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): February 8, 2021

Centricus Acquisition Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

+44 (0) 20-7139-4500

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Not Applicable

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

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On February 8, 2021, Centricus Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) consummated its initial public offering (the “IPO”) of 34,500,000 units (the “Units”), at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, with each Unit consisting of one Class A ordinary share and one-fourth of one redeemable warrant of the Company (the “Public Warrants”), which includes the exercise in full of the underwriter’s option to purchase an additional 4,500,000 Units at the offering price to cover over-allotments.

Simultaneously with the consummation of the IPO and the issuance and sale of the Units, the Company consummated the private placement of 6,266,667 Private Placement Warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant, to Centricus Heritage LLC (the “Sponsor”), generating total proceeds of $9,400,000.

The net proceeds from the IPO together with certain of the proceeds from the Private Placement, $345,000,000 in the aggregate (the “Offering Proceeds”), were placed in a trust account established for the benefit of the Company’s public shareholders and the underwriters of the IPO with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee. Except for the withdrawal from interest earned on the Offering Proceeds in the trust account that may be released to pay income taxes, if any, none of the funds held in the trust account will be released until the earlier of (1) the completion of the Company’s initial business combination; (2) the redemption of any public shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (A) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with the Company’s initial business combination or to redeem 100% of the Company’s public shares if the Company does not complete its initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of the IPO or such longer period as is approved by the Company’s shareholders (an “Extension Period”), subject to applicable law, or (B) with respect to any other provisions relating to the rights of holders of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares; and (3) 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 or during any Extension Period, subject to applicable law.

An audited balance sheet as of February 8, 2021 reflecting the receipt of the Offering Proceeds has been issued by the Company and is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) 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: February 12, 2021