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LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS OF SLAM CORP.

500 Fifth Avenue55 Hudson Yards

47th Floor, Suite C

New York, NY 1011010001

Dear Shareholders of Slam Corp. Shareholder::

You are cordially invited to attend an extraordinary(in person or by proxy) the 2023 annual general meeting of Slam Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Slam (the “Company”), which will to be held on ,Friday, June 23, 2023 at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time, at the offices of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, located at 601 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022, and virtually via a virtual meeting,the Internet at https://www.cstproxy.com/slamcorp/am2023, (the “Annual General Meeting”), or at such other time, on such other date and at such other place to which the meeting may be adjourned (the “postponed or adjourned. Shareholders are encouraged to attend the meeting virtually via the Internet at Shareholder Meetinghttps://www.cstproxy.com/slamcorp/am2023”). The accompanying proxy statement is dated May 31, 2023.

The ShareholderAnnual General Meeting will be conducted via live webcast, but the physical location of the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting will remain at the location specified above for the purposes of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the Memorandum“Memorandum and Articles of AssociationAssociation”). If you wish to attend the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting in person, you must reserve your attendance at least two business days in advance of the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting by contacting Slam’s Chief Financial Officer, Joseph Taeid, at jtaeid@slamcorp.com by 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on ,June 21, 2023 (two business days prior to the initially scheduled meeting date). You will be able to attend the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting online, vote and submit your questions during the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting by visiting https://www.cstproxy.com/slamcorp/am2023.

The attached notice of the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting is being held to consider and proxy statement describe the business Slam will conduct at the Shareholder Meeting and provide information about Slam that you should consider when you vote your shares. As more fully described in the attached proxy statement, which is dated                 , 2023, and is first being mailed to shareholders on or about that date, the Shareholder Meeting will be held for the purpose of considering and voting onupon the following proposals:

 

 1.

Proposal No. 1—Extension Amendment Proposal—To amend, by way of special resolution, Slam’s Memorandum and Articles of Association to extend the date (the “Termination Date”) by which Slam has to consummate a business combination (the “Articles Extension”) from February 25, 2023 (the “Original Termination Date”) to May 25, 2023 (the “Articles Extension Date”) and to allow Slam, without another shareholder vote, to elect to extend the Termination Date to consummate a business combination on a monthly basis for up to nine times byas an additional one month each time after the Articles Extension Date, byordinary resolution of Slam’sthe holders of the Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the “founder shares” or “Class B Ordinary Shares”), to re-appoint Mr. Himanshu Gulati and Mr. Alex Rodriguez as Class I directors on the Company’s board of directors to serve until the 2026 annual general meeting, until their respective successors are duly appointed and qualified, or until their earlier death, resignation or removal (the Board”), if requested by Slam Sponsor, LLC, (the “Sponsor”), and upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable Termination Date, until February 25, 2024 (each, an “Additional Articles Extension Date”), or a total of up to twelve months after the Original Termination Date, unless the closing of a business combination shall have occurred prior thereto (the “Extension Amendment Proposal“Director Election Proposal”);

 

 2.

Proposal No. 2—Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal—To amend,as an ordinary resolution, to ratify the selection by wayour audit committee of special resolution, Slam’s Memorandum and Articles of Association to eliminate fromWithumSmith+Brown, P.C. as the Memorandum and Articles of AssociationCompany’s independent registered public accounting firm for the limitation that Slam may not redeem Public Shares (as defined below) to the extent that such redemption would result in Slam having net tangible assets (as determined in accordance with Rule 3a51-1(g)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, of less than $5,000,001Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 (the Redemption Limitation”) in order to allow Slam to redeem Public Shares irrespective of whether such redemption would exceed the Redemption Limitation (the “Redemption Limitation Amendment,” and such proposal the “Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal“Auditor Ratification Proposal”);and

 

 3.

Proposal No. 3—Adjournment Proposal—To adjourn, by way ofas an ordinary resolution, to approve the Shareholderadjournment of the Annual General Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary, (i) to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies in the event that there are insufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the approval of the Director Election Proposal and/or the Auditor Ratification Proposal (the “Adjournment Proposal”), which will only be presented at the Annual General Meeting if, based uponon the tabulated votevotes, there are not sufficient votes at the time of the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting there are insufficient Class Ato approve the aforementioned proposals, in which case the Adjournment Proposal will be the only proposal presented at the Annual General Meeting; and

 ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share and Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share


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to transact such other business as may properly come before the capital of Slam represented (either in personAnnual General Meeting or by proxy) to approve the Extension Amendment Proposalany adjournments or the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal or (ii) if the holders of Public Shares have elected to redeem an amount of shares in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal or the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal such that Slam would not adhere to the continued listing requirements of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (the “Adjournment Proposal”).postponements thereof.

Each of the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal isThe above matters are more fully described in the accompanying proxy statement. Please take the timestatement, which you are encouraged to read carefully eachin its entirety.

Approval of the proposals in the accompanying proxy statement before you vote.

If the Extension AmendmentDirector Election Proposal is approved and the Articles Extension becomes effective, within      business days of the date of the Shareholder Meeting, the Sponsor (or one or more of its affiliates, members or third-party designees) (the “Lender”) shall make a deposit into the Trust Account (as defined below) of $        , in exchange for a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note issued by Slam to the Lender. In addition, if the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and the Articles Extension becomes effective, in the event that Slam has not consummated a Business Combination by May 25, 2023, without approval of Slam’s public shareholders, Slam may, byrequires an ordinary resolution of the Board, if requested by the Sponsor, and upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable Termination Date, extend the Termination Date up to nine times, each by one additional month (for a total of up to nine additional months to complete a Business Combination), provided that the Lender will deposit $         into the Trust Account for each such monthly extension, for an aggregate deposit of up to $         (if all nine additional monthly extensions are exercised), in exchange for a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note issued by Slam to the Lender. If Slam completes a Business Combination, it will, at the option of the Lender, repay the amounts loaned under the promissory note or convert a portion or all of the amounts loaned under such promissory note into warrants, which warrants will be identical to the Private Placement Warrants (as defined below). If Slam does not complete a Business Combination by the applicable Termination Date, such promissory note will be repaid only from funds held outside of the Trust Account or will be forfeited, eliminated or otherwise forgiven.

The purpose of the Extension Amendment Proposal is to allow Slam additional time to complete an initial business combination (a “Business Combination”). You are not being asked to vote on a Business Combination at this time.

The Memorandum and Articles of Association provide that Slam has until February 25, 2023 to complete its initial Business Combination. Slam’s Board has determined that it is in the best interests of Slam to seek an extension of the Termination Date and have Slam’s shareholders approve the Extension Amendment Proposal to allow for a period of additional time to consummate a Business Combination. Without the Articles Extension, Slam believes that Slam will not be able to complete a Business Combination on or before the Termination Date. If that were to occur, Slam would be precluded from completing a Business Combination and would be forced to liquidate.

The purpose of the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal is to eliminate from the Memorandum and Articles of Association the Redemption Limitation in order to allow Slam to redeem Public Shares, irrespective of whether such redemption would exceed the Redemption Limitation. The Board believes it is in the best interests of Slam and its shareholders for Slam to be allowed to effect redemptions irrespective of the Redemption Limitation.

As contemplated by the Memorandum and Articles of Association, the holders of Slam’s Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”), issued as part of the units sold in Slam’s initial public offering (the “Public Shares”) may elect to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares in exchange for their pro rata portion of the funds held in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) established to hold a portion of the proceeds of the initial public offering and the concurrent sale of the private placement warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”), if either the Articles Extension or the Redemption Limitation Amendment is implemented (the “Redemption”), regardless of how such public shareholders vote in regard to the Extension


Amendment Proposal or the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal. If the Extension Amendment Proposal or the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal is approved by the requisite vote of shareholders, the holders of Public Shares remaining after the Redemption will retain their right to have their Public Shares redeemed in connection with a Business Combination or liquidation, subject to any limitations set forth in the Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended by the Articles Extension.

In the event that the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal is not approved and we receive notice of redemptions of Public Shares approaching or in excess of the Redemption Limitation, we and/or the Sponsor may take action to increase our net tangible assets to avoid exceeding the Redemption Limitation, which may include, at our and our Sponsor’s option and in our and its sole discretion, any, several or all of the following actions: (a) attempting to secure waivers of certain of our significant liabilities, including the deferred underwriting fees, and (b) entering into non-redemption agreements with certain of our significant shareholders. If the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal is not approved and the Redemption Limitation is exceeded, either because we do not take action to increase our net tangible assets or because our attempt to do so is not successful, then we will not proceed with the Articles Extension and we will not redeem any Public Shares. In such case, Public Shares which a public shareholder elects to redeem but which are not redeemed shall be returned to such public shareholder or such public shareholder’s account and such public shareholder will retain the right to have their Public Shares redeemed for cash if Slam has not completed an initial Business Combination by the Termination Date.

On                 , 2023, the most recent practicable date prior to the date of this proxy statement, the redemption price per share was approximately $        , based on the aggregate amount on deposit in the Trust Account of approximately $         as of                 , 2023 (including interest not previously released to Slam to pay its taxes), divided by the total number of then outstanding Public Shares. The Redemption price per share will be calculated based on the aggregate amount on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to Slam to pay its taxes two business days prior to the initially scheduled date of the Shareholder Meeting. The closing price of the Class AB Ordinary Shares on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC on January     , 2023 was $        . Accordingly, if the market price of the Class A Ordinary Shares were to remain the same until the date of the Shareholder Meeting, exercising redemption rights would result in a public shareholder receiving approximately $         [more/less] per share than if the shares were sold in the open market (based on the per share redemption price as of, 2023). Slam cannot assure shareholders that they will be able to sell their Class A Ordinary Shares in the open market, even if the market price per share is lower than the redemption price stated above, as there may not be sufficient liquidity in its securities when such shareholders wish to sell their shares. Slam believes that such redemption right enables its public shareholders to determine whether to sustain their investments for an additional period if Slam does not complete a Business Combination on or before the Termination Date.

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved or the Articles Extension is not implemented, and a Business Combination is not completed on or before the Termination Date, Slam will: (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to Slam (less taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of the then-outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any); and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of Slam’s remaining shareholders and the Board, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to Slam’s obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claimsand our amended and restated memorandum and articles of creditors and to requirements of other applicable law. There will be no distribution from the Trust Account with respect to Slam’s warrants, which will expire worthless in the event Slam dissolves and liquidates the Trust Account.

Subject to the foregoing, the approval of each of the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal requires a special resolution under Cayman Islands law,association (the “Charter”), being the affirmative


vote of at least a two-thirds (2/3)simple majority of the votes cast by the holders of the outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class B Ordinary Shares” and together with the Class A Ordinary Shares, the “Ordinary Shares”), voting as a single class, who are present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote thereon at the Annual General Meeting. Prior to our initial business combination, only holders of our Class B Ordinary Shares will have the right to vote on the appointment of directors. Holders of our public shares will not be entitled to vote on the appointment of directors during such time. Abstentions and broker non-votes, while considered present for the purposes of establishing a quorum, will not count as votes cast at the Annual General Meeting.


Approval of the Auditor Ratification Proposal requires an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law and the Charter, being the affirmative vote of at least a simple majority of the votes cast by the holders of the outstanding Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (“Class A Ordinary Shares”) and Class B Ordinary Shares (together with the Class A Ordinary Shares, the “Ordinary Shares”) who are present in person or represented by proxy and vote thereon at the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting.

Approval of the Adjournment Proposal requires an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law and the Charter, being the affirmative vote of at least a simple majority of the votes cast by the holders of the issuedoutstanding Ordinary Shares voting as a single class, who are present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote thereon, and who vote thereon at the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting. The Adjournment Proposal will only be put forth for a vote if there are not sufficient votes to approve the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal at the Shareholder Meeting or, if due to redemptions in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal or the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal, Slam would not adhere to the continued listing requirements

THE COMPANY’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE (I) “FOR” THE DIRECTOR ELECTION PROPOSAL, (II) “FOR” THE AUDITOR RATIFICATION PROPOSAL AND (III) “FOR” THE ADJOURNMENT PROPOSAL, IF PRESENTED.

Our board of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC.

The Boarddirectors has fixed the close of business on January     May 22, 2023 (the “Record Date”), 2023 as the record date for determining Slam’sthe Annual General Meeting. Only shareholders of record on the Record Date are entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Shareholder Meeting and any adjournment thereof. Only holders of record of Ordinary Shares on that date are entitled to have their votes counted at the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting or any postponement or adjournment thereof.

The Board of Slam believes that it is in the best interests of Slam that Slam obtain the Articles Extension Further information regarding voting rights and the Redemption Limitation Amendment. After careful consideration of all relevant factors, the Board has determined that the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal are in the best interests of Slam and its shareholders, and has declared it advisable and recommends that you vote or give instructionmatters to vote “FOR” the Extension Amendment proposal “FOR” the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal and “FOR” the Adjournment Proposal.

Your votebe voted upon is very important. Whether or not you plan to attend the Shareholder Meeting, please vote as soon as possible by following the instructionspresented in the accompanying proxy statementstatement.

All of our shareholders are cordially invited to make sure thatattend the Annual General Meeting via the Internet at https://www.cstproxy.com/slamcorp/am2023. To ensure your shares are represented and votedrepresentation at the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting, however, you are urged to complete, sign, date and return your proxy card as soon as possible. You may revoke your proxy card at any time prior to the Annual General Meeting. If you hold your sharesOrdinary Shares in “street name” through a bank, broker or other nominee, you will need to follow the instructions provided to you by your bank, broker or other nominee to ensure that yourthe shares you beneficially own are represented and voted at the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting. The approvalIn this regard, you must provide the record holder of each ofyour shares with instructions on how to vote your shares or, if you wish to attend the Extension Amendment ProposalAnnual General Meeting and the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal requires a special resolution under Cayman Islands law, the affirmative vote of at least a two-thirds (2/3) majority of the votes cast by the holders of the issued Ordinary Shares who are present in person, you will need to obtain a legal proxy from your bank, broker or represented by proxy and entitlednominee authorizing you to vote thereon,these shares and who vote thereon, atemail a copy (a legible photograph is sufficient) of your proxy to proxy@continentalstock.com no later than 72 hours prior to the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting. Approval of the Adjournment Proposal requires an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law, being the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the votes cast by the holders of the issued Ordinary Shares who are present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote thereon, and who vote thereon, at the Shareholder Meeting. Accordingly, if you fail

A shareholder’s failure to vote in person or by proxy at the Shareholder Meeting, your shares will not be counted towards the number of Ordinary Shares required to validly establish a quorum. Abstentions and broker non-votes, while considered present for the purposes of determining whetherestablishing a quorum, will not count as votes cast at the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal are approved by the requisite majorities.Annual General Meeting.

If youYOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT. Please sign, date and return your proxy card as soon as possible. You are requested to carefully read the proxy statement and accompanying Notice of Annual General Meeting for a more complete statement of matters to be considered at the Annual General Meeting.

If you have any questions or need assistance voting your Ordinary Shares, please contact Morrow Sodali LLC (“Morrow”), our proxy solicitor, by calling (800) 662-5200, or banks and brokers can call collect at (203) 658-9400, or by emailing SLAM.info@investor.morrowsodali.com.

Sincerely,

/s/ Himanshu Gulati

Himanshu Gulati

Chairman of the Board of Directors

May 31, 2023

If you return your proxy card signed and without indicatingan indication of how you wish to vote, your proxyshares will be voted “FOR”in favor of each of the proposals presented atpresented.

The accompanying proxy statement is dated May 31, 2023 and is first being mailed to shareholders on or about that date.


IMPORTANT

Whether or not you expect to attend the Shareholder Meeting. IfAnnual General Meeting, you failare respectfully requested by our Board of Directors to complete, sign, date and return yourthe enclosed proxy card promptly, or follow the instructions contained in the proxy card or fail to instructvoting instructions provided by your bank, broker or other nominee. If you grant a proxy, you may revoke it at any time prior to the Annual General Meeting.

PLEASE NOTE: If your shares are held in “street name,” your broker, bank, custodian, or other nominee holder cannot vote your shares on “non-routine” matters, such as the Director Election Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal (defined below) unless you direct the nominee holder how to vote and do not attendby following the Shareholder Meeting in person,instructions contained on the effect will be thatvoting instruction form provided by your shares will not be counted for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present at the Shareholder Meeting and will not have any effect on whether the proposals are approved. If you are a shareholder of record and you attend the Shareholder Meeting and wish to vote in person, you may withdraw your proxy and vote in person.

TO EXERCISE YOUR REDEMPTION RIGHTS, YOU MUST DEMAND IN WRITING THAT YOUR CLASS A ORDINARY SHARES ARE REDEEMED FOR A PRO RATA PORTION OF THE FUNDS HELD IN THE TRUST ACCOUNT AND TENDER YOUR SHARES TO SLAM’S TRANSFER AGENT AT LEAST TWObroker, bank, custodian or other nominee.


BUSINESS DAYS PRIOR TO THE INITIALLY SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SHAREHOLDER MEETING. IN ORDER TO EXERCISE YOUR REDEMPTION RIGHT, YOU NEED TO IDENTIFY YOURSELF AS A BENEFICIAL HOLDER AND PROVIDE YOUR LEGAL NAME, PHONE NUMBER AND ADDRESS IN YOUR WRITTEN DEMAND. YOU MAY TENDER YOUR SHARES BY EITHER TENDERING OR DELIVERING YOUR SHARES (AND CERTIFICATES (IF ANY) AND OTHER REDEMPTION FORMS TO THE TRANSFER AGENT OR BY TENDERING OR DELIVERING YOUR SHARES (AND SHARE CERTIFICATES (IF ANY) AND OTHER REDEMPTION FORMS) ELECTRONICALLY USING THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY’S DWAC (DEPOSIT WITHDRAWAL AT CUSTODIAN) SYSTEM. IF YOU HOLD THE SHARES IN STREET NAME, YOU WILL NEED TO INSTRUCT THE ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE AT YOUR BANK OR BROKER TO WITHDRAW THE SHARES FROM YOUR ACCOUNT IN ORDER TO EXERCISE YOUR REDEMPTION RIGHTS.Slam Corp.

Enclosed is the proxy statement containing detailed information about the Shareholder Meeting, the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal. Whether or not you plan to attend the Shareholder Meeting, Slam urges you to read this material carefully and vote your shares.55 Hudson Yards

By Order of the Board of Directors of Slam Corp.
Himanshu Gulati
Chairman of the Board of Directors


SLAM CORP.

500 Fifth Avenue47th Floor, Suite C

New York, NY 1011010001

NOTICE OF AN EXTRAORDINARYTHE 2023 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

OF SLAM CORP.

TO BE HELD ON                 ,JUNE 23, 2023

To the Shareholders of Slam Corp.:Corp:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an extraordinarythe 2023 annual general meeting (the “Annual General Meeting”) of Slam Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Slam(the “Company”), will be held on ,Friday, June 23, 2023 at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time, (the “Shareholder Meeting”), at the offices of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, located at 601 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022, and virtually via a virtual meeting,the Internet at https://www.cstproxy.com/slamcorp/am2023, or at such other time, on such other date and at such other place to which the meeting may be adjourned (the “Shareholder Meeting”).postponed or adjourned. Shareholders are encouraged to attend the meeting virtually.

The ShareholderAnnual General Meeting will be conducted via live webcast, but the physical location of the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting will remain at the location specified above for the purposes of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the Memorandum“Memorandum and Articles of AssociationAssociation”). If you wish to attend the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting in person, you must reserve your attendance at least two business days in advance of the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting by contacting Slam’s Chief Financial Officer, Joseph Taeid, at jtaeid@slamcorp.com by 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on ,June 21, 2023 (two business days prior to the initially scheduled meeting date). You will be able to attend the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting online, vote and submit your questions during the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting by visiting https://www.cstproxy.com/slamcorp/am2023.

You are cordially invited to attend the ShareholderThe Annual General Meeting that will be held for the purpose of considering and voting on (i) an extension amendment proposal to amend, by way of special resolution, the Memorandum and Articles of Association to extend the date (the “Termination Date”) by which Slam has to consummate a business combination (the “Articles Extension”) from February 25, 2023 (the “Original Termination Date”) to May 25, 2023 (the “Articles Extension Date”) and to allow Slam, without another shareholder vote, to elect to extend the Termination Date to consummate a business combination on a monthly basis for up to nine times by an additional one month each time after the Articles Extension Date, by resolution of Slam’s board of directors (the “Board”), if requested by Slam Sponsor, LLC, a Cayman Islands limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), and upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable Termination Date, until February 25, 2024 (each, an “Additional Articles Extension Date”) or a total of up to twelve months after the Original Termination Date, unless the closing of a Business Combination shall have occurred prior thereto (the “Extension Amendment Proposal”), (ii) a redemption limitation amendment proposal to amend, by way of special resolution, the Memorandum and Articles of Association to remove the limitation that Slam may not redeem Public Shares (as defined below) to the extent such redemption would result in Slam having net tangible assets (as determined in accordance with Rule 3a51-1(g)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), of less than $5,000,001 (the “Redemption Limitation”) in order to allow Slam to redeem Public Shares (as defined below), irrespective of whether such redemption would exceed the Redemption Limitation (the “Redemption Limitation Amendment,” and such proposal, the “Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal”) and (iii) an adjournment proposal to adjourn, by way of ordinary resolution, the Shareholder Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary, (a) to permit further solicitationconsider and vote of proxies if, based upon the tabulated vote at the time of the Shareholder Meeting, there are insufficient Slam ordinary shares represented (either in person or by proxy) to approve the Extension Amendment Proposal or (b) if the holders of Public Shares have elected to redeem an amount of shares in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal or the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal such that Slam would not adhere to the continued listing requirements of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (the “Adjournment Proposal”), each as more fully described below in the accompanying proxy statement, which is dated                , 2023, and is first being mailed to shareholders on or about that date.


The full text of the proposals to be voted upon at the Shareholder Meeting is as follows:following proposals:

 

 1.

Proposal No. 1—The Extension Amendment Proposal—RESOLVEDas an ordinary resolution of the holders of the Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the “founder shares” or “Class B Ordinary Shares”), to re-appoint Mr. Himanshu Gulati and Mr. Alex Rodriguez as a special resolution that:Class I directors on the Company’s board of directors to serve until the 2026 annual general meeting, until their respective successors are duly appointed and qualified, or until their earlier death, resignation or removal (the “Director Election Proposal”);

 

 a)

Article 49.7 of Slam’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following new Article 49.7:

“In the event that the Company does not consummate a Business Combination upon the date which is the later of (i) 25 May 2023 (or 25 February 2024, if applicable under the provisions of this Article 49.7) and (ii) such later date as may be approved by the Members in accordance with the Articles (in any case, such date being referred to as the “Termination Date”), the Company shall (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares, at a per-Share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company (less taxes payable and up to US$100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of the then Public Shares in issue, which redemption will completely extinguish public Members’ rights as Members (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any); and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining Members and the Directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to its obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and other requirements of Applicable Law.

Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provisions of the Articles, in the event that the Company has not consummated a Business Combination within twenty-seven months from the closing of the IPO, the Company may, without another vote of the Members, elect to extend the date to consummate the Business Combination on a monthly basis for up to nine times by an additional one month each time after the twenty-seventh month from the closing of the IPO, by resolution of the Directors, if requested by the Sponsor in writing, and upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable Termination Date, until thirty-six months from the closing of the IPO, provided that the Sponsor (or one or more of its Affiliates, members or third-party designees) (the “Lender”) will deposit US$         into the Trust Account for each such monthly extension, for an aggregate deposit of up to US$         (if all nine additional monthly extensions are exercised), in exchange for a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note issued by the Company to the Lender. If the Company completes a Business Combination, it will, at the option of the Lender, repay the amounts loaned under the promissory note or convert a portion or all of the amounts loaned under such promissory note into warrants, which warrants will be identical to the private placement warrants issued to the Sponsor at the time of the IPO. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination by the applicable Termination Date, such promissory note will be repaid only from funds held outside of the Trust Account or will be forfeited, eliminated or otherwise forgiven.”

b)

Article 49.8(a) of Slam’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following new Article 49.8(a):

“to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with a Business Combination or to redeem 100 per cent of the Public Shares if the Company does not consummate a Business Combination within twenty-seven months (or up to thirty-six months, if applicable under the provisions of Article 49.7) from the consummation of the IPO;”

2.

Proposal No. 2The Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal—RESOLVED, as a specialan ordinary resolution, that:to ratify the selection by our audit committee of WithumSmith+Brown, P.C. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 (the “Auditor Ratification Proposal”);

 

 a)

Article 49.2(b) of Slam’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following new Article 49.2(b):

“provide Members with the opportunity to have their Shares repurchased by means of a tender offer for a per-Share repurchase price payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on


deposit in the Trust Account, calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of such Business Combination, including interest earned on the Trust Account (net of taxes paid or payable, if any), divided by the number of then issued Public Shares.

Such obligation to repurchase Shares is subject to the completion of the proposed Business Combination to which it relates.”

b)

Article 49.4 of Slams’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following new Article 49.4:

“At a general meeting called for the purposes of approving a Business Combination pursuant to this Article, in the event that such Business Combination is approved by Ordinary Resolution, the Company shall be authorised to consummate such Business Combination.”

c)

The following final sentence of Article 49.5 of Slam’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association be deleted in its entirety:

“The Company shall not redeem Public Shares that would cause the Company’s net tangible assets to be less than US$5,000,001 following such redemptions (the “Redemption Limitation”).”

d)

The following final sentence of Article 49.8 of Slam’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association be deleted in its entirety:

“The Company’s ability to provide such redemption in this Article is subject to the Redemption Limitation.”

3.

Proposal No. 3—The Adjournment Proposal—RESOLVED, as an ordinary resolution, thatto approve the adjournment of the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary, (i) to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies in the event that there are insufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the approval of the Director Election Proposal and/or the Auditor Ratification Proposal (the “Adjournment Proposal”), which will only be presented at the Annual General Meeting if, based uponon the tabulated votevotes, there are not sufficient votes at the time of the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting there are insufficient Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share (the “Public Shares”) and Class B ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share in the capital of Slam represented (either in person or by proxy) to approve the Extension Amendmentaforementioned proposals, in which case the Adjournment Proposal orwill be the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal or (ii) ifonly proposal presented at the holders of Public Shares have elected to redeem an amount of shares in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal or the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal such that Slam would not adhere to the continued listing requirements of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC.Annual General Meeting; and

Each of the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal is

4.

to transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual General Meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof.

The above matters are more fully described in the accompanying proxy statement. Please take the timestatement, which you are encouraged to read carefully eachin its entirety. Notwithstanding the order in which the proposals are set out herein, the Company may put the proposals to the Annual General Meeting in such order as it may determine.

The full text of the proposals in the accompanying proxy statement before you vote.resolutions to be voted on is as follows:

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and the Articles Extension becomes effective, within     business days of the date of the Shareholder Meeting, the Lender shall make a deposit into the Trust Account (as defined below) of $        , in exchange for a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note issued by Slam to the Lender. In addition, if the Extension AmendmentNo. 1 - Director Election Proposal is approved and the Articles Extension becomes effective, in the event that Slam has not consummated a Business Combination by May 25, 2023, without approval of Slam’s public shareholders, Slam may, by

“RESOLVED, as an ordinary resolution of the Board, if requested by the Sponsor, and upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable Termination Date, extend the Termination Date up to nine times, each by one additional month (for a total of up to nine additional months to complete a Business Combination), provided that the Lender will deposit $         into the Trust Account for each such monthly extension, for an aggregate deposit of up to $         (if all nine additional monthly extensions are exercised), in exchange for a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note issued by Slam to the Lender. If Slam completes a Business Combination, it will, at the optionholders of the Lender, repay the amounts loaned under the promissory note or convert a portion or allClass B Ordinary Shares of the amounts loaned under such promissory note into warrants, which warrants willCompany, that each of Mr. Himanshu Gulati and Mr. Alex Rodriguez be identical tore-appointed as a Class I director on the Private Placement Warrants (as defined below). If Slam does not complete a Business Combination by the applicable Termination Date, such promissory note will be repaid only from funds held outside of the Trust Account or will be forfeited, eliminated or otherwise forgiven.Company’s


The purposeboard of directors to serve until the 2026 annual general meeting of the Extension Amendment Company, until their respective successors are duly appointed and qualified, or until their earlier death, resignation or removal.”

Proposal is to allow Slam additional time to completeNo. 2 - Auditor Ratification Proposal

“RESOLVED, as an initial business combination (a “Business Combination”). You are not being asked to vote on a Business Combination at this time.

The Memorandum and Articlesordinary resolution, that the appointment of Association provide that Slam has until February 25, 2023 to complete its initial Business Combination. Slam’s Board has determined that it is inWithumSmith+Brown, P.C. as the best interests of Slam to seek an extensionindependent registered public accounting firm of the Termination DateCompany for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 be ratified, approved and have Slam’s shareholders approveconfirmed in all respects.”

Proposal No. 3 - Adjournment Proposal

“RESOLVED, as an ordinary resolution, that the Extension Amendment Proposal to allow for a period of additional time to consummate a Business Combination. Without the Articles Extension, Slam believes that Slam will not be able to complete a Business Combination on or before the Termination Date. If that were to occur, Slam would be precluded from completing a Business Combination and would be forced to liquidate.

The purposeadjournment of the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal isannual general meeting to eliminate from the Memoranduma later time, date and Articles of Association the Redemption Limitation in order to allow Slam to redeem Public Shares, irrespective of whether such redemption would exceed the Redemption Limitation. The Board believes it is in the best interests of Slam and its shareholders for Slamplace to be allowed to effect redemptions irrespectivedetermined by the chairman of the Redemption Limitation.

The Board of Slam believes that itannual general meeting be and is in the best interests of Slam that Slam obtain the Articles Extension if needed. After careful consideration of all relevant factors, the Board has determined that the Extension Amendment Proposalhereby authorized and the Adjournment Proposal are in the best interests of Slam and its shareholders, has declared it advisable and recommends that you vote or give instruction to vote “FOR” the Extension Amendment Proposal, “FOR” the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal and “FOR” the Adjournment Proposal.

As contemplated by the Memorandum and Articles of Association, the holders of Slam’s Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Ordinary Sharesapproved.), issued as part of the units sold in Slam’s initial public offering (the “Public Shares”) may elect to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares in exchange for their pro rata portion of the funds held in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) established to hold a portion of the proceeds of the initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”) and the concurrent sale of the private placement warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”), if either the Articles Extension or the Redemption Limitation Amendment is implemented (the “Redemption”), regardless of how such public shareholders vote in regard to the Extension Amendment Proposal or the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal. If the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved by the requisite vote of shareholders, the holders of Public Shares remaining after the Redemption will retain their right to have their Public Shares redeemed in connection with a Business Combination or liquidation, subject to any limitations set forth in the Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended by the Articles Extension.

In the event that the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal is not approved and we receive notice of redemptions of Public Shares approaching or in excess of the Redemption Limitation, we and/or the Sponsor may take action to increase our net tangible assets to avoid exceeding the Redemption Limitation, which may include, at our and our Sponsor’s option and in our and its sole discretion, any, several or all of the following actions: (a) attempting to secure waivers of certain of our significant liabilities, including the deferred underwriting fees, and (b) entering into non-redemption agreements with certain of our significant shareholders. If the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal is not approved and the Redemption Limitation is exceeded, either because we do not take action to increase our net tangible assets or because our attempt to do so is not successful, then we will not proceed with the Articles Extension and we will not redeem any Public Shares. In such case, Public Shares which a public shareholder elects to redeem but which are not redeemed shall be returned to such public shareholder or such public shareholder’s account and such public shareholder will retain the right to have their Public Shares redeemed for cash if Slam has not completed an initial Business Combination by the Termination Date.

