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Item 8.01. Other Events.
On April 16, 2021, GX Acquisition Corp. (“GX”)
issued a press release announcing that it will hold a stockholder meeting in order to seek
stockholder approval to extend the date by which GX must complete its initial business combination (the “Extension”) from
May 23, 2021 to July 31, 2021.
As previously
announced, in January 2021 GX entered into a definitive merger agreement with Celularity Inc. (“Celularity”), an
allogeneic cellular therapy company, that would result in Celularity combining with GX and becoming a publicly listed company (the
“Celularity Business Combination”). On January 25, 2021, GX filed a
registration statement on Form S-4, including a proxy statement/prospectus, relating to the Celularity Business Combination. Since
that time, GX and Celularity have been working together to address comments from the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”) on the proxy statement/prospectus filed in connection with the Celularity Business Combination,
including comments on any amendments thereto, and to satisfy the various closing conditions contained in the merger
agreement. Additionally, in recent days the SEC
made a public statement regarding accounting and reporting considerations for warrants issued by special purpose acquisition
companies. GX has begun a complete review of its accounting treatment of its public and private warrants, and GX’s board of
directors currently believes that there may not be sufficient time before May 23, 2021 to complete the review and hold a special
meeting to conduct a vote for the stockholder approvals required in connection with the Celularity Business Combination and
consummate the closing of the Celularity Business Combination within the legally prescribed time constraints applicable to such
actions. The purpose of the Extension is to allow GX more time to complete
the accounting review, to allow GX’s stockholders to be able to evaluate the Celularity Business Combination and to allow
additional time to consummate the Celularity Business Combination. If the Extension is
approved, GX will hold another stockholder meeting prior to the extended deadline in order to seek stockholder approval of the
Celularity Business Combination.
A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit
99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
GX Acquisition Corp. (“GX”)
has filed an amended registration Statement with the SEC on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”), which includes a preliminary
proxy statement to be distributed to holders of GX’s common stock in connection with GX’s solicitation of proxies for the
vote by GX’s stockholders with respect to the Celularity Business Combination between GX and Celularity and other matters as described
in the Registration Statement, and a prospectus relating to the offer of the securities to be issued to Celularity’s stockholders
in connection with the Celularity Business Combination. After the Registration Statement has been declared effective, GX will mail a definitive
proxy statement and other relevant documents to its stockholders as of the record date established for voting on the Celularity Business
Combination and the other proposals regarding the Celularity Business Combination set forth in the Registration Statement. GX’s
stockholders and other interested persons are advised to read the Registration Statement, including the preliminary proxy statement /
prospectus contained therein, and any amendments thereto and, once available, the definitive proxy statement / prospectus, in connection
with GX’s solicitation of proxies for its special meeting of stockholders to be held to approve, among other things, the Celularity
Business Combination, because these documents will contain important information about GX, Celularity and the Celularity Business Combination. Stockholders
may also obtain a copy of the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus or, once available, the definitive proxy statement/prospectus, as
well as other documents filed with the SEC regarding the Celularity Business Combination and other documents filed with the SEC by GX,
without charge, at the SEC website located at www.sec.gov or by directing a request to GX, 1325 Avenue of the Americas, 25th Floor, New
York, NY 10019.
Participants in the Solicitation
GX
and its directors and officers may be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies of GX’s stockholders in connection with
the Celularity Business Combination. GX’s stockholders and other interested persons may obtain, without charge, more detailed information
regarding the directors and officers of GX in GX’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2020, which was filed with the SEC on March 4, 2021, GX’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, which was filed with
the SEC on December 4, 2020, the Registration Statement, which was filed with the SEC on March 29, 2021, including the preliminary proxy
statement/prospectus contained therein and GX’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, which was filed with the SEC on April
14, 2021.
Information regarding the
persons who may, under SEC rules, be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies of GX’s stockholders in connection with
the Celularity Business Combination and other matters to be voted upon at the special meeting will be set forth in the registration statement
for the Celularity Business Combination. Additional information regarding the interests of participants in the solicitation of proxies
in connection with the Celularity Business Combination is included in the Registration Statement for the Celularity Business Combination.
Non-Solicitation
This communication is not
a proxy statement or solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the potential transaction
and shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities of Celularity, the combined company or GX,
nor shall there be any sale of any such securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful
prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction. No offer of securities shall be made except
by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and otherwise in accordance
with applicable law.
Forward Looking Statements
This communication contains,
or incorporates by reference, “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to, statements regarding GX’s, GX’s management team’s,
Celularity’s and Celularity’s management team’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions, or strategies regarding the
future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances,
including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “can,”
“contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,”
“intends,” “may,” “might,” “outlook,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,”
“predict,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “strive,” “target,” “will,”
“would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that
a statement is not forward-looking. The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those described
in these forward-looking statements: (i) the ability to consummate the Celularity Business Combination; (ii) the expected benefits of
the Celularity Business Combination; (iii) the financial and business performance of Celularity; (iv) the inability to complete the
PIPE Investment; (v) the success and timing of Celularity’s cellular therapeutic development activities and initiating clinical
trials; (vi) the success and timing of Celularity’s planned clinical trials; (vii) Celularity’s ability to obtain and maintain
regulatory approval of any of Celularity’s therapeutic candidates; (viii) Celularity’s plans to research, discover and develop
additional therapeutic candidates, including by leveraging genetic engineering and other technologies and expanding into additional indications;
(ix) Celularity’s ability to expand its manufacturing capabilities, and to manufacture Celularity’s therapeutic candidates
and scale production; (x) Celularity’s ability to meet certain milestones; (xi) changes in Celularity’s strategy, future operations,
financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects and plans; (xii) the implementation, market acceptance and
success of Celularity’s business model; (xiii) developments and projections relating to Celularity’s competitors and industry;
(xiv) the impact of health epidemics, including the COVID-19 pandemic, on Celularity’s business and the actions Celularity may take
in response thereto; (xv) Celularity’s expectations regarding its ability to obtain and maintain intellectual property protection
and not infringe on the rights of others; (xvi) expectations regarding the time during which GX will be an emerging growth company under
the JOBS Act; (xvii) Celularity’s future capital requirements and sources and uses of cash; (xviii) Celularity’s ability to
obtain funding for its operations; (xix) Celularity’s business, expansion plans and opportunities; (xx) the outcome of any known
and unknown litigation and regulatory proceedings; and (xxi) changes in applicable laws, ordinances, regulations, codes, executive orders,
injunctions, judgments, decrees or other orders or the interpretation thereof. These forward-looking statements are based on information
available as of the date of this communication, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments,
risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties may be amplified by the COVID- 19 pandemic, which has caused significant economic
uncertainty. If any of these risks materialize or underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from
the results implied by these forward-looking statements. There may be additional risks that neither GX nor Celularity presently know,
or that GX or Celularity currently believe are immaterial, that could also cause actual results to differ from those contained in the
forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements reflect GX’s and Celularity’s expectations, plans, or
forecasts of future events and views as of the date of this communication. GX and Celularity anticipate that subsequent events and developments
will cause GX’s and Celularity’s assessments to change. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon
as representing GX’s or Celularity’s views as of any subsequent date, and GX does not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking
statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. Additional risks and uncertainties are identified and discussed
in GX’s reports filed with the SEC and available at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
The following exhibits are
being filed herewith:
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
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GX ACQUISITION CORP.
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By:
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/s/ Jay R. Bloom
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Name:
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Jay R. Bloom
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Title:
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Co-Chief Executive Officer
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Dated: April 16, 2021
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