit a written request, including the name, phone number, and address of the beneficial owner of the shares for which redemption is requested, to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the Company’s transfer agent, at (212) 845-3233, Attn: Francis Wolf (e-mail: fwolf@continentalstock.com), that the Company redeem your public shares for cash and (b) tender or deliver your shares (and share certificates (if any) and other redemption forms) to the transfer agent, physically or electronically through DTC.

Public shareholders may elect to redeem all or a portion of their public shares regardless of whether they vote for or against the Extension Amendment Proposal and regardless of whether they hold public shares on the record date.

Through DTC’s DWAC (Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian) System, this electronic delivery process can be accomplished by the shareholder, whether it is a record holder or its shares are held in “street name,” by contacting the transfer agent or its broker and requesting delivery of its shares through the DWAC system. Delivering shares physically may take significantly longer. In order to obtain a physical share certificate, a shareholder’s broker and/or clearing broker, DTC, and the Company’s transfer agent will need to act together to facilitate this request. There is a nominal cost associated with the above- referenced tendering process and the act of certificating the shares or delivering them through the DWAC system. The transfer agent will typically charge the tendering broker $100 and the broker would determine whether or not to pass this cost on to the redeeming holder. It is our understanding that shareholders should generally allot at least two weeks to obtain physical certificates from the transfer agent. We do not have any control over this process or over the brokers or DTC, and it may take longer than two weeks to obtain a physical share certificate. Such shareholders will have less time to make their investment decision than those shareholders that deliver their shares through the DWAC system. Shareholders who request physical share certificates and wish to redeem may be unable to meet the deadline for tendering their shares before exercising their redemption rights and thus will be unable to redeem their shares.

Certificates that have not been tendered in accordance with these procedures prior to the vote on the Extension Amendment Proposal will not be redeemed for cash held in the trust account on the redemption date. In the event that a public shareholder tenders its shares and decides prior to the vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting that it does not want to redeem its shares, the shareholder may withdraw the tender with the consent of the Board. If you delivered your shares for redemption to our transfer agent and decide prior to the vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting not to redeem your public shares, you may request that our transfer agent return the shares (physically or electronically). You may make such request by contacting our transfer agent at the address listed above. In the event that a public shareholder tenders shares and the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved, these shares will not be redeemed and the physical certificates representing these shares will be returned to the shareholder promptly following the determination that the Extension Amendment Proposal will not be approved. We anticipate that a public shareholder who tenders shares for redemption in connection with the vote to approve the Extension would receive payment of the redemption price for such shares soon after the Extension is implemented. The transfer agent will hold the certificates of public shareholders that make the election until such shares are redeemed for cash or returned to such shareholders.

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If properly demanded, we will redeem each public share for a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including any interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us to pay our franchise and income taxes, divided by the total number of then outstanding public shares. Based on the amount in the trust account as of the record date, this would amount to approximately $10.17 per share, which amount includes interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously or yet released to the Company to pay its taxes.Shares. The closing price of the ordinary sharesClass A Ordinary Shares on the NYSE on February 23, 2023, the recordRecord Date was $10.62. Accordingly, if the market price of the Class A Ordinary Shares were to remain the same until the date was $10.17.of the Meeting, exercising redemption rights would result in a public shareholder receiving $0.07 less per share than if the shares were sold in the open market. The Company cannot assure public shareholders that they will be able to sell their public sharesClass A Ordinary Shares in the open market, even if the market price per share is higher than the redemption price stated above, as there may not be sufficient liquidity in its securities when such shareholders wish to sell their shares. The Company believes that such redemption right enables its public shareholders to determine whether or not to sustain their investments for an additional period if the Company does not complete the LLP Transaction on or before the Original Termination Date.

 

Reasons for the Extension Amendment Proposal

The Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association provide that the Company has until the Original Termination Date to complete the LLP Transaction. The Company and its officers and directors agreed that they would not seek to amend the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association to allow for a longer period of time to complete the LLP Transaction unless the Company provided holders of its Public Shares with the right to seek redemption of their Public Shares in connection therewith. The Board believes that it is in the best interests of the Company’s shareholders that the Charter Extension be obtained, and accordingly the approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal, so that the Company will have a limited additional amount of time to consummate the LLP Transaction. Without the Charter Extension, the Company believes that it will not be able to complete the LLP Transaction on or before the Original Termination Date. If that were to occur, the Company would be forced to liquidate on the Original Termination Date.

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is Not Approved

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved and the LLP Transaction is not completed on or before the Original Termination Date, January 1, 2024, as contemplated by and in accordance with the Memorandum and Articles of Association, the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its income taxes, if any (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of the then-outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish rights of the holders of such Public Shares (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any); and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining shareholders and the Board, liquidate and dissolve, subject in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) to the Company’s obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and in all cases subject to the other requirements of applicable law.

The holders of the Founder Shares have waived their rights to participate in any liquidating distribution with respect to the 5,359,375 Founder Shares.

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is Approved

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved, the Company intends to file an amendment to the Memorandum and Articles of Association as provided by the resolution in the form of Annex A hereto to extend the time it has to complete the LLP Transaction until the Charter Extension Date. The Company will then continue to attempt to consummate the LLP Transaction until the Charter Extension Date. The Company will remain a reporting company under the Exchange Act and expect that our Class A Ordinary Shares will remain publicly traded during this time.

Notwithstanding shareholder approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal, our Board will retain the right to abandon and not implement the Extension Amendment at any time without any further action by our shareholders.

The Company is listed on the NYSE. NYSE Rule 102.06 requires that a special purpose acquisition company complete one or more business combinations within three years of its initial public offering, which, in the case of the Company, would be April 1, 2024. If the Charter Extension is approved and the Board exercises its right to extend the life of the Company past April 1, 2024, such extension would extend the Company’s life beyond such 36-month deadline. As a result, the contemplated Charter Extension may not comply with NYSE Rule 102.06. We may be subject to suspension or delisting by the NYSE following April 1, 2024 if the Board exercises its right to extend the Termination Date past April 1, 2024 pursuant to the Charter Extension. For more information see “Risk Factors - The Charter Extension contemplated by the Extension Amendment Proposal may contravene NYSE rules, and as a result, the NYSE could suspend trading in the Company’s securities or delist the Company’s securities from the NYSE.

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Redemption Rights

In connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal and contingent upon the effectiveness of the implementation of the Charter Extension, each public shareholder may seek to redeem its Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the funds available in the Trust Account, including interest earned but net of funds required for income taxes payable (and net up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses). If you exercise your redemption rights, you will be exchanging your shares of the Company’s ordinary sharesPublic Shares for cash and will no longer own the shares.

In order to exercise your redemption rights, you must:

on or before 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on December 22, 2023 (two business days before the Meeting), tender your shares physically or electronically and submit a request in writing that the Company redeem your Public Shares for cash to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the Company’s transfer agent, at the following address:

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company

One State Street Plaza, 30th Floor

New York, New York 10004

Attn: SPAC Redemption Team

E-mail: spacredemptions@continentalstock.com

and

deliver your Public Shares either physically or electronically through DTC’s DWAC system to the transfer agent at least two business days before the Meeting.

Shareholders seeking to exercise their redemption rights and opting to deliver physical certificates should allot sufficient time to obtain physical certificates from the transfer agent and time to effect delivery. Shareholders should generally allot at least two weeks to obtain physical certificates from the transfer agent. However, it may take longer than two weeks. Shareholders who hold their shares in street name will have to coordinate with their bank, broker or other nominee to have the shares certificated or delivered electronically. If you do not submit a written request and deliver your Public Shares as described above, your shares will not be redeemed.

Shareholders seeking to exercise their redemption rights, whether they are record holders or hold their shares in “street name,” are required to either tender their certificates to the transfer agent prior to the date set forth in this proxy statement, or up to two business days prior to the vote on the proposal to approve the Extension Amendment Proposal at the Meeting, or to deliver their shares to the transfer agent electronically using DTC’s DWAC system, at such shareholder’s option.

Each redemption of a Public Share by the Company’s public shareholders will reduce the amount in the Trust Account, which held marketable securities with a fair value of approximately $52.8 million as of the Record Date. Prior to their exercising redemption rights, the Company’s shareholders should verify the market price of the Public Shares, as shareholders may receive higher proceeds from the sale of their shares of Public Shares in the public market than from exercising their redemption rights if the market price per share is higher than the redemption price. There is no assurance that you will be able to sell your Public Shares in the open market, even if the market price per share is higher than the redemption price stated above, as there may not be sufficient liquidity in the Public Shares when you wish to sell your shares.

If you exercise your redemption rights, your Public Shares will cease to be outstanding and will only represent the right to receive a pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account.

You will have no right to participate in, or have any interest in, the future growth of the Company, if any. You will be entitled to receive cash for these sharesyour Public Shares only if you properly and timely demand redemption and tender your share certificate(s) toredemption.

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If the Company’s transfer agent prior to 5:00PM Eastern TimeCompany does not consummate the LLP Transaction on March 22, 2023 (two business daysor before the scheduled vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting). The Company anticipates that a public shareholder who tenders shares for redemption in connection with the vote to approveOriginal Termination Date, and the Extension Amendment would receive paymentProposal is not approved, the Company will be required to wind up, liquidate and dissolve the Trust Account by returning the then remaining funds in such account to the public shareholders.

Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations for Shareholders Exercising Redemption Rights

The following is a summary of the redemption pricematerial U.S. federal income tax considerations for such shares soon after the Extension is implemented.

