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This is an initial public offering of our securities. Each unit has an offering price of $10.00 and consists of one share of our Series A common stock and one-fifth of one redeemable warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of our Series A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment as described in this prospectus, and only whole warrants are exercisable. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the units and only whole warrants will trade. The warrants will become exercisable on the later of 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination and 12 months from the closing of this offering, and will expire five years after the completion of our initial business combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation, as described in this prospectus. Subject to the terms and conditions described in this prospectus, we may redeem the warrants once the warrants become exercisable. We have also granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 7,500,000 units to cover over-allotments, if any.
We will provide our public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their shares of our Series A common stock upon the completion of our initial business combination at a per-share price described in this prospectus, payable in cash, subject to the limitations described herein. If we have not completed our initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of this offering, or 27 months if an agreement in principle event has occurred, as such period may be extended, we will redeem 100% of the public shares at a per-share price described in this prospectus, payable in cash, subject to applicable law.
Our sponsor, Liberty Media Acquisition Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (which we refer to as our “sponsor” throughout this prospectus), is a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation, a Delaware corporation (which we refer to as “LMC” throughout this prospectus), and LMC has initially attributed its interest in our sponsor to the Formula One Group, a tracking stock group of LMC listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbols “FWONA” and “FWONK.” Our sponsor will commit to purchase an aggregate of 9,000,000 warrants (or 10,000,000 warrants if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) at a price of $1.50 per warrant ($13,500,000 in the aggregate, or $15,000,000 in the aggregate if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) in a private placement that will close simultaneously with the closing of this offering. Each private placement warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of our Series A common stock at $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment as described in this prospectus.
Our sponsor will enter into a forward purchase agreement to acquire forward purchase units for $250,000,000, in the aggregate, in connection with our initial business combination. Each forward purchase unit will consist of one share of Series B common stock, or a forward purchase share, and one-fifth of one warrant to purchase one share of Series A common stock, or a forward purchase warrant, at a purchase price of $10.00 per unit, and will be sold in a private placement that will close substantially concurrently with the consummation of our initial business combination. The terms of the forward purchase warrants will generally be identical to the terms of the redeemable warrants included in the units being issued in this offering. In addition, our sponsor will have the right, but is not required, to provide, or cause LMC or any of its wholly owned subsidiaries to provide, incremental funding to us in connection with our initial business combination by purchasing additional shares of Series B common stock at a purchase price of $10.00 per share, which shares would also be sold in a private placement substantially concurrently with the consummation of our initial business combination.
As of the date of this prospectus, our sponsor holds 14,375,000 shares of Series F common stock (which we refer to as our “founder shares” throughout this prospectus), up to 1,875,000 of which are subject to forfeiture depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised. The shares of Series F common stock will automatically convert into shares of Series B common stock at the time of our initial business combination, or earlier at the option of the holder, on a one-for-one basis. Prior to and following our initial business combination, each share of Series B common stock is convertible, at the option of the holder, into one share of our Series A common stock.
Prior to the completion of our initial business combination, only holders of our Series F common stock will have the right to elect our directors and may remove members of our board of directors for any reason. On any vote to approve our initial business combination or on any other matter submitted to a vote of our stockholders prior to our initial business combination, holders of our Series A common stock, holders of our Series B common stock, if any, and holders of our Series F common stock will generally vote together as a single class, except as required by Delaware law or stock exchange rule, with each share of our common stock entitling the holder to one vote. Following our initial business combination, holders of our Series A common stock and holders of our Series B common stock will generally vote together as a single class on all matters presented for a stockholder vote, except as required by Delaware law or stock exchange rule, with each share of Series A common stock entitling the holder to one vote per share and each share of Series B common stock entitling the holder to ten votes per share. This high vote feature of our Series B common stock differs from the typical capital structure of many other special purpose acquisition companies, in which the number of votes for founder shares and public shares remain the same after the initial business combination.
Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for our units, Series A common stock or warrants. We have been approved to list our units on the Nasdaq Capital Market, under the symbol “LMACU” on or promptly after the date of this prospectus. The Series A common stock and warrants constituting the units will begin separate trading on the 52nd day following the date of this prospectus (or, if such date is not a business day, the following business day), unless Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC inform us of their decision to allow earlier separate trading, subject to certain conditions. Once the securities constituting the units begin separate trading, we expect that the Series A common stock and warrants will be listed on Nasdaq under the symbols “LMACA” and “LMACW,” respectively.