On                 , 2023, the most recent practicable date prior to the date of this proxy statement, the redemption price per share was approximately $         , based on the aggregate amount on deposit in the Trust Account of approximately $        as of                , 2023 (including interest not previously released to Slam to pay


its taxes), divided by the total number of then outstanding Public Shares. The Redemption price per share will be calculated based on the aggregate amount on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to Slam to pay its taxes two business days prior to the initially scheduled date of the Shareholder Meeting. The closing price of the Class A Ordinary Shares on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC on                 , 2023 was $        . Accordingly, if the market price of the Class A Ordinary Shares were to remain the same until the date of the Shareholder Meeting, exercising redemption rights would result in a public shareholder receiving approximately $         [more/less] per share than if the shares were sold in the open market (based on the per share redemption price as of January, 2023). Slam cannot assure shareholders that they will be able to sell their Class A Ordinary Shares in the open market, even if the market price per share is lower than the redemption price stated above, as there may not be sufficient liquidity in its securities when such shareholders wish to sell their shares. Slam believes that such redemption right enables its public shareholders to determine whether to sustain their investments for an additional period if Slam does not complete a Business Combination on or before the Termination Date.

Approval of the Extension AmendmentDirector Election Proposal is a condition to the implementationrequires an ordinary resolution of the Articles Extension. In addition, Slam will not proceed with the Articles Extension unless (i) the Redemption Limitation Amendment is approved or (ii) if Slam will have at least $5,000,001 of net tangible assets following approvalholders of the Extension Amendment Proposal, after taking into account the Redemption. Slam cannot predict the amount that will remain in the Trust Account following the Redemption if the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved, and the amount remaining in the Trust Account may be only a small fraction of the $         that was in the Trust Account as of                , 2023 (including interest not previously released to Slam to pay its taxes).

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved or the Articles Extension is not implemented, and a Business Combination is not completed on or before the Termination Date, Slam will: (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the PublicClass B Ordinary Shares at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to Slam (less taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of the then-outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any); and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of Slam’s remaining shareholders and the Board, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to Slam’s obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claimsand our amended and restated memorandum and articles of creditors and to requirements of other applicable law. There will be no distribution from the Trust Account with respect to Slam’s warrants, which will expire worthless in the event Slam dissolves and liquidates the Trust Account.

In the event of a liquidation, the Sponsor, Marc Lore and certain of Slam’s officers and directorsassociation (the Initial Shareholders“Charter”) will not receive any monies held in the Trust Account as a result of its ownership of 14,375,000 Class B Ordinary Shares (as defined below) which were issued to the Sponsor prior to the Initial Public Offering, and 11,333,333 Private Placement Warrants, which were purchased by the Sponsor in a private placement which occurred simultaneously with the completion of the Initial Public Offering. As a consequence, a liquidating distribution will be made only with respect to the Public Shares.

TO EXERCISE YOUR REDEMPTION RIGHTS, YOU MUST DEMAND IN WRITING THAT YOUR CLASS A ORDINARY SHARES ARE REDEEMED FOR A PRO RATA PORTION OF THE FUNDS HELD IN THE TRUST ACCOUNT AND TENDER YOUR SHARES TO SlAM’S TRANSFER AGENT AT LEAST TWO BUSINESS DAYS PRIOR TO THE INITIALLY SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SHAREHOLDER MEETING. IN ORDER TO EXERCISE YOUR REDEMPTION RIGHT, YOU NEED TO IDENTIFY YOURSELF AS A BENEFICIAL HOLDER AND PROVIDE YOUR LEGAL NAME, PHONE NUMBER AND ADDRESS IN YOUR WRITTEN DEMAND. YOU MAY TENDER YOUR SHARES BY EITHER TENDERING OR DELIVERING YOUR SHARES (AND SHARE CERTIFICATES (IF ANY) AND OTHER REDEMPTION FORMS) TO THE TRANSFER AGENT OR BY TENDERING OR DELIVERING YOUR SHARES (AND SHARE CERTIFICATES (IF ANY) AND OTHER REDEMPTION FORMS) ELECTRONICALLY USING THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY’S DWAC (DEPOSIT WITHDRAWAL AT CUSTODIAN) SYSTEM. IF


YOU HOLD THE SHARES IN STREET NAME, YOU WILL NEED TO INSTRUCT THE ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE AT YOUR BANK OR BROKER TO WITHDRAW THE SHARES FROM YOUR ACCOUNT IN ORDER TO EXERCISE YOUR REDEMPTION RIGHTS.

With respect to the regulation of special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”) like Slam, on March 30, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued proposed rules relating to, among other items, the extent to which SPACs could become subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The proposal is consistent with less formal positions recently taken by the staff of the SEC. To mitigate the risk of being viewed as operating an unregistered investment company, Slam currently intends, prior to the Shareholder Meeting, to instruct Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the trustee with respect to the Trust Account, to liquidate the U.S. government treasury obligations or money market funds held in the Trust Account and thereafter to maintain the funds in the Trust Account in cash in an interest-bearing demand deposit account at a bank until the earlier of consummation of a Business Combination and liquidation of Slam. Interest on such deposit account is currently approximately 2.5-3.0% per annum, but such deposit account carries a variable rate and Slam cannot assure you that such rate will not decrease or increase significantly. See “Risk Factors—If we are deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, we may be forced to abandon our efforts to complete an initial business combination and instead be required to liquidate. To mitigate the risk of that result, we intend to instruct, prior to the Shareholder Meeting, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company to liquidate the securities held in the Trust Account and instead hold all funds in the Trust Account in cash in an interest-bearing demand deposit account until the earlier of the consummation of our initial Business Combination or our liquidation. As a result, following such change, we will likely receive minimal interest on the funds held in the Trust Account, which would reduce the dollar amount that our public shareholders would receive upon any redemption or our liquidation” in the accompanying proxy statement.

Subject to the foregoing, the approval of each of the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal requires a special resolution under Cayman Islands law,, being the affirmative vote of at least a two-thirds (2/3)simple majority of the votes cast by the holders of the outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class B Ordinary Shares” and together with the Class A Ordinary Shares, the “Ordinary Shares”), voting as a single class, who are present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote thereon, and who vote thereon at the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting. Prior to our initial business combination, only holders of our Class B Ordinary Shares will have the right to vote on the appointment of directors. Holders of our public shares will not be entitled to vote on the appointment of directors during such time. Abstentions and broker non-votes, while considered present for the purposes of establishing a quorum, will not count as votes cast at the Annual General Meeting.

Approval of the Auditor Ratification Proposal requires an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law and the Charter, being the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the votes cast by the holders of the outstanding Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (“Class A Ordinary Shares”) and Class B Ordinary Shares (together with the Class A Ordinary Shares, the “Ordinary Shares”) who are present in person or represented by proxy and vote thereon at the Annual General Meeting.

Approval of the Adjournment Proposal requires an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law, being the affirmative vote of at least a simple majority of the votes cast by the holders of the issuedoutstanding Ordinary Shares voting as a single class, who are present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote thereon, and who vote thereon at the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting. The Adjournment Proposal will only be put forth for a vote if there are not sufficient votes to approve

Only shareholders of record of the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal at the Shareholder Meeting or if due to redemptions in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal or the Redemption Limitation Proposal, Slam would not adhere to the continued listing requirementsCompany as of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC.

Record holders of Ordinary Shares at the close of business on January     ,May 22, 2023, (the “Record Date”) are entitled to notice of, and to vote or have their votes cast at, the Shareholder Meeting.Annual General Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. Each Ordinary Share entitles the holder thereof to one vote; provided that only holders of the Class B Ordinary Shares have the right to vote on the Director Election Proposal. On the Record Date,record date, there were 57,500,00039,710,163 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding, including 25,335,163 Class A Ordinary Shares (that were initially sold as part of the IPO) and 14,375,000 issued and outstanding Class B Ordinary Shares. Slam’sThe Company’s warrants do not have voting rights.rights in connection with the proposals.

The Initial Shareholders intendYour vote is important. Proxy voting permits shareholders unable to attend the Annual General Meeting in person to vote alltheir shares through a proxy. By appointing a proxy, your shares will be represented and voted in accordance with your instructions. You can vote your shares by completing, signing, dating and returning your proxy card. Proxy cards that are signed and returned but do not include voting instructions will be voted by the proxy as recommended by our board of theirdirectors. You can change your voting instructions or revoke your proxy at any time prior to the Annual General Meeting by following the instructions included in this proxy statement and on the proxy card. If you hold your Ordinary Shares in favor of“street name” through a bank, broker or other nominee, you will need to follow the proposals being presentedinstructions provided to you by your bank, broker or other nominee to ensure that the shares you beneficially own are represented and voted at the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting. SuchIn this regard, you must provide the record holder of your shares will be excluded fromwith instructions on how to vote your shares or, if you wish to attend the pro rata calculation used to determine the per-share redemption price. As of the date of the accompanying proxy statement, the Initial Shareholders hold 20.0% of the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares and Slam’s officers and directors have not purchased any Public Shares, but may do so at any time. As a result, in addition to the Initial Shareholders, (i) approval of each of the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal will require the affirmative vote of at least 33,541,667 Ordinary Shares held by public shareholders (or approximately 58.3% of the Class A Ordinary Shares) if all Ordinary Shares are represented at the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting and cast votes,vote in person, you will need to obtain a legal proxy from your


bank, broker or nominee authorizing you to vote these shares and email a copy (a legible photograph is sufficient) of your proxy to proxy@continentalstock.com no later than 72 hours prior to the affirmative vote of at least 9,583,334 Ordinary Shares held by public shareholders (or approximately 16.7% of the Class A Ordinary Shares) if only such shares as are required to establish a quorum are represented at the Shareholder Meeting and cast votes; and (ii) approval of the Adjournment Proposal will require the affirmative vote of at least 21,562,501 Ordinary Shares held by public shareholders (or approximately 37.5% of the Class A Ordinary Shares) if all Ordinary Shares are represented at the Shareholder Meeting and cast votes, and the affirmative vote of at least 3,593,751 Ordinary Shares held by public shareholders (or approximately 6.3% of the Class A Ordinary Shares) if only such shares as are required to establish a quorum are represented at the Shareholder Meeting and cast votes.Annual General Meeting.

The accompanying proxy statement contains important information about the Shareholder Meeting, the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal. Whether or not you plan to attend the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting, Slam urgesit is strongly recommended that you complete, sign, date and return your proxy card before the Annual General Meeting date to read this materialensure that your shares will be represented and voted at the Annual General Meeting. You are urged to review carefully andthe information contained in the enclosed proxy statement prior to deciding how to vote your shares.

The accompanying If you have any questions or need assistance voting your Ordinary Shares, please contact Morrow Sodali LLC, our proxy statement is dated                , 2023,solicitor, by calling (800) 662-5200, or banks and is first being mailed to shareholders onbrokers can call collect at (203) 658-9400, or about that date.by emailing SLAM.info@investor.morrowsodali.com.

 

By Order of theour Board of Directors, of Slam Corp.

/s/ Himanshu Gulati

Himanshu Gulati

Chairman of the Board of Directors

                ,May 31, 2023

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING TO BE HELD ON JUNE 23, 2023

This Notice of Annual General Meeting and Proxy Statement, our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2022 and our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, the quarter ended September 30, 2022 and the quarter ended June 30, 2022 are available at

https://www.cstproxy.com/slamcorp/am2023.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

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RISK FACTORSQUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE PROXY MATERIALS AND OUR ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE SHAREHOLDER MEETING

6

EXTRAORDINARYANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

14 

PROPOSAL NO. 1—THE EXTENSION AMENDMENT1 DIRECTOR ELECTION PROPOSAL

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PROPOSAL NO. 2—THE REDEMPTION LIMITATION AMENDMENT2 AUDITOR RATIFICATION PROPOSAL

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PROPOSAL NO. 3—3 THE ADJOURNMENT PROPOSAL

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS FOR SHAREHOLDERS EXERCISING REDEMPTION RIGHTSBENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

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BUSINESS OF SLAM AND CERTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT SLAMRELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

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BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

50

FUTURE SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS

52

HOUSEHOLDING INFORMATION

5329 

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

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OTHER MATTERS

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SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS

32

HOUSEHOLDING INFORMATION

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SLAM CORP.

PROXY STATEMENT

FOR

EXTRAORDINARY THE 2023 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

TO BE HELD ON                 ,To Be Held at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday, June 23, 2023

This proxy statement and the enclosed form of proxy are furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by our board of directors (the Board“Board”) for use at the extraordinary2023 annual general meeting of Slam Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Slam,(the “Company,we,“we,us“us” or our“our”), whichand any postponements or adjournments thereof (the “Annual General Meeting”). The Annual General Meeting will be held on ,Friday, June 23, 2023 at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time, at the offices of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, located at 601 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022, and virtually via a virtual meeting, orthe Internet at such other time, on such other date and at such other placehttps://www.cstproxy.com/slamcorp/am2023. Shareholders are encouraged to whichattend the meeting may be adjourned (the “Shareholder Meeting”).virtually.

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT. It is important that your shares be represented at the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting, regardless of the number of shares that you hold. You are, therefore, urged to execute and return, at your earliest convenience, the enclosed proxy card in the envelope that has also been provided.

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Some of the statements contained in thisThis proxy statement constitute forward-looking statements within the meaningcontains “forward-looking statements” for purposes of the federal securities laws. Forward-lookingOur forward-looking statements relateinclude, but are not limited to, statements regarding our or our directors’ or executive officers’ expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future plans and strategies, anticipated events or trendscircumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intends,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “shall,” “should,” “will,” “would” and similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. Forward-looking statements reflect the current views of Slam with respect to, among other things, Slam’s capital resources and results of operations. Likewise, Slam’s financial statements and all of Slam’s statements regarding market conditions and results of operations are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you canmay identify these forward-looking statements, bybut the use of terminology such as “outlook,” “believes,” “expects,” “potential,” “continues,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “seeks,” “approximately,” “predicts,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “anticipates” or the negative versionabsence of these words or other comparable words or phrases.

The forward-looking statements contained in this proxy statement reflect Slam’s current views about future events and are subject to numerous known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and changes in circumstances that may cause its actual results to differ significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statement. Slam does not guaranteemean that the transactions and events described will happen as described (or that they will happen at all). The following factors, among others, could cause actual results and future events to differ materially from those set forth or contemplated in the forward-looking statements:a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements herein may include, for example, statements about:

 

Slam’sour ability to completeselect an appropriate target business or businesses;

our ability to consummate our initial business combination;

our expectations around the performance of a Business Combination (as defined below);prospective target business or businesses;

our success in retaining or recruiting, or changes required in, our executive officers, key employees or directors following our initial business combination;

our directors and executive officers allocating their time to other businesses and potentially having conflicts of interest with our business or in approving our initial business combination;

our potential ability to obtain additional financing to consummate our initial business combination;

our pool of prospective target businesses;

our ability to consummate an initial business combination due to the uncertainty resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic;

 

the anticipated benefitsability of our directors and executive officers to generate a Business Combination;

the volatilitynumber of the market price and liquidity of the Class A Ordinary Shares (as defined below) and other securities of Slam; andpotential business combination opportunities;

 

the use of fundsproceeds not held in the Trust Account (as defined below) or available to Slamus from interest income on the Trust Account balance.balance;

While forward-looking statements reflect Slam’s good faith beliefs, they are

the Trust Account not guaranteesbeing subject to claims of futurethird parties; or

our financial performance. Slam disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect changes in underlying assumptions or factors, new

Additional information data or methods, future events or other changes after the date of this proxy statement, except as required by applicable law. For a further discussion ofon these and other factors that couldmay cause Slam’s futureactual results and the Company’s performance or transactions to differ significantly from those expressedmaterially is included in any forward-looking statement, please see the section below entitled “Risk Factors” and in otherCompany’s periodic reports Slam has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including but not limited to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, including those factors described under the heading “Risk Factors” therein, and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Copies of the Company’s filings with the SEC are available publicly on the SEC’s website at SECwww.sec.gov”). You or may be obtained by contacting the Company. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance onupon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. These forward-looking statements are basedmade only on information currently availableas of the date hereof, and the Company undertakes no obligations to Slam (or to third parties makingupdate or revise the forward-looking statements).

RISK FACTORS

You should consider carefully all of the risks described in our (i) initial public offering prospectus filed with the SEC on February 24, 2021, (ii) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021,statements, whether as filed with the SEC on March 29, 2022 and (iii) other reports we file with the SEC, before making a decision to invest in our securities. Furthermore, if any of the following events occur, our business, financial condition and operating results may be materially adversely affected or we could face liquidation. In that event, the trading price of our securities could decline, and you could lose all or part of your investment. The risks and uncertainties described in the aforementioned filings and below are not the only ones we face. Additional risks and uncertainties that we are unaware of, or that we currently believe are not material, may also become important factors that adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results or result in our liquidation.

There are no assurances that the Articles Extension will enable us to complete a Business Combination.

Approving the Articles Extension (as defined below) involves a number of risks. Even if the Articles Extension is approved, Slam can provide no assurances that a Business Combination will be consummated prior to theArticles Extension Date (as defined below) or the relevant Additional Articles Extension Date (as defined below), if applicable. Our ability to consummate any Business Combination is dependent on a variety of factors, many of which are beyond our control. If the Articles Extension is approved, Slam expects to seek shareholder approval of a Business Combination. We are required to offer shareholders the opportunity to redeem shares in connection with the Articles Extension and the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal, and we will be required to offer shareholders redemption rights again in connection with any shareholder vote to approve a Business Combination. Even if the Articles Extension or a Business Combination are approved by our shareholders, it is possible that redemptions will leave us with insufficient cash to consummate a Business Combination on commercially acceptable terms, or at all. The fact that we will have separate redemption periods in connection with the Articles Extension and the Redemption Limitation Amendment and a Business Combination vote could exacerbate these risks. Other than in connection with a redemption offer or liquidation, our shareholders may be unable to recover their investment except through sales of our shares on the open market. The price of our shares may be volatile, and there can be no assurance that shareholders will be able to dispose of our shares at favorable prices, or at all.

Changes to laws or regulations or in how such laws or regulations are interpreted or applied, or a failure to comply with any laws, regulations, interpretations or applications, may adversely affect our business, including our ability to negotiate and complete our initial Business Combination.

We are subject to the laws and regulations, and interpretations and applications of such laws and regulations, of national, regional, state and local governments and non-U.S. jurisdictions. In particular, we are required to comply with certain SEC and other legal and regulatory requirements, and our consummation of an initial Business Combination may be contingent upon our ability to comply with certain laws, regulations, interpretations and applications and any post-Business Combination company may be subject to additional laws, regulations, interpretations and applications. Compliance with, and monitoring of, the foregoing may be difficult, time consuming and costly. Those laws and regulations and their interpretation and application may also change from time to time, and those changes could have a material adverse effect on our business, including our ability to negotiate and complete an initial Business Combination. A failure to comply with applicable laws or regulations, as interpreted and applied, could have a material adverse effect on our business, including our ability to negotiate and complete an initial Business Combination. The SEC has, in the past year, adopted certain rules and may, in the future adopt other rules, which may have a material effect on our activities and on our ability to consummate an initial Business Combination, including the SPAC Proposed Rules (as defined below) described below.

The SEC has recently issued proposed rules relating to certain activities of SPACs. Certain of the procedures that we, a potential Business Combination target or others may determine to undertake in connection with such proposals may increase our costs and the time needed to complete our initial Business Combination and may constrain the circumstances under which we could complete an initial Business Combination. The need for compliance with the SPAC Proposed Rules may cause us to liquidate the funds in the Trust Account or liquidate Slam at an earlier time than we might otherwise choose.

On March 30, 2022, the SEC issued proposed rules (the “SPAC Proposed Rules”) relating, among other things, to disclosures in SEC filings in connection with Business Combination transactions between special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”) such as us and private operating companies; the financial statement requirements applicable to transactions involving shell companies; the use of projections by SPACs in SEC filings in connection with proposed Business Combination transactions; the potential liability of certain participants in proposed Business Combination transactions; and the extent to which SPACs could become subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), including a proposed rule that would provide SPACs a safe harbor from treatment as an investment company if they satisfy certain conditions that limit a SPAC’s duration, asset composition, business purpose and activities. The SPAC Proposed Rules have not yet been adopted, and may be adopted in the proposed form or in a different form that could impose additional regulatory requirements on SPACs. Certain of the procedures that we, a potential Business Combination target, or others may determine to undertake in connection with the SPAC Proposed Rules, or pursuant to the SEC’s views expressed in the SPAC Proposed Rules, may increase the costs and time of negotiating and completing an initial Business Combination, and may constrain the circumstances under which we could complete an initial Business Combination. The need for compliance with the SPAC Proposed Rules may cause us to liquidate the funds in the Trust Account or liquidate Slam at an earlier time than we might otherwise choose. Were we to liquidate, our warrants would expire worthless, and our securityholders would lose the investment opportunity associated with an investment in the combined company, including any potential price appreciation of our securities.

If we are deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, we would be required to institute burdensome compliance requirements and our activities would be severely restricted. As a result in such circumstances, unless we are able to modify our activities so that we would not be deemed an investment company, we may abandon our efforts to complete an initial Business Combination and instead liquidate Slam.

As described further above, the SPAC Proposed Rules relate, among other matters, to the circumstances in which SPACs suchof new information, future events or otherwise, except as Slam could potentially be subject to the Investment Company Act and the regulations thereunder. The SPAC Proposed Rules would provide a safe harbor for such companies from the definition of “investment company” under Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act, provided that a SPAC satisfies certain criteria, including a limited time period to announce and complete a de-SPAC transaction. Specifically, to comply with the safe harbor, the SPAC Proposed Rules would require a company to file a report on Form 8-K announcing that it has entered into an agreement with a target company for a Business Combination no later than 18 months after the effective date of its registration statement for its initial public offering (the “IPO Registration Statement”). Slam would then be required to complete its initial Business Combination no later than 24 months after the effective date of the IPO Registration Statement.

If we are deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act, our activities would be severely restricted. In addition, we would be subject to burdensome compliance requirements. We do not believe that our principal activities will subject us to regulation as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. However, if we are deemed to be an investment company and subject to compliance with and regulation under the Investment Company Act, we would be subject to additional regulatory burdens and expenses for which we have not allotted funds. As a result, unless we are able to modify our activities so that we would not be deemed an investment company, we may abandon our efforts to complete an initial Business Combination and instead liquidate Slam. Were we to liquidate, our warrants would expire worthless, and our

securityholders would lose the investment opportunity associated with an investment in the combined company, including any potential price appreciation of our securities.

To mitigate the risk that we might be deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, we intend to, prior to the Shareholder Meeting, instruct the trustee to liquidate the investments held in the Trust Account and instead to hold the funds in the Trust Account in cash items until the earlier of the consummation of our initial Business Combination or our liquidation. As a result, following the liquidation of investments in the Trust Account, we would likely receive minimal interest on the funds held in the Trust Account, which would reduce the dollar amount our public shareholders would receive upon any redemption or liquidation of Slam.

The funds in the Trust Account have, since our initial public offering, been held only in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds investing solely in U.S. government treasury obligations and meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act. However, to mitigate the risk of us being deemed to be an unregistered investment company (including under the subjective test of Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act) and thus subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act, we intend to, prior to the Shareholder Meeting, instruct Continental (as defined below), the trustee with respect to the Trust Account, to liquidate the U.S. government treasury obligations or money market funds held in the Trust Account and thereafter to maintain the funds in the trust account in cash in an interest-bearing demand deposit account at a bank until the earlier of the consummation of our initial Business Combination or the liquidation of Slam. Interest on such deposit account is currently approximately 2.5-3.0% per annum, but such deposit account carries a variable rate and Slam cannot assure you that such rate will not decrease or increase significantly. Following such liquidation, we would likely receive minimal interest on the funds held in the Trust Account. However, interest previously earned on the funds held in the Trust Account still may be released to us to pay our taxes, if any. As a result, any decision to liquidate the investments held in the Trust Account and thereafter to hold all funds in the Trust Account in cash items would reduce the dollar amount our public shareholders would receive upon any redemption or liquidation of Slam.

In addition, even prior to the 24-month anniversary of the effective date of the IPO Registration Statement, we may be deemed to be an investment company. The longer that the funds in the Trust Account are held in short-term U.S. government treasury obligations or in money market funds invested exclusively in such securities, even prior to the 24-month anniversary, the greater the risk that we may be considered an unregistered investment company, in which case we may be required to liquidate Slam. Accordingly, we may determine, in our discretion, to liquidate the securities held in the Trust Account at any time, even prior to the Shareholder Meeting, and instead hold all funds in the Trust Account in as cash items which would further reduce the dollar amount our public shareholders would receive upon any redemption or liquidation of Slam. Were we to liquidate, our warrants would expire worthless, and our securityholders would lose the investment opportunity associated with an investment in the combined company, including any potential price appreciation of our securities.by law.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE SHAREHOLDERPROXY MATERIALS AND OUR ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The questionsinformation provided in the “question and answersanswer” format below highlightis for your convenience only selectedand is merely a summary of the information fromcontained in this proxy statement and only briefly address some commonly asked questions about the Shareholder Meeting (as defined below) and the proposals to be presented at the Shareholder Meeting. The following questions and answers do not include all the information that is important to Slam shareholders. Shareholders are urged tostatement. You should read carefully this entire proxy statement includingcarefully.

What is a quorum?

A quorum is the other documents referred to herein, to fully understand the proposalminimum number of shares required to be present at the Annual General Meeting for the Annual General Meeting to be properly held under our Charter (defined below). The presence, in person or by proxy, or if a corporation or other non-natural person, by its duly authorized representative or proxy, of the holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares (defined below) entitled to vote at the Annual General Meeting constitutes a quorum. Proxies that are signed and dated but marked “abstain” and proxies relating to “street name” shares that are returned to us but marked by brokers as “not voted” (so-called “broker non-votes”) will be treated as shares present for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum. If a shareholder does not give the broker voting instructions, under applicable self-regulatory organization rules, its broker may not vote its shares on “non-routine” matters, such as the Director Election Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal (defined below).

What is the effect of giving a proxy?

Proxies are solicited by and on behalf of our board of directors. Himanshu Gulati and Chetan Bansal have been designated as proxies by our board of directors. When proxies are properly dated, executed and returned, the shares represented by such proxies will be voted at the Annual General Meeting in accordance with the instructions of the shareholder. If no specific instructions are given, however, the shares will be voted in accordance with the recommendations of our board of directors as described below. If any matters not described in this proxy statement are properly presented at the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting, the proxy holders will use their own judgment to determine how to vote the shares. If the Annual General Meeting is adjourned, the proxy holders can vote the shares on the new Annual General Meeting date as well, unless you have properly revoked your proxy instructions, as described above.

Who will solicit and pay the voting procedurescost of soliciting proxies for the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting?

Our board of directors is soliciting proxies for use at the Annual General Meeting. All costs associated with this solicitation will be borne directly by the Company. We have engaged Morrow Sodali LLC (“Morrow”) to assist in the solicitation of proxies for the Annual General Meeting. We have agreed to pay Morrow a fee of $7,500, plus disbursements, and will reimburse Morrow for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and indemnify Morrow against certain losses, damages, expenses, liabilities or claims. We will also reimburse banks, brokers and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries representing beneficial owners of the Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (“Class A Ordinary Shares”) for their expenses in forwarding soliciting materials to beneficial owners of Class A Ordinary Shares and in obtaining voting instructions from those owners. Our directors and officers may also solicit proxies by telephone, by facsimile, by mail, on the Internet or in person. They will not be paid any additional amounts for soliciting proxies.

What matters am I voting on?

Holders of Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “founder shares” or “Class B Ordinary Shares” and together with the Class A Ordinary Shares, the “Ordinary Shares”) will be voting on the following proposal.

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Director Election Proposal: To re-appoint Mr. Himanshu Gulati and Mr. Alex Rodriguez as Class I directors on the Company’s board of directors to serve until the 2026 annual general meeting, until

their respective successors are duly appointed and qualified, or until their earlier death, resignation or removal (the “Director Election Proposal”).

Holders of Class A Ordinary Shares and holders of Class B Ordinary Shares will be voting on the following proposals.

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Auditor Ratification Proposal: To ratify the appointment of WithumSmith+Brown, P.C. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 (the “Auditor Ratification Proposal”).

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Adjournment Proposal: To approve the adjournment of the Annual General Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies in the event that there are insufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the approval of the Director Election Proposal or the Auditor Ratification Proposal (the “Adjournment Proposal”), which will only be presented at the Annual General Meeting if, based on the tabulated votes, there are not sufficient votes at the time of the Annual General Meeting to approve the aforementioned proposals, in which case the Adjournment Proposal will be the only proposal presented at the Annual General Meeting.

When and where will the Annual General Meeting whichbe held?

The Annual General Meeting will be held at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time, on ,June 23, 2023, at         a.m., Eastern Time. The Shareholder Meeting will be held at the offices of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, located at 601 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022, and virtually via a virtual meeting,live webcast online at https://www.cstproxy.com/slamcorp/am2023, or at such other time, on such other date and at such other place to which the meeting may be postponed or adjourned. Shareholders are encouraged to attend the meeting virtually. The virtual meeting format allows attendance from any location in the world. You can participate inattend the meeting, vote, and submit questions via live audio webcast by visiting https://www.cstproxy.com/slamcorp/am2023 .

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Why am I receiving this proxy statement?

Slam is a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted companyand entering the control number found on December 18, 2020. Slam was incorporated foryour proxy card. You may submit your proxy by completing, signing, dating and returning the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities.

Following the closing of Slam’s initial public offering on February 25, 2021 (the “Initial Public Offering”), including the full exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option, an amount of $575,000,000 ($10.00 per unit offeredenclosed proxy card in the Initial Public Offering (the “Units”)) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering and the sale of private placement warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) to Slam Sponsor, LLC, a Cayman Islands limited liability company (the “Sponsor”) was placed in a trust account established at the consummation of the Initial Public Offering that holds the proceeds of the Initial Public Offering (the “Trust Account”).

Like most blank check companies, Slam’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the “Memorandum and Articles of Association”) provide for the return of the Initial Public Offering proceeds held in the Trust Account to the holders of Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Ordinary Shares” or the “Public Shares”) sold in the Initial Public Offering if there is no qualifying business combination(s) consummated on or before February 25, 2023.

Without the Articles Extension (as defined below), Slam believes that Slam will not, despite its best efforts, be able to complete an initial business combination (a “Business Combination”) on or before February 25, 2023. The Board of Slam believes that it is in the best interests of Slam’s shareholders to continue Slam’s existence until February 25, 2024 (if all nine additional monthly extensions are exercised) in order to allow Slam additional time to complete a Business Combination and is therefore holding this Shareholder Meeting.

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When and where will the Shareholder Meeting be held?

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The Shareholder Meeting will be held on                 , 2023, at         a.m., Eastern Time, at the offices of Kirkland & Ellis LLP located at 601 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022, and via a virtual meeting, or at such other time, on such other date and at such other place to which the meeting may or adjourned.

Shareholders may attend the Shareholder Meeting in person. However, we encourage you to attend the Shareholder Meeting virtually. If you wish to attend the Shareholder Meeting in person, you must reserve your attendance at least two business days in advance of the Shareholder Meeting by contacting Slam’s Chief Financial Officer at jtaeid@slamcorp.com by         a.m., Eastern Time, on                 , 2023 (two business days prior to the initially scheduled meeting date). You can participate in the meeting, vote, and submit questions via live webcast by visiting https://www.cstproxy.com/                .

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How do I vote?

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If you were a holder of record of Class A Ordinary Shares or Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class B Ordinary Shares,” and together with the Class A Ordinary Shares, the “OrdinaryShares”) on January     , 2023, the record date for the Shareholder Meeting (the “Record Date”), you may vote with respect to the proposals in person or virtually at the Shareholder Meeting, or by completing, signing, dating and returning the enclosed proxy card in the postage-paid envelope provided.

Voting by Mail. By signing the proxy card and returning it in the enclosed prepaid and addressed envelope, you are authorizing the individuals named on the proxy card to vote your shares at the Shareholder Meeting in the manner you indicate. You are encouraged to sign and return the proxy card even if you plan to attend the Shareholder Meeting so that your shares will be voted if you are unable to attend the Shareholder Meeting. If you receive more than one proxy card, it is an indication that your shares are held in multiple accounts. Please sign and return all proxy cards to ensure that all of your shares are voted. Votes submitted by mail must be received by 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on January     , 2023.

