| Item 7.01 |
Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On July 28, 2023, Blue Whale Acquisition Corp I (the “Company”) announced that we would not complete our initial business combination by August 6, 2023, the deadline for the Company to complete our initial business combination. A copy of an announcement by the Company related to such determination is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
The information in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Due to the Company not completing a business combination by August 6, 2023, following August 6, 2023, as disclosed in the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 declared effective on August 3, 2021 (File No. 333-257816), the Company will as promptly as possible, but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem (the “Redemption”) 100% of the Company’s issued and outstanding Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Public Shares”). The Redemption is expected to be completed on August 18, 2023 (the “Expected Redemption Date”). In the Redemption, funds held in the Company’s trust account, less $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses and net of taxes payable, will be distributed to each holder of Public Shares on a pro rata basis (such amount, the “Redemption Amount”). Based upon the amount held in the trust account as of July 26, 2023, which was $232,965,073.07, the Company estimates that the per-share Redemption Amount will be approximately $10.15. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to the Company’s warrants, which will expire worthless upon the liquidation of the Company.
The Company anticipates that the Public Shares, as well as the Company’s publicly traded units and warrants, will cease trading as of the close of business on August 4, 2023. On the Expected Redemption Date, the Public Shares will be deemed cancelled and will represent only the right to receive the Redemption Amount. The Company expects that The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC will file a Form 25 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) to delist the Company’s securities. Thereafter, the Company will file a Form 15 with the Commission to terminate the registration of its securities under the Exchange Act.
Beneficial owners of the Public Shares held in “street name,” will not need to take any action in order to receive their pro rata portion of the Redemption Amount. Holders of registered Public Shares will need to present their respective share certificates to the Company’s transfer agent, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, to receive their pro rata portion of the Redemption Amount.
Forward Looking Statements
This report may include “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this report are forward-looking statements. When used in this report, words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend” and similar expressions, as they relate to the Company or its management team, identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of management, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, the Company’s management. Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors detailed in the Company’s filings with the SEC. All subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are qualified in their entirety by this paragraph. Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous conditions, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, including those set forth in the Risk Factors section of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 24, 2023 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 22, 2023, and as those may be further amended and/or supplemented in subsequent filings with the SEC. Copies of such filings are available on the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this report, except as required by law.