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): May 19, 2020

NOVUS CAPITAL CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

8556 Oakmont Lane

Indianapolis, IN 46260

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(317) 590-6959

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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The information provided in Item 8.01 of this Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.

On May 19, 2020 Novus Capital Corporation (the “Company”) consummated its initial public offering (“IPO”) of 10,000,000 of its units (“Units”). Each Unit consists of one share of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (“Common Stock”), and one redeemable warrant (“Warrant”), with each Warrant entitling the holder to purchase one share of Common Stock at a price of $11.50 per share. The Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $100,000,000.

Simultaneously with the consummation of the IPO, the Company consummated the private placement (“Private Placement”) of 3,250,000 Warrants (“Private Warrants”) at a price of $1.00 per Private Warrant, generating total proceeds of $3,250,000, to the Company’s initial stockholders and EarlyBirdCapital, Inc. (“EBC”), the sole book-running manager of the IPO. The Private Warrants are identical to the Warrants, except that the Private Warrants are non-redeemable and may be exercised on a cashless basis, in each case so long as they continue to be held by the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees. The purchasers of the Private Warrants have agreed (A) to vote the Common Stock underlying the Private Warrants (“Private Shares”) in favor of any proposed business combination, (B) not to convert any Private Shares into the right to receive cash from the trust account in connection with a stockholder vote to approve the Company’s proposed initial business combination or sell any Private Shares to the Company in a tender offer in connection with a proposed initial business combination and (C) that such Private Shares shall not participate in any liquidating distribution upon winding up if a business combination is not consummated within the required time period. Additionally, the purchasers of Private Warrants have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of the securities purchased in the Private Placement, including the underlying Common Stock (except to certain permitted transferees), until consummation of the Company’s initial business combination.

An audited balance sheet as of May 19, 2020 reflecting receipt of the proceeds received by the Company in connection with the consummation of the IPO and the Private Placement has been issued by the Company and is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. A copy of the press release issued by the Company announcing the consummation of the IPO and Private Placement is included as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

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: May 22, 2020