As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 12, 2020.

Registration No. 333-

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

BETTER WORLD ACQUISITION CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware		6770		85-2448447
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

733 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10017
(212) 450-9700

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

Rosemary L. Ripley
Chief Executive Officer
733 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10017
(212) 450-9700

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

Copies to:

Douglas S. Ellenoff, Esq. Stuart Neuhauser, Esq. Joshua N. Englard, Esq. Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP 1345 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10105 Telephone: (212) 370-1300

David Alan Miller, Esq. Jeffrey M. Gallant, Esq. Graubard Miller The Chrysler Building 405 Lexington Avenue New York, New York 10174 Telephone: (212) 818-8800

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.

 

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 check the following box. ☐

 

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☒ 333-249374

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer		☐		Accelerated filer		☒
Non-accelerated filer		☒		Smaller reporting company		☐
				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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

 

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of Each Class of Security Being Registered		Amount Being Registered		Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Security(1)				Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price(1)				Amount of Registration Fee
Units, each consisting of one share of common stock, $0.0001 par value, and one redeemable Warrant(2)		1,150,000 Units		$	10.00			$	11,500,000			$	1,255
Shares of common stock included as part of the Units(3)		1,150,000 Shares			—				—				—	(4)
Redeemable warrants included as part of the Units(3)		1,150,000 Warrants			—				—				—	(4)
Total								$	11,500,000			$	1,255	(5)

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(1)      Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.

(2)      Represents only the additional number of securities being registered. Does not include the securities that the Registrant previously registered on the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-249374).

(3)      Pursuant to Rule 416, there are also being registered an indeterminable number of additional securities as may be issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.

(4)      No fee pursuant to Rule 457(g).

(5)      The Registrant previously registered securities having a proposed maximum aggregate offering price of $115,000,000 on its Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-249374), which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 12, 2020. In accordance with Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, an additional number of securities having a proposed maximum offering price of $11,500,000 is hereby registered, which includes securities issuable upon the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option.

 

The Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This Registration Statement on Form S-1 is being filed with respect to the registration of 1,150,000 additional units of Better World Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”), each consisting of one share of common stock and one redeemable warrant, pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and General Instruction V to Form S-1. Each warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to certain adjustments. This Registration Statement relates to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-249374) (the “Prior Registration Statement”), initially filed by the Registrant on October 7, 2020 and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 12, 2020. The required opinion of counsel and related consent and accountant’s consent are attached hereto and filed herewith. Pursuant to Rule 462(b), the contents of the Prior Registration Statement, including the exhibits thereto, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.

 

 

PART II

 

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 16.

Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

 

(a) Exhibits. All exhibits filed with or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (SEC File No. 333-249374) are incorporated by reference into, and shall be deemed a part of, this Registration Statement, and the following additional exhibits are filed herewith, as part of this Registration Statement:

 

Exhibit No.		Description
5.1		Opinion of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP
23.1		Consent of Marcum LLP
23.2		Consent of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24		Power of Attorney (included in signature page to the Registrant’s Prior Registration Statement (File No. 333-249374), filed on October 7, 2020.

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in New York, New York, on November 12, 2020.

		BETTER WORLD ACQUISITION CORP.
		By:		/s/ Rosemary L. Ripley
		Name:		Rosemary L. Ripley
		Title:		Chief Executive Officer

 

Name		Position		Date
/s/ Rosemary L. Ripley		Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President		November 12, 2020
Rosemary L. Ripley		(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Peter S.H. Grubstein		Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer		November 12, 2020
Peter S.H. Grubstein		(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) and Director