The information in this 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 prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.
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PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS | | SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED MAY 31, 2022 |
$110,000,000
Atlas Growth Acquisition Limited
11,000,000 Units
Atlas Growth Acquisition Limited is a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company for the purpose of entering into 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 throughout this prospectus as our initial business combination. Our efforts to identify a prospective target business will not be limited to a particular industry or geographic region, although we currently intend to focus our efforts in Asia (excluding China) with an emphasis on sourcing opportunities that are in the healthcare, consumer technology and technology, media and telecommunications industries. We will not undertake an initial business combination with any entity that is based or located in or that conducts its principal business operations in China (including Hong Kong and Macau). Since certain of our officers and directors have significant ties to, and business experience in, mainland China and Hong Kong, not being able to target a business in China (including Hong Kong and Macau) may make it more difficult to find an attractive target business, and it may make us a less attractive partner to certain potential non-China- or non-Hong Kong-based target businesses. Additionally, since several of our directors and officers are based in or have significant ties to China, we may have limited resources outside of China and certain of our directors and officers may be subject to the regulations of the PRC government. As a result, it may significantly limit our ability to search for candidates for our initial business combination. We may not be able to locate a sufficient number of attractive target businesses and conduct the necessary due diligence investigations due to our limited resources outside of China. Even if we can locate an appropriate candidate for our business combination, we may not be able to enter into a business combination agreement that is in our favor if our officers and directors are unfamiliar with the markets outside of China and due to the limited business combination period. These risks could significantly and negatively impact our search for a target business and/or the value of the securities we are registering for sale. We do not have any specific business combination under consideration and we have not (nor has anyone on our behalf), directly or indirectly, contacted any prospective target business or had any substantive discussions, formal or otherwise, with respect to such a transaction with our company.
Pursuant to the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (“HFCAA”), the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the “PCAOB”) issued a Determination Report on December 16, 2021 which found that the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms headquartered in: (1) mainland China of the People’s Republic of China because of a position taken by one or more authorities in mainland China; and (2) Hong Kong, a Special Administrative Region and dependency of the PRC, because of a position taken by one or more authorities in Hong Kong. In addition, the PCAOB’s report identified the specific registered public accounting firms which are subject to these determinations. Our registered public accounting firm, Friedman LLP, is headquartered in Manhattan, New York with no branches or offices outside the United States, is an independent registered public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and is subject to laws in the United States pursuant to which the PCAOB conducts regular inspections to assess Friedman LLP’s compliance with applicable professional standards and was not identified in this report as a firm subject to the PCAOB’s determination. The PCAOB currently has access to inspect the working papers of our auditor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that we complete a business combination with a company, the auditor of which the PCAOB is not able to fully conduct inspections on, it could cause us to fail to be in compliance with U.S. securities laws and regulations, we could cease to be listed on a U.S. securities exchange, and U.S. trading of our shares could be prohibited under the HFCAA and Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act. See “Risk Factor — U.S. laws and regulations, including the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act and Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, may restrict or eliminate our ability to complete a business combination with certain companies.”
This is an initial public offering of our securities. We are offering 11,000,000 units at an offering price of $10.00 per unit. Each unit consists of one Class A ordinary share, one redeemable warrant, which we refer to throughout this prospectus as the “public warrants” and one right to receive one-tenth (1/10) of a Class A ordinary share. Each warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per full share, subject to adjustment as described in this prospectus. Each warrant will become exercisable 30 days after the completion of an initial business combination, and will expire on the fifth anniversary of our completion of an initial business combination, or earlier upon redemption or liquidation. We will not issue fractional shares in connection with the exchange of rights. As a result, you must hold rights in multiples of ten in order to receive shares for all of your rights.
We have also granted the underwriters, a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,650,000 units (over and above the 11,000,000 units referred to above) solely to cover over-allotments, if any.
We will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their Class A ordinary shares upon the consummation of our initial business combination at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account described below, including interest (net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then issued and outstanding Class A ordinary shares that were sold as part of the units in this offering, which we refer to as our “public shares.”
We have 15 months from the closing of this offering to consummate our initial business combination. However, if we anticipate that we may not be able to consummate our initial business combination within 15 months, we may, but are not obligated to, extend the period of time to consummate a business combination two times by an additional three months each time (for a total of up to 21 months to complete a business combination) as described in this prospectus. If we are unable to consummate our initial business combination within the above time period, we will distribute the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, net of taxes payable, and less up to $50,000 of interest to pay liquidation expenses, pro rata to our public shareholders by way of the redemption of their shares and to cease all operations except for the purposes of winding up of our affairs, as further described herein. In such event, the warrants and rights will expire and be worthless.
We have issued to our sponsor, Atlas Growth Holdings Limited, and certain of its affiliates (collectively, our “initial shareholders”) an aggregate of 3,162,500 Class B ordinary shares (including up to an aggregate of 412,500 Class B ordinary shares subject to forfeiture to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part) in exchange for a capital contribution of $25,000, or approximately $0.008 per share. The Class B ordinary 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 the adjustments described herein. The holders of our Class B ordinary shares will have the right to elect all of our directors prior to our initial business combination and the holders of our Class A ordinary shares will not be entitled to vote on the election of directors during such time.
In addition, our sponsor has committed to purchase from us an aggregate of 5,850,000 warrants (or 6,427,500 warrants if the over-allotment option is exercised in full) (the “private warrants”) at a price of $1.00 per warrant in a private placement for an aggregate purchase price of $5,850,000 (or $6,427,500 if the over-allotment option is exercised in full). Each private warrant will be identical to the warrants included in the units sold in this offering, except as described in this prospectus. The private warrants will be sold in a private placement that will close simultaneously with the closing of this offering, including the over-allotment option, as applicable.
There is presently no public market for our units, Class A ordinary shares, warrants or rights. We have applied to have our units listed on the Nasdaq Global Market, or Nasdaq, under the symbol “ATLAU” on or promptly after the date of this prospectus. We cannot guarantee that our securities will be approved for listing on Nasdaq. Once the securities comprising the units begin separate trading as described in this prospectus, we expect the Class A ordinary shares, warrants and rights will be traded on Nasdaq under the symbols “ATLA,” “ATLAW,” and “ATLAR”