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): June 18, 2021

ZIMMER ENERGY TRANSITION ACQUISITION CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 371-8688

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On June 18, 2021, Zimmer Energy Transition Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) consummated its initial public offering (the “IPO”) of 34,500,000 units (the “Units”) at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit (which includes the exercise in full of the underwriters’ option to purchase an additional 4,500,000 Units at the initial public offering price to cover over-allotments) and a private placement with ZETA Sponsor LLC of 10,550,000 private placement warrants at a price of $1.00 per whole warrant (the “Private Placement”). The net proceeds from the IPO together with certain of the proceeds from the Private Placement, $345,000,000 in the aggregate (the “Offering Proceeds”), were placed in a trust account established for the benefit of the Company’s public stockholders and the underwriters of the IPO with 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 tax obligations, the funds held in the trust account will not be released from the trust account until the earliest of: (1) the completion of the Company’s initial business combination; (2) the redemption of any public shares properly submitted in connection with a stockholder vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (A) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of the public shares if the Company does not complete its initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of the IPO or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to the rights of holders of the Company’s Class A Common Stock or pre-initial business combination activity; and (3) the redemption of the public shares if the Company is unable to complete its business combination within 24 months from the closing of the IPO, subject to applicable law.

An audited balance sheet as of June 18, 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.

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: June 24, 2021