DEF 14A 1 def14a1219_chasergtechnology.htm DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

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CHASERG TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION CORP.
7660 Fay Avenue, Suite H, Unit 339
La Jolla, California 92037

 

To the Stockholders of ChaSerg Technology Acquisition Corp.:

 

You are cordially invited to attend the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of ChaSerg Technology Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) to be held on December 19, 2019 at 10:00 a.m., local time, at the offices of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, located at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10105 to consider and vote upon the following proposals:

 

1.To elect one director to serve as a Class I director on the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) until the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders or until his successor is elected and qualified;

 

2.To ratify the selection by our audit committee of WithumSmith+Brown, PC to serve as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2019; and

 

3.Such other matters as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof.

 

THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE ELECTION OF THE DIRECTOR NOMINEE AND “FOR” THE RATIFICATION OF WITHUM SMITH+BROWN, PC TO SERVE AS OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM.

 

The Board has fixed the close of business on November 15, 2019 as the record date (the “Record Date”) for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting or any postponement or adjournment thereof. Accordingly, only stockholders of record at the close of business on the Record Date are entitled to notice of, and shall be entitled to vote at, the Annual Meeting or any postponement or adjournment thereof.

 

Your vote is important. You are requested to carefully read the proxy statement and accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting for a more complete statement of matters to be considered at the Annual Meeting.

 

By Order of the Board,

/s/ Lloyd Carney  
Chief Executive Officer and Director  

 

This proxy statement is dated December 3, 2019
and is being mailed with the form of proxy on or shortly after December 3, 2019.

 

 

 

 

IMPORTANT

 

Whether or not you expect to attend the Annual Meeting, you are respectfully requested by the Board of Directors to sign, date and return the enclosed proxy promptly, or follow the instructions contained in the proxy card or voting instructions. If you grant a proxy, you may revoke it at any time prior to the Annual Meeting or vote in person at the Annual Meeting.

 

PLEASE NOTE: If your shares are held in street name, your broker, bank, custodian, or other nominee holder cannot vote your shares in the election of director unless you direct the nominee holder how to vote, by returning your proxy card or by following the instructions contained on the proxy card or voting instruction form, or submit your proxy by telephone or over the Internet (if those options are available to you) in accordance with the instructions on the enclosed proxy card or voting instruction card.

 

 

 

 

CHASERG TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION CORP.
7660 Fay Avenue, Suite H, Unit 339
La Jolla, California 92037

 

NOTICE OF 2019 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD DECEMBER 19, 2019

 

To the Stockholders of ChaSerg Technology Acquisition Corp.:

 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of ChaSerg Technology Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), will be held on December 19, 2019 at 10:00 a.m., local time, at the offices of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, located at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10105, to consider and vote upon the following proposals:

 

1.To elect one director to serve as a Class I director on the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) until the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders or until his successor is elected and qualified;

 

2.To ratify the selection by our audit committee of WithumSmith + Brown, PC (“Withum”) to serve as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2019; and

 

3.Such other matters as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof.

 

Only stockholders of record of the Company as of the close of business on November 15, 2019 are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. Each share of Class A common stock and Class B common stock entitles the holder thereof to one vote.

 

Your vote is important. Proxy voting permits stockholders unable to attend the Annual Meeting to vote their shares through a proxy. By appointing a proxy, your shares will be represented and voted in accordance with your instructions. You can vote your shares by completing and returning your proxy card, or submit your proxy by telephone, fax, or over the Internet (if those options are available to you) in accordance with the instructions on the enclosed proxy card or voting instruction card. Proxy cards that are signed and returned but do not include voting instructions will be voted by the proxy as recommended by the Board. You can change your voting instructions or revoke your proxy at any time prior to the Annual Meeting by following the instructions included in this proxy statement and on the proxy card.

 

Even if you plan to attend the Annual Meeting in person, it is strongly recommended that you complete and return your proxy card before the Annual Meeting date to ensure that your shares will be represented at the Annual Meeting if you are unable to attend. You are urged to review carefully the information contained in the enclosed proxy statement prior to deciding how to vote your shares. You may also access our proxy materials at the following website: https://chasergtechnology.com/investors-relations/.

 

By Order of the Board,

/s/ Lloyd Carney

Chief Executive Officer and Director

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THESE PROXY MATERIALS 1
THE ANNUAL MEETING 5
Date, Time, Place and Purpose of the Annual Meeting 5
Record Date, Voting and Quorum 5
Required Vote 5
Voting 5
Revocability of Proxies 6
Attendance at the Annual Meeting 6
Solicitation of Proxies 7
No Right of Appraisal 7
Other Business 7
Principal Offices 7
DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 8
Directors and Officers 8
Corporate Governance 10
Number and Terms of Office of Officers and Directors 10
Committee Membership, Meeting and Attendance 10
Audit Committee Report 13
Board Leadership Structure and Role in Risk Oversight 13
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation 13
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance 13
Code of Ethics 14
Executive Compensation 14
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT 15
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS 16
PROPOSALS TO BE CONSIDERED BY STOCKHOLDERS 18
Proposal One — Election of One Class I Director 18
Proposal Two — Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 19
OTHER MATTERS 20
Submission of Stockholder Proposals for the 2020 Annual Meeting 20
Householding Information 20
Where You Can Find More Information 20

 

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CHASERG TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION CORP.
7660 Fay Avenue, Suite H, Unit 339
La Jolla, California 92037

 

PROXY STATEMENT

2019 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
To be held on December 19, 2019, at 10:00 a.m., local time
at the offices of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP
1345 Avenue of the Americas, 11th Floor
New York, New York 10105

 

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THESE PROXY MATERIALS

 

Why did you send me this proxy statement?

 

This proxy statement and the enclosed proxy card are being sent to you in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors (the “Board of Directors” or “Board”) of ChaSerg Technology Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company,” “we,” us,” and “our”), for use at the annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) to be held on December 19, 2019 at 10:00 a.m., local time, at the offices of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, located at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10105, or at any adjournments or postponements thereof. This proxy statement summarizes the information that you need to make an informed decision on the proposals to be considered at the Annual Meeting. This proxy statement and the enclosed proxy card were first sent to the Company’s stockholders on or about December 3, 2019.

 

What is included in these materials?

 

These materials include:

 

This Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting; and

 

The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 20, 2019.

 

What proposals will be addressed at the Annual Meeting?

 

Stockholders will be asked to consider the following proposals at the Annual Meeting:

 

1. To elect one director to serve as a Class I directors on the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) until the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders or until their successor is elected and qualified

 

2. To ratify the selection by our audit committee of WithumSmith+Brown, PC (“Withum”) to serve as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2019.

 

We will also consider any other business that properly comes before the Annual Meeting.

 

How does the Board of Directors recommend that I vote?

 

Our Board of Directors unanimously recommends that stockholders vote “FOR” the nominee for Director and “FOR” the ratification of the selection of Withum as our independent registered public accounting firm.

 

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Who may vote at the Annual Meeting of stockholders?

 

Stockholders who owned shares of the Company’s Class A and Class B common stock, par value $.0001 per share, as of the close of business on November 15, 2019 are entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. As of the Record Date, there were 23,040,000 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock and 5,500,000 shares of the Company’s Class B common stock issued and outstanding.

 

How many votes must be present to hold the Annual Meeting?