Voting in Person at the Meeting. If you attend the Shareholder Meeting and plan to vote in person, you will be provided with a ballot at the Shareholder Meeting. If your shares are registered directly in your name, you are considered the shareholder of record and you have the right to vote in person at the Shareholder Meeting.accompanying pre-addressed postage-paid envelope. If you hold your shares in “street name,” which means your shares are held of record by a broker, bank or other nominee, you should follow the instructions provided bycontact your broker, bank or nominee to ensure that votes related to the shares you beneficially own are properly counted. In this regard, you must provide the broker, bank or nominee with instructions on how to vote your shares.

How does our board of directors recommend that I vote on these proposals?

Our board of directors recommends a vote:

“FOR” the re-appointment of Mr. Himanshu Gulati and Mr. Alex Rodriguez as Class I directors;

“FOR” the ratification of the appointment of WithumSmith+Brown, P.C. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2023; and

“FOR” the Adjournment Proposal, if presented.

Who is entitled to vote?

Holders of our Ordinary Shares as of the close of business on May 22, 2023, the record date, are entitled to vote at the Annual General Meeting. As of the record date, there were 39,710,163 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding, consisting of 25,335,163 Class A Ordinary Shares and 14,375,000 Class B Ordinary Shares. In deciding all matters at the Annual General Meeting, each shareholder will be entitled to one vote for each Ordinary Share held by them on the record date; provided that only holders of the Class B Ordinary Shares have the right to vote on the Director Election Proposal. Holders of Class A Ordinary Shares and holders of Class B Ordinary Shares will vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of our shareholders at the Annual General Meeting except (i) as required by law and (ii) with respect to the Director Election Proposal. We do not have cumulative voting rights for the appointment of directors, which only holders of the Class B Ordinary Shares have the right to vote on. Slam Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”), our executive officers, our

directors and other initial shareholders (collectively, the “Initial Shareholders”) collectively own all of our issued and outstanding founder shares, constituting approximately 36.2% of our issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares.

Registered Shareholders. If our shares are registered directly in your name with our transfer agent, Continental, you are considered the shareholder of record with respect to those shares. As the shareholder of record, you have theright to grant your voting proxy directly to the individuals listed on the proxy card or to vote in person at the Annual General Meeting.

Street Name Shareholders. If our shares are held on your behalf in a brokerage account or by a bank or other nominee, you are considered the beneficial owner of those shares held in “street name,” and your broker or nominee is considered the shareholder of record with respect to those shares. As the beneficial owner, you have the right to direct your broker or nominee as to how to vote your shares. However, since a beneficial owner is not the shareholder of record, you may not vote your Ordinary Shares at the Annual General Meeting unless you follow your broker’s procedures for obtaining a legal proxy. Throughout this proxy, we refer to shareholders who hold their shares through a broker, bank or other nominee as “beneficial owners” or “street name shareholders.”

How do I vote?

Registered Shareholders. If you are a holder of record of Ordinary Shares on the record date for the Annual General Meeting, you may vote in person at the Annual General Meeting or by submitting a proxy for the Annual General Meeting.

Voting by Proxy. You may submit your proxy by completing, signing, dating and returning the enclosed proxy card in the accompanying pre-addressed postage-paid envelope. By signing, dating and returning the proxy card, you are authorizing the individual(s) named on the proxy card to vote your shares at the Annual General Meeting in the manner you indicate. You are encouraged to complete, sign, date and return the proxy card even if you plan to attend the Annual General Meeting so that your shares will be represented and voted if you are unable to attend the Annual General Meeting. If you receive more than one proxy card, it is an indication that your shares are held in multiple accounts. Please complete, sign, date and return all proxy cards to ensure that all of your shares are voted. If you sign, date and return your proxy card without indicating how you wish to vote, your proxy will be voted FOR each of the proposals presented at the Annual General Meeting. If you fail to return your proxy card and do not vote in person or by proxy at the Annual General Meeting, your shares will not be counted for the purposes of determining whether a quorum is present at the Annual General Meeting or whether the Director Election Proposal (if applicable), the Auditor Ratification Proposal or Adjournment Proposal (as the case may be) is approved by the requisite votes.

Voting in Person. If you attend the Annual General Meeting and plan to vote in person at the offices of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, you will be provided with a ballot at the Annual General Meeting.

Voting Electronically. You may attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting by visiting https://www.cstproxy.com/slamcorp/am2023 and entering the control number found on your proxy card.

Street name shareholders. If you hold your shares in “street name,” which means your shares are held of record by a broker, bank or nominee, you should contact your broker, bank or nominee to ensure that votes related to the shares you beneficially own are properly counted. In this regard, you must provide the broker, bank or nominee with instructions on how to vote your shares or, if you wish to attend the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting and vote in person, you will need to bring to the Shareholder Meetingobtain a legal proxy from your broker, bank or nominee authorizing you to vote these shares.shares and email a copy (a legible photograph is sufficient) of your proxy to proxy@continentalstock.com no later than 72 hours prior to the Annual General Meeting. Street name shareholders should contact their bank, broker or nominee for instructions regarding obtaining a legal proxy.

Voting Electronically.

How do I attend the Annual General Meeting via live audio webcast?

If you are a registered shareholder, you will receive a proxy card which contains instructions on how to attend the Annual General Meeting via live audio webcast including the URL address, along with your control number. You may attend, vote and examine the list of shareholders entitled to vote at the Shareholder Meeting by visiting https://www.cstproxy.com/                 and entering thewill need your control number found onfor access. If you do not have your proxy card, voting instruction form or notice included in the proxy materials.

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How do I attend the virtual Shareholder Meeting?

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If you are a registered shareholder, you will receive a proxy card fromcontrol number, contact Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Continental,” or the “Transfer Agent”). The form contains instructions on how to attend the virtual Shareholder Meeting including the URL address, along with your control number. You will need your control number for access. If you do not have your control number, contact the Transfer Agent at 917-262-2373, or email proxy@continentalstock.com.

You can pre-register to attend the virtual ShareholderAnnual General Meeting starting January     ,June 16, 2023 at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time (three(five business days prior to the meeting date). Enter the URL address into your browser by visiting https://www.cstproxy.com/                , enterslamcorp/am2023 and entering your control number, name and email address. Once you pre-register you can vote or enter questions in the chat box.box during the Annual General Meeting. At the start of the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting, you will need to log in again using your control number and will also be prompted to enter your control number if you vote during the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting.

Shareholders whoIf you hold their investments throughyour shares in “street name,” which means your shares are held of record by a bank, broker or broker,nominee, you will need to contact the Transfer AgentContinental to receive a control number. If you plan to vote at the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting, you will need to have a legal proxy from your bank, broker or brokerother nominee or if you would like to join and not vote, the Transfer AgentContinental will issue you a guest control number with proof of ownership. In either case, you must contact the Transfer AgentContinental for specific instructions on how to receive the control number. The Transfer AgentContinental can be contacted at the number or email address above. Please allow up to 72 hours prior to the meeting for processing your control number. Street name shareholders should contact their bank, broker or nominee for instructions regarding obtaining a legal proxy.

If you do not have access to Internet, you can listen only to the meeting by dialing +1 800-450-7155(toll-free)(or +1 857-999-9155 (standard rates apply) if you are located outside the United States and Canada (standard rates apply))Canada) and when prompted enter the

pin number         . conference ID number: 6891056#. Please note that you will not be able to vote or ask questions at the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting if you choose to participate telephonically.

A separate conference line to allow participants to communicate with each other during the Annual General Meeting will also be made available.

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What are the specific proposals on which I am being asked to vote at the Shareholder Meeting?

How may my brokerage firm or other intermediary vote my shares if I fail to provide timely instructions?

Brokerage firms and other intermediaries holding our shares in street name for customers are generally required to vote such shares in the manner directed by their customers. In the absence of timely instructions, your broker will have discretion to vote your shares on our sole “routine” matter: the proposal to ratify the appointment of WithumSmith+Brown, P.C. Your broker will not have discretion to vote on the re-appointment of Mr. Himanshu Gulati and Mr. Alex Rodriguez as Class I directors or the Adjournment Proposal, which are each “non-routine” matters, absent direction from you.

How many votes are needed for approval of each proposal?

 

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Slam shareholders are being asked to consider and vote on the following proposals:

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Proposal No. 1—Extension Amendment Proposal—Director Election ProposalTo amend, by way: The re-appointment of special resolution, Slam’s Memorandum and Articles of Association to extend the date (the “Termination Date”) by which Slam has to consummate a Business Combination (the “Articles Extension”) from February 25, 2023 (the “Original Termination Date”) to May 25, 2023 (the “Articles Extension Date”) and to allow Slam, without another shareholder vote, to elect to extend the Termination Date to consummate a business combination on a monthly basis for up to nine timesClass I directors must be approved by an additional one month each time after the Articles Extension Date, byordinary resolution of Slam’s Board, if requested by the Sponsor, and upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable Termination Date, until February 25, 2024 (each, an “Additional Articles Extension Date”) or a total of up to twelve months after the Original Termination Date, unless the closing of a Business Combination shall have occurred prior thereto (the “Extension Amendment Proposal”);

2.

Proposal No. 2—Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal—To amend, by way of special resolution, Slam’s Memorandum and Articles of Association to eliminate from the Memorandum and Articles of Association the limitation that Slam may not redeem Public Shares (as defined below) to the extent that such redemption would result in Slam having net tangible assets (as determined in accordance with Rule 3a51-1(g)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, of less than $5,000,001 (the “Redemption Limitation”) in order to allow Slam to redeem Public Shares irrespective of whether such redemption would exceed the Redemption Limitation (the “Redemption Limitation Amendment,” and such proposal the “Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal”); and

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Proposal No. 3—Adjournment Proposal—To adjourn, by way of ordinary resolution, the Shareholder Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary, (i) to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies if, based upon the tabulated vote at the time of the Shareholder Meeting, there are insufficient Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share and Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share in the capital of Slam represented (either in person or by proxy) to approve the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal or (ii) if the holders of Public Shares have elected to redeem an amount of shares in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal or the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal such that Slam would not adhere to the continued listing requirements of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (the “Adjournment Proposal”).

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and the Articles Extension becomes effective, within business days of the date of the Shareholder Meeting, the Sponsor (or one or more of its affiliates, members or third-party designees) (the “Lender”) shall make a deposit into the Trust Account (as defined below) of $        , in exchange for a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note issued by Slam to the Lender. In addition, if the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and the Articles Extension becomes effective, in the event that Slam has not consummated a Business Combination by May 25, 2023, without approval of Slam’s public shareholders, Slam may, by resolution of the Board, if requested by the Sponsor, and upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable Termination Date, extend the Termination Date up to nine times, each by one additional month (for a total of up to nine additional months to complete a Business Combination), provided that the Lender will deposit $         into the Trust Account for each such monthly extension, for an aggregate deposit of up to $         (if all nine additional monthly extensions are exercised), in exchange for a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note issued by Slam to the Lender. If Slam completes a Business Combination, it will, at the option of the Lender, repay the amounts loaned under the promissory note or convert a portion or all of the amounts loaned under such promissory note into warrants, which warrants will be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. If Slam does not complete a Business Combination by the applicable Termination Date, such promissory note will be repaid only from funds held outside of the Trust Account or will be forfeited, eliminated or otherwise forgiven.

For more information, please see “Proposal No. 1—The Extension Amendment Proposal, Proposal No. 2—The The Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal and Proposal No. 3—The Adjournment Proposal.”

After careful consideration, Slam’s Board has unanimously determined that the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal are in the best interests of Slam and its shareholders and unanimously recommends that you vote “FOR” or give instruction to vote “FOR” each of these proposals.

The existence of financial and personal interests of our directors and officers may result in conflicts of interest, including a conflict between what may be in the best interests of Slam and its shareholders and what may be best for a director’s personal interests when determining to recommend that shareholders vote for the proposals. See the sections titled “Proposal No 1—The Extension Amendment Proposal—Interests of the Sponsor and Slam’s Directors and Officers,”Proposal No 2—The Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal—Interests of the Sponsor and Slam’s Directors and Officers” and “Beneficial Ownership of Securities” for a further discussion of these considerations.

THE VOTE OF SHAREHOLDERS IS IMPORTANT. SHAREHOLDERS ARE URGED TO SUBMIT THEIR PROXIES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER CAREFULLY REVIEWING THIS PROXY STATEMENT.

Q:

Am I being asked to vote on a proposal to elect directors?

A:

No. Holders of Public Shares are not being asked to vote on the election of directors at this time.

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Are the proposals conditioned on one another?

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Approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal is a condition to the implementation of the Articles Extension. In addition, Slam will not proceed with the Articles Extension unless (i) the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal is approved or (ii) if Slam will have at least $5,000,001 of net tangible assets following approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal, after taking into account any redemptions of Class AB Ordinary Shares by Slam public shareholders in exchange for their pro rata portion of the funds held in the Trust Account in connection with the Articles Extension (the “Redemptions”).

If the Articles Extension is implemented and one or more Slam shareholders elect to redeem their Public Shares pursuant to the Redemption, Slam will remove from the Trust Account and deliver to the holders of such redeemed Public Shares an amount equal to the pro rata portion of funds available in the Trust Account with respect to such redeemed Public Shares, , including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to Slam to pay its taxes, and retain the remainder of the funds in the Trust Account for Slam’s use in connection with consummating a Business Combination, subject to the redemption rights of holders of Public Shares in connection with a Business Combination.

The Adjournment Proposal is conditional on Slam not obtaining the necessary votes for approving the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal prior to the Shareholder Meeting in order to seek additional time to obtain sufficient votes in support of the Articles Extension and the Redemption Limitation Amendment or if due to redemptions in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal or the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal, Slam would not adhere to the continued listing requirements of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC. If both the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal is approved at the Shareholder Meeting and following redemptions in connection with the Articles Extension and Redemption Limitation Amendment, Slam would adhere to the continued listing requirements of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, the Adjournment Proposal will not be presented.

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Why is Slam proposing the Extension Amendment Proposal?

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Slam’s Memorandum and Articles of Association provide for the return of the Initial Public Offering proceeds held in trust to the holders of Public Shares sold in the Initial Public Offering if there is no

qualifying Business Combination consummated on or before the Termination Date. The purpose of the Extension Amendment Proposal is to allow Slam additional time to complete a Business Combination.

Without the Articles Extension, Slam believes that Slam will not be able to complete a Business Combination on or before the Termination Date. If that were to occur, Slam would be forced to liquidate.

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Why is Slam proposing the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal?

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Slam’s Memorandum and Articles of Association provide that that Slam may not redeem Public Shares to the extent that such redemption would result in Slam having net tangible assets (as determined in accordance with Rule 3a51-1(g)(1) of the Exchange Act) of less than $5,000,001. Without the Redemption Limitation Amendment, Slam may not be able to implement the Articles Extension or complete a Business Combination if following redemptions in connection with the Articles Extension or upon the consummation of the Business Combination Slam has net tangible assets of less than $5,000,001 even if shareholders approve the Articles Extension or if all contractual conditions to closing the Business Combination are met.

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Why is Slam proposing the Adjournment Proposal?

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If (i) either the Extension Amendment Proposal or the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal is not approved by Slam’s shareholders or (ii) due to redemptions in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal or Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal, Slam would not adhere to the continued listing requirements of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, Slam may put the Adjournment Proposal to a vote in order to seek additional time to obtain sufficient votes in support of the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal or to allow public shareholders time to reverse their redemption requests in connection with the Articles Extension and the Redemption Limitation Amendment. If the Adjournment Proposal is not approved by Slam’s shareholders, the Board may not be able to adjourn the Shareholder Meeting to a later date or dates in the event that there are insufficient votes to approve the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal or if due to redemptions in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal or the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal, Slam would not adhere to the continued listing requirements of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC.

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What constitutes a quorum?

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A quorum of our shareholders is necessary to hold a valid meeting. The presence (which would include presence at the virtual Shareholder Meeting), in person or by proxy, of shareholders holding a majority of the Ordinary Shares entitled to vote at the Shareholder Meeting constitutes a quorum at the Shareholder Meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes will be considered present for the purposes of establishing a quorum. The initial shareholder of Slam, including the Sponsor, Marc Lore and certain of Slam’s officers and directors (the “Initial Shareholders”) who own 20.0% of the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares as of the Record Date, will count towards this quorum. As a result, as of the Record Date, in addition to the shares of the Initial Shareholders, an additional 21,562,501 Ordinary Shares held by public shareholders would be required to be present at the Shareholder Meeting to achieve a quorum. Because all of the proposals to be voted on at the Shareholder Meeting are “non-routine” matters, banks, brokers and other nominees will not have authority to vote on any proposals unless instructed, so Slam does not expect there to be any broker non-votes at the Shareholder Meeting.

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What vote is required to approve the proposals presented at the Shareholder Meeting?

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The approval of each of the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal requires a special resolution under Cayman Islands law and our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the “Charter”), being the affirmative vote of at least a two-thirds (2/3)simple majority of the votes cast by the holders of the issuedoutstanding Class B Ordinary Shares who are present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote thereon, and who vote thereon at the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting.

Approval of the Adjournment Proposal requires an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law, being the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the votes cast by the holders of the issued Ordinary Shares who are present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote thereon, and who vote thereon, at the Shareholder Abstentions and broker non-votes, while considered present for the purposes of establishing a quorum, will not count as votes cast at the Annual General Meeting.

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How will the Initial Shareholders vote?

 

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Proposal No. 2—Auditor Ratification Proposal: The Initial Shareholders intend to vote any Ordinary Shares over which they have voting control in favorratification of the Extension Amendment Proposal and, if necessary, the Adjournment Proposal.

The Initial Shareholders are not entitled to redeem any Class B Ordinary Shares held by them in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal. On the Record Date, the Initial Shareholders beneficially owned and was entitled to vote 14,375,000 Class B Ordinary Shares, representing 20.0% of Slam’s issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares.

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Who is Slam’s Sponsor?

A:

Slam’s sponsor is Slam Sponsor, LLC, a Cayman Islands limited liability company. The Sponsor currently owns 14,195,000 Class B Ordinary Shares and 11,333,333 Private Placement Warrants. We do not believe that the Sponsor is “controlled” (as defined in 31 CFR 800.208) by one or more foreign persons, such that the Sponsor’s involvement in any Business Combination would likely be a “covered transaction” (as defined in 31 CFR 800.213). However, it is possible that non-U.S. persons could be involved in our Business Combination, which may increase the risk that our Business Combination becomes subject to regulatory review, including a potential mandatory or voluntary review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”), and that restrictions, limitations or conditions will be imposed by CFIUS. If our Business Combination with a U.S. business is subject to CFIUS review, the scopeappointment of which was expanded by the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (“FIRRMA”), to include certain non-passive, non-controlling investments in sensitive U.S. businesses and certain acquisitions of real estate even with no underlying U.S. business. FIRRMA, and subsequent implementing regulations that are now in force, also subjects certain categories of investments to mandatory filings. If our potential Business Combination with a U.S. business falls within CFIUS’s jurisdiction, we may determine that we are required to make a mandatory filing or that we will submit a voluntary notice to CFIUS, or to proceed with a Business Combination without notifying CFIUS and risk CFIUS intervention, before or after closing a Business Combination. CFIUS may decide to block or delay our Business Combination, impose conditions to mitigate national security concerns with respect to such Business Combination or order us to divest all or a portion of a U.S. business of the combined company without first obtaining CFIUS clearance, which may limit the attractiveness of or prevent us from pursuing certain initial business combination opportunities that we believe would otherwise be beneficial to us and our shareholders. As a result, the pool of potential targets with which we could complete a Business Combination may be limited and we may be adversely affected in terms of competing with other special purpose acquisition companies which do not have similar foreign ownership issues. A failure to notify CFIUS of a transaction where such notification was required or otherwise warranted based on the national security considerations presented byWithumSmith+Brown, P.C. requires an investment target may expose the Sponsor and/or the combined company to legal penalties, costs, and/or other adverse reputational and financial effects, thus potentially diminishing the value of the combined company. In addition, CFIUS is actively pursuing transactions that were not notified to it and may ask questions regarding, or impose restrictions or mitigation on, a Business Combination post-closing.

Moreover, the process of government review, whether by the CFIUS or otherwise, could be lengthy and we have limited time to complete our Business Combination. If we cannot complete a Business Combination by February 25, 2023 (or up to February 25, 2024 if extended) because the transaction is still under review or because our Business Combination is ultimately prohibited by CFIUS or another U.S. government entity, we may be required to liquidate. If we liquidate, our public shareholders may only receive $         per Public Share, and our warrants will expire worthless. This will also cause you to lose the investment opportunity in

a target company and the chance of realizing future gains on your investment through any price appreciation in the combined company.

Q:

Why should I vote “FOR” the Extension Amendment Proposal?

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Slam believes shareholders will benefit from Slam consummating a Business Combination and is proposing the Extension Amendment Proposal to extend the date by which Slam has to complete a Business Combination until the Articles Extension Date (or Additional Articles Extension Date, if applicable). Without the Articles Extension, Slam believes that Slam will not be able to complete a Business Combination on or before the Termination Date. If that were to occur, Slam would be forced to liquidate.

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Why should I vote “FOR” the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal?

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Slam believes shareholders will benefit from Slam implementing the Articles Extension and is proposing the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal to delete the Redemption Limitation. If the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal is not approved and there are significant requests for redemption (including as a result of the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal) such that Slam’s net tangible assets would be less than $5,000,001 following the redemptions, we would be unable to implement the Articles Extension.

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Why should I vote “FOR” the Adjournment Proposal?

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If the Adjournment Proposal is not approved by Slam’s shareholders, the Board may not be able to adjourn the Shareholder Meeting to a later date or dates to approve the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal or to allow public shareholders time to reverse their redemption requests in connection with the Articles Extension and Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal.

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What if I do not want to vote “FOR” the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal or the Adjournment Proposal?

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If you do not want the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal or the Adjournment Proposal to be approved, you may “ABSTAIN”, not vote, or vote “AGAINST” such proposal.

If you attend the Shareholder Meeting in person or by proxy, you may vote “AGAINST” the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal or the Adjournment Proposal, and your Ordinary Shares will be counted for the purposes of determining whether the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal or the Adjournment Proposal (as the case may be) are approved.

However, if you fail to attend the Shareholder Meeting in person or by proxy, or if you do attend the Shareholder Meeting in person or by proxy but you “ABSTAIN” or otherwise fail to vote at the Shareholder Meeting, your Ordinary Shares will not be counted for the purposes of determining whether the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal or the Adjournment Proposal (as the case may be) are approved, and your Ordinary Shares will have no effect on the outcome of such votes.

If the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal are approved and, following redemptions in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal, Slam adheres to the continued listing requirements of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, the Adjournment Proposal will not be presented for a vote.

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How are the funds in the Trust Account currently being held?

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With respect to the regulation of SPACs like Slam, on March 30, 2022, the SEC issued the SPAC Proposed Rules relating to, among other items, the extent to which SPACs could become subject to regulation under

the Investment Company Act, including a proposed rule that would provide SPACs a safe harbor from treatment as an investment company if they satisfy certain conditions that limit a SPAC’s duration, asset composition, business purpose and activities.

With regard to the SEC’s investment company proposals included in the SPAC Proposed Rules, while the funds in the Trust Account have, since Slam’s Initial Public Offering, been held only in U.S. government treasury bills with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds investing solely in U.S. Treasuries, to mitigate the risk of being viewed as operating an unregistered investment company (including pursuant to the subjective test of Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act of 1940), Slam currently intends, prior to the Shareholder Meeting, to instruct Continental, the trustee managing the Trust Account, to liquidate the U.S. government treasury obligations or money market funds held in the Trust Account and thereafter to maintain the funds in the Trust Account in cash in an interest-bearing demand deposit account at a bank until the earlier of consummation of a Business Combination and liquidation of Slam. Interest on such deposit account is currently approximately 2.5-3.0% per annum, but such deposit account carries a variable rate and Slam cannot assure you that such rate will not decrease or increase significantly.

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Will we seek any further extensions to liquidate the Trust Account?

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Other than as described in this proxy statement, Slam does not currently anticipate seeking any further extension to consummate the Business Combination, but may do so in the future.

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What happens if the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved?

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If there are insufficient votes to approve the Extension Amendment Proposal, Slam may put the Adjournment Proposal to a vote in order to seek additional time to obtain sufficient votes in support of the Articles Extension.

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved or the Articles Extension is not implemented, and a Business Combination is not completed on or before the Termination Date, Slam will: (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to Slam (less taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of the then-outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any); and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of Slam’s remaining shareholders and the Board, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to Slam’s obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and to requirements of other applicable law. There will be no distribution from the Trust Account with respect to Slam’s warrants, which will expire worthless in the event Slam dissolves and liquidates the Trust Account.

The Initial Shareholders have waived their rights to participate in any liquidation distribution with respect to the 14,375,000 Class B Ordinary Shares held by them.

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If the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved, what happens next?

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If the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved, Slam will continue to attempt to consummate a Business Combination until the Articles Extension Date. Slam will procure that all filings required to be made with the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal are made and will continue its efforts to obtain approval of a Business Combination at an extraordinary general meeting and consummate the closing of a Business Combination on or before the Articles Extension Date.

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and the Articles Extension is implemented, the removal from the Trust Account of the amount equal to the pro rata portion of funds available in the Trust Account with respect to such redeemed Public Shares will reduce the amount remaining in the Trust Account and increase the percentage interest of Slam held by the Initial Shareholders. In addition, Slam’s Memorandum and Articles of Association provide that Slam cannot redeem or repurchase Public Shares to the extent such redemption would result in Slam’s failure to have at least $5,000,001 of net tangible assets. As a result, Slam will not proceed with the Articles Extension unless (1) the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal is approved or (ii) Slam will have at least $5,000,001 of net tangible assets upon its implementation of the Articles Extension, after taking into account the Redemptions.

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What happens if the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal is not approved?

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If there are insufficient votes to approve the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal, Slam may put the Adjournment Proposal to a vote in order to seek additional time to obtain sufficient votes in support of the Redemption Limitation Amendment.

If the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal is not approved at the Shareholder Meeting or at any adjournment thereof and following Redemptions in connection with the Articles Extension Slam doesn’t meet the Redemption Limitation, then the Articles Extension will not be implemented and if a Business Combination is not completed on or before the Termination Date, then as contemplated by and in accordance with the Memorandum and Articles of Association, Slam will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to Slam (less taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of the then-outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any); and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of Slam’s remaining shareholders and the Board, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to Slam’s obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and to requirements of other applicable law.bject There will be no distribution from the Trust Account with respect to Slam’s warrants, which will expire worthless in the event Slam dissolves and liquidates the Trust Account.

Additionally, in the event that the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal is not approved and we receive notice of redemptions of Public Shares approaching or in excess of the Redemption Limitation, we and/or the Sponsor may take action to increase our net tangible assets to avoid exceeding the Redemption Limitation, which may include, at our and our Sponsor’s option and in our and its sole discretion, any, several or all of the following actions: (a) attempting to secure waivers of certain of our significant liabilities, including the deferred underwriting fees, and (b) entering into nonredemption agreements with certain of our significant shareholders. If the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal is not approved and the Redemption Limitation is exceeded, either because we do not take action to increase our net tangible assets or because our attempt to do so is not successful, then we will not proceed with the Articles Extension and we will not redeem any Public Shares. In such case, Public Shares which a public shareholder elects to redeem but which are not redeemed shall be returned to such public shareholder or such public shareholder’s account and such public shareholder will retain the right to have their Public Shares redeemed for cash if Slam has not completed an initial Business Combination by the Termination Date.

The Initial Shareholders have waived their rights to participate in any liquidation distribution with respect to the 14,375,000 Class B Ordinary Shares held by them.

Q:

If I vote for or against the Extension Amendment Proposal or the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal, do I need to request that my shares be redeemed?

A:

Yes. Whether you vote “for” or “against” the Extension Amendment Proposal or the Redemption Limitation Amendment, or do not vote at all, you may elect to redeem your shares. However, you will need to submit a redemption request for your shares if you choose to redeem.

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What amount will holders receive upon consummation of a Business Combination or liquidation if the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved?

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If the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and the Articles Extension becomes effective, within business days of the date of the Shareholder Meeting, the Lender shall make a deposit into the Trust Account (as defined below) of $        , in exchange for a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note issued by Slam to the Lender. In addition, if the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and the Articles Extension becomes effective, in the event that Slam has not consummated a Business Combination by May 25, 2023, without approval of Slam’s public shareholders, Slam may, by resolution of the Board, if requested by the Sponsor, and upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable Termination Date, extend the Termination Date up to nine times, each by one additional month (for a total of up to nine additional months to complete a Business Combination), provided that the Lender will deposit $         into the Trust Account for each such monthly extension, for an aggregate deposit of up to $         (if all nine additional monthly extensions are exercised), in exchange for a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note issued by Slam to the Lender. If Slam completes a Business Combination, it will, at the option of the Lender, repay the amounts loaned under the promissory note or convert a portion or all of the amounts loaned under such promissory note into warrants, which warrants will be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. If Slam does not complete a Business Combination by the applicable Termination Date, such promissory note will be repaid only from funds held outside of the Trust Account or will be forfeited, eliminated or otherwise forgiven.

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Am I being asked to vote on a Business Combination at this Shareholder Meeting?

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No. You are not being asked to vote on a Business Combination at this time. If the Articles Extension is implemented and you do not elect to redeem your Public Shares, provided that you are a shareholder on the record date for the shareholder meeting to consider a Business Combination, you will be entitled to vote on a Business Combination when it is submitted to shareholders and will retain the right to redeem your Public Shares for cash in connection with a Business Combination or liquidation.

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Will how I vote affect my ability to exercise Redemption rights?

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No. You may exercise your Redemption rights whether or not you are a holder of Public Shares on the Record Date (so long as you are a holder at the time of exercise), or whether you are a holder and vote your Public Shares of Slam on the Extension Amendment Proposal or the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal (for or against) or any other proposal described by this proxy statement. As a result, the Articles Extension can be approved by shareholders who will redeem their Public Shares and no longer remain shareholders, leaving shareholders who choose not to redeem their Public Shares holding shares in a company with a potentially less liquid trading market, fewer shareholders, potentially less cash and the potential inability to meet the listing standards of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC.

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May I change my vote after I have mailed my signed proxy card?

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Yes. Shareholders may send a later-dated, signed proxy card to Slam at 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110 so that it is received by Slam prior to the vote at the Shareholder Meeting (which is scheduled to take place on January     , 2023) or attend the Shareholder Meeting in person (which would include presence at

the virtual Shareholder Meeting) and vote. Shareholders also may revoke their proxy by sending a notice of revocation to Slam’s Chief Executive Officer, which must be received by Slam’s Chief Executive Officer prior to the vote at the Shareholder Meeting. However, if your shares are held in “street name” by your broker, bank or another nominee, you must contact your broker, bank or other nominee to change your vote.

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How are votes counted?

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Votes will be counted by the inspector of election appointed for the Shareholder Meeting, who will separately count “FOR” and “AGAINST” votes, “ABSTAIN” and broker non-votes. The approval of each of the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal requires a specialordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law and the Charter, being the affirmative vote of at least a two-thirds (2/3)simple majority of the votes cast by the holders of the issued outstanding

Ordinary Shares who are present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote thereon, and who vote thereon at the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting. ApprovalAbstentions and broker non-votes, while considered present for the purposes of establishing a quorum, will not count as votes cast at the Annual General Meeting. Brokers are entitled to vote on this proposal, and therefore broker non-votes are not expected to exist and will have no effect on the outcome of this proposal.

Proposal No. 3—Adjournment Proposal: The approval of the adjournment of the Annual General Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies in the event that there are insufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the approval of the Director Election Proposal and/or the Auditor Ratification Proposal, which will only be presented at the Annual General Meeting if, based on the tabulated votes, there are not sufficient votes at the time of the Annual General Meeting to approve the aforementioned proposals, in which case the Adjournment Proposal will be the only proposal presented at the Annual General Meeting, requires an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law and the Charter, being the affirmative vote of at least a simple majority of the votes cast by the holders of the issuedoutstanding Ordinary Shares who are present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote thereon, and who vote thereon at the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes, while considered present for the purposes of establishing a quorum, will not count as votes cast at the annual meeting.

Shareholders who attendWhat if I want to vote against or don’t want to vote for any of the Shareholder Meeting, eitherproposals?