Interestsholders of the Company’s Directorsshares that elect to have their shares redeemed for cash. This summary is based upon the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), the regulations promulgated by the U.S. Treasury Department, current administrative interpretations and Executive Officers

When you considerpractices of the recommendationInternal Revenue Services (the “IRS”) (including administrative interpretations and practices expressed in private letter rulings which are binding on the IRS only with respect to the particular taxpayers who requested and received those rulings) and judicial decisions, all as currently in effect and all of our Board, you should keep in mindwhich are subject to differing interpretations or to change, possibly with retroactive effect. No assurance can be given that the Company’s executive officersIRS would not assert, or that a court would not sustain, a position contrary to any of the tax considerations described below. No advance ruling has been or will be sought from the IRS regarding any matter discussed in this summary. This summary does not discuss the impact that U.S. state and directors,local taxes and their affiliates,taxes imposed by non-U.S. jurisdictions could have interestson the matters discussed in this summary. This summary does not purport to discuss all aspects of U.S. federal income taxation that may be different from,important to a particular shareholder in light of its investment or in additiontax circumstances or to your interests as a shareholder. These interests include, among other things:shareholders subject to special tax rules, such as:

 

 If the Extension Amendment Proposalcertain U.S. expatriates;
traders in securities that elect mark-to-market treatment;
S corporations;
U.S. shareholders (as defined below) whose functional currency is not approved and the Company does not consummate an initial business combination by the Current Outside Date, in accordance with our Governing Documents, the 5,359,375 founder shares, which were acquired by our initial shareholders prior to our IPO for an aggregate investment of $25,000, or approximately $0.004 per share, will be worthless (as the initial shareholders have waived liquidation rights with respect toU.S. dollar;
financial institutions;
mutual funds;
qualified plans, such shares). The founder shares had an aggregate market value of approximately $54,290,469 based on the last sale price of the public shares of $10.17 on NYSE on February 23, 2023 (the record date)as 401(k) plans, individual retirement accounts, etc.;
   
  On December 29, 2022, our Sponsor forfeited the 628,750 Class A ordinary shares it purchased in connection with our IPO, losing the value of its $6,287,500 investment. However, if we were able to obtain approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal and subsequently consummate our initial business combination, even if the trading price of the shares of the post-combination company were as low as $1.20 per share, the aggregate market value of the founder shares (converted into Class A common stock in connection with such business combination, and assuming no forfeiture of the founder shares in connection therewith) held by the Sponsor would be approximately equal to the initial investment in the Company by our Sponsor. As a result, if an initial business combination is completed, the initial shareholders are likely to be able to make a substantial profit on their investment in us even at a time when the Class A ordinary shares have lost significant value. On the other hand, if the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved and the Company liquidates without completing its initial business combination before March 29, 2023, the Sponsor will have lost its opportunity to offset the loss of its initial investment in us.
The Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to us if and to the extent any claims by a third party (other than our registered public accounting firm) for services rendered or products sold to us, or a prospective target business with which we have discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reduce the amounts in the trust account to below the lesser of (i) $10.00 per public share and (ii) the actual amount per public share held in the trust account as of the date of the liquidation of the trust account if less than $10.00 per public share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, in each case net of the interest that may be withdrawn to pay our tax obligations, provided that such liability will not apply to any claims by a third-party or prospective target business that executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the trust account nor will it apply to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters of this offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act;

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All rights specified in the Governing Documents relating to the right of officers and directors to be indemnified by the Company, and of the Company’s executive officers and directors to be exculpated from monetary liability with respect to prior acts or omissions, will continue after a business combination. If a business combination is not approved and the Company liquidates, the Company will not be able to perform its obligations to its officers and directors under those provisions;
All of the current members of our Board are expected to continue to serve as directors at least through the date of the Extraordinary General Meeting to approve a business combination and at least one is expected to continue to serve following a business combination and receive compensation thereafter; and
the Company’s executive officers and directors, and their affiliates are entitled to reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with certain activities on the Company’s behalf, such as identifying and investigating possible business targets and business combinations. However, if the Company fails to obtain approval of the Extension Amendment and consummate a business combination, they will not have any claim against the trust account for reimbursement. Accordingly, the Company may not be able to reimburse these expenses if a business combination is not completed.

Additionally, if the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and we consummate an initial business combination, our Sponsor, officers and directors may have additional interests as will be described in the proxy statement for the business combination.

U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations

The following discussion summarizes certain U.S. federal income tax considerations generally applicable to U.S. Holders (as defined below) and Non-U.S. Holders (as defined below) (i) of the Extension Amendment Proposal and (ii) that elect to have their public shares redeemed for cash if the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved.

This discussion is limited to certain U.S. federal income tax considerations to beneficial owners of our public shares who hold their public shares as a capital asset under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). This discussion does not address any aspect of state, local or non-U.S. taxation, or any U.S. federal taxes other than income taxes (such as gift and estate taxes). This discussion is a summary only and does not consider all aspects of U.S. federal income taxation that may be relevant to you in light of your particular circumstances, including the alternative minimum tax, the Medicare tax on net investment income and the different consequences that may apply to you if you are subject to special rules that apply to certain types of investors, such as:

our sponsor, officers or directors;
banks, financial institutions or financial services entities;insurance companies;
   
  broker-dealers;
   
  taxpayers that are subject to the mark-to-market method of accounting rules;
tax-exempt entities;
S-corporations;
governments or agencies or instrumentalities thereof;
insurance companies;

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regulated investment companies;companies (or RICs);
   
  real estate investment trusts;trusts (or REITs);
   
  expatriatespersons holding shares as part of a “straddle,” “hedge,” “conversion transaction,” “synthetic security” or former long-term residentsother integrated investment;
persons subject to the alternative minimum tax provisions of the United States;Code;
tax-exempt organizations;
   
  persons that actually or constructively own 5%5 percent or more of our public shares (by vote or value);the Company’s shares; and
   
  persons that acquired our public shares pursuant to an exercise of employee share options, in connection with employee share incentive plans or otherwise as compensation or in connection with services;
persons required for U.S. federal income tax purposes to conform the timing of income accruals to their financial statements under Section 451 of the Code;
persons that hold our public shares as part of a straddle, constructive sale, hedging, wash sale, conversion or other integrated or similar transaction; or
U.S.Redeeming Non-U.S. Holders (as defined below, and except as otherwise discussed below) whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar..

 

Moreover, the discussion below is based upon the provisions of the Code, the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder and administrative and judicial interpretations thereof, allIf any partnership (including for this purpose any entity treated as of the date hereof. Those authorities may be repealed, revoked, modified or subject to differing interpretations, possibly on a retroactive basis, so as to result in U.S. federal income tax consequences different from those discussed below.

We have not sought, and will not seek, a ruling from the IRS as to any U.S. federal income tax consequence described herein. The IRS may disagree with the discussion herein, and its determination may be upheld by a court. Moreover, there can be no assurance that future legislation, regulations, administrative rulings or court decisions will not affect the accuracy of the statements in this discussion.

As used herein, the term “U.S. Holder” means a beneficial owner of public shares that ispartnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes:purposes) holds shares, the tax treatment of a partner generally will depend on the status of the partner and the activities of the partner and the partnership. This summary does not address any tax consequences to any partnership that holds our securities (or to any direct or indirect partner of such partnership). If you are a partner of a partnership holding the Company’s securities, you should consult your tax advisor. This summary assumes that shareholders hold the Company’s securities as capital assets within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code, which generally means as property held for investment and not as a dealer or for sale to customers in the ordinary course of the shareholder’s trade or business.

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WE URGE HOLDERS OF THE COMPANY’S SHARES CONTEMPLATING EXERCISE OF THEIR REDEMPTION RIGHTS TO CONSULT THEIR TAX ADVISOR REGARDING THE U.S. FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, AND FOREIGN INCOME AND OTHER TAX CONSEQUENCES THEREOF.

U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations to U.S. Shareholders

This section is addressed to Redeeming U.S. Holders (as defined below) of the Company’s shares that elect to have their shares redeemed for cash as described in the section entitled “Proposal No. 1 — The Extension Amendment Proposal — Redemption Rights.” For purposes of this discussion, a “Redeeming U.S. Holder” is a beneficial owner that so redeems its shares and is:

 

 an individuala citizen or resident of the United States;
   
  a corporation (or other(including an entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) that is created or organized (or treated as created or organized) in or under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia;political subdivision thereof;
   
  an estate thewhose income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or
   
  aany trust if (A)(1) a U.S. court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of thesuch trust and one or more
U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (B)(2) it has in effect under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations a valid election in place to be treated as a U.S. person.

 

This discussion does not consider the tax treatment of partnerships (or other pass-through entities or arrangements classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) or persons who hold our public shares through such entities. If a partnership (or other entity or arrangement classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) is the beneficial owner of our public shares, the U.S. federal income tax treatment of a partner in the partnership (or other owner in a pass-through entity) generally will depend on the status of the partner (or other owner) and the activities of the partner (or other owner) and the partnership (or other pass-through entity). If you are a partner of a partnership holding our public shares, we urge you to consult your own tax advisor.

THIS DISCUSSION IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY, IS ONLY A SUMMARY OF CERTAIN U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ACQUISITION, OWNERSHIP, AND DISPOSITION OF OUR SECURITIES, INCLUDING THE EFFECTS OF OUR DOMESTICATION AND IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR CAREFUL TAX PLANNING. EACH PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR IN OUR SECURITIES IS URGED TO CONSULT ITS TAX ADVISOR WITH RESPECT TO THE PARTICULAR TAX CONSEQUENCES TO SUCH INVESTOR OF THE ACQUISITION, OWNERSHIP AND DISPOSITION OF OUR SECURITIES, INCLUDING THE APPLICABILITY AND EFFECT OF U.S. FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, AND NON-UNITED STATES TAX LAWS, AS WELL AS UNDER ANY APPLICABLE TAX TREATY.

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Tax Treatment of Non-Redeeming Shareholders

A public shareholder who does not elect to redeem their public shares (including any public shareholder who votes in favor of the Extension Amendment) will continue to own its public shares, and will not recognize any income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes solely as a result of the Extension Amendment Proposal.

U.S. Holders

GenerallyRedemption — In General

 

SubjectThe balance of the discussion under this heading is subject in its entirety to the PFIC rules discussed below, the U.S. federal income tax consequences to a U.S. Holder of public shares that exercises its redemption rights with respect to its public shares to receive cash in exchange for all or a portion of its public shares will depend on whether it qualifies as a sale or exchange of the public shares under Section 302 of the Code. If the redemption qualifies as a sale or exchange of public shares, the U.S. Holder will be treated as describeddiscussion below under “-the heading “— Taxation of Redemption Treated as Gain or Loss on Sale of Public Shares.Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules.” If the redemption does not qualify asCompany is considered a sale or exchange of public shares,“passive foreign investment company” for these purposes (which the U.S. HolderCompany will be, treated as receivingunless a corporate distribution with the tax consequences described below under “—Taxation of Redemption Treated as a Distribution.” Whether a redemption qualifies for sale or exchange treatment will depend largely on the total number of our public shares treated as held by the U.S. Holder (including any public shares constructively owned by the U.S. Holder described in the following paragraph) relative to all of our public shares outstanding both before and after such redemption. The redemption of public shares generally will be treated as a sale or exchange of the public shares (rather than as a corporate distribution) if, within the meaning of Section 302 of the Code, such redemption (i) is “substantially disproportionate” with respect to the U.S. Holder, (ii) results in a “complete termination” of the U.S. Holder’s interest in us or (iii) is “not essentially equivalent to a dividend” with respect to the U.S. Holder. These tests are explained more fully below.

