As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June1, 2021

Registration Statement No. 333-254589

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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Amendment No. 2
to
Form S-4

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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Spartan Acquisition Corp. II(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

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Delaware	6770	85-2599566
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

9 West 57th Street, 43rd Floor
New York, NY 10019
(212) 515-3200(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

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Geoffrey Strong
Chief Executive Officer
9 West 57th Street, 43rd Floor
New York, NY 10019
(212) 515-3200(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

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Copies to:

E. Ramey Layne
John Kupiec
Crosby Scofield
Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
1114 Avenue of the Americas, 32nd Floor
New York, NY 10036
(212) 237-0000 Matthew Potere
Chief Executive Officer
Sunlight Financial LLC
101 N. Tryon Street
Suite 1000
Charlotte, NC 28246
(888) 315-0822 G. Michael O’Leary
Taylor E. Landry
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
600 Travis Street
Suite 4200
Houston, TX 77002
(713) 220-4200

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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale of the securities to the public:
As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective and on completion of the business combination described in the enclosed proxy statement/prospectus.

If the securities being registered on this Form are being offered in connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with General Instruction G, 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, 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	S	Smaller reporting company	S
		Emerging growth company	S

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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. £

If applicable, place an X in the box to designate the appropriate rule provision relied upon in conducting this transaction:

Exchange Act Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer) £

Exchange Act Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third-Party Tender Offer) £

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered	Amount to be Registered(1)	Proposed Maximum Offering Price per Share	Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price(2)		Amount of Registration Fee(3)
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share	40,000,000	N/A	$	416,000,000	$	45,385.60	​(4)

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(1)      Based on the maximum number of shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”), of the registrant estimated to be issued in connection with the business combination described herein (the “Business Combination”).

(2)      Pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(f)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, the proposed maximum aggregate offering price is an amount equal to $416,000,000, calculated as the product of (i) 40,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, the estimated maximum number of shares of Class A Common Stock that may be issued in connection with the Business Combination, and (ii) $10.40, the average of the high and low trading prices of the Class A Common Stock on March 19, 2021.

(3)      Calculated pursuant to Rule 457 of the Securities Act by calculating the product of (i) the proposed maximum aggregate offering price and (ii) 0.0001091.

(4)      Previously paid.

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, or until this Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

The information in this preliminary proxy statement/prospectus is not complete and may be changed. The securities described herein may not be sold until the registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is declared effective. This preliminary proxy statement/prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

PRELIMINARY PROXY STATEMENT AND PROSPECTUS

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED JUNE1, 2021

SPARTAN ACQUISITION CORP. II

Dear Stockholders of Spartan Acquisition Corp. II:

On January23, 2021, Spartan Acquisition Corp. II, a Delaware corporation (“Spartan”), SL Invest I Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan (“MergerCo1”), SL Invest II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan (“MergerCo2”), SL Financial Investor I LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan (“Holdings I”), SL Financial Investor II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan (“Holdings II”), SL Financial Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan (“Spartan Sub”), SL Financial LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan Sub (“OpCo Merger Sub” and collectively with MergerCo1, MergerCo2, Holdings I, Holdings II and Spartan Sub, the “Spartan Subsidiaries”), Sunlight Financial LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Sunlight”), FTV-Sunlight, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“FTV Blocker”), and Tiger Co-Invest B Sunlight Blocker, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Tiger Blocker,” and collectively with FTV Blocker, the “Blockers”), entered into a business combination agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”). The transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement are collectively referred to herein as the “Business Combination.”

Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, at the closing of the Business Combination (the “Closing”), among other things:

(a)     OpCo Merger Sub will merge with and into Sunlight, with Sunlight surviving the merger (the “OpCo Merger”);

(b)    immediately following the OpCo Merger, (i) MergerCo1 will merge with and into FTV Blocker, with FTV Blocker surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan (the “First FTV Blocker Merger”) and immediately thereafter, FTV Blocker will merge with and into Holdings I, with Holdings I surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan (the “Second FTV Blocker Merger” and together with the First FTV Blocker Merger, the “FTV Blocker Mergers”) and (ii) MergerCo2 will merge with and into Tiger Blocker, with Tiger Blocker surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan (the “First Tiger Blocker Merger”) and immediately thereafter, Tiger Blocker will merge with and into Holdings II, with Holdings II surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan (the “Second Tiger Blocker Merger” and together with the First Tiger Blocker Merger, the “Tiger Blocker Mergers,” and together with the FTV Blocker Mergers, the “Blocker Mergers”); and

(c)     immediately following the effective time of the Blocker Mergers (the “Blocker Mergers Effective Time”), Spartan will contribute all of its remaining assets (other than the membership interests in each of Holdings I and Holdings II and the stock in Spartan Sub) to Spartan Sub and Spartan Sub in turn will contribute such assets to Sunlight in exchange for units representing limited liability company interests in Sunlight designated as Class X Units (“Sunlight Class X Units”) and warrants of Sunlight, as described in greater detail below (the “Spartan Contribution”).

The total consideration payable to the Blocker Holders and the Unblocked Sunlight Unitholders (as defined below) (including holders of equity awards issued pursuant to the Sunlight Financial LLC 2017 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “LTIP”)) in connection with the Business Combination will consist of: (x) an amount of cash equal to, (1) (A) the amount of immediately available funds (net of the payments required to be made to the Redeeming Stockholders (as defined below)) in Spartan’s trust account, plus (B) the amount of cash held by Spartan without restrictions outside of its trust account, plus (C) the amount of cash to be paid to Spartan pursuant to the Subscription Agreements (as defined below) less (2) $50,000,000 less (3) the amount of all unpaid transaction expenses of Sunlight and Spartan as of the Closing (such consideration, the “Total Cash Consideration”); (y) shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Spartan (“Class A Common Stock”), and units representing limited liability company interests in Sunlight designated as Class EX Units (“Sunlight Class EX Units”) (together with a corresponding number of shares of Class C common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Spartan (“Class C Common Stock”), which will be a new class of common stock issued at the Closing, as described in greater detail below), which aggregate number of shares of Class A Common Stock and Sunlight Class EX Units

will be equal to the quotient of (1) the excess of (A) $1,175,000,000 over (B) the Total Cash Consideration, and (2) $10.00 (the “Total Equity Consideration”); and (z) rights under the Tax Receivable Agreement, as described in greater detail below. The allocation of the Total Cash Consideration and the Total Equity Consideration among each Blocker Holder, Unblocked Sunlight Unitholder, and LTIP Unitholder will be determined in accordance with the payment spreadsheet to be delivered by Sunlight prior to the Closing (the “Consideration Allocation”). The Class C Common Stock will vote together with the Class A Common Stock as a single class, but will have no economic rights.

After giving effect to the Business Combination, Spartan’s name will be changed to “Sunlight Financial Holdings Inc.,” as described in greater detail below. The post-combination company will be organized in an “Up-C” structure, such that all of the material assets of the combined company will be held by Sunlight, and the only material asset of Sunlight Financial Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with its wholly owned subsidiaries, Spartan Sub, Holdings I and Holdings II, “Sunlight Financial Holdings”) will be its indirect equity interests in Sunlight. Immediately following the Closing, Sunlight Financial Holdings is expected to own approximately 72.7% of the outstanding Sunlight Units (assuming no redemptions), and Spartan Sub will control Sunlight as its sole managing member in accordance with the terms of the Sunlight A&R LLC Agreement (as defined herein).

