8-K 1 f8k072617_ospreyenergy.htm CURRENT REPORT

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 26, 2017

  

Osprey Energy Acquisition Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-38158   82-0820780

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

1845 Walnut Street, 10th Floor

Philadelphia, PA 19103
(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

 

(215) 832-4161

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

  

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company ☒

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 8.01 Other Events

 

On July 26, 2017, Osprey Energy Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) consummated an initial public offering (the “IPO”) of 25,000,000 of its units (“Units”), each unit consisting of one share of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), and one half of one whole warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock.  The Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $250,000,000.  Simultaneously with the consummation of the IPO, the Company consummated the issuance and sale (the “Private Placement”) of 7,000,000 warrants (the “Placement Warrants”) in a private placement transaction at a price of $1.00 per Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds of $7,000,000.     

 

A total of $250,000,000, comprised of $245,000,000 of the proceeds from the IPO, including $8,750,000 of the underwriters' deferred discount, and $5,000,000 of the proceeds of the sale of the Placement Warrants, were placed in a trust account established for the benefit of the Company’s public stockholders at JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee.  An audited balance sheet, as of July 26, 2017 reflecting receipt of the proceeds received by the Company in connection with the consummation of the IPO and the Private Placement, has been issued by the Company and is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)         Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.   Description
     
99.1   Audited Balance Sheet

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: August 1, 2017

 

  Osprey Energy Acquisition Corp.
     
  By: /s/ Jeffrey F. Brotman
    Jeffrey F. Brotman
    Chief Financial Officer,
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

 

 

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