DEFA14A 1 ea140380-8k_albertonacq.htm FORM 8-K

 

 

 

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

 

May 5, 2021 (May 3, 2021)

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

ALBERTON ACQUISITION CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

British Virgin Islands   001-38715   N/A
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)		   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

Room 1001, 10/F, Capital Center

151 Gloucester Road

Wanchai, Hong Kong

   N/A
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: +852 2117 1621

 

N/A

(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:

 

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act

 

☒ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act

 

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act

 

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth Alberton as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

 

Emerging growth company ☒

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐ 

  

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Units, each consisting of one ordinary share,
one redeemable warrant, and one right		   ALACU   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Ordinary shares, no par value   ALAC   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Redeemable warrants, each warrant exercisable
for one-half (1/2) of one ordinary share		   ALACW   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Rights, each to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one ordinary share   ALACR   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 8.01 Other Events

 

As previously disclosed by Alberton Acquisition Corporation (the “Company”) in its Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 7, 2021, the Company was notified by the Listing Qualifications Department of The NASDAQ Stock Market (”Nasdaq”) that it did not comply with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5620(a) due to the Company’s failure to hold an annual meeting of shareholders within twelve months of the end of the Company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 (the “Annual Meeting Requirement”). On May 3, 2021, the Company received a letter from Nasdaq, advising the Company that the Company had regained compliance with the Annual Meeting Requirement based on the Company’s Form 8-K filed on April 26, 2021, indicating that the Company’s proxy was distributed on April 15, 2021 and its annual meeting of shareholders was held on April 23, 2021.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Number   Description
   
99.1   Press Release, dated May 5, 2021.

  

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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: May 5, 2021  

 

  ALBERTON ACQUISITION CORPORATION
   
  By:  /s/ Guan Wang
    Name: Guan Wang
Title: Chief Executive Officer