SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549
 

FORM 8-K
 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 9, 2020
 

TAILWIND ACQUISITION CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-39489	85-1288435
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1545 Courtney Ave Los Angeles, CA	90046
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(646) 432-0610
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Units, each consisting of one share of Class A Common Stock, $0.0001 par value, and one half of one redeemable warrant	TWND.U	New York Stock Exchange
Class A Common Stock included as part of the units	TWND	New York Stock Exchange
Redeemable warrants included as part of the units, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50	TWND WS	New York Stock Exchange

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

Emerging growth company x

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 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On September 3, 2020, the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-248113) (the “Registration Statement”) relating to the initial public offering (the “IPO”) of Tailwind Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) was declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. On September 9, 2020 the Company consummated the IPO of 33,421,570 units (the “Units”), which includes the partial exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase an additional 4,500,000 Units at the initial public offering price to cover over-allotments. Each Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Class A Common Stock”), and one-half of one redeemable warrant (the “Public Warrants”), each whole Public Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one share of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. The Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $334,215,700. Further, in connection with the IPO, the Company entered into the following agreements, forms of which were previously filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement:

· an Underwriting Agreement, dated September 3, 2020, between the Company and Jefferies LLC, as representative of the underwriters named in Schedule A therein, which contains customary representations and warranties and indemnification of the underwriter by the Company;

· a Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement, dated September 3, 2020, between the Company and Tailwind Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”), pursuant to which the Sponsor purchased 9,700,000 private placement 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 (the “Private Placement Warrants” and, together with the Public Warrants, the “Warrants”);

· a Warrant Agreement, dated September 9, 2020, between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent (the “Warrant Agreement”), which sets forth the expiration and exercise price of and procedure for exercising the Warrants; certain adjustment features of the terms of exercise; provisions relating to redemption and cashless exercise of the Warrants; certain registration rights of the holders of Warrants; provision for amendments to the Warrant Agreement; and indemnification of the warrant agent by the Company under the agreement;

· an Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated September 9, 2020, between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee, which establishes the trust account that will hold the net proceeds of the IPO and certain of the proceeds of the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, and sets forth the responsibilities of the trustee; the procedures for withdrawal and direction of funds from the trust account; and indemnification of the trustee by the Company under the agreement;

· a Registration and Stockholder Rights Agreement, dated September 9, 2020, among the Company and the Sponsor, which provides for customary demand and piggy-back registration rights for the Sponsor, as well as certain transfer restrictions applicable to the Sponsor with respect to the Company’s securities, and, upon and following consummation of our initial business combination, the right of the Sponsor to nominate three individuals for election to the Company’s board of directors;

· Letter Agreement, dated September 3, 2020, among the Company, the Sponsor and each executive officer and director of the Company, pursuant to which the Sponsor and each executive officer and director of the Company has agreed to vote any shares of Class A Common Stock held by him, her or it in favor of the Company’s initial business combination; to facilitate the liquidation and winding up of the Company if an initial business combination is not consummated within 24 months; to certain transfer restrictions with respect to the Company’s securities; to certain indemnification obligations of the Sponsor; and the Company has agreed not to enter into a definitive agreement regarding an initial business combination without the prior consent of the Sponsor; and

· an Administrative Services Agreement, dated September 9, 2020, between the Company and the Sponsor, pursuant to which the Sponsor has agreed to make available office space, secretarial and administrative services, as may be required by the Company from time to time, for $10,000 per month until the earlier of the Company’s initial business combination or liquidation.

The above descriptions are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the applicable agreement, each of which is incorporated by reference herein and filed herewith as Exhibits 1.1, 10.1, 4.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 and 10.5, respectively.

Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

Simultaneous with the consummation of the IPO and the issuance and sale of the Units, the Company consummated the private placement of 9,700,000 Private Placement Warrants at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant, generating total proceeds of $9,700,000 (the “Private Placement”). The Private Placement Warrants, which were purchased by the Sponsor, are substantially similar to the Public Warrants, except that if held by the Sponsor or its permitted transferees, they (i) may be exercised for cash or on a cashless basis, (ii) are not subject to being called for redemption (except in certain circumstances when the Public Warrants are called for redemption and a certain price per share of Class A Common Stock threshold is met) and (iii) subject to certain limited exceptions, will be subject to transfer restrictions until 30 days following the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination. If the Private Placement Warrants are held by holders other than the Sponsor or its permitted transferees, the Private Placement Warrants will be redeemable by the Company in all redemption scenarios and exercisable by holders on the same basis as the Public Warrants. The Private Placement Warrants have been issued pursuant to, and are governed by the Warrant Agreement.

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On September 3, 2020 and in connection with the IPO, the Company adopted its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws. The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated Bylaws are filed herewith as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, and are incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

1.1	Underwriting Agreement between the Company and Jefferies LLC
3.1	Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
3.2	Amended and Restated Bylaws
4.1	Warrant Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Company
10.1	Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement between the Company and the Sponsor
10.2	Investment Management Trust Account Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Company
10.3	Registration and Stockholder Rights Agreement between the Company and the Sponsor
10.4	Letter Agreement among the Company, the Sponsor and the Company’s officers and directors
10.5	Administrative Services Agreement between the Company and the Sponsor

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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: September 9, 2020	TAILWIND ACQUISITION CORP.
	By:	/s/ Chris Hollod
	Name:	Chris Hollod
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

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