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): July 27, 2021

PIVOTAL INVESTMENT CORPORATION III

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

c/o Graubard Miller

The Chrysler Building

405 Lexington Avenue, 11th Floor

New York, NY 10174

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(212) 818-8800

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

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

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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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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 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

On July 27, 2021, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Pivotal Investment Corporation III (the “Company”) appointed Kristen Dumont as a director of the Company. Ms. Dumont is deemed an “independent director” under the New York Stock Exchange listing rules. Ms. Dumont has been appointed to serve on the Board’s Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating Committee.

Kristen Garcia Dumont, 48 years old, has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Aspyre Inc., a pseudonymous social network leveraging artificial intelligence and short-form video to empower authentic and safe self-expression, since she founded the company in December 2020. From January 2015 to July 2020, she was with Machine Zone, a mobile gaming company, first serving as its Chief Operating Officer and later serving as Chief Executive Officer and a board member. Prior to this, she was a partner at the law firms of Goodwin Procter LLC from 2012 to 2015 and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati from 1997 to 2012. She currently serves on the board of directors of Global Compute Infrastructure and Khosla Ventures Acquisition Co. IV and serves as a board advisor for 8VC and Sky’s the Limit Fund. She received a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and a J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law.

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.