Prior to the effective time of the OpCo Merger (the “OpCo Merger Effective Time”), Spartan will adopt a second amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Proposed Second A&R Charter”), providing for, among other things, the creation of the Class C Common Stock and specification of the rights of the holders thereof. At the OpCo Merger Effective Time, (i) all of the Existing Sunlight Units (other than unallocated or forfeited Existing Sunlight Units) that are held by Unblocked Sunlight Unitholders will be exchanged for Sunlight Class EX Units and a corresponding number of shares of Class C Common Stock, and a portion of the Total Cash Consideration, as determined in accordance with the Consideration Allocation as set forth in the Business Combination Agreement (provided that the Sunlight Class EX Units and a corresponding number of shares of Class C Common Stock exchanged for provisionally vested Existing Sunlight Units will be issued to an escrow agent subject to the satisfaction of applicable time vesting requirements), (ii) Sunlight Financial Holdings will receive, and any other Existing Sunlight Units to be held by Sunlight Financial Holdings following the Closing will be exchanged for, Sunlight Class X Units, and (iii) all of the Sunlight Warrants will become exercisable for Sunlight Class EX Units (together with a corresponding number of shares of Class C Common Stock). Each Sunlight Class EX Unit, together with one share of Class C Common Stock, will be redeemable, subject to certain conditions, for either one share of Class A Common Stock, or at Sunlight’s election, an amount of cash approximately equivalent to the market value of one share of Class A Common Stock, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Sunlight A&R LLC Agreement (as defined below). In addition, at the OpCo Merger Effective Time, all of the LTIP Units (other than unallocated or forfeited LTIP Units) that are held by LTIP Unitholders will be exchanged for an aggregate number of shares of Class A Common Stock and a portion of the Total Cash Consideration, as determined in accordance with the Consideration Allocation as set forth in the Business Combination Agreement (provided that the shares of Class A Common Stock and the portion of the Total Cash Consideration exchanged for provisionally vested LTIP Units subject to additional time vesting requirements will be issued to an escrow agent subject to the satisfaction of applicable time vesting requirements). At the Blocker Mergers Effective Time, the equity interests of each of the Blockers issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Blocker Mergers Effective Time will be exchanged for shares of Class A Common Stock and a portion of the Total Cash Consideration, as determined in accordance with the Consideration Allocation as set forth in the Business Combination Agreement. At the Closing, pursuant to the terms of Spartan’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Charter”), each outstanding share of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Spartan (the “Class B Common Stock”), other than any shares of Class B Common Stock forfeited at the Closing pursuant to the Founders Stock Agreement (as defined below), will convert automatically into one share of Class A Common Stock. Following the Closing, there will no longer be any shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding. For diagrams showing expected post-Closing corporate structures, please see the subsection entitled “Summary of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus — Organizational Structure” starting on page 32 of the accompanying proxy statement/prospectus.

At the Closing, Sunlight Financial Holdings will enter into a Tax Receivable Agreement (the “Tax Receivable Agreement”) with the TRA Holders and the Agent (as defined therein). The Tax Receivable Agreement generally will provide for the payment by Sunlight Financial Holdings to the Agent, for disbursement to the TRA Holders on a pro rata basis, of 85% of the net cash savings, if any, in U.S. federal, state and local income tax and franchise tax that Sunlight Financial Holdings actually realizes (or is deemed to realize in certain circumstances) in periods

after the Closing as a result of (i) certain increases in tax basis that occur as a result of Sunlight Financial Holdings’ acquisition (or deemed acquisition for U.S. federal income tax purposes) of all or a portion of a TRA Holder’s Sunlight Class EX Units upon the exercise of the redemption or call rights set forth in the Sunlight A&R LLC Agreement (as defined herein) and (ii) imputed interest deemed to be paid by Sunlight Financial Holdings as a result of, and additional tax basis arising from, any payments Sunlight Financial Holdings makes under the Tax Receivable Agreement. Sunlight Financial Holdings will retain the benefit of the remainder of the actual net cash savings, if any. If Sunlight Financial Holdings elects to terminate the Tax Receivable Agreement early or if it is terminated early due to Sunlight Financial Holdings’ failure to honor a material obligation thereunder or due to a Change of Control (as defined in the Tax Receivable Agreement), Sunlight Financial Holdings will be required to make a payment equal to the deemed present value of the anticipated future payments to be made by it under the Tax Receivable Agreement (based upon certain assumptions and deemed events set forth in the Tax Receivable Agreement), which amount may substantially exceed the actual cash tax savings realized by Sunlight Financial Holdings. In the case of an early termination upon a Change of Control, such early termination payment may, at Sunlight Financial Holdings’ election, be paid ratably over the two-year period following the Change of Control.

Spartan’s units, Class A Common Stock and warrants are currently listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) under the symbols “SPRQ U,” “SPRQ” and “SPRQ WS,” respectively. Spartan intends to apply to list the shares of Class A Common Stock and the public warrants of Sunlight Financial Holdings on the NYSE under the symbols “SUNL” and “SUNL WS,” respectively, upon the Closing. At the Closing, each unit will automatically separate into its components consisting of one share of Class A Common Stock and one-half of one warrant (provided that only whole warrants will trade on the NYSE).

Spartan Acquisition Sponsor II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), and Spartan’s officers and directors have agreed to (a) vote all of their shares of Class B Common Stock (the “Founder Shares”), and all of their shares of Class A Common Stock in favor of the Business Combination and (b) not redeem any of their shares of Class A Common Stock in connection with the stockholder approval contemplated herein. The shares of our Class B Common Stock that we issued prior to our IPO will automatically convert into shares of our Class A Common Stock upon consummation of the Business Combination on a one-for-one basis. In connection with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, but effective as of the Closing, pursuant to the Founder Stock Agreement, our Sponsor agreed to surrender up to 25% of the Class B Common Stock held by the Sponsor (at a 1:4 ratio to the percentage, if any, of redemptions by holders of Class A Common Stock); provided that no such surrender shall occur unless more than 5% of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock are actually redeemed by Spartan. In addition, pursuant to the Founder Stock Agreement, our Sponsor and each of Jan C. Wilson and John M. Stice, our independent directors, agreed to irrevocably waive any and all rights each such party has or will have with respect to the adjustment to the initial conversion ratio as set forth in the Charter, effective immediately prior to the Closing.

As described further in the attached proxy statement/prospectus, at the Closing, Spartan will issue up to 40,000,000shares of Class A Common Stock and 50,000,000shares of Class C Common Stock to the Sunlight Unitholders, as applicable, and 50,000,000shares of Class A Common Stock will be reserved for issuance upon the redemption of Sunlight Class EX Units (together with a corresponding number of shares of Class C Common Stock) (including any such Sunlight Class EX Units and shares of Class C Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of a Sunlight Warrant after the Closing, which will be immediately redeemed for shares of Class A Common Stock upon such exercise, unless the exercising holder elects otherwise). To raise additional proceeds to fund the Business Combination, Spartan has entered into subscription agreements pursuant to which certain investors have agreed to purchase an aggregate of 25,000,000shares of Class A Common Stock for a purchase price of $10.00 per share (the “PIPE Financing”).

Spartan is holding a special meeting of its stockholders in order to obtain the stockholder approvals necessary to complete the Business Combination. At the special meeting of stockholders, which will be held on _______, 2021, at _______, Eastern time, via live webcast at https://www.cstproxy.com/spartanspacii/2021, Spartan will ask its stockholders to approve and adopt the Business Combination Agreement and the Business Combination, and to approve the other proposals described in this proxy statement/prospectus.

After careful consideration, the board of directors of Spartan (the “Spartan Board”) has unanimously approved the Business Combination Agreement and related transactions and each of the other proposals described in this proxy statement/prospectus, and has determined that it is advisable to consummate the Business Combination. The

Spartan Board unanimously recommends that its stockholders vote “FOR” the approval of the Business Combination Agreement, “FOR” the issuance of the shares of Class A Common Stock and Class C Common Stock to be issued in connection with the Business Combination and “FOR” the other proposals described in this proxy statement/prospectus.

Your vote is very important, regardless of the number of shares of Class A Common Stock you own. To ensure your representation at the special meeting, please complete, sign, date and return the enclosed proxy card in the postage-paid envelope provided. If you hold your shares in “street name,” which means your shares are held of record by a broker, bank or other nominee, you should follow the instructions provided by your broker, bank or nominee to ensure that votes related to the shares you beneficially own are properly counted. Please submit your proxy promptly, whether or not you expect to attend the special meeting, but in any event, no later than               , 2021 at               , Eastern time.

More information about Spartan, Sunlight and the proposed transactions is included in this proxy statement/prospectus. Spartan urges you to read the accompanying proxy statement/prospectus, including the financial statements and annexes and other documents referred to herein, carefully and in their entirety. IN PARTICULAR, YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE MATTERS DISCUSSED UNDER “RISK FACTORS” BEGINNING ON PAGE 41 OF THIS PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS.

On behalf of our board of directors, I thank you for your support and look forward to the successful completion of the Business Combination.

Sincerely,

Geoffrey Strong

Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Spartan Board

This proxy statement/prospectus is dated           , 2021 and is first being mailed to the stockholders of Spartan on or about that date.

NEITHER THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES REGULATORY AGENCY HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THE TRANSACTIONS DESCRIBED IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS OR ANY OF THE SECURITIES TO BE ISSUED IN THE BUSINESS COMBINATION OR THE OTHER TRANSACTIONS DESCRIBED IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS, PASSED UPON THE MERITS OR FAIRNESS OF THE BUSINESS COMBINATION OR RELATED TRANSACTIONS OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THE DISCLOSURE IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY CONSTITUTES A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

SPARTAN ACQUISITION CORP. II

9 West 57th Street, 43rd Floor

New York, NY 10019

NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
OF SPARTAN ACQUISITION CORP. II

To Be Held On             , 2021

To the Stockholders of Spartan Acquisition Corp. II:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the special meeting (the “special meeting”) of stockholders of Spartan Acquisition Corp. II (“Spartan,” “we,” “our,” “us” or the “Company”) will be held at               , Eastern time, on             , 2021, via live webcast at the following address: https://www.cstproxy.com/spartanspacii/2021. At the special meeting, Spartan stockholders will be asked to consider and vote upon the following proposals:

•        The Business Combination Proposal — To consider and vote upon a proposal to (a) approve and adopt the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of January23, 2021 (the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among Spartan, SL Invest I Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan (“MergerCo1”), SL Invest II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan (“MergerCo2”), SL Financial Investor I LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan (“Holdings I”), SL Financial Investor II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan (“Holdings II”), SL Financial Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan (“Spartan Sub”), SL Financial LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan Sub (“OpCo Merger Sub” and collectively with MergerCo1, MergerCo2, Holdings I, Holdings II and Spartan Sub, the “Spartan Subsidiaries”), Sunlight Financial LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Sunlight”), FTV-Sunlight, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“FTV Blocker”), and Tiger Co-Invest B Sunlight Blocker, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Tiger Blocker,” and collectively with FTV Blocker, the “Blockers”), pursuant to which, among other things, (i) OpCo Merger Sub will merge with and into Sunlight, with Sunlight surviving the merger, (ii) MergerCo1 will merge with and into FTV Blocker, with FTV Blocker surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan and immediately thereafter, FTV Blocker will merge with and into Holdings I, with Holdings I surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan, (iii) MergerCo2 will merge with and into Tiger Blocker, with Tiger Blocker surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan and immediately thereafter, Tiger Blocker will merge with and into Holdings II, with Holdings II surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan and (iv) thereafter Spartan will contribute all of its remaining assets (other than the membership interests in each of Holdings I, Holdings II and Spartan Sub) to Spartan Sub and Spartan Sub in turn will contribute such assets to Sunlight and (b) approve the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement (the “Business Combination” and such proposal, the “Business Combination Proposal”) (Proposal No. 1). A copy of the Business Combination Agreement is attached to the accompanying proxy statement/prospectus as Annex A.

•        The Charter Proposals — To consider and vote upon each of the following proposals to amend and restate Spartan’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Charter”) (collectively, the “Charter Proposals”) (Proposal No. 2):

•        The Authorized Share Charter Sub-Proposal — To (a) increase the number of authorized shares of Spartan’s capital stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), from (i) 271,000,000shares, consisting of 270,000,000shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, including 250,000,000shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class A Common Stock”), and 20,000,000shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class B Common Stock”) and 1,000,000shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Preferred Stock”) to (ii) an aggregate of 500,000,000shares, consisting of 465,000,000shares of Common Stock, including 400,000,000shares of Class A Common Stock, 20,000,000shares of Class B Common Stock and 45,000,000shares of Class C common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Sunlight Financial Holdings (“Class C Common Stock”), which

will be a new class of non-economic common stock issued at the Closing, and 35,000,000shares of Preferred Stock; and (b) specify the rights of the Class C Common Stock in order to provide for our “Up-C” structure (the “Authorized Share Charter Sub-Proposal” or “Proposal No. 2A”);

•        The Additional Charter Sub-Proposal — To make certain other changes that the Spartan Board deems appropriate for a public company, including changing the post-combination company’s name to “Sunlight Financial Holdings Inc.,” removing the provision that Spartan elects to not be subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, eliminating the right of stockholders to act by written consent and certain other changes (the “Additional Charter Sub-Proposal” or “Proposal No. 2B”);

•        The Bylaw Amendment Charter Sub-Proposal — To require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66⅔% of the voting power of all then-outstanding shares of Sunlight Financial Holdings’ capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, for the stockholders of Sunlight Financial Holdings to adopt, amend or repeal any provision of Sunlight Financial Holdings’ bylaws (the “Bylaw Amendment Charter Sub-Proposal” or “Proposal No. 2C”); and

•        The Charter Amendment Charter Sub-Proposal — To require, except as otherwise provided in the Proposed Second A&R Charter, including, for example, to increase or decrease the number of authorized shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock or Preferred Stock the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66⅔% of the voting power of all then-outstanding shares of Sunlight Financial Holdings’ capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, to amend or repeal any provision of the Proposed Second A&R Charter (the “Charter Amendment Charter Sub-Proposal” or “Proposal No. 2D”).

The full text of the Proposed Second A&R Charter reflecting each of the proposed amendments pursuant to the Charter Proposals is attached to the accompanying proxy statement/prospectus as Annex B.

