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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): August 24, 2021
Waverley Capital Acquisition Corp. 1
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Cayman Islands | 001-40748 | 98-1586578 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
535 Ramona Street, Suite #8
Palo Alto, CA 94301
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(650) 308-9907
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class |
Trading Symbol(s) |
Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share, $0.0001 par value, and one-third of one redeemable public warrant | WAVCU | New York Stock Exchange | ||
Class A ordinary share, $0.0001 par value | WAVC | New York Stock Exchange | ||
Warrants, each whole public warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share, at an exercise price of $11.50 per share | WAVCW | New York Stock Exchange |
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).
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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On August 24, 2021, Waverley Capital Acquisition Corp. 1 (the Company) consummated its initial public offering (the IPO) of 20,000,000 units (the Units). Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (the Class A Ordinary Share), and one-third of one redeemable warrant of the Company (each whole warrant, a Public Warrant), with each whole Public Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share for $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $200,000,000.
On August 24, 2021, simultaneously with the consummation of the IPO, the Company completed the private sale (the Private Placement) of an aggregate of 4,666,667 private placement warrants (the Private Placement Warrants) to WCAC1 Sponsor LLC at a purchase price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $7,000,000.
The net proceeds from the IPO, together with certain of the proceeds from the Private Placement, $200,000,000 in the aggregate (the Offering Proceeds), which amount includes $7,000,000 of the underwriters deferred discount, were placed in a U.S.-based trust account maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee.
An audited balance sheet as of August 24, 2021 reflecting receipt of the proceeds upon 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.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statement and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit |
Description | |
99.1 | Audited Balance Sheet as of August 24, 2021. |
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.
WAVERLEY CAPITAL ACQUISITION CORP. 1 | ||||||
Date: August 30, 2021 | By: | /s/ Alan Henricks | ||||
Name: | Alan Henricks | |||||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |