PROXY
STATEMENT
The special meeting (the “Special
Meeting”) of the stockholders of Liberty Resources Acquisition Corp., which we refer to as “we,”
“us,” “our,” “Liberty” or the “Company,”
to be held at [●] Eastern Time on December 22, 2022 at the offices of offices of Liberty Resources Acquisition Corp.
located at 78 SW 7th Street, Suite 500, Miami, Florida 33130. The Special Meeting will also be available via a live webcast
at [●] for the sole purpose of considering and voting upon the following proposals:
| • | a proposal to amend the Company’s amended and restated certificate
of incorporation (the “Existing Company Charter”) in the form set
forth in Annex A hereto, which we refer to as the “Extension Amendment,”
giving the Company the right to extend the date by which the Company must (i) consummate
a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar
business combination involving the Company and one or more businesses (a “business
combination”), or (ii) cease its operations if it fails to complete such
business combination and redeem or repurchase 100% of the Company’s Class A common
stock included as part of the units sold in the Company’s initial public offering that
closed on November 8, 2021 (the “IPO”) from February 8,
2023 (the “Termination Date”), by up to nine (9) one-month
extensions to November 8, 2023 (which we refer to as the “Extension”,
and such later date, the “Extended Deadline”) (such proposal is
the “Extension Amendment Proposal”); |
| • | a proposal to amend the Investment Management Trust Agreement (the
“Trust Agreement”), dated November 8, 2021, by and between
the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee (“Continental”),
pursuant to an amendment to the Trust Agreement in the form set forth in Annex B hereto,
to extend the date on which Continental must liquidate the Trust Account (the “Trust
Account”) established in connection with the IPO if the Company has not completed
its initial business combination, from February 8, 2023, to November 8, 2023 (or
such earlier date after February 8, 2023, as determined by our board of directors (the
“Liberty Board”)) (the “Trust Amendment”
and, such proposal, the “Trust Amendment Proposal”); and |
| • | a proposal to approve the adjournment of the Special Meeting to
a later date or dates, if necessary, 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 and the Trust Amendment Proposal, which we refer to as
the “Adjournment Proposal,” which will be presented only if there
are not sufficient votes to approve the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Trust Amendment
Proposal. |
The purpose of the Extension Amendment
Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal, and, if necessary, the Adjournment Proposal, is to allow us additional time to complete our
previously announced business combination (the “Business Combination”) with Caspi Oil Gas LLP (“Caspi”)
and Caspi’s owner, Markmore Energy (Labuan) Limited (“Markmore”) and to reduce our cost to extend the
Termination Date to the Extended Deadline. On August 5, 2022, Liberty entered into a binding amendment that made a previously executed
nonbinding acquisition letter for a transaction that will result in Caspi becoming a publicly traded company into a binding agreement
(“Acquisition Letter”). The Acquisition Letter was subsequently extended by the Second Amendment and the Third
Amendment.
Pursuant to the Existing Company
Charter, we currently have until February 8, 2023 (or May 8, 2023, if we request an extension before February 8, 2023,
and the Sponsor deposits $1,150,000 in the Trust Account by February 8, 2023), to complete our initial business combination. While
we and the other parties to the Business Combination are working toward satisfaction of the conditions to completion of the Business
Combination, including the filing of a registration statement on Form F-4 relating to the Business Combination (the “Registration
Statement”), the Liberty Board believes that there may not be sufficient time before February 8, 2023 to hold a special
meeting at which to conduct a vote for the stockholder approvals required in connection with the Business Combination and consummate
the closing of the Business Combination.
The Liberty Board has determined
that it is in the best interests of the Company to seek an extension of the Termination Date and have our stockholders approve the Extension
Amendment Proposal and Trust Amendment Proposal to allow for additional time to consummate the Business Combination and to potentially
reduce the cost to the Sponsor to fund extensions. Without the Extension, we believe that there is significant risk that we might not,
despite our best efforts, be able to complete the Business Combination on or before the Termination Date. If that were to occur, we would
be precluded from completing the Business Combination and would be forced to liquidate.
Approval of the Extension Amendment
Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal are conditions to the implementation of the Extended Deadline. We will not proceed with the
Extended Deadline if redemptions of our public shares would cause us to have less than $5,000,001 of net tangible assets following approval
of the Extension Amendment Proposal and/or the Trust Amendment Proposal.
In connection with the Extension
Amendment Proposal, public stockholders may elect to redeem their public shares at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate
amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest (which interest shall be net of taxes payable), divided by the number
of then outstanding shares of Class A common stock included as part of the units sold in the IPO (the “public shares”),
and which election we refer to as the “Redemption Election.”
A Redemption Election can be made
regardless of whether such public stockholders vote “FOR” or “AGAINST” the Extension Amendment Proposal and/or
the Trust Amendment Proposal and a Redemption Election can also be made by public stockholders who do not vote, or do not instruct their
broker or bank how to vote, at the Special Meeting. Holders of public shares (the “public stockholders”) may
make a Redemption Election regardless of whether such public stockholders were holders as of the record date.
Public stockholders who do not
make the Redemption Election would be entitled to have their shares redeemed for cash if we have not completed a business combination
by the Extended Deadline. In addition, regardless of whether public stockholders vote “FOR” or “AGAINST” the
Extension Amendment Proposal and/or the Trust Amendment Proposal, or do not vote, or do not instruct their broker or bank how to vote,
at the Special Meeting, if the Extension is implemented and a public stockholder does not make a Redemption Election, they will retain
the right to vote on any proposed business combination in the future and the right to redeem 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 the consummation
of such business combination, including interest (which interest shall be net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then outstanding
public shares, in the event such business combination is completed. We are not asking you to vote on any business combination at this
time.
The withdrawal of funds from the
Trust Account in connection with the Redemption Election will reduce the amount held in the Trust Account following the Redemption Election,
and the amount remaining in the Trust Account may be only a small fraction of the approximately $117.4 million that was in the Trust
Account as of September 30, 2022. In such event, we may need to obtain additional funds to complete any proposed business combination.
If the Extension Amendment Proposal
and the Trust Amendment Proposal are not approved and we do not consummate a business combination by February 8, 2023, as contemplated
by our IPO prospectus and in accordance with the Existing Company Charter, 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, 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 (less up
to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses, and which interest shall be net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then
issued and outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including
the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any); and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption,
subject to the approval of our remaining stockholders and the Liberty Board, liquidate and dissolve, subject to our obligations under
the DGCL to provide for claims of creditors and other requirements of applicable law.
There will be no redemption rights
or liquidating distributions with respect to our warrants, which will expire worthless in the event of our winding up. In the event of
a liquidation, holders of our Class B common stock (the “Founder Shares” and, together with the public
shares, the “shares”), including Liberty Fields LLC (our “Sponsor”), will not receive
any monies held in the Trust Account as a result of their ownership of Founder Shares.
If the Extension Amendment Proposal
is approved, the Company, pursuant to the terms of the Trust Agreement, will (i) remove from the Trust Account an amount, which
we refer to as the “Withdrawal Amount,” equal to the number of public shares properly redeemed multiplied by
the per-share price, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest (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 redeemed
public shares their portion of the Withdrawal Amount. The remainder of such funds shall remain in the Trust Account and be available
for use by the Company to complete a business combination on or before the Extended Deadline. Holders of public shares who do not redeem
their public shares now will retain their redemption rights and their ability to vote on a business combination through the Extended
Deadline if the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved.
The Liberty Board has fixed the
close of business on December 6, 2022 as the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to receive notice of and vote
at the Special Meeting and any adjournment thereof. Only holders of record of the shares of common stock on that date are entitled to
have their votes counted at the Special Meeting or any adjournment thereof. On the record date of the Special Meeting, there were 14,905,275
shares of common stock outstanding, of which 11,500,000 were public shares, 2,875,000 were Founder Shares and 530,275 were Class A
common shares underlying the Private Placement Units. The Founder Shares carry voting rights in connection with the Extension Amendment
Proposal, the Trust Amendment Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal, and we have been informed by our Sponsor and our directors and officers,
who collectively hold all 2,875,000 Founder Shares, that they intend to vote in favor of the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Trust
Amendment Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal.
This Proxy Statement contains
important information about the Special Meeting and the proposals. Please read it carefully and vote your shares.
We will pay for the entire cost
of soliciting proxies from our working capital. We have engaged Laurel Hill Advisory Group LLC (the “Proxy Solicitor”),
to assist in the solicitation of proxies for the Special Meeting. We have agreed to pay the Proxy Solicitor a fee of $12,000. We will
also reimburse the Proxy Solicitor for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and will indemnify the Proxy Solicitor and its affiliates against
certain claims, liabilities, losses, damages and expenses. In addition to these mailed proxy materials, our directors and officers may
also solicit proxies in person, by telephone or by other means of communication. These parties will not be paid any additional compensation
for soliciting proxies. We may also reimburse brokerage firms, banks and other agents for the cost of forwarding proxy materials to beneficial
owners.
To
exercise your redemption rights, you must demand that the Company redeem your public shares for a pro rata portion of the funds held
in the Trust Account, and tender your shares to the Company’s transfer agent at least two business days prior to the Special Meeting
(or December 20, 2022). You may tender your shares by either delivering your share certificate to the transfer agent
or by delivering your shares electronically using the Depository Trust Company’s DWAC (Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian) system.
If you hold your shares in street name, you will need to instruct your bank, broker or other nominee to withdraw the shares from your
account in order to exercise your redemption rights.
There will be no distribution
from the Trust Account with respect to the Company’s warrants, which will expire worthless in the event of our winding up. In the
event of a liquidation, our Sponsor will not receive any monies held in the Trust Account as a result of its ownership of 2,875,000 Founder
Shares that are owned by our Sponsor, directors and officers plus the 530,275 Private Placement Units that were purchased by the Sponsor
in a private placement which occurred simultaneously with the completion of the IPO. As a consequence, a liquidating distribution will
be made only with respect to the public shares.
If the Company liquidates, the
Sponsor has agreed to indemnify us to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered or products sold to us, or any claims
by a prospective target business with which we have discussed entering into an acquisition agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the
Trust Account to below (i) $10.15 per public share or (ii) such lesser 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
which may be withdrawn to pay taxes, except as to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access
to our Trust Account and except as to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters of our IPO against certain liabilities, including
liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Moreover, in the event that
an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, the Sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability
for such third party claims. We cannot assure you, however, that the Sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations. Based upon the
amount in the Trust Account as of September 30, 2022, we anticipate that the per-share price at which public shares will be redeemed
from cash held in the Trust Account will be approximately $10.21. Nevertheless, the Company cannot assure you that the per share distribution
from the Trust Account, if the Company liquidates, will not be less than $10.21, plus interest, due to unforeseen claims of creditors.
Under the DGCL, our plan of dissolution
must provide for all claims against us to be paid in full or make provision for payments to be made in full, as applicable, if there
are sufficient assets. These claims must be paid or provided for before we make any distribution of our remaining assets to our stockholders.
If we are forced to enter an insolvent liquidation, any distributions received by stockholders could be viewed as an unlawful payment
if it was proved that immediately following the date on which the distribution was made, we were unable to pay our debts as they fall
due in the ordinary course of business. As a result, a liquidator could seek to recover some, or all amounts received by our stockholders.
Furthermore, our directors may be viewed as having breached their fiduciary duties to us or our creditors and/or may have acted in bad
faith, thereby exposing themselves and our company to claims, by paying public stockholders from the Trust Account prior to addressing
the claims of creditors. We cannot assure you that claims will not be brought against us for these reasons.
This Proxy Statement is dated
[●] and is first being mailed to stockholders on or about [●].
By Order of the Board of Directors, | | |
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Dato’ Maznah Binti Abdul Jalil | | |
Chief Executive Officer | | |
QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE SPECIAL MEETING
These Questions
and Answers are only summaries of the matters they discuss. They do not contain all of the information that may be important to you.
You should read carefully the entire document, including the annexes to this Proxy Statement.
Why am I receiving this Proxy
Statement? | We
are a blank check company formed under the DGCL on April 22, 2021, for the purpose of
effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization
or similar business combination with one or more businesses. On November 8, 2021, we
consummated our IPO, from which we derived gross proceeds of approximately $115,000,000 in
the aggregate and completed the private sales of 477,775 Private Placement Units from which
we derived gross proceeds of $5,302,750. The amount in the Trust Account was initially $116,725,000,
or $10.15 per public share. |
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| Like most blank check companies, the Existing Company Charter provides for the return
of our IPO proceeds held in trust to the holders of Class A common stock sold in our
IPO if there is no qualifying business combination consummated on or before a certain date,
which was initially November 8, 2022, which we extended to February 8, 2023 when
our Sponsor deposited an additional $1,150,000 into the Trust Account on November 8,
2022. The Liberty Board believes that it is in the best interests of our stockholders to
continue our existence until the Extended Deadline in order to allow us more time to complete
our initial business combination and to reduce our cost to extend the Termination Date to
the Extended Deadline. For more information about the Business Combination, see our Current
Report on Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)
on August 10, 2022. |
What is being voted on? | You
are being asked to vote on: |
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| • | a proposal to amend the Existing Company Charter to extend the
date by which we have to consummate a business combination from February 8, 2023, to
the Extended Deadline, which is November 8, 2023, by up to nine (9) one-month extensions,
as specifically set forth in this proxy; |
| • | a proposal to amend our Trust Agreement to extend the date on
which Continental must liquidate the Trust Account if we have not completed our initial business
combination, from February 8, 2023, to November 8, 2023 (or such earlier date after
February 8, 2023, as determined by the Liberty Board); and |
| • | a proposal to approve the adjournment of the Special Meeting
to a later date or dates, if necessary, 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 and the Trust Amendment Proposal. |
The Extension Amendment Proposal and the
Trust Amendment Proposal are required to extend the date that we have to complete the Business Combination. The purpose of both the Extension
Amendment and the Trust Amendment Proposal is to allow us more time to complete the Business Combination and to reduce our cost to extend
the Termination Date to the Extended Deadline.
However, we will not proceed with the
Extension if redemptions of our public shares cause us to have less than $5,000,001 of net tangible assets following approval of the
Extension Amendment Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal.
If the Extension Amendment Proposal and
the Trust Amendment Proposal are approved and the Extension is implemented, the removal of the Withdrawal Amount from the Trust Account
in connection with the Redemption Election will reduce the amount held in the Trust Account following the Redemption Election. We cannot
predict the amount that will remain in the Trust Account if the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal are approved
and the amount remaining in the Trust Account may be only a small fraction of the approximately $[●] that was in the Trust
Account as of the record date. In such event, we may need to obtain additional funds to complete an 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 and
the Trust Amendment Proposal are not approved and we do not consummate a business combination by February 8, 2023 (or May 8,
2023 if we request an extension before February 8, 2023 and the Sponsor deposits $1,150,000 in the Trust Account by February 8,
2023), as contemplated by our IPO prospectus and in accordance with the Existing Company Charter, 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 subject
to lawfully available funds therefor, public shares in consideration of a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the quotient obtained
by dividing (A) the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest (net of taxes payable, less up to
$100,000 of such net interest to pay dissolution expenses), by (B) the total number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption
will completely extinguish rights of public stockholders (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 the
remaining stockholders and the Liberty Board in accordance with applicable law, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to the Company’s
obligations under the DGCL to provide for claims of creditors and other requirements of applicable law.
There will be no redemption rights or
liquidating distributions with respect to our warrants, which will expire worthless in the event of our liquidation. In the event of
a liquidation, holders of our Founder Shares and Private Placement Warrants, including our Sponsor, will not receive any monies held
in the Trust Account as a result of their ownership of the Founder Shares and Private Placement Units.
Why is the
Company proposing the
Extension Amendment Proposal,
the Trust Amendment Proposal
and the Adjournment
Proposal |
The Existing Company Charter provides for the return of the funds held in the Trust Account to the holders of public
shares if there is no qualifying Business Combination consummated on or before February 8, 2023, unless extended under the Existing
Company Charter. The Liberty Board believes that that there is significant risk that we might not, despite our best efforts, be able
to complete the Business Combination on or before February 8, 2023. Accordingly, the Liberty Board believes that in order to
be able to consummate any proposed business combination, we will need to obtain approval of the Extended Deadline via the Extension
Amendment Proposal. |
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The purpose of the Extension Amendment
Proposal and Trust Amendment Proposal, and, if necessary, the Adjournment Proposal, is to allow us additional time to complete a business
combination and to potentially reduce the cost to our Sponsor to fund extensions. There is no assurance that the Company will be able
to consummate the Business Combination, given the actions that must occur prior to closing of the Business Combination.
Accordingly, the Liberty Board is proposing
the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal to amend the Existing Company Charter in the form set forth in Annex
A hereto and to amend the Trust Agreement in the form set forth in Annex B hereto, respectively, to extend the date by which
we must (i) consummate a business combination; or (ii) if we fail to consummate a business combination, (A) cease all
operations except for the purpose of winding up, (B) redeem all of the Company’s public shares and (C) liquidate and
dissolve, and the Liberty Board is proposing the Trust Amendment Proposal to amend the Trust Agreement in the form set forth in Annex
B to extend the date on which Continental must liquidate the Trust Account if we have not completed a business combination, from
February 8, 2023 to November 8, 2023 (or such earlier date after February 8, 2023 as determined by the Company’s
board of directors).
If the Extension Amendment Proposal and
Trust Amendment Proposal are not approved by our stockholders, we may put the Adjournment Proposal to a vote in order to seek additional
time to obtain sufficient votes in support of the Extension. If the Adjournment Proposal is not approved by our stockholders, the Liberty
Board may not be able to adjourn the Special Meeting to a later date or dates in the event that there are insufficient votes for, or
otherwise in connection with, the approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal.
Why should
I vote “FOR” the
Extension Amendment
Proposal? |
The Liberty Board believes that our stockholders will benefit from the consummation of the Business Combination and
is proposing the Extension Amendment Proposal to extend the date to complete the Business Combination until the Extended Deadline
to give us additional time to complete the Business Combination. |
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The Liberty Board has determined that
it is in the best interests of our stockholders to approve the Extension Amendment Proposal and, if necessary, the Adjournment Proposal,
to allow for additional time to consummate the Business Combination and to potentially reduce the cost to the Sponsor to fund extensions.
While we are using our best efforts to complete the Business Combination as soon as practicable, the Liberty Board believes that there
will not be sufficient time before the Termination Date to complete the Business Combination. Accordingly, the Liberty Board believes
that in order to be able to consummate the Business Combination, we will need to obtain the Extension. Without the Extension, the Liberty
Board believes that there is significant risk that we might not, despite our best efforts, be able to complete the Business Combination
on or before February 8, 2023 (or by May 8, 2023, if we request an extension before February 8, 2023, and our Sponsor
deposits $1,150,000 into the Trust Account by February 8, 2023, in accordance with the Existing Company Charter). If that were to
occur, we would be precluded from completing the Business Combination and would be forced to liquidate even if our stockholders are otherwise
in favor of consummating the Business Combination.
If the Extension is approved and implemented,
subject to satisfaction of the conditions to closing in the Business Combination Agreement (including, without limitation, receipt of
stockholder approval of the Business Combination), we intend to complete the Business Combination as soon as possible and in any event
on or before the Extended Deadline.
Without the Extension, we can obtain a
single additional three-month extension to the Termination Date to May 8, 2023, if we request such an extension before February 8,
2023, and our Sponsor deposits $1,150,000 of funds into the Trust Account by February 8, 2023. The cost of such single three-month
extension is $0.10 per public share for each of the 11,500,000 currently outstanding public shares. With the Extension, the cost to the
Sponsor to purchase one-month extensions is $0.0525 per public share, which is a higher cost per share; however, we anticipate that many
public stockholders will make a Redemption Election in connection with the Extension Amendment, so that the aggregate price for extensions
will be lower. If public stockholders holding 2,990,000 public shares (approximately 26% of the currently outstanding 11,500,000 public
shares) make valid Redemption Elections in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal, and the Extension Amendment Proposal and
the Trust Amendment Proposal are adopted at the Special Meeting and the public shares subject to Redemption Elections are redeemed, there
will be 8,510,000 public shares remaining outstanding, and the cost for three one-month extensions would be slightly less than the cost
of a three-month extension in the absence of the Extension. If redemptions exceed 26% of the 11,500,000 outstanding public shares, the
cost of extensions to our Sponsor will be reduced. For example, if redemptions total 80% of the outstanding 11,500,000 public shares,
leaving 2,300,000 public shares unredeemed, then the cost of a one-month extension would be $103,500, and the cost of three one-month
extensions with the Extension would be $310,500. We are unable to predict the actual number of public shares for which public stockholders
will make Redemption Elections in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal.
The Company believes that given its expenditure
of time, effort and money on the Business Combination, circumstances warrant providing public stockholders an opportunity to consider
the Business Combination. Accordingly, the Liberty Board is proposing the Extension Amendment Proposal to amend the Existing Company
Charter in the form set forth in Annex A hereto to extend the date by which we must (i) consummate a business combination,
or (ii) cease our operations if we fail to complete such business combination, and redeem or repurchase 100% of the public shares
from February 8, 2023, to November 8, 2023, through up to nine (9) one-month extensions, as specifically provided herein
with respect to the Extension.
You are not being asked to vote on
the Business Combination at this time. If the Extension is implemented and you do not elect to redeem your public shares, provided that
you are a stockholder on the record date for a meeting to consider the Business Combination, you will retain the right to vote on the
Business Combination when it is submitted to stockholders and the right to redeem your public shares for cash in the event the Business
Combination is approved and completed or we have not consummated a business combination by the Extended Deadline.
If the Extension Amendment Proposal is
not approved, we may put the Adjournment Proposal to a vote in order to seek additional time to obtain sufficient votes in support of
the Extension. If the Adjournment Proposal is not approved, the Liberty Board may not be able to adjourn the Special Meeting to a later
date or dates in the event that there are insufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the approval of the Extension Amendment
Proposal.
We believe that given our expenditure
of time, effort and money on the Business Combination, circumstances warrant providing public stockholders an opportunity to consider
the Business Combination and that it is in the best interests of our stockholders that we obtain the Extension. The Liberty Board believes
the Business Combination will provide significant benefits to our stockholders. For more information about the Business Combination,
see Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 10, 2022.
The Liberty Board recommends that you
vote “FOR” the Extension Amendment Proposal.
Why should I vote “FOR” the
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Amendment Proposal? | As discussed above, the Liberty Board has determined that
it is in the best interests of our stockholders to approve the Trust Amendment Proposal and,
if necessary, the Adjournment Proposal, to allow for additional time to consummate the Business
Combination and to potentially reduce the cost to the Sponsor to fund extensions. While we
are using our best efforts to complete the Business Combination as soon as practicable, the
Liberty Board believes that there will not be sufficient time before the Termination Date
to complete the Business Combination. Accordingly, the Liberty Board believes that in order
to be able to consummate the Business Combination, we will need to obtain the Extension.
Without the Extension, the Liberty Board believes that there is significant risk that we
might not, despite our best efforts, be able to complete the Business Combination on or before
February 8, 2023 (or by May 8, 2023, if we request an extension before February 8,
2023, and our Sponsor deposits $1,150,000 into the Trust Account by February 8, 2023,
in accordance with the Existing Company Charter). If that were to occur, we would be precluded
from completing the Business Combination and would be forced to liquidate even if our stockholders
are otherwise in favor of consummating the Business Combination. |
Whether a holder of public shares votes
in favor of or against the Extension Amendment Proposal or the Trust Amendment Proposal, if such proposals are approved, the holder may,
but is not required to, redeem all or a portion of its 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 income taxes, if any, divided by the number of then outstanding public shares. We will not proceed with the Extension
if redemptions of our public shares would cause us to have less than $5,000,001 of net tangible assets following approval of the Extension
Amendment Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal.
If holders of public shares do not elect
to redeem their public shares, such holders will retain redemption rights in connection with the Business Combination. Assuming the Extension
Amendment Proposal is approved, we will have until the Extended Deadline to complete our business combination.
The Liberty Board recommends that you
vote “FOR” the Trust Amendment Proposal.
Why should I vote “FOR” the
Adjournment Proposal? |
If the Adjournment Proposal is not approved by our stockholders, the Liberty Board may not be able to
adjourn the Special Meeting to a later date or dates in the event that there are insufficient shares represented (either in person
or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct business at the Special Meeting or at the time of the Special Meeting to
approve the Extension Amendment Proposal. |
The Existing Company Charter provides
that if our stockholders approve an amendment to the Existing Company Charter with respect to (A) the substance or timing of our
obligation to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete a business combination before February 8, 2023, or (B) any
other provision relating to stockholders’ rights or initial business combination activity, Liberty will provide our public stockholders
with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their public shares upon such approval at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal
to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest (which interest shall be net of taxes payable), divided
by the number of then issued and outstanding public shares.
We believe that this provision of the
Existing Company Charter was included to protect our public stockholders 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 Existing Company Charter.
The Liberty Board believes, however, that
given our expenditure of time, effort and money on the proposed Business Combination, circumstances warrant providing those who believe
a proposed business combination is an attractive investment with an opportunity to consider such transaction, inasmuch as we are also
affording stockholders who wish to redeem their public shares the opportunity to do so, as required under the Existing Company Charter.
If you do not elect to redeem your public shares, you will retain the right to vote on any business combination in the future and the
right to redeem your public shares in connection with such business combination.
Our
board recommends that you vote “FOR” the Adjournment Proposal should this be put to your vote.
When would the Liberty Board
Abandon the Extension Proposal
And the Trust Amendment
| Proposal? | We
intend to hold the Special Meeting to approve the Extension Amendment and Trust Amendment
and only if the Liberty Board has determined as of the time of the Special Meeting that we
may not be able to complete the Business Combination on or before February 8, 2023.
If we complete the Business Combination on or before February 8, 2023, we will not implement
the Extension. Additionally, the Liberty Board will abandon the Extension Amendment and Trust
Amendment if our stockholders do not approve the Extension Amendment Proposal and Trust Amendment
Proposal. Notwithstanding stockholder approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal and Trust
Amendment Proposal, the Liberty Board will retain the right to abandon and not implement
the Extension Amendment and Trust Amendment at any time without any further action by our
stockholders. In addition, we will not proceed with the Extension if the number of redemptions
or repurchases of our public shares causes us to have less than $5,000,001 of net tangible
assets following approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal and Trust Amendment Proposal. |
How do the Company insiders
|
intend
to vote their shares? |
Currently, our Sponsor, directors and officers own approximately 22.9% of our issued and outstanding shares, including 2,875,000
Founder Shares and 530,275 Class A common shares included in the Private Placement Units. |
The Founder Shares carry voting rights
in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Trust Amendment Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal, and we have been informed
by our Sponsor and our officers and directors that it intends to vote in favor of the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Trust Amendment
Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal.
Our Sponsor, directors and officers do
not intend to purchase our shares in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions in connection with the stockholder vote
on the Extension Amendment and/or the Trust Amendment.
Our Sponsor, our directors and officers,
Caspi, Caspi’s directors and officers, Markmore, Markmore’s directors and 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 Special Meeting, although
they are under no obligation to do so. Such public shares would be (a) purchased at a price no higher than the redemption price
for the public shares, which is currently estimated to be $10.21 per share and (b) would not be (i) voted by the initial stockholders
or their respective affiliates at the Special Meeting and (ii) redeemable by the initial stockholders or their respective affiliates.
Any such purchases that are completed after the record date for the Special Meeting may include an agreement with a selling stockholder
that such stockholder, for so long as it remains the record holder of the shares in question, will vote in favor of the Extension Amendment
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 Special 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 stockholders who would otherwise have voted against the Extension Amendment and elected to redeem their
shares for a portion of the Trust Account. Any such privately negotiated purchases may be effected at purchase prices that are below
or in excess of the per-share pro rata portion of the Trust Account. Any public shares held by or subsequently purchased by our affiliates
may be voted in favor of the Extension Amendment. None of our Sponsor, our directors and officers, Caspi, Caspi’s directors and
officers, Markmore, Markmore’s directors and officers, or any of 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).
What vote is
required to adopt the
| Extension Amendment Proposal? | The
approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal requires adoption of a resolution under the
DGCL by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 65% of the total issued and outstanding
shares of the Company’s common stock. |
What vote is required to adopt the
|
Trust Amendment Proposal? |
The approval of the Trust Amendment Proposal requires adoption of a resolution by the affirmative
vote of holders of at least 65% of the total issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock as required pursuant
to the provisions of the Trust Agreement. |
What vote is required to approve
the Adjournment Proposal? |
The approval of the Adjournment Proposal requires the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority
of the then issued and outstanding shares of the common stock of the Company who, being present and entitled to vote at the Special
Meeting, vote on the Adjournment Proposal at the Special Meeting. |
What
if I don’t want to vote
“FOR”
the Extension
Amendment Proposal? |
If you do not want the Extension Amendment Proposal to be approved, you must abstain, not vote or vote
“AGAINST” such proposal. You will be entitled to redeem your public shares for cash in connection with this vote whether
or not you vote on the Extension Amendment Proposal so long as you elect to redeem your public shares for a pro rata portion of the
funds available in the Trust Account in connection with the Extension Amendment. If the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved,
and the Extension is implemented, then the Withdrawal Amount will be withdrawn from the Trust Account and paid to the redeeming holders. |
What if I don’t
want to vote
“FOR”
the Trust Amendment
Proposal? | If
you do not want the Trust Amendment Proposal to be approved, you must abstain, not vote,
or vote “AGAINST” such proposal. You will be entitled to redeem your public shares
for cash in connection with this vote whether or not you vote on the Trust Amendment Proposal
so long as you elect to redeem your public shares for a pro rata portion of the funds available
in the Trust Account in connection with the Trust Amendment. If the Trust Amendment Proposal
is approved, and the Extension is implemented, then the Withdrawal Amount will be withdrawn
from the Trust Account and paid to the redeeming holders. |
What happens
if the Extension
Amendment Proposal
is not
| approved? | If
the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved and we have not consummated an initial business
combination by the Termination Date, 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 subject to lawfully available funds therefor, public shares in consideration
of a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the
aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest (net of taxes payable,
less up to $100,000 of such net interest to pay dissolution expenses), by (B) the total
number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish rights
of public stockholders (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 the remaining stockholders and the Liberty Board
in accordance with applicable law, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to the Company’s
obligations under the DGCL to provide for claims of creditors and other requirements of applicable
law. |
There will be no distribution from the
Trust Account with respect to our warrants, which will expire worthless in the event we wind up.
In the event of a liquidation, our Sponsor
and directors and officers will not receive any monies held in the Trust Account as a result of their ownership of the Founder Shares
or Private Placement Units.
What happens
if the Trust
Amendment Proposal is not
| Approved? | If
the Trust Amendment Proposal is not approved and we do not consummate a business combination
by February 8, 2023 (or May 8, 2023 if we request an extension before February 8,
2023 and the Sponsor deposits $1,150,000 in the Trust Account by February 8, 2023),
as contemplated by our IPO prospectus and in accordance with the Existing Company Charter,
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 subject to
lawfully available funds therefor, public shares in consideration of a per-share price, payable
in cash, equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the aggregate amount then on
deposit in the Trust Account, including interest (net of taxes payable, less up to $100,000
of such net interest to pay dissolution expenses), by (B) the total number of then outstanding
public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish rights of public stockholders
(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 the remaining stockholders and the Liberty Board in accordance with applicable
law, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to the Company’s obligations under
the DGCL to provide for claims of creditors and other requirements of applicable law. |
If the Extension
Amendment
Proposal is
approved, what
|
happens
next? |
If the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved by the requisite number of votes, the amendments to the Existing Company Charter
that are set forth in Annex A hereto will become effective. We will remain a reporting company under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and our units, public shares and warrants will remain publicly
traded. |
If the Extension Amendment Proposal is
approved, the removal of the Withdrawal Amount from the Trust Account will reduce the amount remaining in the Trust Account and increase
the percentage interest of our shares held by our Sponsor as a result of its ownership of the Founder Shares and Private Placement Units.
If the Extension Amendment Proposal is
approved, we will continue to attempt to consummate an initial business combination until the Extended Deadline. We expect to seek stockholder
approval of the Business Combination. If stockholders approve the Business Combination, we expect to consummate the Business Combination
as soon as possible following such stockholder approval. Because we have only a limited time to complete our initial business combination,
even if we are able to effect the Extension, our failure to obtain any required regulatory approvals in connection with the Business
Combination or to resolve certain ongoing investigations within the requisite time period may require us to liquidate. If we liquidate,
our public stockholders may only receive $10.15 per share, and our warrants will expire worthless. 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.
If the Trust
Amendment
Proposal is
approved, what
|
happens next? |
If the Trust Amendment Proposal is approved, we will continue to seek approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal in order to
consummate an initial business combination by the Extended Deadline. If we receive approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal as
well, we will amend our Trust Agreement in accordance with this proxy to reflect the terms of the Trust Amendment Proposal and the
Extension Amendment Proposal. We expect to seek stockholder approval of the Business Combination. If stockholders approve the Business
Combination, we expect to consummate the Business Combination as soon as possible following such stockholder approval. |
What happens
to the Company’s
warrants if
the Extension
Amendment Proposal
is not
| Approved? | If
the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved and we have not consummated the Business
Combination by the Termination Date, 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 subject to lawfully available funds therefor, redeem 100% of the
public shares in consideration of a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the quotient
obtained by dividing (A) the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account,
including interest (net of taxes payable, less up to $100,000 of such net interest to pay
dissolution expenses), by (B) the total number of then outstanding public shares, which
redemption will completely extinguish rights of public stockholders (including the right
to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and as
promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the
remaining stockholders and the Liberty Board in accordance with applicable law, dissolve
and liquidate, subject in each case to the Company’s obligations under the DGCL to
provide for claims of creditors and other requirements of applicable law. There will be no
distribution from the Trust Account with respect to our warrants, which will expire worthless
in the event of our winding up. |
What happens
to the Company’s
warrants if
the Extension
Amendment Proposal
and the
Trust Amendment
Proposal are
approved? |
If the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Trust Amendment |
Proposal are approved, we will retain
the blank check company restrictions previously applicable to us and continue to attempt to consummate a business combination until the
Extended Deadline. The public warrants will remain outstanding and only become exercisable 30 days after the completion of our initial
business combination, provided we have an effective registration statement under the Securities Act covering the shares of the Class A
common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants and a current prospectus relating to them is available (or we permit holders to exercise
warrants on a cashless basis).
If I do not
exercise my redemption
rights now,
can I exercise my
redemption
rights in connection
with any future
initial
business combination? |
Yes. If you do not exercise your redemption rights now, you retain the right to exercise your redemption rights in connection
with any future proposed business combination, subject to any limitations set forth in the Existing Company Charter. |
Am I able to
exercise my
redemption
rights in connection
with our initial
business
| combination? | If
you were a holder of shares of Class A common stock as of the close of business on any
record date for a future meeting to seek stockholder approval of our initial business combination,
you will be able to vote on our initial business combination. The Special Meeting relating
to the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal does not affect your
right to elect to redeem your public shares in connection with the Business Combination,
subject to any limitations set forth in the Existing Company Charter. If you do not approve
of the Business Combination, you will retain your right to redeem your public shares upon
consummation of the Business Combination in connection with the stockholder vote to approve
the Business Combination, subject to any limitations set forth in the Existing Company Charter. |
How do I attend the meeting? |
The Special Meeting will be held at the offices of Liberty Resources Acquisition Corp. located at 78
SW 7th Street, Suite 500, Miami, Florida 33130 and via live webcast. If unable to attend in person, you will be able
to attend the Special Meeting online, vote and submit your questions during the Special Meeting by visiting [●]. To
access the virtual online Special Meeting, you will need your 12-digit control number to vote electronically at the Special Meeting. |
If
you do not have your control number, contact Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company at the phone number or e-mail address
below. Beneficial investors who hold shares through a bank, broker or other intermediary, will need to contact them and obtain a legal
proxy. Once you have your legal proxy, contact Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company to have a control number generated.
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company contact information is as follows: 917-262-2373, or email proxy@continentalstock.com.
Stockholders will also have the option
to listen to the Special Meeting by telephone by calling:
| • | Within the U.S. and Canada: +1 800-450-7155 (toll-free) |
| • | Outside of the U.S. and Canada: +1 857-999-9155 (standard rates
apply) |
The passcode for telephone access: [●]#.
You will not be able to vote or submit questions unless you register for and log in to the Special Meeting webcast as described herein.
How
do I change or revoke my vote? |
You may change your vote by e-mailing a later-dated, signed proxy card to [●] so that it is received by us
prior to the Special Meeting or by attending the Special Meeting online and voting. You also may revoke your proxy by sending a notice
of revocation to us, which must be received by us prior to the Special Meeting. |
Please note, however, that if on the record
date your shares were held, not in your name, but rather in an account at a brokerage firm, custodian bank, or other nominee, then you
are the beneficial owner of shares held in “street name” and these proxy materials are being forwarded to you by that organization.
If your shares are held in street name, and you wish to attend the Special Meeting and vote at the Special Meeting online, you must bring
to the Special Meeting a legal proxy from the broker, bank or other nominee holding your shares, confirming your beneficial ownership
of the shares and giving you the right to vote your shares.
How
are votes counted? |
Votes will be counted by the inspector of election appointed for the Special Meeting, who will separately count “FOR”
and “AGAINST” votes, abstentions and broker non-votes. |
Abstentions and broker non-votes will
count as shares present for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present but will not count as votes cast at the Special Meeting.
Approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal
and the Trust Amendment Proposal the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 65% of the then issued and outstanding shares of common
stock of the Company. Abstentions and broker non-votes will count as votes AGAINST the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Trust Amendment
Proposal.
Approval of the Adjournment Proposal requires
the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast thereon at the Special Meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect
on the outcome of any vote on the Adjournment Proposal.
If my shares
are held in “street
name,”
will my broker
automatically
vote them
for me? |
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. We believe all the proposals presented to the stockholders will
be considered non-discretionary and therefore your broker, bank, or nominee cannot vote your shares without your instruction. 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. If your shares are held by your broker as your nominee, which we refer
to as being held in “street name,” you may need to obtain a proxy form from the institution that holds your shares and
follow the instructions included on that form regarding how to instruct your broker to vote your shares. |
What is a quorum requirement? |
A quorum of our stockholders is necessary to hold a valid Special Meeting. A quorum will be present at the Special Meeting if
the holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares entitled to vote at the Special Meeting are represented in person
or by proxy. |
As of the record date for the Special
Meeting, the holders of at least 7,452,638 shares would be required to achieve a quorum.
Your shares will be counted towards the
quorum if you appear in person or if you submit a valid proxy (or one is submitted on your behalf by your broker, bank or other nominee)
or if you vote online at the Special Meeting. Abstentions will be counted towards the quorum requirement. In the absence of a quorum,
the chairman of the meeting has power to adjourn the Special Meeting. In the absence of a quorum, the chairman of the meeting has power
to adjourn the Special Meeting.
Who can vote at the Special
Meeting? | Only
holders of record of our shares at the close of business on the record date, December 6,
2022 are entitled to have their vote counted at the Special Meeting and any adjournments
or postponements thereof. As of the record date, 14,905,275 of our shares were outstanding
and entitled to vote. |
Stockholder
of Record: Shares Registered in Your Name. If on the record date your shares were registered directly in your name with our
transfer agent, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, then you are a stockholder of record. As a stockholder of record,
you may vote online at the Special Meeting or vote by proxy. Whether or not you plan to attend the Special Meeting online, we urge you
to fill out and return the enclosed proxy card to ensure your vote is counted.
Beneficial
Owner: Shares Registered in the Name of a Broker or Bank. If on the record date your shares were held, not in your name, but
rather in an account at a brokerage firm, bank, dealer, or other similar organization, then 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 Special
Meeting. However, since you are not the stockholder of record, you may not vote your shares online at the Special Meeting unless you
request and obtain a valid proxy from your broker or other agent.
Does the Liberty
Board
recommend voting
for the
approval of
the Extension
Amendment Proposal,
the Trust
Amendment Proposal
and the Adjournment Proposal? |
Yes. After careful consideration of the terms and conditions of these proposals, the Liberty Board has determined that the Extension
Amendment, the Trust Amendment and, if presented, the Adjournment Proposal are in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders.
The Liberty Board recommends that our stockholders vote “FOR” the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Trust Amendment Proposal
and the Adjournment Proposal. |
What
interests do the Company’s
Sponsor,
directors and officers
have
in the approval of the
proposals? | Our
Sponsor, directors and officers have interests in the proposals that may be different from,
or in addition to, your interests as a stockholder. These interests include: |
| (1) | Our Sponsor and our directors and officers own 2,875,000 Founder Shares
(purchased for $25,000). |
| (2) | Our Sponsor owns 530,275 Private Placement Units (purchased for $5,302,750),
which include warrants that may become exercisable in the future if a business combination
is consummated but would expire worthless if a business combination is not consummated. |
| (3) | Our Sponsor extended to us a line of credit of up to $300,000 pursuant
to a Convertible Promissory Note dated April 22, 2021 (the “Sponsor Working
Capital Loan”), which is to either be repaid upon the consummation of a business
combination, without interest, or, at the Sponsor’s discretion, up converted upon consummation
of a business combination into additional Private Placement Units at a price of $10.00 per
Unit. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, we may use a portion of proceeds
held outside the Trust Account to repay the Sponsor Working Capital Loans, but no proceeds
held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Sponsor Working Capital Loans. As of
September 30, 2022, the amount under the Sponsor Working Capital Loan was $178,198. |
| (4) | On
November 8, 2022, we extended the date by which the Company has to consummate a business
combination from November 8, 2022 to February 8, 2023 (the “First Extension”).
The First Extension is the first of two three-month extensions permitted under the Existing
Company Charter. In connection with the First Extension, the Sponsor deposited an aggregate
of $1,150,000 (representing $0.10 per public share) into the Trust Account on November 8,
2022, and we issued to the Sponsor a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note in that
amount. In the event that a business combination does not close, we may use a portion of
proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay this loan, but no proceeds held in the Trust
Account would be used to repay this loan. |
| (5) | Our directors and officers may enter into future compensatory arrangements
with Caspi and/or Markmore or any other business combination target after the closing of
the Business Combination. |
See the section entitled “The Special
Meeting — Interests of our Sponsor, Directors and Officers.”
Do I have appraisal
rights if I
object to the
Extension
Amendment Proposal
and/or the
Trust Amendment Proposal? | Our
stockholders do not have appraisal rights in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal
and/or the Trust Amendment Proposal under the DGCL. |
What do I need to do now? |
We urge you to read carefully and consider the information contained in this Proxy Statement, including
the annexes, and to consider how the proposals will affect you as our stockholder. You should then vote as soon as possible in accordance
with the instructions provided in this Proxy Statement and on the enclosed proxy card. |
|
|
How
do I vote? |
If you are a holder of record of our shares, you may vote in person at the Special Meeting at the offices
of Liberty Resources Acquisition Corp. located at 78 SW 7th Street, Suite 500, Miami, Florida 33130 and via live
webcast. If unable to attend in person, you will be able to attend the Special Meeting online, vote and submit your questions during
the Special Meeting by visiting [●]. |
To access the virtual online Special Meeting,
you will need your 12-digit control number to vote electronically at the Special Meeting. Whether or not you plan to attend the Special
Meeting online, 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 Special Meeting
and vote online if you have already voted by proxy.
