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Data Knights Acquisition Corp Announces Calling
of Special Meeting of Stockholders
Minneapolis, MN and London,
UK - July 31, 2023 - Data Knights Acquisition Corp. ("Data Knights") (Nasdaq: DKDCA), a publicly traded
special purpose acquisition company, today announced that it will be calling a special meeting of its stockholders to be held on
August 11, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. ET via live webcast at https://www.cstproxy.com/dataknights/ext2023 (the "Special Meeting").
The Company has filed a preliminary proxy describing the extension and will mail a definitive proxy to the stockholders containing all
the necessary information in connection with the Special Meeting. Stockholders are not being asked for their vote at this time. The purpose
of the Special Meeting is to consider and vote upon:
| a proposal to amend the Company's Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended by the First Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, to extend the date by which the Company must (i) consummate a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination involving the Company and one or more businesses, which we refer to as a "business combination," (ii) cease its operations if it fails to complete such business combination, and (iii) redeem or repurchase 100% of the Company's Class A common stock included as part of the units sold in the Company's initial public offering that closed on May 11, 2021, which we refer to as the "IPO," from August 11, 2023 (the " Termination Date ") to May 11, 2024 in a series of up to nine (9) one-month extensions, unless the closing of the Company's initial business combination shall have occurred, which we refer to as the " Extension ," and such later date, the " Extended Date ," provided that (i) Data Knights, LLC, the Company's sponsor (the " Sponsor ") (or its affiliates or permitted designees), will deposit into the Trust Account the lesser of (x) $75,000 or (y) $0.045 per share for each Public Share outstanding as of the applicable Deadline Date for each such one-month extension (the " Extension Payment ") and (ii) the procedures relating to any such extension, as set forth in the Trust Agreement, shall have been complied with (the " Extension Amendment Proposal "); | |
| a proposal to amend the Company's Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated as of May 11, 2021 and as amended as of November 11, 2022 by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the " Trustee "), allowing the Company to extend the Termination Date in a series of up to nine (9) one-month extensions until May 11, 2024 (the " Trust Amendment Proposal "); and | |
| a proposal to approve the adjournment of the Special Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies in the event that there are insufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal, (the " Adjournment Proposal "). The Adjournment Proposal will only be presented at the Special Meeting if there are not sufficient votes to approve the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal. |
The purpose of the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Trust Amendment
Proposal and, if necessary, the Adjournment Proposal, is to allow us additional time and a lower incremental and aggregate cost for each
Extension to complete the proposed transaction contemplated by that certain Business Combination Agreement (the "Business
Combination Agreement"), dated April 25, 2022, by and among the Company, Data Knights Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation
and wholly owned subsidiary of Data Knights, OneMedNet Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("OMN"), Data Knights,
LLC, in its capacity as Purchaser Representative (the "Sponsor"), and Paul Casey, in his capacity as Seller
Representative. For more information about the Business Combination, see our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on April 25, 2022.
While the Company is using its best efforts to
complete the Business Combination as soon as practicable, its board of directors (the "Board") believes that
there will not be sufficient time before the Termination Date to complete the Business Combination without incurring significant cost
to extension of the Termination Date under the current terms of the charter. Accordingly, the Board believes that in order to be able
to consummate the Business Combination, the Company will need to obtain the Extension. Without the Extension, the Board believes that
there is significant risk that the Company might not, despite best efforts, be able to complete the Business Combination on or before
the Termination Date. If that were to occur, the Company would be precluded from completing the Business Combination and would be forced
to liquidate even if its stockholders are otherwise in favor of consummating the Business Combination.
If the Extension is approved and implemented,
subject to satisfaction of the conditions to closing in the Business Combination Agreement (including, without limitation, receipt of
stockholder approval of Business Combination), the Company intends to complete the Business Combination as soon as possible and in any
event on or before the Extended Date.
In connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal,
public stockholders may elect to redeem their public shares for a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then
on deposit in the trust account (the "Trust Account"), including interest (which interest shall be net of taxes payable),
divided by the number of then outstanding shares of Class A common stock issued in the Company's IPO, which shares are referred
to as the "public shares," and which election is referred to as the "Election," regardless of whether such public
stockholders vote on the Extension Amendment Proposal. The Company cannot predict the amount that will remain in the Trust Account if
the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and the amount remaining in the Trust Account may be only a small fraction of the approximately
$30,334,715.68 that was in the Trust Account as of July 27, 2023, the record date.
