UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 9, 2021 (September 2, 2021)
Digital World Acquisition Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-40779 | 85-4293042 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
78 SW 7th Street
Miami, Florida 33130
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (305) 735-1517
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
| Units, each consisting of one share of Class A common stock, and one-half of one Redeemable Warrant | DWACU | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||
| Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share | DWAC | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||
| Redeemable Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 | DWACW | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company x
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨
Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On September 8, 2021, Digital World Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), consummated its initial public offering (the “IPO”) of 28,750,000 units (the “Units”), including 3,750,000 Units issued to the underwriters upon full exercise of their over-allotment option. Each Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class A Common Stock”) and one-half of one redeemable warrant of the Company (“Warrant”), with each whole Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one share of Class A Common Stock for $11.50 per share. The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $287,500,000.
In connection with the IPO, the Company entered into the following agreements, forms of which were previously filed as exhibits to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-256472) for the IPO, originally filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on May 26, 2021 (as amended, the “Registration Statement”):
| ● | An Underwriting Agreement, dated September 2, 2021, by and between the Company and EF Hutton, a division of Benchmark Investments, LLC (the “Representative”), a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. |
| ● | A Warrant Agreement, dated September 2, 2021, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 4.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. |
| ● | A Letter Agreement, dated September 2, 2021, by and among the Company, its officers and directors and the Company’s sponsor, ARC Global Investments II LLC (the “Sponsor”), a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. |
| ● | An Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated September 2, 2021, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.2 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. |
| ● | A Registration Rights Agreement, dated September 2, 2021, by and among the Company and certain security holders, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.3 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. |
| ● | A Unit Subscription Agreement, dated September 2, 2021 (the “Unit Subscription Agreement”), by and between the Company and the Sponsor, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.4 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. |
| ● | An Administrative Support Agreement, dated September 2, 2021, by and between the Company and Benessere Enterprises Inc., a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.5 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. |
Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, pursuant to the Unit Subscription Agreement, the Company completed the private sale of 1,133,484 units (the “Private Placement Units”) to the Sponsor at a purchase price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $11,334,840. The Private Placement Units are identical to the Units sold as part of the Units in the IPO, except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement. No underwriting discounts or commissions were paid with respect to such sale. The issuance of the Private Placement Units was made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On September 2, 2021, in connection with the IPO, Bruce J. Garelick, Justin L. Shaner, Eric Swider and Rodrigo Veloso were appointed to the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”). Messrs. Garelick, Shaner, Swider and Veloso are independent directors. Effective September 2, 2021, Messrs. Shaner and Swider and Lee Jacobson, were appointed to the Board’s Audit Committee and the Board’s Compensation Committee, with Mr. Swider serving as chair of the Audit Committee and Mr. Shaner serving as chair of the Compensation Committee.
Following the appointment of Messrs. Garelick, Shaner, Swider and Veloso, the Board is comprised of the following three classes: the term of office of the first class of directors, Class I, consists of Messrs. Shaner and Veloso and will expire at the Company’s first annual meeting of shareholders; the term of office of the second class of directors, Class II, consists of Messrs. Garelick and Swider and will expire at the Company’s second annual meeting of shareholders; and the term of office of the third class of directors, Class III, consists of Patrick Orlando and Lee Jacobson and will expire at the Company’s third annual meeting of shareholders.
On September 2, 2021, in connection with their appointments to the Board, each member of the Board entered into the Letter Agreement as well as an indemnity agreement with the Company in the forms previously filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.6, respectively, to the Registration Statement.
Other than the foregoing, none of the directors are party to any arrangement or understanding with any person pursuant to which they were appointed as directors, nor are they party to any transactions required to be disclosed under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K involving the Company.
The foregoing descriptions of the Letter Agreement and the form of indemnity agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entireties by reference to the Letter Agreement and form of indemnity agreement, copies of which are attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and Exhibit 10.8 to the Registration Statement, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.03. Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On September 2, 2021, in connection with the IPO, the Company filed its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, effective the same day. The terms of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation are set forth in the Registration Statement and are incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation is attached as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
A total of $298,834,840, comprised of $287,500,000 of the proceeds from the IPO (which amount includes $10,062,500 of the underwriters’ deferred discount) and $11,334,840 of the proceeds of the sale of the Private Placement Units, was placed in a U.S.-based trust account, maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the trust account that may be released to the Company to pay its taxes (less up to $100,000 interest to pay dissolution expenses), the funds held in the trust account will not be released from the trust account until the earliest of (i) the completion of the Company’s initial business combination, (ii) the redemption of any of the Company’s public shares properly submitted in connection with a stockholder vote to amend the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (A) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with its initial business combination or to redeem 100% of its public shares if the Company does not complete its initial business combination within 12 months from the closing of the IPO (or up to 18 months from the closing of the IPO if extended) or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity, and (iii) the redemption of all of the Company’s public shares if it has not completed the initial business combination within 12 months from the closing of the IPO (or up to 18 months from the closing of the IPO if extended), subject to applicable law.
On September 2, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of the IPO, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
On September 8, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the IPO, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
The following exhibits are being filed herewith:
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: September 9, 2021
| DIGITAL WORLD ACQUISITION CORP. | ||
| By: | /s/ Patrick Orlando | |
| Patrick Orlando | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||