 

Your shares are counted as present at the Annual Meeting if you attend the Annual Meeting and vote in person, if you properly submit your proxy or if your shares are registered in the name of a bank or brokerage firm and you do not provide voting instructions and such bank or broker casts a vote on the ratification of our independent registered public accounting firm. On November 15, 2019 there were 23,040,000 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock and 5,500,000 shares of the Company’s Class B common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote. In order for us to conduct the Annual Meeting, a majority of the voting power of our outstanding shares of common stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting must be present at the Annual Meeting. This is referred to as a quorum. Consequently, 14,070,001 shares of common stock must be present at the Annual Meeting to constitute a quorum.

 

How many votes do I have?

 

Each share of Class A common stock and Class B common stock is entitled to one vote on each matter that comes before the Annual Meeting. Information about the stock holdings of our directors and executive officers is contained in the section of this Proxy Statement entitled “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management.”

 

What is the difference between a stockholder of record and a beneficial owner of shares held in street name?

 

Stockholder of Record.   If your shares are registered directly in your name with the Company’s transfer agent, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, you are considered the stockholder of record with respect to those shares, and the proxy materials were sent directly to you by the Company.

 

Beneficial Owner of Shares Held in Street Name.   If your shares are held in an account at a brokerage firm, bank, broker-dealer, or other similar organization, then you are the beneficial owner of shares held in “street name,” and the proxy materials were forwarded to you by that organization. The organization holding your account is considered the stockholder of record for purposes of voting at the Annual Meeting. As a beneficial owner, you have the right to instruct that organization on how to vote the shares held in your account. Those instructions are contained in a “vote instruction form.”

 

What is the proxy card?

 

The proxy card enables you to appoint Lloyd Carney, our Chief Executive Officer and Director, and Eric Benhamou, our Chief Financial Officer and President, as your representatives, at the Annual Meeting. By completing and returning the proxy card, you are authorizing Mr. Carney and Mr. Benhamou to vote your shares at the Annual Meeting in accordance with your instructions on the proxy card. This way, your shares will be voted whether or not you attend the Annual Meeting. Even if you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, it is strongly recommended that you complete and return your proxy card before the Annual Meeting date in case your plans change. If a proposal comes up for vote at the Annual Meeting that is not on the proxy card, the proxies will vote your shares, under your proxy, according to their best judgment.

 

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If I am a stockholder of record of the Company’s shares, how do I vote?

 

There are two ways to vote:

 

In person.   If you are a stockholder of record, you may vote in person at the Annual Meeting. The Company will give you a ballot when you arrive.
 
By Mail.   You may vote by proxy by filling out the proxy card and sending it back in the envelope provided.

 

If I am a beneficial owner of shares held in street name, how do I vote?

 

There are three ways to vote:

 

In person.   If you are a beneficial owner of shares held in street name and you wish to vote in person at the Annual Meeting, you must obtain a legal proxy from the brokerage firm, bank, broker-dealer or other similar organization that holds your shares. Please contact that organization for instructions regarding obtaining a legal proxy.

 

By mail.   You may vote by proxy by filling out the vote instruction form and sending it back in the envelope provided by your brokerage firm, bank, broker-dealer or other similar organization that holds your shares.

 

By telephone or over the Internet.   You may vote by proxy by submitting your proxy by telephone or over the Internet (if those options are available to you) in accordance with the instructions on the enclosed proxy card or voting instruction card. This is allowed if you hold shares in street name and your bank, broker or other nominee offers those alternatives. Although most banks, brokers and other nominees offer these voting alternatives, availability and specific procedures vary.

 

Will my shares be voted if I do not provide my proxy?

 

If you hold your shares directly in your own name, they will not be voted if you do not provide a proxy.

 

Your shares may be voted under certain circumstances if they are held in the name of a brokerage firm. Brokerage firms generally have the authority to vote shares not voted by customers on certain “routine” matters, including the ratification of an independent registered public accounting firm. Accordingly, at the Annual Meeting, your shares may only be voted by your brokerage firm for the ratification of our independent registered public accounting firm.

 

Brokers are prohibited from exercising discretionary authority on non-routine matters. The election of the Class I directors is considered a non-routine matter, and therefore brokers cannot exercise discretionary authority regarding this proposal for beneficial owners who have not returned proxies to the brokers (so-called “broker non-votes”). In the case of broker non-votes, and in cases where you abstain from voting on a matter when present at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote, those shares will still be counted for purposes of determining if a quorum is present.

 

What vote is required to elect the Class I director?

 

Class I Director is elected by a plurality of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting. Abstentions will have no effect on this proposal, assuming that a quorum is present.

 

What vote is required to ratify the selection by our audit committee of Withum as our independent registered public accounting firm?

 

Approval of the proposal to ratify the selection of Withum as our independent registered public accounting firm requires the affirmative vote of the majority of the shares present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote on the matter at the Annual Meeting. Abstentions will have no effect on this proposal, assuming that a quorum is present.

 

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Can I change my vote after I have voted?

 

You may revoke your proxy and change your vote at any time before the final vote at the Annual Meeting. You may vote again by signing and returning a new proxy card or vote instruction form with a later date or by attending the Annual Meeting and voting in person if you are a stockholder of record. However, your attendance at the Annual Meeting will not automatically revoke your proxy unless you vote again at the Annual Meeting or specifically request that your prior proxy be revoked by delivering to the Company’s Secretary at c/o Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, 1345 Avenue of the Americas, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10105 a written notice of revocation prior to the Annual Meeting.

 

Please note, however, that if your shares are held of record by a brokerage firm, bank or other nominees, you must instruct your broker, bank or other nominees that you wish to change your vote by following the procedures on the voting form provided to you by the broker, bank or other nominees. If your shares are held in street name, and you wish to attend the Annual Meeting and vote at the Annual Meeting, you must bring to the Annual Meeting a legal proxy from the broker, bank or other nominees holding your shares, confirming your beneficial ownership of the shares and giving you the right to vote your shares.

 

What happens if I do not indicate how to vote my proxy?

 

If you sign your proxy card without providing further instructions, your shares will be voted “FOR” the director nominee and “FOR” the ratification of Withum to serve as our independent registered public accounting firm.

 

Is my vote kept confidential?

 

Proxies, ballots and voting tabulations identifying stockholders are kept confidential and will not be disclosed except as may be necessary to meet legal requirements.

 

Where do I find the voting results of the Annual Meeting?

 

We will announce preliminary voting results at the Annual Meeting. The final voting results will be tallied by the inspector of election and published in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, which the Company is required to file with the SEC within four business days following the Annual Meeting.

 

Who bears the cost of soliciting proxies?

 

The Company will bear the cost of soliciting proxies in the accompanying form and will reimburse brokerage firms and others for expenses involved in forwarding proxy materials to beneficial owners or soliciting their execution. In addition to solicitations by mail, the Company, through its directors and officers, may solicit proxies in person, by telephone or by electronic means. Such directors and officers will not receive any special remuneration for these efforts.

 

Who is the sponsor of the Company?

 

References throughout this proxy statement to our “sponsor” are to ChaSerg Technology Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

Who can help answer my questions?

 

You can contact our Secretary, Eric Benhamou, at (619) 736-6855 or by sending a letter to Lloyd Carney at c/o Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, 1345 Avenue of the Americas, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10105 with any questions about the proposals described in this proxy statement or how to execute your vote.

