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S-1/A Filing
bleuacacia (BLEU) S-1/AIPO registration (amended)
Filed: 10 Nov 21, 5:00pm
Cayman Islands | | | 6770 | | | 98-1582905 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | | | (Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) | | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
Valerie Ford Jacob, Esq. Michael A. Levitt, Esq. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP 601 Lexington Avenue New York, New York 10022 (212) 277 4000 | | | Paul Tropp Aditya Khanna Ropes & Gray LLP 1211 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10036 (212) 596 9000 |
Large accelerated filer ☐ | | | Accelerated filer ☐ | | | Non-accelerated filer ☒ | | | Smaller reporting company ☒ |
| | | | | | Emerging growth company ☒ |
Title of Each Class of Security Being Registered | | | Amount Being Registered | | | Proposed Maximum Offering Price per Security(1) | | | Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price(1) | | | Amount of Registration Fee |
Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share, $0.0001 par value per share, one right, and one-half of one redeemable warrant(2) | | | 23,000,000 | | | $10.00 | | | $230,000,000 | | | $21,321 |
Class A ordinary shares included as part of the units(3)(4) | | | 23,000,000 | | | — | | | — | | | —(5) |
Rights included as part of the units(3)(4) | | | 23,000,000 | | | — | | | — | | | —(5) |
Class A ordinary shares underlying the rights included in the units(3) | | | 1,437,500 | | | $10.00 | | | $14,375,000 | | | $1,332.56 |
Redeemable warrants included as part of the units(3)(4) | | | 11,500,000 | | | — | | | — | | | (5) |
Shares issuable upon exercise of redeemable warrants included as part of the units(3) | | | 11,500,000 | | | $11.50 | | | $132,250,000 | | | $12,259.58(6) |
Total | | | | | | | $376,625,000 | | | $34,913.14(7) |
(1) | Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. |
(2) | Includes 3,000,000 units, consisting of 3,000,000 Class A ordinary shares, 3,000,000 rights and 1,500,000 redeemable warrants, which may be issued upon exercise of a 45-day option granted to the underwriters to cover over-allotments, if any. |
(3) | Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act, there are also being registered an indeterminable number of additional securities as may be issued to prevent dilution resulting from share sub-divisions, share dividends or similar transactions. |
(4) | Maximum number of Class A ordinary shares, rights and redeemable warrants, as applicable, included in the units described above, including those that may be issued upon exercise of a 45-day option granted to the underwriters. |
(5) | No fee pursuant to Rule 457(g) under the Securities Act. |
(6) | Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(g) under the Securities Act, based on the exercise price of the warrants. |
(7) | Previously paid. The issuer paid a filing fee of $52,067.98 in connection with the initial filing of this registration statement on Form S-1. |
| | Price to Public | | | Underwriting Discounts and Commissions(1) | | | Proceeds, Before Expenses, to Us | |
Per Unit | | | $10.00 | ��� | | $0.55 | | | $9.45 |
Total | | | $200,000,000 | | | $11,000,000 | | | $189,000,000 |
(1) | Includes $0.35 per unit, or $7,000,000 (or up to $8,050,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) in the aggregate, payable to the underwriters for deferred underwriting commissions to be placed in a trust account located in the United States as described herein. Does not include certain fees and expenses payable to the underwriters in connection with this offering. See also “Underwriting” for a description of compensation and other items of value payable to the underwriters. |
Joint Book-Running Managers | |||
Credit Suisse | | | Citigroup |
Co-Manager | |||
Rice Financial Products Company |
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• | “amended and restated memorandum and articles of association” are to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to be in effect upon completion of this offering; |
• | “Companies Law” are to the Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands as the same may be amended from time to time; |
• | “directors” are to our current directors and our director nominees named in this prospectus; |
• | “founder shares” are to our Class B ordinary shares initially purchased by our sponsor in a private placement prior to this offering and our Class A ordinary shares that will be issued upon the conversion thereof as provided herein; |
• | “initial shareholders” are to our sponsor and the other holders of our founder shares prior to this offering (if any); |
• | “letter agreement” are to the letter agreement between us and our initial shareholders, directors, officers and senior advisors, the form of which is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part; |
• | “management” or our “management team” are to our directors and officers (including our director nominees that will become directors in connection with the consummation of this offering); |
• | “ordinary shares” are to our Class A ordinary shares and our Class B ordinary shares; |
• | “private placement warrants” are to the warrants issued to our sponsor in a private placement simultaneously with the closing of this offering; |
• | “public shareholders” are to the holders of our public shares, including our sponsor, directors, officers and senior advisors to the extent our sponsor, directors, officers or senior advisors purchase public shares, provided their status as a “public shareholder” shall only exist with respect to such public shares; |
• | “public shares” are to our Class A ordinary shares sold as part of the units in this offering (whether they are purchased in this offering or thereafter in the open market); |
• | “public warrants” are to the redeemable warrants sold as part of the units in this offering (whether they are purchased in this offering or thereafter in the open market); |
• | “rights” refer to the rights which are being sold as part of the units in this offering; |
• | “sponsor” are to bleuacacia sponsor LLC, a Cayman Islands limited liability company; |
• | “warrant agreements” are, together, to our public warrant agreement and private warrant agreement; |
• | “warrants” are to our public warrants and private placement warrants; and |
• | “we,” “us,” “our” or our “company” are to bleuacacia ltd, a Cayman Islands exempted company. |
• | long-term proprietary relationships with leaders and companies operating in our markets; |
• | direct relationships with leading private equity and venture capital firms; and |
• | deep entrenchment in advisor deal flow with established relationships across our target sector. |
• | identifying, sourcing, structuring, acquiring, operating, and selling businesses; |
• | fostering relationships with sellers, capital providers, and target management teams; |
• | negotiating transactions favorable to our investors; |
• | executing transactions in multiple geographies and under varying economic and financial market conditions; |
• | accessing the capital markets, including financing businesses and helping companies transition to public ownership; and |
• | building durable businesses and creating long-term shareholder value through operations, capital allocation, and governance. |
• | Branding and Marketing: Our management team has a proven track record in brand creation and lifecycle management and creating strong emotional connection with a brand’s customers. |
• | End-to-End Retail Operations: Our management team has multiple years of experience in product and service development, sourcing logistics and technology. |
• | Global Experience: Our management team has vast experience in developing new international markets and coordinating global support infrastructures from multiple geographies. |
• | Growth Focus: We are focused on driving value through brand, product and omni channel expansions while achieving operational optimization. |
• | Leadership and Mentoring: Our management team has C-suite (Chairman/CEO) level experience across multiple businesses, with significant experience in leading, identifying, mentoring and retaining key management talent. |
• | has a large addressable market with a strong existing and potential customer base; |
• | has a brand that has a powerful emotional engagement with millennial and Gen-Z consumers; |
• | has a driven and diverse management team with a track record of delivering against their strategic objectives; |
• | has a strong, distinct, and inclusive culture that enables employees and leaders to fully apply their life experiences to their work; |
• | has a history of strong fundamentals and operating results, such as visible, recurring revenues, scalable growth, and best-in-class operating margins, all of which should provide a realistic path to translating into attractive free cash flow characteristics, which can be improved further under our ownership; |
• | exhibits unrecognized value or other characteristics that we believe have been misevaluated or mispriced by the marketplace; |
• | has a team and a business model that can benefit from our management team’s operating and investment expertise, industry perspective and skillset, operating playbook, and technological and innovation capabilities; |
• | has a leadership team that is prepared to be a publicly traded company; |
• | has a strategy where growth and stability will benefit from access to broader capital markets; and |
• | offers an attractive risk-adjusted return for our shareholders. |
• | one Class A ordinary share; |
• | one right; and |
• | one-half of one redeemable warrant. |
(1) | Assumes no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option and, if applicable, the forfeiture by our sponsor of 750,000 founder shares |
(2) | Consists solely of founder shares and includes up to 750,000 ordinary shares that are subject to forfeiture by our sponsor depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised. |
(3) | Founder shares are currently classified as Class B ordinary shares, which shares will convert into Class A ordinary shares on a one for one basis, subject to adjustment as described below adjacent to the caption “Founder shares conversion and anti-dilution rights.” |
(4) | Includes 20,000,000 public shares and 5,000,000 founder shares. |
(5) | Includes 10,000,000 public warrants and 6,000,000 private placement warrants. |
• | in whole and not in part; |
• | at a price of $0.01 per public warrant; |
• | upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption, which we refer to as the 30-day redemption period; and |
• | if, and only if, the closing price of our Class A ordinary shares has been at least $18.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any ten (10) trading days within the twenty (20) trading-day period |
• | prior to our initial business combination, only holders of the founder shares have the right to vote on the appointment of directors and holders of a majority of our founder shares may remove a member of the board of directors for any reason; |
• | the founder shares are subject to certain transfer restrictions contained in a letter agreement that our initial shareholders, directors, officers and senior advisors have entered into with us, as described in more detail below; |
• | pursuant to such letter agreement, our initial shareholders, directors, officers and senior advisors have agreed to waive: (1) their redemption rights with respect to any founder shares and public shares held by them, as applicable, in connection with the completion of our initial business combination; (2) their redemption rights with respect to any founder shares and public shares held by them in connection with a shareholder vote to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemption in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within 18 months from the closing of this offering, or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity; and (3) their rights to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to any founder shares they hold if we fail to complete our initial business combination within 18 months from the closing of this offering or during any extended time that we have to consummate a business combination beyond 18 months as a result of a shareholder vote to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (an “Extension Period”) (although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to any public shares they hold if we fail to complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame). If we submit our initial business combination to our public shareholders for a |
• | pursuant to the letter agreement, our sponsor has agreed that upon and subject to the completion of the initial business combination, 25% of the founder shares then held by the sponsor shall be considered to be newly unvested shares, one-half of which (or 12.5% of the shares then held by the sponsor) will vest only if the closing price of our Class A ordinary shares on Nasdaq equals or exceeds $12.50 for any 20 trading days within a 30 trading day period (the “First Share Price Level”) on or after the first anniversary of the closing of the initial business combination but before the fifth anniversary; and one-half of which (or 12.5% of the shares then held by the sponsor) will vest only if the closing price of our Class A ordinary shares on Nasdaq equals or exceeds $15.00 for any 20 trading days within a 30 trading day period (the “Second Share Price Level), on or after the first anniversary of the closing of the initial business combination but before the fifth anniversary. Our sponsor has agreed, subject to exceptions, not to transfer any unvested founder shares prior to the date such securities become vested. Founder shares, if any, that remain unvested at the fifth anniversary of the closing of the initial business combination will be forfeited; |
• | the founder shares will automatically convert into our Class A ordinary shares at the time of our initial business combination, or earlier at the option of the holder, on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment pursuant to certain anti-dilution rights, as described in more detail below; and |