In determining whether any of the foregoing tests are satisfied, a U.S. Holder takes into account not only our public shares actually owned by the U.S. Holder, but also our public shares that are constructively owned by it. A U.S. Holder may constructively own, in addition to public shares owned directly, public shares owned by certain related individuals and entities in which the U.S. Holder has an interest or that have an interest in such U.S. Holder, as well as any public shares the U.S. Holder has a right to acquire by exercise of an option. In order to meet the substantially disproportionate test, the percentage of our outstanding voting shares actually and constructively owned by the U.S. Holder immediately following the redemption of public shares must, among other requirements, be less than 80% of the percentage of our outstanding voting shares actually and constructively owned by the U.S. Holder immediately before the redemption. Prior to our initial business combination, the public shares may not be treated as voting shares for this purpose and, consequently, this substantially disproportionate test may not be applicable. There will be a complete termination of a U.S. Holder’s interest if either (i) all of our shares actually and constructively owned by the U.S. Holder are redeemed or (ii) all of our shares actually owned by the U.S. Holder are redeemed and the U.S. Holder is eligible to waive, and effectively waives in accordance with specific rules, the attribution of shares owned by certain family members and the U.S. Holder does not constructively own any other of our shares. The redemption of the public shares will not be essentially equivalent to a dividend with respect to a U.S. Holder if it results in a “meaningful reduction” of the U.S. Holder’s proportionate interest in us. Whether the redemption will result in a meaningful reduction in a U.S. Holder’s proportionate interest in us will depend on the particular facts and circumstances.

However, the IRS has indicated in a published ruling that even a small reduction in the proportionate interest of a small minority shareholder in a publicly held corporation who exercises no control over corporate affairs may constitute such a “meaningful reduction.” However, the IRS has indicated in a published ruling that even a small reduction in the proportionate interest of a small minority shareholder in a publicly held corporation where such shareholder exercises no control over corporate affairs may constitute such a “meaningful reduction. A U.S. Holder should consult with its tax advisors as to“start up” exception applies), then the tax consequences of a redemption of any public shares.

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If none of the foregoing tests are satisfied, then the redemption will be treated as a corporate distribution and the tax effects will be as described below under “—Taxation of Redemption Treated as a Distribution.” After the application of those rules, any remaining tax basis of the U.S. Holderoutlined in the redeemed public shares will be added to the U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in its remaining shares, or, if it has none, possibly to the U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in other shares constructively owned by it.that discussion, below.

 

U.S. Holders who actually or constructively own five or more of our shares (by vote or value) may be subject to special reporting requirements with respect to a redemption of public shares, and such holders should consult with their tax advisors with respect to their reporting requirements.

Taxation of Redemption Treated as Gain or Loss on Sale of Public Shares

Subject to the PFIC rules discussed below, if the redemption of a U.S. Holder’s public shares is treated as a sale, as discussed above under the section entitled “—Generally,” aA Redeeming U.S. Holder will generally will recognize capital gain or loss equal to the difference between (i) the sum of the amount of cash received inrealized on the redemption and (ii)such shareholder’s adjusted basis in the shares exchanged therefor if the Redeeming U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basisownership of shares is completely terminated or if the redemption meets certain other tests described below. Special constructive ownership rules apply in its publicdetermining whether a Redeeming U.S. Holder’s ownership of shares surrendered in the redemption. Any such capitalis treated as completely terminated. If gain or loss generallytreatment applies, such gain or loss will be long-term capital gain or loss if the U.S. Holder’s holding period forof such public shares exceedsis more than one year. Long-termyear at the time of the exchange. It is possible that because of the redemption rights associated with our shares, the holding period of such shares may not be considered to begin until the date of such redemption (and thus it is possible that long-term capital gain realized by a non-corporate U.S. Holder currently is subjector loss treatment may not apply to reducedshares redeemed in the redemption). Shareholders who hold different blocks of shares (generally, shares purchased or acquired on different dates or at different prices) should consult their tax rates. It is unclear, however, whether certain redemption rights described in this proxy statement may suspendadvisors to determine how the running of the applicable holding period for this purpose. The deduction of capital losses is subjectabove rules apply to certain limitations.them.

 

Taxation of Redemption Treated as a Distribution

SubjectCash received upon redemption that does not completely terminate the Redeeming U.S. Holder’s interest will still give rise to the PFIC rules discussed below,capital gain or loss, if the redemption is either (i) “substantially disproportionate” or (ii) “not essentially equivalent to a dividend.” In determining whether the redemption is substantially disproportionate or not essentially equivalent to a dividend with respect to a Redeeming U.S. Holder, that Redeeming U.S. Holder is deemed to own not just shares actually owned but also shares underlying rights to acquire our shares and, in some cases, shares owned by certain family members, certain estates and trusts of which the Redeeming U.S. Holder is a beneficiary, and certain affiliated entities.

Generally, the redemption will be “substantially disproportionate” with respect to the Redeeming U.S. Holder if (i) the Redeeming U.S. Holder’s publicpercentage ownership of the outstanding voting shares (including all classes which carry voting rights) of the Company is reduced immediately after the redemption to less than 80% of the Redeeming U.S. Holder’s percentage interest in such shares immediately before the redemption; (ii) the Redeeming U.S. Holder’s percentage ownership of the outstanding shares (both voting and nonvoting) immediately after the redemption is reduced to less than 80% of such percentage ownership immediately before the redemption; and (iii) the Redeeming U.S. Holder owns, immediately after the redemption, less than 50% of the total combined voting power of all classes of shares of the Company entitled to vote. Whether the redemption will be considered “not essentially equivalent to a dividend” with respect to a Redeeming U.S. Holder will depend upon the particular circumstances of that U.S. holder. At a minimum, however, the redemption must result in a meaningful reduction in the Redeeming U.S. Holder’s actual or constructive percentage ownership of the Company. The IRS has ruled that any reduction in a shareholder’s proportionate interest is a “meaningful reduction” if the shareholder’s relative interest in the corporation is minimal and the shareholder does not have meaningful control over the corporation.

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If none of the redemption tests described above give rise to capital gain or loss, the consideration paid to the Redeeming U.S. Holder will be treated as a distribution, as discussed above under the section entitled “— Generally,” a U.S. Holder generally will be required to include in grossdividend income in accordance with such U.S. Holder’s method of accounting for U.S. federal income tax purposes as dividends the amount of the cash received in the redemption to the extent paid out of our current or accumulated earnings and profits (as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles). The amountprofits. However, for the purposes of any such dividends generally will be treated as foreign source dividend income for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The amount of any such dividends paid by us will be taxable to a corporate U.S. Holder at regular rates and will not be eligible for the dividends-received deduction generally allowedand of “qualified dividend” treatment, due to domestic corporations in respect of dividends received from other domestic corporations. Cash received inthe redemption right, a Redeeming U.S. Holder may be unable to include the time period prior to the redemption in the shareholder’s “holding period.” Any distribution in excess of suchour earnings and profits generally will be applied against and reduce the Redeeming U.S. Holder’s basis in its publicthe shares (but not below zero), and to the extent inany remaining excess of such basis, will be treated as gain fromrealized on the sale or exchangeother disposition of such public shares (see “—Taxation of Redemption Treated as Gain or Loss on Sale of Public Shares” above).the shares.

 

With respect to non-corporateAs these rules are complex, U.S. Holders, under tax laws currently in effect and subject to certain exceptions (including, but not limited to, dividends treated as investment income for purposesholders of investment interest deduction limitations), dividends generally will be taxed at the lower applicable long- term capital gains rate (see “—Taxation of Redemption Treated as Gain or Loss on Sale of Public Shares” above) only if our public shares are readily tradable on an established public shares market in the United States and certain other requirements, including certain holding period requirements, are met. It is unclear, however, whether certainconsidering exercising their redemption rights described in this proxy statement may suspendshould consult their own tax advisors as to whether the running of the applicable holding period for this purpose. In addition, if we areredemption will be treated as a PFIC, our dividends will not qualify for this lower applicable long-termsale or as a distribution under the Code.

Certain Redeeming U.S. Holders who are individuals, estates or trusts pay a 3.8% tax on all or a portion of their “net investment income” or “undistributed net investment income” (as applicable), which may include all or a portion of their capital gains rate.gain or dividend income from their redemption of shares. Redeeming U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the availabilityeffect, if any, of such lower rate for any amounts treated as dividends paid with respect to our public shares in the redemption.net investment income tax.

 

Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules

 

A foreign (i.e., non-U.S.) corporation will be classified as a passive foreign investment company (or “PFIC”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes if either (i) at least 75% of its gross income in a taxable year, including its pro rata share of the gross income of any corporation in which it is considered to own at least 25% of the shares by value, is passive income or (ii)income. Alternatively, a foreign corporation will be a PFIC if at least 50% of its assets in a taxable year (ordinarilyof the foreign corporation, ordinarily determined based on fair market value and averaged quarterly over the year),year, including its pro rata share of the assets of any corporation in which it is considered to own at least 25% of the shares by value, are held for the production of, or produce, passive income. Passive income generally includes dividends, interest, rents and royalties (other than rents or royalties derived from the active conduct of a trade or business) and gains from the disposition of passive assets.

 

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Because we arethe Company is a blank check company, with no current active business, we believe that it is likely that we will meethave met the PFIC asset or income test forbeginning with our currentinitial taxable year. However, pursuant to a start-up exception, a corporation will not be a PFIC for the first taxable year the corporation has gross income, (the “start-up year”), if (1) no predecessor of the corporation was a PFIC; (2) the corporation satisfies the IRS that it will not be a PFIC for either of the first two taxable years following the start-up year; and (3) the corporation is not in fact a PFIC for either of those years.

The applicability of the start-up exception to us is uncertain and will not be known until after the close of our current taxable year (or possiblyyear. If we do not until after the close of the first two taxable years following our start-up year, as described undersatisfy the start-up exception). Additionally, it mayexception, we will likely be possible that we couldconsidered a PFIC since our date of formation, and will continue to be treated as a PFIC for a taxable year prior tountil we no longer satisfy the taxable year, which is treatedPFIC tests (although, as our start-up year (within the meaning of the start-up exception). Our actual PFIC status for our current taxable year or any subsequent taxable year, however, will not be determinable until after the end of such taxable year. Accordingly, there can be no assurance with respect to our status as a PFIC for our current taxable year or any future taxable year and prospective U.S. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the possible application ofstated below, in general the PFIC rules the potential unavailability of the start-up exception, and the making ofwould continue to apply to any U.S. holder who held our securities at any time we were considered a QEF election (as discussed further below)PFIC).