How do I redeem my shares of
Class A
common stock? |
If your shares 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 Special Meeting.
However, if you are not the stockholder of record, you may not vote your shares online at the Special Meeting unless you request
and obtain a valid proxy from your broker or other agent. Each of our public stockholders who are not founders, officers or directors
may submit an election that, if the Extension is implemented, such public stockholder elects to redeem all or a portion of such public
stockholder’s public shares upon such approval at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on
deposit in the Trust Account, including interest (which interest shall be net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then issued
and outstanding public shares. You will also be able to redeem your public shares in connection with any business combination, or
if we have not consummated a business combination by the Extended Deadline. |
In order to exercise your redemption rights,
you must, prior to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on December 20, 2022 (two business days before the Special Meeting) tender your shares
physically or electronically and submit a request in writing that we redeem your public shares for cash to Continental Stock Transfer &
Trust Company, our transfer agent, at the following address:
Continental Stock Transfer &
Trust Company
1 State Street Plaza, 30th Floor
New York, New York 10004-1561
Attn: [●]
E-mail: [●]
The redemption rights include the requirement
that a holder must identify itself in writing as a beneficial holder and provide its legal name, phone number and address to Continental
Stock Transfer & Trust Company in order to validly redeem its shares.
What should
I do if I receive more
than one set of voting materials? |
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 shares. |
Who is paying for this proxy
solicitation? | We
will pay for the entire cost of soliciting proxies from our working capital. We have engaged
Laurel Hill Advisory Group LLC to assist in the solicitation of proxies for the Special Meeting.
We have agreed to pay the Proxy Solicitor a fee of $12,000. We will also reimburse the Proxy
Solicitor for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and will indemnify the Proxy Solicitor and
its affiliates against certain claims, liabilities, losses, damages and expenses. In addition
to these mailed proxy materials, our directors and officers may also solicit proxies in person,
by telephone or by other means of communication. These parties will not be paid any additional
compensation for soliciting proxies. We may also reimburse brokerage firms, banks and other
agents for the cost of forwarding proxy materials to beneficial owners. While the payment
of these expenses will reduce the cash available to us to consummate an initial business
combination if the Extension is approved, we do not expect such payments to have a material
effect on our ability to consummate an initial business combination. |
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 our proxy solicitor by calling 855-414-2266
or send an email to liby@laurelhill.com. |
If you have questions regarding the certification
of your position or delivery of your shares, please contact:
Continental Stock Transfer &
Trust Company
1 State Street, 30th Floor
New York, New York 10004-1561
Attention: Fran Wolf
E-mail: fwolf@continentalstock.com
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.”
FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
Some 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 that are not historical facts. Forward-looking statements reflect our current views with respect to, among other things, the
pending Business Combination, our capital resources and results of operations. Likewise, our financial statements and all of our statements
regarding market conditions and results of operations are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify these forward-looking
statements by the use of terminology such as “outlook,” “believes,” “expects,” “potential,”
“continues,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “seeks,” “approximately,”
“predicts,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “anticipates” or the negative
version of these words or other comparable words or phrases.
While forward-looking statements
reflect our good faith beliefs, they are not guarantees of future performance. We disclaim 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 changes after the date of this proxy statement, except as required by applicable law. The forward- looking statements contained
in this proxy statement reflect our 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. We do not guarantee that the transactions and events described will happen as described (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:
| • | our ability to effect the Extension Amendment Proposal
and the Trust Amendment Proposal; |
| • | our ability to finance or consummate a business combination,
including the proposed business combination with Caspi and Markmore; |
| • | our ability to complete our initial business combination; |
| • | the anticipated benefits of our initial business combination; |
| • | the volatility of the market price and liquidity of
our securities; |
| • | the use of funds not held in the Trust Account; |
| • | unanticipated delays in the distribution of the funds
from the Trust Account; |
| • | our financial performance; |
| • | our executive officers and directors allocating their
time to other businesses and potentially having conflicts of interest with our business or
in approving a business combination, as a result of which they would then receive expense
reimbursements or other benefits; |
| • | claims by third parties against the Trust Account;
or |
| • | the competitive environment in which our successor
will operate following our initial business combination. |
You should carefully consider
these risks, in addition to the risk factors set forth in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in our other filings
with the SEC, including the final prospectus on Form 424(b)(4) filed with the SEC related to the IPO dated November 3,
2021 (File No. 333-259342), the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021
filed on March 31, 2022 and the Company’s Form 10-Qs for the quarters ended March 31, 2022 filed on May 16,
2022, June 30, 2022 filed on August 9, 2022 and September 30, 2022 filed on November 17, 2022. You should not place
undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which are based only on information currently available to us (or to third parties
making the forward-looking statements). The documents we file with the SEC, including those referred to above, discuss some of the risks
that could cause actual results to differ from those contained or implied in the forward-looking statements. See “Where You
Can Find More Information” for additional information about our filings.
RISK
FACTORS
You should consider carefully
all of the risks described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 31, 2022, our Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 16, 2022, August 9, 2022, and November 17, 2022, and in the other reports we
file with the SEC before making a decision on how to vote on the proposals at the Special Meeting. 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.
There are no assurances that the Extension will
enable us to complete a business combination.
Approving the Extension involves
a number of risks. Even if the Extension is approved, the Company can provide no assurances that our initial business combination will
be consummated prior to the Extended Deadline. Our ability to consummate any business combination is dependent on a variety of factors,
many of which are beyond our control. If the Extension is approved, the Company expects to seek stockholder approval of our initial business
combination with Caspi and Markmore following the SEC declaring the Registration Statement effective, which will include our preliminary
proxy statement/prospectus for our initial business combination. The Registration Statement has not been filed with or declared effective
by the SEC, and the Company cannot complete the Business Combination unless the Registration Statement is declared effective. As of the
date of this Proxy Statement, the Company cannot estimate when, or if, the SEC will declare the Registration Statement effective.
We are required to offer stockholders
the opportunity to redeem shares in connection with the Extension Amendment, and we will be required to offer stockholders redemption
rights again in connection with any stockholder vote to approve the Business Combination. Even if the Extension or the Business Combination
are approved by our stockholders, it is possible that redemptions will leave us with insufficient cash to consummate the Business Combination
on commercially acceptable terms, or at all.
The fact that we will have separate
redemption periods in connection with the Extension and the Business Combination vote could exacerbate these risks. Other than in connection
with a redemption offer or liquidation, our stockholders may be unable to recover their investment except through sales of our shares
on the open market. The price of our shares may be volatile, and there can be no assurance that stockholders will be able to dispose
of our shares at favorable prices, or at all.
Regulatory delays could cause us to be unable
to consummate the Business Combination.
We are not aware of any material
regulatory approvals or actions that are required for completion of the Business Combination besides the SEC’s review of the Registration
Statement. It is presently contemplated that if any such additional regulatory approvals or actions are required, those approvals or
actions will be sought. There can be no assurance, however, that any additional approvals or actions will be obtained.
Because
we have only a limited time to complete our initial business combination, even if we are able to effect the Extension, our failure to
obtain any required regulatory approvals in connection with the Business Combination or to resolve the above-mentioned investigations
within the requisite time period may require us to liquidate. If we liquidate, our public stockholders may only receive $10.21 per share,
and our warrants will expire worthless. 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.
We may be deemed a “foreign person”
under U.S. foreign investment regulations which might impose conditions on the consummation of the Business Combination and our failure
to obtain any required approvals within the requisite time period may require us to liquidate.
The Company’s sponsor is
Liberty Fields LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. The Sponsor currently beneficially owns 3,335,275 shares of our common stock
(530,275 shares of Class A Common Stock and 2,805,000 shares of Class B Common Stock). The Sponsor is controlled by one or
more non-U.S. persons. While we do believe that our Sponsor may constitute a “foreign person” under rules and regulations
of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”), we do not believe any initial business combination
between the Company and a target company would be subject to CFIUS review in view of the asset class in which we seek to complete a business
combination.
If, however, our future business
combination does fall within the scope of applicable foreign ownership restrictions, we may be unable to consummate the business combination
so we may be required to seek other potential targets. The pool of potential targets with which we could complete an initial business
combination may be limited as a result of any such regulatory restriction. Moreover, the process of any government review, whether by
CFIUS or otherwise, could be lengthy, which could delay our ability to close our initial business combination within the requisite time
period, which means we may be required to liquidate. We could make a mandatory filing or determine to submit a voluntary notice to CFIUS,
or to proceed with the business combination without notifying CFIUS and risk CFIUS intervention, before or after closing the business
combination.
Investments that involve the
acquisition of, or investment in, a U.S. business by a non-U.S. investor may be subject to U.S. laws that regulate foreign investments
in U.S. businesses and access by foreign persons to technology developed and produced in the United States. These laws include Section 721
of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended by the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018, and the regulations
at 31 C.F.R. Parts 800 and 802, as amended, administered by CFIUS.
Whether CFIUS has jurisdiction
to review an acquisition or investment transaction depends on, among other factors, the nature and structure of the transaction, including
the level of beneficial ownership interest and the nature of any information or governance rights involved. For example, investments
that result in “control” of a “U.S. business” by a “foreign person” (in each case, as such terms
are defined in 31 C.F.R. Part 800) always are subject to CFIUS jurisdiction. Significant CFIUS reform legislation, which was fully
implemented through regulations that became effective in 2020, expanded the scope of CFIUS’ jurisdiction to investments that do
not result in control of a U.S. business by a foreign person, but afford certain foreign investors certain information or governance
rights in a U.S. business that has a nexus to “critical technologies,” “covered investment critical infrastructure,”
and/or “sensitive personal data” (in each case, as such terms are defined in 31 C.F.R. Part 800).
Any business combination in which
we engage may be subject to notification requirements and review by CFIUS or another U.S. governmental agency, and while we do not believe
that notification to CFIUS regarding the Business Combination is required, there can be no assurance that CFIUS or another U.S. governmental
agency will not choose to review the Business Combination. Any review and approval of an investment or transaction by CFIUS may have
outsized impacts on transaction certainty, timing, feasibility, and cost, among other things. CFIUS policies and agency practices are
rapidly evolving, and, in the event that CFIUS reviews a business combination or one or more proposed or existing investments by investors,
there can be no assurance that such investors will be able to maintain, or proceed with, such investments on terms acceptable to the
parties to the transaction or such investors. Among other things, CFIUS could seek to impose limitations or restrictions on, or prohibit,
investments by such investors (including, but not limited to, limits on purchasing our common stock, limits on information sharing with
such investors, requiring a voting trust, governance modifications, or forced divestiture, among other things).
If CFIUS elects to review a business
combination, the time necessary to complete such review of the business combination or a decision by CFIUS to prohibit the business combination
could prevent us from completing our initial business combination prior to the then applicable Extended Deadline. If we are not able
to consummate a business combination by the applicable Extended Deadline, we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose
of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than 10 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 (which interest shall be net of taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses),
divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights
as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), and (iii) as promptly as reasonably
possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining stockholders and the board of directors, dissolve and liquidate,
subject in each case to obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.
In addition, if we fail to complete an initial business combination by the applicable Extended Deadline, there will be no redemption
rights or liquidating distributions with respect to our warrants, which will expire worthless.
The SEC issued proposed rules to regulate
special purpose acquisition companies that, if adopted, may increase our costs and the time needed to complete our initial business combination.
With respect to the regulation
of special purpose acquisition companies like the Company (“SPACs”), on March 30, 2022, the SEC issued
proposed rules (the “SPAC Rule Proposals”) relating to, among other items, disclosures in business
combination transactions involving SPACs 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 to the extent to which
SPACs could become subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (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. These rules, if adopted, whether in
the form proposed or in a revised form, may increase the costs of and the time needed to negotiate and complete an initial business combination,
and may constrain the circumstances under which we could complete an initial business combination.
A
new 1% U.S. federal excise tax could be imposed on us in connection with redemptions by us of our shares.
On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction
Act of 2022 (the “IR Act”) was signed into federal law. The IR Act provides for, among other things, a new U.S. federal 1%
excise tax 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 is imposed on the repurchasing corporation itself, not
its shareholders from which shares are repurchased. The amount of the excise tax is generally 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. In addition, certain exceptions apply to the excise tax. The U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) has been
given authority to provide regulations and other guidance to carry out and prevent the abuse or avoidance of the excise tax. The IR Act
applies only to repurchases that occur after December 31, 2022.
Any redemption or other repurchase that occurs after December 31,
2022, in connection with a business combination or otherwise, may be subject to the excise tax. Whether and to what extent we would be
subject to the excise tax in connection with a business combination would depend on a number of factors, including (i) the fair
market value of the redemptions and repurchases in connection with the business combination, (ii) the structure of the business
combination, (iii) 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 business combination but issued within the same taxable year of the business combination)
and (iv) the content of regulations and other guidance from the Treasury. In addition, because the excise tax would be payable by
us and not by the redeeming holder, the mechanics of any required payment of the excise tax have not been determined. While we cannot
use the proceeds from our IPO held in the Trust Account to pay taxes, we are permitted to use interest earned on the proceeds placed
in the Trust Account to pay certain taxes, which could include any excise tax due under the IRA on any redemptions or stock buybacks
by us.
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 would expect to abandon our efforts to complete an initial business combination and instead to liquidate the
Company.
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 company would then be required
to complete its initial business combination no later than 24 months after the effective date of the IPO Registration Statement.
Because the SPAC Rule Proposals
have not yet been adopted, there is currently uncertainty concerning the applicability of the Investment Company Act to a SPAC, including
a company like ours, that may not complete its business combination within 24 months after the effective date of the IPO Registration
Statement. As a result, it is possible that a claim could be made that we have been operating as an unregistered investment company.
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 are deemed to be an investment company and subject to compliance with and regulation under
the 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 would expect to abandon
our efforts to complete an initial business combination and instead 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 may, at any time, instruct the trustee to liquidate the securities
held in the Trust Account and instead to hold the funds in the Trust Account in cash until the earlier of the consummation of our initial
business combination or our liquidation. As a result, following the liquidation of securities in the Trust Account, we would likely receive
minimal interest, if any, on the funds held in the Trust Account, which would reduce the dollar amount our public stockholders would
receive upon any redemption or liquidation of the Company.