• | the founder shares are entitled to registration rights. |
• | the net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants not held in the trust account, which will be |
• | any loans or additional investments from our sponsor, members of our management team or any of their respective affiliates or other third parties, although they are under no obligation to loan funds to, or otherwise invest in, us; and provided that any such loans will not have any claim on the proceeds held in the trust account unless such proceeds are released to us upon completion of our initial business combination. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into private placement warrants, at a price of $1.00 per warrant, at the option of the lender. |
• | conduct the redemptions pursuant to Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E of the Exchange Act, which regulate issuer tender offers; and |
• | file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing our initial business combination which contain substantially the same financial and other information about the initial business combination and the redemption rights as is required under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act, which regulates the solicitation of proxies. |
• | conduct the redemptions in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act, which regulates the solicitation of proxies, and not pursuant to the tender offer rules; and |
• | file proxy materials with the SEC. |
(1) | cash consideration to be paid to the target or its owners; |
(2) | cash to be transferred to the target for working capital or other general corporate purposes; or |
(3) | the retention of cash to satisfy other conditions in accordance with the terms of the proposed business combination. |
(1) | cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; |
(2) | as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than 10 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 (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses and which interest shall be net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then issued and outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any); and |
(3) | as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining shareholders and our board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to our rights or warrants, which will expire worthless if we fail to complete our initial business combination within the 18-month time period or during any Extension Period. |
• | repayment of an aggregate of up to $300,000 in loans made to us by our sponsor to cover offering-related and organizational expenses; |
• | payment to our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor of a total of $10,000 per month for office space, administrative and support services; |
• | payment of customary fees for financial advisory services; |
• | payment of customary fees we may elect to make to members of our board of directors for director service; |
• | reimbursement for any out-of-pocket expenses related to identifying, investigating, negotiating and completing an initial business combination; and |
• | repayment of loans which may be made by our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor or certain of our directors and officers to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant at the option of the lender. Such warrants would be identical to the private placement warrants. Except for the foregoing, the terms of such loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. |
| | September 30, 2021 | ||||
| | Actual | | | As Adjusted | |
Balance Sheet Data: | | | | | ||
Total assets | | | $663,377 | | | $201,247,791 |
Total liabilities | | | $690,586 | | | $7,000,000 |
Value of Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption | | | $— | | | $200,000,000 |
Shareholders' deficit | | | $(27,209) | | | $(5,752,209) |
• | We are a newly-incorporated company with no operating history and no revenues, and you have no basis on which to evaluate our ability to achieve our business objective. |
• | Our public shareholders may not be afforded an opportunity to vote on our proposed business combination, which means we may complete our initial business combination even though a majority of our public shareholders do not support such a combination. |
• | Your only opportunity to affect the investment decision regarding a potential business combination will be limited to the exercise of your right to redeem your shares from us for cash, unless we seek shareholder approval of such business combination. |
• | If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, our initial shareholders, directors, officers and senior advisors have agreed to vote in favor of such initial business combination, regardless of how our public shareholders vote. |
• | The ability of our public shareholders to redeem their shares for cash may make our financial condition unattractive to potential business combination targets, which may make it difficult for us to enter into a business combination with a target. |
• | The ability of our public shareholders to exercise redemption rights with respect to a large number of our shares may not allow us to complete the most desirable business combination or optimize our capital structure. |
• | The ability of our public shareholders to exercise redemption rights with respect to a large number of our shares could increase the probability that our initial business combination would be unsuccessful and that you would have to wait for liquidation in order to redeem your shares. |
• | Unlike some other similar blank check companies, we will only have 18 months from the closing of this offering (or up to any Extension Period, if applicable) to consummate an initial business combination. The requirement that we complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame may give potential target businesses leverage over us in negotiating a business combination and may limit the time we have in which to conduct due diligence on potential business combination targets, in particular as we approach our dissolution deadline, which could undermine our ability to complete our initial business combination on terms that would produce value for our shareholders. |
• | Our search for a business combination, and any target business with which we ultimately consummate a business combination, may be materially adversely affected by the COVID-19 outbreak and other events and the status of debt and equity markets. |
• | We may not be able to complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame, in which case we would cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up and we would redeem our public shares and liquidate, in which case our public shareholders may receive only $10.00 per share, or less than such amount in certain circumstances, and our rights and warrants will expire worthless. |
• | If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, our sponsor, directors, officers, advisors or any of their respective affiliates may elect to purchase shares, rights or warrants from public shareholders, which may influence a vote on a proposed business combination and reduce the public “float” of our securities. |
• | If a shareholder fails to receive notice of our offer to redeem our public shares in connection with our initial business combination, or fails to comply with the procedures for tendering its shares, such shares may not be redeemed. |
• | You will not have any rights or interests in funds from the trust account, except under certain limited circumstances. To liquidate your investment, therefore, you may be forced to sell your public shares, rights and/or warrants, potentially at a loss. |
• | You will not be able to vote on the appointment of our directors until our initial business combination. |
• | Certain key agreements related to this offering may be amended without your consent. |
• | Nasdaq may delist our securities from trading on its exchange, which could limit investors’ ability to make transactions in our securities and subject us to additional trading restrictions. |
• | We will be considered a controlled company under Nasdaq rules and, as a result, qualify for exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements. |
• | You will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investors of many other blank check companies. |
• | If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, and if you or a “group” of shareholders are deemed to hold in excess of 15% of our Class A ordinary shares, you will lose the ability to redeem all such shares in excess of 15% of our Class A ordinary shares. |
• | Because of our limited resources and the significant competition for business combination opportunities, it may be more difficult for us to complete our initial business combination. If we have not completed our initial business combination within the required time period, our public shareholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per share, or less in certain circumstances, on our redemption of their shares, and our rights and warrants will expire worthless. |
• | If the net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants not being held in the trust account are insufficient, it could limit the amount available to fund our search for a target business or businesses and complete our initial business combination, and we may depend on loans from our sponsor or management team to fund our search, to pay our taxes and to complete our initial business combination. |
• | The other risks and uncertainties discussed in “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this prospectus. |
• | restrictions on the nature of our investments; and |
• | restrictions on the issuance of securities; |
• | registration as an investment company with the SEC; |
• | adoption of a specific form of corporate structure; and |
• | reporting, record keeping, voting, proxy and disclosure requirements and other rules and regulations that we are currently not subject to. |
• | solely dependent upon the performance of a single business, property or asset; or |
• | dependent upon the development or market acceptance of a single or limited number of products, processes or services. |
• | a limited availability of market quotations for our securities; |
• | reduced liquidity for our securities; |
• | a determination that our Class A ordinary shares are a “penny stock” which will require brokers trading in our Class A ordinary shares to adhere to more stringent rules and possibly result in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market for our securities; |
• | a limited amount of news and analyst coverage; and |
• | a decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future. |
• | may significantly dilute the equity interest of investors in this offering, which dilution would increase if the anti-dilution provisions in the Class B ordinary shares resulted in the issuance of Class A ordinary shares on a greater than one-to-one basis upon conversion of the Class B ordinary shares; |
• | may subordinate the rights of holders of ordinary shares if preferred shares are issued with rights senior to those afforded our ordinary shares; |
• | could cause a change of control if a substantial number of our ordinary shares is issued, which may affect, among other things, our ability to use our net operating loss carry forwards, if any, and could result in the resignation or removal of our present directors and officers; |
• | may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control of us by diluting the share ownership or voting rights of a person seeking to obtain control of us; |
• | may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our units, ordinary shares, rights and/or warrants; and |
• | may not result in adjustment to the exercise price of our warrants. |
• | default and foreclosure on our assets if our operating revenues after an initial business combination are insufficient to repay our debt obligations; |
• | acceleration of our obligations to repay the indebtedness even if we make all principal and interest payments when due if we breach certain covenants that require the maintenance of certain financial ratios or reserves without a waiver or renegotiation of that covenant; |
• | our immediate payment of all principal and accrued interest, if any, if the debt is payable on demand; |
• | our inability to obtain necessary additional financing if the debt contains covenants restricting our ability to obtain such financing while the debt is outstanding; |
• | our inability to pay dividends on our ordinary shares; |
• | using a substantial portion of our cash flow to pay principal and interest on our debt, which will reduce the funds available for dividends on our ordinary shares if declared, expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes; |
• | limitations on our flexibility in planning for and reacting to changes in our business and in the industry in which we operate; |
• | increased vulnerability to adverse changes in general economic, industry and competitive conditions and adverse changes in government regulation; and |
• | limitations on our ability to borrow additional amounts for expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions, debt service requirements, execution of our strategy and other purposes and other disadvantages compared to our competitors who have less debt. |
(i) | we issue additional shares of Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of our initial business combination at a newly issued price of less than $9.20 per share, |
(ii) | the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of our initial business combination on the date of the consummation of our initial business combination (net of redemptions), and |
(iii) | the volume-weighted average trading price of our Class A ordinary shares during the 20 trading day period starting on the trading day prior to the day on which we consummate our initial business combination is below $9.20 per share, |
• | the history and prospects of companies whose principal business is the acquisition of other companies; |
