0001140361-21-005965.txt : 20210224 0001140361-21-005965.hdr.sgml : 20210224 20210224100048 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001140361-21-005965 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20210224 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20210224 GROUP MEMBERS: BASSO GP, LLC GROUP MEMBERS: BASSO MANAGEMENT, LLC GROUP MEMBERS: BASSO SPAC FUND LLC GROUP MEMBERS: HOWARD I. FISCHER SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Big Cypress Acquisition Corp. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001833214 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: BLANK CHECKS [6770] IRS NUMBER: 853899721 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-92283 FILM NUMBER: 21669282 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 300 W. 41ST STREET STREET 2: SUITE 202 CITY: MIAMI BEACH STATE: FL ZIP: 33140 BUSINESS PHONE: (305) 204-3338 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 300 W. 41ST STREET STREET 2: SUITE 202 CITY: MIAMI BEACH STATE: FL ZIP: 33140 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BASSO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001287978 IRS NUMBER: 200406508 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1266 EAST MAIN STREET STREET 2: 4TH FLOOR CITY: STAMFORD STATE: CT ZIP: 06902 BUSINESS PHONE: (203) 352-6100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1266 EAST MAIN STREET STREET 2: 4TH FLOOR CITY: STAMFORD STATE: CT ZIP: 06902 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BASSO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L.P. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20130806 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BASSO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20130731 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BASSO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20040421 SC 13G 1 brhc10020779_sc13g.htm SC 13G
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549

SCHEDULE 13G
 
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No.)*
 
Big Cypress Acquisition Corp.
(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)

089115109
(CUSIP Number)

February 22, 2021
 (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)
 
Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:
 
☐          Rule 13d-1(b)
 
☒          Rule 13d-1(c)
 
☐          Rule 13d-1(d)
 
* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
 
The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
 
Continued on following pages
Page 1 of 11 Pages
Exhibit Index: Page 10

CUSIP No. 089115109
 
Page 2 of 11 Pages

1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
 
 
BASSO SPAC FUND LLC
 
 
 
 
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
    
(a)☐
    
(b)☐
 
 
3
SEC USE ONLY
 
 

 
 
 
 
4
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
 
Delaware
 
 
 
 
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
5
SOLE VOTING POWER
 
 
0
 
 
 
 
6
SHARED VOTING POWER
 
 
757,794
 
 
 
 
7
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
 
0
 
 
 
 
8
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
 
757,794
 
 
 
 
9
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
 
757,794
 
 
 
 
10
CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
 
 
☐
 
 
 
 
11
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
 
 
5.12%
 
 
 
 
12
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
 
 
OO
 
 
 
 

CUSIP No. 089115109
 
Page 3 of 11 Pages

1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
 
 
BASSO MANAGEMENT, LLC
 
 
 
 
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
    
(a)☐
    
(b)☐
 
 
3
SEC USE ONLY
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
 
Delaware
 
 
 
 
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
5
SOLE VOTING POWER
 
 
0
 
 
 
 
6
SHARED VOTING POWER
 
 
757,794
 
 
 
 
7
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
 
0
 
 
 
 
8
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
 
757,794
 
 
 
 
9
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
 
757,794
 
 
 
 
10
CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
 
 
☐
 
 
 
 
11
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
 
 
5.12%
 
 
 
 
12
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
 
 
OO
 
 
 
 

CUSIP No. 089115109
 
Page 4 of 11 Pages

1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
 
 
BASSO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.
 
 
 
 
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
    
(a)☐
    
(b)☐
 
 
3
SEC USE ONLY
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
 
Delaware
 
 
 
 
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
5
SOLE VOTING POWER
 
 
0
 
 
 
 
6
SHARED VOTING POWER
 
 
757,794
 
 
 
 
7
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
 
0
 
 
 
 
8
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
 
757,794
 
 
 
 
9
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
 
757,794
 
 
 
 
10
CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
 
 
☐
 
 
 
 
11
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
 
 
5.12%
 
 
 
 
12
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
 
 
IA, PN
 
 
 
 

CUSIP No. 089115109
 
Page 5 of 11 Pages

1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
 
 
BASSO GP, LLC
 
 
 
 
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
    
(a)☐
    
(b)☐
 
 
3
SEC USE ONLY
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
 
Delaware
 
 
 
 
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
5
SOLE VOTING POWER
 
 
0
 
 
 
 
6
SHARED VOTING POWER
 
 
757,794
 
 
 
 
7
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
 
0
 
 
 
 
8
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
 
757,794
 
 
 
 
9
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
 
757,794
 
 
 
 
10
CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
 
 
☐
 
 
 
 
11
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
 
 
5.12%
 
 
 
 
12
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
 
 
OO, HC
 
 
 
 

CUSIP No. 089115109
 
Page 6 of 11 Pages

1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
 
 
HOWARD I. FISCHER
 
 
 
 
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
    
(a)☐
    
(b)☐
 
 
3
SEC USE ONLY
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
 
United States
 
 
 
 
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
5
SOLE VOTING POWER
 
 
0
 
 
 
 
6
SHARED VOTING POWER
 
 
757,794
 
 
 
 
7
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
 
0
 
 
 
 
8
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
 
757,794
 
 
 
 
9
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
 
757,794
 
 
 
 
10
CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
 
 
☐
 
 
 
 
11
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
 
 
5.12%
 
 
 
 
12
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
 
 
IN, HC
 
 
 
 


 
Page 7 of 11 Pages

Item 1(a).
Name of Issuer:

Big Cypress Acquisition Corp. (the “Issuer”)

Item 1(b).
Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices:

300 W. 41st Street, Suite 202, Miami Beach, FL 33140

Item 2(a).
Name of Person Filing

This Statement is filed on behalf of the following persons (collectively, the “Reporting Persons”):


 i)
Basso SPAC Fund LLC (“Basso SPAC”);

ii)
Basso Management, LLC (“Basso Management”);

iii)
Basso Capital Management, L.P. (“BCM”);

iv)
Basso GP, LLC (“Basso GP”); and

v)
Howard I. Fischer (“Mr. Fischer”).