The funds in the Trust Account
have, since our initial public offering, been held only 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, 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 may, at any time, and we expect that we will, on or prior to the 24-month anniversary of the effective date of the IPO
Registration Statement, instruct 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 cash until the earlier of consummation of our initial business combination or liquidation of the Company. Following
such liquidation, we would likely receive minimal interest, if any, on the funds held in the Trust Account. However, interest previously
earned on the funds held in the Trust Account still may be released to us to pay our taxes, if any, and certain other expenses as permitted.
As a result, any decision to liquidate the securities held in the Trust Account and thereafter to hold all funds in the Trust Account
in cash would reduce the dollar amount our public stockholders would receive upon any redemption or liquidation of the Company.
In addition, even prior to the
24-month anniversary of the effective date of the IPO Registration Statement, we may be deemed to be an investment company. 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, even prior to the 24-month anniversary, the greater the risk that we may be considered an unregistered investment
company, in which case we may be required to liquidate the Company. Accordingly, we may determine, in our discretion, to liquidate the
securities held in the Trust Account at any time, even prior to the 24-month anniversary, and instead hold all funds in the Trust Account
in cash, which would further reduce the dollar amount our public stockholders would receive upon any redemption or liquidation of the
Company, which is consistent with the Extended Deadline sought hereunder to November 8, 2023 by up to nine (9) one-month extension
elections, as specifically provided herein.
Since the Sponsor and our directors and officers
will lose their entire investment in us if an initial business combination is not completed, they may have a conflict of interest in
the approval of the proposals at the Special Meeting.
There will be no distribution
from the Trust Account with respect to the Company’s Founder Shares or Private Placement Units or their respective underlying warrants,
which will expire worthless in the event of our winding up. In the event of a liquidation, our Sponsor and our officers and directors
will not receive any monies held in the Trust Account as a result of their ownership of 2,875,000 Founder Shares that were issued to
the Sponsor prior to our IPO and 530,275 Private Placement Units that were purchased by the Sponsor in a private placement which occurred
simultaneously with the completion of our IPO. Such persons have waived their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account
with respect to these securities, and all of such investments would expire worthless if an initial business combination is not consummated.
Additionally, such persons can earn a positive rate of return on their overall investment in the combined company after an initial business
combination, even if other holders of our shares experience a negative rate of return, due to the Sponsor having initially purchased
the Founder Shares for an aggregate of $25,000. The personal and financial interests of our Sponsor, directors and officers may have
influenced their motivation in identifying and selecting Caspi and Markmore for its target business combination and consummating the
Business Combination in order to close the Business Combination and therefore may have interests different from, or in addition to, your
interests as a stockholder in connection with the proposals at the Special Meeting.
Our Sponsor extended to us a
line of credit of up to $300,000 pursuant to a Convertible Promissory Note dated April 22, 2021 (the “Sponsor Working
Capital Loan”), which is to either be repaid upon the consummation of a business combination, without interest, or, at
the Sponsor’s discretion, up converted upon consummation of a business combination into additional Private Placement Units at a
price of $10.00 per Unit. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, we may use a portion of proceeds held outside the
Trust Account to repay the Sponsor Working Capital Loans, but no proceeds held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Sponsor
Working Capital Loans. As of September 30, 2022, the amount under the Sponsor Working Capital Loan was $178,198.
On November 8, 2022, we extended the date
by which the Company has to consummate a business combination by the First Extension from November 8, 2022, to February 8,
2023. The First Extension is the first of two three-month extensions permitted under the Existing Company Charter. In connection with
the First Extension, the Sponsor deposited an aggregate of $1,150,000 (representing $0.10 per public share) into the Trust Account on
November 8, 2022, and we issued to the Sponsor a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note in that amount. In the event that
a Business Combination does not close, we may use a portion of proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay this loan, but no proceeds
held in the Trust Account would be used to repay this loan.
The completion of the Business Combination is
subject to a number of important conditions, and the Business Combination may be terminated before the completion of the Business Combination
in accordance with its terms. As a result, there is no assurance that the Business Combination will be completed.
The completion of the Business
Combination is subject to the satisfaction or waiver, as applicable, of a number of important conditions that will be set forth in the
definitive agreement, including the approval of the Business Combination by the Liberty stockholders, the approval of the listing of
the combined entity’s shares on Nasdaq, and several other customary closing conditions. If these conditions are not satisfied or,
if the Business Combination is otherwise terminated by either party, we are unlikely to find another target for a business combination
before the Effective Date.
We have incurred and expect to continue to incur
significant costs associated with the Business Combination. Whether or not the Business Combination is completed, the incurrence of these
costs will reduce the amount of cash available to be used for other corporate purposes by us if the Business Combination is not completed.
Caspi and we expect to incur
significant transaction and transition costs associated with the Business Combination and operating as a public company following the
closing of the Business Combination. Caspi and we may also incur additional costs to retain key employees. Certain transaction expenses
incurred in connection with the Business Combination, including all legal, accounting, consulting, investment banking and other fees,
expenses and costs, will be paid by the combined company at or following the closing of the Business Combination. Even if the Business
Combination is not completed, we expect to incur approximately $[●] in expenses in aggregate. These expenses will reduce the amount
of cash available to be used for other corporate purposes by us if the Business Combination is not completed.
If the Extension Amendment Proposal and the
Trust Amendment Proposal are approved and the Extension Amendment and the Trust Amendment are adopted but public stockholders request
the redemption of less than 26% of our public shares, the cost to our Sponsor to fund extensions could increase if we determine we need
three or more one-month extensions.
Without the Extension, we can
obtain a single additional three-month extension to the Termination Date to May 8, 2023, if we request such an extension before
February 8, 2023, and our Sponsor deposits $1,150,000 of funds into the Trust Account by February 8, 2023. The cost of such
single three-month extension is $0.10 per public share for each of the currently 11,500,000 outstanding public share. With the Extension,
the cost to purchase one-month extensions is $0.0525 per public share, which is a higher cost per share; however, we anticipate that
many public stockholders will make a Redemption Election in connection with the Extension Amendment, so that the aggregate price for
extensions will be lower. If public stockholders holding 2,990,000 public shares (approximately 37% of the currently outstanding 11,500,000
public shares) make valid Redemption Elections in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal, and the Extension Amendment Proposal
and the Trust Amendment Proposal are adopted at the Special meeting and the public shares subject to Redemption Elections are redeemed,
there will be 7,245,000 public shares remaining outstanding, and the cost for three one-month extensions would be slightly less than
the cost of a three-month extension in the absence of the Extension. If redemptions exceed 37% of the 11,500,000 outstanding public shares,
the cost of extensions to our Sponsor will be reduced. For example, if redemptions total 80% of the outstanding 11,500,000 public shares
leaving 2,300,000 remaining, then the cost of a one-month extension would be $120,750 with the Extension. We are unable to predict the
actual number of public shares for which public stockholders will make Redemption Elections in connection with the Extension Amendment
Proposal. However, if redemptions are less than 37% of the 11,500,000 outstanding public shares the cost of extensions to our Sponsor
could increase, which might make our Sponsor more reluctant or unable to fund sufficient extensions to us to complete the Business Combination
or another initial business combination. For example, if redemptions total only 10% of the outstanding 11,500,000 public shares, leaving
10,350,000 public shares outstanding, then the costs of a one-month extensions would be $543,375 and the costs of three one-month extensions
would be $1,630,125 with the Extension.
BACKGROUND
Liberty Resources Acquisition Corp.
We are a
blank check company formed in Delaware on April 22, 2021, for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition,
stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses.
There are currently 100,000,000
shares of Class A common stock authorized, of which 530,275 are issued and outstanding and 11,500,000 are subject to possible redemption,
and 10,000,000 shares of Class B common stock authorized, of which 2,875,000 are issued and outstanding. We also have outstanding
11,500,000 warrants underlying the units sold in IPO and 530,275 warrants underlying the Private Placement Units issued to our Sponsor
in a private placement simultaneously with the consummation of our IPO. Each whole warrant entitles its holder to purchase one whole
share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share. The warrants will become exercisable 30 days after the completion
of our initial business combination and expire five years after the completion of our initial business combination or earlier upon redemption
or liquidation. We have the ability to redeem outstanding warrants at any time after they become exercisable and prior to their expiration,
at a price of $0.01 per warrant, provided that the reported last sale price of our Class A common stock equals or exceeds $18.00
per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within
a 30 trading-day period commencing once the warrants become exercisable and ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which
we give proper notice of such redemption and provided certain other conditions are met.
The Founder Shares carry voting
rights in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Trust Amendment Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal, and we have been
informed by our Sponsor and our directors and officers, which collectively hold all 2,875,000 Founder Shares, that they intend to vote
in favor of the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Trust Amendment Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal.
A total of $116,725,000, comprised
of the proceeds from our IPO and a portion of the proceeds from the simultaneous sale of the Private Placement Units, was placed in our
Trust Account in the United States maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee, invested in
U.S. “government securities,” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity
of 185 days or less or in any open ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by us meeting the conditions
of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, until the earlier of: (i) the consummation of a business combination or (ii) the
distribution of the proceeds in the Trust Account as described below.
Approximately $[117.4 million]
was held in the Trust Account as of the record date of the Special Meeting. The mailing address of the Company’s principal executive
office is 78 SW 7th Street, Suite 500, Miami, Florida 33130.
Caspi Business Combination
As previously announced, on August 5,
2022, Liberty entered into a binding amendment that made a previously executed nonbinding acquisition letter for a transaction that will
result in Caspi becoming a publicly traded company into a binding agreement. The Liberty Board believes it will not be able to affect
the Business Combination by February 8, 2023 (or by May 8, 2023, if our Sponsor funds the second three-month extension currently
available to us under the Existing Company Charter). The Extension Amendment Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal are essential
to allowing us more time to obtain approval for any proposed business combination at a special meeting of our stockholders and consummate
any proposed business combination prior to the Extended Deadline. Approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Trust Amendment
Proposal are conditions to the implementation of the Extension Amendment. The Liberty Board believes that, given the Company’s
expenditure of time, effort and money on a proposed business combination, circumstances warrant providing public stockholders an opportunity
to affect the Business Combination. Without the Extension, the Liberty Board believes that there is significant risk that we might not,
despite our best efforts, be able to complete the Business Combination on or before February 8, 2023 (or by May 8, 2023, if
our Sponsor funds the second three-month extension currently available to us under the Existing Company Charter). If that were to occur,
we would be precluded from completing the Business Combination and would be forced to liquidate even if our stockholders are otherwise
in favor of consummating the Business Combination.
You are not being asked to
vote on the Business Combination or any other proposed business combination or any other business combination at this time. If the Extension
is implemented and you do not elect to redeem your public shares, you will retain the right to vote on any proposed business combination
if and when it is submitted to stockholders and the right to redeem your public shares for a pro rata portion of the Trust Account in
the event such business combination is approved and completed or if we have not consummated a business combination by the Extended Deadline.
THE EXTENSION
AMENDMENT PROPOSAL
The Extension Amendment Proposal
We are proposing to amend the
Existing Company Charter to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate an initial business combination to the Extended Deadline.
The Extension Amendment Proposal is required for the implementation of the Liberty Board’s plan to allow the Company more time
to complete the Business Combination and to reduce our cost to extend the Termination Date to the Extended Deadline.
If the Extension Amendment Proposal
is not approved and we have not consummated the Business Combination by February 8, 2023 (or May 8, 2023 if we request an extension
before February 8, 2023 and the Sponsor deposits $1,150,000 in the Trust Account by February 8, 2023), 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 subject to lawfully available funds therefor, redeem 100% of the public shares in consideration of a per-share price, payable
in cash, equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest
(net of taxes payable, less up to $100,000 of such net interest to pay dissolution expenses), by (B) the total number of then outstanding
public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish rights of public stockholders (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 the remaining stockholders and the Liberty Board in accordance with applicable law, dissolve and liquidate, subject
in each case to the Company’s obligations under the DGCL to provide for claims of creditors and other requirements of applicable
law.
The Liberty Board believes that
given our expenditure of time, effort and money on the Business Combination, circumstances warrant providing public stockholders an opportunity
to consider the Business Combination and that it is in the best interests of our stockholders that we obtain the Extension Amendment.
The Liberty Board believes that the Business Combination will provide significant benefits to our stockholders. For more information
about the Business Combination, see Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 10, 2022.
A copy of the proposed amendment
to the Existing Company Charter of the Company is attached to this Proxy Statement in Annex A.
Vote Needed to Approve the Extension Amendment
Proposal
The Existing Company Charter
and the Company’s IPO prospectus provide that the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 65% of the votes entitled to be cast
by the holders of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock, including the Founder Shares and the shares of the
Class A common stock underlying the Private Placement Units, is required to extend our corporate existence, except in connection
with, and effective upon, consummation of a business combination. Additionally, the Existing Company Charter and our IPO prospectus provide
for all public stockholders to have an opportunity to redeem their public shares in the case our corporate existence is extended as described
above. Because we continue to believe that a business combination would be in the best interests of our stockholders, and because we
will not be able to conclude a business combination within the permitted time period, the Liberty Board has determined to seek stockholder
approval to extend the date by which we have to complete a business combination beyond February 8, 2023, to the Extended Deadline.
We intend to hold another stockholder meeting prior to the Extended Deadline in order to seek stockholder approval of the Business Combination.
The Liberty Board will abandon and not implement
the Extension Amendment Proposal unless our stockholders approve both the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal.
This means that if one proposal is approved by the stockholders and the other proposal is not, neither proposal will take effect. Notwithstanding
stockholder approval of the Extension Amendment and Trust Amendment, the Liberty Board will retain the right to abandon and not implement
the Extension Amendment and Trust Amendment at any time without any further action by our stockholders.
Full Text of the Resolution to be Approved
“RESOLVED, that subject
to and conditional upon the trust account, which is governed by the investment management trust agreement entered into between the Company
and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company on November 8, 2021, having net tangible assets of at least US $5,000,001
as at the date of this resolution, the first amendment to the amended and restated certificate of incorporation, a copy of which is attached
to the accompanying proxy statement as Annex A, be and is hereby adopted.”
Reasons for the Redemption Rights Associated with
the Extension Amendment Proposal
The Existing Company Charter
provides that if our stockholders approve an amendment to the Existing Company Charter (i) to modify the substance or timing of
our obligation to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete a business combination before February 8, 2022 (or May 8,
2023, if we request an extension before February 8, 2023, and the Sponsor deposits $1,150,000 in the Trust Account by February 8,
2023), or (ii) with respect to any other provision relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-business combination activity,
we will provide our public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their shares upon such approval at a per-share
price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest (which interest shall
be net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then issued and outstanding public shares. We believe that this provision of the Existing
Company Charter was included to protect our public stockholders 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 Existing Company Charter and discussed in the
prospectus associated with our IPO.