•        The NYSE Proposal — To consider and vote upon a proposal to approve, for purposes of complying with applicable listing rules of the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), the issuance of up to (a) an aggregate of 115,000,000shares of Class A Common Stock, including, without limitation, (i) in connection with the Business Combination, (ii) to the investors in the PIPE Financing, which shall occur immediately prior to or substantially concurrently with, and is contingent upon, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, and (iii) as a result of the redemption of any Sunlight Class EX Units and a corresponding number of shares of Class C Common Stock pursuant to the Sunlight A&R LLC Agreement (including any such Sunlight Class EX Units and shares of Class C Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of a Sunlight Warrant after the Closing, which will be immediately redeemed for shares of Class A Common Stock upon such exercise, unless the exercising holder elects otherwise); and (b) an aggregate of 50,000,000shares of Class C Common Stock in connection with the Business Combination (the “NYSE Proposal”) (Proposal No. 3).

•        The 2021 Plan Proposal — To consider and vote upon a proposal to approve and adopt the Sunlight Financial Holdings 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”) and material terms thereunder (the “2021 Plan Proposal”) (Proposal No. 4). A copy of the 2021 Plan is attached to the accompanying proxy statement/prospectus as Annex C.

•        The ESPP Proposal — To consider and vote upon a proposal to approve and adopt the Sunlight Financial Holdings Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”) and material terms thereunder (the “ESPP Proposal”) (Proposal No. 5). A copy of the ESPP is attached to the accompanying proxy statement/prospectus as Annex D.

•        The Director Election Proposal — To elect nine directors to serve staggered terms on the board of directors of Sunlight Financial Holdings post-Closing (the “New Sunlight Financial Holdings Board”) until the 2022, 2023 and 2024 annual meetings of stockholders, respectively, or until such directors’ successors have been duly elected and qualified, or until such directors’ earlier death, resignation, retirement or removal (the “Director Election Proposal”) (Proposal No. 6).

•        The Adjournment Proposal — To consider and vote upon a proposal to approve the adjournment of the special meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary or appropriate, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies in the event that there are insufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the approval of the Business Combination Proposal, the Charter Proposals, the NYSE Proposal, the 2021 Plan Proposal, the ESPP Proposal or the Director Election Proposal (the “Adjournment Proposal” and, collectively with the Business Combination Proposal, the Charter Proposals, the NYSE Proposal, the 2021 Plan Proposal, the ESPP Proposal and the Director Election Proposal, the “Proposals”) (Proposal No. 7).

The special meeting will be completely virtual. There will be no physical meeting location and the special meeting will only be conducted via live webcast at the following address: https://www.cstproxy.com/spartanspacii/2021.

Only holders of record of shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock of Spartan at the close of business on , 2021 are entitled to notice of the virtual special meeting and to vote at the virtual special meeting and any adjournments or postponements thereof. A complete list of Spartan’s stockholders of record entitled to vote at the virtual special meeting will be available at the virtual special meeting and for ten days before the virtual special meeting at Spartan’s principal executive offices for inspection by stockholders during ordinary business hours for any purpose germane to the virtual special meeting.

Spartan’s outstanding Class A Common Stock and public warrants, which are exercisable for shares of Class A Common Stock under certain circumstances, are currently listed for trading on the NYSE under the symbols “SPRQ” and “SPRQ WS,” respectively. In addition, certain of our shares of Class A Common Stock and warrants currently trade as units consisting of one share of Class A Common Stock and one-half of one warrant, and are listed for trading on the NYSE under the symbol “SPRQ U.” The units will automatically separate into the component securities upon consummation of the Business Combination and, as a result, will no longer trade as a separate security. Upon the Closing, we intend to change our name from “Spartan Acquisition Corp. II” to “Sunlight Financial Holdings Inc.” and we intend to apply to continue the listing of our Class A Common Stock and warrants on the NYSE under the symbols “SUNL” and “SUNL WS,” respectively.

Pursuant to our Charter, we are providing the holders of shares of Class A Common Stock originally sold as part of the units issued in Spartan’s initial public offering (the “IPO” and such holders, the “public stockholders”) with the opportunity to redeem, upon the Closing, shares of Class A Common Stock then held by them for cash equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount on deposit (as of two business days prior to the Closing) in the trust account (the “Trust Account”) that holds the proceeds (including interest not previously released to Spartan to pay its franchise and income taxes) from the IPO and a concurrent private placement of warrants to our Sponsor. For illustrative purposes, based on the fair value of cash and marketable securities held in the Trust Account as of March31, 2021 of approximately $345.1million, the estimated per share redemption price would have been $10.00. Public stockholders may elect to redeem their shares whether or not they are holders as of the record date and whether or not they vote for the Business Combination Proposal. Notwithstanding the foregoing redemption rights (as provided in Section 9.2 of the Charter, the “Redemption Rights”), a public stockholder, together with any of his, her or its affiliates or any other person with whom he, she or it is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), will be restricted from redeeming in the aggregate his, her or its shares or, if part of such a group, the group’s shares, in excess of 15% of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock sold in the IPO. Holders of Spartan’s outstanding warrants sold in the IPO, which are exercisable for shares of Class A Common Stock under certain circumstances, do not have Redemption Rights in connection with the Business Combination. Our Sponsor, officers and directors have agreed to waive their Redemption Rights in connection with the consummation of the Business Combination with respect to any shares of Class A Common Stock they may hold, and our shares of Class B Common Stock will be excluded from the pro rata calculation used to determine the per share redemption price. Currently, our Sponsor, officers and directors own an aggregate of approximately 20% of our outstanding Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock (if they were considered a single class), including all of the shares of Class B Common Stock. Our Sponsor, officers and directors have agreed to vote any shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock held by them in favor of the Business Combination.

We may not consummate the Business Combination unless the Business Combination Proposal, the Charter Proposals and the NYSE Proposal are approved at the special meeting. The Charter Proposals, the 2021 Plan Proposal, the ESPP Proposal and the Director Election Proposal are conditioned on the approval of the Business Combination Proposal and the NYSE Proposal. The Adjournment Proposal is not conditioned on the approval of any

other Proposal set forth in the accompanying proxy statement/prospectus. The approval of the Business Combination Proposal, the NYSE Proposal, the 2021 Plan Proposal, the ESPP Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal requires the affirmative vote (online or by proxy) of the holders of a majority of the shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock entitled to vote and actually cast thereon at the special meeting (provided a quorum is present online or by proxy), voting as a single class. Approval of the Charter Proposals requires the affirmative vote (online or by proxy) of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock entitled to vote thereon at the special meeting (provided a quorum is present online or by proxy), voting as a single class.

As of March31, 2021, there was approximately $345.1million in the Trust Account, which Spartan intends to use for the purpose of consummating the Business Combination. Each redemption of shares of Class A Common Stock held by public stockholders will decrease the amount in the Trust Account. Spartan will not consummate the Business Combination if the redemption of shares would result in Spartan’s failure to have at least $5,000,001 of net tangible assets. In addition, the Business Combination Agreement includes a condition to closing that the Total Cash Consideration shall be an aggregate amount of not less than $375,000,000 after giving effect to the exercise of any Redemption Rights by stockholders of Spartan, the closing of the PIPE Financing, the payment of any Spartan and Sunlight unpaid transaction expenses incurred in connection with the Business Combination and the PIPE Financing on the Closing Date and the satisfaction or waiver of the Minimum Retained Cash Condition (as defined herein). Additionally, the Business Combination Agreement includes a condition to closing that, after giving effect to the payment by Spartan of any Spartan and Sunlight transaction expenses incurred in connection with the Business Combination and the PIPE Financing and excluding the amount of the Total Cash Consideration, the amount of Spartan Cash shall be no less than $50,000,000. The Business Combination Agreement provides that prior to the effective time, any party may extend the time for the performance of any obligation or other act of any other party, waive any inaccuracy in the representations and warranties of any other party and waive compliance with any agreement of any other party or any condition to its own obligations contained in the Business Combination Agreement.