This Statement relates to Shares (as defined herein) directly beneficially owned by Basso SPAC. Basso Management is the manager of Basso SPAC. BCM serves as the investment manager of Basso SPAC. Basso GP is the general partner of BCM. Mr. Fischer is the principal portfolio manager for Basso SPAC, the Chief Executive Officer and a Founding Managing Partner of BCM, and a member of each of Basso Management and Basso GP. Accordingly, each of Basso Management, BCM, Basso GP and Mr. Fischer may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own the Shares reported herein.

Item 2(b).
Address of Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence:

The address of the principal business office of each of the Reporting Persons is 1266 East Main Street, Fourth Floor, Stamford, Connecticut 06902.

Item 2(c).
Citizenship:

Each of Basso SPAC, Basso Management, and Basso GP is a Delaware limited liability company. BCM is a Delaware limited partnership. Mr. Fischer is a citizen of the United States.

Item 2 (d).
Title of Class of Securities:
 
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Shares”)

Item 2(e).
CUSIP Number:

089115109

Item 3.
If This Statement is Filed Pursuant to §§240.13d-1(b) or 240.13d-2(b) or (c), Check Whether the Person Filing is a:

This Item 3 is not applicable.

Item 4.
Ownership:

Item 4(a)
Amount Beneficially Owned:

As of February 23, 2021, each of the Reporting Persons may be deemed the beneficial owner of 757,794 Shares. This amount consists of (i) 650,655 Shares and (ii) 107,139 Shares underlying units (“Units”). This amount excludes the rights to receive Shares (“Rights”) and warrants to purchase Shares (“Warrants”), if any, underlying any Units and/or held directly by the Reporting Persons, because the Reporting Persons do not have the right to acquire the Shares underlying the Rights or Warrants within 60 days.
 
Page 8 of 11 Pages

Item 4(b)
Percent of Class:

As of February 23, 2021, each of the Reporting Persons may be deemed the beneficial owner of approximately 5.12% of Shares outstanding. (There were 14,792,200 Shares outstanding as of January 14, 2021, according to the Issuer’s Form 8-K, filed on January 21, 2021.)

Item 4(c)
Number of Shares as to which such person has:
 
(i) Sole power to vote or direct the vote:
0
(ii) Shared power to vote or direct the vote:
757,794
(iii) Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition of:
0
(iv) Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition of:
757,794
 
Item 5.
Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:

This Item 5 is not applicable.

Item 6.
Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person:

This Item 6 is not applicable.

Item 7.
Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company or Control Person:

See disclosure in Item 2 hereof.

Item 8.
Identification and Classification of Members of the Group:

This Item 8 is not applicable.

Item 9.
Notice of Dissolution of Group:

This Item 9 is not applicable.

Item 10.
Certification:

By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under §240.14a-11.
 
 
Page 9 of 11 Pages

SIGNATURE
 
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 
BASSO SPAC FUND LLC
  
 
By:
/s/ Howard I. Fischer
  
   
Howard I. Fischer
  
   
Authorized Signatory
  

 
BASSO MANAGEMENT, LLC
  
 
By:
/s/ Howard I. Fischer
  
   
Howard I. Fischer
  
   
Member
  

 
BASSO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.
  
 
By:
/s/ Howard I. Fischer
  
   
Howard I. Fischer
  
   
Chief Executive Officer & Founding Managing Partner
  

 
BASSO GP, LLC
  
 
By:
/s/ Howard I. Fischer
  
   
Howard I. Fischer
  
   
Member
  

 
HOWARD I. FISCHER
  
 
 /s/ Howard I. Fischer
  

February 24, 2021
 
Page 10 of 11 Pages

EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Ex.
Page No.
     
A Joint Filing Agreement 11


 
Page 11 of 11 Pages

JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

The undersigned hereby agree that the statement on Schedule 13G with respect to the common stock of Big Cypress Acquisition Corp. dated as of February 24, 2021 is, and any amendments thereto (including amendments on Schedule 13D) signed by each of the undersigned shall be, filed on behalf of each of us pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of Rule 13d-1(k) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 
BASSO SPAC FUND LLC
  
 
By:
/s/ Howard I. Fischer
  
   
Howard I. Fischer
  
   
Authorized Signatory
  

 
BASSO MANAGEMENT, LLC
  
 
By:
/s/ Howard I. Fischer
  
   
Howard I. Fischer
  
   
Member
  

 
BASSO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.
  
 
By:
/s/ Howard I. Fischer
  
   
Howard I. Fischer
  
   
Chief Executive Officer & Founding Managing Partner
  

 
BASSO GP, LLC
  
 
By:
/s/ Howard I. Fischer
  
   
Howard I. Fischer
  
   
Member
  

 
HOWARD I. FISCHER
  
 
 /s/ Howard I. Fischer
  

February 24, 2021