Reasons for the Extension Amendment Proposal
Pursuant to the Existing Company
Charter the Company currently has until February 8, 2023 (or May 8, 2023, if we request an extension before February 8,
2023, and the Sponsor deposits $1,150,000 in the Trust Account by February 8, 2023) to complete the purposes of the Company including,
but not limited to, effecting a business combination under its terms unless extended as specifically provided in the Existing Company
Charter. The purpose of the Extension Amendment is to allow the Company more time to complete its initial business combination and to
reduce our cost to extend the Termination Date to the Extended Deadline. As previously announced, on August 5, 2022, Liberty entered
into a binding amendment that made a previously executed nonbinding acquisition letter for a transaction that will result in Caspi becoming
a publicly traded company into a binding agreement.
While we are using our best efforts
to complete the Business Combination as soon as practicable, the Liberty Board believes that there will not be sufficient time before
the Termination Date to complete the Business Combination. Accordingly, the Liberty Board believes that in order to be able to consummate
the Business Combination, we will need to obtain the Extension Amendment. Without the Extension, the Liberty Board believes that there
is significant risk that we might not, despite our best efforts, be able to complete the Business Combination on or before February 8,
2023 (or May 8, 2023, if we request an extension before February 8, 2023, and the Sponsor deposits $1,150,000 in the Trust
Account by February 8, 2023).
If the Extension is approved
and implemented, subject to satisfaction of the conditions to closing in the Merger Agreement (including, without limitation, receipt
of stockholder approval of the Business Combination), we intend to complete the Business Combination as soon as possible and in any event
on or before the Extended Deadline.
The Extension could reduce the
cost to our Sponsor to fund extensions, thus increasing the likelihood we can obtain extensions. Without the Extension, we can obtain
a single additional three-month extension to the Termination Date to May 8, 2023, if we request such an extension before February 8,
2023, and our Sponsor deposits $1,150,000 of funds into the Trust Account by February 8, 2023. The cost of such single three-month
extension is $0.10 per public share for each of the currently 11,500,000 outstanding public share. With the Extension, the cost to purchase
one-month extensions is $0.0525 per public share, which is a higher cost per share; however, we anticipate that many public stockholders
will make a Redemption Election in connection with the Extension Amendment, so that the aggregate price for extensions will be lower.
If public stockholders holding 2,990,000 public shares (approximately 26% of the currently outstanding 11,500,000 public shares) make
valid Redemption Elections in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal, and the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Trust Amendment
Proposal are adopted at the Special meeting and the public shares subject to Redemption Elections are redeemed, there will be 8,510,000
public shares remaining outstanding, and the cost for three one-month extensions would be slightly less than the cost of a three-month
extension in the absence of the Extension. If redemptions exceed 26% of the 11,500,000 outstanding public shares, the cost of extensions
to our Sponsor will be reduced. For example, if redemptions total 80% of the outstanding 11,500,000 public shares, leaving 2,300,000
remaining, then the cost of a one-month extension would be $103,500, and the cost of three one-month extensions would be $310,500 with
the Extension. We are unable to predict the actual number of public shares for which public stockholders will make Redemption Elections
in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal.
If the Extension Amendment Proposal is Not Approved
If the Extension Amendment Proposal
is not approved and we have not consummated the Business Combination by February 8, 2023 (or May 8, 2023, if we request an
extension before February 8, 2023, and the Sponsor deposits $1,150,000 in the Trust Account by February 8, 2023), 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 subject to lawfully available funds therefor, redeem 100% of the public shares in consideration of a per-share price, payable
in cash, equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest
(net of taxes payable, less up to $100,000 of such net interest to pay dissolution expenses), by (B) the total number of then outstanding
public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish rights of public stockholders (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 the remaining stockholders and the Liberty Board in accordance with applicable law, dissolve and liquidate, subject
in each case to the Company’s obligations under the DGCL to provide for claims of creditors and other requirements of applicable
law.
There will be no distribution
from the Trust Account with respect to the Company’s warrants, which will expire worthless in the event we wind up. In the event
of a liquidation, our Sponsor and directors and officers will not receive any monies held in the Trust Account as a result of their ownership
of the Founder Shares or the Private Placement Units.
If the Extension Amendment Proposal Is Approved
Upon approval of the Extension
Amendment Proposal by the requisite number of votes, the Company will file and amendment to the Existing Company Charter with the Secretary
of State of the State of Delaware in the form set forth in Annex A hereto to extend the time it has to complete a business combination
until the Extended Deadline will become effective. The Company will remain a reporting company under the Exchange Act and its units,
Class A common stock and public warrants will remain publicly traded. The Company will then continue to work to consummate the Business
Combination by the Extended Deadline.
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 redemptions
associated with the Redemption Election will reduce the amount held in the Trust Account. The Company cannot predict the amount that
will remain in the Trust Account if the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved, and the amount remaining in the Trust Account may be
only a small fraction of the approximately $117.4 million held in the Trust Account as of the record date. 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. We cannot assure you that the per share distribution from the Trust Account, if we liquidate, will
not be less than $10.21 due to unforeseen claims of creditors. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect
to our warrants, which will expire worthless in the event of our winding up. In the event of a liquidation, our Sponsor and our directors
and officers, the sole holders of our Founder Shares, will not receive any monies held in the Trust Account as a result of their ownership
of the Founder Shares.
If the Extension Amendment Proposal
is approved but we do not consummate a business combination by the Extended Deadline, unless further extended, 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, 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 (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses, and which interest shall be net of taxes payable),
divided by the number of then issued and outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’
rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any); and (iii) as promptly as reasonably
possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining stockholders and our board, liquidate and dissolve, subject
to our obligations under the DGCL to provide for claims of creditors and other requirements of applicable law.
You are not being asked to
vote on the Business Combination at this time. If the Extension is implemented and you do not elect to redeem your public shares, provided
that you are a stockholder on the record date for a meeting to consider the Business Combination, you will retain the right to vote on
the Business Combination when it is submitted to stockholders and the right to redeem your public shares for cash in the event the Business
Combination is approved and completed or we have not consummated a business combination by the Extended Deadline.
Redemption Rights
If the Extension Amendment Proposal
is approved, and the Extension is implemented, each public stockholder may seek to redeem its public shares at a per-share price, payable
in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest (which interest shall be net of taxes
payable), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares. Holders of public shares who do not elect to redeem their public shares
in connection with the Extension will retain the right to redeem their public shares in connection with any stockholder vote to approve
a proposed business combination, or if the Company has not consummated a business combination by the Extended Deadline.
TO EXERCISE YOUR REDEMPTION
RIGHTS, YOU MUST SUBMIT A REQUEST IN WRITING THAT WE REDEEM YOUR PUBLIC SHARES FOR CASH TO CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST
COMPANY AT THE ADDRESS BELOW, AND, AT THE SAME TIME, ENSURE YOUR BANK OR BROKER COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENTS IDENTIFIED ELSEWHERE HEREIN, INCLUDING
DELIVERING YOUR SHARES TO THE TRANSFER AGENT PRIOR TO THE VOTE ON THE EXTENSION AMENDMENT PROPOSAL PRIOR TO 5:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME
ON [●], 2022.
In connection with tendering
your shares for redemption, prior to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on December 20, 2022 (two business days before the Special Meeting),
you must elect either:
| (1) | physically tender your Class A common stock share certificates
to: |
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust
Company
1 State Street Plaza, 30th Floor
New York, New York 10004-1561
Attn: [●]
via email to: [●]
or
| (2) | deliver your shares to the transfer agent electronically using DTC’s
DWAC system, which election would likely be determined based on the manner in which you hold
your shares. |
The requirement for physical or electronic delivery
prior to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on December 20, 2022 (two business days before the Special Meeting) ensures that a redeeming
holder’s election is irrevocable once the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved. In furtherance of such irrevocable election,
stockholders making the election will not be able to tender their shares after the vote at the Special Meeting.
Through the DWAC system, this
electronic delivery process can be accomplished by the stockholder, whether or not 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 stockholder’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 the Company’s understanding
that stockholders should generally allot at least two weeks 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 weeks to obtain a physical share certificate.
Such stockholders will have less time to make their redemption decision than those stockholders that deliver their shares through the
DWAC system. Stockholders 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 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on December 20, 2022 (two business days before
the Special Meeting) will not be redeemed for cash held in the Trust Account on the redemption date. In the event that a public stockholder
tenders its shares and decides prior to the vote at the Special Meeting that it does not want to redeem its shares, the stockholder may
withdraw the tender. If you delivered your shares for redemption to our transfer agent and decide prior to the vote at the Special 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 stockholder 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 stockholder promptly following the determination that the Extension Amendment Proposal will not be approved. The Company anticipates
that a public stockholder 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 completion of the Extension Amendment. The transfer agent will
hold the certificates of public stockholders that make the election until such shares are redeemed for cash or returned to such stockholders.
If properly demanded, the Company
will redeem each public share at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account,
including interest (which interest shall be net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares. Based upon
the current amount in the Trust Account, the Company anticipates that the per-share price at which public shares will be redeemed from
cash held in the Trust Account will be approximately $10.21 at the time of the Special Meeting. The closing price of the Company’s
Class A common stock on the Nasdaq Global Market on the record date was $[●].
If you exercise your redemption
rights, you will be exchanging your shares of the Company’s Class A common stock for cash and will no longer own the shares.
You will be entitled to receive cash for these shares only if you properly demand redemption and tender your share certificate(s) to
the Company’s transfer agent prior to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on December 20, 2022 (two business days before the Special
Meeting). The Company anticipates that a public stockholder 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 completion of the Extension.
THE TRUST
AMENDMENT PROPOSAL
The Trust Amendment Proposal
We are proposing to amend the
Trust Agreement to extend the date on which Continental must liquidate the Trust Account if the Company has not completed its initial
business combination, from February 8, 2023, to November 8, 2023 (or such later date as may be determined by our stockholders).
The Trust Amendment Proposal is required to allow us more time to complete the Business Combination and to reduce our cost to extend
the Termination Date to the Extended Deadline.
If the Trust Amendment Proposal
is not approved and we have not consummated the Business Combination by February 8, 2023 (or May 8, 2023, if we request an
extension before February 8, 2023 and the Sponsor deposits $1,150,000 in the Trust Account by February 8, 2023), 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 subject to lawfully available funds therefor, redeem 100% of the public shares in consideration of a per-share price, payable
in cash, equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest
(net of taxes payable, less up to $100,000 of such net interest to pay dissolution expenses), by (B) the total number of then outstanding
public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish rights of public stockholders (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 the remaining stockholders and the Liberty Board in accordance with applicable law, dissolve and liquidate, subject
in each case to the Company’s obligations under the DGCL to provide for claims of creditors and other requirements of applicable
law.
Pursuant to the Trust Agreement,
Continental agreed to liquidate the Trust Account after receipt of a Termination Letter (as defined therein) from the Company or upon
the date which is the later of (1) 18 months after the closing of the IPO (May 8, 2023), and (2) such later date as may
be approved by the Company’s stockholders.
The Liberty
Board believes that given our expenditure of time, effort and money on the Business Combination, circumstances warrant providing public
stockholders an opportunity to consider the Business Combination and that it is in the best interests of our stockholders that we obtain
the Trust Amendment. The Liberty Board believes that the Business Combination will provide significant benefits to our stockholders.
For more information about the Business Combination, see Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 10,
2022.
Vote Needed to Approve the Trust Amendment Proposal
The Trust Agreement provides
that the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 65% of the total issued and outstanding shares of the Company is required to amend
the relevant provisions of the Trust Agreement.
The Liberty Board will abandon and not implement
the Trust Amendment Proposal unless our stockholders approve both the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal.
This means that if one proposal is approved by the stockholders and the other proposal is not, neither proposal will take effect. Notwithstanding
stockholder approval of the Extension Amendment and Trust Amendment, the Liberty Board will retain the right to abandon and not implement
the Extension Amendment and Trust Amendment at any time without any further action by our stockholders.
Reasons for the Trust Amendment Proposal
The Trust Agreement provides
that Continental will liquidate the Trust Account after receipt of a Termination Letter (as defined therein) from the Company or upon
the date which is the later of (i) 18 months after the closing of the IPO and (ii) such later date as may be approved by the
Company’s stockholders. The purpose of the Trust Amendment is to mirror the provisions in the first amendment to the amended and
restated certificate of incorporation of the Company at Annex A following the Extension Amendment and allow the Company more time
to complete its initial business combination and to reduce our cost to extend the Termination Date to the Extended Deadline. As previously
announced, on August 5, 2022, Liberty entered into a binding amendment that made a previously executed nonbinding acquisition letter
for a transaction that will result in Caspi becoming a publicly traded company into a binding agreement.
The Trust Amendment will allow
the Company to extend the time period for liquidation of the Trust Account and therefore will allow more time to carry out the Business
Combination and to reduce our cost to extend the Termination Date to the Extended Deadline. While we are using our best efforts to complete
the Business Combination as soon as practicable, the Liberty Board believes that there will not be sufficient time before the Termination
Date to complete the Business Combination. Accordingly, the Liberty Board believes that in order to be able to consummate the Business
Combination, we will need to obtain the Trust Amendment. Without the Trust Amendment, the Liberty Board believes that there is significant
risk that we might not, despite our best efforts, be able to complete the Business Combination on or before February 8, 2023.
If the Extension is approved
and implemented, subject to satisfaction of the conditions to closing in the Business Combination Agreement (including, without limitation,
receipt of stockholder approval of the Business Combination), we intend to complete the Business Combination as soon as possible and
in any event on or before the Extended Deadline.
Full Text of the Resolution to be Approved
“RESOLVED THAT subject
to and conditional upon the Trust Account, which is governed by Trust Agreement, having net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 as
at the date of this resolution, the Trust Agreement be amended in the form set forth in Annex B to the accompanying proxy statement
to allow the Company to extend the date by which the Company has to complete a business combination from February 8, 2022, to November 8,
2023, via nine (9) one-month extensions provided the Company deposits into its trust account an additional $0.0525 per public share
for each month the Company extends beyond February 8, 2023.”
