Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Business Combination Agreement
On June 26, 2023,
ExcelFin Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“ExcelFin”), Betters Medical Investment Holdings Limited, a
Cayman Islands exempted company (“Betters”), Baird Medical Investment Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted
company and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Betters (“PubCo”), Betters Medical Merger Sub, Inc., a
Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of PubCo (“Merger Sub” and, together with PubCo, each,
individually, an “Acquisition Entity” and, collectively, the “Acquisition Entities”), and
Tycoon Choice Global Limited, a business company limited by shares incorporated under the Laws of the British Virgin Islands and a
direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Betters (“Tycoon”), entered into a Business Combination Agreement (the
“Business Combination Agreement”). ExcelFin, together with Betters, PubCo, Merger Sub and Tycoon are sometimes
referred to herein individually as a “Party” and, collectively, as the “Parties.”
The Business Combination Agreement
and the transactions contemplated thereby (the “Transactions”) were unanimously approved by ExcelFin’s board
of directors. The Transactions were also unanimously approved by the board of directors of each of PubCo, Merger Sub, Betters and Tycoon,
approved by the shareholders of Betters, approved by the sole shareholder of Tycoon and approved by the sole shareholder of Merger Sub.
The Business Combination
The Business Combination Agreement
provides that, among other things, (1) Betters will contribute all of the issued and outstanding shares of Tycoon (“Tycoon
Shares”) to PubCo in exchange for ordinary shares of PubCo (“PubCo Ordinary Shares”) with a pre-transaction
equity value of $300 million (the “Share Contribution”), and upon the consummation of the Share Contribution, Tycoon
will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo and Betters will be issued an additional 29,411,764 PubCo Ordinary Shares; and (2) following
the consummation of the Share Contribution, Merger Sub will merge with and into ExcelFin, with ExcelFin continuing as the surviving entity
and wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo (the “Merger”), as a result of which (a) the issued and outstanding shares
of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock and the undesignated preferred stock of ExcelFin (collectively, the “SPAC
Stock”) immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”) shall be exchanged for
PubCo Ordinary Shares concurrently with the Merger; and (b) the holders of public warrants to purchase one share of ExcelFin Class A
Common Stock (the “Public Warrants”) shall will receive warrants issued by PubCo to acquire an equal number of PubCo
Ordinary Shares (the “PubCo Warrants”).
Following the consummation
of the Transactions, ExcelFin will be a wholly owned subsidiary of PubCo, and Tycoon will be a wholly owned subsidiary of PubCo. Tycoon
will hold approximately 99% of the issued and outstanding equity of its underlying operating subsidiaries.
The Transactions are expected
to close in the fourth quarter of 2023, subject to customary closing conditions, including the required approval by the stockholders of
ExcelFin (the “SPAC Stockholders”).
Consideration
Each public unit of ExcelFin
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be automatically divided and the holder thereof shall be deemed to hold one
share of ExcelFin Class A Common Stock and one-half of a Public Warrant, which underlying securities shall be converted as set forth
below and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Business Combination Agreement.
At the Effective Time, by
virtue of the Merger and without any further action required on the part of any Party or the holders of securities of ExcelFin:
| (1) | SPAC Stock: Each share of SPAC Stock that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time (after giving effect to redemptions) shall automatically be cancelled and shall cease to exist in exchange for the right to receive
one PubCo Ordinary Share. |
| (2) | Public Warrants: Each Public Warrant outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall
be automatically converted into a PubCo Warrant representing the right to purchase one PubCo Ordinary Share. |
| (3) | Private Warrants: ExcelFin SPAC LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”)
will surrender to ExcelFin for cancellation all of its private placement warrants to purchase one share of ExcelFin Class A Common
Stock (the “Private Placement Warrants”) for no consideration. |
Earnout
Immediately following the
closing of the Merger (the “Closing”), 30% of the PubCo Ordinary Shares to be held by Sponsor (the “Earnout
Shares”) will be subject to the following vesting and forfeiture conditions:
| (1) | if at any time from the Closing through the fifth anniversary of the Closing (a) the volume-weighted
average price (“VWAP”) for any 20 trading days during a 30-day trading period is at least $12.50 or (b) there
is a change of control of PubCo, the Earnout Shares will fully vest; and |
| (2) | if, by the fifth anniversary of the Closing, the Earnout Shares have not vested, they will automatically
be cancelled. |
Governance
The Parties have agreed to
take actions such that, effective immediately after the Closing: (1) the board of directors of PubCo (the “PubCo Board”)
shall consist of seven directors, four of whom meet the standard of independence of companies subject to the rules and regulators
of Nasdaq; (2) the members of the PubCo Board shall include four individuals designated by Betters, one individual designated by
ExcelFin and two individuals appointed jointly by Betters and ExcelFin; and (3) Ms. Haimei Wu, the Chief Executive Officer of
Betters, will serve as the initial Chair of the PubCo Board. Additionally, the officers of Tycoon as of the effective time of the Merger
will become all of the officers of PubCo.
