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As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 11, 2018

Registration No. 333-                    

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

Far Point Acquisition Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   6770   82-4710750

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

 

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

390 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10022

(212) 715-3880

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

David W. Bonanno

c/o Third Point LLC

390 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10022

(212) 715-3880

(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

 

 

Copies to:

 

Douglas S. Ellenoff, Esq.

Stuart Neuhauser, Esq.

Jeffrey W. Rubin, Esq.

Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP

1345 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10105

Tel: (212) 370-1300

Fax: (212) 370-7889

 

Gregg Noel, Esq.

Jonathan Ko, Esq.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

300 South Grand Avenue, Suite 3400

Los Angeles, CA 90071

Tel: (213) 687-5000

Fax: (213) 687-5600

 

 

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.  ☒333-225093

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, 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. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer      Accelerated filer  
Non-accelerated filer   ☒ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    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 Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value, and one-third of one redeemable warrant(2)

  5,750,000 Units   $10.00   $57,500,000   $7,158.75

Shares of Class A common stock included as part of the units(3)

  5,750,000 Shares   —     —     —(4)

Redeemable warrants included as part of the units(3)

  1,916,667 Warrants   —     —     —(4)

Total

          $57,500,000   $7,158.75(5)

 

 

(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. 333-225093).
(3) Pursuant to Rule 416(a), 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 $575,000,000 on its Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-225093), which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 11, 2018. In accordance with Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, an additional number of securities having a proposed maximum offering price of $57,500,000 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 5,750,000 additional units of Far Point Acquisition Corporation., a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”), each consisting of one share of Class A common stock and one-third of 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 whole warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to certain adjustments, and only whole warrants are exercisable. This Registration Statement relates to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-225093) (the “Prior Registration Statement”), initially filed by the Registrant on May 22, 2018 and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 11, 2018. The required opinions of counsel and related consents 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. 333-225093) 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 WithumSmith+Brown, PC
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. 333-225093), filed on May 22, 2018.

 


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

5.1    Opinion of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP
23.1    Consent of WithumSmith+Brown, PC
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. 333-225093), filed on May 22, 2018.

 


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on the 11th day of June, 2018.

 

FAR POINT ACQUISITION CORPORATION

By:

 

/s/ Thomas W. Farley

 

Thomas W. Farley

Chief Executive Officer, President and

Chairman of the Board

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Name

  

Position

 

Date

/s/ Thomas W. Farley

Thomas W. Farley

  

Chief Executive Officer, President

and Chairman of the Board

(Principal Executive Officer)

  June 11, 2018

/s/ David W. Bonanno

David W. Bonanno

  

Chief Financial Officer and Director

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

  June 11, 2018