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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form 8-K

 

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

October 31, 2022

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

Health Sciences Acquisitions Corporation 2

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Cayman Islands   001-39421   N/A
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

40 10th Avenue, Floor 7

New York, New York

  10014
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (646) 597-6980

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
   
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act
   
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
   
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act

 

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

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)  

Name of each exchange on

which registered

Ordinary Shares   HSAQ   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

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

 

Emerging growth company

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders

 

As previously disclosed on a Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 26, 2022, Health Sciences Acquisitions Corporation 2 (the “Company”) held an extraordinary general meeting of its shareholders at which the shareholders approved a special resolution (the “Extension Proposal”) to amend the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to: (a) extend from August 6, 2022 (the “Original Termination Date”) to November 6, 2022 (the “Extended Date”), the date by which, if the Company has not consummated a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganisation or similar business combination involving one or more businesses or entities, the Company must: (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the shares sold in the Company’s initial public offering; and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to its obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and in all cases subject to the other requirements of applicable law, and (b) allow the Company, without another shareholder vote, to elect to extend the date to consummate a business combination on a monthly basis for up to three times by an additional one month each time after the Extended Date, upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable deadlines, until February 6, 2023 or a total of up to six months after the Original Termination Date, unless the closing of the Company’s initial business combination shall have occurred.

 

On October 31, 2022, the Directors of the Company elected to extend the deadline until December 6, 2022.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: October 31, 2022

 

HEALTH SCIENCES ACQUISITIONS CORPORATION 2

 

By: /s/ Roderick Wong  
Name:  Roderick Wong, M.D.  
Title: Chief Executive Officer  

 

 

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