As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on January 19, 2022.

 

Registration No. 333-261361

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

AMENDMENT NO. 4

TO

FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

LatAmGrowth SPAC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Cayman Islands 6770 98-1605340
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

 

Pedregal 24
8th Floor
Molino del Rey, 11000
Mexico City, Mexico

Telephone: +52 55 9178 9015

 

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

 

 

Donald J. Puglisi, Esq.
Puglisi & Associates
850 Liberty Avenue #204
Newark, Delaware 19711

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

 

Copies to:  

William B. Nelson

Emily Leitch
Shearman & Sterling LLP

Bank of America Tower

800 Capitol Street, Suite 2200

Houston, TX 77002

Tel: (713) 354-4900

 

Maurice Blanco

Pedro Bermeo

Katia Brener

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10017

Tel: (212) 450-4000

 

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.¨

 

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 x Smaller reporting company x
  Emerging growth company x

 
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 to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ¨

 

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 Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-261361) (the “Registration Statement”) of LatAmGrowth SPAC (the "Company") is being filed for the sole purpose of including an updated signature page. Accordingly, this Amendment No. 4 consists only of the facing page, this explanatory note and Part II of the Registration Statement. The remainder of the Registration Statement is unchanged and has therefore been omitted.

 

 

 

 

PART II

 

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 13. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

 

The estimated expenses payable by us in connection with the offering described in this registration statement (other than the underwriting discount and commissions) will be as follows:

 

SEC expenses  $21,827 
FINRA expenses   35,820 
Accounting and financial consultant fees and expenses   120,000 
Printing and engraving  expenses   30,000 
Legal fees and expenses   310,000 
Nasdaq listing and filing fees   75,000 
Miscellaneous   157,353 
Total  $750,000 

 

 

 

Item 14. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

 

Cayman Islands law does not limit the extent to which a company’s memorandum and articles of association may provide for indemnification of officers and directors, except to the extent any such provision may be held by the Cayman Islands courts to be contrary to public policy, such as to provide indemnification against willful default, willful neglect, civil fraud or the consequences of committing a crime. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide for indemnification of our officers and directors to the maximum extent permitted by law, including for any liability incurred in their capacities as such, except through their own actual fraud, willful default or willful neglect. We may purchase a policy of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance that insures our officers and directors against the cost of defense, settlement or payment of a judgment in some circumstances and insures us against our obligations to indemnify our officers and directors. We also intend to enter in indemnity agreements with them.

 

Our officers and directors have agreed to waive any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies in the trust account, and have agreed to waive any right, title, interest or claim of any kind they may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any services provided to us and will not seek recourse against the trust account for any reason whatsoever. Accordingly, any indemnification provided will only be able to be satisfied by us if (i) we have sufficient funds outside of the trust account or (ii) we consummate an initial business combination.

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us pursuant to the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

 

Item 15. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.

 

In June 2021, our sponsor paid $25,000, or approximately $0.007 per share, to cover certain of our offering costs, in exchange for an aggregate of 3,737,500 founder shares. Such securities were issued in connection with our organization pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. The number of founder shares outstanding was determined based on the expectation that the total size of this offering would be a maximum of 14,950,000 units if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full and therefore that such founder shares would represent 20% of the outstanding shares after this offering. Up to 487,500 of these shares may be surrendered for no consideration depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment is exercised.

 

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Our sponsor is an accredited investor for purposes of Rule 501 of Regulation D. Each of the equity holders in our sponsor is an accredited investor under Rule 501 of Regulation D. The sole business of our sponsor is to act as the company’s sponsor in connection with this offering. The limited liability company agreement of our sponsor provides that its membership interests may only be transferred to our officers or directors or other persons affiliated with our sponsor, or in connection with estate planning transfers.

 

Our sponsor has committed to, pursuant to a written agreement, to purchase from us an aggregate of 7,900,000 private placement warrants (or 8,680,000 private placement warrants if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) at $1.00 per warrant (for an aggregate purchase price of $7,900,000 (or $8,680,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full)). This purchase will take place on a private placement basis simultaneously with the completion of our initial public offering. This issuance will be made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

 

No underwriting discounts or commissions were paid with respect to such sales.

 

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Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

 

EXHIBIT INDEX 

 

Exhibit 
No.
Description
1.1** Form of Underwriting Agreement.
3.1** Memorandum and Articles of Association.
3.2** Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association.
4.1** Specimen Unit Certificate.
4.2** Specimen Ordinary Share Certificate.
4.3** Specimen Warrant Certificate.
4.4** Form of Warrant Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Registrant.
5.1** Opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP.
5.2** Opinion of Maples and Calder (Dubai) LLP, Cayman Islands counsel to the Registrant.
10.1** Form of Letter Agreement among the Registrant, LatAmGrowth Sponsor LLC and each of the officers and directors of the Registrant.
10.2** Form of Investment Management Trust Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Registrant.
10.3** Form of Registration Rights Agreement among the Registrant, LatAmGrowth Sponsor LLC and the Holders signatory thereto.
10.4** Form of Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement among the Registrant and LatAmGrowth Sponsor LLC.
10.5** Form of Indemnity Agreement.
10.6** Promissory Note issued to LatAmGrowth Sponsor LLC.
10.7** Securities Purchase Agreement between LatAmGrowth Sponsor LLC and the Registrant.
10.8** Forward Purchase Agreement between the Registrant and the Sponsor Affiliate
14.1** Form of Code of Ethics.
23.1** Consent of Marcum LLP
23.2** Consent of Shearman & Sterling LLP (included on Exhibit 5.1).
23.3** Consent of Maples and Calder (Dubai) LLP (included on Exhibit 5.2).
24.1** Power of Attorney.
99.1** Consent of Zain A. Manekia
99.2** Consent of Carole Philippe
   
** Previously filed.  
     

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Item 17. Undertakings.

 

(a)The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to provide to the underwriters at the closing specified in the underwriting agreements, certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriters to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser.

 

(b)Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

(c)The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:

 

(1)For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.

 

(2)For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

(3)For the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 of any purchaser, if the registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.

 

(4)For the purpose of determining liability of a registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of an undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

 

(i)any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

 

(ii)any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by an undersigned registrant;

 

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(iii)the portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

 

(iv)any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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 Mexico City, Mexico, on the 19th day of January, 2022.

 

  LATAMGROWTH SPAC
   
  By: /s/ Gerard Cremoux
    Name: Gerard Cremoux
    Title:   Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Director

 

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.

 

Signature Title Date
/s/ Gerard Cremoux

 

Gerard Cremoux

Chief Executive Officer

Chief Financial Officer

Director

(Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

January 19, 2022
     
*

 

Eduardo Cortina

Chairman of the Board 

January 19, 2022
     

*By:

/s/ Gerard Cremoux

   
  Attorney-in-fact    

  

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 his capacity as the duly authorized representative of LatAmGrowth SPAC, in New York City, New York, on the 19th day of January, 2022.

 

  By:  /s/ Michael J. McGuinness
    Name: Michael J. McGuinness
    Title:   Director