YOUR VOTE IS VERY IMPORTANT, REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK OF SPARTAN YOU OWN. To ensure your representation at the special meeting, please complete and return the enclosed proxy card or submit your proxy by following the instructions maintained in this proxy statement/prospectus and on your proxy card. Please submit your proxy promptly, whether or not you expect to attend the meeting. If you hold your shares in “street name,” you should instruct your broker, bank or other nominee how to vote in accordance with the voting instruction form you received from your broker, bank or other nominee.

The board of directors of Spartan has unanimously approved the Business Combination Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby and recommends that you vote “FOR” the Business Combination Proposal, “FOR” the Charter Proposals, “FOR” the NYSE Proposal, “FOR” the 2021 Plan Proposal, “FOR” the ESPP Proposal, “FOR ALL NOMINEES” in the Director Election Proposal and “FOR” the Adjournment Proposal.

If you sign, date and return your proxy card without indicating how you wish to vote, your proxy will be voted “FOR” each of Proposal Nos.1, 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D,3,4,5, and 7 and “FOR ALL NOMINEES” for Proposal No. 6. If you fail to return your proxy card or fail to submit your proxy by telephone or over the Internet, or fail to instruct your bank, broker or other nominee how to vote, and do not virtually attend the special meeting, the effect will be that your shares will not be counted for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present at the special meeting and, if a quorum is present, will have no effect on the Business Combination Proposal, the NYSE Proposal, the 2021 Plan Proposal, the ESPP Proposal, the Director Election Proposal or the Adjournment Proposal, but will have the same effect as a vote “AGAINST” the Charter Proposals. If you are a stockholder of record and you virtually attend the special meeting and wish to vote, you may withdraw your proxy and vote online at the special meeting.

Each of the Proposals is more fully described in this proxy statement/prospectus, which each Spartan stockholder is encouraged to review carefully.

Your attention is directed to the proxy statement/prospectus accompanying this notice (including the annexes thereto) for a more complete description of the Business Combination and related transactions and each of our Proposals. We encourage you to read the accompanying proxy statement/prospectus carefully. If you have any questions or need assistance voting your shares, please call our proxy solicitor, Morrow Sodali LLC, at (800) 662-5200 (banks and brokers call collect at (203) 658-9400).

TO EXERCISE YOUR REDEMPTION RIGHTS, YOU MUST ELECT TO HAVE SPARTAN REDEEM YOUR SHARES FOR A PRO RATA PORTION OF THE FUNDS HELD IN THE TRUST ACCOUNT AND TENDER YOUR SHARES TO SPARTAN’S TRANSFER AGENT AT LEAST TWO BUSINESS DAYS PRIOR TO THE VOTE AT THE VIRTUAL SPECIAL MEETING. YOU MAY TENDER YOUR SHARES EITHER BY DELIVERING YOUR SHARE CERTIFICATE TO THE TRANSFER AGENT OR BY DELIVERING YOUR SHARES ELECTRONICALLY USING THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY’S DWAC (DEPOSIT WITHDRAWAL AT CUSTODIAN) SYSTEM. IF THE BUSINESS COMBINATION IS NOT COMPLETED, THEN THESE SHARES WILL NOT BE REDEEMED FOR CASH. IF YOU HOLD THE SHARES IN STREET NAME, YOU WILL NEED TO INSTRUCT THE ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE AT YOUR BANK OR BROKER TO WITHDRAW THE SHARES FROM YOUR ACCOUNT IN ORDER TO EXERCISE YOUR REDEMPTION RIGHTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHARTER.

Thank you for your consideration of these matters.

                 , 2021

By Order of the Board of Directors

Geoffrey Strong

Chief Financial Officer and Chairman of the Spartan Board

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ABOUT THIS PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS	ii
CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS	iii
SUMMARY TERM SHEET	x
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE BUSINESS COMBINATION	1
SUMMARY OF THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS	18
RISK FACTORS	41
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS	89
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION	91
SPECIAL MEETING OF SPARTAN STOCKHOLDERS	105
THE BUSINESS COMBINATION	110
PROPOSAL NO. 1 — THE BUSINESS COMBINATION PROPOSAL	153
PROPOSAL NO. 2 — THE CHARTER PROPOSALS	154
PROPOSAL NO. 3 — THE NYSE PROPOSAL	156
PROPOSAL NO. 4 — THE 2021 PLAN PROPOSAL	158
PROPOSAL NO. 5 — THE ESPP PROPOSAL	165
PROPOSAL NO. 6 — THE DIRECTOR ELECTION PROPOSAL	169
PROPOSAL NO. 7 — THE ADJOURNMENT PROPOSAL	170
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS OF SUNLIGHT	171
INFORMATION ABOUT SUNLIGHT	201
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS OF SPARTAN	220
INFORMATION ABOUT SPARTAN	225
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION	236
MANAGEMENT AFTER THE BUSINESS COMBINATION	246
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES	253
BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	266
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS	269
EXPERTS	274
HOUSEHOLDING INFORMATION	274
TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR	274
SUBMISSION OF STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS	274
FUTURE STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS	274
WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION	276
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS	F-1
ANNEX A: BUSINESS COMBINATION AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION	A-1
ANNEX B: SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION	B-1
ANNEX C: SUNLIGHT FINANCIAL HOLDINGS 2021 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN	C-1
ANNEX D: SUNLIGHT FINANCIAL HOLDINGS EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN	D-1

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ABOUT THIS PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS

This document, which forms part of a registration statement on Form S-4 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) by Spartan (File No. 333-254589) (the “Registration Statement”), constitutes a prospectus of Spartan under Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the shares of Class A Common Stock to be issued if the Business Combination described below is consummated. This document also constitutes a notice of meeting and a proxy statement under Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), with respect to the special meeting of Spartan stockholders at which Spartan stockholders will be asked to consider and vote upon a proposal to approve the Business Combination by the approval and adoption of the Business Combination Agreement, among other matters.

This information is available without charge to you upon written or oral request. To make this request, you should contact our proxy solicitor at:

Morrow Sodali LLC
470 West Avenue
Stamford, Connecticut 06902
Telephone: (800) 662-5200
(banks and brokers call collect at (203) 658-9400)
Email: SPRQ.info@investor.morrowsodali.com

To obtain timely delivery of requested materials, you must request the information no later than five business days prior to the date of the virtual special meeting.

You may also obtain additional information about us from documents filed with the SEC by following the instruction in the section entitled “Where You Can Find Additional Information.”

