Delta Corp Holdings Limited Advances Business Combination With Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc. With Confidential Submission of Draft Registration Statement With the Securities and Exchange Commission
September 30 2024 - 8:30AM
Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:
KAVL), a Delaware corporation (“Kaival” or the “Company”) and the
exclusive U.S. distributor of the Bidi® Stick and certain other
products manufactured by Bidi Vapor, LLC (“Bidi Vapor”), and
Delta Corp Holdings Limited, a company
incorporated in England and Wales (“Delta”) and a privately held
holding company for global businesses engaged in Bulk & Energy
logistics, fuel supply, commodities, and asset management, today
jointly announced the confidential submission with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) of a draft registration
statement on Form F-4 (“Registration Statement”) by Delta Corp
Holdings Limited, a newly created holding company organized under
the laws of the Cayman Islands (“Holdings” or “Pubco”).
As previously announced on September 23, 2024,
Kaival entered into a Merger and Share Exchange Agreement (the
“Merger Agreement”) with Delta, Pubco, KAVL Merger Sub Inc., a
Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Pubco and the
shareholders of Delta, whereby Kaival and Delta will become wholly
owned subsidiaries of Pubco, and Pubco will become a new publicly
listed holding company. The closing of the transactions
contemplated by the Merger Agreement is subject to certain
conditions, including, without limitation, the approval of Kaival’s
stockholders and The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC’s approval of the
listing of the ordinary shares of Pubco on the Nasdaq Capital
Market.
No Offer or Solicitation
This communication does not constitute an offer
to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a
solicitation of any vote or approval, nor shall there be any sale
of any 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 other jurisdiction.
No offering of securities in connection with the proposed
transaction shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting
the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
Additional Information and Where to Find
It
In connection with the proposed business
combination, Pubco has confidentially submitted the Registration
Statement with the SEC, which includes a preliminary prospectus
with respect to Pubco’s securities to be issued in connection with
the proposed business combination and a preliminary proxy statement
to be distributed to holders of Kaival’s common stock in connection
with Kaival’s solicitation of proxies for the vote by Kaival
stockholders with respect to the proposed business combination and
other matters described in the Registration Statement. Pubco
intends to file the Registration Statement with the SEC. The
Registration Statement is not yet filed and has not been declared
effective by the SEC. After the Registration Statement is declared
effective by the SEC, a definitive proxy statement/prospectus will
be mailed to stockholders of Kaival as of the record date to be
established in the future for voting on the proposed business
combination and will contain important information about the
proposed business combination and related matters.
INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF KAIVAL, PUBCO AND OTHER
INTERESTED PERSONS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS
AND OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN OR WILL BE FILED WITH THE SEC
CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE
THEY CONTAIN OR WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Once
publicly filed with the SEC, security holders and other interested
persons may obtain free copies of the Registration Statement,
preliminary proxy statement/prospectus, definitive proxy
statement/prospectus, and other relevant material (in each case
when available) at the website maintained by the SEC
at www.sec.gov or by directing a request to Kaival Brands
Innovations Group, Inc., 4460 Old Dixie Highway Grant-Valkaria,
Florida 32949
Participants in the
Solicitation
Kaival and its directors, executive officers and
certain other members of management and employees may, under SEC
rules, be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies
from the stockholders of Kaival with respect to the proposed merger
and related matters. Information about the directors and executive
officers of Kaival, including their ownership of shares of Kaival
common stock, is included in Kaival’s Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended October 31, 2023, which was filed with the SEC
on February 14, 2024. Additional information regarding the persons
or entities who may be deemed participants in the solicitation of
proxies from Kaival stockholders, including a description of their
interests in the proposed merger by security holdings or otherwise,
will be included in the proxy statement/prospectus and other
relevant documents to be filed with the SEC when they become
available. The directors and officers of Delta do not currently
hold any interests, by security holdings or otherwise, in
Kaival.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc.Brett
Maas, Managing PartnerHayden IR(646) 536-7331brett@haydenir.com
Delta Corp Holdings Limited Joseph NelsonChief
Financial OfficerPhone: +44 0203 753 5598Email:
ir@wearedelta.com
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