 

Although our PFIC status is determined annually, an initial determination that our company is a PFIC generally will apply for subsequent years to a U.S. Holder who held public shares while we were a PFIC, whether or not we meet the test for PFIC status in those subsequent years. If we are determined to be a PFIC for any taxable year (or portion thereof) that is included in the holding period of a Redeeming U.S. Holder of our public shares and, in the case of our shares, the Redeeming U.S. Holder did not make either a qualified electing fund (“timely QEF”) election for our first taxable year as a PFIC in which the Redeeming U.S. Holder held (or was deemed to hold) public shares a QEF election along with a purging election, or a mark-to-markettimely “mark to market” election, in each case as described below, such U.S. Holderholder generally will be subject to special rules with respect to (i) any gain recognized by the U.S. Holder on the sale of its public shares in the redemption and (ii) any “excess distribution” made to the U.S. Holder (generally, any distributions to such U.S. Holder during a taxable year of the U.S. Holder that are greater than 125% of the average annual distributions received by such U.S. Holder in respect of the public shares during the three preceding taxable years of such U.S. Holder or, if shorter, such U.S. Holder’s holding period for the public shares).to:

any gain recognized by the Redeeming U.S. Holder on the sale or other disposition of its shares (which would include the redemption, if such redemption is treated as a sale under the rules discussed under the heading “— Tax Treatment of the Redemption — In General,” above); and
any “excess distribution” made to the Redeeming U.S. Holder (generally, any distributions to such Redeeming U.S. Holder during a taxable year of the Redeeming U.S. Holder that are greater than 125% of the average annual distributions received by such Redeeming U.S. Holder in respect of the shares during the three preceding taxable years of such Redeeming U.S. Holder or, if shorter, such Redeeming U.S. Holder’s holding period for the shares), which may include the redemption to the extent such redemption is treated as a distribution under the rules discussed under the heading “— Tax Treatment of the Redemption — In General,” above.

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Under these rules:special rules,

 

  the Redeeming U.S. Holder’s gain or excess distribution will be allocated ratably over the Redeeming U.S. Holder’s holding period for the public shares;
   
  the amount allocated to the Redeeming U.S. Holder’s taxable year in which the Redeeming U.S. Holder recognized the gain or received the excess distribution, or to the period in the Redeeming U.S. Holder’s holding period before the first day of our first taxable year in which we are a PFIC, will be taxed as ordinary income;
   
  the amount allocated to other taxable years (or portions thereof) of the Redeeming U.S. Holder and included in its holding period will be taxed at the highest tax rate in effect for that year and applicable to the Redeeming U.S. Holder; and
   
  an additional tax equal to the interest charge generally applicable to underpayments of tax will be imposed on the U.S. Holder within respect toof the tax attributable to each such other taxable year of the Redeeming U.S. Holder.

 

In general, if we are determined to be a PFIC, a Redeeming U.S. Holder willmay avoid the PFIC tax consequences described above in respect ofto our public shares by making a timely and valid QEF election (if eligible to do so) to include in income its pro rata share of our net capital gains (as long-term capital gain) and other earnings and profits (as ordinary income), on a current basis, in each case whether or not distributed, in the taxable year of the Redeeming U.S. Holder in which or with which our taxable year ends. In general, a QEF election must be made on or before the due date (including extensions) for filing such Redeeming U.S. Holder’s tax return for the taxable year for which the election relates. A Redeeming U.S. Holder generally may make a separate election to defer the payment of taxes on undistributed income inclusions under the QEF rules, but if deferred, any such taxes will be subject to an interest charge.

 

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The QEF election is made on a shareholder-by-shareholder basis and, once made, can be revoked only with the consent of the IRS. A Redeeming U.S. Holder generally makes a QEF election by attaching a completed IRS Form 8621 (Information Return(Return by a Shareholder of a Passive Foreign Investment Company or Qualified Electing Fund), including the information provided in a PFIC Annual Information Statement,annual information statement, to a timely filed U.S. federal income tax return for the tax year to which the election relates. Retroactive QEF elections generally may be made only by filing a protective statement with such return and if certain other conditions are met or with the consent of the IRS. Redeeming U.S. Holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding the availability and tax consequences of a retroactive QEF election under their particular circumstances.

 

In order to comply with the requirements of a QEF election, a Redeeming U.S. Holder must receive a PFIC Annual Information Statementannual information statement from us. If we determine we are a PFIC for any taxable year, we will endeavor to provide upon written request, to a Redeeming U.S. Holder such information as the IRS may require, including a PFIC Annual Information Statement,annual information statement, in order to enable the Redeeming U.S. Holder to make and maintain a QEF election, butelection. However, there is no assurance that we will timely provide such required information. There is also no assurance that we will have timely knowledge of our status as a PFIC in the future or of the required information to be provided.

 

If a Redeeming U.S. Holder has made a QEF election with respect to our public shares, and the excess distributionspecial tax and interest charge rules discussed above do not apply to such shares (because of a timely QEF election for our first taxable year as a PFIC in which the Redeeming U.S. Holder holds (or is deemed to hold) such shares or a purge of the PFIC taint pursuant to a purging election, as described above), any gain recognized on the sale of our public shares in the redemption generally will be taxable as capital gain and no additional tax or interest charge will be imposed under the PFIC rules.imposed. As discussed above, if we are a PFIC for any taxable year, aRedeeming U.S. HolderHolders of our public shares that has made a QEF election will beare currently taxed currently on itstheir pro rata shareshares of ourits earnings and profits, whether or not distributed fordistributed. In such year. Acase, a subsequent distribution of such earnings and profits that were previously included in income generally should not be taxable when distributedas a dividend to such Redeeming U.S. Holder.Holders. The tax basis of a Redeeming U.S. Holder’s public shares in a QEF will be increased by amounts that are included in income, and decreased by amounts distributed but not taxed as dividends, under the above rules. Similar basis adjustments apply to property if by reason of holding such property the Redeeming U.S. Holder is treated under the applicable attribution rules as owning shares in a QEF. In addition, if

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Although a determination as to our PFIC status will be made annually, a determination that we are not a PFIC for any particular year will generally apply for subsequent years to a Redeeming U.S. Holder who held shares while we were a PFIC, whether or not we meet the test for PFIC status in those subsequent years. A Redeeming U.S. Holder who makes the QEF election discussed above for our first taxable year as a PFIC in which the Redeeming U.S. Holder holds (or is deemed to hold) our shares and receives the requisite PFIC annual information statement, however, will not be subject to the PFIC tax and interest charge rules discussed above in respect to such shares. In addition, such Redeeming U.S. Holder will not be subject to the QEF inclusion regime with respect to our publicsuch shares for suchany taxable year.

Alternatively,year of us that ends within or with a taxable year of the Redeeming U.S. Holder and in which we are not a PFIC. On the other hand, if the QEF election is not effective for each of our taxable years in which we are a PFIC and our public shares constitute “marketable stock,” athe Redeeming U.S. Holder may avoid the adverse PFIC tax consequences discussed above if such U.S. Holder, at the close of the first taxable year in which it holds (or is deemed to hold) our public shares, the PFIC rules discussed above will continue to apply to such shares unless the holder makes a purging election, as described above, and pays the tax and interest charge with respect to the gain inherent in such shares attributable to the pre-QEF election period.

Alternatively, if a Redeeming U.S. Holder, at the close of its taxable year, owns shares in a PFIC that are treated as marketable stock, the Redeeming U.S. Holder may make a mark-to-market election with respect to such shares for such taxable year. SuchIf the Redeeming U.S. Holder makes a valid mark-to-market election for the first taxable year of the Redeeming U.S. Holder in which the Redeeming U.S. Holder holds (or is deemed to hold) shares and for which we are determined to be a PFIC, such holder generally will include for each ofnot be subject to the PFIC rules described above in respect to its taxable yearsshares. Instead, in general, the Redeeming U.S. Holder will include as ordinary income each year the excess, if any, of the fair market value of its public shares at the end of suchits taxable year over itsthe adjusted basis in its public shares. These amounts of ordinary income would not be eligible for the favorable tax rates applicable to qualified dividend income or long-term capital gains. The Redeeming U.S. Holder also will recognizebe allowed to take an ordinary loss in respect of the excess, if any, of itsthe adjusted basis of its public shares over the fair market value of its public shares at the end of its taxable year (but only to the extent of the net amount of previously included income as a result of the mark-to-market election). The Redeeming U.S. Holder’s basis in its public shares will be adjusted to reflect any such income or loss amounts, and any further gain recognized on a sale or other taxable disposition of its publicthe shares will be treated as ordinary income.

 

The mark-to-market election is available only for “marketable stock,” generally, stock that is regularly traded on a national securities exchange that is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the NYSE, (on which our public shares are listed), or on a foreign exchange or market that the IRS determines has rules sufficient to ensure that the market price represents a legitimate and sound fair market value. If made, a mark-to-market election would be effective for the taxable year for which the election was made and for all subsequent taxable years unless the public shares ceased to qualify as “marketable stock” for purposes of the PFIC rules or the IRS consented to the revocation of the election.Redeeming U.S. Holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding the availability and tax consequences of a mark-to-market election within respect to our public shares under their particular circumstances.

 

If we are a PFIC and, at any time, have a foreign subsidiary that is classified as a PFIC, Redeeming U.S. Holders generally would be deemed to own a portion of the shares of such lower-tier PFIC, and generally could incur liability for the deferred tax and interest charge described above if we receive a distribution from, or dispose of all or part of our interest in, the lower-tier PFIC or the Redeeming U.S. Holders otherwise were deemed to have disposed of an interest in the lower-tier PFIC. We will endeavor to cause any lower-tier PFIC to provide to a Redeeming U.S. Holder the information that may be required to make or maintain a QEF election with respect to the lower-tier PFIC. There can beHowever, there is no assurance that we will have timely knowledge of the status of any such lower-tier PFIC. In addition, we may not hold a controlling interest in any such lower-tier PFIC and thus there can be no assurance we will be able to cause the lower-tier PFIC to provide suchthe required information. Redeeming U.S. Holders are urged to consult their own tax advisors regarding the tax issues raised by lower-tier PFICs.

 

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A Redeeming U.S. Holder that owns (or is deemed to own) shares in a PFIC during any taxable year of the Redeeming U.S. Holder, may have to file an IRS Form 8621 (whether8621(whether or not a QEF or market-to-market election is made) and such other information as may be required by the U.S. Treasury Department. If a U.S. Holder does not file the required IRS Form 8621, such person may be subject to substantial penalties, and the statute of limitations on the assessment and collection of all U.S. federal income taxes of such person for the related tax year may not close before the date which is three years after the date on which such form is filed.

