SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED NOVEMBER 24, 2021
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS
The Growth for Good Acquisition Corporation
$220,000,000
22,000,000 Units
The Growth for Good Acquisition Corporation is a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities, which we refer to as our initial business combination. We have not selected any specific business combination target and we have not, nor has anyone on our behalf, engaged in any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any business combination target with respect to an initial business combination with us. We will not be limited to a particular industry or geographic region in our identification and acquisition of a target company.
This is an initial public offering of our securities. Each unit has an offering price of $10.00 and consists of one Class A ordinary share, one right and one-half of one redeemable warrant. Each right entitles the holder thereof to receive one-sixteenth (1/16) of one Class A ordinary share upon the consummation of our initial business combination. As a result, you must have 16 rights in order to receive a Class A ordinary share at the closing of our initial business combination. Each whole warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment, terms and limitations as described herein. Only whole warrants are exercisable. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the units and only whole warrants will trade. The warrants will become exercisable on the later of 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination and 12 months from the closing of this offering, and will expire five years after the completion of our initial business combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation, as described in this prospectus. Subject to the terms and conditions described in this prospectus, we may redeem the warrants once the warrants become exercisable. The underwriters have a 45-day option from the date of this prospectus to purchase up to 3,300,000 additional units to cover over-allotments, if any.
We will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Class A ordinary shares upon the completion of our initial business combination, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account described below, calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account (net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then outstanding Class A ordinary shares that were sold as part of the units in this offering, which we refer to collectively as our public shares, subject to the limitations described herein. If we have not completed our initial business combination within 18 months from the closing of this offering (or within 21 months from the closing of this offering, subject to certain conditions, including the deposit of a total of $2,200,000 or $2,530,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full ($0.10 per unit in either case) into the trust account, or as extended by a shareholder vote), we will redeem 100% of 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 (net of taxes payable and less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, subject to applicable law and certain conditions as described herein.
Our sponsor, G4G Sponsor LLC, has committed to purchase 734,000 private placement units (or 800,000 private placement units if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), at a price of $10.00 per unit in a private placement to occur concurrently with the closing of this offering for an aggregate purchase price of $7,340,000 (or $8,000,000 if the over-allotment option is exercised in full) that will close simultaneously with the closing of this offering. The private placement units are identical to the units sold in this offering, subject to certain limited exceptions, including that the private placement units do not contain rights, among other exceptions, as described in this prospectus.
Our initial shareholders currently own 6,325,000 Class B ordinary shares, up to 825,000 of which are subject to forfeiture depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised. The Class B ordinary shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares at the time of our initial business combination or earlier at the option of the holders thereof as described herein. Prior to our initial business combination, only holders of our Class B ordinary shares will be entitled to vote on the appointment of directors and holders of a majority of our Class B ordinary shares may remove a member of the board of directors for any reason. On any other matter submitted to a vote of our shareholders, holders of the Class B ordinary shares and holders of the Class A ordinary shares will vote together as a single class, except as required by law or the applicable rules of the Nasdaq Global Market, or the “Nasdaq,” then in effect. In addition, in a vote to continue the company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands (which requires, pursuant to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, approval of a special resolution, being either the affirmative vote of holders of at least two-thirds of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares who attend and vote at a general meeting, or a unanimous written resolution of all shareholders entitled to vote), holders of our Class B ordinary shares will have 10 votes for every Class B ordinary share and holders of our Class A ordinary shares will have one vote for every Class A ordinary share.
Our sponsor and each member of our management team have agreed that upon and subject to the completion of the initial business combination, 25% of the founder shares then held by the sponsor shall be considered to be newly unvested shares, one-half of which will vest only if the closing price of our Class A ordinary shares on Nasdaq equals or exceeds $12.50 for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading-day period, on or after the first anniversary of the closing of the initial business combination but before the fifth anniversary; and one-half of which will vest only if the closing price of our Class A ordinary shares on Nasdaq equals or exceeds $15.00 for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading-day period, on or after the first anniversary of the closing of the initial business combination but before the fifth anniversary. Founder shares, if any, that remain unvested at the fifth anniversary of the closing of the initial business combination will be forfeited.
Currently, there is no public market for our securities. We have applied to list our units on Nasdaq under the symbol “GFGDU.” We expect that the Class A ordinary shares, rights and warrants comprising the units will begin separate trading on Nasdaq under the symbols “GFGD,” “GFGDR” and “GFGDW,” respectively, on the 52nd day following the date of this prospectus unless Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Barclays Capital Inc., the representatives of the underwriters, permit earlier separate trading and we have satisfied certain conditions. We cannot guarantee that our securities will be approved for listing on Nasdaq.
We are an “emerging growth company” and a “smaller reporting company” under applicable federal securities laws and will be subject to reduced public company reporting requirements. No offer or invitation to subscribe for securities may be made to the public in the Cayman Islands.
Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page
37 for a discussion of information that should be considered in connection with an investment in our securities. Investors will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investors in Rule 419 blank check offerings.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
| | | Per Unit | | | Total | |
Public offering price | | | | $ | 10.00 | | | | | $ | 220,000,000 | | |
Underwriting discounts and commissions(1) | | | | $ | 0.55 | | | | | $ | 12,100,000 | | |
Proceeds, before expenses, to us | | | | $ | 9.45 | | | | | $ | 207,900,000 | | |
(1)
Includes $0.35 per unit, or an aggregate of $7,700,000 (or $8,855,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), payable to the underwriters for deferred underwriting commissions to be placed in a trust account located in the United States as described herein and released to the underwriters only upon the consummation of an initial business combination. See also “Underwriting” for a description of compensation and other items of value payable to the underwriters.
Of the proceeds we receive from this offering and the sale of the private placement units described in this prospectus, $220,000,000, or $253,000,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full ($10.00 per unit in either case), will be deposited into a U.S. based trust account with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee, and $2,940,000 million will be available to pay fees and expenses in connection with this offering and for working capital following this offering.
The underwriters are offering the units for sale on a firm commitment basis. The underwriters expect to deliver the units to the purchasers on or about , 2021.
Joint Book-Running Managers
Credit SuisseBarclays
, 2021