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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): March 19, 2021 (March 15, 2021)
FAST Acquisition Corp. II
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-40214 | 86-1258014 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
109 Old Branchville Road
Ridgefield, CT 06877
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (201) 956-1969
Not
Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
| Units, each consisting of one share of Class A common stock and one-quarter of one redeemable warrant | FZT.U | The New York Stock Exchange | ||
| Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share | FZT | The New York Stock Exchange | ||
| Redeemable warrants, each warrant exercisable for one share of Class A common stock, each at an exercise price of $11.50 per share | FZT.WS | The New York Stock Exchange |
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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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).
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On March 18, 2021, FAST Acquisition Corp. II (the “Company”) consummated its initial public offering (“IPO”) of 20,000,000 units (the “Units”). Each Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”), and one-quarter of one redeemable warrant of the Company (each whole warrant, a “Warrant”), with each Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one share of Class A Common Stock 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 $200,000,000.
In connection with the IPO, the Company entered into the following agreements, forms of which were previously filed as exhibits to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-253661) for the IPO, initially filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on February 26, 2021, as amended (the “Registration Statement”):
| ● | An Underwriting Agreement, dated March 15, 2021, by and between the Company and Jefferies LLC, as representative of the underwriters, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. |
| ● | A Warrant Agreement, dated March 15, 2021, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 4.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. |
| ● | A Letter Agreement, dated March 15, 2021 (the “Letter Agreement”), by and among the Company, its executive officers, its directors and FAST Sponsor II LLC (the “Sponsor”), a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. |
| ● | An Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated March 15, 2021, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.2 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. |
| ● | A Registration Rights Agreement, dated March 15, 2021, by and between the Company and the Sponsor, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.3 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. |
| ● | A Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement, dated March 15, 2021, by and between the Company and the Sponsor (the “Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement”), a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.4 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. |
Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, pursuant to the Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement, the Company completed the private sale of 4,000,000 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) to the Sponsor at a purchase price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $6,000,000. The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Warrants included as part of the Units sold in the IPO, except that the Private Placement Warrants, so long as they are held by the Sponsor or its permitted transferees, (i) are not redeemable by the Company, (ii) may not (including the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants), subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold until 30 days after the completion of the Company’s initial business combination, (iii) may be exercised on a cashless basis and (iv) are entitled to registration rights. No underwriting discounts or commissions were paid with respect to such sale. The issuance of the Private Placement Warrants was made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
In connection with the IPO, on March 15, 2021, Kevin M. Reddy, Sandy Beall, Eugene Remm, Sanjay Chadda, Alice Elliot, Ramin Arani, Michael Lastoria, Steve Kassin and Cliff Moskowitz (collectively, the “Directors”) were appointed to the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”). The Board has determined that Sanjay Chadda, Alice Elliot, Ramin Arani, Michael Lastoria, Steve Kassin and Cliff Moskowitz are independent directors within the meaning of applicable SEC and NYSE rules. Effective March 15, 2021, Mr. Chadda, Ms. Elliot and Mr. Arani were appointed to the Board’s Audit Committee, with Mr. Arani serving as chair of the Audit Committee. Effective March 15, 2021, Mr. Arani, Mr. Chadda and Ms. Elliot were appointed to the Board’s Compensation Committee, with Ms. Elliot serving as chair of the Compensation Committee. Effective March 15, 2021, Mr. Arani, Ms. Elliot and Mr. Chadda were appointed to the Board’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, with Mr. Chadda serving as chair of the Compensation Committee.
Following the appointment of the Directors, the Board is comprised of the following three classes: the term of office of the first class of directors, Class I, consists of Mr. Chadda, Ms. Elliot and Mr. Kassin and will expire at the Company’s first annual meeting of stockholders; the term of office of the second class of directors, Class II, consists of Mr. Reddy, Mr. Arani and Mr. Beall and will expire at the Company’s second annual meeting of stockholders; and the term of office of the third class of directors, Class III, consists of Mr. Lastoria, Mr. Moskowitz and Mr. Remm and will expire at the Company’s third annual meeting of stockholders.
On March 15, 2021, in connection with his or her appointment to the Board, each Director entered into the Letter Agreement as well as an indemnity agreement with the Company in the form previously filed as Exhibit 10.5 to the Registration Statement.
Other than the foregoing, none of the Directors are party to any arrangement or understanding with any person pursuant to which they were appointed as directors nor are they party to any transactions required to be disclosed under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K involving the Company.
The foregoing descriptions of the Letter Agreement and the form of indemnity agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entireties by reference to the Letter Agreement and form of indemnity agreement, copies of which are attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and Exhibit 10.5 to the Registration Statement, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.03. Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On March 15, 2021, in connection with the IPO, the Company adopted its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Amended Charter”), effective the same day. The terms of the Amended Charter are set forth in the Registration Statement and are incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the Amended Charter is attached as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
A total of $200,000,000, comprised of $196,000,000 of the proceeds from the IPO (which amount includes $7,000,000 of the deferred underwriting discount) and $4,000,000 of the proceeds of the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, was placed in a trust account at J.P. 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 and up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses, the funds held in the trust account will not be released from the trust account until the earliest of (i) the completion of the Company’s initial business combination, (ii) the redemption of any of the shares of Class A Common Stock included in the Units sold in the IPO (the “public shares”) properly submitted in connection with a stockholder vote to amend the Company’s Amended Charter (A) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of the public shares if it does not complete its initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of the IPO or (B) with respect to any other material provisions relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity or (iii) the redemption of the Company’s public shares if it is unable to complete its initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of the IPO, subject to applicable law.
On March 15, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of the IPO, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
On March 18, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the IPO, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| (d) | Exhibits |
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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.
| FAST ACQUISITION CORP. II | |||
| By: | /s/ Sandy Beall | ||
| Name: | Sandy Beall | ||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | ||
| Dated: March 19, 2021 | |||
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