 

The application of the PFIC rules dealing with PFICs and withis extremely complex. Shareholders who are considering participating in the QEF and mark-to-market elections are very complex and are affected by various factors in addition to those described above. Accordingly, U.S. Holdersredemption and/or selling, transferring or otherwise disposing of our publictheir shares should consult with their own tax advisors concerning the application of the PFIC rules to our public shares underin their particular circumstances.

 

Tax Reporting

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Certain

U.S. Holders who are individuals and certain entities generally will be requiredFederal Income Tax Considerations to report information with respect to such U.S. Holder’s investment in “specified foreign financial assets” on IRS Form 8938 (Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets), subject to certain exceptions. Interests in the Company (including our public shares) constitute specified foreign financial assets for these purposes. Persons who are required to report specified foreign financial assets and fail to do so may be subject to substantial penalties and the period of limitations on assessment and collection of

U.S. federal income taxes generally will be extended in the event of a failure to comply. Potential investors are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the foreign financial asset and other reporting obligations and their application to a redemption of our public shares.

Non-U.S. HoldersShareholders

 

This section appliesis addressed to you if you areRedeeming Non-U.S. Holders (as defined below) of the Company’s shares that elect to have their shares redeemed for cash as described in the section entitled “Proposal No. 1 — The Extension Amendment Proposal — Redemption Rights.” For purposes of this discussion, a “Redeeming Non-U.S. Holder.” As used herein, the term “Non-U.S. Holder” meansis a beneficial owner of our public shares (other than a partnership or other entity or arrangement treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) who or that so redeems its shares and is fornot a Redeeming U.S. federal income tax purposes:Holder.

 

a non-resident alien individual (other than certain former citizens and residents of the United States subject to U.S. tax as expatriates);
a foreign corporation; or
an estate or trust that is not a U.S. Holder;

but generally does not include an individual who is presentExcept as otherwise discussed in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of the disposition of our public shares. If you are such an individual, you should consult your tax advisor regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the of the transactions contemplated by the Extension Amendment (including any redemption of the public shares in connection therewith).

Generally

The U.S. federal income tax consequences tothis section, a Non-U.S. Holder of public shares that exercises its redemption rights with respect to its public shares will depend on whether the redemption qualifies as a sale of the public shares redeemed, as described above under “Tax Treatment of Redeeming Shareholders — U.S. Holders — Generally.” If such a redemption qualifies as a sale of public shares, the U.S. federal income tax consequences to the Non-U.S. Holder will be as described below under “— Taxation of Redemption Treated as a Sale of Public Shares.” If such a redemption does not qualify as a sale of public shares, the Non-U.S. Holder will be treated as receiving a corporate distribution, the U.S. federal income tax consequences of which are described below under “— Taxation of Redemption as a Distribution.”

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Taxation of Redemption Treated as a Sale of Public Shares

If the redemption of a U.S. Holder’s public shares is treated as a sale, as described above under “Tax Treatment of Redeeming Shareholders — U.S. Holders — Generally,” a Non-U.S. Holder generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on any gain attributable to such salerecognized or dividends received as a result of the redemption unless suchthe gain or dividends is effectively connected with itssuch Redeeming Non-U.S. Holder’s conduct of a trade or business inwithin the United States (and if required by an applicable income tax treaty applies, is attributable to a U.S. permanent establishment or fixed base that such holder maintains inmaintained by the United States)Redeeming Non-U.S. Holder). Gains

Dividends (including constructive dividends) and gains that are effectively connected with thea Redeeming Non-U.S. Holder’s conduct of a trade or business in the United States (and, if required by an applicable income tax treaty, are attributable to a permanent establishment or fixed base that such holder maintains in the United States) generally will be subject to U.S. federal income tax at the same regular U.S. federal income tax rates applicable to a comparable Redeeming U.S. Holder and, in the case of a Non-U.S. Holder that is a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, also may be subject to an additional branch profits tax at a 30% rate or a lower applicable tax treaty rate.

Taxation of Redemption as a Distribution

If the redemption of a U.S. Holder’s public shares is treated as a distribution, as described above under “Tax Treatment of Redeeming Shareholders — U.S. Holders — Generally,” any portion of such distribution treated as a dividend paid to a Non-U.S. Holder in respect of our public shares generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax, unless the dividends are effectively connected with the Non-U.S. Holder’s conduct of a trade or business within the United States (and, if required by an applicable income tax treaty, are attributable to a permanent establishment or fixed base that such holder maintains in the United States).

Dividends that are effectively connected with the Non-U.S. Holder’s conduct of a trade or business in the United States (and, if required by an applicable income tax treaty, are attributable to a permanent establishment or fixed base that such holder maintains in the United States) generally will be subject to U.S. federal income tax at the same regular U.S. federal income tax rates applicable to a comparable U.S. Holder and, in the case of a Non-U.S. Holder that is a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, also may be subject to an additional branch profits tax at a 30% rate or a lower applicable tax treaty rate.

 

Information Reporting and Backup Withholding

Proceeds fromNon-U.S. holders of shares considering exercising their redemption rights should consult their own tax advisors as to whether the redemption of our publictheir shares maywill be treated as a sale or as a distribution under the Code, and whether they will be subject to information reporting toU.S. federal income tax on any gain recognized or dividends received as a result of the IRSredemption based upon their particular circumstances.

Under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”) and possibleU.S. Treasury regulations and administrative guidance thereunder, a 30% United States backup withholding. Backupfederal withholding willtax may apply to certain income paid to (i) a “foreign financial institution” (as specifically defined in FATCA), whether such foreign financial institution is the beneficial owner or an intermediary, unless such foreign financial institution agrees to verify, report and disclose its United States “account” holders (as specifically defined in FATCA) and meets certain other specified requirements or (ii) a non-financial foreign entity, whether such non-financial foreign entity is the beneficial owner or an intermediary, unless such entity provides a certification that the beneficial owner of the payment does not apply, however, to a U.S. Holder who furnishes a correcthave any substantial United States owners or provides the name, address and taxpayer identification number of each such substantial United States owner and makescertain other required certifications,specified requirements are met. In certain cases, the relevant foreign financial institution or who is otherwise exemptnon-financial foreign entity may qualify for an exemption from, or be deemed to be in compliance with, these rules. Redeeming Non-U.S. Holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding this legislation and whether it may be relevant to their disposition of their shares.

Backup Withholding

In general, proceeds received from the exercise of redemption rights will be subject to backup withholding and establishes such exempt status. Informationfor a non-corporate Redeeming U.S. Holder that:

fails to provide an accurate taxpayer identification number;
is notified by the IRS regarding a failure to report all interest or dividends required to be shown on his or her federal income tax returns; or
in certain circumstances, fails to comply with applicable certification requirements.

A Redeeming Non-U.S. Holder generally may eliminate the requirement for information reporting and backup withholding generally will not apply to a Non-U.S. Holder who providesby providing certification of its foreign status, under penalties of perjury, on a duly executed applicable IRS Form W-8 or by otherwise establishing an exemption.

 

Backup withholding is not an additional tax. AmountsAny amount withheld as backup withholding mayunder these rules will be creditedcreditable against a holder’sthe Redeeming U.S. Holder’s or Redeeming Non-U.S. Holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability and a holder generally may obtain a refund of any excess amounts withheld underor refundable to the backup withholding rules byextent that it exceeds this liability, provided that the required information is timely filing the appropriate claim for refund withfurnished to the IRS and furnishing any required information.

THE U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX DISCUSSION SET FORTH ABOVE IS INCLUDED FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ONLY AND MAY NOT BE APPLICABLE DEPENDING UPON A HOLDER’S PARTICULAR SITUATION. HOLDERS ARE URGED TO CONSULT THEIR TAX ADVISORS WITH RESPECT TO THE TAX CONSEQUENCES TO THEM OF (i) THE EXTENSION AMENDMENT PROPOSAL AND (ii) AN ELECTION TO HAVE THEIR PUBLIC SHARES REDEEMED FOR CASH IF THE EXTENSION PROPOSAL IS APPROVED, INCLUDING THE TAX CONSEQUENCES UNDER STATE, LOCAL, ESTATE, FOREIGN AND OTHER TAX LAWS AND TAX TREATIES AND THE POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF CHANGES IN U.S. OR OTHER TAX LAWS.other applicable requirements are met.

 

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Required Vote

ApprovalAs previously noted above, the foregoing discussion of certain material U.S. federal income tax consequences is included for general information purposes only and is not intended to be, and should not be construed as, legal or tax advice to any shareholder. We once again urge you to consult with your own tax adviser to determine the particular tax consequences to you (including the application and effect of any U.S. federal, state, local or foreign income or other tax laws) of the Extension Amendment Proposal will require a special resolution under Cayman Islands law, being the affirmative votereceipt of at least a two-thirds (2/3) majority of the votes cast by the holders of the issued ordinary shares presentcash in person (including via live webcast) or represented by proxy at the Extraordinary General Meeting and entitled to vote on such matter on the record date. Approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal is a condition to the implementation of the Extension.

If a valid quorum is otherwise established, a shareholder’s failure to vote by proxy or online at the Extraordinary General Meeting will have no effect on the outcome of any vote on the Extension Proposal. Abstentions will be counted in connection with the determination of whether a valid quorum is established but will have no effect on the outcome of the Extension Proposal. If you hold your shares in “street name” and do not give instructions to your bank or brokerage firm, your bank or brokerage firm cannot use discretionary authority to vote shares on the Extension Amendment Proposal if they have not received instructions from you. Your broker can tell you how to provide these instructions. Please submit your vote instruction form so your vote is counted.

The Sponsor, which is an affiliate of certain members of the Board and the Company’s management team, and the Company’s independent directors are expected to vote any ordinary shares over which they have voting control in favor of both of the proposals. The initial shareholders waived their rights to redeem any founder shares or public shares they hold in connection with a shareholder vote to approve certain amendments to the Company’s Governing Documents, including a vote to approve an extension to the Current Outside Date. On the record date, the initial shareholders beneficially owned and were entitled to vote an aggregate of 5,359,375 founder shares, representing, in the aggregate, 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding ordinary shares.

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved, the Company may again seek to extend the Current Outside Date. If the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved, the Current Outside Date is not otherwise extended and the Company has not consummated an initial business combination by the Current Outside Date, the Company will (i) cease all operations exceptexchange for the purpose of winding up; (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us to pay our franchise and income taxes, if any (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses) divided by the number of the then-outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any, subject to applicable law); and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining shareholders and our Board, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable laws.

