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): April 19, 2019

TORTOISE ACQUISITION CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-38823	83-2538002
(State of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

11550 Ash Street, Suite 300 Leawood, KS	66211
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(913) 981-1020
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

452 Fifth Avenue, 14th Floor

New York, NY 10018
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On April 19, 2019, Tortoise Acquisition Corp. (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 that the holders of the Company’s units may elect to separately trade the shares of Class A common stock and warrants comprising the units commencing on April 22, 2019. Each unit consists of one share of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and one-half of one redeemable warrant. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the units and only whole warrants will trade. Those units not separated will continue to trade on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) under the symbol “SHLL.U,” and each of the shares of Class A common stock and warrants that are separated will trade on the NYSE under the symbols “SHLL” and “SHLL WS,” respectively. Holders of the units will need to have their brokers contact Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the Company’s transfer agent, in order to separate the holders’ units into shares of Class A common stock and warrants.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information presented herein under Item 7.01 and set forth in the attached press release included as Exhibit 99.1 to this report is deemed to be “furnished” solely pursuant to Item 7.01 of this report and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information or the exhibit be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description of Exhibits
99.1	Press Release, dated April 19, 2019.

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SIGNATURES

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.

	TORTOISE ACQUISITION CORP.
Date: April 19, 2019	By:	/s/ Vincent T. Cubbage
	Name:	Vincent T. Cubbage
	Title:	President and Chief Executive Officer

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