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): October 6, 2020

TPG PACE BENEFICIAL FINANCE CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(212) 405-8458

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

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

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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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On October 6, 2020, the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-248595) (the “Registration Statement”) relating to the initial public offering (the “IPO”) of TPG Pace Beneficial Finance Corp. (the “Company”) was declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. On October 9, 2020, the Company consummated the IPO of 35,000,000 units (the “Units”). Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class A Ordinary Shares”), and one-fifth of one redeemable warrant of the Company, each whole warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share. The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per share, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $350,000,000.

Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Company completed the private sale of 6,000,000 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a purchase price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant, to the Company’s sponsor, TPG Pace Beneficial Finance Sponsor, Series LLC (the “Sponsor”), generating gross proceeds to the Company of approximately $9,000,000. The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the warrants sold as part of the Units in the IPO, except that, so long as they are held by the Sponsor or its permitted transferees: (i) they (including the Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of these warrants) may not, subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold by the Sponsor until 30 days after the completion of the Company’s initial business combination, (ii) they may be exercised by the holders on a cashless basis, and (iii) they (including the Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of these warrants) are subject to registration rights.

A total of $350,000,000, comprised of $343,000,000 of the proceeds from the IPO, including approximately $12,250,000 of the underwriters’ deferred discount, and $7,000,000 of the proceeds of the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, were placed in a U.S.-based trust account at JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds in the trust account that may be released to the Company to pay its taxes, if any, the proceeds from the IPO will not be released from the trust account until the earliest to occur of: (a) the completion of the Company’s initial business combination, (b) the redemption of any public shares properly tendered in connection with a shareholder vote to amend the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (i) to modify the substance or timing of its obligation to redeem 100% of its public shares if the Company does not complete its initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of the IPO or (ii) with respect to any other provisions relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity and (c) the redemption of all of the Company’s public shares if the Company has not completed its initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of the IPO, subject to applicable law.

On October 6, 2020, in connection with the IPO, the Company adopted its Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association and, on the dates referred to below, entered into the following agreements previously filed as exhibits to the Company’s Registration Statement:

On October 6, 2020, the Company issued a press release, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, announcing the pricing of the IPO. On October 9, 2020, the Company issued a press release, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, announcing the closing of the IPO.

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.