The Sponsor, directors, executive officers or any of their respective affiliates, may purchase public shares in privately negotiated transactions or in the open market prior to or following the Extraordinary General Meeting, although they are under no obligation to do so. Such public shares purchased by our Sponsor, directors, executive officers or any of their respective affiliates would be (a) purchased at a price no higher than the redemption price for the public shares, calculated based on the trust account amount as of the record date and (b) would not be (i) voted by the Sponsor, directors, executive officers or their respective affiliates at the Extraordinary General Meeting and (ii) redeemable by the Sponsor, directors, executive officers or their respective affiliates. Any such purchases that are completed after the record date for the Extraordinary General Meeting may include an agreement with a selling shareholder that such shareholder, for so long as it remains the record holder of the shares in question, will vote in favor of the Extension Amendment Proposal and/or will not exercise its redemption rights with respect to the shares so purchased. The purpose of such share purchases and other transactions would be to increase the likelihood that the proposals to be voted upon at the Extraordinary General Meeting are approved by the requisite number of votes and to reduce the number of public shares that are redeemed. In the event that such purchases do occur, the purchasers may seek to purchase shares from shareholders who would otherwise have voted against the Extension Amendment Proposal and elected to redeem their shares for a portion of the trust account. None of the Sponsor, directors, executive officers or their respective affiliates may make any such purchases when they are in possession of any material non-public information not disclosed to the seller or during a restricted period under Regulation M under the Exchange Act. Further, we, our directors and executive officers, our Sponsor, or any of their respective affiliates may enter into agreements with one or more shareholders of the Company pursuant to which such stockholders would agree not to redeem their public shares in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal and/orand any redemption of your Public Shares.

Vote Required for Approval

The approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal requires a special resolution, being the affirmative vote of a majority of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the votes which are cast by those holders of Ordinary Shares, voting as a single class, who, being entitled to do so, vote in favor thereof, in consideration of payments made inperson or by proxy at the form of cash, founder shares forfeited by Sponsor or otherwise. To our knowledge, asMeeting.

Resolutions to be Voted Upon

The full text of the date hereof, no such agreement has been entered into, and neither we nor our Sponsor (or our respective directors, members, officers or affiliates) have contacted or discussed any shareholders forresolution to be proposed in connection with the purposes of entering into any such agreement.Extension Amendment Proposal is set out in Annex A.

 

Recommendation of the Board

 

As discussed above, after careful consideration of all relevant factors, our Board has determined that the Extension Amendment Proposal is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders. Our Board has approved and declared advisable adoption of the Extension Amendment.

OURTHE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOUSHAREHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY VOTE “FOR” THE EXTENSION AMENDMENT PROPOSAL. OUR BOARD EXPRESSES NO OPINION AS TO WHETHER YOU SHOULD REDEEM YOUR PUBLIC SHARES.

The existence of financial and personal interests of our directors and officers may result in a conflict of interest on the part of one or more of the directors or officers between what such directors or officers may believe is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders and what such directors or officers may believe is best for himself, herself or themselves in determining to recommend that shareholders vote for the proposals. See the section entitled “Proposal No. 1 — The Extension Amendment — Interests of the Company’s Directors and Officers” above for a further discussion.

 

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PROPOSAL NO. 2 — THE ADJOURNMENTAUDITOR RATIFICATION PROPOSAL

 

Overview

 

We are asking the shareholders to ratify the audit committee’s selection of Withum as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. Withum has audited our financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2021 and 2022. A representative of Withum is not expected to be present at the Meeting; if a representative is present, they will not have the opportunity to make a statement if they desire to do so and are not expected to be available to respond to appropriate questions.

The Adjournment Proposal, if adopted, will allowfollowing is a summary of fees paid or to be paid to Withum for services rendered.

Audit Fees

Audit fees consist of fees for professional services rendered for the audit of our Board to adjourn the Extraordinary General Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary or appropriate, either (x) to permit further solicitation of proxies in the eventyear-end financial statements and services that there are insufficient votes for, or otherwisenormally provided by Withum in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal or (y) the Board determines before the Extraordinary General Meeting that it is not necessary or no longer desirable to proceedregulatory filings and our initial public offering. The aggregate fees billed by Withum for audit fees, inclusive of required filings with the Extension Amendment Proposal. The Adjournment Proposal will only be presented to our shareholders inSEC for the event that there are insufficient votesyear ended December 31, 2022 and for or otherwisethe period from January 15, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021, including the services rendered in connection with the approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal or the Board determines before the Extraordinary General Meeting that it is not necessary or no longer desirable to proceed with the Extension Amendment Proposal.our initial public offering, totaled $65,500 and $119,260, respectively.

 

Audit-Related Fees

Audit-related fees consist of fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to performance of the audit or review of the year ended December 31, 2022 and for the period from January 15, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021 financial statements are not reported under “Audit Fees.” For the year ended December 31, 2022 and for the period from January 15, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021, Withum did not render such services.

Tax Fees

Tax fees consist of fees billed for professional services relating to tax compliance, tax planning and tax advice. For the year ended December 31, 2022 and for the period from January 15, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021, Withum did not render such services.

All Other Fees

All other fees consist of fees billed for all other services. For the year ended December 31, 2022 and for the period from January 15, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021, Withum did not render any of these other services.

Our audit committee has determined that the services provided by Withum are compatible with maintaining the independence of Withum as our independent registered public accounting firm.

Pre-Approval Policy

Our audit committee was formed upon the consummation of our initial public offering. As a result, the audit committee did not pre-approve all of the foregoing services, although any services rendered prior to the formation of our audit committee were approved by our Board. Since the formation of our audit committee, and on a going-forward basis, the audit committee has and will pre-approve all auditing services and permitted non-audit services to be performed for us by Withum, including the fees and terms thereof (subject to the de minimis exceptions for non-audit services described in the Exchange Act which are approved by the audit committee prior to the completion of the audit).

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Consequences if the AdjournmentAuditor Ratification Proposal is Not Approved

 

IfThe audit committee is directly responsible for appointing the Adjournment ProposalCompany’s independent registered public accounting firm. The audit committee is not approvedbound by the outcome of this vote. However, if the shareholders do not ratify the selection of Withum as our shareholders,independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, our Boardaudit committee may not be able to adjournreconsider the Extraordinary General Meeting to a later date in the event that there are insufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the approvalselection of the Extension Amendment Proposal or the Board determines before the Extraordinary General Meeting that it is not necessary or no longer desirable to proceed with the Extension Amendment Proposal.Withum as our independent registered public accounting firm.

 

Vote Required Votefor Approval

 

The approval of the AdjournmentAuditor Ratification Proposal requiresmust be approved as an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law, being the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the votes cast by the holders of the issued ordinary shares presentOrdinary Shares, voting together as a single class, who, being entitled to do so, vote in person (including via live webcast) or represented by proxy at the Extraordinary General Meeting and entitled to vote on such matter.

If a valid quorum is otherwise established, a shareholder’s failureMeeting. Failure to vote by proxy or online or in personto vote oneself at the Extraordinary General Meeting, abstentions from voting or broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of any vote on the Adjournment Proposal. Abstentions will

Resolutions to be countedVoted Upon

The full text of the resolution to be proposed in connection with the determinationAuditor Ratification Proposal is as follows:

“RESOLVED, as an ordinary resolution, that the selection of whetherWithumSmith+Brown, PC as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 be and is hereby confirmed, ratified and approved in all respects.”

Recommendation of the Board

THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY VOTE “FOR” THE RATIFICATION OF THE SELECTION BY THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OF WITHUM AS OUR REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM.

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PROPOSAL NO. 3 — THE DIRECTOR ELECTION PROPOSAL

Overview

Our Board now consists of five directors as set forth above in the section entitled “Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance — Directors and Officers.” Holders of our Class B Ordinary Shares will have the right to appoint all of our directors prior to consummation of our Business Combination and holders of our Public Shares will not have the right to vote on the appointment of directors during such time. Our Board will be divided into three classes, each of which will generally serve for a valid quorum is established butterm of three years with only one class of directors being elected in each year.

In accordance with the NYSE corporate governance requirements, we are required to hold an annual general meeting no later than one year after our first fiscal year end following our listing on the NYSE. Our Board has nominated M. Joseph Beck and Adam Blake as the Class III directors of the Board with a term that would expire at the 2026 annual meeting of the Company.

Each of M. Joseph Beck and Adam Blake currently serves as a member of our Board and has agreed to serve if appointed. Unless you indicate otherwise, shares represented by executed proxies in the form enclosed will be voted for the appointment of the director nominees unless any of such nominees shall be unavailable, in which case such shares will be voted for substitute nominees designated by the Board. We have no reason to believe that either of the nominees will be unavailable or, if appointed, will decline to serve.

Nominee Biograph

For biographies of the director nominees, please see the section entitled “Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance — Directors and Officers.”

Vote Required for Approval

Approval of the Director Election Proposal requires an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law of the holders of the Class B Ordinary Shares, being the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the votes cast by the holders of the Class B Ordinary Shares, who, being entitled to do so, vote in person or by proxy at the Meeting. Failure to vote by proxy or to vote oneself at the Meeting, abstentions from voting or broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of the Adjournment Proposal. If you do not give instructions to your bank or brokerage firm, the bank or brokerage firm may nevertheless be entitled toany vote your shares with respect to the Adjournment Proposal, as the Board believes the Adjournment Proposal is a “routine” item.

Recommendation

As discussed above, after careful consideration of all relevant factors, our Board has determined that the Adjournment Proposal is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders. Our Board has approved and declared advisable the adoption ofon the Adjournment Proposal.

 

OURResolutions to be Voted Upon

The full text of the resolution to be proposed in connection with the Director Election Proposal is as follows:

“RESOLVED, as an ordinary resolution of the holders of the Class B ordinary shares, that the appointment of M. Joseph Beck and Adam Blake as the Class III directors of the Board of Directors of the Company to hold office until the 2026 annual general meeting of the Company in accordance with the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company be approved.”

Recommendation of the Board

THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOUHOLDERS OF CLASS B ORDINARY SHARES OF THE COMPANY VOTE “FOR” THE ADJOURNMENTAPPROVAL OF THE NOMINEES SET FORTH IN THE DIRECTOR ELECTION PROPOSAL.

The existence of financial and personal interests of our directors and officers may result in a conflict of interest on the part of one or more of the directors or officers between what such directors or officers may believe is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders and what such directors or officers may believe is best for himself, herself or themselves in determining to recommend that shareholders vote for the proposals. See the section entitled “Proposal No. 1 — The Extension Amendment — Interests of the Company’s Directors and Officers” for a further discussion.

