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 MARCH 2, 2021
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS
$400,000,000
Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp. III
40,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares
Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp. III is a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities, which we refer to 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. We will not be limited to a particular industry or geographic region in our identification and acquisition of a target company.
This is an initial public offering of our Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, which we refer to as our public shares, at an initial public offering price per share of $10.00. The underwriters have a 45-day option from the date of this prospectus to purchase up to 6,000,000 additional public shares to cover over-allotments, if any. Unlike other initial public offerings of special purpose acquisition companies, public investors in this offering will not receive any warrants (which would typically become exercisable following completion of our initial business combination).
We will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Class A ordinary shares upon the completion of our initial business combination, subject to the limitations as described herein. If we have not consummated an initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of this offering (or 27 months from the closing of this offering if we have executed a letter of intent, agreement in principle or definitive agreement for our initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of this offering but have not completed our initial business combination within such 24 month period), we will redeem 100% of the public shares for cash, subject to applicable law and certain conditions as described herein.
Our sponsor, Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Holdings III (an affiliate of Dragoneer Investment Group, LLC), has agreed to purchase 10,000,000 warrants (or 11,200,000 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 to occur concurrently with the closing of this offering.
Dragoneer Funding III LLC (“Dragoneer Funding III”), which has received commitments from one or more funds affiliated with Dragoneer Investment Group, LLC and is an affiliate of our sponsor, has entered into a forward purchase agreement with us that provides for the purchase of up to an aggregate of 5,000,000 forward purchase shares for $10.00 per share, or an aggregate purchase price of up to $50,000,000 in a private placement to close substantially concurrently with the closing of our initial business combination. We will determine in our sole discretion the specific number of forward purchase shares that we sell to Dragoneer Funding III, if any. The obligations under the forward purchase agreement do not depend on whether any Class A ordinary shares are redeemed by our public shareholders. The forward purchase shares will be identical to the Class A ordinary shares being sold in this offering, except that they will be subject to certain registration rights, as described herein.
Our initial shareholders currently own 11,500,000 Class B ordinary shares, up to 1,500,000 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 at the time of our initial business combination or earlier at the option of the holders thereof as described herein. Prior to our initial business combination, only holders of our Class B ordinary shares will be entitled to vote on the appointment of directors and to vote to continue the company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Island. 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 as required by law or the applicable rules of the Nasdaq Capital Market or the “Nasdaq,” then in effect.
Currently, there is no public market for our Class A ordinary shares. We intend to apply to have our public shares listed on Nasdaq under the symbol “DGNU” on or promptly after the date of this prospectus .
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 34 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.
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| | Per Share | | | Total | |
Public offering price | | $ | 10.00 | | | $ | 400,000,000 | |
Underwriting discounts and commissions(1) | | $ | 0.55 | | | $ | 22,000,000 | |
Proceeds, before expenses, to us | | $ | 9.45 | | | $ | 378,000,000 | |
(1) | Includes $0.35 per public share, or $14,000,000 in the aggregate (or $16,100,000 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 herein and released to the underwriters only upon the consummation of an initial business combination. See also “Underwriting” for a description of compensation payable to the underwriters. |
Of the proceeds we receive from this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants described in this prospectus, $400,000,000, or $460,000,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full ($10.00 per public share 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 shares for sale on a firm commitment basis. The underwriters expect to deliver the shares to the purchasers on or about , 2021.
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Citigroup | | Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | | J.P. Morgan |
The date of this prospectus is , 2021