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): December 17, 2021
Pearl Holdings Acquisition Corp
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Cayman Islands | 001-41165 | 98-1593935 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 767 Third Avenue, 11th Floor New York, NY | 10017 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(212) 457-1540
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934:
Title for each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
| Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share and one-half of one redeemable warrant | PRLHU | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||
| Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share | PRLH | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||
| Redeemable warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50 | PRLHW | 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 ☒
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 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
Pearl Holdings Acquisition Corp (the “Company”) plans to disseminate through its website certain information to the market, its investors, potential targets and others regarding certain matters in connection with the Company’s business operations and other information, including potentially material information. Such information and future updates will be placed on the “News” section of Company’s website at www.pearlhac.com. It is possible that certain information that the Company posts on its website could be deemed to be material information, and the Company encourages investors, the media and others interested in the Company to review the business and financial information that the Company posts on its website, as such information could be deemed to be material information.
The information contained in this Item 7.01 is being “furnished” by the Company and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of or otherwise subject to liabilities under Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into our filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, other than to the extent that such filing incorporated by reference any or all of such information by express reference thereto.
| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On December 17, 2021, the Company consummated its initial public offering (the “IPO”) of 17,500,000 units (the “Units”). Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (an “Ordinary Share”), and one-half of one redeemable warrant of the Company. Each whole warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Ordinary Share for $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $175,000,000.
Substantially concurrently with the closing of the IPO, the Company completed the private sale of 9,000,000 private placement warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a purchase price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant, to the Company’s sponsor, Pearl Holdings Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”), generating gross proceeds to the Company of $9,000,000. The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the warrants sold as part of the Units in the IPO except that, so long as they are held by the Sponsor or its permitted transferees: (1) the Private Placement Warrants will not be redeemable by us; (2) the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Private Placement Warrants may be subject to certain transfer restrictions contained in the Letter Agreement by and among the Company, the Sponsor and any other parties thereto, as amended from time to time; (3) the Private Placement Warrants may be exercised by the holders on a cashless basis; and (4) the holders of Private Placement Warrants (including the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of such warrants) are entitled to registration rights.
A total of $178,500,000, comprised of proceeds from the IPO and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, was placed in a U.S.-based trust account at JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the trust account that may be released to the Company to pay its taxes, if any, the funds held in the trust account will not be released from the trust account until the earliest to occur of: (1) the completion of the Company’s initial business combination; (2) the redemption of any public shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (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 18 months (or up to 24 months if the Sponsor exercises its extension options) from the closing of the IPO or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity; and (3) the redemption of the Company’s public shares if the Company has not completed its initial business combination within 18 months (or up to 24 months if the Sponsor exercises its extension options) from the closing of the IPO, subject to applicable law.
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In connection with the IPO, the Company entered into the following agreements, the forms of which were previously filed as exhibits to the Company registration statement (File No. 333-261319):
| ● | Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company. |
| ● | An Underwriting Agreement, dated December 14, 2021, between the Company and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC. |
| ● | A Warrant Agreement, dated December 14, 2021, between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent. |
| ● | A Letter Agreement, dated December 14, 2021, among the Company, the Sponsor and the Company’s officers and directors. |
| ● | An Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated December 14, 2021, between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee. |
| ● | A Registration Rights Agreement, dated December 14, 2021, among the Company, the Sponsor and certain other security holders named therein. |
| ● | A Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement, dated December 14, 2021, between the Company and the Sponsor. |
| ● | A Support Services Agreement, dated December 14, 2021, between the Company and the Sponsor. |
On December 14, 2021, the Company issued a press release, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, announcing the pricing of the IPO.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed with this Form 8-K: |
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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.
Date: December 17, 2021
| Pearl Holdings Acquisition Corp | |||
| By: | /s/ Craig E. Barnett | ||
| Name: | Craig E. Barnett | ||
| Title: | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | ||
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