The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. These securities may not be sold until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS
$200,000,000
Crixus BH3 Acquisition Company
20,000,000 Units
Crixus BH3 Acquisition Company is a newly incorporated 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, which we refer to throughout this prospectus as our “initial business combination.” We have not identified any business combination target and we have not, nor has anyone on our behalf, initiated any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any business combination target. Although we may pursue targets in any industry or sector, we intend to focus our efforts on businesses that manage, finance, operate, construct, control, own or support real estate or which derive a large component of revenue from real estate, construction or infrastructure related activities.
This is an initial public offering of our securities. Each unit has an offering price of $10.00 and consists of one share of our Class A common stock and one-half of one redeemable warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of our Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment, terms and limitations as described in this prospectus. The underwriters have a 45-day option from the date of this prospectus to purchase up to 3,000,000 additional units to cover over-allotments, if any.
We will provide our public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their shares of our Class A common stock upon the completion of our initial business combination, subject to the limitations described in this prospectus. If we have not completed an initial business combination within 18 months from the closing of this offering (or 21 months or 24 months, as applicable, from the closing of this offering if we were to extend the period of time to consummate our initial business combination, as described in more detail in this prospectus), we will redeem 100% of the public shares for cash, subject to applicable law and certain conditions as described in this prospectus.
Our sponsor, Crixus BH3 Sponsor LLC has agreed to purchase an aggregate of 6,000,000 warrants (or 6,400,000 warrants if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), at a price of $1.50 per whole warrant in a private placement that will close simultaneously with this offering. We refer to these warrants throughout this prospectus as the “private placement warrants.” Each whole private placement warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of our Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustments as described in this prospectus.
Our initial stockholders currently hold 5,750,000 shares of our Class B common stock (up to 750,000 shares of which are subject to forfeiture by our sponsor depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised). The shares of Class B common stock will automatically convert into shares of our Class A common stock on the first business day following the completion of our initial business combination as described in this prospectus. Prior to our initial business combination, only holders of shares of our Class B common stock will be entitled to vote on the election of directors.
Certain qualified institutional buyers or institutional accredited investors which are not affiliated with us, our sponsor, our directors or any member of our management, and which we refer to collectively as the anchor investors throughout this prospectus, have expressed to us an interest in purchasing up to an aggregate of approximately 19,980,000 units in this offering (which amount will not change if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised) at the public offering price of $10.00. No anchor investor is expected to purchase more than 9.9% of the units in this offering (without giving effect to the over-allotment option). We have agreed to direct the underwriters to sell to the anchor investors up to such number of units and such allocations will be determined by the underwriters, subject to our satisfying the Nasdaq initial listing requirement that we have a minimum of 300 round lot holders of our units. There can be no assurance that the anchor investors will acquire any units in this offering, or as to the amount of such units the anchor investors will retain, if any, prior to or upon the consummation of our initial business combination. There is also no guarantee that all or any anchor investors will participate in the offering. Assuming that each anchor investor purchases the number of units for which it has provided an indication of interest, the anchor investors will own, in the aggregate, up to approximately % of the outstanding shares of our common stock (or up to % if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) upon the completion of this offering. In consideration of these purchases, our sponsor has entered (or hereinafter may enter) into an investment agreement with each of the anchor investors pursuant to which our sponsor has sold (or hereinafter may agree to sell) up to an aggregate of 1,250,000 founder shares, at their original purchase price of approximately $0.004 per share. Since our sponsor has (or may be) transferring founder shares held by it to the anchor investors and we are not issuing any new shares of Class B common stock, there will be no dilutive impact on the other investors in this offering. For a discussion of certain additional arrangements with the anchor investors, see “Summary — The Offering — Expressions of Interest.”
Currently, there is no public market for our units, shares of our Class A common stock or warrants. We intend to apply to have our units listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbol “BHACU” on or promptly after the date of this prospectus. We cannot guarantee that our securities will be approved for listing on Nasdaq. We expect the shares of our Class A common stock and warrants comprising the units will begin separate trading on Nasdaq under the symbols “BHAC” and “BHACW.” respectively, on the 52nd day following the date of this prospectus (or, if such date is not a business day, the following business day) unless Guggenheim Securities, LLC and BTIG, LLC (collectively, the “representatives”) inform us of their decision to allow earlier separate trading, subject to our filing a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), containing an audited balance sheet reflecting our receipt of the gross proceeds of this offering and issuing a press release announcing when such separate trading will begin.