UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549

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

~~SECURITIES~~Date ~~EXCHANGE~~of ~~ACT~~Report OF(Date ~~1934~~of earliest event reported): June 14, 2023

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 8, 2023

MALACCA STRAITS ACQUISITION COMPANY LIMITED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Cayman Islands		001-39383		N/A
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

Unit 601-2

St. George’s Building

2 Ice House Street Central, Hong Kong

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: +852 21060888

Not Applicable (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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

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

Title of Each Class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Units, each consisting of one Class A Ordinary Share and one-half of one Redeemable Warrant	MLACU	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share	MLAC	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A Ordinary Share for $11.50 per share	MLACW	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

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

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Item 15.~~01.~~02 ~~Entry~~Departure ~~into~~of aDirectors ~~Material~~or ~~Definitive~~Certain ~~Agreement~~Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

~~As previously disclosed, Malacca~~On ~~Straits~~June ~~Acquisition Company Limited~~14, ~~a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Malacca”)~~2023, ~~entered~~the ~~into~~Board ~~that certain Agreement and Plan~~ of ~~Merger~~Directors (the “~~Merger Agreement~~Board”), ~~dated as~~ of ~~September 26, 2022, with Indiev, Inc, a California corporation (“INDI”),~~ Malacca ~~Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Malacca (“Merger Sub”), Malacca~~ Straits ~~Management~~Acquisition Company Limited, a ~~British~~Cayman ~~Virgin~~ Islands ~~company~~exempted ~~with~~company ~~limited liability, in its capacity as the purchaser representative~~ (the “~~Sponsor~~Company”), ~~and~~appointed ~~Mr.~~Ivan ~~Hai~~Wong ~~Shi~~to ~~(“Mr. Shi”),~~serve inas ~~his~~an ~~capacity~~additional asmember of the ~~seller representative~~Board.

OnMr. Ka ~~June~~Lok 8(Ivan) Wong, ~~2023~~age 46, ~~pursuant to~~has ~~Section~~been ~~7.1(~~a) director of Nocturne Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition corporation, since January 2022. He has also been the ~~Merger~~Managing ~~Agreement~~Director of Wyndham Capital, ~~Malacca~~which manages a portfolio of investments including special situation, private ~~INDI~~equity, ~~Merger~~and ~~Sub~~structured finance investments, ~~the~~as ~~Sponsor~~well as property investments in Asia, Europe and North America. Mr. ~~Shi~~Wong ~~entered~~is ~~into~~responsible for aalternative ~~Termination~~investments globally and ~~Release~~across ~~Agreement (the~~all ~~“Termination~~asset ~~Agreement”)~~classes. toFrom ~~terminate~~June ~~the~~2011 ~~Merger~~to ~~Agreement~~May ~~(the~~2013, ~~“Termination”)~~Mr. ~~The~~Wong ~~Termination Agreement~~served ~~also~~as ~~automatically~~an ~~terminates~~investment ~~ancillary~~professional with ~~documents~~ICBC (International Holdings Limited, the ~~“Ancillary~~principal ~~Documents”~~investment arm of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), ~~including~~in ~~the~~Hong ~~Voting~~Kong. From ~~Agreement~~November 2007 to June 2011, ~~Lock-Up~~ ~~Agreements~~Mr. Wong served as an investment manager for Argyle Street Management Limited, ~~the~~an ~~Non~~Asia-~~Solicitation~~based ~~and~~hedge ~~Non-Competition~~fund. Mr. ~~Agreement~~Wong ~~and~~is a member of the ~~Registration~~American ~~Rights~~Institute ~~Agreement~~of Certified Public Accountants. ~~Additionally,~~Mr. ~~the~~Wong ~~Termination Agreement~~received ~~provides~~a ~~for~~B.B.A. with a ~~mutual~~concentration ~~release~~in Financial Engineering from the Chinese University of ~~claims~~Hong ~~among~~Kong. Mr. Wong is well-qualified to serve on the ~~parties~~Board due to his expertise in corporate finance and ~~their~~management ~~affiliates~~and his extensive experience in investment.

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~~Item~~As 1previously disclosed, the Company determined that, effective June 16, 2023, it would (a) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (b) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to the Company (less taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then public shares in issue, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any); and (c) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining shareholders and the directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in the case of (b) and (c) above 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.02 Mr. ~~Termination~~Wong, as the sole remaining director of ~~Material~~the ~~Definitive~~Company, ~~Agreement~~will make decisions relating to the matters described above.

~~The information set forth in Item~~ 1~~.01 above is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 1.02.~~

~~Item 8.01. Other Events.~~SIGNATURE

InPursuant ~~view~~to of the ~~termination~~ requirements of the ~~Merger~~Securities ~~Agreement with~~Exchange ~~INDI~~Act ~~and certain other parties, Malacca determined that, effective June 16, 2023, Malacca would (a) cease all operations except for the purpose~~ of ~~winding up; (b) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter~~1934, ~~redeem~~ the ~~public~~registrant ~~shares, at~~has aduly ~~per-share~~caused ~~price,~~this ~~payable~~report ~~in cash, equal~~ to ~~the~~be ~~aggregate~~signed ~~amount then~~ on ~~deposit~~its inbehalf the trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to Malacca (less taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the ~~number~~undersigned ~~of then public shares in issue, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’~~hereunto ~~rights~~duly as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any); and (c) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of Malacca’s remaining shareholders and the directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in the case of (b) and (c) above to its obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and in all cases subject to the other requirements of applicable lawauthorized.

After satisfying its liabilities for expenses and working capital loans, Malacca expects to redeem all of its outstanding Class A ordinary shares for an estimated redemption price of approximately $10.53 per share (the “Redemption Amount”) after the payment of taxes and dissolution expenses. On or about the close of business on June 16, 2023, the Class A ordinary shares will be deemed canceled and will represent only the right to receive the Redemption Amount. The Redemption Amount will be payable to the holders of Class A ordinary shares through the facilities of Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, Malacca’s transfer agent.

	MALACCA STRAITS ACQUISITION COMPANY LIMITED
Dated: June 16, 2023
	By:	/s/ Ka Lok (Ivan) Wong
		Name:	Ka Lok (Ivan) Wong
		Title:	Director

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Malacca expects that The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC will file a Form 25 with the SEC to delist its securities and to terminate the registration of its securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Malacca thereafter expects to file a Form 15 to terminate its reporting obligations.

On June 13, 2023, Malacca issued a press release announcing the termination of the Merger Agreement and its intent to liquidate on June 16, 2023. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

The following exhibits are being filed herewith:

Exhibit No.		Description
10.1		Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 26, 2022, by and among Malacca Straits Acquisition Company Limited, Indiev, Inc, MLAC Merger Sub, Inc., Malacca Straits Management Company Limited, in the capacity as the Purchaser Representative thereunder, and Mr. Hai Shi, in the capacity as the Seller Representative thereunder.
99.1		Press Release, dated June 13, 2023.
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURE

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

	MALACCA STRAITS ACQUISITION COMPANY LIMITED
	By:	/s/ Gordon Lo
		Name:	Gordon Lo
		Title:	Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
Dated: June 13, 2023

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