The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and we are not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED MARCH 26, 2021
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS
$200,000,000
ISRAEL AMPLIFY PROGRAM CORP.
20,000,000 units
Israel Amplify Program Corp. is a newly organized blank check company, incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses, which we refer to throughout this prospectus as our initial business combination. Although we will not be limited to a particular industry, sector or geographic region, we will focus on high-quality, growing technology-based opportunities located in, or that have a meaningful connection to, Israel. We have not selected any potential business combination target, and we have not, nor has anyone on our behalf, initiated any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any potential business combination target.
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-fifth of one redeemable warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment, terms and limitations as described herein. The underwriter has a 45-day option from the date of this prospectus to purchase up to 3,000,000 additional units to cover over-allotments, if any.
We will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Class A ordinary shares upon the completion of our initial business combination, subject to the limitations as described herein. If we have not consummated an initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of this offering or during any Extension Period (as defined herein), we will redeem 100% of the public shares for cash, subject to applicable law and certain conditions as described herein.
On , 2021, in connection with the subscription for Class B ordinary shares described herein, our sponsors, Pitango, Amplify and Sphera (each as defined herein), purchased an aggregate of 5,217,391 private placement warrants (with a commitment to purchase an additional 521,739 private placement 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, in a private placement. In addition, certain funds and accounts managed by subsidiaries of BlackRock, Inc. (the “anchor investor”) have agreed to purchase 782,609 private placement warrants (or 860,870 private placement 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, in a private placement to occur concurrently with the closing of this offering. The aggregate cash purchase price for the private placement warrants purchased by our sponsors (and to be purchased by the anchor investor) will equal $6,000,000 (or $6,600,000 if the underwriter’s over-allotment option is exercised in full).
Prior to the consummation of this offering, our initial shareholders, which include our sponsors and the anchor investor, will 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 underwriter’s over-allotment option is exercised. The Class B ordinary shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares at the time of our initial business combination or earlier at the option of the holders thereof as described herein. Prior to our initial business combination, only holders of our Class B ordinary shares will be entitled to vote on the appointment of directors.
The anchor investor has expressed to us an interest to purchase up to 9.8% of the units to be sold in this offering at the public offering price per unit set forth above and we have agreed to direct the underwriter to sell to the anchor investor such amount of units. Because this expression of interest is not a binding agreement or commitment to purchase, our anchor investor 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 investor. For a discussion of certain additional arrangements with our anchor investor, see “Summary—The Offering—Expressions of Interest.”
In connection with the consummation of this offering, we have entered into a forward purchase agreement with Sphera Master Fund LP, a British Virgin Islands exempted partnership and an affiliate of Sphera (“Sphera Fund”), pursuant to which Sphera Fund has committed that it will purchase from us up to 4,500,000 forward purchase units, consisting of one Class A ordinary share, or a forward purchase share, and one-fifth of one warrant to purchase one Class A ordinary share, or a forward purchase warrant, for $10.00 per forward purchase unit, or an aggregate amount of up to $45,000,000, in a private placement that will close concurrently with the closing of our initial business combination. Pursuant to the terms of the forward purchase agreement, in no event will Sphera Fund be required to purchase a number of forward purchase units that would result in Sphera Fund, together with Sphera and any of its affiliates or any other entity that may be considered to be acting as a group with Sphera, owning more than 4.99% of the outstanding equity securities of the combined company following