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SPACSphere, Mobilewalla amend merger pact to expand combined board to 7 directors
SPACSphere Acquisition Corp.
- Amendment No. 1 to the May 29, 2026 Business Combination Agreement increases the combined company board from 5 to 7 directors effective at Closing.
- Mobilewalla designates Anindya Datta (Class III) and Boris M. Gutin as non-independent directors; Bala Padmakumar remains SPACSphere's designee.
- Four independent directors named: George Brody, John Garner and Stephen Markscheid; a fourth to be named before the S-4 is declared effective.
- All incumbent SPACSphere directors other than Bala Padmakumar must resign effective at Closing; Mobilewalla and its subsidiary boards must do the same.
- SPACSphere will domesticate from Cayman Islands to Delaware and be renamed Covariate, Inc.; Merger Sub will merge into Mobilewalla, which survives.