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| EX-99.1 - AUDITED BALANCE SHEET - Accelerate Acquisition Corp. | ea137780ex99-1_accelerateacq.htm |
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 22, 2021
Accelerate Acquisition Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-40232 | 86-1209097 | ||
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
51 John F. Kennedy Parkway
Short Hills, New Jersey 07078
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(973) 314-3060
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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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| 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, $0.0001 par value per share, and one-third of one redeemable warrant | AAQC.U | New York Stock Exchange | ||
| Class A common stock included as part of the units | AAQC | New York Stock Exchange | ||
| Warrants included as part of the units, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 | AAQC WS | New York Stock Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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 8.01. Other Events.
On March 22, 2021, Accelerate Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) consummated an initial public offering (the “IPO”) of 40,000,000 units (the “Units”) at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, and a private placement with Accelerate Acquisition Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”) of an aggregate of 7,333,333 private placement warrants at a price of $1.50 per warrant (the “Private Placement”). The net proceeds from the IPO and certain of the proceeds from the Private Placement of $400,000,000 in the aggregate (the “Offering Proceeds”), were placed in a trust account established for the benefit of the Company’s public stockholders and the underwriter of the IPO with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee. Except for the withdrawal from interest earned on the Offering Proceeds in the trust account to fund franchise and income taxes payable, or upon the redemption by public stockholders of Class A common stock in connection with certain amendments to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, none of the funds held in the trust account will be released until the earlier of the completion of the Company’s initial business combination or the redemption of 100% of the shares of Class A common stock included in the Units and issued by the Company in the IPO if the Company is unable to consummate an initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of the IPO.
An audited balance sheet as of March 22, 2021 reflecting receipt of the Offering Proceeds has been issued by the Company and is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| (d) | Exhibits. | |
| 99.1 | Audited Balance Sheet |
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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.
Dated: March 26, 2021
| ACCELERATE ACQUISITION CORP. | ||
| By: | /s/ Robert Nardelli | |
| Name: | Robert Nardelli | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
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