 

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PROPOSAL NO. 4 — THE ADJOURNMENT PROPOSAL

PRINCIPALOverview

The Adjournment Proposal, if put forth and adopted, will allow the Board to adjourn the Meeting to a later date or dates to permit further solicitation of proxies or for any other reason in the discretion of the chairperson of the Meeting. The Adjournment Proposal may be presented to the Company’s shareholders in the event, based on the tabulated votes, there are not sufficient votes at the time of the Meeting to approve the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Auditor Ratification Proposal or the Director Election Proposal. For the avoidance of doubt, if put forth at the Meeting, the Adjournment Proposal will be the first and only proposal voted on and the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Auditor Ratification Proposal and the Director Election Proposal will not be submitted to the shareholders for a vote, provided that the Adjournment Proposal passes.

Consequences if the Adjournment Proposal is Not Approved

If the Adjournment Proposal is not approved by the Company’s shareholders, the Board may not be able to adjourn the Meeting to a later date in the event, based on the tabulated votes, there are not sufficient votes at the time of the Meeting to approve the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Auditor Ratification Proposal or the Director Election Proposal.

If the Adjournment Proposal is not approved by the Company’s shareholders, the Meeting will proceed to business.

Vote Required for Approval

Approval of the Adjournment Proposal requires an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law, being the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the votes cast by the holders of the Ordinary Shares, voting together as a single class, who, being entitled to do so, vote in person or by proxy at the Meeting. Failure to vote by proxy or to vote oneself at the Meeting, abstentions from voting or broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of any vote on the Adjournment Proposal.

Resolutions to be Voted Upon

The full text of the resolution to be proposed in connection with the Adjournment Proposal is as follows:

“RESOLVED, as an ordinary resolution, that the adjournment of the Extraordinary General Meeting in lieu of an annual general meeting (the “Meeting”) to a later date or dates to be determined by the chairperson of the Meeting, or indefinitely, if necessary or convenient, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies or for any other reason in the discretion of the chairperson of the Meeting be confirmed, ratified and approved in all respects.”

Recommendation of the Board

THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY VOTE “FOR” THE APPROVAL OF THE ADJOURNMENT PROPOSAL, IF PUT TO THE MEETING.

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BACKGROUND

Company is a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company on January 15, 2021, for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. On April 1, 2021, the Company completed its initial public offering of 20,000,000 Public Shares, at an offering price of $10.00 per Public Share, generating gross proceeds of $200.0 million. On April 13, 2021, the underwriters partially exercised their over-allotment option and purchased an additional 1,437,500 Public Shares, generating gross proceeds of approximately $14.4 million.

On April 1, 2021, simultaneously with the closing of the initial public offering, the Company completed the Private Placement of 600,000 Private Placement Shares, at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Share to the Original Sponsor, generating gross proceeds of approximately $6.0 million. Simultaneously with the closing of the Over-Allotment on April 13, 2021, the Company consummated the second closing of the Private Placement, resulting in the purchase of an aggregate of an additional 28,750 Private Placement Shares by the Original Sponsor, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $287,500.

Upon the closing of the initial public offering, the Over-Allotment and the Private Placements, $214.4 million ($10.00 per share) of the net proceeds of the sale of the Public Shares in the initial public offering and of the Private Placement Shares in the Private Placements were placed in the Trust Account, located in the United States with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee. In March 2023, the Company instructed the trustee of the Trust Account to liquidate the investments held in the Trust Account and instead to hold the funds in the Trust Account in an interest-bearing demand deposit account until the earlier of the consummation of a Business Combination and the liquidation of the Company. The funds were still held in this account as of September 30, 2023.

We are currently authorized to issue 400,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares, 10,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares and 1,000,000 undesignated preference shares, $0.0001 par value each. As of the Record Date, 5,000,013 Class A Ordinary Shares and 5,359,375 Class B Ordinary Shares were issued and outstanding. No preferred shares are issued or outstanding.

As of the Record Date, approximately $52.8 million from our initial public offering and the simultaneous sale of the Private Placement Shares is being held in our Trust Account in the United States maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee. In March 2023, the Company instructed the trustee of the Trust Account to liquidate the investments held in the Trust Account and instead to hold the funds in the Trust Account in an interest-bearing demand deposit account until the earlier of the consummation of a Business Combination and the liquidation of the Company. The funds were still held in this account as of September 30, 2023.

You are not being asked to vote on the LLP Transaction at this time. If the Charter Extension is implemented and you do not elect to redeem your Public Shares, provided that you are a shareholder on the Record Date for a meeting to consider the LLP Transaction, you will retain the right to vote on the LLP Transaction when it is submitted to shareholders and the right to redeem your Public Shares for cash in the event the LLP Transaction is approved and completed or we have not consummated a Business Combination by the Charter Extension Date.

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BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

 

The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of our ordinary sharesOrdinary Shares as of February 23, 2023, the record date for the Extraordinary General Meeting,Record Date by:

 

 each person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding ordinary shares;Ordinary Shares;
   
  each of our named executive officers and directors;directors that beneficially owns our Ordinary Shares; and
   
  all our executive officers and directors as a group.

 

Unless otherwise indicated, we believe that all persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all ordinary sharesOrdinary Shares beneficially owned by them.

 

  Class A Ordinary Shares  Class B Ordinary Shares  Approximate Percentage 
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1) Number of Shares Beneficially Owned  Approximate Percentage of Class  Number of Shares Beneficially Owned  Approximate Percentage of Class  of
Outstanding Ordinary Shares
 
Thomas D. Hennessy(2)        3,212,611   59.94%  31.0%
Nicholas Geeza               
M. Joseph Beck        25,000   *   * 
Adam Blake        25,000   *   * 
Jack Leeney        25,000   *   * 
Gloria Fu        30,000   *   * 
All the directors and executive officers as a group (six individuals)        3,317,611   61.9%  32.0%
Other 5% Shareholders                    
HC PropTech Partners III LLC        3,212,611   59.94%  31.0%
two sponsor(3)        1,906,764   35.6%  18.4%
Radcliffe Capital Management, L.P.(4)  490,000   9.80%        4.73%

The beneficial ownership

*Less than one percent.

(1) Unless otherwise noted, the business address of our ordinary shareseach of the following entities or individuals is based on 26,796,875 ordinary shares issued and outstanding as of February 23, 2023, consisting of 21,437,500 Class A ordinary shares and 5,359,375 Class B ordinary shares.c/o two, 195 US HWY 50, Suite 208, Zephyr Cove, NV 89448.

 

NAME AND ADDRESS OF BENEFICIAL OWNER(1) NUMBER
OF
CLASS A ORDINARY SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
  APPROXIMATE PERCENTAGE OF OUTSTANDING CLASS A ORDINARY SHARES  

NUMBER

OF

CLASS B ORDINARY SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED(2)

  APPROXIMATE PERCENTAGE OF OUTSTANDING CLASS B ORDINARY SHARES 
two sponsor (our Sponsor)        5,254,375(3)  98.0%
Kevin E. Hartz        5,254,375(3)  98.0%
Gautam Gupta        5,254,375(3)  98.0%
Troy B. Steckenrider III        5,254,375(3)  98.0%
Michelle Gill        25,000   0.5%
Pierre Lamond        30,000   0.6%
Ryan Petersen        25,000   0.5%
All executive officers and directors as a group (six individuals)        5,334,375   99.6%
                 
Other Five Percent Holders                
Glazer Capital LLC(4)  2,048,953   9.6%      
Sculptor Capital LP(5)  1,764,069   8.2%      
Aristeia Capital, L.L.C.(6)  1,219,707   5.7%      

(2) Mr. Hennessy exercises voting and investment control over our shares that are held by HC PropTech Partners III LLC.

 

(3) The business address of the reporting person is 900 Kearny Street Suite 610, the Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94133.

(1)Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each of the following is 900 Kearny St., Suite 610, San Francisco, CA 94133.
(2)Interests shown consist of founder shares, classified as Class B ordinary shares. Such shares are convertible into Class A ordinary shares on a ratio as specified in the Company’s Governing Documents, which is currently one-to one basis, subject to amendment of our Governing Documents and adjustment upon the completion of our initial business combination.
(3)The shares reported above are held in the name of our Sponsor. Mr. Hartz, Mr. Gupta and Mr. Steckenrider are the managing members of A-Star Investments, LLC, which is the sole member of two sponsor. As such, each of the Sponsor and Messrs. Hartz, Gupta and Steckenrider may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the ordinary shares held directly by our Sponsor. Each of Messrs. Harz, Gupta and Steckenrider disclaims any beneficial ownership of the ordinary shares held directly by our Sponsor other than to the extent of any pecuniary interest each may have therein, directly or indirectly.
(4)According to a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 14, 2023, as of December 31, 2022, each of Glazer Capital LLC and Paul Glazer have shared voting and dispositive power over the Class A ordinary shares reported above. Glazer Capital LLC is organized as a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware. Mr. Glazer is a citizen of the United States. The address of Glazer Capital LLC is 250 West 55th Street, Suite 30A, New York, New York 10019.
(5)According to a Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on February 14, 2023, as of December 31, 2022, each of Sculptor Capital LP (a Delaware limited partnership), Sculptor Capital II LP (a Delaware limited partnership), Sculptor Capital Holding Corp. (a Delaware corporation), Sculptor Capital Holding II LLC (a Delaware limited liability company) and Sculptor Capital Management Inc. (a Delaware limited liability company) have shared voting and dispositive power over the Class A ordinary shares reported above. Sculptor Master Fund Ltd. (a Cayman Islands company) and Sculptor Special Fund, LP (a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership) have shared voting and dispositive power over 1,438,575 of such Class A ordinary shares.
(6)According to a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 13, 2023, as of December 31, 2022, Aristeia Capital LLC had sole voting and dispositive power over the Class A ordinary shares reported above and is organized as a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware. The address of Aristeia Capital LLC is One Greenwich Plaza, 3rd Floor, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830.

(4) According to the Schedule 13G filed by the reporting person on April 13, 2023, Radcliffe Capital Management, L.P. is the relevant entity for which RGC Management Company, LLC, Steven B. Katznelson and Christopher Hinkel may be considered control persons. Radcliffe SPAC Master Fund, L.P. is the relevant entity for which Radcliffe SPAC GP, LLC, Steven B. Katznelson and Christopher Hinkel may be considered control persons. The business address of each of the entities is 50 Monument Road, Suite 300, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004.