If you do not want any of the proposals to be approved, you should vote against such proposal. A shareholder’s failure to vote by proxy or to vote in person or by proxy (or, if a corporation or other non-natural person, by sending their duly authorized representative or proxy),at the Annual General Meeting will not be counted (andtowards the number of Ordinary Shares held by such shareholders will be counted)required to validly establish a quorum. Abstentions and broker non-votes, while considered present for the purposes of determining whetherestablishing a quorum, is presentwill not count as votes cast at the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting.

How do the Company’s insiders intend to vote their shares?

The presence, in person or by proxy or by duly authorized representative, atInitial Shareholders collectively have the Shareholder Meetingright to vote approximately 36.2% of the holders of a majority of allCompany’s issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares entitledand are expected to vote all of their shares in favor of each proposal to be voted upon by our shareholders.

Can I change my vote after I have mailed my signed proxy card?

Yes. Shareholders may send a later-dated, signed proxy card to the Company’s board of directors at 55 Hudson Yards, 47th Floor, Suite C, New York, NY 10001, so that it is received prior to the vote at the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting shall constitute(which is scheduled to take place on June 23, 2023). Shareholders also may revoke their proxy by sending a quorumnotice of revocation to the Company’s board of directors, which must be received prior to the vote at the Annual General Meeting. Shareholders may also attend the Annual General Meeting in person, revoke their proxy and vote. However, if your shares are held in “street name” by your broker, bank or another nominee, you must contact your broker, bank or other nominee to change your vote.

How are votes counted?

Voting on all resolutions at the Annual General Meeting will be conducted by way of a poll rather than on a show of hands. On a poll, votes are counted according to the number of shares registered in each shareholder’s name which are voted, with each Ordinary Share carrying one vote.

Votes will be counted by the inspector of election appointed for the Shareholder Meeting.

meeting, who will separately count “FOR” and “AGAINST” votes, abstentions and broker non-votes for each of the proposals. At the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting, only those votes which are actually cast, either “FOR” or “AGAINST,”“AGAINST” the Extension AmendmentDirector Election Proposal, the Redemption Limitation AmendmentAuditor Ratification Proposal or the Adjournment Proposal, will be counted for the purposes of determining whether the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal or the Adjournment Proposal (as the case may be) arerelevant proposal is approved, and any Ordinary Shares which are not voted at the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting will have no effect on the outcome of such votes.

Abstentions and broker non-votes, will be

while considered present for the purposes of establishing a quorum, but, as a matter of Cayman Islands law, will not constitutecount as votes cast at the Shareholder Meeting and thereforeAnnual General Meeting.

Where will have no effect onI be able to find the approval of eachvoting results of the proposals asAnnual General Meeting?

We will announce preliminary voting results at the Annual General Meeting. We will also disclose voting results on a matter of Cayman Islands law.

Q:

If my shares are held in “street name,” will my broker, bank or nominee automatically vote my shares for me?

A:

If your shares are held in “street name” in a stock brokerage account or by a broker, bank or other nominee, you must provide the record holder of your sharesCurrent Report on Form 8-K that we will file with instructions on how to vote your shares. Please follow the voting instructions provided by your broker, bank or other nominee. Please note that you may not vote shares held in “street name” by returning a proxy card directly to Slam or by voting online at the Shareholder Meeting unless you provide a “legal proxy,” which you must obtain from your broker, bank or other nominee.

Under the rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, brokers who hold shares in “street name” for a beneficial owner of those shares typically haveSEC within four business days after the authority to vote in their discretion on “routine” proposals when they have not received instructions from beneficial owners. However, brokersAnnual General Meeting. If final voting results are not permittedavailable to exercise their voting discretionus in time to file a Current Report on Form 8-K within four business days after the Annual General Meeting, we will file a Current Report on Form 8-K to publish preliminary results and will provide the final results in an amendment to such Current Report on Form 8-K as soon as they become available.

Are there any appraisal, dissenters’ or similar rights for dissenting shareholders?

Our Charter does not provide for appraisal or other similar rights for dissenting shareholders in connection with respect toany of the approval of matters that are determined to be “non-routine” without specific instructions from the beneficial owner. It is expected that all proposals to be voted onupon at the Shareholder Meeting are “non-routine” matters and therefore, Slam doesAnnual General Meeting. Shareholders do not expect therehave dissenters’ rights in connection with any of the proposals to be any broker non-votesvoted upon at the Shareholder Meeting.

Annual General Meeting under Cayman Islands law.

What should I do if I receive more than one set of voting materials?

IfYou may receive more than one set of voting materials, including multiple copies of this proxy statement and multiple proxy cards or voting instruction cards, if your shares are registered in more than one name or are registered in different accounts. For example, if you are a Slam shareholder holdinghold your shares in “street name”more than one brokerage account, you will receive a separate voting instruction card for each brokerage account in which you hold shares. Please complete, sign, date and return each proxy card and voting instruction card that you do not instructreceive in order to cast a vote with respect to all of your broker, bankshares.

What is the deadline to propose actions for consideration at next year’s annual general meeting or to nominate individuals to serve as directors?

Our Charter provides for advance notice procedures with respect to shareholder proposals and the nomination of candidates for appointment as directors, other nominee on how to vote your shares, your broker, bankthan nominations made by or other nominee will not vote your shares on the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal or the Adjournment Proposal. Accordingly, your bank, broker, or other nominee can vote your shares at the Shareholder Meeting onlydirection of our board of directors or a committee of our board of directors. In order for any matter to be properly brought before an annual general meeting, a shareholder will have to comply with advance notice requirements. Generally, to be timely, a shareholder notice must be received at our principal executive offices not less than 120 calendar days prior to the date of our proxy statement released to shareholders in connection with the prior year’s annual general meeting or, if you provide instructions on how to vote. You should instruct your broker to vote your shares as soon as possible in accordance with directions you provide.

Q:

Doeswe did not hold an annual general meeting the previous year, or if the Board recommend voting “FOR” the approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal?

A:

Yes. After careful consideration of the terms and conditions of each of the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal, the Board has determined that each of the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal is in the best interests of Slam and its shareholders. The Board recommends that Slam’s shareholders vote “FOR” the Extension Amendment Proposal, “FOR” the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal and “FOR” the Adjournment Proposal.

Q:

What interests do Slam’s directors and officers have in the approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal?

A:

Slam’s directors and officers have interests in the Extension Amendment Proposal that may be different from, or in addition to, your interests as a shareholder. These interests include, among others, ownership, directly or indirectly through the Sponsor, of Class B Ordinary Shares and Private Placement Warrants. See the section entitled “Proposal No 1—The Extension Amendment Proposal—Interests of the Sponsor and Slam’s Directors and Officers” in this proxy statement.

Q:

What interests do Slam’s directors and officers have in the approval of the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal?

A:

Slam’s directors and officers have interests in the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal that may be different from, or in addition to, your interests as a shareholder. These interests include, among others, ownership, directly or indirectly through the Sponsor, of Class B Ordinary Shares and Private Placement Warrants. See the section entitled “Proposal No 2—The Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal—Interests of the Sponsor and Slam’s Directors and Officers” in this proxy statement.

Q:

Do I have appraisal rights or dissenters’ rights if I object to the Extension Amendment Proposal or the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal?

A:

No. There are no appraisal rights available to Slam’s shareholders in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal or the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal. There are no dissenters’ rights available to Slam’s shareholders in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal or the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal under Cayman Islands law. However, you may elect to have your shares redeemed in connection with the adoption of the Extension Amendment Proposal or the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal as described under “How do I exercise my redemption rights” below.

Q:

If I am a Public Warrant (as defined below) holder, can I exercise redemption rights with respect to my Public Warrants?

A:

No. The holders of warrants issued in connection with the Initial Public Offering (with a whole warrant representing the right to acquire one Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share) (the “Public Warrants”) have no redemption rights with respect to such Public Warrants.

Q:

What do I need to do now?

A:

You are urged to read carefully and consider the information contained in this proxy statement and to consider how the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal will affect you as a shareholder. You should then vote as soon as possible in accordance with the instructions provided in this proxy statement and on the enclosed proxy card or, if you hold your shares through a brokerage firm, bank or other nominee, on the voting instruction form provided by the broker, bank or nominee.

Q:

How do I exercise my redemption rights?

A:

If you are a holder of Class A Ordinary Shares and wish to exercise your right to redeem your Class A Ordinary Shares, you must:

I.

(a) hold Class A Ordinary Shares or (b) hold Class A Ordinary Shares through Units and elect to separate your Units into the underlying Class A Ordinary Shares and Public Warrants prior to exercising your redemption rights with respect to the Class A Ordinary Shares; and

II.

prior to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on                , 2023 (two business days prior to the initially scheduled date of the Shareholder Meeting) (a) submit a written request to the Transfer Agent that Slam redeem your Class A Ordinary Shares for cash and (b) tender or deliver your Class A Ordinary Shares (and share certificates (if any) and other redemption forms) to the Transfer Agent, physically or electronically through the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”).

The address of the Transfer Agent is listed undercurrent year’s annual general meeting has been changed by more than 30 days from the question “date of the previous year’s annual general meeting, then the deadline shall be set by the board of directors with such deadline being a reasonable time before we begin to print and send our related proxy materials.

Who can help answer my questions?” below.

Holders of Units must elect to separateIf you have questions about the underlying Class A Ordinary Shares and Public Warrants prior to exercising redemption rights with respect toAnnual General Meeting or the Class A Ordinary Shares. If holders hold their Units in an account at a brokerage firm or bank, holders must notify their broker or bank that they elect to separate the Units into the underlying Class A Ordinary Shares and Public Warrants,proposals, or if a holder holds Units registered in its own name, the holder must contact the Transfer Agent directly and instruct it to do so.

In connection with the approvalyou need additional copies of the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal, any holder of Class A Ordinary Shares will be entitled to request that their Class A Ordinary Shares be redeemed for a per share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account calculated as of two business days prior to the Shareholder Meeting, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to Slam to pay its taxes, divided by the number of then-outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares. As of                 , 2023, the most recent practicable date prior to the date of this proxy statement, this would have amounted to approximately $        per Public Share. However,our Annual Report (defined below) or the proceeds deposited in the Trust Account could become subject to the claims of our creditors, if any, which could have priority over the claims of our public shareholders. Therefore, the per share distribution from the Trust Account in such a situation may be less than originally anticipated due to such claims. We anticipate that the funds to be distributed to public shareholders electing to redeem their Class A Ordinary Shares will be distributed promptly after the Shareholder Meeting.enclosed proxy card you should contact:

Any request for redemption, once made by a holder of Class A Ordinary Shares, may not be withdrawn following the Redemption Deadline, unless the Board determines (in its sole discretion) to permit such withdrawal of a redemption request (which it may do in whole or in part). If you tender or deliver your shares (and share certificates (if any) and other redemption forms) for redemption to the Transfer Agent and later decide prior to the Shareholder Meeting not to elect redemption, you may request that Slam instruct the Transfer Agent to return the shares (physically or electronically). You may make such request by contacting the Transfer Agent at the phone number or address listed at the end of this section. We will be required to honor such request only if made prior to the deadline for exercising redemption requests.Corp.

Any corrected or changed written exercise of redemption rights must be received by the Transfer Agent prior to the deadline for exercising redemption requests and, thereafter, with the consent of the Board. No55 Hudson Yards 47th Floor

New York, NY 10001

Attn: Himanshu Gulati

Telephone: (646) 762-8580

Email: hgulati@antaracapital.com

request for redemption will be honored unlessYou may also contact the holder’s shares (and share certificates (if any) and other redemption forms) have been tendered or delivered (either physically or electronically) to the Transfer Agent by 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on                 , 2023 (two business days prior to the initially scheduled date of the Shareholder Meeting).Company’s proxy solicitor at:

If a holder of Class A Ordinary Shares properly makes a request for redemption and the Class A Ordinary Shares (and share certificates (if any) and other redemption forms) are tendered or delivered as described above, then, Slam will redeem Class A Ordinary Shares for a pro rata portion of funds deposited in the Trust Account, calculated as of two business days prior to the Shareholder Meeting. If you are a holder of Class A Ordinary Shares and you exercise your redemption rights, it will not result in the loss of any Public Warrants that you may hold.

Q:

What are the U.S. federal income tax consequences of exercising my redemption rights?

A:

The U.S. federal income tax consequences of exercising your redemption rights will depend on your particular facts and circumstances. Accordingly, you are urged to consult your tax advisor to determine your tax consequences from the exercise of your redemption rights, including the applicability and effect of U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. income and other tax laws in light of your particular circumstances. For additional discussion of certain material U.S. federal income tax considerations with respect to the exercise of these redemption rights, see “Certain Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations for Shareholders Exercising Redemption Rights.”

Q:

What should I do if I receive more than one set of voting materials for the Shareholder Meeting?

A:

You may receive more than one set of voting materials for the Shareholder Meeting, including multiple copies of this proxy statement and multiple proxy cards or voting instruction cards. For example, if you hold your shares in more than one brokerage account, you will receive a separate voting instruction card for each brokerage account in which you hold shares. If you are a holder of record and your shares are registered in more than one name, you will receive more than one proxy card. Please complete, sign, date and return each proxy card and voting instruction card that you receive in order to cast your vote with respect to all of your shares.

Q:

Who will solicit and pay the cost of soliciting proxies for the Shareholder Meeting?

A:

Slam will pay the cost of soliciting proxies for the Shareholder Meeting. Slam has engaged Morrow Sodali LLC (“Morrow Sodali”) to assist in the solicitation of proxies for the Shareholder Meeting. Slam will also reimburse banks, brokers and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries representing beneficial owners of Class A Ordinary Shares for their expenses in forwarding soliciting materials to beneficial owners of Class A Ordinary Shares and in obtaining voting instructions from those owners. The directors, officers and employees of Slam may also solicit proxies by telephone, by facsimile, by mail or on the Internet. They will not be paid any additional amounts for soliciting proxies.

Q:

Who can help answer my questions?

A:

If you have questions about the proposals or if you need additional copies of this proxy statement or the enclosed proxy card you should contact:

Morrow Sodali LLC

333 Ludlow Street

5th Floor, South Tower

Stamford, CT 06902

Individuals call toll-freeTelephone: (800) 662-5200

Banks(banks and brokers can call collect at (203) 658-9400658-9400)

Email: .info@investor.morrowsodali.com

You also may obtain additional information about Slam from documents filed with the SEC by following the instructions in the section titled “Where You Can Find More Information.” If you are a holder of Class A Ordinary Shares and you intend to seek redemption of your shares, you will need to tender or deliver your Class A Ordinary Shares (and share certificates (if any) and other redemption forms) (either physically or electronically) to the Transfer Agent at the address below prior to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on                 , 2023 (two business days prior to the initially scheduled date of the Shareholder Meeting). If you have questions regarding the certification of your position tendering or or delivery of your shares, please contact:

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company

One State Street Plaza, 30th Floor

New York, New York 10004

Attn: Mark Zimkind

E-mail: mzimkind@continentalstock.comSLAM.info@investor.morrowsodali.com

EXTRAORDINARYTHE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

This proxy statement is being provided to Slam shareholders as part of a solicitation of proxies by the Board for use at the extraordinary general meeting of Slam to be held on                , 2023, and at any adjournment thereof. This proxy statement contains important information regarding the Shareholder Meeting, the proposals on which you are being asked to vote and information you may find useful in determining how to vote and voting procedures.

This proxy statement is being first mailed on or about January     , 2023, to all shareholders of record of Slam as of January     , 2023, the Record Date for the Shareholder Meeting. Shareholders of record who owned Ordinary Shares at the close of business on the Record Date are entitled to receive notice of, attend and vote at the Shareholder Meeting.

Date, Time, Place and PlacePurpose of Shareholderthe Annual General Meeting

The ShareholderAnnual General Meeting will be held on ,Friday, June 23, 2023 at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time, at the offices of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, located at 601 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022, and virtually via a virtual meeting, orthe Internet at such other time, on such other datehttps://www.cstproxy.com/slamcorp/am2023, to consider and at such other placevote upon the proposals to whichbe put to the meeting may be adjourned.

Annual General Meeting. Shareholders may attend the Shareholder Meeting in person. However, we encourage youare encouraged to attend the Shareholder Meetingmeeting virtually. If you wish to attend the Shareholder Meeting in person, you must reserve your attendance at least two business days in advance of the Shareholder Meeting by contacting Slam’s Chief Financial Officer at jtaeid@slamcorp.com by         a.m., Eastern Time, on                 , 2023 (two business days prior to the initially scheduled meeting date).

You can pre-register to attend the virtual Shareholder Meeting starting January     , 2023 at         a.m., Eastern Time (three business days prior to the meeting date). Enter the URL address into your browser https://www.cstproxy.com/                , enter your control number, name and email address. Once you pre-register you can vote or enter questions in the chat box. At the start of the Shareholder Meeting you will need to log in again using your control number and will also be prompted to enter your control number if you vote during the Shareholder Meeting.

Shareholders who hold their investments through a bank or broker, will need to contact the Transfer Agent to receive a control number. If you plan to vote at the Shareholder Meeting you will need to have a legal proxy from your bank or broker or if you would like to join and not vote, the Transfer Agent will issue you a guest control number with proof of ownership. Either way you must contact the Transfer Agent for specific instructions on how to receive the control number. The Transfer Agent can be contacted at 917-262-2373, or via email at proxy@continentalstock.com. Please allow up to 72 hours prior to the meeting for processing your control number.

If you do not have access to the Internet, you can listen only to the meeting by dialing                  (or                 if you are located outside the United States and Canada (standard rates apply)) and when prompted enter the pin number                 . Please note that you will not be able to vote or ask questions at the Shareholder Meeting if you choose to participate telephonically.

The Proposals at the Shareholder Meeting

At the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting, Slam shareholdersthe holders of Class B Ordinary Shares will be asked to consider and vote onupon the following proposals:proposal.

 

 1.

Director Election Proposal No. 1—Extension Amendment Proposal—To amend, by way: An ordinary resolution of special resolution, Slam’s Memorandumthe holders of Class B Ordinary Shares, to re-appoint Mr. Himanshu Gulati and ArticlesMr. Alex Rodriguez as Class I directors on the Company’s board of Associationdirectors to extendserve until the Termination Date by which Slam has to consummate a Business Combination from February 25, 2023 to May 25, 20232026 annual general meeting, until their respective successors are duly elected and to allow Slam,qualified, or until their earlier death, resignation or removal (the “Director Election Proposal”).

At the Annual General Meeting, the holders of Class A Ordinary Shares and the holders of Class B Ordinary Shares will be asked to consider and vote upon the following proposals.

without another shareholder vote, to elect to extend the Termination Date to consummate a business combination on a monthly basis for up to nine times by an additional one month each time after the Articles Extension Date, by resolution of Slam’s Board, if requested by the Sponsor, and upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable Termination Date, until February 25, 2024, or a total of up to twelve months after the Original Termination Date, unless the closing of a Business Combination shall have occurred prior thereto.

 

 2.

Auditor Ratification Proposal No. 2—Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal—To amend, by way: An ordinary resolution to ratify the appointment of special resolution, Slam’s Memorandum and Articles of Association to eliminate fromWithumSmith+Brown, P.C. as the Memorandum and Articles of AssociationCompany’s independent registered public accounting firm for the limitation that Slam may not redeem Public Shares to the extent that such redemption would result in Slam having net tangible assets (as determined in accordance with Rule 3a51-1(g)(1) of the Exchange Act) of less than $5,000,001 in order to allow Slam to redeem Public Shares irrespective of whether such redemption would exceed the Redemption Limitation.Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 (the “Auditor Ratification Proposal”).

 

 3.

Proposal No. 3—Adjournment Proposal—To adjourn, by way of: An ordinary resolution to approve the Shareholderadjournment of the Annual General Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary, (i) to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies in the event that there are insufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the approval of the Director Election Proposal or the Auditor Ratification Proposal (the “Adjournment Proposal”), which will only be presented at the Annual General Meeting if, based uponon the tabulated votevotes, there are not sufficient votes at the time of the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting there are insufficient votes to approve the Extension Amendmentaforementioned proposals, in which case the Adjournment Proposal andwill be the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal or (ii) ifonly proposal presented at the holders of Public Shares have elected to redeem an amount of shares in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal or the Redemption Limitation Proposal such that Slam would not adhere to the continued listing requirements of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC.Annual General Meeting.

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and the Articles Extension becomes effective, within                  business days of the date of the Shareholder Meeting, the Lender shall make a deposit into the Trust Account (as defined below) of $        , in exchange for a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note issued by Slam to the Lender. In addition, if the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and the Articles Extension becomes effective, in the event that Slam has not consummated a Business Combination by May 25, 2023, without approval of Slam’s public shareholders, Slam may, by resolution of the Board, if requested by the Sponsor, and upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable Termination Date, extend the Termination Date up to nine times, each by one additional month (for a total of up to nine additional months to complete a Business Combination), provided that the Lender will deposit $         into the Trust Account for each such monthly extension, for an aggregate deposit of up to $         (if all nine additional monthly extensions are exercised), in exchange for a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note issued by Slam to the Lender. If Slam completes a Business Combination, it will, at the option of the Lender, repay the amounts loaned under the promissory note or convert a portion or all of the amounts loaned under such promissory note into warrants, which warrants will be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. If Slam does not complete a Business Combination by the applicable Termination Date, such promissory note will be repaid only from funds held outside of the Trust Account or will be forfeited, eliminated or otherwise forgiven.

Voting Power; Record Date

As a shareholderOnly shareholders of Slam, you have a right to vote on certain matters affecting Slam. The proposals that will be presented atrecord of the Shareholder Meeting and upon which you are being asked to vote are summarized above and fully set forth in this proxy statement. You will be entitled to vote or direct votes to be cast at the Shareholder Meeting if you owned Ordinary Shares at the close of business on January         , 2023, which is the Record Date for the Shareholder Meeting. You are entitled to one vote for each Ordinary Share that you ownedCompany as of the close of business on May 22, 2023, the Record Date.“record date,” are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual General Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. Each Ordinary Share entitles the holder thereof to one vote; provided that only holders of the Class B Ordinary Shares have the right to vote on the Director Election Proposal. If your shares are held in “street name” or are in a margin or similar account, you should contact your broker, bank or other nominee to ensure that votes related to the shares you beneficially own are properly counted. On the Record Date,record date, there were 71,875,00039,710,163 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding, Ordinary Shares, of which 57,500,000including 25,335,163 Class A Ordinary Shares are held by Slam public shareholders(that were initially sold as part of the IPO) and 14,375,000 Class B Ordinary Shares are held byShares. The Company’s warrants do not have voting rights in connection with the Initial Shareholders.

Recommendation of the Board

THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS

THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” EACH OF THE PROPOSALSproposals.

Quorum and Vote of Shareholders

The presence (which would include presenceA quorum is the minimum number of shares required to be present at the virtual Shareholder Meeting),Annual General Meeting for the Annual General Meeting to be properly held under our Charter. The presence, in person or by proxy, or if a corporation or other non-natural person, by its duly authorized representative or proxy, of shareholders holdingthe holders of a majority of the Ordinary Shares at the Shareholder Meeting constitutes a quorum at the Shareholder Meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes will be considered present for the purposes of establishing a quorum. The Initial Shareholders, who own 20.0% of the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares entitled to vote at the Annual General Meeting constitutes a quorum. Proxies that are marked “abstain” and proxies relating to “street name” shares that are returned to us but marked by brokers as “not voted” (so-called “broker non-votes”) will be treated as shares present for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum. If a shareholder does not give the broker voting instructions, under applicable self-regulatory organization rules, its broker may not vote its shares on “non-routine” matters, such as the re-appointment of Mr. Himanshu Gulati and Mr. Alex Rodriguez as Class I directors and the Adjournment Proposal.

Votes Required

Proposal No. 1—Director Election Proposal: The re-appointment of the Class I directors must be approved by an ordinary resolution of the holders of the Class B Ordinary Shares under Cayman Islands law and the Charter, being the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the votes cast by the holders of the outstanding Class B Ordinary Shares who are present in person or represented by proxy and vote thereon at the Annual General Meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes, while considered present for the purposes of establishing a quorum, will not count as votes cast at the Annual General Meeting.

Proposal No. 2—Auditor Ratification Proposal: The ratification of the appointment of WithumSmith+Brown, P.C. requires an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law and the Charter, being the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the votes cast by the holders of the outstanding Ordinary Shares who are present in person or represented by proxy and vote thereon at the Annual General Meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes, while considered present for the purposes of establishing a quorum, will not count as votes cast at the Annual General Meeting. Brokers are entitled to vote on this proposal, and therefore broker non-votes are not expected to exist and will have no effect on the outcome of this proposal.

Proposal No. 3—Adjournment Proposal: The approval of the adjournment of the Annual General Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies in the event that there are insufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the approval of the Director Election Proposal and/or the Auditor Ratification Proposal, which will only be presented at the Annual General Meeting if, based on the tabulated votes, there are not sufficient votes at the time of the Annual General Meeting to approve the aforementioned proposals, in which case the Adjournment Proposal will be the only proposal presented at the Annual General Meeting, requires an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law and the Charter, being the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the votes cast by the holders of the outstanding Ordinary Shares who are present in person or represented by proxy and vote thereon at the Annual General Meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes, while considered present for the purposes of establishing a quorum, will not count as votes cast at the annual meeting.

If you do not want any of the Record Date,proposals to be approved, you should vote against such proposal. A shareholder’s failure to vote by proxy or to vote in person at the Annual General Meeting will countnot be counted towards this quorum. As a result, asthe number of the Record Date, in addition to the shares of the Initial Shareholders, an additional 21,562,501 Ordinary Shares held by public shareholders would be required to be present at the Shareholder Meeting to achievevalidly establish a quorum.

Abstentions and Broker Non-Votes

Abstentions and broker non-votes, will bewhile considered present for the purposes of establishing a quorum, but, as a matter of Cayman Islands law, will not constitutecount as votes cast at the Shareholder MeetingAnnual General Meeting.

Voting

Our board of directors is asking for your proxy. By signing, dating and therefore will have no effectreturning the proxy card, you are authorizing the individual(s) named on the approvalproxy card to vote your shares at the Annual General Meeting in the manner you indicate. You may vote for, against or withhold your vote for the proposal or you may abstain from voting. All valid proxies received will be voted, and where a shareholder specifies by means of the proxy a choice with respect to any matter to be acted upon, the shares will be voted in accordance with the specification so made. If no choice is indicated on the proxy, the shares will be voted “FOR” each of the proposals voted uponand as the proxy holders may determine in their discretion with respect to any other matters that may properly come before the Annual General Meeting.

You can vote your Ordinary Shares at the Shareholder Meeting.

Under The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC rules, if a shareholder holds their shares in “street” name through a bank, broker or other nominee and the shareholder does not instruct their broker, bank or other nominee how to vote their shares on a proposal, the broker, bank or other nominee has the authority to vote the shares in its discretion on certain “routine” matters. However, banks, brokers and other nominees are not authorized to exercise their voting discretion on any “non-routine” matters. This can result in a “broker non-vote,” which occurs on a proposal when (i) a bank, broker or other nominee has discretionary authority to vote on one or more “routine” proposals to be voted on at a meeting, (ii) there are one or more “non-routine” proposals to be voted on at the meeting for which the bank, broker or other nominee does not have authority to vote without instructions from the beneficial owner of the shares and (iii) the beneficial owner fails to provide the bank, broker or other nominee with voting instructions on a “non-routine” matter.

We believe that all of the proposals to be voted on at the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting will be considered non-routine matters. As a result, if you hold your shares in street name, your bank, brokerage firm or other nominee cannot vote your shares on any of the proposals to be voted on at the Shareholder Meeting without your instruction.

Because all of the proposals to be voted on at the Shareholder Meeting are “non-routine” matters, banks, brokers and other nominees will not have authority to vote on any proposals unless instructed, so Slam does not expect there to be any broker non-votes at the Shareholder Meeting.

Vote Required for Approval

The approval of each of the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Redemption Limitation Proposal requires a special resolution under Cayman Islands law, being the affirmative vote of at least a two-thirds (2/3) majority of the votes cast by the holders of the issued Ordinary Shares who are present in person or represented by proxyproxy. If you attend the Annual General Meeting and entitledplan to vote thereon, and who vote thereon,in person at the Shareholder Meeting.

Approvaloffices of the Adjournment Proposal requires an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law, being the affirmative vote of at leastCompany, you will be provided with a majority of the votes cast by the holders of the issued Ordinary Shares who are present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote thereon, and who vote thereon,ballot at the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting.

The Initial Shareholders intend to You may also attend and vote all of their Ordinary Shares in favor of the proposals being presented at the Shareholder Meeting. As ofAnnual General Meeting by visiting https://www.cstproxy.com/slamcorp/am2023 and entering the date of thiscontrol number found on your proxy statement, the Initial Shareholders own 20.0% of the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares.

The following table reflects the number of additional Public Shares required to approve each proposal:

    Number of Additional Public Shares Required To Approve
Proposal
 

Proposal

 Approval
Standard
 If Only Quorum is Present and
All Present Shares Cast Votes
  If All Shares Are Present and
All Present Shares Cast Votes
 

Extension Amendment Proposal

 Special
Resolution
  9,583,334   33,541,667 

Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal

 Special
Resolution
  9,583,334   33,541,667 

Adjournment Proposal

 Ordinary
Resolution
  3,593,751   21,562,501 

Voting Your Shares

If you were a holder of record of Ordinary Shares as of the close of business on January         , 2023, the Record Date for the Shareholder Meeting, youcard. You may vote with respect to the proposals in person or virtually at the Shareholder Meeting, orsubmit your proxy by completing, signing, dating and returning the enclosed proxy card in the

accompanying pre-addressed postage-paid envelope provided. Your proxy card shows the number of Ordinary Shares that you own. If your shares are held in “street name” or are in a margin or similar account, you should contact your broker to ensure that votes related to the shares you beneficially own are properly counted.

There are three ways to vote your Ordinary Shares at the Shareholder Meeting:

Voting by Mail. By signing the proxy card and returning it in the enclosed prepaid and addressed envelope, you are authorizing the individuals named on the proxy card to vote your shares at the Shareholder Meeting in the manner you indicate. You are encouraged to sign and return the proxy card even if you plan to attend the Shareholder Meeting so that your shares will be voted if you are unable to attend the Shareholder Meeting. If you receive more than one proxy card, it is an indication that your shares are held in multiple accounts. Please sign and return all proxy cards to ensure that all of your shares are voted. Votes submitted by mail must be received by 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on January     , 2023.

Voting in Person at the Meeting. If you attend the Shareholder Meeting and plan to vote in person, you will be provided with a ballot at the Shareholder Meeting. If your shares are registered directly in your name, you are considered the shareholder of record and you have the right to vote in person at the Shareholder Meeting.envelope. If you hold your shares in “street name,” which means your shares are held of record by a broker, bank or other nominee, you should follow the instructions provided bycontact your broker, bank or nominee to ensure that votes related to the shares you beneficially own are properly counted. In this regard, you must provide the record holder of your sharesbroker, bank or nominee with instructions on how to vote your shares or, if you wish to attend the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting and vote in person, you will need to bring to the Shareholder Meetingobtain a legal proxy from your broker, bank or nominee authorizing you to vote these shares.shares and email a copy (a legible photograph is sufficient) of your proxy to proxy@continentalstock.com no later than 72 hours prior to the Annual General Meeting. Street name shareholders should contact their bank, broker or nominee for instructions regarding obtaining a legal proxy.

Voting Electronically. YouProxies that are marked “abstain” and proxies relating to “street name” shares that are returned to us but marked by brokers as “not voted” (so-called “broker non-votes”) will be treated as shares present for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum. If a shareholder does not give the broker voting instructions, under applicable self-regulatory organization rules, its broker may attend,not vote its shares on “non-routine” matters, such as the re-appointment of Mr. Himanshu Gulati and examineMr. Alex Rodriguez and the listAdjournment Proposal.

Shareholders who have questions or need assistance in completing or submitting their proxy cards should contact our proxy solicitor, Morrow Sodali LLC (“Morrow”), at (800) 662-5200 or by sending a letter to 333 Ludlow Street 5th Floor, South Tower, Stamford, CT 06902, or by emailing SLAM.info@investor.morrowsodali.com.

