Cohen Circle Acquisition Corp. I filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
As previously announced, on March 18, 2025, Cohen Circle Acquisition Corp. I. (the “Company”) entered into a business combination agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”) by and among (1) the Company, (2) VEON Amsterdam B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) incorporated under Dutch law and registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce (Kamer van Koophandel) under number 34378904 (the “Seller”), (3) VEON Holdings B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) incorporated under Dutch law and registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce (Kamer van Koophandel) under number 34345993 (“VEON Holdings”), (4) Kyivstar Group Ltd., an exempted company with limited liability, incorporated and existing under the laws of Bermuda with registration number 202504557, with its registered office at Victoria Place, 31 Victoria Street, Hamilton, HM10, Bermuda, and its principal business address at Index Tower (East Tower), Unit 1703, DIFC (Dubai International Financial Center), United Arab Emirates (“PubCo”), and (5) Varna Merger Sub Corp., an exempted company incorporated with limited liability in the Cayman Islands with registration number 419635 (“Merger Sub,” and, together with VEON Holdings and PubCo, the “Kyivstar Group” and separately, a “Kyivstar Group Company”), (together with the other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, the “Business Combination”).
On August 12, 2025, the Company held an extraordinary general meeting of its shareholders (the “Extraordinary General Meeting”). At the Extraordinary General Meeting, only those holders of shares of the Company’s Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share and Class B Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Ordinary Shares”) at the close of business on July 21, 2025, the record date, were entitled to vote. As of the record date, 31,620,000 shares of Ordinary Shares were outstanding and entitled to vote. At the Extraordinary General Meeting, a total of 18,360,217 shares of Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 58.07% of the outstanding shares of Ordinary Shares entitled to vote, were present online or by proxy, constituting a quorum to conduct business.
At the Extraordinary General Meeting, the proposals described below were considered. Each proposal voted on at the Extraordinary General Meeting is further described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement/prospectus filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and mailed to stockholders commencing on or about July 22, 2025 (“Proxy Statement”).
The final results of the matters submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Extraordinary General Meeting are as follows:
1. With respect to the proposal to approve and adopt the Business Combination Agreement and the Business Combination, the votes were as follows:
| FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | ||
| 15,867,253 | 1,691,416 | 801,548 |
2. With respect to the proposal to approve and authorize (a) the Company to merge with Merger Sub; (b) the Plan of Merger and entry by the Company into the Plan of Merger; and (c) upon the effective date: (i) the amending and restating of the memorandum and articles of surviving company, (ii) changing the name of the surviving company to “Kyivstar Cayman Corp.” and (iii) re-designating each of the authorized shares in the capital of the surviving company as ordinary shares such that the share capital of the surviving company is $55,500 divided into 555,000,000 ordinary shares of a nominal or par value of $0.0001 each, the votes were as follows:
| FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | ||
| 15,867,248 | 1,691,416 | 801,553 |
The Company expects the Business Combination to close on or about August 14, 2025, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, and for PubCo’s common shares and warrants to commence trading on Nasdaq under the ticker symbols “KYIV” and “KYIVW,” respectively, on or about August 15, 2025.
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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.
| Dated: August 13, 2025 | Cohen Circle Acquisition Corp. I | |
| By: | /s/ Betsy Z. Cohen | |
| Name: | Betsy Z. Cohen | |
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |
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