The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS
$450,000,000
Altimeter Growth Corp.
45,000,000 Units
Altimeter Growth Corp. is a blank-check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company, which was incorporated to consummate a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. In this prospectus, we refer to such business combination as our initial business combination. We have not selected any business combination target and we have not – nor has anyone on our behalf – initiated any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any business combination target. In identifying and acquiring a business combination target, we will not be limited to any particular industry or geographic region.
This is an initial public offering of our securities. Each unit (a) has a $10.00 offering price and (b) consists of one Class A ordinary share and one-fifth of one redeemable warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the warrant holder to buy one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to the adjustments, terms, and limitations as described in this prospectus. The underwriters have a 45-day option from this prospectus date to buy up to 5,000,000 additional units to cover over-allotments, if any.
Our public shareholders may redeem all or a portion of their Class A ordinary shares upon our initial business combination’s completion, subject to the limitations, terms, and conditions as described in this prospectus. If we have not consummated an initial business combination within 24 months from this offering’s closing (or within 27 months of this offering’s closing if we have executed a letter of intent, agreement in principle, or definitive agreement for our initial business combination within that 24-month time period, but we have not completed our initial business combination within such 24-month time period), then we will redeem 100% of the public shares for cash, subject to applicable law and certain conditions as described in this prospectus.
Our sponsor, Altimeter Growth Holdings (an affiliate of Altimeter Capital Management, LP), has agreed to buy 11,000,000 warrants (or 12,000,000 warrants if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), each exercisable to purchase one Class A ordinary share at $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment, at a price of $1.00 per warrant, in a private placement that will close concurrently with this offering’s closing.
Altimeter Partners Fund, L.P. (“Altimeter Partners”) is a Delaware limited partnership, and is affiliated both with our sponsor and with Altimeter Capital Management, LP, and will enter into a forward purchase agreement with us before this offering’s closing. Under the Altimeter Partners forward purchase agreement, (a) Altimeter Partners has committed to buy from us – and we have the right to sell and issue to Altimeter Partners – up to 17,500,000 forward purchase units in a private placement that would close substantially concurrently with our initial business combination’s closing; (b) each such forward purchase unit that we elect to sell to Altimeter Partners (i) will have a $10.00 purchase price and (ii) will consist of (A) one Class A ordinary share, or one forward purchase share, and (B) one-fifth of one warrant, or one-fifth of a forward purchase warrant; and (c) the maximum total Altimeter Partners purchase price for all forward purchase units that we may sell and issue under our Altimeter Partners forward purchase agreement is $175,00,000.
Additionally, JS Capital LLC (“JS Capital”) will enter into a forward purchase agreement with us before this offering’s closing. Under the JS Capital forward purchase agreement, (a) JS Capital has committed to buy from us – and we have the right to sell and issue to JS Capital – up to 2,500,000 forward purchase units in a private placement that would close substantially concurrently with our initial business combination’s closing; (b) each such forward purchase unit that we elect to sell to JS Capital (i) will have a $10.00 purchase price and (ii) will consist of (A) one Class A ordinary share, or one forward purchase share, and (B) one-fifth of one warrant, or one-fifth of a forward purchase warrant; and (c) the maximum total JS Capital purchase price for all forward purchase units that we may sell and issue under our JS Capital forward purchase agreement is $25,000,000.
Accordingly, the forward purchase investors have collectively committed to buy from us a maximum of 20,000,000 forward purchase units in private placement transactions that would close substantially concurrently with our initial business combination’s closing. Subject to that collective maximum-amount limitation, we will determine in our sole discretion the specific number of forward purchase units that we sell to the forward purchase investors, if any. However, if we determine to sell fewer forward purchase units than that collective maximum-amount limitation, then we will allocate the forward purchase units that we are selling to the forward purchase investors on a pro-rata basis according to their relative individual maximum forward purchase commitment amounts measured as a percentage of the collective maximum forward purchase commitment amount under both forward purchase agreements; provided that our forward purchase agreement with Altimeter Partners provides that Altimeter Partners may decline to purchase some or all of the forward purchase units if our sponsor and our sponsor's affiliates collectively own 25% or more of our outstanding shares when we initiate the private placement sale of forward purchase units.
Our initial shareholders currently own 12,500,000 Class B ordinary shares, up to 1,250,000 of which are subject to forfeiture depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised. The Class B ordinary shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares upon our initial business combination or earlier at the option of the holders thereof as described in this prospectus. Before our initial business combination, only holders of our Class B ordinary shares will be entitled to vote to appoint directors. On any other matter submitted to a vote of our shareholders, holders of the Class B ordinary shares and holders of the Class A ordinary shares will vote together as a single class, except that in a vote to continue the Company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands, holders of Class B ordinary shares will have ten votes per share and holders of Class A ordinary shares will have one vote per share, and except as required by law or the applicable rules of The Nasdaq Capital Market, or Nasdaq then in effect.
Currently, there is no public market for our securities. We have applied to have our units listed on Nasdaq under the symbol “AGCUU” We expect that the Class A ordinary shares and warrants comprising the units will begin separate trading on Nasdaq under the symbols “AGC” and “AGCWW,” respectively, on the 52nd day following this prospectus date, unless the underwriters permit earlier separate trading and we have satisfied certain conditions.
We are an “emerging growth company” under applicable federal securities laws and will be subject to reduced public company reporting requirements.
Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page
37 for a discussion of information that should be considered in connection with an investment in our securities. Investors will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investors in Rule 419 blank check offerings.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
Public offering price | | | $10.00 | | | $450,000,000 |
Underwriting discounts and commissions(1) | | | $0.55 | | | $24,750,000 |
Proceeds, before expenses, to us | | | $9.45 | | | $425,250,0000 |
(1)
| Includes $0.35 per unit, or $15,750,000 in the aggregate (or $17,500,000 in the aggregate if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), payable to the underwriters for deferred underwriting commissions to be placed in a trust account located in the United States as described in this prospectus and released to the underwriters only upon the closing of an initial business combination. See also “Underwriting” for a description of compensation and other items of value payable to the underwriters. |
Of the proceeds we receive from this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants described in this prospectus, $450,000,000, or $500,000,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full ($10.00 per unit in either case), will be deposited into a U.S.-based trust account with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee.
The underwriters are offering the units for sale on a firm commitment basis. The underwriters expect to deliver the units to the purchasers on or about , 2020.
Book-Running Managers
Citigroup | | | Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | | | Morgan Stanley |
The date of this prospectus is , 2020