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): November 20, 2020
AVANTI ACQUISITION CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Cayman Islands | 001-39586 | 98-1550179 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
| PO Box 1093, Boundary Hall, Cricket Square, Grand Cayman Cayman Islands |
KY1-1102 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
(345) 814-5831
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 Class A Ordinary Share, $0.0001 par value, and one-half of one redeemable warrant | AVAN.U | New York Stock Exchange | ||
| Class A Ordinary Shares included as part of the units | AVAN | New York Stock Exchange | ||
| Redeemable warrants included as part of the units, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $11.50 | AVAN 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 ☒
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| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
On November 20, 2020, Avanti Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) announced that the holders of the Company’s units (the “Units”) may elect to separately trade the Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A common stock”), and warrants included in the Units commencing on November 23, 2020. Each Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock and one-half of one redeemable warrant to purchase one share of Class A common stock. Any Units not separated will continue to trade on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the symbol “AVAN.U”. Any underlying shares of Class A common stock and warrants that are separated will trade on the NYSE under the symbols “AVAN” and “AVAN WS,” respectively. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the Units and only whole warrants will trade. Holders of Units will need to have their brokers contact Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the Company’s transfer agent, in order to separate the holders’ Units into shares of Class A common stock and warrants.
A copy of the press release issued by the Company announcing the separate trading of the securities underlying the Units is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated November 20, 2020 |
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: November 20, 2020 | AVANTI ACQUISITION CORP. | |||||
| By: | /s/ Johann Dumas | |||||
| Name: Johann Dumas | ||||||
| Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
Exhibit 99.1
Avanti Acquisition Corp. Announces the Separate Trading of its Shares of Class A Common Stock
and Warrants Commencing November 23, 2020
NEW YORK—NOVEMBER 20, 2020—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Avanti Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: AVAN.U) (the “Company”) announced today that, commencing November 23, 2020, holders of the units sold in the Company’s initial public offering of 60,000,000 units, completed on October 6, 2020, may elect to separately trade the Class A common stock and warrants included in the units. Those units not separated will continue to trade on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the symbol “AVAN.U,” and the Class A common stock and warrants that are separated will trade on the NYSE under the symbols “AVAN” and “AVAN WS,” respectively. Holders of units will need to have their brokers contact Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the Company’s transfer agent, in order to separate the units into Class A common stock and warrants.
The units were initially offered by the Company in an underwritten offering. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC acted as the joint book-running managers for the offering. A registration statement relating to the units and the underlying securities was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on October 1, 2020.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities of the Company, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. The offering was made only by means of a prospectus. Copies of the prospectus may be obtained from Citigroup Global Markets Inc., c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717; telephone: 1-800-831-9146 or by contacting Mihir Unadkat, Director; telephone: +44 20-7986-0015; email: mihir.unadkat@citi.com and from Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282; telephone: 1-866-471-2526; email: Prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com.
About Avanti Acquisition Corp.
The Company is a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The Company is sponsored by Avanti Acquisition SCSp, an affiliate of NNS Group, the private single family office of Nassef Sawiris and Sienna Capital, a subsidiary of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may include “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this press release are forward-looking statements. When used in this press release, words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend” and similar expressions, as they relate to us or our management team, identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of management, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, the Company’s management. Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors detailed in the Company’s filings with the SEC. All subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are qualified in their entirety by this paragraph. Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous conditions, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, including those set forth in the Risk Factors section of the Company’s registration statement and prospectus relating to the Company’s initial public offering filed with the SEC. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release, except as required by law.
Media inquiries:
Johann Dumas
+1 (345) 814-5831
contact@avanti-acquisition.com
Avanti Acquisition Corp.
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