ClimateRock filed SEC Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
The Loan Agreements with Eternal BV
On August 5, 2024, ClimateRock (the “Company”) entered into a loan agreement with Eternal BV (the “Lender”), in the principal amount of up to $1,500,000, on an unsecured basis and bearing no interest (the “Loan”). The Loan is available to be drawn down from August 5, 2024 to March 31, 2025 in unlimited number of installments and its maturity date is March 31, 2025, or if earlier, upon the consummation of the initial business combination of the Company. As of August 9, 2024, $1,340,562.38 has been drawn down.
As previously disclosed, the Company entered into a series of loan agreements with the Lender, which loans have been amended to extend the maturity dates for repayment as follows:
| ● | On August 5, 2024, the Company and the Lender amended the loan agreement, dated September 21, 2022, with a principal amount of $180,000, to extend the final repayment date to March 31, 2025 or, if earlier, the date of the consummation of the initial business combination of the Company. |
| ● | On August 6, 2024, the Company and the Lender amended the loan agreement, dated November 12, 2022, with a principal amount of $300,000, to extend the final repayment date to January 1, 2025 or, if earlier, the date of the consummation of the initial business combination of the Company. |
| ● | On August 6, 2024, the Company and the Lender amended the loan agreement, dated April 12, 2023, with a principal amount of $500,000, to extend the final repayment date to January 1, 2025 or, if earlier, the date of the consummation of the initial business combination of the Company. |
| ● | On August 6, 2024, the Company and the Lender amended the loan agreement, dated November 1, 2023, with a principal amount of $335,000, to extend the final repayment date from to January 1, 2025 or, if earlier, the date of the consummation of the initial business combination of the Company. |
The Lender is controlled by Charles Ratelband V, the Company’s Executive Chairman of the Board. Each member of the Company’s Board has been informed of Mr. Ratelband V’s material interest in the loan agreement and amendments, and upon the approval and recommendation of the Company’s Audit Committee, the Board has determined that the Loan and the amendments are fair and in the best interests of the Company and has voted to approve the Loan and the amendments.
Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The disclosure contained in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 2.03.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 10.1 | Loan Agreement, dated August 5, 2024, by and between ClimateRock and Eternal BV. | |
| 10.2 | Amendment to Loan Agreement, dated August 5, 2024, by and between ClimateRock and Eternal BV. | |
| 10.3 | Amendment to Loan Agreement, dated August 6, 2024, by and between ClimateRock and Eternal BV. | |
| 10.4 | Amendment to Loan Agreement, dated August 6, 2024, by and between ClimateRock and Eternal BV. | |
| 10.5 | Amendment to Loan Agreement, dated August 6, 2024, by and between ClimateRock and Eternal BV. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
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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.
| Date: August 9, 2024 | ClimateRock | ||
| By: | /s/ Per Regnarsson | ||
| Name: | Per Regnarsson | ||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | ||
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