Revocability of shareholders entitledProxies

Shareholders may send a later-dated, signed proxy card to the Company’s board of directors at 55 Hudson Yards, 47th Floor, Suite C, New York, NY 10001, so that it is received prior to the vote at the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting (which is scheduled to take place on June 23, 2023). Shareholders also may revoke their proxy by sending a notice of revocation to the Company’s board of directors, which must be received prior to the vote at the Annual General Meeting. However, if your shares are held in “street name” by your broker, bank or another nominee, you must contact your broker, bank or other nominee to change your vote.

Attendance at the Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting will be held at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time, on Friday, June 23, 2023, at the offices of Kirkland & Ellis LLP located at 601 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022, and virtually via live webcast online at https://www.cstproxy.com/slamcorp/am2023. Shareholders are encouraged to attend the meeting virtually. The virtual meeting format allows attendance from any location in the world. You can attend the meeting, vote, and submit questions via live audio webcast by visiting https://www.cstproxy.com/slamcorp/am2023 and entering the control number found on your proxy card. You may submit your proxy by completing, signing, dating and returning the enclosed proxy card voting instruction form or notice included in the proxy materials.

Revoking Your Proxy

If you give a proxy, you may revoke it at any time before the Shareholder Meeting or at the Shareholder Meeting by doing any one of the following:

you may send another proxy card with a later date;

you may notify Slam’s Chief Executive Officer in writing to Slam Corp., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110, before the Shareholder Meeting that you have revoked your proxy; or

you may attend the Shareholder Meeting, revoke your proxy, and vote in person, as indicated above.

No Additional Matters

The Shareholder Meeting has been called only to consider and vote on the approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal. Under the Memorandum and Articles of Association, other than procedural matters incident to the conduct of the Shareholder Meeting, no other matters may be considered at the Shareholder Meeting if they are not included in this proxy statement, which serves as the notice of the Shareholder Meeting.

Who Can Answer Your Questions about Voting

If you are a Slam shareholder and have any questions about how to vote or direct a vote in respect of your Ordinary Shares, you may call Morrow Sodali, our proxy solicitor, by calling (800)accompanying 662-5200pre-addressed (toll-free), or banks and brokers can call (203) 658-9400, or by emailing                  .info@investor.morrowsodali.com.

Redemption Rights

Pursuant to the Memorandum and Articles of Association, holders of Class A Ordinary Shares may seek to redeem their shares for cash, regardless of whether they vote for or against, or whether they abstain from voting on, the Extension Amendment Proposal or the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal. In connection with the approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal, any shareholder holding Class A Ordinary Shares may demand that Slam redeem such shares for a full pro rata portion of the Trust Account (which, for illustrative purposes, was $         per share as of                 , 2023, the most recent practicable date prior to the date of this proxy statement), calculated as of two business days prior to the Shareholder Meeting. If a holder properly seeks redemption as described in this section, Slam will redeem these shares for a pro rata portion of funds deposited in the Trust Account and the holder will no longer own these shares following the Shareholder Meeting. However, Slam will not proceed with the Articles Extension unless (i) the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal is approved or (ii) Slam will have at least $5,000,001 of net tangible assets following approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal, after taking into account Redemptions.

As a holder of Class A Ordinary Shares, you will be entitled to receive cash for any Class A Ordinary Shares to be redeemed only if you:

(i)

hold Class A Ordinary Shares;

(ii)

submit a written request to Continental, Slam’s transfer agent, in which you (i) request that Slam redeem all or a portion of your Class A Ordinary Shares for cash, and (ii) identify yourself as the beneficial holder of the Class A Ordinary Shares and provide your legal name, phone number and address; and

(iii)

tender or deliver your Class A Ordinary Shares (and share certificates (if any) and other redemption forms) to Continental, Slam’s transfer agent, physically or electronically through DTC.

Holders must complete the procedures for electing to redeem their Class A Ordinary Shares in the manner described above prior to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on January     , 2023 (two business days before the initially scheduled date of the Shareholder Meeting) (the “Redemption Deadline”) in order for their shares to be redeemed.

The redemption rights include the requirement that a holder must identify itself in writing as a beneficial holder and provide its legal name, phone number and address to Continental in order to validly redeem its shares.

postage-paid envelope. If you hold your shares in “street name,” which means your shares are held of record by a broker, bank or nominee, you will have to coordinate withshould contact your broker, bank or nominee to haveensure that votes related to the shares you beneficially own are properly counted. In this regard, you must provide the broker, bank or nominee with instructions on how to vote your shares certificated or, tendered/delivered electronically. Sharesif you wish to attend the Annual General Meeting and vote in person, obtain a legal proxy from your broker, bank or nominee authorizing you to vote these shares and email a copy (a legible photograph is sufficient) of Slam that have not been tendered (either physicallyyour proxy to proxy@continentalstock.com no later than 72 hours prior to the Annual General Meeting. Street name shareholders should contact their bank, broker or electronically) in accordance with these procedures will not be redeemednominee for cash. Thereinstructions regarding obtaining a legal proxy.

Solicitation of Proxies

The Company is a nominal costsoliciting proxies for use at the Annual General Meeting. All costs associated with this tendering process and the act of certificating the shares or tendering/delivering them through DTC’s DWAC system. The Transfer Agent will typically charge the tendering broker $80 and it would be up to the broker whether or not to pass this cost on to the redeeming shareholder.

Any request for redemption, once made by a holder of Class A Ordinary Shares, may not be withdrawn following the Redemption Deadline, unless the Board determines (in its sole discretion) to permit such withdrawal of a redemption request (which it may do in whole or in part).

Any corrected or changed written exercise of redemption rights must be received by Continental, Slam’s transfer agent, at least two business days prior to the initially scheduled date of the Shareholder Meeting. No request for redemptionsolicitation will be honored unlessborne directly by the holder’s Class A Ordinary Shares (and share certificates (if any) and other redemption forms)Company. We have been tendered or delivered (either physically or electronically) to Continental, Slam’s transfer agent, prior to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on January     , 2023 (two business days before the initially scheduled date of the Shareholder Meeting).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of such public shareholder or any other person with whom such public shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”)), will be restricted from redeeming its Class A Ordinary Shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of the Class A Ordinary Shares sold in the Initial Public Offering, without our prior consent. Accordingly, if a public shareholder, alone or acting in concert or as a group, seeks to redeem more than 15% of the outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares, then any such shares in excess of that 15% limit would not be redeemed for cash, without our prior consent.

The closing price of Class A Ordinary Shares on                 , 2023, the most recent practicable date prior to the date of this proxy statement, was $         per share. The cash held in the Trust Account on such date was approximately $         (including interest not previously released to Slam to pay its taxes) ($         per Class A Ordinary Share). The Redemption price per share will be calculated based on the aggregate amount on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to Slam to pay its taxes two business days prior to the initially scheduled date of the Shareholder Meeting. Prior to exercising redemption rights, shareholders should verify the market price of Class A Ordinary Shares as they may receive higher proceeds from the sale of their ordinary shares in the public market than from exercising their redemption rights if the market price per share is higher than the redemption price. Slam cannot assure its shareholders that they will be able to sell their Class A Ordinary Shares in the open market, even if the market price per share is higher than the redemption price stated above, as there may not be sufficient liquidity in its securities when its shareholders wish to sell their shares.

If a holder of Class A Ordinary Shares exercises his, her or its redemption rights, then he, she or it will be exchanging his, her or its Class A Ordinary Shares for cash and will no longer own those shares. You will be entitled to receive cash for these shares only if you properly demand redemption by tendering or delivering your shares (and share certificates (if any) and other redemption forms) (either physically or electronically) to Slam’s transfer agent two business days prior to the initially scheduled date of the Shareholder Meeting.

For a discussion of certain material U.S. federal income tax considerations for shareholders with respect to the exercise of these redemption rights, see “Certain Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations for Shareholders Exercising Redemption Rights.” The consequences of a redemption to any particular shareholder will depend on that shareholder’s particular facts and circumstances. Accordingly, you are urged to consult your tax advisor to determine your tax consequences from the exercise of your redemption rights, including the applicability and effect of U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. income and other tax laws in light of your particular circumstances.

Appraisal Rights and Dissenters’ Rights

There are no appraisal rights available to Slam’s shareholders in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal or the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal. There are no dissenters’ rights available to Slam’s shareholders in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal or the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal under Cayman Islands law. However holders of Public Shares may elect to have their shares redeemed in connection with the adoption of the Extension Amendment and the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal, as described under “Redemption Rights” above.

Proxy Solicitation Costs

Slam is soliciting proxies on behalf of the Board. This proxy solicitation is being made by mail, but also may be made by telephone or in person. Slam has engaged Morrow Sodali to assist in the solicitation of proxies for the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting. Slam and its directors, officers and employees may also solicit proxies in person. Slam will ask banks, brokers and other institutions, nominees and fiduciariesWe have agreed to forward this proxy statement and the related proxy materials to their principals and to obtain their authority to execute proxies and voting instructions.

Slam will bear the entire cost of the proxy solicitation, including the preparation, assembly, printing, mailing and distribution of this proxy statement and the related proxy materials. Slam will pay Morrow Sodali a fee of $         ,$7,500, plus disbursements, and will reimburse Morrow Sodali for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and indemnify Morrow Sodali and its affiliates against certain claims, liabilities,

losses, damages, and expenses, for its services as Slam’s proxy solicitor. Slamliabilities or claims. We will also reimburse brokerage firmsbanks, brokers and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries representing beneficial owners of Class A Ordinary Shares for their expenses in forwarding soliciting materials to beneficial owners of Class A Ordinary Shares and in obtaining voting instructions from those owners. Our directors and officers may also solicit proxies by telephone, by facsimile, by mail, on the Internet or in person. They will not be paid any additional amounts for soliciting proxies.

You may contact Morrow at:

Morrow Sodali LLC

333 Ludlow Street

5th Floor, South Tower

Stamford, CT 06902

Telephone: (800) 662-5200

(banks and brokers can call collect at (203) 658-9400)

Email: SLAM.info@investor.morrowsodali.com

Some banks and brokers have customers who beneficially own Ordinary Shares listed of record in the names of nominees. We intend to request banks and brokers to solicit such customers and will reimburse them for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses for forwardingsuch solicitations. If any additional solicitation of the holders of our outstanding Ordinary Shares is deemed necessary, we (through our directors and officers) anticipate making such solicitation directly.

Appraisal and Dissenters’ Rights

Our Charter does not provide for appraisal or other similar rights for dissenting shareholders in connection with any of the proposals to be voted upon at the Annual General Meeting. Shareholders do not have dissenters’ rights in connection with any of the proposals to be voted upon at the Annual General Meeting under Cayman Islands law.

Other Business

Our board of directors does not know of any other matters to be presented at the Annual General Meeting. If any additional matters are properly presented at the Annual General Meeting, the persons named in the enclosed proxy card will have discretion to vote the shares they represent in accordance with their own judgment on such matters.

Principal Executive Offices

Our principal executive offices are located at 55 Hudson Yards, 47th Floor, Suite C, New York, NY 10001. Our telephone number is (646) 762-8580. Our corporate website address is https://www.slamcorp.com/about/. Our website and the information contained on, or that can be accessed through, the website is not deemed to be incorporated by reference in, and is not considered part of, this proxy statementstatement.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Our business affairs are managed under the direction of our board of directors, which is currently composed of seven members. Four of our directors are independent within the meaning of the listing standards of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”).

Our board of directors is divided into three classes, with only one class of directors being appointed in each year, and with each class (except for those directors appointed prior to our first annual general meeting) serving a three-year term.

The following table sets forth the names, ages as of May 31, 2023, and certain other information for the Class I directors, both of whom are nominees for appointment as director at the Annual General Meeting and the Class II and III directors, all of whom are continuing members of our board of directors:

Name

  Class  Age  

Position

  Director
Since
  Current
Term
Expiring
  Expiration
of Term for
which
Nominated

Directors/Nominees

            

Alex Rodriguez

  I  47  Chief Executive Officer and Director  2021  2023  2026

Himanshu Gulati

  I  43  Chairman and Director  2020  2023  2026

Chetan Bansal

  II  49  Chief Development Officer and Director  2021  2024  —  

Reggie Hudlin(2)

  III  61  Director  2021  2025  —  

Desiree Gruber(1)(2)

  II  55  Director  2021  2024  —  

Alex Zyngier(1)

  III  53  Director  2023  2025  —  

Lisa Harrington(1)(2)

  III  55  Director  2023  2025  —  

(1)

Member of our audit committee

(2)

Member of our compensation committee

Nominees for Class I Directors

Alex Rodriguez, our Chief Executive Officer and member of our board of directors, founded A-Rod Corp in 2003, purchasing a duplex apartment building on the theory that investing his MLB earnings wisely would protect him from the kinds of financial struggles that afflict too many professional athletes. While best known during his baseball career as one of the world’s greatest athletes (a 14-time MLB All-Star and a 2009 World Series Champion with the New York Yankees), Mr. Rodriguez now leads a team of experts who aim to build high-growth businesses and enhance the value of more than 30 companies in the A-Rod Corp portfolio. Mr. Rodriguez invests in world-class startups and partners with leading global companies in a variety of industries. While he racked up extraordinary statistics on the field, Mr. Rodriguez simultaneously assembled an impressive team at A-Rod Corp, bought apartment units across the southeastern United States, and built a fully integrated real estate and development company. Following his success in real estate, Mr. Rodriguez has invested in a variety of sectors where he has expertise, including sports, wellness, media and entertainment and technology. He looks for long-term opportunities to not only provide financial capital but also employ his operational expertise and unique global perspective. Mr. Rodriguez is an Emmy Award-winning MLB analyst for Fox Sports and ESPN. Mr. Rodriguez has been a judge and investor on ABC’s Shark Tank, mentored financially distressed ex-athletes on CNBC’s Back in the Game, and currently co-hosts the podcast The Corp with Barstool Sports’ Dan Katz, interviewing chief executive officers, entrepreneurs and sports legends. Committed to creating opportunities for young people to succeed, Mr. Rodriguez serves on the Board of Directors of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade and the Boards of Trustees of the University of Miami and The Paley Center for Media.

We believe Mr. Rodriguez’s broad investment experience makes him well-qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors.

Himanshu Gulati, our Chairman and member of our board of directors, founded Antara in March 2018 and serves as Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer. Prior to Antara, from February 2015 to January 2018, Mr. Gulati was the Head of U.S. Distressed Credit and Special Situations at Man GLG where he launched the GLG Select Opportunities Strategy in February 2015. During his tenure at Man GLG, Mr. Gulati was also a member of the GLG Risk Committee. Before joining Man Group, Mr. Gulati spent nine years at Perry Capital from April 2006 to January 2015, most recently as Managing Partner responsible for distressed securities and event/catalyst equities. Prior to his tenure at Perry Capital, from July 2005 to March 2006, Mr. Gulati was a distressed credit analyst at Rockview Capital, a credit hedge fund. Prior to his time at Rockview Capital, Mr. Gulati worked in investment banking within leveraged finance at Merrill Lynch from September 2003 to June 2005 and began his career in the accounting division of Goldman Sachs from July 2001 to August 2003. Mr. Gulati earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Binghamton University.

We believe Mr. Gulati’s broad investment experience makes him well-qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors.

Continuing Class II Directors

Chetan Bansal, our Chief Development Officer and member of our board of directors, has served as Partner and Co-Head of Investment Research at Antara since March 2020. Mr. Bansal has 25 years of experience as a private market investor. Mr. Bansal specializes in providing capital and advice to early-stage, hyper-growth companies in varying capacities, including as a board member, minority owner and strategic investor. In addition, Mr. Bansal has significant experience investing in public market special situations, bankruptcies, stressed high-yield credit and levered equities. Prior to Antara, Mr. Bansal was Managing Director and Head of Illiquid Credit Solutions Group at BTIG from January 2019 to February 2020. Before joining BTIG, Mr. Bansal managed his family office from December 2017 to December 2018. Prior to that, Mr. Bansal co-managed a proprietary investment portfolio at Jefferies from January 2015 to September 2017. Prior to Jefferies, Mr. Bansal was a Director of Research at Citigroup, in its Distressed Debt Trading Group, from August 2008 to April 2012. Prior to Citigroup, Mr. Bansal spent six years in Silicon Valley, including four years at Cisco Systems in the Business Development Group from September 2001 to 2005, where he was charged with venture investments and strategic acquisitions. During his time at Crown Capital Partners from 1997 to 1999, Mr. Bansal wrote the business plan for Fresh Direct, a successful online grocer based in New York City, and sat on the boards of Cisco Systems Strategic India Counsel from 2003 to 2004, and board observer seats at Plaxo Inc from 2004 to 2005, which was acquired in 2008 by Comcast and CXO Systems from 2003 to 2004, which was acquired in 2004 by Cisco Systems. Mr. Bansal’s growth-stage equity investments include Via-On-Demand-Transit, an advanced micro-mobility company and SentinelOne, a cyber-security technology company. Mr. Bansal earned a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science from Northwestern University.

We believe Mr. Bansal’s broad investment experience makes him well-qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors.

Desiree Gruber serves on our board of directors. Ms. Gruber, a Peabody Award-winner, founded Full Picture, a brand accelerator, content production, communications, and consulting services company in 1999 and currently serves as Chief Executive Officer. As a notable entrepreneur, business strategist, and venture capitalist, Ms. Gruber co-founded the Project Runway television series in 2004 and co-founded Diagonal Ventures (“DGNL”) in 2016 with a goal to create real opportunities for women to achieve measurable success. DGNL invests in and architects transformational deals across the consumer, technology, and media spectrum in order to establish a legacy of female empowerment. Ms. Gruber also sits on the Board of Directors of The Beauty Health Company (NASDAQ:SKIN). Additionally, Ms. Gruber advises Anthos Capital, Pharrell Williams’ Something in

the Water, and Chegg (NYSE:CHGG). A lifelong advocate for a more equitable and inclusive world, Ms. Gruber proudly serves on the boards of UNICEF USA, Tech:NYC, and God’s Love We Deliver.

We believe Ms. Gruber’s broad executive experience makes her well-qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors.

Continuing Class III Directors

Reggie Hudlin serves on our board of directors. Mr. Hudlin founded Hudlin Entertainment in 1997, where he currently serves as President. While Mr. Hudlin is best known for his creative involvement as a director, producer or screenwriter in Django Unchained, Marshall, Safety and Sidney and the writer behind the Black Panther comic book series, Mr. Hudlin has become a prominent businessman in the entertainment industry. In 2005, Mr. Hudlin became the first President of Entertainment for Black Entertainment Television until his departure in 2008. Mr. Hudlin is currently a co-owner of Milestone Media, which was founded in 1993. Committed to creating opportunities for the youth and underprivileged communities, Mr. Hudlin sits on the board of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and has been honored by the NAACP, The American Civil Liberties Union, The United Negro College Fund, The African American Film Critics Association, and many more venerable organizations. Mr. Hudlin is a graduate of Harvard College.

We believe Mr. Hudlin’s broad executive experience makes him well-qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors.

Alexandre Zyngier serves on our board of directors. Mr. Zyngier has been the Managing Director of Batuta Advisors, a firm that pursues high return investment and advisory opportunities in the distressed and turnaround sectors, since founding it in August 2013. Mr. Zyngier has over 205 years of investment, strategy, and operating experience. He is currently Chairman of the Board of EVO Transportation & Energy Services, Inc., a Director of Atari SA, COFINA Corporation, Schmitt Industries Inc. and of certain other private entities. Before starting Batuta Advisors, Mr. Zyngier was a portfolio manager at Alden Global Capital, investing in public and private opportunities. Mr. Zyngier has also worked as a portfolio manager at Goldman Sachs & Co. and Deutsche Bank Co. Additionally, Mr. Zyngier was a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company and a technical brand manager at Procter & Gamble. Mr. Zyngier holds an MBA in Finance and Accounting from the University of Chicago and a BS in Chemical Engineering from UNICAMP in Brazil.

We believe Mr. Zyngier’s broad investment experience makes him well-qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors.

Lisa Harrington serves on our board of directors. Ms. Harrington has served as a director of Iron Horse Acquisitions Company since November 23, 2021. She served as the Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary at Viant Technology (Nasdaq: DSP) until 2022, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at ChromaDex Corp. (Nasdaq: CDXC) until 2021 and Special Counsel at Cooley LLP from 2018 until 2020. In addition, her prior experience includes General Counsel and Secretary positions with ASICS, Surf Airlines, NBCUniversal/Comcast, and UNUM Insurance. Ms. Harrington holds a B.A. in Political Science from UCLA and a J.D. from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law.

We believe Ms. Harrington’s public company experience makes her well qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors.

Director Independence

The Nasdaq listing standards require that a majority of our board of directors be independent. An “independent director” is defined generally as a person other than an executive officer or employee of the company or its subsidiaries or any other individual having a relationship which, in the opinion of the company’s

board of directors, would interfere with the director’s exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. Our board of directors determined that a majority of our board of directors, consisting of Desiree Gruber, Reggie Hudlin, Alexandre Zyngier and Lisa Harrington, are “independent directors” as defined in the Nasdaq listing standards. Our independent directors have regularly scheduled meetings at which only independent directors are present.

Controlled Company Status

Until the completion of our initial business combination, only holders of our founder shares will have the right to vote on the appointment of directors. As a result, we are a “controlled company” within the meaning of the Nasdaq corporate governance standards. Under the Nasdaq corporate governance standards, a company of which more than 50% of the voting power is held by an individual, group or another company is a “controlled company” and may elect not to comply with certain corporate governance requirements. We have not utilized, and do not intend to utilize, these exemptions and intend to comply with the corporate governance requirements of the Nasdaq, subject to applicable phase-in rules. However, we may determine in the future to utilize some or all of these exemptions.

Board Leadership Structure and Role in Risk Oversight

Although we do not require separation of the offices of the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, we currently have a different person serving in each such role—Mr. Gulati is our Chairman and Mr. Rodriguez is our Chief Executive Officer. The decision whether to combine or separate these positions depends on what our board of directors deems to be in the long-term interest of shareholders in light of prevailing circumstances. Our board of directors has deemed the current leadership structure to be appropriate given the Company’s limited business purpose of effecting an initial business combination. Our board of directors believes the Company is well served by the current leadership structure. Our board of directors is actively involved in overseeing our risk oversight processes. Our board of directors focuses on our general risk oversight strategy and ensures that appropriate risk mitigation strategies are implemented by management. Further, operational and strategic presentations by management to our board of directors include consideration of the challenges and risks of our business, and our board and management actively engage in discussions on these topics. In addition, each of our board’s committees considers risk within its area of responsibility. For example, the audit committee provides oversight of legal and compliance matters and assesses the adequacy of our risk-related internal controls.

Board Meetings and Committees

During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, our board of directors held 12 meetings, the audit committee held 10 meetings and the compensation committee held no meetings.

Although we do not have a formal policy regarding attendance by members of our board of directors at annual general meetings of shareholders, we encourage, but do not require, our directors to attend.

Our board of directors has established an audit committee and a compensation committee. The composition and responsibilities of each of the committees of our board of directors is described below. Members will serve on these committees until their resignation or until as otherwise determined by our board of directors.

Audit Committee

We have established an audit committee of the board of directors. Ms. Gruber, Mr. Zyngier and Ms. Harrington serve on our audit committee. Our board of directors determined that Ms. Gruber, Mr. Zyngier and Ms. Harrington are independent under the Nasdaq listing standards and applicable SEC rules. Mr. Zyngier serves as the Chairman of the audit committee.

Under the Nasdaq listing standards and applicable SEC rules, all the directors on the audit committee must be independent. Each member of the audit committee is financially literate, and our board of directors determined that Mr. Zyngier qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in applicable SEC rules.

The audit committee is responsible for:

meeting with our independent registered public accounting firm regarding, among other issues, audits, and adequacy of our accounting and control systems;

monitoring the independence of the independent registered public accounting firm;

verifying the rotation of the lead (or coordinating) audit partner having primary responsibility for the audit and the audit partner responsible for reviewing the audit as required by law;

inquiring and discussing with management our compliance with applicable laws and regulations;

pre-approving all audit services and permitted non-audit services to be performed by our independent registered public accounting firm, including the fees and terms of the services to be performed;

appointing or replacing the independent registered public accounting firm;

determining the compensation and oversight of the work of the independent registered public accounting firm (including resolution of disagreements between management and the independent auditor regarding financial reporting) for the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit report or related work;

establishing procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints received by us regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or reports which raise material issues regarding our financial statements or accounting policies;

monitoring compliance on a quarterly basis with the terms of the initial public offering and, if any noncompliance is identified, immediately taking all action necessary to rectify such noncompliance or otherwise causing compliance with the terms of the initial public offering; and

reviewing and approving all payments made to our existing shareholders, executive officers or directors and their respective affiliates. Any payments made to members of our audit committee will be reviewed and approved by our board of directors, with the interested director or directors abstaining from such review and approval.

Compensation Committee

We have established a compensation committee of our board of directors. The members of our compensation committee are Ms. Harrington, Mr. Hudlin and Ms. Gruber, and Ms. Harrington serves as chairperson of the compensation committee.

Under the Nasdaq listing standards, we are required to have a compensation committee composed entirely of independent directors. Our board of directors has determined that Ms. Harrington, Mr. Hudlin and Ms. Gruber are independent. We have adopted a compensation committee charter, which details the principal functions of the compensation committee, including:

reviewing and approving on an annual basis the corporate goals and objectives relevant to our Chief Executive Officer’s, Chief Financial Officer’s and President’s compensation, evaluating our Chief Executive Officer’s and Chief Financial Officer’s and President’s performance in light of such goals and objectives and determining and approving the remuneration (if any) of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and President based on such evaluation;

reviewing and approving the compensation of all of our other Section 16 executive officers;

reviewing our executive compensation policies and plans;

implementing and administering our incentive compensation equity-based remuneration plans;

assisting management in complying with our proxy materialsstatement and/or annual report disclosure requirements;

approving all special perquisites, special cash payments and other special compensation and benefit arrangements for our executive officers and employees;

producing a report on executive compensation to be included in our annual proxy statement, to the extent required; and

reviewing, evaluating and recommending changes, if appropriate, to the remuneration for directors.

The charter also provides that the compensation committee may, in its sole discretion, retain or obtain the advice of a compensation consultant, legal counsel or other adviser and is directly responsible for the appointment, compensation and oversight of the work of any such adviser.

However, before engaging or receiving advice from a compensation consultant, external legal counsel or any other adviser, the compensation committee will consider the independence of each such adviser, including the factors required by Nasdaq and the SEC.

Nominating Committee

We established a nominating committee of our board of directors. The members of our nominating committee will be Mr. Hudlin and Ms. Gruber, and Mr. Hudlin will serve as chairman of the nominating committee. Under the Nasdaq listing standards, we are required to have a nominating committee composed entirely of independent directors. Our board of directors determined that Mr. Hudlin and Ms. Gruber are independent.

The nominating committee is responsible for overseeing the selection of persons to be nominated to serve on our board of directors. The nominating committee considers persons identified by its members, management, shareholders, investment bankers and others.

The guidelines for selecting nominees, which is specified in a charter adopted by us, generally provides that persons to be nominated:

should have demonstrated notable or significant achievements in business, education or public service;

should possess the requisite intelligence, education and experience to make a significant contribution to the board of directors and bring a range of skills, diverse perspectives and backgrounds to its deliberations; and

should have the highest ethical standards, a strong sense of professionalism and intense dedication to serving the interests of the shareholders.

The nominating committee will consider a number of qualifications relating to management and leadership experience, background and integrity and professionalism in evaluating a person’s candidacy for membership on the board of directors. The nominating committee may require certain skills or attributes, such as financial or accounting experience, to meet specific board needs that arise from time to time and will also consider the overall experience and makeup of its members to obtain a broad and diverse mix of board members. The nominating committee does not distinguish among nominees recommended by shareholders and other persons.

Code of Ethics

We have adopted a Code of Ethics applicable to our directors, officers and employees. A copy of the Code of Ethics will be provided without charge upon request from us. We intend to disclose any amendments to or waivers of certain provisions of our Code of Ethics in a Current Report on Form 8-K.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

None of our executive officers currently serves, and in the past year has not served, as a member of the compensation committee of any entity that has one or more officers serving on our board of directors.

Communications with our Board of Directors

Interested parties wishing to communicate with our board of directors or with an individual member or members of our board of directors may do so by writing to our board of directors or to the particular member or members of our board of directors, and mailing the correspondence to Slam shareholders. Directors,Corp., 55 Hudson Yards, 47th Floor, Suite C, New York, NY 10001. Each communication should set forth (i) the name and address of the shareholder, as it appears on our books, and if the shares are held by a nominee, the name and address of the beneficial owner of such shares, and (ii) the number of shares that are owned of record by the record holder and beneficially by the beneficial owner. Our management, in consultation with appropriate members of our board of directors as necessary, will review all incoming communications and, if appropriate, all such communications will be forwarded to the appropriate member or members of our board of directors, or if none is specified, to the Chairman of our board of directors.

Executive Officer and Director Compensation

None of our executive officers or directors have received any cash compensation for services rendered to the Company. Until consummation of an initial business combination, the Company will pay our Sponsor or an affiliate an aggregate fee of $10,000 per month for office space and employeessecretarial and administrative services. However, this arrangement is solely for the benefit of Slamthe Company and is not intended to provide any of our directors or executive officers with compensation in lieu of a salary.

In addition, in January 2021, our Sponsor transferred 30,000 founder shares to each of the Company’s five independent directors, with an aggregate grant date fair value per independent director of $60. On March 11, 2022, a member of our board of directors resigned his position and subsequently transferred 30,000 shares back to our Sponsor. On March 11, 2022 a newly appointed director received 10,000 Class B Shares with an aggregate grant date fair value of $10,000. On February 2, 2023, another member of our board of directors resigned her position and subsequently transferred back to our Sponsor the 21,000 founder shares she previously received from our Sponsor in connection with his service on the board. On February 2, 2023, the Sponsor transferred 10,000 Class B Ordinary Shares to Alex Zyngier in connection with his appointment to the board of directors. Additionally, on April 25, 2023, another director resigned her position and transferred back to the Sponsor 5,000 Class B Ordinary Shares. Also on April 25, 2023 the Sponsor transferred 10,000 Class B Ordinary Shares to Lisa Harrington in connection with her appointment to the board of directors.

Our audit committee reviews on a quarterly basis all payments that were made by us to our Sponsor, any director or executive officer or their respective affiliates. Other than quarterly audit committee review of such reimbursements, we do not expect to have any additional controls in place governing our reimbursement payments to our directors and executive officers for their out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with our activities or on our behalf in connection with identifying and consummating an initial business combination.

After the completion of our initial business combination, directors and executive officers who solicit proxies will notremain with us may be paid consulting or management fees from the combined company. All of these fees will be described, to the extent then known, in the proxy solicitation materials or tender offer materials furnished to our shareholders in connection with a proposed business combination. We have not established any additionallimit on the amount of such fees that may be paid by the combined company to our directors or executive officers. It is unlikely the amount of such compensation will be known at the time of the proposed business combination, because the directors of the post-transaction business will be responsible for soliciting.determining executive officer and director compensation. Any compensation to be paid to our executive officers will be determined, or recommended to the board of directors for determination, either by a compensation committee constituted solely by independent directors or by a majority of the independent directors on our board of directors.

We do not intend to take any action to ensure that our directors or executive officers maintain their positions with us after the consummation of our initial business combination, although it is possible that some or all of our directors and executive officers may negotiate employment or consulting arrangements to remain with us after our initial business combination. The existence or terms of any such employment or consulting arrangements to retain their positions with us may influence our management’s motivation in identifying or selecting a target business, but we do not believe that the ability of our management to remain with us after the consummation of our initial business combination will be a determining factor in our decision to proceed with any potential business combination. We are not party to any agreements with our directors or executive officers that provide for benefits upon termination of employment.

In the event an initial business combination is consummated, we expect the combined company to develop an executive compensation program that is designed to align compensation with the combined company’s business objectives and the creation of shareholder value, while enabling the combined company to attract, motivate and retain individuals who contribute to the long-term success of the combined company. We anticipate that decisions regarding executive compensation would reflect our belief that the executive compensation program must be competitive in order to attract and retain executive officers of the combined company.

Legal Proceedings

None.