 

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THE ANNUAL MEETING

 

We are furnishing this proxy statement to you as a stockholder of ChaSerg Technology Acquisition Corp. as part of the solicitation of proxies by our Board for use at our Annual Meeting to be held on December 19, 2019, or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

 

Date, Time, Place and Purpose of the Annual Meeting

 

The Annual Meeting will be held at the offices of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, located at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10105, on December 19, 2019, at 10:00 a.m., local time. You are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting, at which stockholders will be asked to consider and vote upon the following proposals, which are more fully described in this proxy statement:

 

To elect one director to serve as a Class I director on the Board until the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders or until his successor is elected and qualified; and

 

To ratify the selection by our audit committee of Withum to serve as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2019.

 

Record Date, Voting and Quorum

 

Our Board fixed the close of business on November 15, as the Record Date for the determination of holders of our outstanding common stock entitled to notice of and to vote on all matters presented at the Annual Meeting. As of the record date, there were 23,040,000 shares of the Company’s class A common stock and 5,500,000 shares of the Company’s Class B common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote. Each share of common stock entitles the holder thereof to one vote.

 

The holders of 14,070,001 shares of Class A and Class B common stock entitled to vote, present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting, constitute a quorum.

 

Required Vote

 

The affirmative vote of a plurality of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting by the holders of common stock entitled to vote in the election of the directors is required to elect the director.

 

The approval of the proposal to ratify the selection of Withum as our independent registered public accounting firm requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the common stock present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on this matter at the Annual Meeting.

 

Voting

 

You can vote your shares at the Annual Meeting by proxy or in person.

 

You can vote by proxy by having one or more individuals who will be at the Annual Meeting vote your shares for you. These individuals are called “proxies” and using them to cast your ballot at the Annual Meeting is called voting “by proxy.”

 

If you wish to vote by proxy, you must (i) complete the enclosed form, called a “proxy card,” and mail it in the envelope provided or (ii) submit your proxy by telephone or over the Internet (if those options are available to you) in accordance with the instructions on the enclosed proxy card or voting instruction card.

 

If you complete the proxy card and mail it in the envelope provided or submit your proxy by telephone or over the Internet as described above, you will designate the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer and President to act as your proxy at the Annual Meeting. One of them will then vote your shares at the Annual Meeting in accordance with the instructions you have given them in the proxy card or voting instructions, as applicable, with respect to the proposals presented in this proxy statement. Proxies will extend to, and be voted at, any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) of the Annual Meeting.

 

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Alternatively, you can vote your shares in person by attending the Annual Meeting. You will be given a ballot at the Annual Meeting.

 

While we know of no other matters to be acted upon at this year’s Annual Meeting, it is possible that other matters may be presented at the Annual Meeting. If that happens and you have signed and not revoked a proxy card, your proxy will vote on such other matters in accordance with the best judgment of Mr. Carney and Mr. Benhamou.

 

A special note for those who plan to attend the Annual Meeting and vote in person: if your shares are held in the name of a broker, bank or other nominees, you must bring a statement from your brokerage account or a letter from the person or entity in whose name the shares are registered indicating that you are the beneficial owner of those shares as of the record date. In addition, you will not be able to vote at the Annual Meeting unless you obtain a legal proxy from the record holder of your shares.

 

Our Board is asking for your proxy. Giving the Board your proxy means you authorize it to vote your shares at the Annual Meeting in the manner you direct. You may vote for or withhold your vote for each nominee or proposal or you may abstain from voting. All valid proxies received prior to the Annual Meeting will be voted. All shares represented by a proxy will be voted, and where a stockholder specifies by means of the proxy a choice with respect to any matter to be acted upon, the shares will be voted in accordance with the specification so made. If no choice is indicated on the proxy, the shares will be voted “FOR” the election of the Director nominee and “FOR” the ratification of the selection of Withum as our independent registered public accounting firm and as the proxy holders may determine in their discretion with respect to any other matters that may properly come before the Annual Meeting.

 

Stockholders who have questions or need assistance in completing or submitting their proxy cards should contact our Secretary, Eric Benhamou, at (619)-736-6855.

 

Stockholders who hold their shares in “street name,” meaning the name of a broker or other nominee who is the record holder, must either direct the record holder of their shares to vote their shares or obtain a legal proxy from the record holder to vote their shares at the Annual Meeting.

 

Revocability of Proxies

 

Any proxy may be revoked by the person giving it at any time before the polls close at the Annual Meeting. A proxy may be revoked by filing with our Chief Executive Officer (ChaSerg Technology Acquisition Corp., c/o Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, 1345 Avenue of the Americas, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10105) either (i) a written notice of revocation bearing a date later than the date of such proxy or (ii) a subsequent proxy relating to the same shares, or (iii) by attending the Annual Meeting and voting in person.

 

Simply attending the Annual Meeting will not constitute revocation of your proxy. If your shares are held in the name of a broker or other nominee who is the record holder, you must follow the instructions of your broker or other nominee to revoke a previously given proxy.

 

Attendance at the Annual Meeting

 

Only holders of common stock, their proxy holders and guests we may invite may attend the Annual Meeting. If you wish to attend the Annual Meeting in person but you hold your shares through someone else, such as a broker, you must bring proof of your ownership and identification with a photo at the Annual Meeting. For example, you may bring an account statement showing that you beneficially owned shares of ChaSerg Technology Acquisition Corp. as of the record date as acceptable proof of ownership. In addition, you must bring a legal proxy from the broker, bank or other nominee holding your shares, confirming your beneficial ownership of the shares and giving you the right to vote your shares.

 

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Solicitation of Proxies

 

The cost of preparing, assembling, printing and mailing this proxy statement and the accompanying form of proxy, and the cost of soliciting proxies relating to the Annual Meeting, will be borne by the Company. Some banks and brokers have customers who beneficially own common stock listed of record in the names of the nominees. We intend to request banks and brokers to solicit such customers and will reimburse them for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses for such solicitations. If any additional solicitation of the holders of our outstanding shares of common stock is deemed necessary, we (through our directors and officers) anticipate making such solicitation directly. The solicitation of proxies by mail may be supplemented by telephone and personal solicitation by officers, directors and other employees of the Company, but no additional compensation will be paid to such individuals.

 

No Right of Appraisal

 

Neither Delaware law nor our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provide for appraisal or other similar rights for dissenting stockholders in connection with any of the proposals to be voted upon at the Annual Meeting. Accordingly, our stockholders will have no right to dissent and obtain payment for their shares.

 

Other Business

 

We are not currently aware of any business to be acted upon at the Annual Meeting other than the matters discussed in this proxy statement. The form of proxy accompanying this proxy statement confers discretionary authority upon the named proxy holders with respect to amendments or variations to the matters identified in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting and with respect to any other matters which may properly come before the Annual Meeting. If other matters do properly come before the Annual Meeting, or at any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) of the Annual Meeting, we expect that shares of our common stock, represented by properly submitted proxies will be voted by the proxy holders in accordance with the recommendations of our Board.

 

Principal Offices

 

Our principal executive offices are located at ChaSerg Technology Acquisition Corp. 7660 Fay Avenue, Suite H, Unit 339, La Jolla, California 92037. Our telephone number at such address is (619) 736-6855.