If the Trust Amendment Proposal is Not Approved
If the Trust Amendment Proposal
is not approved and we have not consummated the Business Combination by February 8, 2023 (or May 8, 2023, if we request an
extension before February 8, 2023 and the Sponsor deposits $1,150,000 in the Trust Account by February 8, 2023), 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 subject to lawfully available funds therefor, redeem 100% of the public shares in consideration of a per-share price, payable
in cash, equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest
(net of taxes payable, less up to $100,000 of such net interest to pay dissolution expenses), by (B) the total number of then outstanding
public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish rights of public stockholders (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 the remaining stockholders and the Liberty Board in accordance with applicable law, dissolve and liquidate, subject
in each case to the Company’s obligations under the DGCL to provide for claims of creditors and other requirements of applicable
law.
There will be no distribution
from the Trust Account with respect to the Company’s warrants, which will expire worthless in the event we wind up. In the event
of a liquidation, our Sponsor and directors and officers will not receive any monies held in the Trust Account as a result of their ownership
of the Founder Shares or the Private Placement Units.
If the Trust Amendment Proposal Is Approved
Upon approval of the Extension
Amendment Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal by the requisite number of votes, the amendments to the Trust Agreement to extend
the date on which Continental must liquidate the Trust Account if the Company has not completed its initial business combination, from
February 8, 2023 to November 8, 2023 will be made to the Trust Agreement so that the provisions of the Trust Agreement mirror
what is in the Existing Company Charter as amended by the Extension Amendment.
If the Trust Amendment Proposal
is approved but we do not consummate a business combination by the Extended Deadline, we will, unless the deadline is further extended,
(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 (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses, and which interest shall be net
of taxes payable), divided by the number of then issued and outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public
stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any); and (iii) as
promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining stockholders and our board, liquidate
and dissolve, subject to our obligations under the DGCL to provide for claims of creditors and other requirements of applicable law.
You are not being asked to
vote on the Business Combination at this time. If the Extension Amendment and the Trust Amendment are implemented and you do not elect
to redeem your public shares, provided that you are a stockholder on the record date for a meeting to consider the Business Combination,
you will retain the right to vote on the Business Combination when it is submitted to stockholders and the right to redeem your public
shares for cash in the event the Business Combination is approved and completed or we have not consummated a business combination by
the Extended Deadline.
UNITED STATES
FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS
The following discussion summarizes
certain United States federal income tax considerations generally applicable to U.S. Holders (as defined below) who elect to have their
shares of the Class A common stock redeemed for cash pursuant to the exercise of a right to redemption in connection with a Redemption
Election.
This discussion is limited to
certain United States federal income tax considerations to such U.S. Holders who hold shares of the Class A common stock as a capital
asset under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).
This discussion
is a summary only and does not consider all aspects of United States federal income taxation that may be relevant to a U.S. Holder exercising
its right to redemption in light of such holder’s particular circumstances, including tax consequences to U.S. Holders who are:
| • | financial institutions or financial
services entities; |
| • | taxpayers that are subject to the mark-to-market accounting rules; |
| • | governments or agencies or instrumentalities thereof; |
| • | regulated investment companies or real estate investment trusts; |
| • | expatriates or former long-term residents of the United States; |
| • | persons that actually or constructively own five percent or more
of our voting shares or five percent or more of the total value of any class of our shares; |
| • | persons that acquired our securities pursuant to an exercise
of employee share options, in connection with employee share incentive plans or otherwise
as compensation; |
| • | persons that hold our securities as part of a straddle, constructive
sale, hedging, conversion or other integrated or similar transaction; |
| • | partnerships (or entities or arrangements treated as partnerships
or other pass-through entities for U.S. federal income tax purposes), or persons holding
Liberty securities through such partnerships or other pass-through entities; or |
| • | persons whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar. |
This discussion is based on the
Code, proposed, temporary and final Treasury Regulations promulgated under the Code, and judicial and administrative interpretations
thereof, all as of the date hereof. All of the foregoing is subject to change, which change could apply retroactively and could affect
the tax considerations described herein. This discussion does not address U.S. federal taxes other than those pertaining to U.S. federal
income taxation (such as estate or gift taxes, the alternative minimum tax or the Medicare tax on investment income), nor does it address
any aspects of U.S. state or local or non-U.S. taxation.
We have not sought and do not
intend to seek any rulings from the IRS regarding the Business Combination or an exercise of redemption rights by holders of shares of
the Class A common stock. There can be no assurance that the IRS will not take positions inconsistent with the considerations discussed
below or that any such positions would not be sustained by a court. Moreover, there can be no assurance that future legislation, regulations,
administrative rulings or court decisions will not change the accuracy of the statements in this discussion.
As used herein, the term “U.S.
Holder” means a beneficial owner of Class A common stock or warrants who or that is for United States federal income tax purposes:
(i) an individual citizen or resident of the United States, (ii) a corporation (or other entity treated as a corporation for
United States federal income tax purposes) that is created or organized (or treated as created or organized) in or under the laws of
the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (iii) an estate the income of which is subject to United States
federal income taxation regardless of its source or (iv) a trust if (A) a court within the United States is able to exercise
primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions
of the trust, or (B) it has in effect a valid election to be treated as a U.S. person.
This discussion does not consider
the tax treatment of partnerships or other pass-through entities or persons who hold our securities through such entities. If a partnership
(or other entity or arrangement classified as a partnership for United States federal income tax purposes) is the beneficial owner of
our securities, the United States federal income tax treatment of a partner in the partnership generally will depend on the status of
the partner and the activities of the partnership. Partnerships holding our securities and partners in such partnerships are urged to
consult their own tax advisors.
THIS DISCUSSION IS ONLY A
SUMMARY OF CERTAIN UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH AN ELECTION. EACH REDEEMING U.S. HOLDER IS URGED TO
CONSULT ITS OWN TAX ADVISOR WITH RESPECT TO THE PARTICULAR TAX CONSEQUENCES TO SUCH U.S. HOLDER OF THE EXERCISE OF REDEMPTION RIGHTS
THROUGH AN ELECTION, INCLUDING THE APPLICABILITY AND EFFECT OF ANY STATE, LOCAL, AND NON-U.S. TAX LAWS.
Redemption as Sale or Distribution
Subject to the PFIC rules discussed
below, in the event that a U.S. Holder’s shares of Class A common stock are redeemed pursuant to a Redemption Election, the
treatment of the transaction for United States federal income tax purposes will depend on whether the redemption qualifies as a sale
of the Class A common stock under Section 302 of the Code. If the redemption qualifies as a sale of Class A common stock,
a U.S. Holder generally will recognize capital gain or loss and any such capital gain or loss generally will be long-term capital gain
or loss if the U.S. Holder’s holding period for such Class A common stock exceeds one year. It is unclear, however, whether
certain redemption rights described in the IPO prospectus may suspend the running of the applicable holding period for this purpose.
If the redemption does not qualify as a sale of the Class A common stock, it will be treated as a corporate distribution. In that
case, the U.S. Holder generally will be required to include in gross income as a dividend the amount of the distribution to the extent
the distribution is paid out of our current or accumulated earnings and profits (as determined under United States federal income tax
principles). To the extent those distributions exceed our current and accumulated earnings and profits, they will constitute a return
of capital, which will first reduce your basis in your shares of the Class A common stock, but not below zero, and then will be
treated as gain from the sale of your shares of the Class A common stock.
Whether a redemption pursuant
to a Redemption Election qualifies for sale treatment will depend largely on the total number of shares of the Class A common stock
treated as held by the U.S. Holder (including any shares of the Class A common stock constructively owned by the U.S. Holder as
a result of owning warrants) relative to all of our shares outstanding both before and after such redemption. The redemption generally
will be treated as a sale of shares of the Class A common stock (rather than as a corporate distribution) if 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 shares actually owned by the U.S. Holder, but also our
shares that are constructively owned by such holder. A U.S. Holder may constructively own, in addition to shares owned directly, 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 shares the U.S. Holder has a right to acquire by exercise of an option, which would generally include shares of the Class A
common stock which could be acquired pursuant to the exercise of the warrants. 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 shares of the Class A common stock must, among other requirements, be less than 80 percent of the percentage of our outstanding
voting shares actually and constructively owned by the U.S. Holder immediately before the redemption.
Prior to the Business Combination,
the shares of the Class A common stock 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 the shares of the Class A common stock actually and constructively owned by the U.S. Holder are redeemed or (ii) all of
the shares of the Class A common stock 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 of the Class A common stock owned by certain
family members and the U.S. Holder does not constructively own any other of our shares. The redemption of the shares of the Class A
common stock will not be essentially equivalent to a dividend if such redemption 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 stockholder in a publicly held corporation who exercises
no control over corporate affairs may constitute such a “meaningful reduction.”
If none of the foregoing tests
are satisfied, then the redemption will be treated as a corporate distribution as described above. A U.S. Holder considering exercising
its redemption right should consult its own tax advisor as to whether the redemption will be treated as a sale or as a corporate distribution
under the Code.
Passive Foreign Investment
Company (“PFIC”) Rules
A non-U.S. corporation will be
classified as a PFIC for United States 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) at least 50% of its assets in a taxable year (ordinarily determined based on fair market value and averaged
quarterly over the 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.
Because
we are a blank check company, with no current active business, we believe that it is likely that we met the PFIC asset or income test
for our taxable year ending December 31, 2021 and that we will meet the PFIC asset or income test for our current taxable year ending
December 31, 2022. Accordingly, if a U.S. Holder did not make a timely qualified electing fund (“QEF”) election or a
mark-to-market election for our first taxable year as a PFIC in which the U.S. Holder held (or was deemed to hold) shares of the Class A
common stock, as described below, such U.S. Holder generally will be subject to special rules with respect to (i) any gain
recognized by the U.S. Holder on the sale or other disposition of its shares of the Class A common stock or warrants, which would
include a redemption pursuant to a Redemption Election if such redemption is treated as a sale under the rules discussed above,
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 shares of the Class A common stock during the three preceding taxable years of such U.S. Holder or, if shorter, such U.S.
Holder’s holding period for the shares of the Class A common stock), which may include a redemption pursuant to a Redemption
Election if such redemption is treated as a corporate distribution under the rules discussed above. Under these rules:
| • | the U.S. Holder’s gain or excess distribution will be allocated
ratably over the U.S. Holder’s holding period for the shares of the Class A common
stock or warrants; |
| • | the amount allocated to the U.S. Holder’s taxable year
in which the U.S. Holder recognized the gain or received the excess distribution, or to the
period in the 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 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 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 with respect to the tax attributable
to each such other taxable year of the U.S. Holder. |
QEF Redemption Election
A U.S. Holder will avoid the
PFIC tax consequences described above in respect to shares of the Class A common stock (but not our warrants) 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 U.S. Holder in which or with which our taxable year ends. A 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.
If a U.S. Holder has made a QEF
election with respect to shares of the Class A common stock for our first taxable year as a PFIC in which the U.S. Holder holds
(or is deemed to hold) such shares, (i) any gain recognized as a result of a redemption pursuant to a Redemption Election (if such
redemption is treated as a sale under the rules discussed above) generally will be taxable as capital gain and no additional tax
will be imposed under the PFIC rules, and (ii) to the extent such redemption is treated as a distribution under the rules discussed
above, any distribution of ordinary earnings that were previously included in income generally should not be taxable as a dividend to
such U.S. Holder. The tax basis of a U.S. Holder’s 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 U.S. Holder is treated under the applicable attribution rules as owning shares in a QEF.
The QEF election is made on a
stockholder-by-stockholder basis and, once made, can be revoked only with the consent of the IRS. A U.S. Holder may not make a QEF election
with respect to its warrants to acquire shares of the Class A common stock. A U.S. Holder generally makes a QEF election by attaching
a completed IRS Form 8621 (Information Return by a Shareholder of a Passive Foreign Investment Company or Qualified Electing Fund),
including the information provided in a PFIC annual information statement, to a timely filed United States 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. U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisors
regarding the availability and tax consequences of a retroactive QEF election under their particular circumstances.
If a U.S. Holder makes a QEF
election after our first taxable year as a PFIC in which the U.S. Holder held (or was deemed to hold) shares of the Class A common
stock, the adverse PFIC tax consequences (with adjustments to take into account any current income inclusions resulting from the QEF
election) will continue to apply with respect to such shares of the Class A common stock unless the U.S. Holder makes a purging
election under the PFIC rules. Under the purging election, the U.S. Holder will be deemed to have sold such shares of the Class A
common stock at their fair market value and any gain recognized on such deemed sale will be treated as an excess distribution, taxed
under the PFIC rules described above. As a result of the purging election, the U.S. Holder will have a new basis and holding period
in such shares of the Class A common stock for purposes of the PFIC rules.
In order to comply with the requirements
of a QEF election, a U.S. Holder must receive a PFIC annual information statement from us. There is no assurance that we will timely
provide such required information statement.
Mark-to Market Redemption Election
If we are a PFIC and shares of
the Class A common stock constitute marketable stock, a 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) shares of the Class A common
stock, makes a mark-to- market election with respect to such shares for such taxable year. Such U.S. Holder generally will include for
each of its taxable years as ordinary income the excess, if any, of the fair market value of its shares of the Class A common stock
at the end of such year over its adjusted basis in its shares of the Class A common stock. The U.S. Holder also will recognize an
ordinary loss in respect of the excess, if any, of its adjusted basis of its shares of the Class A common stock over the fair market
value of its shares of the Class A common stock 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 U.S. Holder’s basis in its shares of the Class A common stock
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 shares of the Class A common stock will be treated as ordinary income. Currently, a mark-to-market election may not be made
with respect to warrants.
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 Nasdaq, 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. U.S. Holders should consult their own tax advisors
regarding the availability and tax consequences of a mark-to-market election in respect to our shares under their particular circumstances.
A U.S. Holder that owns (or is
deemed to own) shares in a PFIC during any taxable year of the U.S. Holder, may have to file an IRS Form 8621 (whether or not a
QEF or mark-to-market election is made) and such other information as may be required by the U.S. Treasury Department. Failure to do
so, if required, will extend the statute of limitations until such required information is furnished to the IRS.
The rules dealing with PFICs
and with 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. Holders of shares of the Class A common stock or warrants should consult their own tax advisors concerning the
application of the PFIC rules under their particular circumstances.
Information Reporting and Backup Withholding
Dividend payments with respect
to shares of the Class A common stock and proceeds from the sale, exchange or redemption of shares of the Class A common stock
may be subject to information reporting to the IRS and possible United States backup withholding. Backup withholding will not apply,
however, to a U.S. Holder who furnishes a correct taxpayer identification number and makes other required certifications, or who is otherwise
exempt from backup withholding and establishes such exempt status.
Backup withholding is not an
additional tax. Amounts withheld as backup withholding may be credited against a U.S. Holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability,
and a U.S. Holder generally may obtain a refund of any excess amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules by timely filing
the appropriate claim for refund with the IRS and furnishing any required information. U.S. Holders are urged to consult their own tax
advisors regarding the application of backup withholding and the availability of and procedure for obtaining an exemption from backup
withholding in their particular circumstances.
