8-K 1 ea128416-8k_empowerltd.htm CURRENT REPORT

 

 

UNITED STATES

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): October 16, 2020 (October 9, 2020)

 

EMPOWER LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Cayman Islands   001-39599   N/A

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

c/o MidOcean Partners
245 Park Avenue, 38th Floor
New York, NY
  10167
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 539-3099

 

N/A

(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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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-third of one redeemable warrant   EMPW.U   New York Stock Exchange
Class A ordinary shares included as part of the units   EMPW   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   EMPW 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  ☒

 

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 October 9, 2020, Empower Ltd. (the “Company”) consummated its initial public offering (“IPO”) of 25,000,000 units (“Units”), each Unit consisting of one Class A ordinary share of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (each a “Class A Ordinary Share”), and one-third of one redeemable warrant of the Company (each whole warrant, a “Public Warrant”), with each Public Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share for $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $250,000,000. The Company has granted the underwriters in the IPO a 45-day option to purchase up to 3,750,000 additional Units.

 

Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Company completed the private sale of 4,666,667 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) to Empower Sponsor Holdings LLC (the “Sponsor”) at a purchase price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $7,000,000.

 

A total of $250,000,000, consisting of $245,000,000 of net proceeds from the IPO (which amount includes $8,750,000 in the form of deferred underwriting commissions) and $5,000,000 of proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, was placed in a U.S.-based trust account with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee.

 

An audited balance sheet of the Company as of October 9, 2020 reflecting receipt of proceeds upon consummation of the IPO and sale of the Private Placement Warrants 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.

 

99.1 Audited Balance Sheet as of October 9, 2020.

 

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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.

 

  EMPOWER LTD.
   
Dated: October 16, 2020 By: /s/ Matthew Rubel
  Name:  Matthew Rubel
  Title:

Chief Executive Officer and

Executive Chairman

 

 

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