03/02/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/02/2026 16:01
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On February 26, 2026, Keen Vision Acquisition Corporation, a British Virgin Islands business company limited by shares ("Parent"), entered into a binding letter of intent ("LOI") with Medera Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company ("Company"), and Novoheart Group Limited, a British Virgin Islands company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company ("NVH"). The LOI replaces the prior Merger Agreement dated September 3, 2024, which was terminated concurrently with execution of the LOI pursuant to a mutual release agreement entered into by the parties.
Under the LOI, Parent and NVH have agreed to use their best efforts to negotiate and execute a replacement merger agreement ("Replacement Merger Agreement") no later than April 10, 2026. The Replacement Merger Agreement will be based on the terms and conditions of the prior Merger Agreement, modified as necessary to reflect the parties' current agreements set forth in the LOI. The contemplated transaction involves a merger of NVH, which is principally engaged in pre-clinical human disease modeling, drug discovery, and related technologies, with and into Parent, with Parent as the surviving company and listed on Nasdaq. The final acquisition structure and jurisdiction of the combined company will be determined following due diligence and will be optimized for tax outcomes for existing equity holders of Parent and NVH.
The LOI sets NVH's enterprise valuation at US$100,000,000. The Replacement Merger Agreement will provide that, at closing, the surviving company must have available cash, after payment of transaction expenses and net of any indebtedness of, or guaranteed by, NVH ("NVH Liabilities"), of not less than US$10,000,000. Available liquidity will include funds from Parent's trust account (after all redemptions), proceeds from any private investment in public equity ("PIPE") fundraising, and NVH's balance sheet cash. Cash expenses to be paid at closing are capped at US$700,000 for Parent and US$1,300,000 for NVH.
Any PIPE fundraising must be completed within nine months of signing the LOI. The aggregate principal amount of all promissory notes issued or to be issued to KVC Sponsor LLC, Parent's IPO sponsor, is subject to a mutually agreed maximum cap, as will be detailed in the Replacement Merger Agreement. Except for the PIPE closing requirement, conditions for closing will be substantially consistent with those in the prior Merger Agreement. The Replacement Merger Agreement will terminate if its closing conditions are not satisfied within nine months from the signing of the LOI.
Following execution of the LOI, Parent and NVH are obligated to use their best efforts, subject to applicable fiduciary duties, to seek approval from their respective boards of directors and shareholders for the transactions contemplated, including the NVH business combination with Parent. The LOI will terminate and be of no further force or effect upon the earliest of (a) execution of the Replacement Merger Agreement, (b) mutual written agreement of the parties, or (c) if the Replacement Merger Agreement is not executed by Parent and NVH on or before April 10, 2026.
In connection with the execution of the LOI, the parties also executed a standard termination and mutual release agreement relating to the current Merger Agreement between the Parent and Company.
Copies of the LOI and the termination and mutual release agreement attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 and are incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing summary of the LOI and the termination and mutual release agreement is not intended to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the LOI and the termination and mutual release agreement, which is incorporated herein by reference.