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EX-99.1 - EXHIBIT 99.1 - Tecnoglass Inc.v355358_ex99-1.htm

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

  

 

 

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 18, 2013

 

ANDINA ACQUISITION CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Cayman Islands 001-35436 N/A
(State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)

 

Carrera 10 No. 28-49, Torre A. Oficina 20-05, Bogota, Colombia

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

(646) 684-3045

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

xSoliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e 4(c))

 

 
 

  

COMMENCING SHORTLY AFTER THE FILING OF THIS CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K, ANDINA ACQUISITION CORPORATION (“ANDINA”) INTENDS TO HOLD PRESENTATIONS FOR CERTAIN OF ITS SHAREHOLDERS, AS WELL AS OTHER PERSONS WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN PURCHASING ANDINA SECURITIES, REGARDING ITS MERGER WITH TECNOGLASS S.A. (“TECNOGLASS”) AND C.I. ENERGIA SOLAR S.A. E.S. WINDOWS (“ES”, COLLECTIVELY WITH TECNOGLASS, THE “COMPANY”), AS DESCRIBED IN THE CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K FILED BY ANDINA ON AUGUST 22, 2013 AND AMENDED ON SEPTEMBER 4, 2013. THE EXHIBIT INCLUDED IN THIS CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K MAY BE DISTRIBUTED TO PARTICIPANTS AT SUCH PRESENTATIONS.

 

EARLYBIRDCAPITAL, INC. (“EBC”), THE MANAGING UNDERWRITER OF ANDINA’S INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING (“IPO”) CONSUMMATED IN MARCH 2012, AND MORGAN JOSEPH TRIARTISAN (“MJTA”) ARE ACTING AS ANDINA’S INVESTMENT BANKERS IN THESE EFFORTS, FOR WHICH EBC WILL RECEIVE A FEE OF $1,610,000 AND MJTA WILL RECEIVE A FEE OF $500,000. ANDINA, ITS DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, EBC AND MJTA MAY BE DEEMED TO BE PARTICIPANTS IN THE SOLICITATION OF PROXIES FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF ANDINA SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD TO APPROVE THE MERGER.

 

SHAREHOLDERS OF ANDINA AND OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO READ, WHEN AVAILABLE, ANDINA’S PRELIMINARY PROXY STATEMENT AND DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT IN CONNECTION WITH ANDINA’S SOLICITATION OF PROXIES FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING BECAUSE THESE PROXY STATEMENTS WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. SUCH PERSONS CAN ALSO READ ANDINA’S FINAL PROSPECTUS, DATED MARCH 16, 2012, AND ANDINA’S ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED FEBRUARY 28, 2013, AS AMENDED, FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE SECURITY HOLDINGS OF THE ANDINA OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS AND OF EBC AND MJTA AND THEIR RESPECTIVE INTERESTS IN THE SUCCESSFUL CONSUMMATION OF THE MERGER. THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT WILL BE MAILED TO SHAREHOLDERS AS OF A RECORD DATE TO BE ESTABLISHED FOR VOTING ON THE MERGER. SHAREHOLDERS WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO OBTAIN A COPY OF THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT, WITHOUT CHARGE, BY DIRECTING A REQUEST TO: THE EQUITY GROUP INC., 800 THIRD AVENUE, 36TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022. THE PRELIMINARY PROXY STATEMENT AND THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT, ONCE AVAILABLE, AND THE FINAL PROSPECTUS AND ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K CAN ALSO BE OBTAINED, WITHOUT CHARGE, AT THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION’S INTERNET SITE (http://www.sec.gov).

 

CERTAIN OF THE COMPANY’S FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND DATA CONTAINED IN THE EXHIBIT HERETO ARE UNAUDITED AND/OR WERE PREPARED BY THE COMPANY AS A PRIVATE COMPANY AND DO NOT CONFORM TO SEC REGULATION S-X. FURTHERMORE, THEY INCLUDE CERTAIN FINANCIAL INFORMATION (EBITDA) NOT DERIVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH UNITED STATES GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES (“GAAP”). ACCORDINGLY, SUCH INFORMATION AND DATA WILL BE ADJUSTED AND PRESENTED DIFFERENTLY IN ANDINA’S PRELIMINARY AND DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENTS TO SOLICIT SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL OF THE MERGER. ANDINA AND THE COMPANY BELIEVE THAT THE PRESENTATION OF NON-GAAP MEASURES PROVIDES INFORMATION THAT IS USEFUL TO INVESTORS AS IT INDICATES MORE CLEARLY THE ABILITY OF THE COMPANY TO MEET CAPITAL EXPENDITURES AND WORKING CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS AND OTHERWISE MEET ITS OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE.

 

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This report and the exhibit hereto are not a proxy statement or solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the proposed transaction and shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities of andina or THE COMPANY, 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.

 

This report and the exhibit hereto include “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. actual results may differ from THE expectations, estimates and projections CONTAINED HEREIN AND THEREIN and, consequently, you should not rely on these forward looking statements as predictions of future events. Words such as “expect,” “estimate,” “project,” “budget,” “forecast,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “may,” “will,” “could,” “should,” “believes,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,” and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, andina’s and THE COMPANY’s expectations with respect to future performance, anticipated financial impacts of the merger and related transactions; approval of the merger and related transactions by security holders; the satisfaction of the closing conditions to the merger and related transactions; and the timing of the completion of the merger and related transactions.

 

These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially from the expected results. Most of these factors are outside the parties’ control and difficult to predict. Factors that may cause such differences include: business conditions; weather and natural disasters; changing interpretations of GAAP; outcomes of government reviews; inquiries and investigations and related litigation; continued compliance with government regulations; legislation or regulatory environments, requirements or changes adversely affecting the business in which THE COMPANY is engaged; fluctuations in customer demand; management of rapid growth; intensity of competition from other providers of SERVICES THAT THE COMPANY PROVIDES; general economic conditions; and geopolitical events and regulatory changes. Other factors include the possibility that the merger does not close, including due to the failure to receive required security holder approvals, or the failure of other closing conditions.

 

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The foregoing list of factors is not exclusive. Additional information concerning these and other risk factors is contained in ANDINA’s most recent filings with the SEC. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements concerning ANDINA and THE COMPANY, the merger, the related transactions or other matters and attributable to andina and THE COMPANY or any person acting on their behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements above. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Neither ANDINA nor THE COMPANY undertake or accept any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement to reflect any change in their expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

 

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

The presentation attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report may be used by Andina Acquisition Corporation (“Andina”) as public relations material as well as for meetings with its shareholders and other interested persons in connection with its proposed business combination with Tecnoglass S.A. and C.I. Energia Solar S.A. E.S. Windows.

 

The information in this Current Report, including the exhibit attached hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933.

 

Item 9.01Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

 

(d)Exhibits:

 

Exhibit   Description
     
99.1   Presentation.

 

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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: September 18, 2013

  ANDINA ACQUISITION CORPORATION
     
  By: /s/ B. Luke Weil
    Name: B. Luke Weil
    Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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