 

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DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

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The directors and executive officers of the Company are as follows:

 

Name   Age   Title
Lloyd Carney   57   Chief Executive Officer and Director
Eric Benhamou   63   Chief Financial Officer, President and Director
Clark N. Callander   60   Director
Irwin Federman   83   Director
William Zerella   62   Director

 

Lloyd Carney, our Chief Executive Officer and a Director since June 14, 2018, has spent more than 25 years in the technology industry. He started at Wellfleet and Nortel Networks in 1997 and in 2002 he rose to become division president. In 2003, he joined Juniper Networks as Chief Operating Officer where he oversaw the engineering, product management and manufacturing divisions. Thereafter, in 2004, he was named Chief Executive Officer of Micromuse, an enterprise and telecom network management company. Mr. Carney led the sale of Micromuse to IBM for $865 million, staying at IBM for a year after the sale to ensure a smooth transition. In 2008, he became the Chief Executive Officer of Xsigo Systems, a provider of network visualization systems, which was sold to Oracle Corporation in 2012. Mr. Carney then accepted the role of Chief Executive Officer and director of Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., a networking solutions company, in early 2013. His tenure culminated in the sale of Brocade to Broadcom Ltd. for $5.5 billion in late 2017. Mr. Carney is currently a member of the board and audit committee of Visa, a leading credit card company. From 2005 to 2014, he was a member of the board of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, where he served on the audit and compensation committees. He was also a member of the board of Technicolor (SA), a technology company in the media and entertainment sector from 2010 until 2015, where he chaired its technology committee. In addition, since 2007 he has served as Chief Executive Officer of Carney Global Ventures, LLC, a global investment vehicle. Mr. Carney holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering Technology from Wentworth Institute of Technology, as well as a M.S. degree in Applied Business Management from Lesley College. We believe Mr. Carney is qualified to serve on our Board due to his extensive operational and management experience in the technology industry as well as the broad scope of experience he brings to bear.

 

Eric Benhamou, our President and Chief Financial Officer since June 14, 2018 and Director since inception, co-founded Bridge Communications, a specialist in computer network technologies in 1981. Bridge Communications later merged with 3Com Corporation, a networking equipment vendor, in 1987. Thereafter, he became Chief Executive Officer of 3Com, serving there from 1990 to 2000, and as chairman until 2010. As 3Com’s Chief Executive Officer, he led the company in acquiring US Robotics, the owner of Palm, Inc. the maker of the groundbreaking Palm Pilot. Palm, Inc. was thereafter spun off in 2000, and Mr. Benhamou served as its Chief Executive Officer until 2003. In 2003, Mr. Benhamou founded Benhamou Global Ventures (BGV), a venture capital firm focused on technology companies, specializing in cloud software, artificial intelligence cyber security, and mobile applications. Mr. Benhamou has been a member of the board of directors of Silicon Valley Bank since 2004. He has been a member of the board of directors of Finjan Holdings, a cybersecurity firm, since 2013. He served on the board of Cypress Semiconductor as chairman for over a decade, until 2017. He also serves on the board of several privately held technology companies, including Ayehu, an IT automation and orchestration platform, Totango, a provider of customer success software, Virtual Instruments, an IT infrastructure performance management platform, and 6dbytes, a food robotics company. He holds an M.S. from Stanford University’s School of Engineering and a Diplôme d’Ingénieur and a Doctorate from Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers, Paris. Mr. Benhamou taught entrepreneurship in various business schools around the world for over 10 years, principally at INSEAD, Stanford University and IDC’s Herzliya’s Arison School of Business, where he was a visiting professor. He also served on the Advisory Board of Stanford’s school of Engineering and the Board of Governors of Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. We believe Mr. Benhamou is qualified to serve on our Board due to his extensive operational and management experience in the technology industry as well as his public company governance experience and his venture capital background.

 

 

 

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Clark N. Callander, has been serving as an independent director since October 4, 2018. Mr. Callander has overseen hundreds of merger and acquisition and financing transactions during his over 35-year career. As a co-founder in 2003 of Savvian LLC, a mergers and acquisitions advisory firm, and head of its Capital Market Advisory activity, he helped lead the firm through its merger with Japan’s GCA Holdings Corp. (GCA) in 2008 and the combined entity’s listing on the Tokyo Stock exchange and subsequent acquisition of its European subsidiary, Altium in 2016. Mr. Callander is currently employed as a Senior Advisor to GCA. Previously, from 1993 to 2002, he held the position of head of Corporate Finance at Robertson Stephens & Company. As a private investor, he has invested in dozens of companies and venture capital funds primarily in the technology industry and joined many of their advisory boards. In addition, Mr. Callander is an active investor and since 2012 has served on the Board of Managers at Albany Road Real Estate Partners LLC, a private real estate investment and management firm. He earned a B.S. from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. We believe he is well-qualified to serve as a Director because of his significant mergers and acquisitions experience and extensive knowledge and understanding of global financial markets and investing.

 

Irwin Federman, has been serving as an independent director since October 4, 2018. His career spans over forty years as an executive, entrepreneur and investor in the technology industry. Mr. Federman led Monolithic Memories, a semiconductor company, as its Chief Executive Officer from 1979 until its merger with Advanced Micro Devices, or AMD, in 1987, after which he assumed the post of Vice-Chairman at AMD. In 1988, he became a Managing Director of Dillon, Read and Company, an investment banking firm. Mr. Federman then joined U.S. Venture Partners (USVP) as a Senior Partner, in 1990. USVP was then facing financial difficulties. Under his leadership, USVP’s performance improved, enabling the firm to raise nine consecutive venture funds over the ensuing 25 years. Mr. Federman presently serves as Senior Advisor at USVP. Mr. Federman has been an early investor in, and has served on the board of directors of, many technology start-up companies, including Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) (since 1995), Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ:MLNX) (since 1999), MMC Networks Inc. (NASDAQ:MMCN) (1994 to 1998), Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:NUAN) (1995 to 2001), SanDisk Corp. (NASDAQ:SNDK) (1988 to 2016) and Centillium Communications (NASDAQ:CTLM) (1998 to 2006). He presently serves on the board of directors of Check Point, and as Chairman of the board of directors of Mellanox. Mr. Federman served two one-year terms as Chairman of the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), and one six-year term as Chairman of the Dean’s Advisory Committee at Santa Clara University’s Leavey School of Business. He received a B.S. in Economics from Brooklyn College, and was awarded an honorary Doctorate in Engineering Science by Santa Clara University. We believe he is well-qualified to serve as a Director because of his significant experience in the financial and technology industries and extensive understanding of public company operations.

 

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William Zerella, has been serving as an independent director since October 4, 2018. Mr. Zerella has over 30 years of experience in technology businesses, including pre-revenue start-ups and companies in excess of $1 billion in revenue. Since June 2018, he has been the Chief Financial Officer of Luminar Technologies, an autonomous vehicle technology company. Prior to joining Luminar, Mr. Zerella was the Chief Financial Officer of Fitbit Inc. (NYSE: FIT), a maker of wearable fitness devices, from 2014 to June 2018. During his tenure at Fitbit, the company grew from $271 million in revenue to over $2 billion in revenue, with sales at 45,000 locations in 86 countries around the world. Mr. Zerella was part of the team managing Fitbit’s IPO in 2015, raising $841 million, at that time the largest consumer electronics IPO in history. From 2011 to 2014, Mr. Zerella served as Chief Financial Officer of Vocera Communications Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), a provider of voice-controlled patient communications products for the health-care industry. In 2012, he helped guide Vocera to the public markets and raise $80 million in its IPO. From 2006 to 2011, Mr. Zerella also served as Chief Financial Officer of Force10 Networks, a networking company that was acquired by Dell Inc. in 2011. Since 2016, Mr. Zerella has been a member of the board of directors of GroundTruth, a private global location technology company. Mr. Zerella is a Certfied Public Accountant and holds an M.B.A. in Finance from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University. He also holds a B.S. in Accounting from the New York Institute of Technology. We believe he is well-qualified to serve as a Director because of his significant financial, operational, public market and public company experience.

