8-K 1 tm213378d1_8k.htm FORM 8-K

 

 

 

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): January 19, 2021 (January 12, 2021)

 

KL Acquisition Corp

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-39850   85-2734828
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

111 West 33rd Street

Suite 1910

New York, NY 33139

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 782-3482

 

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:

 

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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 and one-third of one Redeemable Warrant   KLAQU   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
         
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share   KLAQ   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
         
Warrants, each exercisable for one share of Class A Common Stock at a price of $11.50   KLAQW   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company 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 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 8.01. Other Events.

 

On January 12, 2021, KL Acquisition Corp (the “Company”) consummated its initial public offering (the “IPO”) of 28,750,000 units (the “Units”), including 3,750,000 Units purchased by the underwriters as a result of the full exercise of their over-allotment option. Each Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class A Common Stock”) and one-third of one redeemable warrant of the Company (each whole warrant, a “Warrant”), with each whole Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one share of Class A Common Stock for $11.50 per share. The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $287,500,000.

 

On January 12, 2021, simultaneously with the consummation of the IPO, the Company issued in a private sale (the “Private Placement”) 5,166,667 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) to KL Sponsor LLC, for approximately $7,750,000.

 

A total of $287,500,000, comprised of $281,750,000 of the proceeds from the IPO (which amount includes $10,062,500 of the underwriters’ deferred underwriting commissions) and $5,750,000 of the proceeds of the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, was placed in a U.S.-based trust account maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee.

 

An audited balance sheet as of January 12, 2021 reflecting receipt of the proceeds upon 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 as of January 12, 2021.

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

  KL Acquisition Corp
     
  By: /s/ Doug Logigian
    Name:   Doug Logigian
    Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
Dated: January 19, 2021