| FORM 3 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
| 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 01/12/2021 | 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Pontem Corp [ PNTM ] | |||||||||||||
| 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
| 5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) | ||||||||||||||
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | |||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) | 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) |
| Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) | ||
| Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||
| Class B ordinary shares | (1) | (1) | Class A ordinary shares | 8,542,500(2) | (1) | I(3) | By Pontem LLC |
| Class B ordinary shares | (1) | (1) | Class A ordinary shares | 8,542,500(2) | (1) | I(4) | By HSM-Invest |
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. As described in the issuer's registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-251756) under the heading "Description of Securities-Founder Shares", the Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001, will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001, of the issuer at the time of the issuer's initial business combination transaction on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment for share splits, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like, and certain anti-dilution rights and have no expiration date. |
| 2. The Class B ordinary shares indirectly owned by the reporting person include up to 1,125,000 shares that are subject to forfeiture to the extent the underwriters of the initial public offering of the issuer's securities do not exercise in full their over-allotment option as described in the issuer's registration statement. |
| 3. The Class B ordinary shares are owned directly by Pontem LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Sponsor"). The Sponsor is managed by a board of managers comprised of Burak Alici and Hubertus Muehlhaeuser, who control the Sponsor. Accordingly, Messrs. Alici and Muehlhaeuser have voting and investment discretion with respect to the securities held by the Sponsor, and may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of the securities held directly by the Sponsor. Each of Messrs. Alici and Muehlhaeuser disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and the inclusion of these securities in this report shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership of all of the reported securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose. |
| 4. Hubertus Muehlhaeuser controls HSM-Invest, and, as such, has voting and investment discretion with respect to the securities held by HSM-Invest and may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of the securities held directly by HSM-Invest. Hubertus Muehlhaeuser disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and the inclusion of these securities in this report shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership of all of the reported securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose. |
| Remarks: |
| Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney |
| /s/ Nina Murphy as attorney in fact for Hubertus Muehlhaeuser | 01/12/2021 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5 (b)(v). | ||
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). | ||
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
| Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. | ||
