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): November 15, 2018

FINTECH ACQUISITION CORP. III

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (215) 701-9555

Not Applicable

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

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation to the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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 November 20, 2018, FinTech Acquisition Corp. III (the “Company”) consummated the sale of 34,500,000 units (the “Units”) in its initial public offering (the “IPO”). Each Unit consists of one share of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), and one half of one warrant (each, a “Warrant”), where each whole Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of Common Stock for $11.50 per share. The Units were sold in the IPO at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit for gross proceeds of $345,000,000 (before underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses). Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement (defined below), the Company granted the underwriters in the IPO (the “Underwriters”) a 45-day option to purchase up to 4,500,000 additional Units solely to cover over-allotments, if any (the “Over-Allotment Option”); and on November 19, 2018, the Underwriters notified the Company that they were exercising the Over-Allotment Option in full. Immediately following the consummation of the IPO, there were an aggregate of 44,287,500 shares of the Company’s common stock issued and outstanding.

In connection with the closing of 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. 333-227951) for the IPO, originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on October 23, 2018 (as amended, the “Registration Statement”):

●       An Underwriting Agreement, dated November 15, 2018 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), between the Company and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (“Cantor”) as representative of the Underwriters;

●       An Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated November 15, 2018, between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company;

●       A Warrant Agreement, dated November 15, 2018, between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company;

●       A Registration Rights Agreement, dated November 15, 2018, between the Company and certain security holders of the Company;

●       A Letter Agreement, dated November 15, 2018, by and among the Company, its officers and directors and certain of the Company’s security holders;

●       A Unit Subscription Agreement, dated November 9, 2018, between the Company and FinTech Investor Holdings III, LLC and 3FIII, LLC;

●       A Unit Subscription Agreement, dated November 15, 2018, between the Company and Cantor; and

●       An Administrative Services Agreement, dated November 15, 2018, between the Company and Cohen Sponsor Interests III, LLC.

A description of the material terms of each of these agreements is included in the Registration Statement and incorporated herein by this reference.

Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

Simultaneously with the consummation of the IPO, the Company consummated the issuance and sale (“Private Placement”) of 930,000 Units (the “Placement Units”) in a private placement transaction at a price of $10.00 per Placement Unit, generating gross proceeds of $9,300,000. The Placement Units were purchased by Cantor (100,000 Units) and the Company’s sponsors, FinTech Investor Holdings III, LLC (425,000 Units) and 3FIII, LLC (405,000 Units). The Warrants included in the Placement Units are identical to the Warrants included in the IPO Units except that, so long as they are held by Cantor, the Sponsor or their permitted transferees (a) they are not redeemable by the Company, (b) they (including the underlying Common Stock) may not be transferred, assigned or sold until 30 days after the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination, subject to certain limited exceptions, and (c) they may be exercised on a cashless basis. In addition, for as long as the Placement Warrants are held by Cantor or its designees, they may not be exercised after November 15, 2023. No underwriting discounts or commissions were paid with respect to such sale. The issuance of the Placement Units was made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

The disclosure set forth under Item 5.03 is incorporated herein by this reference.

Item 5.03. Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On November 16, 2018, in connection with the IPO, the Company filed its amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Amended and Restated Certificate”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. A description of the material terms of the Amended and Restated Certificate is included in the Registration Statement and incorporated herein by this reference. In addition, a copy of the Amended and Restated Certificate is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated herein by this reference.

Item 8.01. Other Events.

A total of $345,000,000 of the net proceeds from the IPO and the Private Placement (which includes $14.7 million of the Underwriters’ deferred discount) were placed in a trust account established for the benefit of the Company’s public stockholders at JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee. Except for the withdrawal of interest to pay taxes (or dissolution expenses if a business combination is not consummated), none of the funds held in the trust account will be released until the earlier of (i) the completion of the Company’s initial business combination, (ii) in connection with a stockholder vote to amend the Amended and Restated Certificate to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of its Common Stock if it does not complete an initial business combination within 24 months from the completion of the IPO or (iii) the redemption of all shares of Common Stock issued in the IPO if the Company is unable to consummate an initial business combination within 24 months from the completion of the IPO.

A copy of the press release issued by the Company on November 15, 2018 regarding the pricing of the IPO is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

A copy of the press release issued by the Company on November 20, 2018 regarding the closing of the IPO is included as Exhibit 99.2 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: November 21, 2018

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