Representations and Warranties; Covenants
The Business Combination
Agreement contains representations, warranties and covenants of each of the Parties that are customary for transactions of this
type, including among others, covenants providing for: (1) certain limitations on the operations of the Parties’
respective businesses prior to the consummation of the Transactions; (2) the Parties’ efforts to satisfy conditions to
consummation of the Transactions, including by obtaining any necessary approvals from governmental agencies; (3) prohibitions
on the Parties soliciting alternative transactions; (4) the Parties’ cooperation and efforts to jointly prepare and
PubCo’s obligation to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)
with respect to the PubCo Ordinary Shares and PubCo Warrants (the “Registration Statement”), which Registration
Statement shall also contain a proxy statement of ExcelFin for the purpose of obtaining the requisite approval of the SPAC
Stockholders to vote in favor of certain matters, including the adoption and approval of the Business Combination Agreement and
approval of the Transactions, at a special meeting to be called for the approval of such matters (the “SPAC
Stockholders’ Approval”); (5) the Parties’ cooperation and efforts to secure additional capital pursuant
to potential private investment in public equity financing; and (6) the protection of, and access to, confidential information
of the Parties.
Conditions to Each Party’s Obligations
The obligations of the Parties
to consummate the Transactions are subject to certain customary closing conditions, including, but not limited to: (1) the SPAC Stockholders’
Approval; (2) no governmental authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any law (whether temporary,
preliminary or permanent) or governmental order that is then effect and which makes the Transactions illegal or which otherwise prevents
or prohibits consummation of the Transactions; (3) there shall not be any Action (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement)
initiated by any governmental authority that remains pending that is reasonably expected to enjoin or restrict the consummation of the
Transactions; (4) the Registration Statement shall have become effective, no stop order shall have been issued by the SEC which remains
in effect with respect to the Registration Statement and no proceeding for the purpose of suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement shall have been initiated by the SEC which remains pending; and (5) the PubCo Ordinary Shares and the PubCo Warrants shall
have been approved for listing on the Nasdaq Stock Market, subject to official notice thereof.
The obligations of Betters,
Tycoon, PubCo and Merger Sub (collectively, the “Betters Parties”) to consummate the Transactions are also subject
to the fulfillment (or waiver) of other customary closing conditions, including, but not limited to: (1) the representations and
warranties of ExcelFin being true and correct to the standards applicable to such representations and warranties; (2) each of the
covenants of ExcelFin under the Business Combination Agreement shall have been performed in all material respects; (3) no material
adverse effect with respect to ExcelFin shall have occurred that is continuing, and (4) the aggregate cash proceeds (a) in the
ExcelFin trust account (after giving effect to redemptions) plus (b) the proceeds received by PubCo from the PIPE investments shall,
before payment of any transaction expenses, equal at least $15 million.
The obligations of ExcelFin
to consummate the Transactions are also subject to the fulfillment (or waiver) of other customary closing conditions, including, but not
limited to: (1) the representations and warranties of the Betters Parties being true and correct to the standards applicable to such
representations and warranties; (2) each of the covenants of the Betters Parties under the Business Combination Agreement shall have
been performed in all material respects; (3) no material adverse effect with respect to the Betters Parties or any of their subsidiaries
shall have occurred that is continuing; (4) all approvals required by the Business Combination Agreement shall have been obtained;
and (5) the Share Contribution shall have been consummated.
In addition, the obligations
of the Parties to consummate the Merger are subject to the delivery of certain ancillary agreements required to be executed and delivered
in connection with the Merger.
