09/11/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/11/2024 14:08
Item 1.01Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Merger Agreement
On September 11, 2024, Southport Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Southport"), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among Southport, Sigma Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Southport ("Merger Sub"), and Angel Studios, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Angel Studios").
The Merger
The Merger Agreement provides that, among other things and upon the terms and subject to the conditions thereof, the following transactions will occur:
i. | at the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (the "Closing"), upon the terms and subject to the conditions thereof, and in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended (the "DGCL"), Merger Sub will merge with and into Angel Studios, with Angel Studios continuing as the surviving corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Southport (the "Merger"); |
ii. | at the Closing, all of the outstanding capital stock of Angel Studios (other than shares subject to Angel Studios options, shares held in treasury and any dissenting shares) will be converted into the right to receive shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Southport ("Southport Common Stock"), in an aggregate amount equal to (x) $1,500,000,000 plus the aggregate gross proceeds of any capital raised by Angel Studios prior to the Closing, divided by (y) $10.00; |
iii. | at the Closing, all of the outstanding options to acquire capital stock of Angel Studios will be converted into comparable options to acquire shares of Southport Common Stock (subject to appropriate adjustments to the number of shares of Southport Common Stock underlying such options and the exercise price of such options); |
iv. | subject to the approval of the holders of Southport's public warrants, Southport will amend its public warrants so that, immediately prior to the Closing, each of the issued and outstanding Southport public warrants automatically will convert into 0.1 newly issued share of Southport Class A Common Stock and such warrants will cease to be outstanding (the "Warrant Conversion"); and |
v. | at the Closing, Southport will be renamed "Angel Studios, Inc." |