SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED JULY 7, 2023
Spark I Acquisition Corporation
$100,000,000
10,000,000 Units
Spark I 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, 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. 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 whole share, subject to adjustment, terms and limitations as described herein.
We have granted Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., the representative of the underwriters, which we refer to as Cantor or the Representative, a 45-day option from the date of this prospectus to purchase up to 1,500,000 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, SLG SPAC Fund LLC, has agreed to purchase 10,000,000 warrants, 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 initial shareholder currently owns 6,870,130 Class B ordinary shares, up to 448,052 of which are subject to forfeiture depending on the extent to which the underwriter’s over-allotment option is exercised, and up to 3,435,065 of which are subject to forfeiture immediately prior to the closing of our initial business combination depending on the amount of the proceeds received under the forward purchase agreement described below or in the event of our winding up and subsequent dissolution. The Class B ordinary shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares on no less than one-to-one basis subject to adjustment as provided herein and in our Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association 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. 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 a vote to continue the company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands (including, but not limited to, the approval of the organizational documents of the 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 Nasdaq Global Market, or the Nasdaq, then in effect.
SparkLabs Group Management, LLC, an accredited institutional investor affiliated with our sponsor, which we refer to as the forward purchaser, will upon the effectiveness of the registration statement, enter into a forward purchase agreement with us that intends to provide the post-business combination entity an aggregate purchase price of the forward purchase securities of at least $115,000,000 in a private placement to close concurrently with the closing of our initial business combination. However, the forward purchaser may also purchase less than $115,000,000 worth of forward purchase securities in accordance with the terms of the forward purchase agreement. In addition, the forward purchaser may terminate its commitment under the forward purchase agreement at any time before the closing of our initial business combination. Accordingly, if the forward purchaser exercises its right to terminate its commitment to purchase any forward purchase securities, we will not receive any of the amount of proceeds under the forward purchase agreement and all of the 3,435,065 Class B ordinary shares associated with the forward purchase agreement will then be forfeited prior to the closing of our initial business combination. The 3,435,065 additional Class B ordinary shares issued to our sponsor represent the adjustment to the ratio applicable to the conversion of its Class B ordinary shares that our sponsor would have been entitled to at the closing of our initial business combination as a result of the issuance of additional Class A ordinary shares under the forward purchase agreement. As a result, the issuance of the Class A ordinary shares at the closing of our initial business combination will not trigger a further adjustment to this ratio. For example, assuming the underwriter’s over-allotment option is exercised in full, 6,870,130 Class B ordinary shares issued to sponsor, which includes the 3,435,065 Class B ordinary shares issued in connection with the forward purchase agreement, will equal at most 23% of the sum of (i) the total number of Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares outstanding after this offering and the expiration of the underwriter’s over-allotment option at such time plus (ii) the total converted Class A ordinary shares to be issued pursuant to the forward purchase agreement.
Currently, there is no public market for our securities. We intend to apply to have our units listed on the Nasdaq Global Market, or the Nasdaq, under the symbol “SPKLU.” We expect that the Class A ordinary shares and warrants comprising the units will begin separate trading on the Nasdaq under the symbols “SPKL’’ and “SPKLW,” 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 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 34 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 | | | | | $ | 100,000,000 | | |
Underwriting discounts and commissions(1) | | | | | 0.55 | | | | | $ | 5,500,000 | | |
Proceeds, before expenses, to us | | | | | 9.45 | | | | | $ | 94,500,000 | | |
(1)
Includes $0.35 per unit, or $3,500,000 (or up to $4,025,000 if the Representative’s option to purchase additional units is exercised in full) in the aggregate, payable to the underwriter 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 Cantor for its own account only on completion of an initial business combination, in an amount equal to $0.35 multiplied by the number of shares of Class A ordinary shares sold as part of the units in this offering, as described in this prospectus. Does not include certain expenses payable to the underwriter in connection with this offering. See “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, $100,500,000, or $115,575,000 if the underwriter’s option to purchase additional units is exercised in full ($10.05 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 , 2023.
Sole Bookrunner
Cantor
The date of this prospectus is , 2023