• | prior offerings of those companies; |
• | our prospects for acquiring an operating business at attractive values; |
• | a review of debt to equity ratios in leveraged transactions; |
• | our capital structure; |
• | an assessment of our management and their experience in identifying operating companies; |
• | general conditions of the securities markets at the time of this offering; and |
• | other factors as were deemed relevant. |
• | costs and difficulties inherent in managing cross-border business operations and complying with commercial and legal requirements of overseas markets; |
• | rules and regulations regarding currency redemption; |
• | complex corporate withholding taxes on individuals; |
• | laws governing the manner in which future business combinations may be effected; |
• | exchange listing or delisting requirements; |
• | tariffs and trade barriers; |
• | regulations related to customs and import/export matters; |
• | local or regional economic policies and market conditions; |
• | unexpected changes in regulatory requirements; |
• | challenges in managing and operating international operations; |
• | longer payment cycles; |
• | tax consequences, such as tax law changes, including termination or reduction of tax and other incentives that the applicable government provides to domestic companies, and variations in tax laws as compared to the United States; |
• | currency fluctuations and exchange controls, including devaluations and other exchange rate movements; |
• | rates of inflation, price instability and interest rate fluctuations; |
• | liquidity of domestic capital and lending markets; |
• | challenges in collecting accounts receivable; |
• | cultural and language differences; |
• | employment regulations; |
• | energy shortages; |
• | underdeveloped or unpredictable legal or regulatory systems; |
• | corruption; |
• | protection of intellectual property; |
• | crime, strikes, riots, social unrest, civil disturbances, terrorist attacks, natural disasters, wars and other forms of social instability; |
• | regime changes and political upheaval; |
• | deterioration of political relations with the United States; |
• | obligatory military service by personnel; and |
• | government appropriation of assets. |
• | we have a board that includes a majority of “independent directors,” as defined under the rules of Nasdaq; |
• | we have a compensation committee of our board that is comprised entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee’s purpose and responsibilities; and |
• | we have a nominating and corporate governance committee of our board that is comprised of two independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee’s purpose and responsibilities. |
• | our ability to select an appropriate target business or businesses; |
• | our ability to complete our initial business combination; |
• | our expectations around the performance of a prospective target business or businesses; |
• | our success in retaining or recruiting, or changes required in, our officers, key employees or directors following our initial business combination; |
• | our directors and officers allocating their time to other businesses and potentially having conflicts of interest with our business or in approving our initial business combination; |
• | our potential ability to obtain additional financing to complete our initial business combination; |
• | our pool of prospective target businesses; |
• | our ability to consummate an initial business combination due to the uncertainty resulting from the recent COVID-19 pandemic; |
• | the ability of our directors and officers to generate a number of potential business combination opportunities; |
• | our public securities’ potential liquidity and trading; |
• | the lack of a market for our securities; |
• | the use of proceeds not held in the trust account or available to us from interest income on the trust account balance; |
• | the trust account not being subject to claims of third parties; or |
• | our financial performance following this offering. |
| | Without Over- Allotment Option | | | Over-Allotment Option Exercised | |
Gross proceeds | | | | | ||
Gross proceeds from units offered to public(1) | | | $200,000,000 | | | $230,000,000 |
Gross proceeds from private placement warrants offered in the private placement | | | 6,000,000 | | | 6,600,000 |
Total gross proceeds | | | $206,000,000 | | | $236,600,000 |
Estimated offering expenses(2) | | | | | ||
Underwriting commissions (2.0% of gross proceeds from units offered to public, excluding deferred portion)(3) | | | $4,000,000 | | | $4,600,000 |
Legal fees and expenses | | | 400,000 | | | 400,000 |
Accounting fees and expenses | | | 58,000 | | | 58,000 |
Printing and engraving expenses | | | 30,000 | | | 30,000 |
SEC expenses | | | 52,000 | | | 52,000 |
FINRA expenses | | | 72,000 | | | 72,000 |
Travel and road show | | | 10,000 | | | 10,000 |
Nasdaq listing and filing fees | | | 75,000 | | | 75,000 |
Miscellaneous expenses(4) | | | 28,000 | | | 28,000 |
Total estimated offering expenses (other than underwriting commissions) | | | $725,000 | | | $725,000 |
Proceeds after estimated offering expenses | | | $201,275,000 | | | $231,275,000 |
Held in trust account(3) | | | $200,000,000 | | | $230,000,000 |
% of public offering size | | | 100 % | | | 100% |
Not held in trust account | | | $1,275,000 | | | $1,275,000 |
| | Amount | | | % of Total | |
Legal, accounting, due diligence, travel and other expenses in connection with any business combination(6) | | | $300,000 | | | 23.5% |
Legal and accounting fees related to regulatory reporting obligations | | | 150,000 | | | 11.8 % |
Payment for office space, administrative and support services | | | 180,000 | | | 14.1 % |
Directors and officers insurance premiums(7) | | | 375,000 | | | 29.4% |
Nasdaq continued listing fees | | | 75,000 | | | 5.9 % |
Other miscellaneous expenses | | | 195,000 | | | 15.3% |
Total | | | $1,275,000 | | | 100.0 % |
(1) | Includes amounts payable to public shareholders who properly redeem their shares in connection with the successful completion of our initial business combination. |
(2) | A portion of the offering expenses have been paid from the proceeds of a loan from our sponsor of $300,000 as described in this prospectus. As of September 30, 2021, aggregate borrowings under the promissory note with our sponsor were approximately $162,000. These loans will be repaid upon completion of this offering out of the $725,000 of offering proceeds that has been allocated for the payment of offering expenses (other than underwriting commissions) not held in the trust account. In the event that offering expenses are less than as set forth in this table, any such amounts will be used for post-closing working capital expenses. In the event that the offering expenses are more than as set forth in this table, we may fund such excess with loans or additional investments from our sponsor. |
(3) | The underwriters have agreed to defer underwriting commissions equal to 3.5% of the gross proceeds of this offering. Upon completion of our initial business combination, $7,000,000, which constitutes the underwriters’ deferred commissions (or up to $8,050,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), will be paid to the underwriters from the funds held in the trust account, and |
(4) | Includes organizational and administrative expenses and may include amounts related to above-listed expenses in the event actual amounts exceed estimates. |
(5) | These expenses are estimates only. Our actual expenditures for some or all of these items may differ from the estimates set forth herein. For example, we may incur greater legal and accounting expenses than our current estimates in connection with negotiating and structuring a business combination based upon the level of complexity of such business combination. In the event we identify an acquisition target in a specific industry subject to specific regulations, we may incur additional expenses associated with legal due diligence and the engagement of special legal counsel. In addition, our staffing needs may vary and as a result, we may engage a number of consultants to assist with legal and financial due diligence. We do not anticipate any change in our intended use of proceeds, other than fluctuations among the current categories of allocated expenses, which fluctuations, to the extent they exceed current estimates for any specific category of expenses, would not be available for our expenses. The amount in the table above does not include interest available to us from the trust account. Based on current interest rates, we would expect approximately $200,000 to be available to us from interest earned on the funds held in the trust account over the 12 months following the closing of this offering; however, we can provide no assurances regarding this amount. This estimate assumes an interest rate of 0.1% per annum based upon current yields of securities in which the trust account may be invested. In addition, in order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination, our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor or certain of our directors and officers may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. If we complete our initial business combination, we may repay such loaned amounts out of the proceeds of the trust account released to us. Otherwise, such loans may be repaid only out of funds held outside the trust account. In the event that our initial business combination does not close, we may use a portion of the working capital held outside the trust account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from our trust account would be used to repay such loaned amounts. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant at the option of the lender. The warrants would be identical to the private placement warrants issued to our sponsor. The terms of such loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. We do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor as we do not believe third parties will be willing to loan such funds and provide a waiver against any and all rights to seek access to funds in our trust account. |
(6) | Includes estimated amounts that may also be used in connection with our initial business combination to fund a “no shop” provision and commitment fees for financing. |
(7) | This amount represents the approximate amount of annualized director and officer liability insurance premiums we anticipate paying following the completion of this offering and until we complete a business combination. |
Public offering price(1) | | | | | $9.41 | |
Net tangible book deficit before this offering | | | $(0.12) | | | |
Decrease attributable to public shareholders | | | (0.80) | | | |
Pro forma net tangible book deficit after this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants | | | | | (0.92) | |
Dilution to public shareholders | | | | | $10.33 | |
Percentage of dilution to new investors | | | | | 109.8% |
(1) | Each unit has an offering price of $10.00 and consists of one Class A ordinary share, one right to receive one-sixteenth (1/16) of one Class A ordinary share upon the consumation of an initial business combination and one-half of one redeemable warrant. The offering price is determined as $10.00 divided by 21,250,000 shares. |
| | Shares Purchased | | | Total Consideration | | | Average Price Per Share | |||||||
| | Number | | | Percentage | | | Amount | | | Percentage | | |||
Initial Shareholders(1)(2) | | | 5,000,000 | | | 19.00% | | | $25,000 | | | 0.008% | | | $0.005 |
Public Shareholders(3) | | | 21,250,000 | | | 81.00% | | | $200,000,000 | | | 99.992% | | | $9.41 |
| | 26,250,000 | | | 100.00% | | | $200,025,000 | | | 100.00% | | |
(1) | Assumes the full forfeiture of 750,000 shares that are subject to forfeiture by our sponsor depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised. |
(2) | Assumes conversion of Class B ordinary shares into Class A ordinary shares on a one-for-one basis. |
(3) | Assumes the issuance of 1,250,000 shares underlying the rights. |
| | Without Over-allotment | | | With Over-allotment | |
Numerator: | | | | | ||
Net tangible book deficit before this offering | | | $(690,586) | | | $(690,586) |
Net proceeds from this offering and sale of the private placement warrants(1) | | | 201,275,000 | | | 231,275,000 |
Plus: Offering costs paid in advance, excluded from tangible book deficit before this offering | | | 663,377 | | | 663,377 |
Less: Deferred underwriting commissions | | | (7,000,000) | | | (8,050,000) |
Less: Proceeds held in trust subject to redemption(2) | | | (200,000,000) | | | (230,000,000) |
| | $(5,752,209) | | | $(6,802,209) | |
Denominator: | | | | | ||
Ordinary shares outstanding prior to this offering | | | 5,750,000 | | | 5,750,000 |
Ordinary shares forfeited if over-allotment is not exercised | | | (750,000) | | | — |
Ordinary shares underlying the rights included in the units offered | | | 1,250,000 | | | 1,250,000 |
Ordinary shares included in the units offered | | | 20,000,000 | | | 23,000,000 |
Less: Ordinary shares subject to redemption | | | (20,000,000) | | | (23,000,000) |
| | 6,250,000 | | | 7,000,000 |
(1) | Expenses applied against gross proceeds include offering expenses of $725,000 and underwriting commissions of $4,000,000 (or $4,600,000 of underwriting commissions if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option) (excluding deferred underwriting fees). See “Use of Proceeds.” |
(2) | If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our sponsor, directors, officers, senior advisors or their affiliates may purchase shares or public warrants in privately negotiated transactions or in the open market either prior to or following the completion of our initial business combination. In the event of any such purchases of our shares prior to the completion of our initial business combination, the number of Class A ordinary shares subject to redemption will be reduced by the amount of any such purchases, increasing the pro forma net tangible book value per share. See “Proposed Business Effecting Our Initial Business Combination — Permitted Purchases of Our Securities.” |