Periodic Reporting and Audited Financial Statements

The Company has registered its securities under the Exchange Act and has reporting obligations, including the requirement to file annual and quarterly reports with the SEC. In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the Company’s annual reports contain financial statements audited and reported on by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. The Company has most recently filed with the SEC its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as amended, covering the quarter ended March 31, 2023.

PROPOSAL NO. 1—THE EXTENSION AMENDMENT PROPOSAL1

OverviewDIRECTOR ELECTION PROPOSAL

SlamOur board of directors is proposing to amend its Memorandum and Articlescurrently composed of Association to extendseven members. At the date by which Slam has to consummate a Business Combination to the Articles Extension Date so as to give Slam additional time to complete a Business Combination.

Without the Articles Extension, Slam believes that Slam will not be able to complete a Business Combination on or before the Termination Date. If that were to occur, Slam would be forced to liquidate.

As contemplated by the Memorandum and Articles of Association,Annual General Meeting, we are asking the holders of Slam’s Public Shares may elect to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares in exchange for their pro rata portion of the funds held in the Trust Account if the Articles Extension is implemented.

On                , 2023, the most recent practicable date prior to the date of this proxy statement, the redemption price per share was approximately $        , based on the aggregate amount on deposit in the Trust Account of approximately $         as of                 , 2023 (including interest not previously released to Slam to pay its taxes), divided by the total number of then outstanding Public Shares. The Redemption price per share will be calculated based on the aggregate amount on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to Slam to pay its taxes two business days prior to the initially scheduled date of the Shareholder Meeting. The closing price of the Class A Ordinary Shares on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC on January    , 2023 was $        . Accordingly, if the market price of the Class A Ordinary Shares were to remain the same until the date of the Shareholder Meeting, exercising redemption rights would result in a public shareholder receiving approximately $         [more/less] per share than if the shares were sold in the open market (based on the per share redemption price as of January    , 2023). Slam cannot assure shareholders that they will be able to sell their Class A Ordinary Shares in the open market, even if the market price per share is lower than the redemption price stated above, as there may not be sufficient liquidity in its securities when such shareholders wish to sell their shares. Slam believes that such redemption right enables its public shareholders to determine whether to sustain their investments for an additional period if Slam does not complete a Business Combination on or before the Termination Date.

Reasons for the Extension Amendment Proposal

Slam’s Memorandum and Articles of Association provide that Slam has until February 25, 2023 to complete a Business Combination. Slam and its officers and directors agreed that they would not seek to amend Slam’s Memorandum and Articles of Association to allow for a longer period of time to complete a Business Combination unless Slam provided holders of its Public Shares with the right to seek redemption of their Public Shares in connection therewith. The Board believes that it is in the best interests of Slam shareholders that the Articles Extension be obtained so that Slam will have an additional amount of time to consummate a Business Combination. Without the Articles Extension, Slam believes that Slam will not be able to complete a Business Combination on or before February 25, 2023. If that were to occur, Slam would be forced to liquidate.

The Extension Amendment Proposal is essential to allowing Slam additional time to consummate a Business Combination. Approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal is a condition to the implementation of the Articles Extension. Slam will not proceed with the Articles Extension unless (i) the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal is approved or (ii) Slam will have at least $5,000,001 of net tangible assets following approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal, after taking into account the Redemptions.

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and the Articles Extension becomes effective, within                  business days of the date of the Shareholder Meeting, the Lender shall make a deposit into the Trust Account (as defined below) of $        , in exchange for a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note issued

by Slam to the Lender. In addition, if the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and the Articles Extension becomes effective, in the event that Slam has not consummated a Business Combination by May 25, 2023, without approval of Slam’s public shareholders, Slam may, by resolution of the Board, if requested by the Sponsor, and upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable Termination Date, extend the Termination Date up to nine times, each by one additional month (for a total of up to nine additional months to complete a Business Combination), provided that the Lender will deposit $         into the Trust Account for each such monthly extension, for an aggregate deposit of up to $         (if all nine additional monthly extensions are exercised), in exchange for a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note issued by Slam to the Lender. If Slam completes a Business Combination, it will, at the option of the Lender, repay the amounts loaned under the promissory note or convert a portion or all of the amounts loaned under such promissory note into warrants, which warrants will be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. If Slam does not complete a Business Combination by the applicable Termination Date, such promissory note will be repaid only from funds held outside of the Trust Account or will be forfeited, eliminated or otherwise forgiven.

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is Not Approved

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved or the Articles Amendment is not implemented, and a Business Combination is not completed on or before the Termination Date, Slam will: (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to Slam (less taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of the then-outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any); and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of Slam’s remaining shareholders and the Board, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to Slam’s obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and to requirements of other applicable law. There will be no distribution from the Trust Account with respect to Slam’s warrants, which will expire worthless in the event Slam dissolves and liquidates the Trust Account.

The Initial Shareholders have waived their rights to participate in any liquidation distribution with respect to the 14,375,000 Class B Ordinary Shares held by them.

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is Approved

If the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved, Slam shall procure that all filings required to be made with the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal to extend the time it has to complete a Business Combination until the Articles Extension Date are made. Slam will then continue to attempt to consummate a Business Combination until the Articles Extension Date. Slam will remain a reporting company under the Exchange Act and its Class A Ordinary Shares will remain publicly traded during this time.

In addition, Slam will not proceed with the Articles Extension unless (i) the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal is approved or (ii) Slam will have at least $5,000,001 of net tangible assets following approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal, after taking into account the Redemptions.

Interests of the Sponsor and Slam’s Directors and Officers

When you consider the recommendation of the Board, Slam shareholders should be aware that aside from their interests as shareholders, the Sponsor and certain members of the Board and officers of Slam have interests that are different from, or in addition to, those of other shareholders generally. The Board was aware of and considered these interests, among other matters, in recommending to Slam shareholders that they approve the

Extension Amendment Proposal. Slam shareholders should take these interests into account in deciding whether to approve the Extension Amendment Proposal:

the fact that the Sponsor paid $17,000,000 for 11,333,333 Private Placement Warrants, each of which is exercisable commencing on the later of 12 months from the closing of our Initial Public Offering and 30 days following the closing of a Business Combination for one Class A Ordinary Share at $11.50 per share; if the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved and we do not consummate a Business Combination by February 25, 2023, then the proceeds from the sale of the Slam Private Placement Warrants will be part of the liquidating distribution to the public shareholders and the warrants held by our Sponsor will be worthless;

the fact that the Initial Shareholders, including the Sponsor (and certain of Slam’s officers and directors who are members of the Sponsor), have invested in Slam an aggregate of $17,025,000, comprised of the $25,000 purchase price for 14,375,000 Class B Ordinary Shares and the $17,000,000 purchase price for 11,333,333 Private Placement Warrants. Assuming a trading price of $         per Class A Ordinary Share (based upon the closing price of the Class A Ordinary Shares on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC on January     , 2023), the 14,375,000 Class B Ordinary Shares held by the Initial Shareholders would have an implied aggregate market value of $         . Even if the trading price of the shares of Class A Ordinary Shares were as low as $[●] per share, the aggregate market value of the Class B Ordinary Shares alone (without taking into account the value of the Private Placement Warrants) would be approximately equalCompany to re-elect two Class I directors for a three-year term. Each director’s term continues until the initial investment in Slam byappointment and qualification of his or her successor, or such director’s earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal.

Nominees

Our independent directors have recommended, and our board of directors has approved, both Mr. Himanshu Gulati and Mr. Alex Rodriguez as nominees for re-appointment as Class I directors on our board of directors at the Initial Shareholders. AsAnnual General Meeting. If re-appointed, both Mr. Himanshu Gulati and Mr. Alex Rodriguez will serve as a result, ifdirector until the 2026 annual general meeting, until a Business Combinationsuccessor is completed,duly appointed and qualified, or until their earlier death, resignation or removal. Mr. Himanshu Gulati and Mr. Alex Rodriguez are currently directors of the Initial ShareholdersCompany. For information concerning the nominees, please see the section titled “Board of Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.”

If you are likely to be able to make a substantial profit on their investment in Slam at a time when theshareholder of record of Class AB Ordinary Shares have lost significant value. On the other hand, if the Extension Amendment Proposal isand you sign and date your proxy card but do not approved and Slam liquidates without completing a Business Combination before February 25, 2023, the Initial Shareholders will lose their entire investment in Slam;

the fact that the Initial Shareholders have agreed not to redeem any Ordinary Shares held by them in connection with a shareholder vote to approve a Business Combination or the Extension Amendment Proposal;

the fact that the Initial Shareholders have agreed to waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Accountgive instructions with respect to any Ordinary Shares (other than Public Shares) held by them if the Extension Amendmentvoting on the Director Election Proposal, is not approvedyour shares will be voted “FOR” the re-appointment of Mr. Himanshu Gulati and Slam fails to complete a Business Combination by February 25, 2023;

the indemnification of Slam’s existing directors and officers and the liability insurance maintained by Slam;

the fact that the Sponsor and Slam’s officers and directors will lose their entire investment in Slam and will not be reimbursed for any loans extended, fees due or out-of-pocket expenses if the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved and a Business Combination is not consummated by February 25, 2023. As of the date of this proxy statement there are loans extended, fees due or outstanding out-of-pocket expenses amounting in the aggregate to $[●] for which the Sponsor and Slam’s officers and directors are awaiting reimbursement; and

the fact that if the Trust Account is liquidated, includingMr. Alex Rodriguez; however, in the event Slamthat a director nominee is unable or declines to complete an initial business combination withinserve as a director at the required time period, Sponsor has agreed to indemnify Slam to ensure that the proceeds in the Trust Account are not reduced below $10.00 per Slam public share, or such lesser per public share amount as is in the Trust Account on the Termination Date, by the claims of prospective target businesses with which Slam has entered into an acquisition agreement or claims of any third party for services rendered or products sold to Slam, but only if such a vendor or target business has not executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account.

Redemption Rights

Pursuant to the Memorandum and Articles of Association, holders of Class A Ordinary Shares may seek to redeem their shares for cash, regardless of whether they vote for or against, or whether they abstain from voting on, the Extension Amendment Proposal. In connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal, any shareholder holding Class A Ordinary Shares may demand that Slam redeem such shares for a full pro rata portion of the Trust Account (which, for illustrative purposes, was $         per share as of January     , 2023), calculated as of two business days prior toAnnual General Meeting, the Shareholder Meeting. If a holder properly seeks redemption as described in this section, Slam will redeem these shares for a pro rata portion of funds deposited in the Trust Account and the holder will no longer own these shares following the Shareholder Meeting. However, Slam will not proceed with the Articles Extension unless (1) the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal is approved or (ii) Slam will have at least $5,000,001 of net tangible assets following approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal, after taking into account Redemptions.

As a holder of Class A Ordinary Shares, youproxies will be entitled to receive cashvoted for any Class A Ordinary Sharesnominee who shall be designated by our board of directors to be redeemed only if you:fill such vacancy. If you are a street name shareholder and you do not give voting instructions to your broker or nominee, your broker will leave your shares un-voted on this matter.

(i)

hold Class A Ordinary Shares;

(ii)

submit a written request to Continental, Slam’s transfer agent, in which you (i) request that Slam redeem all or a portion of your Class A Ordinary Shares (and share certificates (if any) and other redemption forms) for cash, and (ii) identify yourself as the beneficial holder of the Class A Ordinary Shares and provide your legal name, phone number and address; and

(iii)

tender or deliver your Class A Ordinary Shares to Continental, Slam’s transfer agent, physically or electronically through DTC.

Holders must complete the procedures for electing to redeem their Class A Ordinary Shares in the manner described above prior to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on January         , 2023 (two business days before the initially scheduled date of the Shareholder Meeting) in order for their shares to be redeemed.Vote Required

The redemption rights include the requirement that a holder must identify itself in writing as a beneficial holder and provide its legal name, phone number and address to Continental in order to validly redeem its shares.

If you hold the shares in “street name,” you will have to coordinate with your broker to have your shares certificated or delivered electronically. Shares of Slam that have not been tendered (either physically or electronically) in accordance with these procedures will not be redeemed for cash. There is a nominal cost associated with this tendering process and the act of certificating the shares or tendering/delivering them through DTC’s DWAC system. The Transfer Agent will typically charge the tendering broker $80 and it would be up to the broker whether or not to pass this cost on to the redeeming shareholder.

Any request for redemption, once made by a holder of Class A Ordinary Shares, may not be withdrawn following the Redemption Deadline, unless the Board determines (in its sole discretion) to permit such withdrawal of a redemption request (which it may do in whole or in part).

Any corrected or changed written exercise of redemption rights must be received by Continental, Slam’s transfer agent, at least two business days prior to the initially scheduled date of the Shareholder Meeting. No request for redemption will be honored unless the holder’s Class A Ordinary Shares (and share certificates (if any) and other redemption forms) have been tendered or delivered (either physically or electronically) to Continental, Slam’s transfer agent, prior to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on January         , 2023 (two business days before the initially scheduled date of the Shareholder Meeting).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of such public shareholder or any other person with whom such public shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined in

Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), will be restricted from redeeming its Class A Ordinary Shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15%re-appointment of the Class AI directors must be approved by an ordinary resolution of the holders of the Class B Ordinary Shares sold in the Initial Public Offering, without our prior consent. Accordingly, if a public shareholder, alone or acting in concert or as a group, seeks to redeem more than 15% of the outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares, then any such shares in excess of that 15% limit would not be redeemed for cash, without our prior consent.

The closing price of Class A Ordinary Shares on                 , 2023, the most recent practicable date prior to the date of this proxy statement, was $         per share. The cash held in the Trust Account on such date was approximately $         (including interest not previously released to Slam to pay its taxes) ($         per Class A Ordinary Share). The Redemption price per share will be calculated based on the aggregate amount on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to Slam to pay its taxes two business days prior to the Shareholder Meeting. Prior to exercising redemption rights, shareholders should verify the market price of Class A Ordinary Shares as they may receive higher proceeds from the sale of their ordinary shares in the public market than from exercising their redemption rights if the market price per share is higher than the redemption price. Slam cannot assure its shareholders that they will be able to sell their Class A Ordinary Shares in the open market, even if the market price per share is higher than the redemption price stated above, as there may not be sufficient liquidity in its securities when its shareholders wish to sell their shares.

If a holder of Class A Ordinary Shares exercises his, her or its redemption rights, then he, she or it will be exchanging its Class A Ordinary Shares for cash and will no longer own those shares. You will be entitled to receive cash for these shares only if you properly demand redemption by tendering/delivering your shares (and share certificates (if any) and other redemption forms) (either physically or electronically) to Slam’s transfer agent two business days prior to the initially scheduled date of the Shareholder Meeting.

Vote Required for Approval

The approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal requires a special resolution under Cayman Islands law and the Charter, being the affirmative vote of at least atwo-thirds (2/3) majority of the votes cast by the holders of the issuedoutstanding Class B Ordinary Shares who are present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote thereon, and who vote thereon at the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes, will bewhile considered present for the purposes of establishing a quorum, but, as a matter of Cayman Islands law, will not constitutecount as votes cast at the Shareholder Meeting and therefore will have no effect on the approvalAnnual General Meeting.

Full Text of the Extension Amendment Proposal.Resolution

As“RESOLVED, as an ordinary resolution of the date of this proxy statement, the Initial Shareholders have agreed to vote any Ordinary Shares owned by them in favor of the Extension Amendment Proposal. As of the date hereof, the Initial Shareholders own 20.0% of the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares and have not purchased any Public Shares, but may do so at any time. As a result, in addition to the Initial Shareholders, approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal will require the affirmative vote of at least 33,541,667 Ordinary Shares held by public shareholders (or approximately 58.3%holders of the Class A Ordinary Shares) if allB Ordinary Shares are represented at the Shareholder Meeting and cast votes, and the affirmative vote of at least 9,583,334 Ordinary Shares held by public shareholders (or approximately 16.7% of the Company, that each of Mr. Himanshu Gulati and Mr. Alex Rodriguez be re-appointed as a Class A Ordinary Shares) if only such shares as are requiredI director on the Company’s board of directors to establish a quorum are represented atserve until the Shareholder Meeting and cast votes.

Resolution

The full text2026 annual general meeting of the resolution to be voted upon is as follows:

RESOLVED, as a special resolution that:

a)

Article 49.7 of Slam’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following new Article 49.7:

“In the event that the Company, does not consummate a Business Combination upon the date which is the later of (i) 25 May 2023 (or 25 February 2024, if applicable under the provisions of

this Article 49.7)until their respective successors are duly appointed and (ii) such later date as may be approved by the Members in accordance with the Articles (in any case, such date being referred to as the “Termination Date”), the Company shall (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares, at a per-Share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company (less taxes payable and up to US$100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of the then Public Shares in issue, which redemption will completely extinguish public Members’ rights as Members (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any); and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining Members and the Directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to its obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and other requirements of Applicable Law.

Notwithstanding the foregoingqualified, or any other provisions of the Articles, in the event that the Company has not consummated a Business Combination within twenty-seven months from the closing of the IPO, the Company may, without another vote of the Members, elect to extend the date to consummate the Business Combination on a monthly basis for up to nine times by an additional one month each time after the twenty-seventh month from the closing of the IPO, by resolution of the Directors, if requested by the Sponsor in writing, and upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable Termination Date, until thirty-six months from the closing of the IPO, provided that the Sponsor (or onetheir earlier death, resignation or more of its Affiliates, members or third-party designees) (the “Lenderremoval.) will deposit US$         into the Trust Account for each such monthly extension, for an aggregate deposit of up to US$         (if all nine additional monthly extensions are exercised), in exchange for a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note issued by the Company to the Lender. If the Company completes a Business Combination, it will, at the option of the Lender, repay the amounts loaned under the promissory note or convert a portion or all of the amounts loaned under such promissory note into warrants, which warrants will be identical to the private placement warrants issued to the Sponsor at the time of the IPO. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination by the applicable Termination Date, such promissory note will be repaid only from funds held outside of the Trust Account or will be forfeited, eliminated or otherwise forgiven.”

b)

Article 49.8(a) of Slam’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following new Article 49.8(a):

“to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with a Business Combination or to redeem 100 per cent of the Public Shares if the Company does not consummate a Business Combination within twenty-seven months (or up to thirty-six months, if applicable under the provisions of Article 49.7) from the consummation of the IPO;”

Recommendation of the Board

THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLYOF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT SLAM SHAREHOLDERSA VOTE “FOR” THE APPROVALEACH OF THE EXTENSION AMENDMENT

NOMINEES NAMED ABOVE AND DIRECTOR ELECTION PROPOSAL.

PROPOSAL NO. 2—THE REDEMPTION LIMITATION AMENDMENT PROPOSAL2

OverviewAUDITOR RATIFICATION PROPOSAL

SlamWe are asking the shareholders to ratify by ordinary resolution the appointment of WithumSmith+Brown, PC as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. The audit committee is proposingdirectly responsible for appointing the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. The audit committee is not bound by the outcome of this vote. However, if the shareholders do not ratify the selection of WithumSmith+Brown, PC as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, our audit committee may reconsider the selection of WithumSmith+Brown, PC as our independent registered public accounting firm.

WithumSmith+Brown, PC served as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021. Representatives of WithumSmith+Brown, PC are expected to amend its Memorandumbe present at the Annual General Meeting, will have the opportunity to make a statement if they desire to do so and Articlesare expected to be available to respond to appropriate questions. If our shareholders do not ratify the appointment of AssociationWithumSmith+Brown, PC, our board of directors may reconsider the appointment.

Fees Paid to eliminate the requirementIndependent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Fees for professional services provided by our independent registered public accounting firm since inception include:

   For the Fiscal
Year ended
December 31,
2022
   For the Period
ended
December 31,
2021
 

Audit fees(1)

  $74,000   $149,000 

Audit-related fees(2)

  $—     $—   

Tax fees(3)

  $4,000   $0 

All other fees

  $—     $—   

Total fees

  $78,000   $149,000 

(1)

Audit fees. Audit fees consist of fees billed for professional services rendered for the audit of our year-end financial statements and services that are normally provided by our independent registered public accounting firm in connection with statutory and regulatory filings.

(2)

Audit-related fees. Audit-related fees consist of fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to performance of the audit or review of our year-end financial statements and are not reported under “Audit Fees.” These services include attest services that are not required by statute or regulation and consultation concerning financial accounting and reporting standards.

(3)

Tax fees. Tax fees consist of fees billed for professional services relating to tax compliance, tax planning, tax advice and financial and tax due diligence.

Auditor Independence

During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 and the period ended December 31, 2021, there were no other professional services provided by WithumSmith+Brown, PC, other than those listed above, that Slamwould have at least $5,000,001 in tangible net assets (as determined in accordancerequired our audit committee to consider their compatibility with Rulemaintaining the independence of WithumSmith+Brown, PC.

Audit Committee Policy on 3a51-1(g)(1)Pre-Approval under the Exchange Act) following redemptions in connection with this Shareholder Meeting or a Business Combination.

Without the Redemption Limitation Amendment, Slam may not be able to implement the Articles Extension if following redemptions in connection with the Articles Extension Slam would not have at least $5,000,001 in tangible net assets (as determined in accordance with Ruleof Audit and Permissible 3a51-1(g)(1)Non-Audit under the Exchange Act). If that were to occur, Slam would be forced to liquidate on the Termination Date.Services of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The purposeaudit committee is responsible for appointing, setting compensation and overseeing the work of the Redemption Limitation requirements was to ensure that Slam would not be subject toindependent auditors. In recognition of this responsibility, the “penny stock” rules of the SEC as long as it met the Redemption Limitation requirement,audit committee shall review and, therefore not be deemed a “blank check company” as defined under Rule 419 of the Securities Act because it complied with Rule 3a51-1(g)(1) (the “NTA Rule”). Slam is proposing to amendin its Memorandum and Articles of Association to remove the Redemption Limitation requirements. The NTA Rule is one of several exclusions from the “penny stock” rules of the SEC and Slam believes that it can rely on another exclusion, which relates to it being listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Rule 3a51-1(a)(2)) (the “Exchange Rule”). Therefore, the Company intends to rely on the exclusion from the penny stock rules set forth in Rule 3a51-1(a)(2) as a result of its securities being listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC.

As disclosed in our initial public offering prospectus, Slam is a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. Under Rule 419 of the Securities Act the term “blank check company” means a company that (i) is a development stage company that has no specific business plan or purpose or has indicated that its business plan is to engage in a merger or acquisition with an unidentified company or companies, or other entity or person; and (ii) is issuing “penny stock,” as defined in Rule 3a51-1 under the Exchange Act. Rule 3a51-1 sets forth that the term “penny stock” shall mean any equity security, unless it fits within certain enumerated exclusions including the NTA Rule and the Exchange Rule. Historically SPACs have relied upon the NTA Rule to avoid being deemed a penny stock issuer. The inclusion of the Redemption Limitation requirements in the Memorandum and Articles of Association was to ensure that through the consummation of an initial Business Combination, Slam would not be considered a penny stock issuer and therefore a blank check company if no other exemption from the rule was available.

The Exchange Rule excludes from the definition of “penny stock” a security that is registered, or approved for registration upon notice of issuance, on a national securities exchange, or is listed, or approved for listing upon notice of issuance on, an automated quotation system sponsored by a registered national securities association, that has established initial listing standards that meet or exceed the criteria in the rule. The Company’s securities are listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC and have been since the consummation of its IPO. The Company believes that The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC has initial listing standards that meet the criteria identified in the Exchange Rule and that it can therefore rely on this rule to avoid being treated as a penny stock. Therefore, the inclusion of the Redemption Limitation in the Memorandum and Articles of Association is unnecessary.

Reasons for the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal

Shareholders are being asked to adopt the proposed Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal which, in the judgment of the Board, may facilitate the consummation of an initial Business Combination. The Memorandum and Articles of Association limit Slam’s ability to consummate an initial Business Combination,sole

or to redeem Ordinary Shares in connection with an initial Business Combination, if it would cause Slam to have less than $5,000,001 in net tangible assets. The purpose of such limitation was initially to ensure that the Ordinary Shares were not deemeddiscretion, pre-approve all audit and permitted non-audit services to be a “penny stock” pursuant to Rule 3a51-1provided by the independent auditors as provided under the Exchange Act in the event that such Ordinary Shares failed to be listed on an approved national securities exchange. If the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal is not approved and there are significant requests for redemption in connection with the Charter Extension such that following such redemptions, Slam’s net tangible assets would be less than $5,000,001, the Redemption Limitation in the Memorandum and Articles of Association would prevent Slam from being able to implement the Charter Extension. If that were to occur, Slam would be forced to liquidate on the Termination Date.audit committee charter.

Additionally, if the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal is not approved and there are significant requests for redemption in connection with consummation of an initial Business Combination, the Redemption Limitation in the Memorandum and Articles of Association would prevent Slam from being able to consummate an initial Business Combination even if all other conditions to closing are met.Vote Required

If the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal is Not Approved

If the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal is not approved, we will not redeem Public Shares to the extent that accepting all properly submitted redemption requests would exceed the Redemption Limitation. In the event that the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal is not approved and we receive notice of redemptions of Public Shares approaching or in excessThe ratification of the Redemption Limitation, we and/or the Sponsor may take action to increase our net tangible assets to avoid exceeding the Redemption Limitation, which may include, at our and our Sponsor’s option and in our and its sole discretion, any, several or allappointment of the following actions: (a) attempting to secure waivers of certain of our significant liabilities, including the deferred underwriting fees, and (b) entering into non-redemption agreements with certain of our significant shareholders. If the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal is not approved and the Redemption Limitation is exceeded, either because we do not take action to increase our net tangible assets or because our attempt to do so is not successful, then we will not proceed with the Articles Extension and we will not redeem any Public Shares. In such case, Public Shares which a public shareholder elects to redeem but which are not redeemed shall be returned to such public shareholder or such public shareholder’s account and such public shareholder will retain the right to have their Public Shares redeemed for cash if Slam has not completedWithumSmith+Brown, P.C. requires an initial Business Combination by the Termination Date.

If the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal is Approved

If the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal is approved (and the Extension Amendment Proposal is also approved), Slam shall procure that all filings required to be made with the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands in connection with the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal are made and, assuming the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved, redeem Public Shares as necessary, irrespective of whether such redemptions exceed the Redemption Limitation.

Interests of the Sponsor and Slam’s Directors and Officers

When you consider the recommendation of the Board, Slam shareholders should be aware that aside from their interests as shareholders, the Sponsor and certain members of the Board and officers of Slam have interests that are different from, or in addition to, those of other shareholders generally. The Board was aware of and considered these interests, among other matters, in recommending to Slam shareholders that they approve the Extension Amendment Proposal. Slam shareholders should take these interests into account in deciding whether to approve the Extension Amendment Proposal:

the fact that the Sponsor paid $17,000,000 for 11,333,333 Private Placement Warrants, each of which is exercisable commencing on the later of 12 months from the closing of our Initial Public Offering and

30 days following the closing of a Business Combination for one Class A Ordinary Share at $11.50 per share; if the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved and we do not consummate a Business Combination by February 25, 2023, then the proceeds from the sale of the Slam Private Placement Warrants will be part of the liquidating distribution to the public shareholders and the warrants held by our Sponsor will be worthless;

the fact that the Initial Shareholders, including the Sponsor (and certain of Slam’s officers and directors who are members of the Sponsor), have invested in Slam an aggregate of $17,025,000, comprised of the $25,000 purchase price for 14,375,000 Class B Ordinary Shares and the $17,000,000 purchase price for 11,333,333 Private Placement Warrants. Assuming a trading price of $         per Class A Ordinary Share (based upon the closing price of the Class A Ordinary Shares on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC on January     , 2023), the 14,375,000 Class B Ordinary Shares held by the Initial Shareholders would have an implied aggregate market value of $         . Even if the trading price of the shares of Class A Ordinary Shares were as low as $[●] per share, the aggregate market value of the Class B Ordinary Shares alone (without taking into account the value of the Private Placement Warrants) would be approximately equal to the initial investment in Slam by the Initial Shareholders. As a result, if a Business Combination is completed, the Initial Shareholders are likely to be able to make a substantial profit on their investment in Slam at a time when the Class A Ordinary Shares have lost significant value. On the other hand, if the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved and Slam liquidates without completing a Business Combination before February 25, 2023, the Initial Shareholders will lose their entire investment in Slam;

the fact that the Initial Shareholders have agreed not to redeem any Ordinary Shares held by them in connection with a shareholder vote to approve a Business Combination or the Extension Amendment Proposal;

the fact that the Initial Shareholders have agreed to waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Ordinary Shares (other than Public Shares) held by them if the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved and Slam fails to complete a Business Combination by February 25, 2023;

the indemnification of Slam’s existing directors and officers and the liability insurance maintained by Slam;

the fact that the Sponsor and Slam’s officers and directors will lose their entire investment in Slam and will not be reimbursed for any loans extended, fees due or out-of-pocket expenses if the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved and a Business Combination is not consummated by February 25, 2023. As of the date of this proxy statement there are loans extended, fees due or outstanding out-of-pocket expenses amounting in the aggregate to $[●] for which the Sponsor and Slam’s officers and directors are awaiting reimbursement; and

the fact that if the Trust Account is liquidated, including in the event Slam is unable to complete an initial business combination within the required time period, Sponsor has agreed to indemnify Slam to ensure that the proceeds in the Trust Account are not reduced below $10.00 per Slam public share, or such lesser per public share amount as is in the Trust Account on the Termination Date, by the claims of prospective target businesses with which Slam has entered into an acquisition agreement or claims of any third party for services rendered or products sold to Slam, but only if such a vendor or target business has not executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account.

Redemption Rights

Pursuant to the Memorandum and Articles of Association, holders of Class A Ordinary Shares may seek to redeem their shares for cash, regardless of whether they vote for or against, or whether they abstain from voting

on, the Extension Amendment Proposal. In connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal, any shareholder holding Class A Ordinary Shares may demand that Slam redeem such shares for a full pro rata portion of the

Trust Account (which, for illustrative purposes, was $         per share as of January     , 2023), calculated as of two business days prior to the Shareholder Meeting. If a holder properly seeks redemption as described in this section, Slam will redeem these shares for a pro rata portion of funds deposited in the Trust Account and the holder will no longer own these shares following the Shareholder Meeting. However, Slam will not proceed with the Articles Extension unless (1) the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal is approved or (ii) Slam will have at least $5,000,001 of net tangible assets following approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal, after taking into account Redemptions.

As a holder of Class A Ordinary Shares, you will be entitled to receive cash for any Class A Ordinary Shares to be redeemed only if you:

(i)

hold Class A Ordinary Shares;

(ii)

submit a written request to Continental, Slam’s transfer agent, in which you (i) request that Slam redeem all or a portion of your Class A Ordinary Shares (and share certificates (if any) and other redemption forms) for cash, and (ii) identify yourself as the beneficial holder of the Class A Ordinary Shares and provide your legal name, phone number and address; and

(iii)

tender or deliver your Class A Ordinary Shares to Continental, Slam’s transfer agent, physically or electronically through DTC.

Holders must complete the procedures for electing to redeem their Class A Ordinary Shares in the manner described above prior to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on January     , 2023 (two business days before the initially scheduled date of the Shareholder Meeting) in order for their shares to be redeemed.

The redemption rights include the requirement that a holder must identify itself in writing as a beneficial holder and provide its legal name, phone number and address to Continental in order to validly redeem its shares.

If you hold the shares in “street name,” you will have to coordinate with your broker to have your shares certificated or delivered electronically. Shares of Slam that have not been tendered (either physically or electronically) in accordance with these procedures will not be redeemed for cash. There is a nominal cost associated with this tendering process and the act of certificating the shares or tendering/delivering them through DTC’s DWAC system. The Transfer Agent will typically charge the tendering broker $80 and it would be up to the broker whether or not to pass this cost on to the redeeming shareholder.

Any request for redemption, once made by a holder of Class A Ordinary Shares, may not be withdrawn following the Redemption Deadline, unless the Board determines (in its sole discretion) to permit such withdrawal of a redemption request (which it may do in whole or in part).