 

Corporate Governance

 

Number and Terms of Office of Officers and Directors

 

We currently have five directors. Our Board of Directors is divided into three classes with only one class of directors being elected in each year and each class (except for those directors appointed prior to our first annual meeting of stockholders) serving a three-year term. In accordance with NASDAQ corporate governance requirements, we are not required to hold an annual meeting until one year after our first fiscal year end following our listing on NASDAQ. The term of office of the first class of directors, consisting of Mr. Callander, will expire at the Annual Meeting. The term of office of the second class of directors, consisting of Messrs. Federman and Zerella, will expire at the second annual meeting of stockholders. The term of office of the third class of directors, consisting of Messrs. Carney and Benhamou, will expire at the third annual meeting of stockholders.

 

Our officers are appointed by the Board of Directors and serve at the discretion of the Board of Directors, rather than for specific terms of office. Our Board of Directors is authorized to appoint persons to the offices set forth in our bylaws as it deems appropriate. Our bylaws provide that our officers may consist of a Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President, Vice Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, Assistant Secretaries and such other offices as may be determined by the Board of Directors.

 

Committee Membership, Meetings and Attendance

 

We currently have the following standing committees: the audit committee and the compensation committee. Each of the standing committees of the Board of Directors is comprised entirely of independent directors.

 

During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019:

 

the Board held 2 meetings

 

3 meetings of the audit committee were held; and

 

no meeting of the compensation committee was held.

 

Each of our incumbent directors attended or participated in at least 75% of the meetings of the Board of Directors and the respective committees of which he is a member held during the period such incumbent director was a director during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019.

 

We encourage all of our directors to attend our annual meetings of stockholders. This Annual Meeting will be the first annual meeting of stockholders of the Company.

 

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Audit Committee

 

Messrs. Callander, Federman and Zerella serve as members of our audit committee, and Mr. Zerella chairs the audit committee. Under the NASDAQ listing standards and applicable SEC rules, we are required to have at least three members of the audit committee, all of whom must be independent. Each of Messrs. Callander, Federman and Zerella meet the independent director standard under NASDAQ listing standards and under Rule 10-A-3(b)(1) of the Exchange Act.

 

Each member of the audit committee is financially literate and our Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Zerella qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in applicable SEC rules.

 

We have adopted an audit committee charter, which details the principal functions of the audit committee, including:

 

the appointment, compensation, retention, replacement, and oversight of the work of the independent registered public accounting firm engaged by us;

 

pre-approving all audit and permitted non-audit services to be provided by the independent registered public accounting firm engaged by us, and establishing pre-approval policies and procedures;

 

setting clear hiring policies for employees or former employees of the independent registered public accounting firm, including but not limited to, as required by applicable laws and regulations;

 

setting clear policies for audit partner rotation in compliance with applicable laws and regulations;

 

obtaining and reviewing a report, at least annually, from the independent registered public accounting firm describing (i) the independent registered public accounting firm’s internal quality-control procedures, (ii) any material issues raised by the most recent internal quality-control review, or peer review, of the audit firm, or by any inquiry or investigation by governmental or professional authorities within the preceding five years respecting one or more independent audits carried out by the firm and any steps taken to deal with such issues and (iii) all relationships between the independent registered public accounting firm and us to assess the independent registered public accounting firm’s independence;

 

reviewing  and approving any related party transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC prior to us entering into such transaction; and

 

reviewing with management, the independent registered public accounting firm, and our legal advisors, as appropriate, any legal, regulatory or compliance matters, including any correspondence with regulators or government agencies and any employee complaints or published reports that raise material issues regarding our financial statements or accounting policies and any significant changes in accounting standards or rules promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the SEC or other regulatory authorities.

 

Compensation Committee

 

Messrs. Callander and Zerella serve as members of our compensation committee. Under the NASDAQ listing standards and applicable SEC rules, we are required to have at least two members of the compensation committee, all of whom must be independent. Messrs. Callander and Zerella are independent and Mr. Callander chairs the compensation committee.

 

We have adopted a compensation committee charter, which details the principal functions of the compensation committee, including

 

reviewing and approving on an annual basis the corporate goals and objectives relevant to our Chief Executive Officer’s compensation, if any is paid by us, evaluating our Chief Executive Officer’s performance in light of such goals and objectives and determining and approving the remuneration (if any) of our Chief Executive Officer based on such evaluation;

 

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reviewing and approving on an annual basis the compensation, if any is paid by us, of all of our other officers;

 

reviewing on an annual basis our executive compensation policies and plans;

 

implementing and administering our incentive compensation equity-based remuneration plans;

 

assisting and administering our incentive compensation equity-based remuneration plans;

 

approving all special perquisites, special cash payments and other special compensation and benefit arrangements for our officers and employees;

 

if required, producing a report on executive compensation to be included in our annual proxy statement; and

 

reviewing, evaluating and recommending changes, if appropriate, to the remuneration for directors.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, other than the payment to an affiliate of our sponsor of  $15,000 per month, for up to 18 months (through the close of our initial business combination, for office space), utilities and secretarial and administrative support and reimbursement of expenses, no compensation of any kind, including finders, consulting or other similar fees, will be paid by us to any of our existing stockholders, officers, directors or any of their respective affiliates, prior to, or for any services they render in order to effectuate the consummation of an initial business combination. Accordingly, it is likely that prior to the consummation of an initial business combination, the compensation committee will only be responsible for the review and recommendation of any compensation arrangements to be entered into in connection with such initial business combination.

 

The charter also provides that the compensation committee may, in its sole discretion, retain or obtain the advice of a compensation consultant, legal counsel or other adviser and will be directly responsible for the appointment, compensation and oversight of the work of any such adviser. However, before engaging or receiving advice from a compensation consultant, external legal counsel or any other adviser, the compensation committee will consider the independence of each such adviser, including the factors required by NASDAQ and the SEC.

 

A copy of the Compensation Committee charter is available, free of charge, from the Company by writing to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, 7660 Fay Avenue, Suite H, Unit 339, La Jolla, CA 92037.

 

Director Nominations

 

We do not have a standing nominating committee though we intend to form a corporate governance and nominating committee as and when required to do so by law or NASDAQ rules. In accordance with Rule 5605 of the NASDAQ rules, a majority of the independent directors may recommend a director nominee for selection by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors believes that the independent directors can satisfactorily carry out the responsibility of properly selecting or approving director nominees without the formation of a standing nominating committee. The directors who will participate in the consideration and recommendation of director nominees are Messrs. Callander, Federman and Zerella. In accordance with Rule 5605 of the NASDAQ rules, all such directors are independent. As there is no standing nominating committee, we do not have a nominating committee charter in place.

 

The Board of Directors will also consider director candidates recommended for nomination by our stockholders during such times as they are seeking proposed nominees to stand for election at the next annual meeting of stockholders (or, if applicable, a special meeting of stockholders). Our stockholders that wish to nominate a director for election to our Board of Directors should follow the procedures set forth in our bylaws.

 

We have not formally established any specific, minimum qualifications that must be met or skills that are necessary for directors to possess. In general, in identifying and evaluating nominees for director, the Board of Directors considers educational background, diversity of professional experience, knowledge of our business, integrity, professional reputation, independence, wisdom, and the ability to represent the best interests of our stockholders.