| | September 30, 2021 | ||||
| | Actual | | | As Adjusted | |
Note payable to related party(1) | | | $ 161,755 | | | $— |
Deferred underwriting commissions | | | — | | | 7,000,000 |
Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value, 500,000,000 shares authorized; -0- and 20,000,000 shares are subject to possible redemption, respectively(2) | | | — | | | 200,000,000 |
Preference shares, $0.0001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding, actual and as adjusted | | | — | | | — |
Class B ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, 5,750,000 and 5,000,000 shares issued and outstanding, actual and as adjusted, respectively(3) | | | 575 | | | 500 |
Additional paid-in capital | | | 24,425 | | | — |
Accumulated deficit(4) | | | (52,209) | | | (5,752,709) |
Total shareholders’ deficit | | | $(27,209) | | | $(5,752,209) |
Total capitalization | | | $ 134,546 | | | $ 201,247,791 |
(1) | Our sponsor has agreed to loan us up to $300,000 under an unsecured promissory note to be used for a portion of the expenses of this offering, which loan is due at the earlier of December 31, 2021 and the closing of this offering. As of September 30, 2021, aggregate borrowings under the promissory note with our sponsor were approximately $162,000. |
(2) | All of the 20,000,000 Class A ordinary shares sold as part of the units in the offering contain a redemption feature which allows for the redemption of such public shares in connection with our liquidation, if there is a shareholder vote or tender offer in connection with our initial business combination and in connection with certain amendments to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. In accordance with SEC and its guidance on redeemable equity instruments, which has been codified in ASC 480-10-S99, redemption provisions not solely within the control of a company require ordinary shares subject to redemption to be classified outside of permanent equity. Accordingly, all of the outstanding Class A ordinary shares are presented as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders' equity section of the Company's balance sheet. Given that the 20,000,000 Class A ordinary shares sold as part of the units in the offering will be issued with other freestanding instruments (i.e., public warrants), the initial carrying value of Class A ordinary shares classified as temporary equity will be the allocated proceeds determined in accordance with ASC 470-20. The resulting discount to the initial carrying value of temporary equity will be accreted upon closing the Initial Public Offering such that the carrying value will equal the redemption value on such date. The accretion or remeasurement will be recognized as a reduction to retained earnings, or in absence of retained earnings, additional paid-in capital). Accretion associated with the redeemable Class A ordinary shares is excluded from earnings per share as the redemption value approximates fair value. |
(3) | Assumes the full forfeiture of 750,000 shares that are subject to forfeiture by our sponsor depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised. |
(4) | As adjusted accumulated deficit includes transaction costs associated with the immediate accretion of the carry value of Class A ordinary shares subject to redemption value. |
• | may significantly dilute the equity interest of investors in this offering, which dilution would increase if the anti-dilution provisions in the Class B ordinary shares resulted in the issuance of Class A ordinary shares on a greater than one-to-one basis upon conversion of the Class B ordinary shares; |
• | may subordinate the rights of holders of ordinary shares if preferred shares are issued with rights senior to those afforded our ordinary shares; |
• | could cause a change of control if a substantial number of our ordinary shares is issued, which may affect, among other things, our ability to use our net operating loss carry forwards, if any, and could result in the resignation or removal of our present directors and officers; |
• | may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control of us by diluting the share ownership or voting rights of a person seeking to obtain control of us; |
• | may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our units, ordinary shares and/or warrants; and |
• | may not result in adjustment to the exercise price of our warrants. |
• | default and foreclosure on our assets if our operating revenues after an initial business combination are insufficient to repay our debt obligations; |
• | acceleration of our obligations to repay the indebtedness even if we make all principal and interest payments when due if we breach certain covenants that require the maintenance of certain financial ratios or reserves without a waiver or renegotiation of that covenant; |
• | our immediate payment of all principal and accrued interest, if any, if the debt is payable on demand; |
• | our inability to obtain necessary additional financing if the debt contains covenants restricting our ability to obtain such financing while the debt is outstanding; |
• | our inability to pay dividends on our ordinary shares; |
• | using a substantial portion of our cash flow to pay principal and interest on our debt, which will reduce the funds available for dividends on our ordinary shares if declared, expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes; |
• | limitations on our flexibility in planning for and reacting to changes in our business and in the industry in which we operate; |
• | increased vulnerability to adverse changes in general economic, industry and competitive conditions and adverse changes in government regulation; and |
• | limitations on our ability to borrow additional amounts for expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions, debt service requirements, execution of our strategy and other purposes and other disadvantages compared to our competitors who have less debt. |
• | staffing for financial, accounting and external reporting areas, including segregation of duties; |
• | reconciliation of accounts; |
• | proper recording of expenses and liabilities in the period to which they relate; |
• | evidence of internal review and approval of accounting transactions; |
• | documentation of processes, assumptions and conclusions underlying significant estimates; and |
• | documentation of accounting policies and procedures. |
• | long-term proprietary relationships with leaders and companies operating in our markets; |
• | direct relationships with leading private equity and venture capital firms; and |
• | deep entrenchment in advisor deal flow with established relationships across our target sector. |
• | identifying, sourcing, structuring, acquiring, operating, and selling businesses; |
• | fostering relationships with sellers, capital providers, and target management teams; |
• | negotiating transactions favorable to our investors; |
• | executing transactions in multiple geographies and under varying economic and financial market conditions; |
• | accessing the capital markets, including financing businesses and helping companies transition to public ownership; and |
• | building durable businesses and creating long-term shareholder value through operations, capital allocation, and governance. |
• | Branding and Marketing: Our management team has a proven track record in brand creation and lifecycle management and creating strong emotional connection with a brand’s customers. |
• | End-to-End Retail Operations: Our management team has multiple years of experience in product and service development, sourcing logistics and technology. |
• | Global Experience: Our management team has vast experience in developing new international markets and coordinating global support infrastructures from multiple geographies. |
• | Growth Focus: We are focused on driving value through brand, product and omni channel expansions while achieving operational optimization. |
• | Leadership and Mentoring: Our management team has C-suite (Chairman/CEO) level experience across multiple businesses, with significant experience in leading, identifying, mentoring and retaining key management talent. |
• | has a large addressable market with a strong existing and potential customer base; |
• | has a brand that has a powerful emotional engagement with millennial and Gen-Z consumers; |
• | has a driven and diverse management team with a track record of delivering against their strategic objectives; |
• | has a strong, distinct, and inclusive culture that enables employees and leaders to fully apply their life experiences to their work; |
• | has a history of strong fundamentals and operating results, such as visible, recurring revenues, scalable growth, and best-in-class operating margins, all of which should provide a realistic path to translating into attractive free cash flow characteristics, which can be improved further under our ownership; |
• | exhibits unrecognized value or other characteristics that we believe have been misevaluated or mispriced by the marketplace; |
• | has a team and a business model that can benefit from our management team’s operating and investment expertise, industry perspective and skillset, operating playbook, and technological and innovation capabilities; |
• | has a leadership team that is prepared to be a publicly traded company; |
• | has a strategy where growth and stability will benefit from access to broader capital markets; and |
• | offers an attractive risk-adjusted return for our shareholders. |
• | solely dependent upon the performance of a single business, property or asset; or |
• | dependent upon the development or market acceptance of a single or limited number of products, processes or services. |
• | we issue (other than in a public offering for cash) ordinary shares that will either (a) be equal to or in excess of 20% of the number of Class A ordinary shares then issued and outstanding or (b) have voting power equal to or in excess of 20% of the voting power then outstanding; |
• | any of our directors, officers or substantial security holders (as defined by the rules of Nasdaq) has a 5% or greater interest (or such persons collectively have a 10% or greater interest), directly or indirectly, in the target business or assets to be acquired or otherwise and the present or potential issuance of ordinary shares could result in an increase in issued and outstanding ordinary shares or voting power of 5% or more; or |
• | the issuance or potential issuance of ordinary shares will result in our undergoing a change of control. |
• | conduct the redemptions pursuant to Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E of the Exchange Act, which regulate issuer tender offers; and |
• | file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing our initial business combination which contain substantially the same financial and other information about the initial business combination and the redemption rights as is required under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act, which regulates the solicitation of proxies. |
• | conduct the redemptions in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act, which regulates the solicitation of proxies, and not pursuant to the tender offer rules; and |
• | file proxy materials with the SEC. |
• | prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, we shall either (1) seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination at a meeting called for such purpose at which public shareholders may seek to redeem their public shares without voting, and if they do vote, irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction, into their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, calculated as of two business days prior to the completion of our initial business combination, including interest (which interest shall be net of taxes payable), or (2) provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to tender their public shares to us by means of a tender offer (and thereby avoid the need for a shareholder vote) for an amount equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, calculated as of two business days prior to the completion of our initial business combination, including interest (which interest shall be net of taxes payable), in each case subject to the limitations described herein; |
• | in no event will we redeem our public shares in an amount that would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 following such redemptions; |
• | if we seek shareholder approval, we will complete our initial business combination only if we receive an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law, which requires the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of shares who attend and vote at a general meeting of the company; |
• | if our initial business combination is not consummated within 18 months from the closing of this offering, then our existence will terminate and we will distribute all amounts in the trust account; and |
• | after the completion of this offering and prior to our initial business combination, we may not issue additional ordinary shares or any other securities that would entitle the holders thereof to (1) receive funds from the trust account or (2) vote as a class with our public shares (a) on any initial business combination or (b) to approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to amend the foregoing provisions. |
| | Redemptions in Connection with our Initial Business Combination | | | Other Permitted Purchases of Public Shares by our Affiliates | | | Redemptions if we fail to Complete an Initial Business Combination | |