On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act
of 2022 (the "IR Act") was signed into federal law. The IR Act provides for, among other things, a new U.S. federal 1% excise
tax (the "Excise Tax") on certain repurchases of stock by publicly traded U.S. domestic corporations and certain U.S. domestic
subsidiaries of publicly traded foreign corporations occurring on or after January 1, 2023. Any redemption of the shares of the common
stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company on or after January 1, 2023, such as the redemptions discussed herein, may be subject
to the Excise Tax. The Company confirms that amounts placed in the Trust Account in connection with the Company's IPO and any Extension
Payments, as well as any interest earned thereon, will not be used to pay for the Excise Tax.
If the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved
by the requisite vote of stockholders, the remaining holders of public shares will retain their right to redeem their public shares when
the Business Combination is submitted to the stockholders, subject to any limitations set forth in the Company's charter as amended
by the Extension Amendment. In addition, public stockholders who do not make the Election would be entitled to have their public shares
redeemed for cash if the Company has not completed a business combination by the Extended Date.
The Sponsor owns 2,830,000 Founder Shares (as
defined below) that were issued to the Sponsor prior to the Company's IPO, and 585,275 private placement units (the "Private
Placement Units,") that were purchased by the Sponsor in a private placement the closed simultaneously with the closing of the IPO.
In addition, the Company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer each own 15,000 Founder Shares,
and the three independent directors each owns 5,000 Founder Shares. In addition, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
are deemed to be beneficial owners of shares held by the Sponsor. As used herein, "Founder Shares" refers to all issued and
outstanding shares of Class B common stock. In the event of a liquidation, the Sponsor and officers and directors will not receive any
monies held in the Trust Account as a result of their ownership of the Founder Shares or the Private Placement Units.
To exercise your redemption rights, you must
demand that the Company redeem your public shares for a pro rata portion of the funds held in the Trust Account, and tender your shares
to the Company's transfer agent at least two business days prior to the Special Meeting (or August 11, 2023). You may tender
your shares by either delivering your share certificate to the transfer agent or by delivering your shares electronically using the Depository
Trust Company's DWAC (Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian) system. If you hold your shares in street name, you will need to instruct
your bank, broker or other nominee to withdraw the shares from your account in order to exercise your redemption rights.
Based upon the current amount in the Trust Account,
the Company anticipates that the per-share price at which public shares will be redeemed from cash held in the Trust Account will be approximately
$10.88 at the time of the Special Meeting (the "Redemption Price"). The closing price of the Company's Class A common
stock on July 30, 2023, was $11.05. The Company cannot assure stockholders that they will be able to sell the shares of the Company's
Class A common stock in the open market, even if the market price per share is higher than the Redemption Price, as there may not be sufficient
liquidity in its securities when such stockholders wish to sell their shares.
Approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal and
the Trust Amendment Proposal is a condition to the implementation of the Extension.
If the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Trust
Amendment Proposal are not approved and the Company is unable consummate the Business Combination by August 11, 2023, in accordance with
the Company's charter, it will incur significant cost to extend the Termination Date under the current terms of the charter or otherwise
(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 subject to lawfully available funds therefor, redeem 100% of the shares of Class A common stock in consideration of a
per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account,
including interest (net of taxes payable, less up to $100,000 of such net interest to pay dissolution expenses), by (B) the total number
of then outstanding shares of Class A common stock, which redemption will completely extinguish rights of public stockholders (including
the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible
following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining stockholders and the Board in accordance with applicable law, dissolve
and liquidate, subject in each case to the Company's obligations under the DGCL to provide for claims of creditors and other requirements
There will be no distribution from the Trust Account
with respect to the Company's warrants, which will expire worthless in the event of winding up. In the event of a liquidation, the
Sponsor will not receive any monies held in the Trust Account as a result of its ownership of 2,830,000 Founder Shares that were issued
to the Sponsor, plus the shares held by the officers and directors issued prior to the Company's IPO and the 585,275 Private Placement
Units that were purchased by the Sponsor in a private placement which occurred simultaneously with the completion of the IPO. As a consequence,
a liquidating distribution will be made only with respect to the public shares. Certain of the Company's executive officers have
beneficial interests in the Sponsor.
The Company reserves the right at any time to
cancel the Special Meeting and not to submit to its stockholders the Extension Amendment Proposal or the Trust Amendment Proposal or implement
the Extension Amendment or Trust Amendment. In the event the Special Meeting is cancelled, the Company will dissolve and liquidate in
accordance with the charter.
In the event of liquidation, the Sponsor has agreed to indemnify the
Company to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or any claims by a prospective
target business with which the Company has discussed entering into an acquisition agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account
to below (i) $10.10 per public share or (ii) such lesser amount per public share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation
of the Trust Account due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, in each case net of the interest which may be withdrawn to pay
taxes, except as to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the Company's Trust