SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED OCTOBER 19, 2021
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS
7 Acquisition Corporation
$200,000,000
20,000,000 Units
7 Acquisition Corporation is a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities, which we refer to as our initial business combination. We have not selected any business combination target and we have not, nor has anyone on our behalf, initiated any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any business combination target. While we will not be limited to a particular industry or geographic region in our identification and acquisition of a target company, we currently intend to focus our partner selection efforts on companies that provide environmental, business and/or infrastructure products and services that will contribute to a more sustainable future consistent with today’s Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) principles.
This is an initial public offering of our securities. Each unit has an offering price of $10.00 and consists of one Class A ordinary share and one-half of one redeemable warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment, terms and limitations as described herein. The underwriter has a 45-day option from the date of this prospectus to purchase up to 3,000,000 additional units to cover over-allotments, if any.
We will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Class A ordinary shares upon the completion of our initial business combination, subject to the limitations as described herein. If we have not consummated an initial business combination within 18 months from the closing of this offering, we will redeem 100% of the public shares for cash, subject to applicable law and certain conditions as described herein.
Our sponsor and certain funds and accounts managed by subsidiaries of BlackRock, Inc., none of which are affiliated with us, our sponsor, our directors or any member of our management (collectively, the “anchor investors”) have committed to purchase 10,150,000 warrants (or 11,350,000 warrants if the underwriter’s 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. Our sponsor will purchase 7,105,000 warrants or (7,945,000 warrants if the underwriter’s over-allotment option is exercised in full) and our anchor investors will collectively purchase 3,045,000 warrants (or 3,405,000 warrants if the underwriter’s over-allotment option is exercised in full). The private placement warrants are identical to the warrants sold in this offering, subject to certain limited exceptions as described in this prospectus.
Our sponsor currently owns 5,750,000 Class B ordinary shares, of which up to 750,000 Class B ordinary shares are subject to forfeiture depending on the extent to which the underwriter’s over-allotment option is exercised. The Class B ordinary shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares at the time of our initial business combination or earlier at the option of the holders thereof as described herein. Prior to our initial business combination, only holders of our Class B ordinary shares will be entitled to vote on the election of directors.
As of the date of this prospectus, the anchor investors have expressed to us a non-binding interest in purchasing up to 7.5% of the units sold in this offering at the public offering price of the units offered hereby, and such allocation will be determined by the underwriter. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we are not limited with respect to the number of units we may sell to the anchor investor, or other qualified institutional buyers or institutional accredited investors, in this offering. We expect that the number of units the anchor investors will purchase would, in general, be increased or decreased proportionately in the event the number of units offered hereby is increased or decreased, respectively (other than as a result of any exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment option).
The anchor investors will potentially have different interests than our other public shareholders, as further discussed in this prospectus. The anchor investors will also have the potential to realize enhanced economic returns and overall economic outcome from its investment in us in comparison to our other public shareholders who are not making anchor investments and will not be entitled to purchase Class B ordinary shares. Because the anchor investors’ expressions of interest are not binding agreements or commitments to purchase, our anchor investors may determine to purchase more, fewer, or no units in this offering or the underwriter may determine to sell more, fewer or no units to our anchor investors. The anchor investors have entered into separate transfer and subscription agreements (the “Anchor Investor Agreements”) with us and our sponsor pursuant to which, at the closing of our initial business combination, the anchor investors will be entitled to purchase from our sponsor an aggregate of up to 25% of the number of founder shares outstanding upon the final closing of this offering, at a purchase price of $0.004 per share. For a discussion of certain additional arrangements with our anchor investors, please see “Summary — The Offering — Expressions of Interest.”
Currently, there is no public market for our securities. We have applied to have our units listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”), under the symbol “SVNAU.” We expect that the Class A ordinary shares and warrants comprising the units will begin separate trading on Nasdaq under the symbols “SVNA” and “SVNAW,” respectively, on the 52nd day following the date of this prospectus unless the underwriter permits earlier separate trading and we have satisfied certain conditions.
We are an “emerging growth company” and “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 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) | | | | $ | 0.55 | | | | | $ | 11,000,000 | | |
Proceeds, before expenses, to us | | | | $ | 9.45 | | | | | $ | 189,000,000 | | |
(1)
Includes $0.35 per unit, or $7,000,000 in the aggregate (or $8,050,000 in the aggregate if the underwriter’s over-allotment option is exercised in full), payable to the underwriter for deferred underwriting commissions to be placed in a trust account located in the United States as described herein and released to the underwriter only upon the consummation of an initial business combination. See also “Underwriting” for a description of compensation and other items of value payable to the underwriter.
Of the proceeds we receive from this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants described in this prospectus, $204,000,000, or $234,600,000 if the underwriter’s over-allotment option is exercised in full ($10.20 per unit in either case), will be deposited into a U.S. based trust account at Goldman Sachs Bank USA with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee.
The underwriter is offering the units for sale on a firm commitment basis. The underwriter expects to deliver the units to the purchasers on or about , 2021.
Sole Book-Running Manager
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
The date of this prospectus is , 2021.