 

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Audit Committee Report*

 

The audit committee has reviewed and discussed our audited financial statements with management, and has discussed with our independent registered public accounting firm the matters required to be discussed by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61, as amended (Codification of Statements on Auditing Standards, AU 380), as adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the “PCAOB”) in Rule 3200T. Additionally, the audit committee has received the written disclosures and the letter from our independent registered public accounting firm, as required by the applicable requirements of the PCAOB, and has discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm the independent registered public accounting firm’s independence. Based upon such review and discussion, the audit committee recommended to the Board that the audited financial statements be included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the last fiscal year for filing with the SEC.

 

Submitted by:

Audit Committee of the Board of Directors
Clark N. Callander

Irwin Federman

William Zerella

 

Board Leadership Structure and Role in Risk Oversight

 

No policy exists requiring combination or separation of leadership roles and our governing documents do not mandate a particular structure. This has allowed our Board the flexibility to establish the most appropriate structure for the Company at any given time.

 

The information contained in this audit committee Report shall not be deemed to be “soliciting material” or “filed” or incorporated by reference in future filings with the SEC, or subject to the liabilities of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the Company specifically requests that the information be treated as soliciting material or specifically incorporates it by reference into a document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or the Exchange Act.

  

The Board is actively involved in overseeing our risk management processes. The Board focuses on our general risk management strategy and ensures that appropriate risk mitigation strategies are implemented by management. Further, operational and strategic presentations by management to the Board include consideration of the challenges and risks of our businesses, and the Board and management actively engage in discussion on these topics. In addition, each of the Board’s committees considers risk within its area of responsibility.

 

Compensation committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

 

None of our officers currently serves, or in the past year has served, as a member of the compensation committee of any entity that has one or more officers serving on our Board of Directors.3

 

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

 

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires our officers, directors and persons who beneficially own more than ten percent of our common stock to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership with the SEC. These reporting persons are also required to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file. Based solely upon a review of such forms, we believe that during the year ended December 31, 2019 there were no delinquent filers.

 

 

 

3 Company to confirm 

 

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Code of Ethics

 

We have adopted a Code of Ethics applicable to our directors, officers and employees. We have filed a copy of our Code of Ethics and our audit and compensation committee charters as exhibits to the registration statement filed in connection with our initial public offering. You will be able to review these documents by accessing our public filings at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov. In addition, a copy of the Code of Ethics will be provided without charge upon request from us. We intend to disclose any amendments to or waivers of certain provisions of our Code of Ethics in a Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Executive Compensation

 

None of our executive officers or directors has received any cash (or non-cash) compensation for services rendered to us. Our sponsor, executive officers and directors, or any of their respective affiliates, will be reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with activities on our behalf such as identifying potential target businesses and performing due diligence on suitable business combinations. Our audit committee will review on a quarterly basis all payments that were made to our sponsor, officers, directors or our or their affiliates.

 

After the completion of our initial business combination, directors or members of our management team who remain with us may be paid consulting, management or other fees from the combined company. All of these fees will be fully disclosed to stockholders, to the extent then known, in the tender offer materials or proxy solicitation materials furnished to our stockholders in connection with a proposed business combination. It is unlikely the amount of such compensation will be known at the time, because the directors of the post-combination business will be responsible for determining executive and director compensation. Any compensation to be paid to our officers will be determined by our compensation committee.

 

We do not intend to take any action to ensure that members of our management team maintain their positions with us after the consummation of our initial business combination, although it is possible that some or all of our executive officers and directors may negotiate employment or consulting arrangements to remain with us after the initial business combination. The existence or terms of any such employment or consulting arrangements to retain their positions with us may influence our management’s motivation in identifying or selecting a target business but we do not believe that the ability of our management to remain with us after the consummation of our initial business combination will be a determining factor in our decision to proceed with any potential business combination. We are not party to any agreements with our executive officers and directors that provide for benefits upon termination of employment.

 

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

 

The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of November 15, 2019 based on information obtained from the persons named below, with respect to the beneficial ownership of shares of our common stock, by:

 

  each person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding shares of common stock;

 

  each of our executive officers and directors that beneficially owns shares of our common stock; and

 

  all our executive officers and directors as a group.

 

In the table below, percentage ownership is based on 28,140,000 shares, which includes 23,040,000 shares of our Class A common stock underlying the units sold in our initial public offering and private placement, and 5,500,000 shares of our Class B common stock outstanding as of November 15, 2019. Voting power represents the combined voting power of Class A common stock and Class B common stock owned beneficially by such person. On all matters to be voted upon, the holders of the Class A common stock and the Class B common stock vote together as a single class. Currently, all of the shares of Class B common stock are convertible into shares of Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis. The table below does not include the shares of Class A common stock underlying the private placement units held or to be held by our officers or sponsor because these securities are not exercisable within 60 days of this report.

 

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Unless otherwise indicated, we believe that all persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock beneficially owned by them. 

 

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner (1)  Class A
Common
Stock
Beneficially
Owned
   Class A
Common
Stock
Percentage of
Class
   Class B
Common Stock
Beneficially
Owned
   Class B
Common Stock
Percentage of
Class
   Percentage of
Common Stock
 
ChaSerg Technology Sponsor LLC (1)   530,000    2.3%   5,500,000(2)   100.0%   21.4%
Lloyd Carney   

   

   

   

   

Eric Benhamou   

   

   

   

   

Clark N. Callander   

   

   

   

   

Irwin Federman   

   

   

   

   

William Zerella   

   

   

   

   

All directors and executive officers as a group (5 individuals)   

   

   5,500,000(2)   100.0%   19.5%
BlueCrest Capital Management Limited (3)   1,257,200    5.6%   

   

   4.5%
Basso Spac Fund LLC (4)   1,200,801    5.3%   

   

   4.3%
AQR Capital Management, LLC (5)   1,440,000    6.4%   

   

   5.1%
MMCAP International Inc. SPC / MM Asset Management Inc. (6)   2,000,000    8.83%   

   

   7.11%

  

(1)ChaSerg Technology Sponsor LLC, our sponsor, is the record holder of the shares reported herein. Each of our officers and directors and advisors is or will be, directly or indirectly, a member of our sponsor. There are three managing members of our sponsor, Lloyd Carney, Alex Vieux and Steven Fletcher. Each manager has one vote, and the approval of two of the three managing members is required to approve an action of our sponsor. Under the so-called “rule of three”, if voting and dispositive decisions regarding an entity’s securities are made by three or more individuals, and a voting or dispositive decision requires the approval of a majority of those individuals, then none of the individuals is deemed a beneficial owner of the entity’s securities. Based upon the foregoing, no individual managing member of our sponsor exercises voting or dispositive control over any of the securities held by our sponsor, even those in which he directly holds a pecuniary interest. Accordingly, none of them will be deemed to have or share beneficial ownership of such shares. The business address of each of these entities and individuals is at 7660 Fay Avenue, Suite H, Unit 339, La Jolla, California 92037

 

(2)Interests shown consist solely of founder shares, classified as shares of Class B common stock. Such shares are convertible into shares of Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment.

 

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(3)According to a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on January 18, 2018, BlueCrest Capital Management Limited serves as investment manager to BSMA Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company, with respect to the shares held for the account of BSMA Limited. BlueCrest Capital Management (New York) LP acts as sub-investment manager of BSMA Limited, and reports to BlueCrest Capital Management Limited.  Michael Platt serves as principal, director, and control person of BlueCrest Capital Management Limited. The address of the principal business office of each of BlueCrest Capital Management Limited and Michael Platt is Ground Floor, Harbour Reach, La Rue de Carteret, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands JE2 4HR.