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CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS

Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this proxy statement to:

•        “Apollo” are to Apollo Global Management, Inc. (NYSE: APO), a Delaware corporation, and its consolidated subsidiaries;

•        “Apollo Funds” are to private equity, credit and real assets funds (including parallel funds and alternative investment vehicles) for which Apollo provides investment management or advisory services;

•        “Apollo Management Holdings” are to Apollo Management Holdings, L.P., an affiliate of the Sponsor;

•        “Audit Committee” are to the audit committee of the New Sunlight Financial Holdings Board;

•        “Blocker Holder” are to each of the FTV Blocker Holder and the Tiger Blocker Holder, and “Blocker Holders” are to the FTV Blocker Holder and Tiger Blocker Holder, collectively;

•        “Blocker Mergers” are to the FTV Blocker Mergers and the Tiger Blocker Mergers;

•        “Blocker Mergers Effective Time” are to the effective time of the Blocker Mergers;

•        “Blockers” are to FTV Blocker and Tiger Blocker;

•        “Business Combination” are to the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement;

•        “Business Combination Agreement” are to that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of January23, 2021, by and among Spartan, MergerCo1, MergerCo2, Holdings I, Holdings II, Spartan Sub, OpCo Merger Sub, Sunlight, FTV Blocker and Tiger Blocker, attached hereto as Annex A;

•        “CFPB” are to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau;

•        “Charter” are to Spartan’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation;

•        “Citi” are to Citigroup Global Markets Inc.;

•        “Class A Common Stock” are to (a) prior to giving effect to the Business Combination, Spartan’s Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and (b) after giving effect to the Business Combination, Sunlight Financial Holdings’ Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share;

•        “Class A Units” are to, collectively, Class A-1 Units, Class A-2 Units and Class A-3 Units representing limited liability company interests in Sunlight, which will cease to remain issued and outstanding upon the Closing;

•        “Class B Common Stock” are to (a) prior to giving effect to the Proposed Second A&R Charter, Spartan’s Class B Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and (b) after giving effect to the Proposed Second A&R Charter, Sunlight Financial Holdings’ Class B Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share;

•        “Class B Units” are to Class B Units representing limited liability company interests in Sunlight, which will cease to remain issued and outstanding upon the Closing;

•        “Class C Common Stock” are to Sunlight Financial Holdings’ Class C Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share;

•        “Class C Units” are to, collectively, Class C-1 Units, Class C-2 Units, Class C-2AD Units, Class C-3 Units and Class C-3AD Units representing limited liability company interests in Sunlight, which will cease to remain issued and outstanding upon the Closing;

•        “Closing” are to the closing of the Business Combination;

•        “Closing Date” are to the date on which the Closing occurs;

•        “Code” are to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended;

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•        “Common Stock” are to (a) prior to giving effect to the Business Combination, the Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock, and (b) after giving effect to the Business Combination, the Class A Common Stock and the Class C Common Stock;

•        “Compensation Committee” are to the compensation committee of the New Sunlight Financial Holdings Board;

•        “Consideration Allocation” are to the payment spreadsheet setting forth the allocation of the Total Cash Consideration and the Total Equity Consideration among each Blocker Holder, Unblocked Sunlight Unitholder and LTIP Unitholder, to be delivered by Sunlight prior to the Closing in accordance with the Business Combination Agreement;

•        “COVID-19” are to the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic;

•        “Current Sunlight Board” are to the pre-Business Combination board of directors of Sunlight Financial LLC;

•        “Deadline Date” are to February28, 2023;

•        “DGCL” are to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware;

•        “Exchange Act” are to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;

•        “Exchange Agent” are to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company;

•        “Existing Sunlight LLC Agreement” are to the Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Sunlight, dated as of May25, 2018, as amended or otherwise modified;

•        “Existing Sunlight Units” are to outstanding units representing limited liability company interests in Sunlight;

•        “FCRA” are to the Fair Credit Reporting Act;

•        “First FTV Blocker Merger” are to the merger of MergerCo1 with and into FTV Blocker, with FTV Blocker surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan;

•        “First Tiger Blocker Merger” are to the merger of MergerCo2 with and into Tiger Blocker, with Tiger Blocker surviving the merger as wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan;

•        “Flow-Through Sellers” are to the Unblocked Sunlight Unitholders and the holders of Sunlight Warrants;

•        “FTV Blocker” are to FTV-Sunlight, Inc., a Delaware corporation;

•        “FTV Blocker Holder” are to FTV V, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership;

•        “FTV Blocker Mergers” are to the First FTV Blocker Merger and the Second FTV Blocker Merger;

•        “FTV Parties” are to the FTV Blocker Holder and its respective affiliates;

•        “Founder Shares” are to the outstanding shares of our Class B Common Stock;

•        “Founders Stock Agreement” are to that certain Founders Stock Agreement, dated as of January23, 2021, by and among Spartan, the Sponsor and the other holders of Founder Shares;

•        “GAAP” are to generally accepted accounting principles in the United States;

•        “Gibson Dunn” are to Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, legal counsel to the Transaction Committee;

•        “Holdings I” are to SL Financial Investor I LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan;

•        “Holdings II” are to SL Financial Investor II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan;

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•        “home improvements” are to Sunlight’s line of business related to home improvements, such as roofing, siding, windows, doors, HVAC systems and insulation;

•        “HSR Act” are to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended;

•        “Hunton Andrews Kurth” are to Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, legal counsel to Sunlight;

•        “Initial Business Combination” are to Spartan’s initial merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses;

•        “initial stockholders” are to the holders of our Founder Shares, which includes our Sponsor and our independent directors;

•        “Initial Public Offering” or “IPO” are to Spartan’s initial public offering of units, which closed on November30, 2020;

•        “Investor Rights Agreement” are to that certain Investor Rights Agreement to be entered into by and among Sunlight Financial Holdings and certain stockholders named therein, which will be entered into concurrently with the Closing and which will be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 10.18;

•        “IPO Registration Rights Agreement” are to that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November24, 2020, by and among Spartan, the Sponsor and the other holders of our Founder Shares;

•        “IRS” are to the Internal Revenue Service;

•        “JOBS Act” are to the U.S. legislation Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012;

•        “Letter Agreement” are to that certain letter agreement, dated as of November24, 2020, by and among Spartan, the Sponsor and our officers and directors;

•        “Letter Agreement Amendment” are to that certain Amendment No. 1 to the Letter Agreement, dated as of January23, 2021, by and among Spartan, the Sponsor and our officers and directors;

•        “LTIP” are to the Sunlight Financial LLC 2017 Long-Term Incentive Plan, dated effective as of December13, 2017, which shall be terminated in connection with the Closing;

•        “LTIP Unit Award Agreement” are to those certain award agreements granted certain employees and executive officers of Sunlight pursuant to the LTIP prior to the Closing;

•        “LTIP Unitholders” are to persons and entities who own LTIP Units (other than forfeited and unallocated LTIP Units);

•        “LTIP Units” are to units issued under the LTIP and having the terms set forth in the LTIP and the applicable LTIP Unit Award Agreement;

•        “management” or our “management team” are to our officers and directors;

•        “MergerCo1” are to SL Invest I Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan;

•        “MergerCo2” are to SL Invest II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan;

•        “Minimum Cash Consideration Condition” are to $375.0million;

•        “Minimum Retained Cash Condition” are to $50.0million;

•        “New PIPE Investors” are to investors in the PIPE Financing;

•        “New Sunlight Financial Holdings Board” are to the board of directors of Sunlight Financial Holdings after the Closing;

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•        “Note” are to the unsecured promissory note from an affiliate of the Sponsor for an aggregate of up to $300,000 to cover expenses related to the IPO;

•        “NYSE” are to the New York Stock Exchange;

•        “OpCo Merger” are to the merger of OpCo Merger Sub with and into Sunlight, with Sunlight surviving the merger as a subsidiary of Spartan Sub and with the Sunlight Unitholders being the other owners of Sunlight;

•        “OpCo Merger Effective Time” are to the effective time of the OpCo Merger;

•        “OpCo Merger Sub” are to SL Financial LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan Sub;

•        “PIPE Financing” are to the private offering of Class A Common Stock to certain investors in connection with the Business Combination;

•        “PIPE Funds” are to the proceeds from the PIPE Financing;