Any corrected or changed written exercise of redemption rights must be received by Continental, Slam’s transfer agent, at least two business days prior to the initially scheduled date of the Shareholder Meeting. No request for redemption will be honored unless the holder’s Class A Ordinary Shares (and share certificates (if any) and other redemption forms) have been tendered or delivered (either physically or electronically) to Continental, Slam’s transfer agent, prior to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on January     , 2023 (two business days before the initially scheduled date of the Shareholder Meeting).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of such public shareholder or any other person with whom such public shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), will be restricted from redeeming its Class A Ordinary Shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of the Class A Ordinary Shares sold in the Initial Public Offering, without our prior consent. Accordingly, if a public shareholder, alone or acting in concert or as a group, seeks to redeem more than 15% of the outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares, then any such shares in excess of that 15% limit would not be redeemed for cash, without our prior consent.

The closing price of Class A Ordinary Shares on                 , 2023, the most recent practicable date prior to the date of this proxy statement, was $         per share. The cash held in the Trust Account on such date was approximately $         (including interest not previously released to Slam to pay its taxes) ($         per Class A Ordinary Share). The Redemption price per share will be calculated based on the aggregate amount on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to Slam to pay its taxes two business days prior to the Shareholder Meeting. Prior to exercising redemption rights, shareholders should verify the market price of Class A Ordinary Shares as they may receive higher proceeds from the sale of their ordinary shares in the public market than from exercising their redemption rights if the market price per share is higher than the redemption price. Slam cannot assure its shareholders that they will be able to sell their Class A Ordinary Shares in the open market, even if the market price per share is higher than the redemption price stated above, as there may not be sufficient liquidity in its securities when its shareholders wish to sell their shares.

If a holder of Class A Ordinary Shares exercises his, her or its redemption rights, then he, she or it will be exchanging its Class A Ordinary Shares for cash and will no longer own those shares. You will be entitled to receive cash for these shares only if you properly demand redemption by tendering/delivering your shares (and share certificates (if any) and other redemption forms) (either physically or electronically) to Slam’s transfer agent two business days prior to the initially scheduled date of the Shareholder Meeting.

Vote Required for Approval

The approval of the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal requires a special resolution under Cayman Islands law and the Charter, being the affirmative vote of at least a two-thirds (2/3)simple majority of the votes cast by the holders of the issuedoutstanding Ordinary Shares who are present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote thereon, and who vote thereon at the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes, will be while considered present for the purposes of establishing a quorum, but, as a matter of Cayman Islands law, will not constitutecount as votes cast at the Shareholder Meetingannual meeting. Brokers are entitled to vote on this proposal, and therefore broker non-votes are not expected to exist and will have no effect on the approvaloutcome of this proposal.

Full Text of the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal.Resolution

As“RESOLVED, as an ordinary resolution, that the appointment of WithumSmith+Brown, P.C., as the independent registered public accounting firm of the date of this proxy statement, the Initial Shareholders have agreed to vote any Ordinary Shares owned by them in favor of the Extension Amendment Proposal. As of the date hereof, the Initial Shareholders own 20.0% of the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares and have not purchased any Public Shares, but may do so at any time. As a result, in addition to the Initial Shareholders, approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal will require the affirmative vote of at least 33,541,667 Ordinary Shares held by public shareholders (or approximately 58.3% of the Class A Ordinary Shares) if all Ordinary Shares are represented at the Shareholder Meeting and cast votes, and the affirmative vote of at least 9,583,334 Ordinary Shares held by public shareholders (or approximately 16.7% of the Class A Ordinary Shares) if only such shares as are required to establish a quorum are represented at the Shareholder Meeting and cast votes.

Resolution

The full text of the resolution to be voted upon is as follows:

RESOLVED, as a special resolution that:

a)

Article 49.2(b) of Slam’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following new Article 49.2(b):

“provide Members with the opportunity to have their Shares repurchased by means of a tender offer for a per-Share repurchase price payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of such Business Combination, including interest earned on the Trust Account (net of taxes paid or payable, if any), divided by the number of then issued Public Shares.

Such obligation to repurchase Shares is subject to the completion of the proposed Business Combination to which it relates.”

b)

Article 49.4 of Slams’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following new Article 49.4:

“At a general meeting calledCompany for the purposes of approving a Business Combination pursuant to this Article,fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 be ratified, approved and confirmed in the event that such Business Combination is approved by Ordinary Resolution, the Company shall be authorised to consummate such Business Combination.all respects.

c)

The following final sentence of Article 49.5 of Slam’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association be deleted in its entirety:

“The Company shall not redeem Public Shares that would cause the Company’s net tangible assets to be less than US$5,000,001 following such redemptions (the “Redemption Limitation”).”

d)

The following final sentence of Article 49.8 of Slam’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association be deleted in its entirety:

“The Company’s ability to provide such redemption in this Article is subject to the Redemption Limitation.”

Recommendation of the Board

THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLYOF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT SLAM SHAREHOLDERSA VOTE “FOR” THE RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF WITHUMSMITH+BROWN, PC, AND THE APPROVAL OF THE REDEMPTION LIMITATION AMENDMENTAUDITOR RATIFICATION PROPOSAL.

REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE

The audit committee has reviewed and discussed our audited financial statements with management and has discussed with our independent registered public accounting firm the matters required to be discussed by Statement on Auditing Standard No. 1301, as adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the “PCAOB”). Additionally, the audit committee has received the written disclosures from our independent registered public accounting firm, as required by the applicable requirements of the PCAOB regarding our independent registered public accounting firm’s communications with the audit committee concerning independence and has discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm the independent registered public accounting firm’s independence. Based upon such review and discussion, the audit committee recommended to our board of directors that the audited financial statements be included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 for filing with the SEC.

Submitted by:
Audit Committee of our Board of Directors
Alex Zyngier

Desiree Gruber

Lisa Harrington

The information contained in this Audit Committee Report shall not be deemed to be “soliciting material” or “filed” or incorporated by reference in future filings with the SEC, or subject to the liabilities of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), except to the extent that the Company specifically requests that the information be treated as soliciting material or specifically incorporates it by reference into a document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Exchange Act.

PROPOSAL NO. 3—3

THE ADJOURNMENT PROPOSAL

Overview

The Adjournment Proposal, asks shareholdersif adopted, will allow our board of directors to approveadjourn the adjournment of the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting to a later date or dates if necessary, (i) to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies in the event that there are insufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the approval of the Director Election Proposal and/or the Auditor Ratification Proposal. The Adjournment Proposal will only be presented at the Annual General Meeting if, based uponon the tabulated votevotes, there are not sufficient votes at the time of the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting there are insufficient votes to approve the Extension Amendmentaforementioned proposals, in which case the Adjournment Proposal andwill be the Redemption Limitation Proposal or (ii) ifonly proposal presented at the holders of Public Shares have elected to redeem an amount of shares in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal or the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal such that Slam would not adhere to the continued listing requirements of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC.Annual General Meeting.

Consequences if the Adjournment Proposal isIs Not Approved

If the Adjournment Proposal is not approved by Slam’sour shareholders, the Boardour board of directors may not be able to adjourn the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting to a later date in the event based on the tabulated votes,that there are insufficient votes to approve the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposalfor, or to allow public shareholders time to reverse their redemption requestsotherwise in connection with, the Extension Amendmentapproval of the Director Election Proposal and/or the Redemption Limitation AmendmentAuditor Ratification Proposal. In such events, the Articles Extension and the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal would not be implemented.

Vote Required for Approval

The approval of the Adjournment Proposal requires an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law and the Charter, being the affirmative vote of at least a simple majority of the votes cast by the holders of the issuedoutstanding Ordinary Shares voting as a single class, who are present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote thereon, and who vote thereon at the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes, will bewhile considered present for the purposes of establishing a quorum, but, as a matter of Cayman Islands law, will not constitutecount as votes cast at the Shareholder Meeting and therefore will have no effect on the approvalannual meeting.

Full Text of the Adjournment Proposal.

As of the date of this proxy statement, the Initial Shareholders have agreed to vote any Ordinary Shares owned by them in favor of the Adjournment Proposal. As of the date hereof, the Initial Shareholders own 20.0% of the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares and have not purchased any public shares, but may do so at any time. As a result, in addition to the Initial Shareholders, approval of the Adjournment Proposal will require the affirmative vote of at least 21,562,501 Ordinary Shares held by public shareholders (or approximately 37.5% of the Class A Ordinary Shares) if all Ordinary Shares are represented at the Shareholder Meeting and cast votes, and the affirmative vote of at least 3,593,751 Ordinary Shares held by public shareholders (or approximately 6.3% of the Class A Ordinary Shares) if only such shares as are required to establish a quorum are represented at the Shareholder Meeting and cast votes.

Resolution

The full text of the resolution to be voted upon is as follows:

RESOLVED,, as an ordinary resolution, that the adjournment of the Shareholder Meetingannual general meeting to a later time, date or dates if necessary, (i)and place to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies if, based uponbe determined by the tabulated vote at the timechairman of the Shareholder Meeting, there are insufficient Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share (the “Public Shares”)annual general meeting be and Class B ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share in the capital of Slam represented (either in person or by proxy) to approve the Extension Amendment Proposalis hereby authorized and the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal or (ii) if the holders of Public Shares have elected to redeem an amount of shares in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal or the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal such that Slam would not adhere to the continued listing requirements of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC.approved.

Recommendation of the Board

THEOUR BOARD UNANIMOUSLYOF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT SLAM SHAREHOLDERSYOU VOTE “FOR” THE APPROVAL OF

“FOR” THE ADJOURNMENT PROPOSAL.

CERTAIN MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS FOR SHAREHOLDERS EXERCISING REDEMPTION RIGHTS

The following discussion is a summary of certain material U.S. federal income tax considerations for Redeeming U.S. Holders and Redeeming Non-U.S. Holders (each as defined below) of public shares that elect to have their public shares redeemed for cash if the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved. This section applies only to investors that hold Public Shares as capital assets for U.S. federal income tax purposes (generally, property held for investment). This discussion does not address all aspects of U.S. federal income taxation that may be relevant to a particular shareholder in light of its particular circumstances or status, including:

financial institutions or financial services entities;

broker-dealers;

S corporations;

taxpayers that are subject to the mark-to-market accounting rules;

tax-exempt entities;

governments or agencies or instrumentalities thereof;

tax-qualified retirement plans;

insurance companies;

regulated investment companies or real estate investment trusts;

expatriates or former long-term residents or citizens of the United States;

persons that directly, indirectly, or constructively own five percent or more of our voting shares or five percent or more of the total value of all classes of our shares;

persons that acquired our securities pursuant to an exercise of employee share options, in connection with employee share incentive plans or otherwise as compensation;

persons that hold our securities as part of a straddle, constructive sale, hedging, conversion, synthetic security or other integrated or similar transaction;

persons subject to the alternative minimum tax;

persons whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar;

controlled foreign corporations;

corporations that accumulate earnings to avoid U.S. federal income tax;

“qualified foreign pension funds” (within the meaning of Section 897(l)(2) of the Code) and entities whose interests are held by qualified foreign pension funds;

accrual method taxpayers that file applicable financial statements as described in Section 451(b) of the Code;

foreign corporations with respect to which there are one or more United States shareholders within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.367(b)-3(b)(1)(ii);

passive foreign investment companies or their shareholders; or

Redeeming Non-U.S. Holders (as defined below, and except as otherwise discussed below).

This discussion is based on current U.S. federal income tax laws as in effect on the date hereof, which is subject to change, possibly on a retroactive basis, which may affect the U.S. federal income tax consequences

described herein. Furthermore, this discussion does not address any aspect of U.S. federal non-income tax laws, such as gift, estate or Medicare net investment income tax laws, or state, local or non-U.S. laws. Slam has not sought, and Slam does not intend to seek, a ruling from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) as to any U.S. federal income tax considerations described herein. The IRS may disagree with the discussion herein, and its determination may be upheld by a court. Moreover, there can be no assurance that future legislation, regulations, administrative rulings or court decisions will not adversely affect the accuracy of the statements in this discussion.

This discussion does not consider the U.S. federal income tax treatment of entities or arrangements treated as partnerships or other pass-through entities (including branches) for U.S. federal income tax purposes (any such entity or arrangement, a “Flow-Through Entity”) or investors that hold our securities through Flow-Through Entities. If a Flow-Through Entity is the beneficial owner of our securities, the U.S. federal income tax treatment of an investor holding our securities through a Flow-Through Entity generally will depend on the status of such investor and the activities of such investor and such Flow-Through Entity.

If you hold our securities through a Flow-Through Entity, we urge you to consult your tax advisor.

THE FOLLOWING IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. EACH HOLDER IS URGED TO CONSULT ITS TAX ADVISOR WITH RESPECT TO THE PARTICULAR TAX CONSEQUENCES TO SUCH HOLDER OF EXERCISING REDEMPTION RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE EFFECTS OF U.S. FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL AND NON-U.S. TAX LAWS.

For purposes of this discussion, because any unit consisting of one Class A Ordinary Share and one-fourth of one warrant (with a whole warrant representing the right to acquire one Class A Ordinary Share) is separable at the option of the holder, Slam is treating any Class A Ordinary Share and one-fourth of one warrant to acquire one Class A Ordinary Share held by a holder in the form of a single unit as separate instruments and is assuming that the unit itself will not be treated as an integrated instrument. Accordingly, the cancellation or separation of the units in connection with the exercise of redemption rights generally should not be a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes. This position is not free from doubt, and no assurance can be given that the IRS would not assert, or that a court would not sustain, a contrary position.

Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations to U.S. Shareholders

This section is addressed to Redeeming U.S. Holders (as defined below) of Slam’s Public Shares that elect to have their Public Shares redeemed for cash as described in the section entitled “Proposal No. 1: The Extension Amendment Proposal—Redemption Rights” and “Proposal No. 2: The Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal—Redemption Rights. For purposes of this discussion, a “Redeeming U.S. Holder” is a beneficial owner that so redeems its shares and is, for U.S. federal income tax purposes:

an individual citizen or resident of the United States;

a corporation (or other entity that is treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) that is created or organized (or treated as created or organized) in or under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia;

an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or

any trust if (1) a U.S. court is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust and one or more United States persons (within the meaning of the Code) have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (2) it has a valid election in place to be treated as a United States person.

Tax Treatment of the Redemption—In General

Subject to the passive foreign investment company (“PFIC”) rules discussed below under the heading “—Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules,” the U.S. federal income tax consequences to a Redeeming U.S.

Holder of Public Shares that exercises its redemption rights to receive cash in exchange for all or a portion of its Public Shares will depend on whether the redemption qualifies as a sale of the Public Shares redeemed under Section 302 of the Code or is treated as a distribution under Section 301 of the Code. If the redemption qualifies as a sale of such Redeeming U.S. Holder’s shares, such Redeeming U.S. Holder will generally be required to recognize gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference, if any, between the amount of cash received and the tax basis of the shares redeemed. Such gain or loss should be treated as capital gain or loss if such shares were held as a capital asset on the date of the redemption. Any such capital gain or loss generally will be long-term capital gain or loss if the Redeeming U.S. Holder’s holding period for such shares exceeds one year at the time of the redemption. A Redeeming U.S. Holder’s tax basis in such Redeeming U.S. Holder’s shares generally will equal the cost of such shares.

The redemption generally will qualify as a sale of such shares if the redemption either (i) is “substantially disproportionate” with respect to the Redeeming U.S. Holder, (ii) results in a “complete redemption” of such Redeeming U.S. Holder’s interest in Slam or (iii) is “not essentially equivalent to a dividend” with respect to such Redeeming U.S. Holder. These tests are explained more fully below.

For purposes of such tests, a Redeeming U.S. Holder takes into account not only shares directly owned by such Redeeming U.S. Holder, but also shares that are constructively owned by such Redeeming U.S. Holder. A Redeeming U.S. Holder may constructively own, in addition to Public Shares owned directly, Public Shares owned by certain related individuals and entities in which such Redeeming U.S. Holder has an interest or that have an interest in such Redeeming U.S. Holder, as well as any shares such Redeeming U.S. Holder has a right to acquire by exercise of an option, which would generally include shares which could be acquired pursuant to the exercise of the Public Warrants.

The redemption generally will be “substantially disproportionate” with respect to a Redeeming U.S. Holder if the percentage of Slam’s outstanding voting shares that such Redeeming U.S. Holder directly or constructively owns immediately after the redemption is less than 80 percent of the percentage of Slam’s outstanding voting shares that such Redeeming U.S. Holder directly or constructively owned immediately before the redemption, and such Redeeming U.S. Holder immediately after the redemption actually and constructively owns less than 50 percent of the total combined voting power of Slam. There will be a complete redemption of such Redeeming U.S. Holder’s interest if either (i) all of the shares directly or constructively owned by such Redeeming U.S. Holder are redeemed or (ii) all of the shares directly owned by such Redeeming U.S. Holder are redeemed and such Redeeming U.S. Holder is eligible to waive, and effectively waives in accordance with specific rules, the attribution of the shares owned by certain family members and such Redeeming U.S. Holder does not constructively own any other shares. The redemption will not be essentially equivalent to a dividend if it results in a “meaningful reduction” of such Redeeming U.S. Holder’s proportionate interest in Slam. Whether the redemption will result in a “meaningful reduction” in such Redeeming U.S. Holder’s proportionate interest will depend on the particular facts and circumstances applicable to it. The IRS has indicated in a published ruling that even a small reduction in the proportionate interest of a small minority shareholder in a publicly held corporation that exercises no control over corporate affairs may constitute such a “meaningful reduction.”

If none of the above tests is satisfied, the redemption will be treated as a distribution with respect to the shares under Section 302 of the Code, in which case the Redeeming U.S. Holder will be treated as receiving a corporate distribution. Such distribution generally will constitute a dividend for U.S. federal income tax purposes to the extent paid from current or accumulated earnings and profits, as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles. Such dividends will be taxable to a corporate U.S. Holder at regular rates and will not be eligible for the dividends-received deduction generally allowed to domestic corporations in respect of dividends received from other domestic corporations. Assuming Slam is a PFIC (as discussed below under “—Passive ForeignInvestment Company Rules,”) such dividends will be taxable to an individual Redeeming U.S. Holder at regular rates and will not be eligible for the reduced rates of taxation on certain dividends received from a “qualified foreign corporation.” Distributions in excess of current and accumulated earnings and profits will constitute a return of capital that will be applied against and reduce (but not below zero) the Redeeming U.S. Holder’s

adjusted tax basis in such Redeeming U.S. Holder’s Public Shares. Any remaining excess will be treated as gain realized on the sale or other disposition of such Redeeming U.S. Holder’s Public Shares. After the application of those rules, any remaining tax basis of the Redeeming U.S. Holder in the redeemed Public Shares will be added to the Redeeming U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in its remaining Public Shares, or, if it has none, to the Redeeming U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in its Public Warrants or possibly in other shares constructively owned by it.

ALL REDEEMING U.S. HOLDERS ARE URGED TO CONSULT THEIR TAX ADVISORS AS TO THE TAX CONSEQUENCES TO THEM OF A REDEMPTION OF ALL OR A PORTION OF THEIR PUBLIC SHARES PURSUANT TO AN EXERCISE OF REDEMPTION RIGHTS.

Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules

A foreign (i.e., non-U.S.) corporation will be a PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes if either (i) at least 75% of its gross income in a taxable year, including its pro rata share of the gross income of any corporation in which it is considered to own at least 25% of the shares by value, is passive income, or (ii) at least 50% of its assets in a taxable year (ordinarily, but subject to exceptions, determined based on fair market value and averaged quarterly over the year), including its pro rata share of the assets of any corporation in which it is considered to own at least 25% of the shares by value, are held for the production of, or produce, passive income. Passive income generally includes dividends, interest, rents and royalties (other than rents or royalties derived from the active conduct of a trade or business) and gains from the disposition of assets giving rise to passive income.

Because Slam is a blank check company with no current active business, based upon the composition of its income and assets, and upon a review of its financial statements, Slam believes that it likely was a PFIC for its most recent taxable year ended on December 31, 2022, and will continue to be treated as a PFIC until we no longer satisfy the PFIC tests (although, as stated below, in general the PFIC rules would continue to apply to any U.S. holder who held our securities at any time we were considered a PFIC).

If we are determined to be a PFIC for any taxable year (or portion thereof) that is included in the holding period of a Redeeming U.S. Holder of our shares, rights or warrants and, in the case of our shares, the Redeeming U.S. Holder did not make either a timely QEF election for our first taxable year as a PFIC in which the Redeeming U.S. Holder held (or was deemed to hold) shares or a timely “mark to market” election, in each case as described below, such holder generally will be subject to special rules with respect to:

any gain recognized by the Redeeming U.S. Holder on the sale or other disposition of its shares, rights or warrant (which would include the redemption, if such redemption is treated as a sale under the rules discussed under the heading “- Tax Treatment of the Redemption—In General,” above); and

any “excess distribution” made to the Redeeming U.S. Holder (generally, any distributions to such Redeeming U.S. Holder during a taxable year of the Redeeming U.S. Holder that are greater than 125% of the average annual distributions received by such Redeeming U.S. Holder in respect of the shares during the three preceding taxable years of such Redeeming U.S. Holder or, if shorter, such Redeeming U.S. Holder’s holding period for the shares), which may include the redemption to the extent such redemption is treated as a distribution under the rules discussed under the heading “- Tax Treatment of the Redemption—In General,” above.

Under these special rules,

the Redeeming U.S. Holder’s gain or excess distribution will be allocated ratably over the Redeeming U.S. Holder’s holding period for the shares or warrants;

the amount allocated to the Redeeming U.S. Holder’s taxable year in which the Redeeming U.S. Holder recognized the gain or received the excess distribution, or to the period in the Redeeming U.S.

Holder’s holding period before the first day of our first taxable year in which we are a PFIC, will be taxed as ordinary income;

the amount allocated to other taxable years (or portions thereof) of the Redeeming U.S. Holder and included in its holding period will be taxed at the highest tax rate in effect for that year and applicable to the Redeeming U.S. Holder; and

an additional tax equal to the interest charge generally applicable to underpayments of tax will be imposed on the Redeeming U.S. Holder in respect of the tax attributable to each such other taxable year described in the immediately preceding clause of the Redeeming U.S. Holder.

In general, if we are determined to be a PFIC, a Redeeming U.S. Holder may avoid the PFIC tax consequences described above in respect to our shares (but not our warrants) by making a timely QEF election (if eligible to do so) for the taxable year that is the first year in the Redeeming U.S. Holder’s holding period of our shares during which we are treated as a PFIC or, if in a later year, the Redeeming U.S. Holder made a QEF election along with a purging election. A QEF election is an election to include in income its pro rata share of our net capital gains (as long-term capital gain) and other earnings and profits (as ordinary income), on a current basis, in each case whether or not distributed, in the taxable year of the Redeeming U.S. Holder in which or with which our taxable year ends. In general, a QEF election must be made on or before the due date (including extensions) for filing such Redeeming U.S. Holder’s tax return for the taxable year for which the election relates. A Redeeming U.S. Holder may make a separate election to defer the payment of taxes on undistributed income inclusions under the QEF rules, but if deferred, any such taxes will be subject to an interest charge. The purging election creates a deemed sale of such shares at their fair market value. The gain recognized by the purging election will be subject to the special tax and interest charge rules treating the gain as an excess distribution, as described above. As a result of the purging election, the Redeeming U.S. Holder will have a new basis and holding period in the shares for purposes of the PFIC rules.

A Redeeming U.S. Holder may not make a QEF election with respect to its warrants to acquire our shares. As a result, if a Redeeming U.S. Holder sells or otherwise disposes of such warrants (other than upon exercise of such warrants), any gain recognized generally will be subject to the special tax and interest charge rules treating the gain as an excess distribution, as described above, if we were a PFIC at any time during the period the Redeeming U.S. Holder held the warrants. If a Redeeming U.S. Holder that exercises such warrants properly makes a QEF election with respect to the newly acquired shares (or has previously made a QEF election with respect to our shares), the QEF election will apply to the newly acquired shares, but the adverse tax consequences relating to PFIC shares, adjusted to take into account the current income inclusions resulting from the QEF election, will continue to apply with respect to such newly acquired shares (which generally will be deemed to have a holding period for purposes of the PFIC rules that includes the period the Redeeming U.S. Holder held the warrants), unless the Redeeming U.S. Holder makes a purging election. The purging election creates a deemed sale of such shares at their fair market value. The gain recognized by the purging election will be subject to the special tax and interest charge rules treating the gain as an excess distribution, as described above. As a result of the purging election, the Redeeming U.S. Holder will have a new basis and holding period in the shares acquired upon the exercise of the warrants for purposes of the PFIC rules.

The QEF election is made on a shareholder-by-shareholder basis and, once made, can be revoked only with the consent of the IRS. A QEF election may not be made with respect to our warrants. A Redeeming U.S. Holder generally makes a QEF election by attaching a completed IRS Form 8621 (Return by a Shareholder of a Passive Foreign Investment Company or Qualified Electing Fund), including the information provided in a PFIC annual information statement, to a timely filed U.S. federal income tax return for the tax year to which the election relates. Retroactive QEF elections generally may be made only by filing a protective statement with such return and if certain other conditions are met or with the consent of the IRS. Redeeming U.S. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the availability and tax consequences of a retroactive QEF election under their particular circumstances.

A Redeeming U.S. Holder’s ability to make a QEF Election with respect to Slam is contingent upon, among other things, the provision by Slam of a “PFIC Annual Information Statement” to such Redeeming U.S. Holder. Upon written request, we will endeavor to provide to a Redeeming U.S. Holder such information as the IRS may require, including a PFIC Annual Information Statement, in order to enable the Redeeming U.S. Holder to make and maintain a QEF Election. There is no assurance, however, that we would timely provide such required information.

If a Redeeming U.S. Holder has made a QEF election with respect to our shares, and the special tax and interest charge rules do not apply to such shares (because of a timely QEF election for our first taxable year as a PFIC in which the Redeeming U.S. Holder holds (or is deemed to hold) such shares or a purge of the PFIC taint pursuant to a purging election, as described above), any gain recognized on the sale of our shares generally will be taxable as capital gain and no interest charge will be imposed. As discussed above, Redeeming U.S. Holders of a QEF are currently taxed on their pro rata shares of its earnings and profits, whether or not distributed. In such case, a subsequent distribution of such earnings and profits that were previously included in income generally should not be taxable as a dividend to such Redeeming U.S. Holders. The tax basis of a Redeeming U.S. Holder’s shares in a QEF will be increased by amounts that are included in income, and decreased by amounts distributed but not taxed as dividends, under the above rules. Similar basis adjustments apply to property if by reason of holding such property the Redeeming U.S. Holder is treated under the applicable attribution rules as owning shares in a QEF.

A determination that we are a PFIC for any particular year will generally apply for subsequent years to a Redeeming U.S. Holder who held shares or warrants while we were a PFIC, whether or not we meet the test for PFIC status in those subsequent years. A Redeeming U.S. Holder who makes the QEF election discussed above for our first taxable year as a PFIC in which the Redeeming U.S. Holder holds (or is deemed to hold) our shares and receives the requisite PFIC annual information statement, however, will not be subject to the PFIC tax and interest charge rules discussed above in respect to such shares. In addition, such Redeeming U.S. Holder will not be subject to the QEF inclusion regime with respect to such shares for any taxable year of us that ends within or with a taxable year of the Redeeming U.S. Holder and in which we are not a PFIC. On the other hand, if the QEF election is not effective for each of our taxable years in which we are a PFIC and the Redeeming U.S. Holder holds (or is deemed to hold) our shares, the PFIC rules discussed above will continue to apply to such shares unless the holder makes a purging election, as described above, and pays the tax and interest charge with respect to the gain inherent in such shares attributable to the pre-QEF election period.

The impact of the PFIC rules on a Redeeming U.S. Holder may also depend on whether the Redeeming U.S. Holder has made an election under Section 1296 of the Code. Redeeming U.S. Holders that hold (directly or constructively) stock of a foreign corporation that is classified as a PFIC may annually elect to mark such stock to its market value if such stock is regularly traded on an established exchange (a “mark-to-market election”). No assurance can be given that the Public Shares are considered to be regularly traded for purposes of the mark-to-market election or whether the other requirements of this election are satisfied. If such an election is available and has been made, such Redeeming U.S. Holders will generally not be subject to the special PFIC taxation rules discussed above. Instead, in general, the Redeeming U.S. Holder will include as ordinary income each year the excess, if any, of the fair market value of its shares at the end of its taxable year over the adjusted basis in its shares. The Redeeming U.S. Holder also will be allowed to take an ordinary loss in respect of the excess, if any, of the adjusted basis of its shares over the fair market value of its shares at the end of its taxable year (but only to the extent of the net amount of previously included income as a result of the mark-to-market election). The Redeeming U.S. Holder’s basis in its shares will be adjusted to reflect any such income or loss amounts, and any further gain recognized on a sale or other taxable disposition of the shares will be treated as ordinary income. However, if the mark-to-market election is made by a Redeeming U.S. Holder after the beginning of the holding period for the PFIC stock, then the special PFIC taxation rules described above will apply to certain dispositions of, distributions on and other amounts taxable with respect to the Public Shares. A mark-to-market election is not available with respect to Public Warrants.

A Redeeming U.S. Holder that owns (or is deemed to own) shares in a PFIC during any taxable year of the Redeeming U.S. Holder, may have to file an IRS Form 8621 (whether or not a QEF or market-to-market election is made) and such other information as may be required by the U.S. Treasury Department.

The application of the PFIC rules is extremely complex. Shareholders who are considering participating in the redemption and/or selling, transferring or otherwise disposing of their shares or warrants are urged to consult with their tax advisors concerning the application of the PFIC rules (including whether a QEF election, a mark-to-market election, or any other election is available and the consequences to them of any such election) in their particular circumstances.

U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations to Non-U.S. Shareholders

This section is addressed to Redeeming Non-U.S. Holders (as defined below) of Slam’s Public Shares that elect to have their shares redeemed for cash as described in the section entitled “Proposal No. 1: The Extension Amendment Proposal—Redemption Rights” and “Proposal No. 2: The Redemption Limitation AmendmentProposal—Redemption Rights.” For purposes of this discussion, a “Redeeming Non-U.S. Holder” is a beneficial owner (other than a Flow-Through Entity) of our Public Shares that so redeems its Public Shares and is not a Redeeming U.S. Holder.

Except as otherwise discussed in this section, a Redeeming Non-U.S. Holder who elects to have its shares redeemed will generally be treated in the same manner as a U.S. shareholder for U.S. federal income tax purposes. See the discussion above under “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations to U.S. Shareholders.” However, notwithstanding such characterization, any Redeeming Non-U.S. Holder generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on any gain recognized or dividends received as a result of the redemption unless the gain or dividends is effectively connected with such non-U.S. Holder’s conduct of a trade or business within the United States (and if an income tax treaty applies, is attributable to a U.S. permanent establishment or fixed base maintained by the non-U.S. shareholder).

Non-U.S. holders of shares considering exercising their redemption rights are urged to consult their tax advisors as to whether the redemption of their shares will be treated as a sale or as a distribution under the Code, and whether they will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on any gain recognized or dividends received as a result of the redemption based upon their particular circumstances.

Under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”) and U.S. Treasury regulations and administrative guidance thereunder, a 30% United States federal withholding tax may apply to certain income paid to (i) a “foreign financial institution” (as specifically defined in FATCA), whether such foreign financial institution is the beneficial owner or an intermediary, unless such foreign financial institution agrees to verify, report and disclose its United States “account” holders (as specifically defined in FATCA) and meets certain other specified requirements or (ii) a non-financial foreign entity, whether such non-financial foreign entity is the beneficial owner or an intermediary, unless such entity provides a certification that the beneficial owner of the payment does not have any substantial United States owners or provides the name, address and taxpayer identification number of each such substantial United States owner and certain other specified requirements are met. Under certain circumstances, a Redeeming Non-U.S. Holder might be eligible for refunds or credits of such taxes. In certain cases, the relevant foreign financial institution or non-financial foreign entity may qualify for an exemption from, or be deemed to be in compliance with, these rules. If the country in which a Redeeming Non- U.S. Holder is resident has entered into an “intergovernmental agreement” with the United States regarding FATCA, the Redeeming Non-U.S. Holder may be permitted to report to that country instead of the United States, and the intergovernmental agreement may otherwise modify the requirements described in this paragraph. While withholding under FATCA generally would apply to payments of gross proceeds from the sale or other disposition of securities, proposed Treasury Regulations eliminate FATCA withholding on payments of gross proceeds entirely. Taxpayers generally may rely on these proposed Treasury Regulations until final Treasury Regulations are issued. Redeeming Non-U.S. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the possible implications of FATCA and whether it may be relevant to their disposition of their shares or warrants.