 

(4)According to a Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on January 11, 2018, Basso Management, LLC is the manager of Basso SPAC Fund LLC. Basso Capital Management, L.P. serves as the investment manager of Basso SPAC Fund LLC. Basso GP, LLC is the general partner of BCM. Mr. Fischer is the sole portfolio manager for Basso SPAC, the Chief Executive Officer and a founding partner of Basso Capital Management, L.P., and a member of each of Basso Management, LLC and Basso GP, LLC. Accordingly, each of Basso Management, LLC, Basso Capital Management, L.P., Basso GP, LLC and Howard I. Fischer may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own the shares held by Basso SPAC Fund LLC. The address of the principal business office of each of the reporting persons is 1266 East Main, Street, Fourth Floor, Stamford, Connecticut 06902.

  

(5)According to a Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on February 14, 2018, AQR Capital Management, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of AQR Capital Management Holdings, LLC. CNH Partners, LLC is deemed to be controlled by AQR Capital Management, LLC. AQR Capital Management, LLC, and CNH Partners, LLC act as investment manager to AQR Absolute Return Master Account, L.P. AQR Principal Global Asset Allocation, LLC is the general partner of AQR Absolute Return Master Account, L.P. The address of the principal business office of each of the reporting persons is Two Greenwich Plaza Greenwich, CT 06830

  

(6)According to a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on October 10, 2018 by MMCAP International Inc. SPC and MM Asset Management Inc, a Cayman Islands exempted company with the address of the principal place of business being George Town Financial Centre, 90 Fort Street, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands and a Canadian company with the address of the principal place of business being 66 Wellington Street West, Suite 2707 Toronto, Ontario M5K 1H6 Canada, respectfully.

  

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

 

In May 2018, we issued an aggregate of 5,750,000 founder shares to our sponsor for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000 in cash, or approximately $0.004 per share. Prior to the initial investment in the Company of $25,000 by our sponsor, the Company had no assets, tangible or intangible. The number of founder shares issued was determined based on the expectation that such founder shares would represent 20% of the outstanding shares upon completion of our initial public offering (not including the placement shares underlying the placement units purchased separately by our sponsor and Cantor and its designees in the private placement). On October 25, 2018, the underwriters in the Company’s initial public offering elected to exercise a portion of the over-allotment option for 2,000,000 additional units. As a result of such partial exercise, our sponsor forfeited 250,000 founder shares. The founder shares may not, subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold by the holder.

 

In October 2018, our sponsor and Cantor and its designees purchased an aggregate of 640,000 placement units at a price of $10.00 per placement unit, for an aggregate purchase price of $6,400,000, of which our sponsor purchased 530,000 placement units and Cantor and its designees purchased 110,000 placement units, in a private placement that occurred simultaneously with the closing of the Company’s initial public offering and the over-allotment. There are no redemption rights or liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to the founder shares, placement shares or placement warrants, which will expire worthless if we do not consummate a business combination within the allotted 18 month period.

 

Commencing on October 4, 2018, we pay First In Line Enterprises, Inc., an affiliate of our sponsor, a total of $15,000 per month for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support. Upon completion of our initial business combination or our liquidation, we will cease paying these monthly fees.

 

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Other than the foregoing, no compensation of any kind, including any finder’s fee, reimbursement, consulting fee or monies in respect of any payment of a loan, will be paid by us to our sponsor, officers and directors, or any affiliate of our sponsor or officers, prior to, or in connection with any services rendered in order to effectuate, the consummation of an initial business combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is). However, these individuals will be reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with activities on our behalf such as identifying potential target businesses and performing due diligence on suitable business combinations. Our audit committee will review on a quarterly basis all payments that were made to our sponsor, officers, directors or our or their affiliates and will determine which expenses and the amount of expenses that will be reimbursed. There is no cap or ceiling on the reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such persons in connection with activities on our behalf.

 

Prior to the closing of our initial public offering, our sponsor agreed to loan us up to $300,000 to be used for a portion of the expenses of our initial public offering. These loans were non-interest bearing, unsecured and were due at the earlier of December 31, 2018 or the closing of our initial public offering. The loan was fully repaid on October 10, 2018.

 

In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination, our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. If we complete an initial business combination, we would repay such loaned amounts. In the event that the initial business combination does not close, we may use a portion of the working capital held outside the trust account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from our trust account would be used for such repayment. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into units, at a price of $10.00 per unit at the option of the lender. The units would be identical to the placement units. The terms of such loans by our officers and directors, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. We do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor as we do not believe third parties will be willing to loan such funds and provide a waiver against any and all rights to seek access to funds in our trust account.

 

After our initial business combination, members of our management team who remain with us may be paid consulting, management or other fees from the combined company with any and all amounts being fully disclosed to our stockholders, to the extent then known, in the tender offer or proxy solicitation materials, as applicable, furnished to our stockholders. It is unlikely the amount of such compensation will be known at the time of distribution of such tender offer materials or at the time of a stockholder meeting held to consider our initial business combination, as applicable, as it will be up to the directors of the post-combination business to determine executive and director compensation.

 

The holders of the founder shares, placement units, and units that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans (and in each case holders of their component securities, as applicable) will have registration rights to require us to register a sale of any of our securities held by them pursuant to a registration rights agreement signed on October 4, 2018. These holders will be entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form registration demands, that we register such securities for sale under the Securities Act. In addition, these holders will have “piggy-back” registration rights to include their securities in other registration statements filed by us.

 

All ongoing and future transactions between us and any of our officers and directors or their respective affiliates will be on terms believed by us to be no less favorable to us than are available from unaffiliated third parties. Such transactions, including the payment of any compensation, will require prior approval by a majority of our uninterested “independent” directors (to the extent we have any) or the members of our board who do not have an interest in the transaction, in either case who had access, at our expense, to our attorneys or independent legal counsel. We will not enter into any such transaction unless our disinterested “independent” directors (or, if there are no “independent” directors, our disinterested directors) determine that the terms of such transaction are no less favorable to us than those that would be available to us with respect to such a transaction from unaffiliated third parties.

 

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PROPOSALS TO BE CONSIDERED BY STOCKHOLDERS

PROPOSAL ONE — ELECTION OF ONE CLASS I DIRECTOR

 

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides for a Board of Directors classified into three classes as nearly equal in number as possible, whose terms of office expire in successive years. Our Board of Directors now consists of 5 directors as set forth above in the section entitled “Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance — Directors and Officers”.

 

Clark N. Callander is nominated for election at this Annual Meeting of stockholders, as Class I director, to hold office until the annual meeting of stockholders in 2022, or until his successor is chosen and qualified.

 

Unless you indicate otherwise, shares represented by executed proxies in the form enclosed will be voted for the election as directors of the nominee unless he shall be unavailable, in which case such shares will be voted for a substitute nominee designated by the Board of Directors. We have no reason to believe that the nominee will be unavailable or, if elected, will decline to serve.

 

Nominee Biographies

 

For a biography of the Class I nominee, please see the section entitled “Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance — Directors and Officers”.

 

Required Vote

 

The director is elected by a plurality of the votes cast. The nominee receiving the highest number of affirmative votes shall be elected as a Director. You may withhold votes from the nominee. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on this proposal, assuming that a quorum is present.

 

Recommendation

 

Our Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” the election to the Board of Directors of the abovementioned nominee.

 

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PROPOSAL TWO — RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT
REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

We are asking the stockholders to ratify the audit committee’s selection of Withum as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019. The audit committee is directly responsible for appointing the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. The audit committee is not bound by the outcome of this vote. However, if the stockholders do not ratify the selection of Withum as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019, our audit committee may reconsider the selection of Withum as our independent registered public accounting firm.

