GigCapital5, Inc. Confirms Receipt of Sponsor Funds to Extend Period of Time to Consummate Business Combination and for Additional Working Capital

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Feb 27, 2023

GigCapital5, Inc. (“GigCapital5” or the “Company”) (NYSE: GIA.U; GIA; GIA.WS) announced that GigAcquisitions5, LLC (the “Sponsor”) has funded the trust account maintained with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “Trust Account”) with an additional $160,000 payment. In consideration for the deposit, the Company has amended and restated the existing unsecured interest free promissory note to include the additional loan amount, so the aggregate principal amount under such promissory note together with similar deposits made on September 26, 2022, October 26, 2022, November 28, 2022, December 27, 2022, and January 25, 2023 was increased to the total of $960,000. Such principal amount will be repaid in connection with the closing of GigCapital5’s initial business combination. As a result of the deposits into the Trust Account, the period of time that GigCapital5 has to consummate a business combination has been extended by a month to March 28, 2023.