Calculation of redemption price | | | Redemptions at the time of our initial business combination may be made pursuant to a tender offer or in connection with a shareholder vote. The redemption price will be the same whether we conduct redemptions pursuant to a tender offer or in connection with a shareholder vote. In either case, our public shareholders may redeem their public shares for cash equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of the initial business combination (which is initially anticipated to be $10.00 per share), including interest (which interest shall be net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then issued and outstanding public shares, subject to the limitation that no redemptions will take place if all of the redemptions would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 following such redemptions, and any limitations (including, but not limited to, cash requirements) agreed to in connection with the negotiation of terms of a proposed business combination. | | | If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, our sponsor, directors, officers, advisors or any of their respective affiliates may purchase public shares, rights or warrants in privately negotiated transactions or in the open market either prior to or following the completion of our initial business combination. Such purchases will be restricted except to the extent such purchases are able to be made in compliance with Rule 10b-18, which is a safe harbor from liability for manipulation under Section 9(a)(2) and Rule 10b-5 of the Exchange Act. None of the funds in the trust account will be used to purchase shares in such transactions. | | | If we have not completed our initial business combination within 18 months from the closing of this offering or during any Extension Period, we will redeem all public shares at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account (which is initially anticipated to be $10.00 per share), including interest (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses and which interest shall be net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then issued and outstanding public shares. |
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Impact to remaining shareholders | | | The redemptions in connection with our initial business combination will reduce the book value per share for our remaining shareholders, who will bear the burden of the deferred underwriting commissions and interest withdrawn in order to pay taxes (to the extent not paid from amounts accrued as interest on the funds held in the trust account). | | | If the permitted purchases described above are made, there will be no impact to our remaining shareholders because the purchase price would not be paid by us. | | | The redemption of our public shares if we fail to complete our initial business combination will reduce the book value per share for the shares held by our initial shareholders, who will be our only remaining shareholders after such redemptions. |
| | Terms of Our Offering | | | Terms Under a Rule 419 Offering | |
Escrow of offering proceeds | | | The rules of Nasdaq provide that at least 90% of the gross proceeds from this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants be deposited in a trust account. $200,000,000 of the net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants will be deposited into a U.S.-based trust account, with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee. | | | Approximately $170,100,000 of the offering proceeds, representing the gross proceeds of this offering less allowable underwriting commissions, expenses and company deductions under Rule 419, would be required to be deposited into either an escrow account with an insured depositary institution or in a separate bank account established by a broker-dealer in which the broker-dealer acts as trustee for persons having the beneficial interests in the account. |
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Investment of net proceeds | | | $200,000,000 of the net offering proceeds and the sale of the private placement warrants held in trust will be invested only in U.S. government treasury bills with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds investing solely in U.S. Treasuries and meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act. | | | Proceeds could be invested only in specified securities such as a money market fund meeting conditions of the Investment Company Act or in securities that are direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed as to principal or interest by, the United States. |
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| | Terms of Our Offering | | | Terms Under a Rule 419 Offering | |
Receipt of interest on escrowed funds | | | Interest on proceeds from the trust account to be paid to shareholders is reduced by (1) any taxes paid or payable and (2) in the event of our liquidation for failure to complete our initial business combination within the allotted time, up to $100,000 of net interest that may be released to us should we have no or insufficient working capital to fund the costs and expenses of our dissolution and liquidation. | | | Interest on funds in the escrow account would be held for the sole benefit of investors, unless and only after the funds held in escrow were released to us in connection with our completion of a business combination. |
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Limitation on fair value or net assets of target business | | | Nasdaq rules require that our initial business combination must be with one or more operating businesses or assets with a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the net assets held in the trust account (excluding the amount of deferred underwriting commissions held in trust and taxes payable on the income earned on the trust account) at the time of signing the agreement to enter into the initial business combination. | | | The fair value or net assets of a target business must represent at least 80% of the maximum offering proceeds. |
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Trading of securities issued | | | The units will begin trading on or promptly after the date of this prospectus. The Class A ordinary shares, rights 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 Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. inform us of their decision to allow earlier separate trading, subject to our having filed the Current Report on Form 8-K described below and having issued a press release announcing when such separate trading will begin. We will file the Current Report on Form 8-K promptly after the closing of this offering. If the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised following the initial filing of such Current Report on Form 8-K, a second or amended Current Report on Form 8-K will be filed to provide updated financial information to reflect the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option. | | | No trading of the units or the underlying ordinary shares, rights and warrants would be permitted until the completion of a business combination. During this period, the securities would be held in the escrow or trust account. |
| | Terms of Our Offering | | | Terms Under a Rule 419 Offering | |
Exercise of the warrants | | | The warrants cannot be exercised until 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination. | | | The warrants could be exercised prior to the completion of a business combination, but securities received and cash paid in connection with the exercise would be deposited in the escrow or trust account. |
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Election to remain an investor | | | We will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares for cash equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, including interest, which interest shall be net of taxes payable, upon the completion of our initial business combination, subject to the limitations described herein. We may not be required by law to hold a shareholder vote. If we are not required by applicable law or stock exchange rules and do not otherwise decide to hold a shareholder vote, we will, pursuant to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the SEC and file tender offer documents with the SEC which will contain substantially the same financial and other information about the initial business combination and the redemption rights as is required under the SEC’s proxy rules. If, however, we hold a shareholder vote, we will, like many blank check companies, offer to redeem shares in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to the proxy rules and not pursuant to the tender offer rules. Pursuant to the tender offer rules, the tender offer period will be not less than 20 business days and, in the case of a shareholder vote, a final proxy statement would be mailed to public shareholders at least 10 days prior to the shareholder vote. However, we expect that a draft proxy statement would be made available to such shareholders well in advance of such time, providing additional notice of | | | A prospectus containing information pertaining to the business combination required by the SEC would be sent to each investor. Each investor would be given the opportunity to notify the company in writing, within a period of no less than 20 business days and no more than 45 business days from the effective date of a post-effective amendment to the company’s registration statement, to decide if he, she or it elects to remain a shareholder of the company or require the return of his, her or its investment. If the company has not received the notification by the end of the 45th business day, funds and interest or dividends, if any, held in the trust or escrow account are automatically returned to the shareholder. Unless a sufficient number of investors elect to remain investors, all funds on deposit in the escrow account must be returned to all of the investors and none of the securities are issued. |
| | Terms of Our Offering | | | Terms Under a Rule 419 Offering | |
| | redemption if we conduct redemptions in conjunction with a proxy solicitation. If we seek shareholder approval, we will complete our initial business combination only if we receive an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law, which requires the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of ordinary shares who attend and vote at a general meeting of the company. Additionally, each public shareholder may elect to redeem its public shares without voting and, if they do vote, irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction. | | | ||
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Business combination deadline | | | If we have not completed our initial business combination within 18 months from the closing of this offering, or during any Extension Period, we will (1) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (2) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than 10 business days thereafter, redeem 100% of 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 (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses and which interest shall be net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then issued and outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), and (3) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining shareholders and our board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. | | | If an acquisition has not been completed within 18 months after the effective date of the company’s registration statement, funds held in the trust or escrow account are returned to investors. |
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| | Terms of Our Offering | | | Terms Under a Rule 419 Offering | |
Release of funds | | | Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the trust account that may be released to us to pay our taxes, if any, the funds held in the trust account will not be released from the trust account until the earliest of: (1) our completion of an initial business combination; (2) the redemption of any public shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemption in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within 18 months from the closing of this offering or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity; and (3) the redemption of our public shares if we have not completed an initial business combination within 18 months from the closing of this offering or during any Extension Period, subject to applicable law. | | | The proceeds held in the escrow account are not released until the earlier of the completion of a business combination or the failure to effect a business combination within the allotted time. |
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Limitation on redemption rights of shareholders holding more than 15% of the shares sold in this offering if we hold a shareholder vote | | | If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provides that a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Exchange Act), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to Excess Shares (more than an aggregate of 15% of the shares sold in this offering), without our prior consent. Our public shareholders’ inability to redeem Excess Shares will reduce their influence over our ability to complete our initial business combination and | | | Most blank check companies provide no restrictions on the ability of shareholders to redeem shares based on the number of shares held by such shareholders in connection with an initial business combination. |
| | Terms of Our Offering | | | Terms Under a Rule 419 Offering | |
| | they could suffer a material loss on their investment in us if they sell Excess Shares in open market transactions. | | | ||