 

Withum has audited our financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018. A representative of Withum is expected to be present at the Annual Meeting. The representative will have an opportunity to make a statement if he desires to do so and will be available to answer appropriate questions from stockholders. The following is a summary of fees paid or to be paid to Withum for services rendered.4

 

Audit Fees.    Audit fees consist of fees for professional services rendered for the audit of our year-end financial statements and services that are normally provided by Withum in connection with regulatory filings.  The aggregate fees billed by Withum for professional services rendered for the audit of our annual financial statements, review of the financial information included in our Forms 10-Q for the respective periods and other required filings with the SEC for the period from May 21, 2018 (inception) through December 31, 2018 totaled $43,000. The above amounts include interim procedures and audit fees, as well as attendance at audit committee meetings.

 

Audit-Related Fees.   Audit-related fees consist of fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to performance of the audit or review of our financial statements and are not reported under “Audit Fees.” These services include attest services that are not required by statute or regulation and consultations concerning financial accounting and reporting standards. During the period from May 21, 2018 (date of inception) to December 31, 2018, we did not pay Withum any audit-related fees.

 

Tax Fees.   We did not pay Withum for tax return services, planning and tax advice for the period from May 21, 2018 (date of inception) to December 31, 2018

 

All Other Fees.   We did not pay Withum for any other services for the period from May 21, 2018 (date of inception) to December 31, 2018.

 

Our audit committee has determined that the services provided by Withum are compatible with maintaining the independence of Withum as our independent registered public accounting firm.

 

Pre-Approval Policy

 

Our audit committee was formed upon the consummation of our initial public offering. As a result, the audit committee did not pre-approve all of the foregoing services, although any services rendered prior to the formation of our audit committee were approved by our Board of Directors. Since the formation of our audit committee, and on a going-forward basis, the audit committee has and will pre-approve all auditing services and permitted non-audit services to be performed for us by our auditors, including the fees and terms thereof (subject to the de minimis exceptions for non-audit services described in the Exchange Act which are approved by the audit committee prior to the completion of the audit)

 

Vote Required

 

The ratification of the appointment of Withum requires the vote of a majority of the votes cast by stockholders present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote on the matter at the Annual Meeting.

 

Recommendation

 

Our Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” the ratification of the selection by the audit committee of WithumSmith+Brown, P.C. as our independent registered public accounting firm.

 

 

 

4 Withum to review this proposal

 

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OTHER MATTERS

 

Submission of Stockholder Proposals for the 2020 Annual Meeting

 

We anticipate that the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders will be held no later than December 31, 2020. For any proposal to be considered for inclusion in our proxy statement and form of proxy for submission to the stockholders at our 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, it must be submitted in writing and comply with the requirements of Rule 14a-8 of the Exchange Act. Such proposals must be received by the Company at its offices at 7660 Fay Avenue, Suite H, Unit 339, La Jolla, California 92037 no later than August 5, 2020.

 

In addition, our bylaws provide notice procedures for stockholders to nominate a person as a director and to propose business to be considered by stockholders at a meeting. Notice of a nomination or proposal must be delivered to us not less than 90 days and not more than 120 days prior to the date for the preceding year’s annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that in the event that the annual meeting is called for a date that is more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so received not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day before the meeting and not later than the later of  (x) the close of business on the 90th day before the meeting or (y) the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of the annual meeting is first made by us. Accordingly, for our 2020 Annual Meeting, assuming the meeting is held on or about December 19, 2020, notice of a nomination or proposal must be delivered to us no later than September 20, 2020 and no earlier than August 21, 2020. Nominations and proposals also must satisfy other requirements set forth in the bylaws. The Chief Executive Officer may refuse to acknowledge the introduction of any stockholder proposal not made in compliance with the foregoing procedures.

 

Householding Information

 

Unless we have received contrary instructions, we may send a single copy of this proxy statement to any household at which two or more stockholders reside if we believe the stockholders are members of the same family. This process, known as “householding,” reduces the volume of duplicate information received at any one household and helps to reduce our expenses. However, if stockholders prefer to receive multiple sets of our disclosure documents at the same address this year or in future years, the stockholders should follow the instructions described below. Similarly, if an address is shared with another stockholder and together both of the stockholders would like to receive only a single set of our disclosure documents, the stockholders should follow these instructions:

 

If the shares are registered in the name of the stockholder, the stockholder should contact us at our offices at c/o Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, 1345 Avenue of the Americas, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10105, to inform us of his or her request; or

  

If a bank, broker or other nominee holds the shares, the stockholder should contact the bank, broker or other nominee directly.

  

Where You Can Find More Information

 

We file annual and quarterly reports and other reports and information with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We distribute to our stockholders annual reports containing financial statements audited by our independent registered public accounting firm and, upon request, quarterly reports for the first three quarters of each fiscal year containing unaudited financial information. In addition, the reports and other information are filed through Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (known as “EDGAR”) system and are publicly available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website, located at http://www.sec.gov. We will provide without charge to you, upon written or oral request, a copy of the reports and other information filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Any requests for copies of information, reports or other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission should be directed to ChaSerg Technology Acquisition Corp., 7660 Fay Avenue, Suite H, Unit 339, La Jolla, CA 92037, Attn: Chief Executive Officer.

 

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CHASERG TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION CORP.
7660 Fay Avenue, Suite H, Unit 339
La Jolla, California 92037

December 19, 2019

 

THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
CHASERG TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION CORP.

 

The undersigned hereby appoints Lloyd Carney and Eric Benhamou, and each of them, proxies and attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution and revocation, and hereby authorizes each to represent and vote, as designated below, all the shares of common stock of ChaSerg Technology Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) held of record by the undersigned at the close of business on November 15, 2019 at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held at the offices of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, located at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, 11th Floor, New York, New York on December 19, 2019, at 10:00 a.m., local time, or any adjournment or postponement thereof  (the “Meeting”) and authorizes and instructs said proxies to vote in the manner directed below.

 

THIS PROXY, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED BY THE UNDERSIGNED STOCKHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR” THE DIRECTOR NOMINEE AND “FOR” PROPOSAL TWO. IN THEIR DISCRETION, THE PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE UPON SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENTS OF THE MEETING.

(Continued, and to be marked, dated and signed, on the other side)

 

CHASERG TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION CORP.
This Proxy Statement and the 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K are available at:
https://chasergtechnology.com/investors-relations/

 

 

 

 

CHASERG TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION CORP.

 

Vote Your Proxy by mail:   Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope provided.

 

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PROXY

 

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE ELECTION OF THE DIRECTOR NOMINEE AND “FOR” PROPOSAL TWO.

 

1 To elect one Class I Director to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors until the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders or until his successor is elected and qualified.

 

Election of a Class I Director: Clark N. Callander

 

  For   ☐   Withhold ☐      

 

2 Ratification of the selection by the audit committee of WithumSmith+Brown, PC to serve as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2019.

 

  For   ☐   Against   ☐   Abstain   ☐  

 

PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.

 

COMPANY ID:

PROXY NUMBER:

ACCOUNT NUMBER: 

 

  Signature   Signature   Date            , 2019  

 

Note: Please sign exactly as your name or names appear on this Proxy. When shares are held jointly, each holder should sign. When signing as executor, administrator, attorney, trustee or guardian, please give full title as such. If the signer is a corporation, please sign in full corporate name by duly authorized officer, giving full title as such. If a partnership, please sign in partnership name by authorized person.