Termination
The Business Combination Agreement
may be terminated under certain customary and limited circumstances prior to the Closing, including, but not limited to: (1) by written
consent of Betters and ExcelFin; (2) by either Betters or ExcelFin with written notice to the other Party if the conditions to the
obligations of the Parties to consummate the Transactions have not been satisfied or waived by October 25, 2023 (such date, which
may be extended pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the Business Combination Agreement, the “Outside
Date”); (3) by either Betters or ExcelFin with written notice to the other party, if any governmental authority of competent
jurisdiction shall have taken any action or enacted any governmental order, in either case, which has become final and non-appealable,
and permanently restrains, enjoins or otherwise prevents consummation of the Transactions; (4) by ExcelFin with written notice to
Betters, if there is any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of the Betters Parties such that the
conditions to ExcelFin’s obligation to close would not be satisfied at the Closing, subject to a cure period; (5) by Betters
with written notice to ExcelFin, if there is any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of ExcelFin
set forth in the Business Combination Agreement, such that the conditions to Betters’ obligation to close would not be satisfied
at the Closing, subject to a cure period; (6) by either ExcelFin or Betters with written notice to the other Party if the SPAC Stockholders’
Approval is not obtained for failure to obtain the required vote to approve the Transactions at the meeting of the SPAC Stockholders;
(7) by Betters with written notice to ExcelFin within 10 business days if there has been a SPAC Modification in Recommendation (as
defined in the Business Combination Agreement); and (8) by ExcelFin with written notice to Betters if either the approval of the
Betters shareholders by resolutions adopted at a duly call, convened and quorate meeting (the “Betters Resolutions”)
or the irrevocable written consent of the sole shareholder of Merger Sub (the “Merger Sub Written Consent”) has not
been delivered to ExcelFin within five business days after the execution of the Business Combination Agreement.
Betters has agreed to pay
to ExcelFin a break-up fee (the “Break-Up Fee”) in an amount equal to the lesser of (1) ExcelFin’s reasonable
and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by it in connection with the Transactions and (2) $6,000,000 if the Business Combination
Agreement is terminated by Betters due to the failure to consummate the Transactions by the Outside Date, unless a breach or violation
of any representation, warranty, covenant or obligation of SPAC under the Business Combination Agreement or the Sponsor under the Sponsor
Support Agreement was the proximate cause of the failure to consummate of the Transactions by the Outside Date.
A copy of the Business Combination
Agreement is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 2.1 and is incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing
description of the Business Combination Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto. The Business Combination Agreement
contains representations, warranties and covenants that the respective Parties made to each other as of the date of the Business Combination
Agreement or other specific dates. The assertions embodied in those representations, warranties and covenants were made for purposes of
the contract among the respective Parties and are subject to important qualifications and limitations agreed to by the Parties in connection
with negotiating the Business Combination Agreement. The representations, warranties and covenants in the Business Combination Agreement
are also modified in important part by the underlying disclosure schedules which are not filed publicly, and which are subject to a contractual
standard of materiality different from that generally applicable to shareholders and were used for the purpose of allocating risk among
the Parties rather than establishing matters as facts. ExcelFin does not believe that these schedules contain information that is material
to an investment decision.
Warrant Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement
In connection with the Transactions,
at the Closing, ExcelFin, PubCo and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (“AST”) will enter into a
warrant assignment, assumption and amendment agreement (the “Warrant Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement”),
whereby (1) ExcelFin and AST will amend the Public Warrant Agreement, dated October 20, 2021 (the “Public Warrant Agreement”),
such that the Public Warrants will no longer be exercisable for shares of ExcelFin Class A Common Stock but instead will be exercisable
for PubCo Ordinary Shares, on the terms set forth in the Warrant Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement; (2) ExcelFin shall
assign all of its rights, title and interest in the Public Warrant Agreement to PubCo; and (3) ExcelFin and the AST will terminate
the Private Warrant Agreement, dated October 20, 2021, by and between ExcelFin and AST.
The foregoing description
of the Warrant Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of
the Warrant Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement, a copy of which is included as Exhibit A to the Business Combination
Agreement, filed as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Betters Shareholder Support Agreement
On June 26, 2023, concurrently
with the execution and delivery of the Business Combination Agreement, ExcelFin, PubCo, Betters, Tycoon and certain shareholders of Betters
(the “Key Betters Shareholders”) entered into a voting and support agreement (the “Betters Shareholder Support
Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, (1) the Key Betters Shareholders have agreed to (a) vote their
issued and outstanding shares of Betters (the “Betters Shares”) in favor of the approval and adoption of the Business
Combination Agreement and the Transactions in accordance with the governing documents of Betters; (b) refrain from transferring any
of their Betters Shares prior to the Closing; and (c) waive any appraisal, dissenter’s or similar rights they may have with
respect to the Transactions; and (2) Betters has agreed, in its capacity as the sole shareholder of Tycoon, to refrain from transferring
any of the Tycoon Shares prior to the Closing.