•        “PIPE Shares” are to the shares of Class A Common Stock that are issued in the PIPE Financing;

•        “POS” are to point-of-sale;

•        “Preferred Stock” are to (a) prior to giving effect to the Business Combination, Spartan’s Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and (b) after giving effect to the Business Combination, Sunlight Financial Holdings’ Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share;

•        “private placement warrants” are to the warrants issued to our Sponsor in a private placement simultaneously with the closing of our IPO;

•        “Proposed Second A&R Charter” are to that certain Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Spartan to be adopted by Spartan prior to Closing;

•        “Proprietary Information” are to intellectual property, trade secrets and confidential and proprietary information;

•        “public shares” are to shares of our Class A Common Stock sold as part of the units in the IPO (whether they were purchased in the IPO or thereafter in the open market);

•        “public stockholders” are to the holders of our public shares;

•        “public warrants” are to the warrants sold as part of the units in the IPO (whether they were purchased in the IPO or thereafter in the open market);

•        “Redemption Rights” are to the redemption rights provided for in Section 9.2 of our Charter;

•        “Redeeming Stockholder” are to each Spartan stockholder who exercises its Redemption Rights prior to the OpCo Merger Effective Time;

•        “Reference Time” are to (i) immediately after Spartan’s stockholder meeting (as may be adjourned) or (ii) in the event Spartan’s stockholder meeting is not held by the adjournment date, immediately after such adjournment date;

•        “Registration Statement” are to this registration statement on Form S-4, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time;

•        “Restricted Stock” are to the shares of Class A Common Stock or Sunlight Class EX Units and corresponding number of shares of Class C Common Stock held by certain persons that will be subject to lock-up transfer restrictions for specified periods after the Closing;

•        “Sarbanes-Oxley Act” are to the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002;

•        “SEC” are to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission;

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•        “Second FTV Blocker Merger” are to the merger of FTV Blocker with and into Holdings I, with Holdings I surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan;

•        “Second Tiger Blocker Merger” are to the merger of Tiger Blocker with and into Holdings II, with Holdings II surviving the merger as wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan;

•        “Securities Act” are to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;

•        “Sellers” are to the Blocker Holders and Flow-Through Sellers;

•        “solar systems” are to Sunlight’s residential energy solar systems line of business;

•        “Spartan,” “we,” “our,” “us” or the “Company” are to Spartan Acquisition Corp. II a Delaware corporation;

•        “Spartan Board” are to the board of directors of Spartan;

•        “Spartan Cash” are to (x) the amount of immediately available funds contained in the Trust Account available for release to Spartan (net of the payments required to be made to the Redeeming Stockholders), plus (y) the amount of cash held by Spartan without restriction outside of the Trust Account, plus (z) the amount cash to be paid to Spartan pursuant to the PIPE Financing;

•        “Spartan Contribution” are to the (i) contribution by Spartan to Spartan Sub of all of Spartan’s assets (other than the membership interests in each of Holdings I, Holdings II and Spartan Sub) and (ii) contribution by Spartan Sub to Sunlight of such assets in exchange for Sunlight Class X Units and a number of warrants of Sunlight equal to the number of outstanding Spartan Warrants;

•        “Spartan Sub” are to SL Financial Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan;

•        “Spartan Subsidiaries” are to MergerCo1, MergerCo2, Holdings I, Holdings II, Spartan Sub and OpCo Merger Sub;

•        “Spartan Transaction Consideration” are to the total consideration to be received by Spartan directly or indirectly through its wholly owned subsidiaries at the Closing and consisting of (i) a number of Sunlight Class X Units equal to the number of shares of Class A Common Stock that will be outstanding immediately after the Closing and (ii) a number of warrants to purchase a number of Sunlight Class X Units equal to the number of Spartan Warrants that will be outstanding immediately after the Closing;

•        “Spartan Warrants” are to our public warrants and private placement warrants, collectively;

•        “special meeting” are to the special meeting of stockholders of Spartan that is the subject of this proxy statement/prospectus and any adjournments or postponements thereof;

•        “Sponsor” are to Spartan Acquisition Sponsor II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, which is an affiliate of a private investment fund managed by Apollo;

•        “Subscription Agreements” are to those certain separate subscription agreements, dated as of January23, 2021, by and among Spartan and the investors named therein;

•        “Sunlight” are to Sunlight Financial LLC, a Delaware limited liability company;

•        “Sunlight A&R LLC Agreement” are to that certain Fifth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Sunlight, to be entered into by and among Sunlight, Sunlight Financial Holdings, Spartan Sub and certain members named therein which will be entered into concurrently with the Closing and which will be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 3.5;

•        “Sunlight Certificate of Formation” are to the Certificate of Formation of Sunlight dated January23, 2014, as such may have been amended, supplemented or modified from time to time;

•        “Sunlight Class EX Units” are to a class of common units representing limited liability company interests in Sunlight designated in the Sunlight A&R LLC Agreement as Class EX Units;

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•        “Sunlight Class X Units” are to the units representing limited liability company interests in Sunlight designated in the Sunlight A&R LLC Agreement as Class X Units;

•        “Sunlight Financial Holdings” are to Sunlight Financial Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation, the name of Spartan after giving effect to the Business Combination, together with its wholly owned subsidiaries, Spartan Sub, Holdings I and Holdings II;

•        “Sunlight Platform” or “Orange®” are to Sunlight’s proprietary technology-enabled point-of-sale financing platform;

•        “Sunlight Support Agreement” are to that certain Company Support Agreement, dated as of January23, 2021, by and among Spartan, the Blockers and Tiger Infrastructure Partners Sunlight Feeder LP;

•        “Sunlight Unitholders” are to the Unblocked Sunlight Unitholders and the Blockers;

•        “Sunlight Units” are to the Sunlight Class X Units and the Sunlight Class EX Units;

•        “Sunlight Valuation” are to $1,175,000,000;

•        “Sunlight Warrants” are to the outstanding warrants to purchase Existing Sunlight Units;

•        “Tax Receivable Agreement” are to that certain Tax Receivable Agreement, to be entered into by and among Sunlight Financial Holdings, the TRA Holders and the Agent, each as named therein, which will be entered into concurrently with the Closing and which will be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 10.15;

•        “TCJ Act” are to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act;

•        “Tiger” are to Tiger Blocker Holder and Tiger Infrastructure Partners Sunlight Feeder LP, collectively;

•        “Tiger Blocker” are to Tiger Co-Invest B Sunlight Blocker, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company;

•        “Tiger Blocker Holder” are to Tiger Infrastructure Partners Co-Invest B LP, a Delaware limited partnership;

•        “Tiger Blocker Mergers” are to the First Tiger Blocker Merger and the Second Tiger Blocker Merger;

•        “Tiger Parties” are to Tiger Infrastructure Partners Sunlight Feeder LP, a Delaware limited partnership, Tiger Blocker and their respective affiliates;

•        “Total Cash Consideration” are to (a) an amount equal to the result of calculating aggregate Spartan Cash less (b) $50,000,000, less (c) the amount of all unpaid transaction expenses of Sunlight and Spartan as of the Closing;

•        “Total Equity Consideration” are to Class A Common Stock and Sunlight Class EX Units (and a corresponding number of shares of Class C Common Stock), which aggregate number of shares of Class A Common Stock and Sunlight Class EX Units will be equal to the quotient of (a) the excess of (x) $1,175,000,000 over (y) the Total Cash Consideration, and (b) $10.00;

•        “TRA Holders” are the Blocker Holders and the Unblocked Sunlight Unitholders;

•        “Transaction Committee” are to the transaction committee of the Spartan Board;

•        “Transfer Agent” are to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company;

•        “Trustee” are to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company;

•        “Trust Account” are to the trust account that holds the proceeds (including interest not previously released to Spartan to pay its franchise and income taxes) from the IPO and a concurrent private placement of private placement warrants to our Sponsor;

•        “UDAAP” are to Section 1031 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which prohibits unfair, deceptive or abusive acts or practices;

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•        “Unblocked Sunlight Unitholders” are to certain persons and entities, other than the Blockers, who own Existing Sunlight Units (other than forfeited and unallocated Existing Sunlight Units);

•        “units” are to our units sold in the IPO, each of which consists of one share of Class A Common Stock and one-half of one public warrant;

•        “vendors” are to Sunlight’s third party vendors;

•        “VIE” are to variable interest entity;

•        “Vinson & Elkins” are to Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., legal counsel to Spartan; and

•        “voting common stock” are to our Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock.