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Tendering share certificates in connection with a tender offer or redemption rights | | | We may require our public shareholders seeking to exercise their redemption rights, whether they are record holders or hold their shares in “street name,” to either tender their certificates to our transfer agent prior to the date set forth in the tender offer documents or proxy materials mailed to such holders, or up to two business days prior to the scheduled vote on the proposal to approve our initial business combination in the event we distribute proxy materials, or to deliver their shares to the transfer agent electronically using The Depository Trust Company’s DWAC (Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian) System, at the holder’s option. The tender offer or proxy materials, as applicable, that we will furnish to holders of our public shares in connection with our initial business combination will indicate whether we are requiring public shareholders to satisfy such delivery requirements. Accordingly, a public shareholder would have from the time we send out our tender offer materials until the close of the tender offer period, or up to two business days prior to the scheduled vote on the business combination if we distribute proxy materials, as applicable, to tender its shares if it wishes to seek to exercise its redemption rights. | | | In order to perfect redemption rights in connection with their business combinations, holders could vote against a proposed business combination and check a box on the proxy card indicating such holders were seeking to exercise their redemption rights. After the business combination was approved, the company would contact such shareholders to arrange for them to deliver their certificate to verify ownership. |
Name | | | Age | | | Title |
Jide Zeitlin | | | 57 | | | Co-Chairman of the Board and Co-Chief Executive Officer |
Lew Frankfort | | | 75 | | | Co-Chairman of the Board and Co-Chief Executive Officer |
Charles McGuigan | | | 64 | | | Chief Operating Officer, President and Director Nominee |
Thomas Northover | | | 32 | | | Executive Director |
Ibukun Awosika | | | 58 | | | Director Nominee |
Natara Holloway | | | 45 | | | Director Nominee |
• | assisting board oversight of (1) the integrity of our financial statements, (2) our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, (3) our independent auditor’s qualifications and independence, and (4) the performance of our internal audit function and independent auditors; |
• | the appointment, compensation, retention, replacement, and oversight of the work of the independent auditors and any other independent registered public accounting firm engaged by us; |
• | pre-approving all audit and non-audit services to be provided by the independent auditors or any other registered public accounting firm engaged by us, and establishing pre-approval policies and procedures; |
• | reviewing and discussing with the independent auditors all relationships the auditors have with us in order to evaluate their continued independence; |
• | setting clear hiring policies for employees or former employees of the independent auditors; |
• | setting clear policies for audit partner rotation in compliance with applicable laws and regulations; |
• | obtaining and reviewing a report, at least annually, from the independent auditors describing (1) the independent auditor’s internal quality-control procedures and (2) any material issues raised by the most recent internal quality-control review, or peer review, of the audit firm, or by any inquiry or investigation by governmental or professional authorities, within the preceding five years respecting one or more independent audits carried out by the firm and any steps taken to deal with such issues; |
• | meeting to review and discuss our annual audited financial statements and quarterly financial statements with management and the independent auditor, including reviewing our specific disclosures under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”; |
• | reviewing and approving any related party transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC prior to us entering into such transaction; and |
• | reviewing with management, the independent auditors, and our legal advisors, as appropriate, any legal, regulatory or compliance matters, including any correspondence with regulators or government agencies and any employee complaints or published reports that raise material issues regarding our financial statements or accounting policies and any significant changes in accounting standards or rules promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the SEC or other regulatory authorities. |
• | reviewing and approving on an annual basis the corporate goals and objectives relevant to our Chief Executive Officer’s compensation, evaluating our Chief Executive Officer’s performance in light of such goals and objectives and determining and approving the remuneration (if any) of our Chief Executive Officer based on such evaluation; |
• | reviewing and making recommendations to our board of directors with respect to the compensation, and any incentive-compensation and equity-based plans that are subject to board approval of all of our other officers; |
• | reviewing our executive compensation policies and plans; |
• | implementing and administering our incentive compensation equity-based remuneration plans; |
• | assisting management in complying with our proxy statement and annual report disclosure requirements; |
• | approving all special perquisites, special cash payments and other special compensation and benefit arrangements for our officers and employees; |
• | producing a report on executive compensation to be included in our annual proxy statement; and |
• | reviewing, evaluating and recommending changes, if appropriate, to the remuneration for directors. |
• | identifying, screening and reviewing individuals qualified to serve as directors, consistent with criteria approved by the board of directors, and recommending to the board of directors candidates for nomination for appointment at the annual general meeting or to fill vacancies on the board of directors; |
• | developing and recommending to the board of directors and overseeing implementation of our corporate governance guidelines; |
• | coordinating and overseeing the annual self-evaluation of the board of directors, its committees, individual directors and management in the governance of the company; and |
• | reviewing on a regular basis our overall corporate governance and recommending improvements as and when necessary. |
• | duty to act in good faith in what the director or officer believes to be in the best interests of the company as a whole; |
• | duty to exercise powers for the purposes for which those powers were conferred and not for a collateral purpose; |
• | duty to not improperly fetter the exercise of future discretion; |
• | duty to exercise powers fairly as between different sections of shareholders; |
• | duty not to put themselves in a position in which there is a conflict between their duty to the company and their personal interests; and |
• | duty to exercise independent judgment. |
• | None of our directors or officers is required to commit his or her full time to our affairs and, accordingly, may have conflicts of interest in allocating his or her time among various business activities. |
• | In the course of their other business activities, our directors and officers may become aware of investment and business opportunities that may be appropriate for presentation to us as well as the other entities with which they are affiliated. Our management may have conflicts of interest in determining to which entity a particular business opportunity should be presented. For a complete description of our management’s other affiliations, see “Directors, Director Nominees and Officers.” |
• | Our initial shareholders, directors, officers and senior advisors have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to any founder shares and public shares held by them in connection with the consummation of our initial business combination. Additionally, our initial shareholders have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares if we fail to consummate our initial business combination within 18 months after the closing of this offering or during any Extension Period. However, if our initial shareholders (or any of our directors, officers or affiliates) acquire public shares, they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to such public shares if we fail to consummate our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame. If we do not complete our initial business combination within such applicable time period, the proceeds of the sale of the private placement warrants held in the trust account will be used to fund the redemption of our public shares, and the private placement warrants will expire worthless. Pursuant to a letter agreement that our initial shareholders, directors, officers and senior advisors have entered into with us, with certain limited exceptions, the founder shares will not be transferable, assignable or salable by our initial shareholders until the earlier of: (1) one year after the completion of our initial business combination; and (2) subsequent to our initial business combination (x) if the last reported sale price of our Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share dividends, rights issuances, consolidations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and other similar transactions) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after our initial business combination or (y) the date on which we complete a liquidation, merger, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of our public shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property. In addition, our sponsor has agreed, subject to exceptions, not to transfer any unvested founder shares prior to the date such securities become vested. With certain limited exceptions, the private placement warrants and the ordinary shares underlying such warrants, will not be transferable, assignable or salable by our sponsor until 30 days after the completion of our initial business |
• | Our directors and officers may negotiate employment or consulting agreements with a target business in connection with a particular business combination. These agreements may provide for them to receive compensation following our initial business combination and as a result, may cause them to have conflicts of interest in determining whether to proceed with a particular business combination. |
• | Our directors and officers may have a conflict of interest with respect to evaluating a particular business combination if the retention or resignation of any such directors and officers was included by a target business as a condition to any agreement with respect to our initial business combination. The conflicts described above may not be resolved in our favor. |
Individual | | | Entity | | | Entity’s Business | | | Affiliation |
Jide Zeitlin | | | The Keffi Group Ltd | | | Principal Investment | | | CEO and Chairman |
| | Integrated Energy Materials LLC | | | Principal Investment | | | Co-Chairman and CEO | |
Lew Frankfort | | | Benvolio Group | | | Principal Investment | | | CEO |
| | Veronica Beard | | | Luxury Branded Retail | | | Director | |
| | MindBodyGreen | | | Consumer Lifestyle and Wellness | | | Director | |
| | Recycled Track Systems | | | Recycling | | | Director | |
| | LinkIT | | | Education | | | Director | |
Charles McGuigan | | | — | | | — | | | — |
Thomas Northover | | | The Keffi Group Ltd. | | | Principal Investment | | | Chief Investment Officer |
| | Kuramo Capital Management | | | Investment Management | | | Investment Professional | |
| | Integrated Energy Materials LLC | | | Principal Investment | | | Director | |
Ibukun Awosika | | | d-Light Inc | | | Energy | | | Director |
| | House of Tara International | | | Beauty | | | Director | |
| | Cadbury Nigeria Plc | | | Food and Beverage | | | Director | |
| | Digital Jewels Limited | | | Consulting | | | Director | |
Natara Holloway | | | National Football League | | | Sports and Entertainment | | | Vice President |
| | Sports Entertainment Acquisition Corp. | | | Sports and Entertainment | | | Director |
• | each person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares; |
• | each of our directors, officers and director nominees; and |
• | all our directors, officers and director nominees as a group. |
| | Number of Shares Beneficially Owned(2) | | | Approximate Percentage of Outstanding Ordinary Shares | |||||||
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1) | | | Before Offering | | | After Offering | | | Before Offering | | | After Offering |
bleuacacia sponsor LLC(3)(4) | | | 5,670,000 | | | 4,920,000 | | | 99% | | | 19.7% |
Jide Zeitlin(5) | | | — | | | — | | | ––% | | | ––% |
Lew Frankfort(5) | | | — | | | — | | | ––% | | | ––% |
Charles McGuigan(5) | | | — | | | — | | | ––% | | | ––% |
Thomas Northover(5) | | | — | | | — | | | ––% | | | ––% |
Ibukun Awosika(5) | | | 40,000 | | | 40,000 | | | * | | | * |
Natara Holloway(5) | | | 40,000 | | | 40,000 | | | * | | | * |
All officers, directors and director nominees as a group (6 individuals) | | | 5,750,000 | | | 5,000,000 | | | 100% | | | 20% |
* | Less than one percent. |
(1) | Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each of the following is 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10110. |
(2) | Interests shown consist solely of founder shares, classified as Class B ordinary shares. Such shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares concurrently with or immediately following the consummation of our initial business combination on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment, as described in the section entitled “Description of Securities.” |
(3) | Jide Zeitlin and at least three other individuals each have voting and dispositive power over the shares owned by bleuacacia sponsor LLC. Under the so-called “rule of three,” if voting and dispositive decisions regarding an entity’s securities are made by three or more individuals, and a voting or dispositive decision requires the approval of a majority of those individuals, then none of the individuals is deemed a beneficial owner of the entity’s securities. Based upon the foregoing analysis, the aforementioned individuals do not exercise voting or dispositive control over any of the securities held by bleuacacia sponsor LLC, even those in which such person directly holds a pecuniary interest. Accordingly, none of them will be deemed to have or share beneficial ownership of such shares. |
(4) | Includes up to 750,000 founder shares that will be surrendered for no consideration depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised. |
