Lanzatech NZ to Go Public Through Business Combination With AMCI Acquisition Corp. II

Author: Charles Gross | March 08, 2022 08:13am
On March 8, 2022, AMCI Acquisition Corp. II, a Delaware corporation ("AMCI"), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with AMCI Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of AMCI ("Merger Sub"), and LanzaTech NZ, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("LanzaTech") (as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Merger Agreement"). If the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby (the "Business Combination") are approved by AMCI's stockholders and LanzaTech's stockholders, and the closing conditions in the Merger Agreement are satisfied or waived, then, among other things, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Merger Agreement and in accordance with Delaware General Corporation Law, Merger Sub will merge with and into LanzaTech, with LanzaTech surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of AMCI (the "Merger"). In connection with the consummation of the Merger, AMCI will be renamed "LanzaTech Global, Inc." and is referred to herein as "New LanzaTech" as of the time following such change of name. Under the Merger Agreement, AMCI has agreed to acquire all of the outstanding equity interests of LanzaTech for consideration consisting of equity interests of New LanzaTech valued at $1,817,000,000 in the aggregate. The consideration to be paid to holders of shares of LanzaTech capital stock will be shares of common stock of New LanzaTech ("New LanzaTech Common Stock"), valued at $10.00 per share, to be paid at the closing of the Merger. The number of shares of New LanzaTech Common Stock payable in the Merger in respect of each share of LanzaTech capital stock (each, a "LanzaTech Share") will be determined based on the exchange ratio (the "Exchange Ratio"), and certain corresponding adjustments, in each case as set forth in the Merger Agreement. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger (the "Effective Time"): (i) each warrant to purchase LanzaTech Shares (each, a "LanzaTech Warrant") that is outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to the Effective Time and would automatically be exercised or exchanged in full in accordance with its terms by virtue of the occurrence of the Merger, will be so automatically exercised or exchanged in full for the applicable LanzaTech Shares, and each such LanzaTech Share will be treated as being issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and will be canceled and converted into the right to receive the applicable shares of New LanzaTech Common Stock; and (ii) each LanzaTech Warrant that is outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to the Effective Time and is not automatically exercised in full as described in clause (i) will be converted into a warrant to purchase shares of New LanzaTech Common Stock, in which case (a) the number of shares underlying such New LanzaTech warrant (each, a "New LanzaTech Warrant") will be determined by multiplying the number of LanzaTech Shares subject to such warrant immediately prior to the Effective Time, by the Exchange Ratio and (b) the per share exercise price of such New LanzaTech Warrant will be determined by dividing the per share exercise price of such LanzaTech Warrant immediately prior to the Effective Time by the Exchange Ratio, except that in the case of certain warrants specified in the Merger Agreement, such exercise price will be $10.00.

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