The disclosure on page 69 of the Definitive Proxy Statement/Prospectus is hereby supplemented by amending and restating the ninth bullet as follows:
Attractive Valuation. PTK’s board of directors believes Valens’ implied valuation following the Business Combination relative to the current valuations experienced by comparable publicly traded companies in the vehicle data services sector analog mixed signal and high-performance communications semiconductor business space, including Marvell Technology Group. Ltd., Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., and Texas Instruments Incorporated, is favorable for PTK (which analysis excluded certain outliers). The comparable companies trading analysis focused on median revenue multiples for estimated 2021 expected revenue (2021E), estimated 2022 expected revenue (“2022E”), and estimated 2023 expected revenue (“2023E”), which as of February 2, 2021 were 9.4x, 8.9x, and 8.6x respectively. Applying these multiples, the analysis showed a range of enterprise value of $566 million to $701 million for 2021E, $799 million to $1.001 billion for 2022E, and $1.029 to $1.3 billion for 2023E.
Additional Information
In connection with the proposed business combination, Valens filed a registration statement on Form F-4 on June 17, 2021 that includes a proxy statement of PTK in connection with PTK’s solicitation of proxies for the vote by PTK’s stockholders with respect to the proposed Business Combination and a prospectus of Valens. The Registration Statement was declared effective by the SEC on August 27, 2021 and has been sent to all PTK stockholders and Valens and PTK will also file other documents regarding the proposed Business Combination with the SEC. This Current Report on Form 8-K does not contain all the information that should be considered concerning the proposed Business Combination and is not intended to form the basis of any investment decision or any other decision in respect of the Business Combination. Before making any voting or investment decision, investors and security holders are urged to read the Registration Statement and all other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC in connection with the proposed Business Combination as they become available because they will contain important information about the proposed Transactions.
Investors and security holders are able to obtain free copies of the Registration Statement, proxy statement/prospectus and all other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC by Valens and PTK through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov or by directing a request to PTK Acquisition Corp., 4601 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 240, Los Angeles, California 90010.
Participants in the Solicitation
PTK, Valens and their respective directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from PTK’s shareholders with respect to the proposed Business Combination. You can find information about PTK’s directors and executive officers and their ownership of PTK’s securities in PTK’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2020, which was filed with the SEC on April 1, 2020 and is available free of charge at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov. Additional information regarding the participants in the solicitation of proxies from PTK’s shareholders and their direct and indirect interests will be included in the proxy statement/prospectus for the proposed Business Combination when it becomes available. Shareholders, potential investors and other interested persons should read the proxy statement/prospectus carefully when it becomes available before making any voting or investment decisions. You may obtain free copies of these documents from the sources indicated above.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws with respect to the proposed Business Combination between PTK and Valens, including statements regarding the benefits of the Business Combination, the anticipated timing of the Business Combination, the products and services offered by Valens and the markets in which it operates, and Valens’ projected future results. These forward-looking statements are generally identified by terminology such as “believe,” “may,” “will,” “potentially,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “could,” “would,” “project,” “target,” “plan,” “expect,” or the negatives of these terms or variations of them or similar terminology. These forward-looking statements are based upon estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by PTK and its management, and Valens and its