(5) | Does not include any shares indirectly owned by this individual as a result of his or her partnership interest in our sponsor or its affiliates. |
• | repayment of an aggregate of up to $300,000 in loans made to us by our sponsor to cover offering-related and organizational expenses; |
• | payment to an affiliate of our sponsor of a total of $10,000 per month for office space, administrative and support services; |
• | reimbursement for any out-of-pocket expenses related to identifying, investigating and completing an initial business combination; and |
• | repayment of loans which may be made by our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor or certain of our directors and officers to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination, the terms of which have not been determined nor have any written agreements been executed with respect thereto. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into warrants, at a price of $1.00 per warrant at the option of the lender. |
• | 20,000,000 Class A ordinary shares underlying the units being offered in this offering; and |
• | 5,000,000 Class B ordinary shares held by our initial shareholders. |
• | the names and addresses of the members, a statement of the shares held by each member, and of the amount paid or agreed to be considered as paid, on the shares of each member and the voting rights of the shares of each member; |
• | the date on which the name of any person was entered on the register as a member; and |
• | the date on which any person ceased to be a member. |
• | in whole and not in part; |
• | at a price of $0.01 per public warrant; |
• | upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption, or the 30-day redemption period, to each public warrant holder; and |
• | if, and only if, the last reported sale price of the Class A ordinary shares has been at least $18.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any ten (10) trading days within the twenty (20) trading-day period ending on the third (3rd) trading day prior to the date on which the notice of redemption is given to the public warrant holders. |
• | we are not proposing to act illegally or beyond the scope of our corporate authority and we have complied with the statutory provisions as to majority vote; |
• | the shareholders have been fairly represented at the meeting in question; |
• | the arrangement is such as a business-person would reasonably approve; and |
• | the arrangement is not one that would more properly be sanctioned under some other provision of the Companies Law or that would amount to a “fraud on the minority.” |
• | a company is acting, or proposing to act, illegally or beyond the scope of its authority; |
• | the act complained of, although not beyond the scope of the authority, could be effected if duly authorized by more than the number of votes that have actually been obtained; or |
• | those who control the company are perpetrating a “fraud on the minority.” |
• | annual reporting requirements are minimal and consist mainly of a statement that the company has conducted its operations mainly outside of the Cayman Islands and has complied with the provisions of the Companies Law; |
• | an exempted company’s register of members is not open to inspection; |
• | an exempted company does not have to hold an annual general meeting; |
• | an exempted company may issue negotiable or bearer shares or shares with no par value; |
• | an exempted company may obtain an undertaking against the imposition of any future taxation (such undertakings are usually given for 20 years in the first instance); |
• | an exempted company may register by way of continuation in another jurisdiction and be deregistered in the Cayman Islands; |
• | an exempted company may register as a limited duration company; and |
• | an exempted company may register as a segregated portfolio company. |
• | if we have not completed our initial business combination within 18 months from the closing of this offering, we will: (1) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (2) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than 10 business days thereafter, redeem 100% of 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 (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses and which interest shall be net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then issued and outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any); and (3) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining shareholders and our board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law; |
• | after the completion of this offering and prior to our initial business combination, we may not issue additional ordinary shares or any other securities that would entitle the holders thereof to: (1) receive funds from the trust account or (2) (a) vote as a class with our public shares on any initial business combination or (b) approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to amend the foregoing provisions; |
• | although we do not intend to enter into a business combination with a target business that is affiliated with our sponsor, our directors or our officers, we are not prohibited from doing so. In the event we enter into such a transaction, we, or a committee of independent and disinterested directors, will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or another valuation or appraisal firm that regularly renders fairness opinions on the type of target business we are seeking to acquire that such a business combination is fair to our company from a financial point of view; |
• | if a shareholder vote on our initial business combination is not required by law and we do not decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other reasons, we will offer to redeem our public shares pursuant to Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E of the Exchange Act, and will file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing our initial business combination which contain substantially the same financial and other information about our initial business combination and the redemption rights as is required under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act; |
• | as long as our securities are listed on Nasdaq, our initial business combination must be with one or more operating businesses or assets with a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the net assets held in trust (excluding any deferred underwriters fees and taxes payable on the income earned on the trust account); |
• | if our shareholders approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemption in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within 18 months from the closing of this offering or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity, we will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their ordinary shares upon such approval at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest (which interest shall be net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then issued and outstanding public shares; and |
• | we will not effectuate our initial business combination solely with another blank check company or a similar company with nominal operations. |
(a) | the subscriber makes the payment for their investment from an account held in the subscriber’s name at a recognized financial institution; or |
(b) | the subscriber is regulated by a recognized regulatory authority and is based or incorporated in, or formed under the law of, a recognized jurisdiction; or |
(c) | the application is made through an intermediary which is regulated by a recognized regulatory authority and is based in or incorporated in, or formed under the law of a recognized jurisdiction and an assurance is provided in relation to the procedures undertaken on the underlying investors. |
(a) | where this is necessary for the performance of our rights and obligations under any purchase agreements; |
(b) | where this is necessary for compliance with a legal and regulatory obligation to which we are subject (such as compliance with anti-money laundering and FATCA/CRS requirements); and/or |
(c) | where this is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests and such interests are not overridden by your interests, fundamental rights or freedoms. |
• | 1% of the total number of ordinary shares then issued and outstanding, which will equal 250,000 shares immediately after this offering (or 287,500 if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full); or |
• | the average weekly reported trading volume of the ordinary shares during the four calendar weeks preceding the filing of a notice on Form 144 with respect to the sale. |
• | the issuer of the securities that was formerly a shell company has ceased to be a shell company; |
• | the issuer of the securities is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act; |
• | the issuer of the securities has filed all Exchange Act reports and material required to be filed, as applicable, during the preceding 12 months (or such shorter period that the issuer was required to file such reports and materials), other than Current Reports on Form 8-K; and |
• | at least one year has elapsed from the time that the issuer filed current Form 10 type information with the SEC reflecting its status as an entity that is not a shell company. |
1. | That no law which is hereafter enacted in the Cayman Islands imposing any tax to be levied on profits, income, gains or appreciations shall apply to the company or its operations; and |
2. | In addition, that no tax to be levied on profits, income, gains or appreciations or which is in the nature of estate duty or inheritance tax shall be payable: |
2.1 | on or in respect of the shares, debentures or other obligations of the company; OR |
2.2 | by way of the withholding in whole or part, of any relevant payment as defined in Section 6(3) of the Tax Concessions Law (As Revised). |
3. | These concessions shall be for a period of 20 years from the date hereof. |
• | our sponsor, founders, officers or directors; |
• | financial institutions or financial services entities; |
• | broker-dealers; |
• | taxpayers that are subject to the mark-to-market accounting rules; |
• | tax-exempt entities; |
• | governments or agencies or instrumentalities thereof; |
• | insurance companies; |
• | regulated investment companies; |
• | real estate investment trusts; |
• | controlled foreign corporations; |
• | passive foreign investment companies; |
• | expatriates or former long-term residents of the United States; |
• | persons that actually or constructively own five percent or more of our voting shares; |
• | persons that acquired our securities pursuant to an exercise of employee share options, in connection with employee share incentive plans or otherwise as compensation; |
• | partnerships (or entities or arrangements classified as partnerships or other pass-through entities for U.S. federal income tax purposes) and any beneficial owners of such partnerships; |
• | persons that hold our securities as part of a straddle, constructive sale, hedging, conversion or other integrated or similar transaction; or |
• | U.S. Holders (as defined below) whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar. |
• | any gain recognized by the U.S. Holder on the sale or other disposition of its Class A ordinary shares, rights or warrants; and |
• | any “excess distribution” made to the U.S. Holder (generally, any distributions to such U.S. Holder during a taxable year of the U.S. Holder that are greater than 125% of the average annual distributions received by such U.S. Holder in respect of the Class A ordinary shares during the three preceding taxable years of such U.S. Holder or, if shorter, such U.S. Holder’s holding period for the Class A ordinary shares). |
• | the U.S. Holder’s gain or excess distribution will be allocated ratably over the U.S. Holder’s holding period for the Class A ordinary shares, rights and warrants; |
• | the amount allocated to the U.S. Holder’s taxable year in which the U.S. Holder recognized the gain or received the excess distribution, or to the period in the U.S. Holder’s holding period before the first day of our first taxable year in which we are a PFIC, will be taxed as ordinary income; |
• | the amount allocated to other taxable years (or portions thereof) of the U.S. Holder and included in its holding period will be taxed at the highest tax rate in effect for that year and applicable to the U.S. Holder; and |
• | the interest charge generally applicable to underpayments of tax will be imposed in respect of the tax attributable to each such other taxable year of the U.S. Holder. |
Underwriter | | | Number of Units |
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC | | | |
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | | | |
Rice Financial Products Company | | | |
Total | | | 20,000,000 |
| | Per Unit(1) | | | Total(1) | |||||||
| | Without Over- allotment | | | With Over- allotment | | | Without Over- allotment | | | With Over- allotment | |
Underwriting Discounts and Commissions paid by us | | | $0.55 | | | $0.55 | | | $11,000,000 | | | $12,650,000 |
(1) | Includes $0.35 per unit, or $7,000,000 (or $8,050,000 if the over-allotment option is exercised in full) in the aggregate, payable to the underwriters for deferred underwriting commissions to be placed in a trust account located in the United States as described herein. The deferred commissions will be released to the underwriters only on completion of an initial business combination, in an amount equal to $0.35 multiplied by the number of Class A ordinary shares sold as part of the units in this offering, as described in this prospectus. |
• | Stabilizing transactions permit bids to purchase the underlying security so long as the stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified maximum. |
• | Over-allotment involves sales by the underwriters of units in excess of the number of units the underwriters are obligated to purchase, which creates a syndicate short position. The short position may be either a covered short position or a naked short position. In a covered short position, the number of units over-allotted by the underwriters are not greater than the number of units that they may purchase in the over-allotment option. In a naked short position, the number of units involved is greater than the number of units in the over-allotment option. The underwriters may close out any covered short position by either exercising their over-allotment option and/or purchasing units in the open market. |
