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 JUNE 3, 2021
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS
Summit Healthcare Acquisition Corp.
$200,000,000
20,000,000 Units
Summit Healthcare Acquisition Corp. 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 securities. Each unit has an offering price of $10.00 and consists of one Class A ordinary share and one-half of one redeemable warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment, terms and limitations as described herein. The underwriter has a 45-day option from the date of this prospectus to purchase up to 3,000,000 additional units to cover over-allotments, if any.
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, we will redeem 100% of the public shares for cash, subject to applicable law and certain conditions as described herein.
Our sponsor, Summit Healthcare Acquisition Sponsor LLC, has agreed to purchase 6,000,000 warrants (or 6,600,000 warrants if the underwriter’s over-allotment option is exercised in full), each exercisable to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment, at $1.00 per warrant, in a private placement to occur concurrently with the closing of this offering. Our initial shareholders currently own 6,500,000 Class B ordinary shares, up to 750,000 of which are subject to forfeiture depending on the extent to which the underwriter’s 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.
Snow Lake Capital (HK) Limited and the Valliance Fund, whom we refer to collectively as anchor investors, have entered into forward purchase agreements with us that provide for the purchase by the anchor investors of an aggregate of 3,000,000 Class A ordinary shares, plus an aggregate of 750,000 redeemable warrants to purchase one Class A ordinary share at $11.50 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $30,000,000, or $10.00 per Class A ordinary share, in a private placement to close concurrently with the closing of our initial business combination. The obligations under the forward purchase agreements do not depend on whether any Class A ordinary shares are redeemed by our public shareholders. We issued 750,000 additional Class B ordinary shares to our sponsor, which represent the adjustment to the ratio applicable to the conversion of the Class B ordinary shares that our sponsor would have been entitled to at the closing of our initial business combination as a result of the issuance of 3,000,000 additional Class A ordinary shares under the forward purchase agreements. As a result, the issuance of the Class A ordinary shares at the closing of our initial business combination will not trigger a further adjustment to this ratio. Further, prior to this offering, our sponsor transferred an aggregate of 375,000 Class B ordinary shares to the anchor investors for no cash consideration, which represent 6.52% of the Class B ordinary shares issued and outstanding immediately after this offering (assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option). As a result of the foregoing and our sponsor’s transfer of 75,000 Class B ordinary shares to our independent directors, our sponsor currently owns 6,050,000 Class B ordinary shares, up to 750,000 of which will be surrendered to us for no consideration after the closing of this offering depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised. The total number of Class B ordinary shares outstanding after this offering and the expiration of the underwriters’ over-allotment option, which includes the 750,000 Class B ordinary shares issued in connection with the forward purchase agreements, will equal 20% of the sum of the total number of Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares outstanding at such time plus the 3,000,000 Class A ordinary shares to be sold pursuant to the forward purchase agreements. The Class B ordinary shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares at the time of our initial business combination on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment as described herein.
Currently, there is no public market for our securities. We intend to apply to have our units listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market, or Nasdaq, under the symbol “SMIHU.” We expect that the Class A ordinary shares and warrants comprising the units will begin separate trading on Nasdaq under the symbols “SMIH” and “SMIHW,” respectively, on the 52nd day following the date of this prospectus unless the underwriter permits earlier separate trading and we have satisfied certain conditions.
We are an “emerging growth company” “and a “smaller reporting 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 33 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 Unit | | | Total | |
Public offering price | | $ | 10.00 | | | $ | 200,000,000 | |
Underwriting discounts and commissions(1) | | $ | 0.55 | | | $ | 11,000,000 | |
Proceeds, before expenses, to us | | $ | 9.45 | | | $ | 189,000,000 | |
(1) | Includes $0.35 per unit, or $7,000,000 in the aggregate (or $8,050,000 in the aggregate if the underwriter’s over-allotment option is exercised in full), payable to the underwriter for deferred underwriting commissions to be placed in a trust account located in the United States as described herein and released to the underwriter only upon the consummation of an initial business combination. See also “Underwriting” for a description of compensation and other items of value payable to the underwriter. |
Of the proceeds we receive from this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants described in this prospectus, $200,000,000, or $230,000,000 if the underwriter’s 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 underwriter is offering the units for sale on a firm commitment basis. The underwriter expects to deliver the units to the purchasers on or about , 2021.
Book-Running Manager
BofA Securities
Lead Manager
Futu Securities International (Hong Kong) Limited
The date of this prospectus is , 2021