 

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DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS TO SHAREHOLDERSFUTURE SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS

 

PursuantIf the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved, we anticipate that we will hold an extraordinary general meeting before the Charter Extension Date to the rulesconsider and vote upon approval of the SEC,LLP Transaction. Accordingly, if we consummate a Business Combination, the Company’s next extraordinary general meeting of shareholders will be held at a future date to be determined by the post-Business Combination company. If the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved, or if it is approved but we do not consummate a Business Combination before the Charter Extension Date, the Company will wind up, liquidate and its agents that deliver communicationsdissolve.

HOUSEHOLDING INFORMATION

Unless the Company has received contrary instructions, the Company may send a single copy of this proxy statement to its shareholders are permitted to deliver toany household at which two or more shareholders sharingreside if the Company believes the shareholders are members of the same family. This process, known as “householding,” reduces the volume of duplicate information received at any one household and helps to reduce the Company’s expenses. However, if shareholders prefer to receive multiple sets of the Company’s disclosure documents at the same address this year or in future years, the shareholders should follow the instructions described below. Similarly, if an address is shared with another shareholder and together both of the shareholders would like to receive only a single copyset of the Company’s proxy statement. Upon written or oral request,disclosure documents, the Company will deliver a separate copy of the proxy statement to any shareholder at a shared address who wishes to receive separate copies of such documents in the future. Shareholders receiving multiple copies of such documents may likewise request that the Company deliver single copies of such documents in the future. Shareholders may notify the Company of their requests by calling or writing the Company at the Company’s principal executive offices at two, 900 Kearny St., Suite 610, San Francisco, CA 94133.shareholders should follow these instructions:

 

if the shares are registered in the name of the shareholder, the shareholder should contact the Company at the following:

two

195 US HWY 50, Suite 208

Zephyr Cove, NV 89448

Tel: (310) 954-9665

if a broker, bank or nominee holds the shares, the shareholder should contact the broker, bank or nominee directly.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

 

The Company files annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC.SEC as required by the Exchange Act. The SEC maintains an internetCompany’s public filings are also available to the public from the SEC’s website that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers, including us, that file electronically withat www.sec.gov. You may request a copy of the SEC. The public can obtain any documents that we file electronicallyCompany’s filings with the SEC (excluding exhibits) at http://www.sec.gov.no cost by contacting the Company at the address and/or telephone number below.

If you would like additional copies of this proxy statement and the accompanying Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, or the Company’s other filings with the SEC (excluding exhibits) or if you have questions about the proposals to be presented at the Meeting, you should contact the Company at the following address and e-mail address:

two

195 US HWY 50, Suite 208

Zephyr Cove, NV 89448

Tel: (310) 954-9665

 

You may also obtain additional copies of this proxy statement at no cost, and you may ask any questions you may have aboutby requesting them in writing or by telephone from the Extension Amendment Proposal or the Adjournment Proposal by contacting usCompany’s proxy solicitor at the following address, or telephone number:number and e-mail address:

 

twoMorrow Sodali LLC

900 Kearny St.,333 Ludlow Street, 5th Floor, South Tower

Suite 610,Stamford, CT 06902

San Francisco, CA 94133Shareholders may call toll-free: (800) 662-5200

Telephone: (415) – 480-1752Banks and brokers may call collect: (203) 658-9400

Email: TWOA.info@investor.morrowsodali.com

 

InYou will not be charged for any of the documents you request. If your shares are held in a stock brokerage account or by a bank or other nominee, you should contact your broker, bank or other nominee for additional information.

If you are a shareholder of the Company and would like to request documents, please do so by December 19, 2023, five business days prior to the Meeting, in order to receive timely delivery ofthem before the Meeting. If you request any documents in advance offrom the Extraordinary General Meeting,Company, such documents will be mailed to you must make your request for information no later than March 17, 2023 (one week prior to the date of the Extraordinary General Meeting).by first class mail or another equally prompt means.

 

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ANNEX A

 

PROPOSED AMENDMENTAMENDMENTS

TO THE

AMENDED AND RESTATED

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

OF

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[●], 2023(the “Company”)

EXTENSION AMENDMENT PROPOSAL - RESOLUTIONS OF THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY

 

RESOLVED, as a special resolution, that:

(i) Article [●] ofthat the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of twothe Company be deleted in its entirety and replacedamended as follows:

 

“[●] In the event that the Company does not consummate a Business Combination by December 29, 2023, or such later time as the Members may approve in accordance with the Articles, the Company shall:

(a) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up;

(b) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares, at a per-Share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company (less taxes payable and up to US$100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then Public Shares in issue, which redemption will completely extinguish public Members’ rights as Members (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any); and

(c) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining Members and the Directors, liquidate and dissolve.

(i)Article 38.8 of the Amended and Restated Articles of Association of the Company be deleted in its entirety and replaced as follows:
“38.8In the event that the Company does not consummate a Business Combination by July 1, 2024, or such earlier time as determined by the Directors, or such later time as the Members may approve in accordance with the Articles, the Company shall:
(a)cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up;
(b)as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares, at a per-Share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company (less taxes payable and up to US$100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then Public Shares in issue, which redemption will completely extinguish public Members’ rights as Members (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any); and
(c)as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining Members and the Directors, liquidate and dissolve.

 

subject in each case to its obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and other requirements of Applicable Law.”

 

(ii) Article [●] of the Amended and Restated Articles of Association of the Company be deleted in its entirety and replaced as follows:

(ii)Article 38.9 of the Amended and Restated Articles of Association of the Company be deleted in its entirety and replaced as follows:

 

“[●] In the event that any amendment is made to the Articles:

“38.9In the event that any amendment is made to the Articles:
(a)to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with a Business Combination or redeem 100 per cent of the Public Shares if the Company does not consummate a Business Combination by July 1, 2024, or such earlier date as determined by the Directors, or such later time as the Members may approve in accordance with the Articles; or
(b)with respect to any other provision relating to Members’ rights or pre-Business Combination activity, each holder of Public Shares who is not the Sponsor, a Founder, Officer or Director shall be provided with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares upon the approval or effectiveness of any such amendment at a per-Share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its taxes, divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares. The Company’s ability to provide such redemption in this Article is subject to the Redemption Limitation.”.
(iii)Article 38.11 of the Amended and Restated Articles of Association of the Company be deleted in its entirety and replaced as follows:
“38.11After the issue of Public Shares (including pursuant to the Over-Allotment Option), and prior to the consummation of a Business Combination, the directors shall not issue additional Shares or any other securities that would entitle the holders thereof to:
(a)receive funds from the Trust Account; or
(b)vote as a class with the Public Shares:

 

(a) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with a Business Combination or redeem 100 per cent of the Public Shares if the Company does not consummate a Business Combination by December 29, 2023, or such later time as the Members may approve in accordance with the Articles; or

(i)on a Business Combination or on any other proposal presented to Members prior to or in connection with the completion of a Business Combination; or
(ii)to approve an amendment to these Articles to:

 

(b) with respect to any other provision relating to Members’ rights or pre-Business Combination activity, each holder of Public Shares who is not the Sponsor, a Founder, Officer or Director shall be provided with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares upon the approval or effectiveness of any such amendment at a per-Share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its taxes, divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares. The Company’s ability to provide such redemption in this Article is subject to the Redemption Limitation.”

(A)extend the time the Company has to consummate a Business Combination beyond July 1, 2024, or such later time as the Members may approve in accordance with the Articles; or
(B)amend the foregoing provisions of these Articles.”

 

A-1

 

TWO

195 US HWY 50, Suite 208

ZEPHYR COVE, NV 89448

FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING IN LIEU OF AN ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF

SHAREHOLDERS OF TWO

THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The undersigned hereby appoints Thomas D. Hennessy and Nicholas Geeza (the “Proxy”) as proxy, with full power to act and the power to appoint a substitute to vote the shares that the undersigned is entitled to vote (the “Shares”) at the extraordinary general meeting in lieu of an annual general meeting of two (the “Company”) to be held on December 27, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time at the offices of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105, or at any adjournments and/or postponements thereof (the “Meeting”). The Company will also be hosting the Meeting via live webcast. You will be able to attend the Meeting online, vote and submit your questions during the Meeting by visiting https://www.cstproxy.com/twoaspac/2023. Such Shares shall be voted as indicated with respect to the proposals listed on the reverse side hereof and in each Proxy’s discretion on such other matters as may properly come before the extraordinary general meeting in lieu of an annual general meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the accompanying proxy statement and revokes all prior proxies for said meeting.

THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS PROXY WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER. IF NO SPECIFIC DIRECTION IS GIVEN AS TO THE PROPOSALS ON THE REVERSE SIDE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR PROPOSALS 1, 2, 3 AND 4. PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE PROXY CARD PROMPTLY.

(Continued and to be marked, dated and signed on reverse side)

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TWO — THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” PROPOSALS 1, 2, 3 AND 4.Please mark votes as ☒ indicated in this example
(1) The Extension Amendment Proposal — RESOLVED, as a special resolution, that the Amended and Restated Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association be amended by the resolution in the form set forth in Annex A, with immediate effect, in order to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a Business Combination from January 1, 2024 until July 1, 2024 (or such earlier date as determined by the Board).

FOR

AGAINST

ABSTAIN

(2) The Auditor Ratification Proposal — RESOLVED, as an ordinary resolution, that the appointment of WithumSmith+Brown, PC as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 be ratified, approved and confirmed in all respects.

FOR

AGAINST

ABSTAIN

(3) The Director Election Proposal — RESOLVED, as an ordinary resolution of the Class B ordinary shares, that the re-election of M. Joseph Beck and Adam Blake as the Class III directors of the Board of Directors of the Company to hold office until the 2026 annual general meeting of the Company in accordance with the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company be approved.

FOR

AGAINST

ABSTAIN

(4) The Adjournment Proposal — RESOLVED, as an ordinary resolution, that the adjournment of the extraordinary general meeting in lieu of an annual general meeting to a later date or dates to be determined by the chairperson of the extraordinary general meeting in lieu of an annual general meeting, or indefinitely, if necessary or convenient, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies be confirmed, ratified and approved in all respects or for any other reason determined by the chairperson.

FOR

AGAINST

ABSTAIN

Date:           , 2023
Signature
Signature (if held jointly)

When Shares are held by joint tenants, both should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee or guardian, please give full title as such. If a corporation, please sign in full corporate name by president or other authorized officer. If a partnership, please sign in partnership name by an authorized person.

A vote to abstain will have no effect on Proposals 1, 2, 3 and 4. The Shares represented by the Proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed herein by the undersigned shareholder(s). If no direction is made, this Proxy will be voted FOR each of Proposals 1, 2, 3 and 4. If any other matters properly come before the meeting, the Proxies will vote on such matters in their discretion.

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