THE SPECIAL
MEETING
Overview
Date,
Time and Place. The Special Meeting of the Company’s stockholders will be held at [●] Eastern Time on December 22,
2022 at the offices of Liberty Resources Acquisition Corp. located at 78 SW 7th Street, Suite 500, Miami, Florida 33130
and via live webcast. If unable to attend in person, you will be able to attend, vote your shares and submit questions during the Special
Meeting via a live webcast available at [●]. If you plan to attend the virtual online Special Meeting, you will need your 12-digit
control number to vote electronically at the Special Meeting. Only stockholders who own shares as of the close of business on the record
date will be entitled to attend the meeting.
Voting
Power; record date. You will be entitled to vote or direct votes to be cast at the Special Meeting, if you owned the Company’s
shares at the close of business on December 6, 2022, the record date for the Special Meeting. You will have one vote per proposal
for each of the Company’s shares you owned at that time. The Company’s warrants do not carry voting rights.
Votes
Required. Approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal will require the affirmative vote
of holders of at least 65% of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of the issued and outstanding Company’s shares, including
the Founder Shares and the shares of the Class A common stock underlying the Private Placement Units.
If you are the record holder
of your shares and you do not sign and return your proxy or attend the Special Meeting in person, your shares will not be counted in
connection with the determination of whether a valid quorum is established. If you hold your shares in “street name” through
an account at a brokerage firm, custodian bank, or other nominee and you do not instruct your broker, bank or nominee on how to vote
your shares, your shares will be counted as present at the Special Meeting for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present, but
your broker, bank or nominee will not be able to vote your shares and your shares will count as broker non-votes.
Abstentions, broker non-votes
and the failure of a record holder to appear at the Special Meeting either in person or by proxy will have the same effect as votes “AGAINST”
the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal. If a quorum is present at the Special Meeting, abstentions and broker
non-votes will have no effect on the vote to approve the Adjournment Proposal.
At the close of business on the
record date of the Special Meeting, there were 14,905,275 shares outstanding, each of which entitles its holder to cast one vote per
proposal. The presence of holders of 7,452,638 shares either in person or represented by proxy is necessary to constitute a quorum for
the Special Meeting.
If you do not want the Extension
Amendment Proposal approved, you must abstain, not vote or vote “AGAINST” the Extension Amendment. If you do not want the
Trust Amendment Proposal approved, you must abstain, not vote, or vote “AGAINST” the Trust Amendment. You will be entitled
to redeem your public shares for cash in connection with this vote whether or not you vote on the Extension Amendment Proposal and/or
the Trust Amendment Proposal so long as you elect to redeem your public shares for a pro rata portion of the funds available in the Trust
Account in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal. The Company anticipates that a public stockholder 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 completion of the Extension Amendment Proposal.
The
Special Meeting; Proxies; Board Solicitation; Proxy Solicitor. The Special Meeting will be held at the offices of Liberty
Resources Acquisition Corp, located at 78 SW 7th Street, Suite 500, Miami, Florida 33130 and via live webcast. If unable
to attend in person, you will be able to attend the Special Meeting online, vote and submit your questions during the Special Meeting
by visiting [●]. To access the virtual online Special Meeting, you will need your 12-digit control number to vote electronically
at the Special Meeting. Your vote or your proxy is being solicited by the Liberty Board on the proposals being presented to stockholders
at the Special Meeting. The Company has engaged Laurel Hill Advisory Group, LLC to assist in the solicitation of proxies for the Special
Meeting. No recommendation is being made as to whether you should elect to redeem your public shares. Proxies may be solicited in person
or by telephone. If you grant a proxy, you may still revoke your proxy and vote your shares online or in person at the Special Meeting
if you are a holder of record of the Company’s shares. You may contact the Proxy Solicitor at 855-414-2266 (toll free) or by email
to liby@laurelhill.com.
Registration.
To register for the virtual meeting, please follow these instructions as applicable to the nature of your ownership of our
shares:
If your shares are registered
in your name with our transfer agent and you wish to attend the meeting virtually, go to [meeting website] and enter the control number
you received on your proxy card and click on the “Click here” to preregister for the online meeting link at the top of the
page. Just prior to the start of the meeting you will need to log back into the meeting site using your control number. Pre-registration
is recommended but is not required in order to attend.
Beneficial
stockholders who wish to attend the Special Meeting, whether in person or virtually, must obtain a legal proxy by contacting their account
representative at the bank, broker, or other nominee that holds their shares and e-mail a copy (a legible photograph is sufficient) of
their legal proxy to proxy@continentalstock.com. Beneficial stockholders who e-mail a valid legal proxy will be issued a meeting
control number that will allow them to register to attend and participate in the online-only meeting. After contacting our transfer agent
a beneficial holder will receive an e-mail prior to the meeting with a link and instructions for entering the virtual meeting. Beneficial
stockholders should contact our transfer agent no later than 72 hours prior to the meeting date. Stockholders will also have the option
to listen to the Special Meeting by telephone by calling:
| • | Within the U.S. and Canada: +1 800-450-7155 (toll-free) |
| • | Outside of the U.S. and Canada: +1 857-999-9155 (standard rates
apply) |
The passcode for telephone access:
[passcode]#. You will not be able to vote or submit questions unless you register for and log in to the Special Meeting webcast as described
herein.
Recommendation
of the Board. After careful consideration, the Liberty Board determined that each of the proposals is fair to and in the best
interests of the Company and its stockholders. The Liberty Board has approved and declared advisable and recommends that you vote or
give instructions to vote “FOR” each of these proposals.
Vote Required for Approval
The affirmative vote by holders
of at least 65% of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock,
including the Founder Shares and the shares of the Class A common stock underlying the Private Placement Units, is required to approve
the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal. If the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal
are not approved, the Extension Amendment and the Trust Amendment will not be implemented. If the Business Combination has not been consummated
by February 8, 2023 (or May 8, 2023, if we request an extension before February 8, 2023, and the Sponsor deposits $1,150,000
in the Trust Account by February 8, 2023), the Company will be required by the Existing Company Charter to (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 subject
to lawfully available funds therefor, redeem 100% of the public shares in consideration of a per-share price, payable in cash, equal
to the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest (net of taxes
payable, less up to $100,000 of such net interest to pay dissolution expenses), by (B) the total number of then outstanding public
shares, which redemption will completely extinguish rights of public stockholders (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 the remaining stockholders and the Liberty Board in accordance with applicable law, dissolve and liquidate, subject
in each case to the Company’s obligations under the DGCL to provide for claims of creditors and other requirements of applicable
law.
Stockholder approval of both
the Extension Amendment and the Trust Amendment is required for the implementation of the Liberty Board’s plan to extend the date
by which we must consummate our initial business combination. Therefore, the Liberty Board will abandon and not implement such amendment
unless our stockholders approve the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal.
Our Sponsor and all of our directors
and officers are expected to vote any shares owned by them in favor of the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal.
On the record date, our Sponsor, directors and officers beneficially owned and were entitled to vote an aggregate of 2,875,000 Founder
Shares and 530,275 shares of the Class A common stock underlying the Private Placement Units, representing approximately 22.9% of
the Company’s issued and outstanding shares. Our Sponsor and our directors and officers do not intend to purchase shares of the
Class A common stock in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions in connection with the stockholder vote on the Extension
Amendment and/or the Trust Amendment.
Interests of our Sponsor, Directors and Officers
When you consider the recommendation
of the Liberty Board, you should keep in mind that our Sponsor, executive officers, and members of the Liberty Board and special advisors
have interests that may be different from, or in addition to, your interests as a stockholder. These interests include, among other things:
| • | the fact that our Sponsor and our directors and officers hold
2,875,000 Founder Shares and our Sponsor holds 530,275 Private Placement Units. All of such
investments would expire worthless if a business combination is not consummated; on the other
hand, if a business combination is consummated, such persons could earn a positive rate of
return on their overall investment in the combined company, even if other holders of our
shares experience a negative rate of return, due to the Sponsor having initially purchased
the Founder Shares for $25,000; |
| • | the
fact that our Sponsor extended to us a line of credit of up to $300,000 pursuant to a Convertible
Promissory Note dated April 22, 2021 (the “Sponsor Working Capital Loan”),
which is to either be repaid upon the consummation of a business combination, without interest,
or, at the Sponsor’s discretion, up converted upon consummation of a business combination
into additional Private Placement Units at a price of $10.00 per Unit. In the event that
a Business Combination does not close, we may use a portion of proceeds held outside the
Trust Account to repay the Sponsor Working Capital Loans, but no proceeds held in the Trust
Account would be used to repay the Sponsor Working Capital Loans. As of September 30,
2022, the amount under the Sponsor Working Capital Loan was $178,198; |
| • | the
fact that on October 28, 2022, we extended the date by which the Company has to consummate
a business combination by the First Extension from November 8, 2022 to February 8,
2023. The First Extension is the first of two three-month extensions permitted under the
Existing Company Charter. In connection with the First Extension, the Sponsor deposited an
aggregate of $1,150,000 (representing $0.10 per public share) into the Trust Account on November 8,
2022, and we issued to the Sponsor a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note in that
amount. In the event that a business combination does not close, we may use a portion of
proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay this loan, but no proceeds held in the Trust
Account would be used to repay this loan. |
| • | following consummation of an initial business combination, our
Sponsor, our officers and directors and their respective affiliates will be reimbursed for
any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with activities on our behalf such as identifying
and investigating potential target businesses and performing due diligence and completing
one or more suitable business combinations as well as be repaid for any loans to the Company
and be paid under the administrative support agreement entered into between the Company and
the Sponsor contemporaneously with the closing of our IPO; |
| • | the fact that, if the Trust Account is liquidated, including
in the event we are unable to complete an initial business combination within the required
time period, the Sponsor has agreed to indemnify us to ensure that the proceeds in the Trust
Account are not reduced below $10.15 per public share, or such lesser per public share amount
as is in the Trust Account on the liquidation date, by the claims of prospective target businesses
with which we have entered into an acquisition agreement or claims of any third party for
services rendered or products sold to us, but only if such a third party or target business
has not executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account; |
| • | the fact that certain of our directors and executive officers
may continue to be directors and officers of Caspi or any acquired business after the consummation
of an initial business combination. As such, in the future they will receive any cash fees,
stock options or stock awards that a post-business combination board of directors determines
to pay to its directors and officers if they continue as directors and officers following
such business combination; and |
| • | the fact that none of our officers or directors has received
any cash compensation for services rendered to the Company, and all of the current members
of the Liberty Board are expected to continue to serve as directors at least through the
date of the Special Meeting to vote on a proposed business combination and may even continue
to serve following any potential business combination and receive compensation thereafter. |
The Liberty Board’s Reasons for the Extension
Amendment Proposal and Trust Amendment Proposal and Its Recommendation
As discussed below, after careful
consideration of all relevant factors, the Liberty Board has determined that the Extension Amendment and Trust Amendment are in the best
interests of the Company and its stockholders. The Liberty Board has approved and declared advisable adoption of the Extension Amendment
Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal and recommends that you vote “FOR” such proposals.
The Existing Company Charter
provides that the Company has until February 8, 2023 (or May 8, 2023, if we request an extension before February 8, 2023,
and the Sponsor deposits $1,150,000 in the Trust Account by February 8, 2023) to complete the purposes of the Company including,
but not limited to, effecting a business combination under its terms. The Existing Company Charter states that if the Company’s
stockholders approve an amendment to the Existing Company Charter that would affect the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation
to redeem 100% of the Company’s public shares if it does not complete a business combination before February 8, 2023 (or May 8,
2023 if we request an extension before February 8, 2023, and the Sponsor deposits $1,150,000 in the Trust Account by February 8,
2023), the Company will provide its public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their public shares upon such
approval at a per share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest
(which interest shall be net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares. We believe that this provision
in the Existing Company Charter was included to protect the Company public stockholders from having to sustain their investments for
an unreasonably long period if the Company failed to find a suitable initial business combination in the timeframe contemplated by the
Existing Company Charter.
We believe that, given the Company’s
expenditure of time, effort and money on finding an initial business combination and our entry into the Acquisition Letter with Caspi
with respect to the Business Combination, circumstances warrant providing public stockholders an opportunity to consider the Business
Combination. Because we continue to believe that the Business Combination would be in the best interests of our stockholders, the Liberty
Board has determined to seek stockholder approval of the Extended Deadline.
The Company is not asking you
to vote on the Business Combination at this time. If the Extension is implemented and you do not elect to redeem your public shares,
you will retain the right to vote on the Business Combination in the future and the right to redeem your public shares at a per-share
price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest (which interest shall
be net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, in the event the Business Combination is approved
and completed or the Company has not consummated another business combination by the Extended Deadline. After careful consideration of
all relevant factors, the Liberty Board determined that the Extension Amendment and the Trust Amendment are in the best interests of
the Company and its stockholders.
The Liberty Board unanimously
recommends that our stockholders vote “FOR” the approval of both the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Trust Amendment
Proposal.
THE ADJOURNMENT
PROPOSAL
Overview
The Adjournment Proposal, if
adopted, will allow the Liberty Board to adjourn the Special Meeting to a later date or dates to permit further solicitation of proxies.
The Adjournment Proposal will only be presented to our stockholders in the event that there are insufficient votes for, or otherwise
in connection with, the approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal. In no event will the Liberty Board
adjourn the Special Meeting beyond February 8, 2023.
Consequences if the Adjournment Proposal is Not
Approved
If the Adjournment Proposal is
not approved by our stockholders, the Liberty Board may not be able to adjourn the Special Meeting to a later date in the event that
there are insufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Trust Amendment
Proposal.
Full Text of the Resolution to be Approved
“RESOLVED THAT, the adjournment
of the Special Meeting to a later date or dates to be determined by the chairman of the Special Meeting to permit further solicitation
of proxies be confirmed, adopted, approved and ratified in all respects.”
Vote Required for Approval
The Adjournment Proposal must
be approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the then issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s common
stock who, being present and entitled to vote at the Special Meeting, vote on the Adjournment Proposal at the Special Meeting. An abstention
or broker non-vote will be counted towards the quorum requirement but will not count as a vote cast at the Special Meeting and will have
no effect on the vote to approve the Adjournment Proposal.
Recommendation of the Liberty Board
The Liberty Board unanimously
recommends that our stockholders vote “FOR” the approval of the Adjournment Proposal, if presented.