• | Syndicate covering transactions involve purchases of the units in the open market after the distribution has been completed in order to cover syndicate short positions. In determining the source of units to |
• | Penalty bids permit the underwriters to reclaim a selling concession from a syndicate member when the units originally sold by the syndicate member are purchased in a stabilizing or syndicate covering transaction to cover syndicate short positions. |
(a) | to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined under the Prospectus Regulation; |
(b) | to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined under the Prospectus Regulation), subject to obtaining the prior consent of the underwriters for any such offer; or |
(c) | in any other circumstances falling within Article 1(4) of the Prospectus Regulation, |
(a) | they have only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of FSMA) to persons who have professional experience in matters relating to investments falling with Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 or in circumstances in which section 21 of FSMA does not apply to the company; and |
(b) | they have complied with, and will comply with all applicable provisions of FSMA with respect to anything done by them in relation to the units in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom. |
• | the purchaser is entitled under applicable provincial securities laws to purchase the units without the benefit of a prospectus qualified under those securities laws as it is an “accredited investor” as defined under National Instrument 45-106 - Prospectus Exemptions or Section 73.3 of the Securities Act (Ontario), as applicable; |
• | the purchaser is a “permitted client” as defined in National Instrument 31-103 - Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations; |
• | where required by law, the purchaser is purchasing as principal and not as agent; and |
• | the purchaser has reviewed the text above under Resale Restrictions. |
| | September 30, 2021 | | | February 12, 2021 | |
| | (unaudited) | | | ||
Assets | | | | | ||
Current assets: | | | | | ||
Prepaid expenses | | | $— | | | $18,796 |
Total current assets | | | — | | | 18,796 |
Deferred offering costs associated with proposed public offering | | | 663,377 | | | 140,000 |
Total Assets | | | $663,377 | | | $158,796 |
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Liabilities and Shareholder's Equity (Deficit) | | | | | ||
Current liabilities: | | | | | ||
Accounts payable | | | $41,801 | | | $— |
Accrued expenses | | | 487,030 | | | 140,000 |
Note payable - related party | | | 161,755 | | | — |
Total current liabilities | | | 690,586 | | | 140,000 |
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Commitments and Contingencies (Note 6) | | | | | ||
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Shareholder's Equity (Deficit): | | | | | ||
Preference shares, $0.0001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding | | | — | | | — |
Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding | | | — | | | — |
Class B ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized; 5,750,000 shares issued and outstanding(1)(2) | | | 575 | | | 575 |
Additional paid-in capital | | | 24,425 | | | 24,425 |
Accumulated deficit | | | (52,209) | | | (6,204) |
Total shareholder's equity (deficit) | | | (27,209) | | | 18,796 |
Total Liabilities and Shareholder's Equity (Deficit) | | | $663,377 | | | $158,796 |
(1) | This number includes up to 750,000 Class B ordinary shares subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part by the underwriters. |
(2) | On October 25, 2021, the Sponsor surrendered to us at no cost an aggregate of 2,875,000 Class B ordinary shares, which were cancelled, resulting in a decrease in the total number of Class B ordinary shares outstanding from 8,625,000 to 5,750,000. All shares and associated amounts have been retroactively restated to reflect the share surrender (see Note 5). |
| | For The Period From February 11, 2021 (Inception) Through | ||||
| | September 30, 2021 | | | February 12, 2021 | |
| | (unaudited) | | | ||
General and administrative expenses | | | $52,209 | | | $6,204 |
Net loss | | | $(52,209) | | | $(6,204) |
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Weighted average Class B ordinary shares outstanding, basic and diluted(1)(2) | | | 5,000,000 | | | 5,000,000 |
| | | | |||
Basic and diluted net loss per ordinary share | | | $(0.01) | | | $(0.00) |
(1) | This number excludes an aggregate of up to 750,000 Class B ordinary shares subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part by the underwriters. |
(2) | On October 25, 2021, the Sponsor surrendered to us at no cost an aggregate of 2,875,000 Class B ordinary shares, which were cancelled, resulting in a decrease in the total number of Class B ordinary shares outstanding from 8,625,000 to 5,750,000. All shares and associated amounts have been retroactively restated to reflect the share surrender (see Note 5). |
| | For The Period From February 11, 2021 (Inception) Through September 30, 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
| | Ordinary Shares | | | Additional Paid-in Capital | | | Accumulated Deficit | | | Total Shareholder's Equity (Deficit) | ||||||||||
| | Class A | | | Class B | | |||||||||||||||
| | Shares | | | Amount | | | Shares | | | Amount | | |||||||||
Balance - February 11, 2021 (inception) | | | — | | | $— | | | — | | | $— | | | $— | | | $— | | | $— |
Issuance of Class B ordinary shares to Sponsor(1)(2) | | | — | | | — | | | 5,750,000 | | | 575 | | | 24,425 | | | — | | | 25,000 |
Net loss | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | (6,204) | | | (6,204) |
Balance - February 12, 2021 (audited) | | | — | | | $— | | | 5,750,000 | | | $575 | | | $24,425 | | | $(6,204) | | | $18,796 |
Net loss | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | (46,005) | | | (46,005) |
Balance - September 30, 2021 (unaudited) | | | — | | | $— | | | 5,750,000 | | | $575 | | | $24,425 | | | $(52,209) | | | $(27,209) |
(1) | This number includes up to 750,000 Class B ordinary shares subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part by the underwriters. |
(2) | On October 25, 2021, the Sponsor surrendered to us at no cost an aggregate of 2,875,000 Class B ordinary shares, which were cancelled, resulting in a decrease in the total number of Class B ordinary shares outstanding from 8,625,000 to 5,750,000. All shares and associated amounts have been retroactively restated to reflect the share surrender (see Note 5). |
| | For The Period From February 11, 2021 (Inception) Through | ||||
| | September 30, 2021 | | | February 12, 2021 | |
| | (unaudited) | | | ||
Cash Flows from Operating Activities: | | | | | ||
Net loss | | | $(52,209) | | | $(6,204) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: | | | | | ||
General and administrative expenses paid by related party in exchange for issuance of Class B ordinary shares | | | 25,000 | | | — |
General and administrative expenses paid by related party under promissory note | | | 5,000 | | | — |
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | | | | | ||
Prepaid expenses | | | — | | | 6,204 |
Accounts payable | | | 9,501 | | | — |
Accrued expenses | | | 12,708 | | | — |
Net cash used in operating activities | | | — | | | — |
| | | | |||
Net change in cash | | | — | | | — |
| | | | |||
Cash - beginning of the period | | | — | | | — |
Cash - end of the period | | | $— | | | $— |
| | | | |||
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities: | | | | | ||
Deferred offering costs included in accounts payable | | | $32,300 | | | $— |
Deferred offering costs included in accrued expenses | | | $ 474,322 | | | $ 140,000 |
Deferred offering costs paid by related party under promissory note | | | $ 156,755 | | | $— |
Prepaid expenses paid in exchange for issuance of Class B ordinary shares to Sponsor | | | $— | | | $25,000 |
• | Level 1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical instruments in active markets; |
• | Level 2, defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable such as quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and |
• | Level 3, defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions, such as valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable. |
• | in whole and not in part; |
• | at a price of $0.01 per Public Warrant; |
• | upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption; and |
• | if, and only if, the last reported sale price (the “closing price”) of Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted) for any 10 trading days within a 20-trading day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders. |
Item 13. | Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution. |
Legal fees and expenses | | | $400,000 |
Accounting fees and expenses | | | 58,000 |
SEC expenses | | | 52,000 |
FINRA expenses | | | 72,000 |
Travel and road show | | | 10,000 |
Nasdaq listing and filing fees | | | 75,000 |
Printing and engraving expenses | | | 30,000 |
Miscellaneous expenses | | | 28,000 |
Total offering expenses | | | $725,000 |
Item 14. | Indemnification of Directors and Officers. |
Item 15. | Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities. |
Item 16. | Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules. |
(a) | Exhibits. The following exhibits are being filed herewith: |
Exhibit | | | Description |
| | Form of Underwriting Agreement | |
| | Memorandum and Articles of Association | |
| | Form of Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association | |
| | Specimen Unit Certificate | |
| | Specimen Class A Ordinary Share Certificate | |
| | Specimen Warrant Certificate (included in Exhibit 4.5) | |
| | Form of Rights Certificate (included in Exhibit 4.7) | |
| | Form of Public Warrant Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Registrant | |
| | Form of Private Warrant Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Registrant | |
| | Form of Rights Agreement by and between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Registrant | |
| | Opinion of Maples and Calder (Cayman) LLP, Cayman Islands legal counsel to the Registrant | |
| | Opinion of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, U.S. legal counsel to the Registrant | |
| | Amended and Restated Promissory Note, dated July 30, 2021, issued to bleuacacia sponsor LLC | |
| | Form of Letter Agreement among the Registrant and its directors, officers and senior advisors and bleuacacia sponsor LLC | |
| | Form of Investment Management Trust Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Registrant | |
| | Form of Registration Rights Agreement between the Registrant and certain security holders | |
| | Securities Subscription Agreement, dated February 12, 2021, between the Registrant and bleuacacia sponsor LLC | |
| | Form of Sponsor Warrants Purchase Agreement between the Registrant and bleuacacia sponsor LLC | |
| | Form of Indemnity Agreement | |
| | Form of Administrative Services Agreement, by and between the Registrant and an affiliate of the Registrant | |
| | Form of Code of Ethics and Business Conduct | |
| | Consent of Marcum LLP | |
| | Consent of Maples and Calder (Cayman) LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) | |
| | Consent of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2) | |
| | Power of Attorney (included on signature page to the initial filing of this Registration Statement) | |
| | Consent of Jide Zeitlin | |
| | Consent of Lew Frankfort | |
| | Consent of Charles McGuigan | |
| | Consent of Ibukun Awosika | |
| | Consent of Natara Holloway |
* | Previously filed |
** | Filed herewith |
(b) | Financial Statements. See page F-1 for an index to the financial statements and schedules included in the registration statement. |
Item 17. | Undertakings. |
(a) | The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to provide to the underwriters at the closing specified in the underwriting agreement, certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriters to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser. |
(b) | Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the |
(c) | The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that: |
(1) | For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective. |
(2) | For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
(3) | For the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser, if the registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use. |
(4) | For the purpose of determining liability of a registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of an undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser: |
(i) | Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; |
(ii) | Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by an undersigned registrant; |
(iii) | The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and |
(iv) | Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser. |
| | BLEUACACIA LTD | ||||
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| | By: | | | /s/ Jide Zeitlin | |
| | | | Name: Jide Zeitlin Title: Co-Chief Executive Officer |
Name | | | Position | | | Date |
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/s/ Jide Zeitlin | | | Co-Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) | | | November 10, 2021 |
Jide Zeitlin | | |||||
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* | | | Co-Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) | | | November 10, 2021 |
Lew Frankfort | | |||||
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* | | | Executive Director (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | | | November 10, 2021 |
Thomas Northover | |
*By: | | | /s/ Jide Zeitlin | | | | | November 10, 2021 | |
| | Jide Zeitlin | | | | | |||
| | Attorney-in-fact | | | | |