The foregoing description
of the Betters Shareholder Support Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of the Betters Shareholder
Support Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Sponsor Support Agreement
On June 26, 2023, concurrently
with the execution and delivery of the Business Combination Agreement, PubCo, ExcelFin and the Sponsor entered into a voting and support
agreement (the “Sponsor Support Agreement”) pursuant to which, among other things, the Sponsor agreed to (1) vote
its shares of SPAC Stock and any additional shares of SPAC Stock it acquires prior to the meeting of the SPAC Stockholders (the “SPAC
Stockholder Meeting”) in favor of each of the Transaction Proposals (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) at the
SPAC Stockholder Meeting, including the adoption of the Business Combination Agreement; (2) refrain from transferring any of its
shares of SPAC Stock prior to the Closing; (3) refrain from redeeming any of its shares of SPAC Stock in connection with the Merger;
(4) waive its anti-dilution rights under ExcelFin’s charter in connection with the Transactions; (5) subject 30% of its
shares of outstanding ExcelFin Class B Common Stock (or shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof, or
any securities into which such shares are converted or exchangeable pursuant to the Transactions, “Founder Shares”)
to certain vesting and forfeiture terms as set forth in the Sponsor Support Agreement; (6) surrender to ExcelFin for no consideration,
and ExcelFin shall cancel, immediately prior to the Effective Time, but subject to the consummation of the Merger, all of the Private
Placement Warrants; and (7) convert the outstanding Sponsor Loans (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) into PubCo Ordinary
Shares at the Closing in accordance with the terms set forth in the Sponsor Support Agreement.
The foregoing description
of the Sponsor Support Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form Sponsor Support Agreement, a copy
of which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Betters Lock-Up Agreement
Immediately prior to the consummation
of the Share Contribution, PubCo and Betters will enter into a lock-up agreement (the “Betters Lock-Up Agreement”)
pursuant to which, among other things, Betters will agree not to sell, dispose of or otherwise transfer (except as set forth in the Betters
Lock-Up Agreement), for a period of six months, any PubCo Ordinary Shares that it will receive as consideration for the Share Contribution
(subject to certain customary exceptions).
The foregoing description
of the Betters Lock-Up Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of Betters Lock-Up Agreement,
a copy of which is included as Exhibit D to the Business Combination Agreement, filed as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report
on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Insider Letter Amendment
On June 26, 2023, concurrently
with the execution and delivery of the Business Combination Agreement, ExcelFin, the Sponsor, and holders of Founder Shares (together
with the Sponsor, the “Sponsor Members”) entered into an amendment to that certain Letter Agreement, dated as of October 20,
2021, by and among the Sponsor Members and ExcelFin (such Letter Agreement, the “Insider Letter” and such amendment,
the “Insider Letter Amendment”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Insider Letter was amended such that the
Founder Shares will be subject to lock-up restrictions until the earliest of (1) 12 months after the Closing; (2) a change of
control of PubCo; and (3) the date that the PubCo Ordinary Shares achieve a VWAP of at least $15.00 per share for any 20 trading
days in a 30-trading day period.
The foregoing description
of the Insider Letter Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of Insider Letter Amendment, a
copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Registration Rights Agreement
In connection with the
Transactions, at the Closing, and subject to the consummation thereof, (1) the Registration Rights Agreement, dated
October 21, 2021, by and among ExcelFin and the Sponsor Members, shall be terminated; and (2) PubCo, Betters, ExcelFin and
the Sponsor will enter into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to
which, among other things, subject to certain requirements and customary conditions, including with regard to the number of demand
rights that may be exercised, Betters and the Sponsor (the “Holders”) may demand at any time or from time to
time, that PubCo file a registration statement with the SEC to register the securities of PubCo held by such Holders. The
Registration Rights Agreement will also provide the Holders with “piggy-back” registration rights, subject to certain
requirements and customary conditions.
The foregoing description
of the Registration Rights Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of Registration Rights Agreement,
a copy of which is included as Exhibit F to the Business Combination Agreement, filed as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report
on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.