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): November 16, 2021 (November 10, 2021)

LAMF GLOBAL VENTURES CORP. I

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Cayman Islands	001-41053	98-1616579
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

9255 Sunset Blvd., Suite 515

West Hollywood, California 90069

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (424) 343-8760

Not Applicable

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

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	LGVCU	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 par value	LGVC	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share	LGVCW	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

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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).

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On November 16, 2021, LAMF Global Ventures Corp. I (the “Company”) consummated its initial public offering (“IPO”) of 25,300,000 units (the “Units”), which includes the issuance of 3,300,000 Units as a result of the underwriters’ exercise of their over-allotment option in full. Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”), and one-half of one redeemable warrant of the Company (each whole warrant, a “Warrant”), with each 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 $253,000,000.

In connection with the IPO, the Company entered into the following agreements, forms of which were previously filed as exhibits to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File Nos. 333- 259998 and 333-260987) for the IPO, initially filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on October 4, 2021, as amended (the “Registration Statement”):

• An Underwriting Agreement, dated November 10, 2021, by and between the Company and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representative of the underwriters, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

• A Warrant Agreement, dated November 10, 2021, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 4.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

• A Letter Agreement, dated November 10, 2021 (the “Letter Agreement”), by and among the Company, its executive officers, its directors and the Company’s sponsor, LAMF SPAC Holdings I LLC (the “Sponsor”), a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

• An Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated November 10, 2021, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.2 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

• A Registration Rights Agreement, dated November 10, 2021, by and among the Company, the Sponsor and the Holders signatory thereto, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.3 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

• A Private Placement Units Purchase Agreement, dated November 10, 2021, by and between the Company and the Sponsor (the “Private Placement Units Purchase Agreement”), a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.4 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

• An Administrative Services Agreement, dated November 10, 2021, by and between the Company and the Sponsor, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.5 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

On November 10, 2021, simultaneously with the consummation of the IPO, the Company consummated the private placement of an aggregate of 1,106,000 units (the “Private Placement Units”) to the Sponsor at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit, generating total gross proceeds of $11,060,000 (the “Private Placement”). No underwriting discounts or commissions were paid with respect to the Private Placement. The issuance of the Private Placement Units was made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Private Placement Units are identical to the Units, except that except that the Private Placement Units (including the underlying securities) are subject to certain transfer restrictions and the holders thereof are entitled to certain registration rights.

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On November 10, 2021, in connection with the IPO, Michael Brown, Christina Spade and Adriana Machado were appointed to the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”). Mr. Brown, Ms. Spade and Ms. Machado are independent directors. Effective November 10, 2021, Mr. Brown, Ms. Spade and Ms. Machado were appointed to the Board’s Audit Committee and the Board’s Compensation Committee, with Ms. Spade serving as chair of the Audit Committee and Ms. Machado serving as chair of the Compensation Committee.

Following the appointment of Mr. Brown, Ms. Spade and Ms. Machado, the Board is comprised of the following three classes: the term of office of the first class of directors, Class I, consists of Mr. Brown and will expire at the Company’s first annual meeting of shareholders; the term of office of the second class of directors, Class II, consists of Ms. Spade and Ms. Machado and will expire at the Company’s second annual meeting of shareholders; and the term of office of the third class of directors, Class III, consists of Simon Horsman and Jeffrey Soros and will expire at the Company’s third annual meeting of shareholders.

On November 10, 2021, in connection with their appointments to the Board, each of the members of the Board entered into the Letter Agreement as well as an indemnity agreement with the Company in the forms previously filed as Exhibits10.1 and 10.5, respectively, to the Registration Statement. In addition, in October 2021, the Sponsor transferred 20,000 Class B ordinary shares of the Company to each of Mr. Brown, Ms. Spade and Ms. Machado.

Other than the foregoing, none of the directors are party to any arrangement or understanding with any person pursuant to which they were appointed as directors, nor are they party to any transactions required to be disclosed under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K involving the Company.

The foregoing descriptions of the Letter Agreement and the form of indemnity agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entireties by reference to the Letter Agreement and form of indemnity agreement, copies of which are attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and Exhibit 10.5 to the Registration Statement, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

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

On November 10, 2021, in connection with the IPO, the Company adopted its Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (the “Amended Charter”), effective the same day. The terms of the Amended Charter are set forth in the Registration Statement and are incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the Amended Charter is attached as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 8.01. Other Events.

A total of $258,060,000, comprised of $249,000,000 of the proceeds from the IPO (which amount includes $9,915,000 of the underwriters’ deferred discount) and $9,060,000 of the proceeds of the sale of the Private Placement Units, was placed in a U.S.-based trust account at J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the trust account that may be released to the Company to pay its taxes, the funds held in the trust account will not be released from the trust account until the earliest of (i) the completion of the Company’s initial business combination, (ii) the redemption of the Class A Ordinary Shares included in the Units sold in the IPO (the “public shares”) if the Company is unable to complete its initial business combination within 18 months from the closing of the IPO, subject to applicable law, and (iii) the redemption of any public shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend the Amended Charter to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of the public shares if the Company has not consummated an initial business combination within 18 months from the closing of the IPO or with respect to any other material provisions relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity.

On November 10, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of the IPO, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

On November 16, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the IPO, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
1.1	Underwriting Agreement, dated November 10, 2021, by and between the Company and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representative of the underwriters.
3.1	Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association.
4.1	Warrant Agreement, dated November 10, 2021, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent.
10.1	Letter Agreement, dated November 10, 2021, by and among the Company, its executive officers, its directors and LAMF SPAC Holdings I LLC.
10.2	Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated November 10, 2021, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee.
10.3	Registration Rights Agreement, dated November 10, 2021, by and among the Company, LAMF SPAC Holdings I LLC and the Holders signatory thereto.
10.4	Private Placement Units Purchase Agreement, dated November 10, 2021, by and between the Company and LAMF SPAC Holdings I LLC.
10.5	Administrative Services Agreement, dated November 10, 2021, by and between the Company and LAMF SPAC Holdings I LLC.
99.1	Press Release, dated November 10, 2021.
99.2	Press Release, dated November 16, 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.

	LAMF GLOBAL VENTURES CORP. I
	By:	/s/ Simon Horsman
		Name: Simon Horsman
		Title: Chief Executive Officer
Dated: November 16, 2021