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EX-23.1 - CONSENT OF WITHUMSMITH+BROWN, PC. - D8 Holdings Corp. | ea124142ex23-1_d8holdings.htm |
EX-5.2 - OPINION OF MAPLES AND CALDER, CAYMAN ISLANDS COUNSEL TO THE REGISTRANT - D8 Holdings Corp. | ea124142ex5-2_d8holdings.htm |
EX-5.1 - OPINION OF WHITE & CASE LLP, COUNSEL TO THE REGISTRANT - D8 Holdings Corp. | ea124142ex5-1_d8holdings.htm |
As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on July 14, 2020.
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
D8 Holdings Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Cayman Islands | 6770 | N/A | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
Unit 1008, 10/F, Champion Tower
3 Garden Road
Central, Hong Kong
+852 3973 5500
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Edward Truitt
Maples Fiduciary Services (Delaware) Inc.
4001 Kennett Pike, Suite 302
Wilmington, Delaware 19807
(302) 731-1612
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Joel L. Rubinstein Daniel E. Nussen White & Case LLP 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10020 Tel: (212) 819-8200 |
Matthew Gardner Michael Johns Maples and Calder P.O. Box 309, Ugland House Grand Cayman KY1-1104 Cayman Islands Tel: (345) 949-8066 |
Douglas S. Ellenoff Stuart Neuhauser Richard Baumann Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP 1345 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10105 (212) 370-1300 |
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. ☒ (File No. 333-239503)
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, a 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.
Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Accelerated filer | ☐ |
Non-accelerated filer | ☒ | 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 | Proposed Maximum | Amount of Registration | ||||||||||
Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share, $0.0001 par value, and one-half of one redeemable warrant(2) | 5,750,000 Units | $ | 10.00 | $ | 57,500,000 | $ | 7,463.50 | |||||||
Class A ordinary shares included as part of the units(3) | 5,750,000 Shares | — | — | — | (4) | |||||||||
Redeemable warrants included as part of the units(3) | 2,875,000 Warrants | — | — | — | (4) | |||||||||
Total | $ | 57,500,000 | $ | 7,463.50 |
(1) | Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. |
(2) | Includes 750,000 units, consisting of 750,000 Class A ordinary shares and 375,000 redeemable warrants, which may be issued upon exercise of a 45-day option granted to the underwriters to cover over-allotments, if any. |
(3) | Pursuant to Rule 416, there are also being registered an indeterminable number of additional securities as may be issued to prevent dilution resulting from share splits, share 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 $287,500,000 on its Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-239503), which was declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on July 14, 2020. 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 Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-1 is being filed with respect to the registration of 5,750,000 additional units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share, $0.0001 par value per share, and one-half of one redeemable warrant of D8 Holdings Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Registrant”), pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and General Instruction V to Form S-1, including 750,000 units that may be purchased by the underwriters to cover over-allotments, if any. Each whole warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. Only whole warrants are exercisable. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the units and only whole warrants will trade. This Registration Statement relates to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-239503) (the “Prior Registration Statement”), initially filed by the Registrant on June 26, 2020 and declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on July 14, 2020. The required opinions of counsel and related consent 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. 333-239503) 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:
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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 Hong Kong on the 14th day of July, 2020.
D8 HOLDINGS CORP. | ||
By: | /s/ David Chu | |
David Chu | ||
Chief Executive Officer and Director |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned constitutes and appoints David Chu and Robert Kirby his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this Registration Statement on Form S-1 (including all pre-effective and post-effective amendments and registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming that any such attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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/ David Chu |
Chief Executive Officer and Director |
July 14, 2020 | ||
David Chu | (Principal Executive Officer) | |||
/s/ Robert Kirby |
Chief Financial Officer |
July 14, 2020 | ||
Robert Kirby | (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 6(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned has signed this registration statement, solely in its capacity as the duly authorized representative of D8 Holdings Corp., in the City of Newark, Delaware, on the 14th day of July, 2020.
By: | /s/ Donald J. Puglisi | |
Name: | Donald J. Puglisi | |
Title: | Managing Director |
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