SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED NOVEMBER 1, 2021
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS
$200,000,000
Hunt Companies Acquisition Corp. I
20,000,000 units
Hunt Companies Acquisition Corp. I is a blank check company newly incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company whose business purpose is to effect a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses, which we refer to as our initial business combination. We have not selected any specific business combination target and we have not, nor has anyone on our behalf, engaged in any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any business combination target with respect to an initial business combination with us. We will not be limited to a particular industry or geographic region in our identification and acquisition of a target company.
This is an initial public offering of our securities. Each unit has an offering price of $10.00 and consists of one Class A ordinary share and one-half of one redeemable warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment, terms and limitations as described herein. The underwriters have a 45-day option from the date of this prospectus to purchase up to 3,000,000 additional units to cover over-allotments, if any.
We will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Class A ordinary shares in connection with our initial business combination, subject to the limitations as described herein. If we have not consummated an initial business combination within 12 months (or up to 18 months from the consummation of this offering if we extend the period of time to consummate a business combination, as described in more detail in this prospectus) from the closing of this offering, we will redeem 100% of the public shares for cash, subject to applicable law and certain conditions as described herein.
Our sponsor, Hunt Companies Sponsor, LLC, an affiliate of Hunt Companies, Inc. has agreed to purchase 8,125,000 warrants (or 9,025,000 warrants if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), each exercisable to purchase one Class A ordinary share at $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment, at a price of $1.00 per warrant, in a private placement to occur concurrently with the closing of this offering. Additionally, Jefferies LLC has agreed to purchase 875,000 warrants (or up to 1,025,000 warrants if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), each exercisable to purchase one Class A ordinary share at $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment, at a price of $1.00 per warrant, in a private placement to occur concurrently with the closing of this offering. We collectively refer to the warrants to be purchased by our sponsor and Jefferies LLC throughout this prospectus as the ‘‘private placement warrants.’’
Our initial shareholders currently own 5,750,000 Class B ordinary shares, up to 750,000 of which are subject to forfeiture depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised. The Class B ordinary shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares at the time of our initial business combination on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment as provided herein. Holders of the Class B ordinary shares will have the right to vote on the election or removal of our directors prior to our initial business combination and each director will need to receive the vote of two-thirds of the outstanding Class B ordinary shares in order to be elected. On any other matter submitted to a vote of our shareholders, holders of the Class B ordinary shares and holders of the Class A ordinary shares will vote together as a single class, except that in respect of any vote or votes to continue our company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands (including, but not limited to, the approval of the organizational documents of our company in such other jurisdiction), holders of Class B ordinary shares will have ten votes per share and holders of Class A ordinary shares will have one vote per share, and except as required by law or the applicable rules of the New York Stock Exchange, or the NYSE, then in effect.
Our sponsor has indicated an interest in purchasing up to an aggregate of 2,500,000 units in this offering at the public offering price. An indication of interest is not a binding agreement or commitment to purchase any units, and our sponsor and its affiliates may decide to purchase fewer than 2,500,000 units or no units at all in this offering. The underwriters will not receive any underwriting discounts or commission on any such units purchased by the sponsor or its affiliates. In the event that the sponsor or its affiliates purchase any units in this offering, we will retain the amount of the underwriting discounts or commissions that otherwise would have been payable on those units as working capital following the closing of this offering and such units will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer applicable to the founder shares and private placement warrants.
Currently, there is no public market for our securities. We intend to apply to have our units listed on the New York Stock Exchange, or the NYSE, under the symbol “HTAQ.U” We expect that the Class A ordinary shares and warrants comprising the units will begin separate trading on the NYSE under the symbols “HTAQ” and “HTAQ WS,” respectively, on the 52nd day following the date of this prospectus unless Jefferies LLC permits earlier separate trading and we have satisfied certain conditions.
We are an “emerging growth company” and a “smaller reporting company” under applicable federal securities laws and will be subject to reduced public company reporting requirements.
Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page
38 for a discussion of information that should be considered in connection with an investment in our securities. Investors will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investors in Rule 419 blank check offerings.
Neither the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
| | | | Per Unit | | | Total | |
| Public offering price | | | | $ | 10.00 | | | | | $ | 200,000,000 | | |
| Underwriting discounts and commissions(1)(2) | | | | $ | 0.55 | | | | | $ | 11,000,000 | | |
| Proceeds, before expenses, to us | | | | $ | 9.45 | | | | | $ | 189,000,000 | | |
(1)
Includes $0.35 per unit, or $7,000,000 in the aggregate (or $8,050,000 in the aggregate if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), payable to the underwriters for deferred underwriting commissions to be placed in a trust account located in the United States as described herein and released to the underwriters only upon the consummation of an initial business combination. See “Underwriting” for a description of compensation payable to the underwriters.
(2)
The underwriters will not receive any underwriting discounts or commissions on units purchased by our sponsor.
All of the proceeds we receive from this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants described in this prospectus, $203,000,000, or $233,450,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full ($10.15 per unit in either case), will be deposited into a U.S.-based trust account with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee.
The underwriters are offering the units for sale on a firm commitment basis. The underwriters expect to deliver the units to the purchasers on or about , 2021.
Sole Book-Running Manager
Jefferies
The date of this prospectus is , 2021