Backup Withholding

In general, proceeds received from the exercise of redemption rights will be subject to backup withholding for a non-corporate Redeeming U.S. Holder that:

fails to provide an accurate taxpayer identification number;

is notified by the IRS regarding a failure to report all interest or dividends required to be shown on his or her federal income tax returns; or

in certain circumstances, fails to comply with applicable certification requirements.

A Redeeming Non-U.S. Holder generally may eliminate the requirement for information reporting and backup withholding by providing certification of its non-U.S. status, under penalties of perjury, on a duly executed applicable IRS Form W-8 or by otherwise establishing an exemption.

Any amount withheld under these rules will be creditable against the Redeeming U.S. Holder’s or Redeeming Non-U.S. Holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability or refundable to the extent that it exceeds this liability, provided that the required information is timely furnished to the IRS and other applicable requirements are met.

As previously noted above, the foregoing discussion of certain material U.S. federal income tax consequences is included for general information purposes only and is not intended to be, and should not be construed as, legal or tax advice to any shareholder. We once again urge you to consult with your tax adviser to determine the particular tax consequences to you (including the application and effect of any U.S. federal, state, local or foreign income or other tax laws) of the receipt of cash in exchange for shares in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal or the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal and any redemption of your Public Shares.

BUSINESS OF SLAM AND CERTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT SLAM

References in this section to “we,” “our,” or “us” refer to Slam Corp.

General

We are a blank check company incorporated as an exempted company in the Cayman Islands on December 18, 2020 formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. We are an early stage and emerging growth company and, as such, we are subject to all of the risk associated with early stage and emerging growth companies.

Initial Public Offering and Private Placement

On February 25, 2021, we consummated our Initial Public Offering of 57,500,000 Units, including the issuance of 7,500,000 additional units as a result of the underwriters’ full exercise of their over-allotment option, at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $575,000,000. The securities in the offering were registered under the Securities Act on a registration statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-252104). The SEC declared the registration statement effective on February 2, 2021. Simultaneously with the closing of our Initial Public Offering, we consummated the sale of 11,333,333 Private Placement Warrants to the Sponsor at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds of $17,000,000.

Following the closing of our Initial Public Offering on February 25, 2021, an amount of $575,000,000 ($10.00 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in our Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants were placed in a Trust Account, and invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185 days or less, or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund investing solely in U.S. Treasuries and meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act. Slam currently intends, prior to the Shareholder Meeting, to instruct Continental, the trustee managing the Trust Account, to liquidate the U.S. government treasury obligations or money market funds held in the Trust Account and thereafter to maintain the funds in the Trust Account in cash in an interest-bearing demand deposit account at a bank until the earlier of consummation of a Business Combination and liquidation of Slam. Interest on such deposit account is currently approximately 2.5-3.0% per annum, but such deposit account carries a variable rate and Slam cannot assure you that such rate will not decrease or increase significantly.

BENEFICIALSECURITY OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIESCERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of Slam’s Ordinary Sharesavailable to us as of January     ,May 31, 2023, based on information obtained from the persons named below, with respect to the beneficial ownership of shares of Slam’sour Ordinary Shares held by:

 

each person known by Slamus to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of Slam’sour outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares or Class B Ordinary Shares;

 

each of Slam’sour directors and executive officers and directors that beneficially owns shares of Slam’s Ordinary Shares; and

 

all Slam’sour directors and executive officers and directors as a group.

Beneficial ownership is determined according to the rules of the SEC, which generally provide that a person has beneficial ownership of a security if such person possesses sole or shared voting or investment power over that security, including options and warrants that are currently exercisable or exercisable within sixty days.

In the table below, percentage ownership is based on 71,875,000 Ordinary Shares, consisting of (i) 57,500,000 Class A Ordinary Shares and (ii) 14,375,000 Class B Ordinary Shares, issued and outstanding as of January     , 2023. The table below does not include the Class A Ordinary Shares underlying the Private Placement Warrants held by the Sponsor because these securities are not exercisable within 60 days of this proxy statement.

Unless otherwise indicated, we believe that all persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of ordinary sharesthe Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by them. The following table does not reflect beneficial ownership of the private placement warrants or the public warrants included in the units offered in the IPO as these warrants are not exercisable within 60 days of the date hereof.

Unless otherwise noted, the beneficial ownership of our Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares is based on 39,710,163 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding as of May 31, 2023, consisting of 25,335,163 Class A Ordinary Shares and 14,375,000 Class B Ordinary Shares.

 

   Class B Ordinary Shares  Class A Ordinary Shares 

Name of Beneficial Owners(1)

  Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned
   Approximate
Percentage of
Class
  Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned
   Approximate
Percentage of
Class
  Approximate
Percentage
of Voting
Control
 

Five Percent Holders

        

Corbin Capital Partners GP, LLC(2)

   —      —     4,500,000    7.83  6.26

Glazer Capital, LLC(3)

   —      —     4,013,253    6.98  5.58

Slam Sponsor, LLC (our Sponsor)(4)(5)

   14,195,000    98.75  —      —     19.75

Directors and Executive Officers of Slam

        

Alex Rodriguez(6)

   —      —     —      —     —   

Himanshu Gulati(6)

     —     —      —     —   

Kelly Laferriere(7)

   30,000    —     —      —     —   

Chetan Bansal(6)

   —      —     —      —     —   

Joseph Taeid(6)

   —      —     —      —     —   

Reggie Hudlin(8)

   30,000    *   —      —     * 

Desiree Gruber(9)

   30,000    *   —      —     * 

Barbara Byrne(10)

   30,000    *   —      —     * 

Ann Berry(11)

   10,000    *   —      —     * 

All officers and directors as a group (9 individuals)

   130,000    *   —      —     * 

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1)

  Amount and
Nature of
Beneficial
Ownership
  Approximate
Percentage of
Outstanding
Ordinary
Shares(2)
 

Directors and Executive Officers

   

Alex Rodriguez

   —     —   

Himanshu Gulati

   —     —   

Kelly Laferriere

   30,000   * 

Chetan Bansal

   —     —   

Joseph Taeid

   —     —   

Reggie Hudlin

   30,000   * 

Desiree Gruber

   30,000   * 

Alexander Zyngier

   10,000   * 

Lisa Harrington

   10,000   * 

Barbara Byrne(3)

   9,000  

Ann Berry(4)

   5,000  

All directors and executive officers of the Company as a group
(nine individuals)(5)

   110,000   * 

5% Shareholders

   

Slam Sponsor LLC (our Sponsor)(6)(7)(8)

   14,215,000(7)   35.80

Glazer Capital, LLC(9)

   5,704,548   14.37

Corbin Capital Partners, L.P.(10)

   4,500,000   11.33

Bank of Montreal(11)

   2,934,030   7.39

First Trust Merger Arbitrage Fund(12)

   3,958,076   9.97

 

*

Less than one percent.percent

(1)

Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each of the following entities or individualsour shareholders is c/o 500 Fifth Avenue,55 Hudson Yards, 47th Floor, New York, NY 1011010001.

(2)

Based on information reported on a Schedule 13G filed on February 14, 2021 by Corbin Capital Partners, L.P. and Corbin Capital Partners GP, LLC. Corbin Capital Partners GP, LLC is the general partner of Corbin Capital Partners, L.P. The business address of each such entities is 590 Madison Avenue, 31st Floor, New York, NY 10022.

(3)

Based on information reported on a Schedule 13G/A filed on February 14, 2022 by Glazer Capital, LLC and Paul J. Glazer. Glazer Capital, LLC is the investment manager of, and has voting and investment control with respect to the securities described herein held by, certain funds and managed accounts. Mr. Glazer serves as the managing member of Glazer Capital, LLC. The business address of each such entity and person is 250 West 55th Street, Suite 30A, New York, NY 10019.

(4)

Interests shown consist solely of founder shares, classified as Class B Ordinary Shares.ordinary shares. Such shares will automatically convert into Class A Ordinary Sharesordinary shares at the time of the consummation of our initial business combination.

(3)

Ms. Byrne resigned from the board of directors on February 2, 2023. In connection with her resignation, Ms. Byrne retained ownership of 9,000 Class B Ordinary Shares.

(4)

Ms. Berry resigned from the board of directors on April 25, 2023. In connection with her resignation, Ms. Berry retained ownership of 5,000 Class B Ordinary Shares.

(5)

There are four managersFigure does not include an aggregate of the Sponsor’s board of managers. Each manager has one vote, and the approval of a majority is required30,000 shares issued to approve an action of the Sponsor. Under the so-called “rule of three,” if voting and dispositive decisions regarding an entity’s securities are made by three or more individuals, and a voting or dispositive decision requires the approval of a majority of those individuals, then none of the individuals is deemed a beneficial owner of the entity’s securities. This is the situation with regard to the Sponsor. Based upon the foregoing analysis, no individual manager of the Sponsor exercises voting or dispositive control over any of the securities held by the Sponsor, even those in which he directly holds a pecuniary interest. Accordingly, none of them will be deemed to have or share beneficial ownership of such shares.our special advisor.

(6)

Does not include anyOur sponsor is controlled by a board of managers consisting of Alex Rodriguez, Himanshu Gulati, Kelly Laferriere and Chetan Bansal, none of whom exercise voting or dispositive power with respect to the Class B ordinary shares indirectly owned by this individual as a result of hisalone or her partnership interest in the Sponsor or its affiliates.are deemed to have beneficial ownership.

(7)

Includes 30,000On February 2, 2023, the Sponsor sold 10,000 Class B Ordinary Shares beneficially owned directly by Ms. Laferrierordinary shares to Alex Zyngier for $10,000, or approximately $1.00 per share, in connection with Mr. Zyngier’s appointment to the board of directors of the Company.

(8)

Includes 30,000On April 25, 2023, the Sponsor sold 10,000 Class B Ordinary Shares beneficially owned directly by Mr. Hudlinordinary shares to Lisa Harrington for $10,000, or approximately $1.00 per share, in connection with Ms. Harrington’s appointment to the board of directors of the Company.

(9)

Includes 30,000 Class B Ordinary Shares beneficially owned directlyThe securities reported herein are held by Ms. Gruber.certain funds and accounts to which Glazer Capital, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Glazer”), serves as investment manager, Mr. Paul J. Glazer serves as the Managing Member of Glazer, based solely on Amendment No. 1 to the Schedule 13G filed by Glazer with the SEC on February 14, 2022 (the “Glazer 13G”). The business address of Glazer Capital, LLC is 250 West 55th Street, Suite 30A, New York, New York 10019.

(10)

Includes 30,000The securities reported herein are held by Corbin Capital Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Corbin LP”) and Corbin Capital Partners GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Corbin GP”), based solely on the Schedule 13G/A filed by Corbin LP with the SEC on February 14, 2023 (the “Corbin 13G/A”). The Corbin 13G/A indicates that Corbin LP and Corbin GP are the beneficial owners of 4,500,000 Class B Ordinary Shares beneficially owned directly by Ms. Byrne.A ordinary shares. The business address of Corbin LP and Corbin GP is 590 Madison Avenue, 31st Floor, New York, NY 10022.

(11)

Includes 10,000The securities reported herein are held by Bank of Montreal, a Canadian investment back and financial services company (“BoM”), Bank of Montreal Holding Inc. (“BMHI”), BMO Nesbitt Burns Holdings Corporation (“BNBHC”), BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. (“BNBI”), Bank of Montreal, New York Branch (“BoM NY”), Bank of Montreal Capital Markets (Holdings) Limited (“BMCMH”) and BMO Capital Markets Limited (“BCML”) based solely on the Schedule 13G filed by BoM with the SEC on February 6, 2023 (the “BoM 13G”). The BoM 13G indicates that BoM is the beneficial owner of 2,934,030 Class B Ordinary Shares beneficially owned directly by Ms. Berry.A ordinary shares. The business address of BoM is 100 King Street West, 21st Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M5X 1A1, Canada.

(12)

The securities reported herein are held by First Trust Capital Management L.P. (“FTCM”) based solely on the Schedule 13G filed by First Trust Merger Arbitrage Fund (“VARBX”) with the SEC on February 14, 2023 (the “FTCM 13G”). The FTCM 13G indicates that FTCM is the beneficial owner 3,958,076 Class A ordinary shares. The business address of FTCM is 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110.

Our Initial Shareholders beneficially own approximately 36.2% of our issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares. Because of its ownership block, our Sponsor may be able to effectively influence the outcome of all other matters requiring approval by our shareholders, including amendments to our Charter and approval of significant corporate transactions.

The founder shares, private placement warrants and any Class A Ordinary Shares issued upon conversion or exercise thereof are each subject to transfer restrictions pursuant to lock-up provisions in the agreement entered into by our sponsor and management team. Our initial shareholders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of their founder shares until the earliest of (A) one year after the completion of our initial business combination and (B) subsequent to our initial business combination, (x) if the closing price of our Class A Ordinary Shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share subdivisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after our initial business combination, or (y) the date on which we complete a liquidation, merger, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of our public shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A Ordinary Shares for cash, securities or other property. The private placement warrants and the respective Class A Ordinary Shares underlying such warrants are not transferable or salable until 30 days

after the completion of our initial business combination. The foregoing restrictions are not applicable to transfers (a) to our officers or directors, any affiliates or family members of any of our officers or directors, any members or partners of our sponsor or their affiliates, any affiliates of our sponsor, or any employees of such affiliates; (b) in the case of an individual, by gift to a member of one of the individual’s immediate family, any estate planning vehicle or to a trust, the beneficiary of which is a member of the individual’s immediate family, an affiliate of such person or to a charitable organization; (c) in the case of an individual, by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of the individual; (d) in the case of an individual, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order; (e) by private sales or transfers made in connection with any forward purchase agreement or similar arrangement or in connection with the consummation of a business combination at prices no greater than the price at which the founder shares, private placement warrants or originally purchased; (f) pro rata distributions from our sponsor to its members, partners, or shareholders pursuant to our sponsor’s operating agreement; (g) by virtue of our sponsor’s organizational documents upon liquidation or dissolution of our sponsor; (h) to the Company for no value for cancellation in connection with the consummation of our initial business combination; (i) in the event of our liquidation prior to the completion of our initial business combination; or (j) in the event of our completion of a liquidation, merger, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction which results in all of our public shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A Ordinary Shares for cash, securities or other property subsequent to our completion of our initial business combination; provided, however, that in the case of clauses (a) through (g) these permitted transferees must enter into a written agreement agreeing to be bound by these transfer restrictions and the other restrictions contained in the letter agreement.

FUTURE SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALSRELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Founder Shares

On December 31, 2020, our Sponsor paid an aggregate of $25,000 for certain expenses on behalf of the Company in exchange for issuance of 14,375,000 Class B Ordinary Shares (the “Founder Shares”). In January 2021, the Sponsor transferred an aggregate of 120,000 Founder Shares to the independent directors, 30,000 Founder Shares to an officer of the company and 30,000 Founder Shares to the Company’s special advisor. The Sponsor agreed to forfeit up to an aggregate of 1,875,000 Founder Shares to the extent that the option to purchase additional Units was not exercised in full by the underwriters, so that the Founder Shares would represent 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares after our initial public offering. On February 25, 2021, the underwriter fully exercised its over-allotment option; thus, these 1,875,000 Founder Shares were no longer subject to forfeiture.

Our Initial Shareholders agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Founder Shares until the earlier to occur of: (A) one year after the completion of the initial business combination or earlier if, subsequent to the initial business combination, the closing price of the Class A Ordinary Share equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, capitalization of shares, share dividends, rights issuances, subdivisions reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the initial business combination, and (B) the date following the completion of the initial business combination on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A Ordinary Shares for cash, securities or other property.

Private Placement Warrants

Simultaneously with the closing of our initial public offering, the Company consummated the Private Placement of 11,333,333 Private Placement Warrants, at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant with the Sponsor, generating gross proceeds of $17.0 million.

Each whole Private Placement Warrant is exercisable for one whole Class A Ordinary Share at a price of $11.50 per share. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Warrants to the Sponsor was added to the proceeds from our initial public offering held in the Trust Account. If the Extension Amendment ProposalCompany does not complete a business combination by the Termination Date, the Private Placement Warrants will expire worthless. The Private Placement Warrants will be non-redeemable except as described in this Report and exercisable on a cashless basis so long as they are held by the Sponsor or its permitted transferees.

The Sponsor, subject to limited exceptions, has agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Private Placement Warrants until 30 days after the completion of the initial business combination.

Related Party Loans

On November 30, 2021, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note (the “2021 Note”) in the principal amount of $400,000 to the Sponsor. The 2021 Note does not bear interest and is approved, we anticipate that we will hold another extraordinary general meeting before the Extension Date to consider and voterepayable in full upon approvalconsummation of a Business Combination Agreement and a Business Combination.business combination. If the Extension Amendment ProposalCompany does not complete a business combination, the 2021 Note shall not be repaid and all amounts owed under it will be forgiven. Upon the consummation of a business combination, the Sponsor shall have the option, but not the obligation, to convert the principal balance of the 2021 Note, in whole or in part, into private placement warrants at a price of $1.50 per private placement warrant. The 2021 Note is not approved, or if it is approved but we do not consummate a Business Combination beforesubject to customary events of default, the Extension Date, Slam will dissolveoccurrence of which automatically trigger the unpaid principal balance of the 2021 Note and liquidate.all other sums payable with regard to the 2021 Note becoming immediately due and payable.

The 2021 Note was issued pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

In addition, in order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with a business combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”). If the Company completes a business combination, the Company may repay the Working Capital Loans out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to the Company. Otherwise, the Working Capital Loans may be repaid only out of funds held outside the Trust Account. In the event that a business combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans but no proceeds held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. The Working Capital Loans would either be repaid upon consummation of a business combination, without interest, or, at the lenders’ discretion, up to $1.5 million of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into warrants of the post business combination entity at a price of $1.50 per warrant. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. On April 6, 2022, May 31, 2022 and August 31, 2022, the Sponsor agreed to loan the Company $150,000, $120,000 and $150,000, respectively, for working capital purposes each of which may be converted into additional private placement warrants, at an exercise price of $1.50 per warrant. On December 28, 2022, the Company issued a working capital loan under an unsecured promissory note in the principal amount of up to $654,000 to our sponsor which may be converted by the lenders at their option into additional private placement warrants, at an exercise price of $1.50 per warrant. On February 23, 2023 the Company issued an unsecured promissory note in the amount of $10,447,000 to our Sponsor. On May 26, 2023 the Company issued an unsecured promissory note in the amount of $700,000 to our Sponsor. The notes do not bear interest and are repayable in full upon consummation of the Company’s initial business combination. As of May 26, 2023, December 31, 2022, and December 31, 2021 there were $6,2221,000, $1,474,000 and $400,000 such loan amounts outstanding. Except for the foregoing, the terms of such Working Capital Loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans.

Administrative Support Agreement

Commencing on the date that the Company’s securities were first listed on Nasdaq through the earlier of the Company’s consummation of a business combination and its liquidation, the Company agreed to pay the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor $10,000 per month for office space, utilities, secretarial and administrative and shared personnel support services provided to members of the Management, pursuant to an administrative support agreement.

In addition, the Sponsor, officers and directors, or any of their respective affiliates will be reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with activities on the Company’s behalf such as identifying potential target businesses and performing due diligence on suitable business combinations. The audit committee reviews on a quarterly basis all payments that were made by the Company to the Sponsor, officers or directors, or the Company’s or their affiliates. Any such payments prior to an initial business combination will be made from funds held outside the Trust Account.

Policy for Approval of Related Party Transactions

The audit committee of our board of directors adopted a charter, providing for the review, approval and/or ratification of “related party transactions,” which are those transactions required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K as promulgated by the SEC, by the audit committee. At its meetings, the audit committee shall be provided with the details of each new, existing, or proposed related party transaction, including the terms of the transaction, any contractual restrictions that the company has already committed to, the business purpose of the transaction, and the benefits of the transaction to the company and to the relevant related party. Any member of the committee who has an interest in the related party transaction under review by the committee shall abstain from voting on the approval of the related party transaction, but may, if so requested by the chairman of the committee, participate in some or all of the committee’s discussions of the related party transaction. Upon completion of its review of the related party transaction, the committee may determine to permit or to prohibit the related party transaction.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

We file reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC as required by the Exchange Act. You can read the Company’s SEC filings, including this proxy statement, over the Internet at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Those filings are also available free of charge to the public on, or accessible through, the Company’s corporate website under the heading “SEC FILINGS” at https://www.slamcorp.com/about/. The Company’s website and the information contained on, or that can be accessed through, the website is not deemed to be incorporated by reference in, and is not considered part of, this proxy statement.

If you would like additional copies of this proxy statement or if you have questions about the proposals to be presented at the Annual General Meeting, you should contact the Company at the following address and telephone number:

Slam Corp.

55 Hudson Yards,

47th Floor, Suite C

New York, NY

10001 (646) 762-8580

Attn: Himanshu Gulati

Email: hgulati@antaracapital.com

You may also obtain these documents by requesting them in writing or by telephone from the Company’s proxy solicitation agent at the following address and telephone number:

Morrow Sodali LLC

333 Ludlow Street

5th Floor, South Tower

Stamford, CT 06902

Individuals, please call toll-free: (800) 662-5200

Banks and brokerages, please call: (203) 658-9400

Email: SLAM.info@investor.morrowsodali.com

If you are a shareholder of the Company and would like to request documents, please do so by June 12, 2023 (one week prior to the Annual General Meeting), in order to receive them before the Annual General Meeting. If you request any documents from us, we will mail them to you by first class mail, or another equally prompt means.

OTHER MATTERS

Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Report and SEC Filings

Our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022, are included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on March 29, 2023 (our “Annual Report”). This proxy statement and our Annual Report are available from the SEC at its website at www.sec.gov. You may also obtain a copy of our Annual Report without charge by sending a written request to Slam Corp., 55 Hudson Yards, 47th Floor, Suite C, New York, NY 10001.

SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS

In addition to any other applicable requirements, for business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a shareholder, our Charter provides that to be timely, a shareholder notice must be received at our principal executive offices not less than 120 calendar days prior to the date of our proxy statement released to shareholders in connection with the prior year’s annual general meeting or, if we did not hold an annual general meeting the previous year, or if the date of the current year’s annual general meeting has been changed by more than 30 days from the date of the previous year’s annual general meeting, then the deadline shall be set by the board of directors with such deadline being a reasonable time before we begin to print and send our related proxy materials.

The Board is aware of no other matter that may be brought before the annual meeting.

HOUSEHOLDING INFORMATION

Unless Slamthe Company has received contrary instructions, Slamthe Company may send a single copy of this proxy statement to any household at which two or more shareholdersstockholders reside if Slamit believes the shareholdersstockholders are members of the same family. This process, known as “householding,” reduces the volume of duplicate information received at any one household and helps to reduce Slam’sthe Company’s expenses. However, if shareholdersstockholders prefer to receive multiple sets of Slam’s disclosure documents at the same address this year or in future years, the shareholdersstockholders should follow the instructions described below. Similarly, if an address is shared with another shareholderstockholder and together both of the shareholdersstockholders would like to receive only a single set of Slam’s disclosure documents, the shareholdersstockholders should follow these instructions:

If the shares are registered in the name of the shareholder,stockholder, the shareholderstockholder should contact us at our offices at Slam Corp., 500 Fifth55 Hudson Yards Avenue, 47th Floor, Suite C, New York, NY 10110,10001, to inform us of his or her request; or

If a bank, broker or other nominee holds the shares, the shareholderstockholder should contact the bank, broker or other nominee directly.

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

Slam files reports, proxy statements andOur board of directors does not know of any other information with the SEC as required by the Exchange Act. You may access information on Slam at the SEC web site, which contains reports, proxy statements and other information, at: http://www.sec.gov.

This proxy statement is available without charge to shareholders of Slam upon written or oral request. If you would like additional copies of this proxy statement or if you have questions about the proposalsmatters to be presented at the ShareholderAnnual General Meeting. If any additional matters are properly presented at the Annual General Meeting, the persons named in the enclosed proxy card will have discretion to vote the shares they represent in accordance with their own judgment on such matters.

It is important that your shares be represented at the Annual General Meeting, regardless of the number of shares that you should contact Slamhold. You are, therefore, urged to complete, sign, date and return, at your earliest convenience, the enclosed proxy card in writing at the envelope that has also been provided.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
May 31, 2023

Slam Corp., 500 Fifth

55 Hudson Yards, 47th Floor, Suite C

New York, New York 10001

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

OF SLAM CORP.

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT

THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

FOR THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

TO BE HELD ON JUNE 23, 2023.

The undersigned, revoking any previous proxies relating to these shares, hereby acknowledges receipt of the Notice and Proxy Statement, dated May 31, 2023, in connection with the annual general meeting (the “Annual General Meeting”) of Slam Corp. (the “Company”) to be held at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on June 23, 2023, at the offices of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, located at 601 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10110.

If youNew York 10022, and via a virtual meeting, and hereby appoints Himanshu Gulati and Chetan Bansal, and each of them (with full power to act alone), the attorneys and proxies of the undersigned, with power of substitution to each, to vote all stock of the Company registered in the name provided, which the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Annual General Meeting, and at any adjournments thereof, with all the powers the undersigned would have questions aboutif personally present. Without limiting the general authorization hereby given, said proxies are, and each of them is, instructed to vote or act as follows on the proposals or thisset forth in the accompanying proxy statement, would like additional copies of this proxy statement, or need to obtain proxy cards or other information related to the proxy solicitation, please contact Morrow Sodali, the proxy solicitor for Slam, by calling (800) 662-5200 (toll-free), or banks and brokers can call (203) 658-9400, or by emailing         .info@investor.morrowsodali.com. You will not be charged for any of the documents that you request.

To obtain timely delivery of the documents, you must request them no later than five business days before the date of the Shareholder Meeting, or no later than January     , 2023.

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500 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10110

EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
OF SLAM CORP.

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT

THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

TO BE HELD ON JANUARY     , 2023.

The undersigned, revoking any previous proxies relating to these shares, hereby acknowledges receipt of the Notice and Proxy Statement, dated                     , 2023, in connection with the extraordinary general meeting (the “Shareholder Meeting”) of Slam Corp. (“Slam”) to be held at                     a.m. Eastern Time on                     , 2023, at the offices of Kirkland & Ellis LLP located at 601 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022, and via a virtual meeting, and hereby appoints and                     , and each of them (with full power to act alone), the attorneys and proxies of the undersigned, with power of substitution to each, to vote all ordinary shares of Slam registered in the name provided, which the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Shareholder Meeting, and at any adjournments thereof, with all the powers the undersigned would have if personally present. Without limiting the general authorization hereby given, said proxies are, and each of them is, instructed to vote or act as follows on the proposals set forth in the accompanying proxy statement/prospectus.

statement.

THIS PROXY, WHEN EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR” PROPOSALS 1, 2, AND 3.

 

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  THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” PROPOSALS 1, 2, AND 3.


Proposal No. 1—The Extension AmendmentDirector Election ProposalRESOLVED,, as a special resolution that:

a)  Article 49.7 of Slam’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following new Article 49.7:

“In the event that the Company does not consummate a Business Combination upon the date which is the later of (i) 25 May 2023 (or 25 February 2024, if applicable under the provisions of this Article 49.7) and (ii) such later date as may be approved by the Members in accordance with the Articles (in any case, such date being referred to as the “Termination Date”), the Company shall (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares, at a per-Share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company (less taxes payable and up to US$100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of the then Public Shares in issue, which redemption will completely extinguish public Members’ rights as Members (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any); and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining Members and the Directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to its obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and other requirements of Applicable Law.

Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provisions of the Articles, in the event that the Company has not consummated a Business Combination within twenty-seven months from the closing of the IPO, the Company may, without another vote of the Members, elect to extend the date to consummate the Business Combination on a monthly basis for up to nine times by an additional one month each time after the twenty-seventh month from the closing of the IPO, byordinary resolution of the Directors, if requested by the Sponsor in writing, and upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable Termination Date, until thirty-six months from the closingholders of the IPO, provided that the Sponsor (or one or moreClass B Ordinary Shares of its Affiliates, members or third-party designees) (the “Lender”) will deposit US$         into the Trust Account for each such monthly extension, for an aggregate deposit of up to US$         (if all nine additional monthly extensions are exercised), in exchange for a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note issued by the Company, that each of Mr. Himanshu Gulati and Mr. Alex Rodriguez be re-appointed as a Class I director on the Company’s board of directors to serve until the Lender. If2026 annual general meeting of the Company, completes a Business Combination, it will, at the option of the Lender, repay the amounts loaned under the promissory noteuntil their respective successors are duly appointed and qualified, or convert a portionuntil their earlier death, resignation or all of the amounts loaned under such promissory note into warrants, which warrants will be identical to the private placement warrants issued to the Sponsor at the time of the IPO. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination by the applicable Termination Date, such promissory note will be repaid only from funds held outside of the Trust Account or will be forfeited, eliminated or otherwise forgiven.”

b)  Article 49.8(a) of Slam’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following new Article 49.8(a):

“to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with a Business Combination or to redeem 100 per cent of the Public Shares if the Company does not consummate a Business Combination within twenty-seven months (or up to thirty-six months, if applicable under the provisions of Article 49.7) from the consummation of the IPO;”

removal.
  

FOR

  

AGAINST

  

ABSTAIN

Proposal No. 2—The Redemption Limitation AmendmentAuditor Ratification Proposal—RESOLVED,, as a specialan ordinary resolution, that:

a)  Article 49.2(b)that the appointment of Slam’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association be deleted in its entirety and replaced withWithumSmith+Brown, P.C. as the following new Article 49.2(b):

“provide Members with the opportunity to have their Shares repurchased by means of a tender offer for a per-Share repurchase price payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, calculated as of two business days prior    to the consummation of such Business Combination, including interest earned on the Trust Account (net of taxes paid or payable, if any), divided by the number of then issued Public Shares. Such obligation to repurchase Shares is subject to the completionindependent registered public accounting firm of the proposed Business Combination to which it relates.”

Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 be ratified, approved and confirmed in all respects.
  

FOR

  

ABSTAINAGAINST

  

ABSTAIN


b)  Article 49.4 of Slam’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following new Article 49.4:

“At a general meeting called for the purposes of approving a Business Combination pursuant to this Article, in the event that such Business Combination is approved by Ordinary Resolution, the Company shall be authorised to consummate such Business Combination.”

c)  The following final sentence of Article 49.5 of Slam’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association be deleted in its entirety:

“The Company shall not redeem Public Shares that would cause the Company’s net tangible assets to be less than US$5,000,001 following such redemptions (the “Redemption Limitation”).”

d)  The following final sentence of Article 49.8 of Slam’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association be deleted in its entirety:

“The Company’s ability to provide such redemption in this Article is subject to the Redemption Limitation.”

Proposal No. 3—The Adjournment Proposal—RESOLVED,, as an ordinary resolution, that the adjournment of the Shareholder Meetingannual general meeting to a later time, date or dates if necessary, (i)and place to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies if, based uponbe determined by the tabulated vote at the timechairman of the Shareholder Meeting, there are insufficient Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share (the “Public Shares”)annual general meeting be and Class B ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share in the capital of Slam represented (either in person or by proxy) to approve the Extension Amendment Proposalis hereby authorized and the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal or (ii) if the holders of Public Shares have elected to redeem an amount of shares in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal or the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal such that Slam would not adhere to the continued listing requirements of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC.approved.  

FOR

  

AGAINST

  

ABSTAIN

Dated:                     , 2023

 

Dated:, 2023
(Signature)
(Signature if held Jointly)jointly)


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PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE PROXY IN THE ENVELOPE ENCLOSED TO CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY. THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR” THE PROPOSAL SET FORTH IN PROPOSALS 1, 2 AND 3 AND WILL GRANT DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY TO VOTE UPON SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENTS THEREOF. THIS PROXY WILL REVOKE ALL PRIOR PROXIES SIGNED BY YOU.