Unless otherwise specified, the voting and economic interests of Spartan stockholders set forth in this proxy statement/prospectus (a) assume (i) that no public stockholders elect to have their public shares redeemed, (ii) that none of Spartan’s initial stockholders or the Blocker Holders or Unblocked Sunlight Unitholders purchase shares of Class A Common Stock in the open market prior to the Closing, (iii) a Closing Date of July22, 2021 (the outside date under the Business Combination Agreement), (iv) that there are no other issuances of equity interests of Spartan or Sunlight prior to the Closing, (v) that each Sunlight Warrant is fully exercised and the Existing Sunlight Units received are immediately exchanged for Class A Common Stock in connection with the Closing and (vi) that all Existing Sunlight Units and all LTIP Units that are provisionally vested immediately after the Closing have become vested and the Company EX Units and the Class C Common Stock or the Class A Common Stock, as applicable, escrowed in respect thereof have been released by an escrow agent to the Unblocked Sunlight Unitholders and LTIP Unitholders, respectively, and (b) does not take into account Spartan Warrants that will remain outstanding following the Business Combination and may be exercised at a later date or the issuance of any shares upon completion of the Business Combination under the 2021 Plan.

The use of July22, 2021 as the assumed Closing Date throughout this proxy statement/prospectus is for illustrative purposes only and is not intended to be a projection of the actual Closing Date.

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SUMMARY TERM SHEET

This Summary Term Sheet, together with the sections entitled “Questions and Answers About the Business Combination” and “Summary of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus,” summarizes certain information included in this proxy statement/prospectus, but does not include all of the information that is important to you. You should read carefully this entire proxy statement/prospectus, including the attached annexes, for a more complete understanding of the matters to be considered at the special meeting.

•        Spartan is a blank check company incorporated on August17, 2020 as a Delaware corporation and formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. For more information about Spartan, see the section entitled “Information About Spartan.” In considering the recommendation of the Spartan Board to vote in favor of the Business Combination, stockholders should be aware that, aside from their interests as stockholders, our Sponsor and certain of our directors and officers have interests in the Business Combination that are different from, or in addition to, those of other stockholders generally. Our directors were aware of and considered these interests, among other matters, in evaluating the Business Combination, and in recommending to stockholders that they approve the Business Combination. Stockholders should take these interests into account in deciding whether to approve the Business Combination. See the subsection entitled “The Business Combination — Interests of Certain Persons in the Business Combination” for additional information. The Spartan Board was aware of and considered these interests, among other matters, in recommending that Spartan stockholders vote “FOR” each of the Proposals.

•        There are currently 34,500,000shares of Class A Common Stock and 8,625,000shares of Class B Common Stock issued and outstanding. In addition, there are currently 27,150,000 Spartan Warrants outstanding, consisting of 17,250,000 public warrants and 9,900,000 private placement warrants. Each whole warrant entitles the registered holder to purchase one whole share of Class A Common Stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. The warrants will become exercisable on the later of 30 days after the completion of our Initial Business Combination and 12months from the closing of our IPO and will expire five years after the completion of our Initial Business Combination or earlier upon their redemption or liquidation, as applicable. Once the public warrants become exercisable, Spartan may redeem the outstanding public warrants, in whole and not in part, for cash in accordance with, and subject to the terms of, the warrant agreement. The private placement warrants, however, are non-redeemable so long as they are held by our Sponsor or its permitted transferees. For more information about the terms of the warrants, see the subsection entitled “Description of Securities — Warrants.”

•        Sunlight, a Delaware limited liability company, is a business-to-business-to-consumer, technology-enabled point-of-sale (POS) financing platform that provides residential solar and home improvement contractors the ability to offer seamless POS financing to their customers when purchasing residential solar systems or other home improvements. The resulting loans are funded by Sunlight’s network of capital providers who, by partnering with Sunlight, gain access to a difficult-to-reach loan market, best-in-class consumer credit underwriting and attractive risk adjusted returns. These loans are facilitated by Sunlight’s proprietary technology platform, Orange®, through which Sunlight offers instant credit decisions to homeowners nationwide at the POS on behalf of Sunlight’s various capital providers. Since Sunlight’s founding in 2014, Sunlight has facilitated over $4.0billion of loans through the Sunlight Platform in partnership with over 1,200 contractor relationships. For more information about Sunlight, see the sections entitled “Information About Sunlight” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of Sunlight.”

•        On January23, 2021, we, our direct and indirect wholly owned subsidiaries, MergerCo1, MergerCo2, Holdings I, Holdings II, Spartan Sub and OpCo Merger Sub, entered into the Business Combination Agreement with Sunlight, FTV Blocker and Tiger Blocker. A copy of the Business Combination Agreement is attached to this proxy statement/prospectus as Annex A.

•        Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, and subject to the terms and conditions contained therein, (i) OpCo Merger Sub will merge with and into Sunlight, with Sunlight surviving the merger, (ii) MergerCo1 will merge with and into FTV Blocker, with FTV Blocker surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan and immediately thereafter, FTV Blocker will merge with and into Holdings I,

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with Holdings I surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan, (iii) MergerCo2 will merge with and into Tiger Blocker, with Tiger Blocker surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan and immediately thereafter, Tiger Blocker will merge with and into Holdings II, with Holdings II surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan and (iv) thereafter Spartan will contribute all of its remaining assets (other than the membership interests in each of Holdings I, Holdings II and Spartan Sub) to Spartan Sub and Spartan Sub in turn will contribute such assets to Sunlight. After giving effect to the Business Combination, the combined company will be organized in an “Up-C” structure, such that all of the material assets of the combined company will be held by Sunlight, and Spartan’s (which will change its name to Sunlight Financial Holdings) only material asset will be its indirect equity interests in Sunlight. For more information about the Business Combination Agreement and the Business Combination, see the section entitled “The Business Combination.”

•        Prior to the OpCo Merger Effective Time, Spartan will adopt the Proposed Second A&R Charter, providing for, among other things, the creation of the Class C Common Stock and specification of the rights of the holders thereof. The Class C Common Stock will vote together with the Class A Common Stock as a single class, but will have no economic rights. At the OpCo Merger Effective Time, (i) all of the Existing Sunlight Units (other than unallocated or forfeited Existing Sunlight Units) that are held by Unblocked Sunlight Unitholders will be exchanged for, an aggregate number of Sunlight Class EX Units and a corresponding number of shares of Class C Common Stock, and a portion of the Total Cash Consideration, as determined in accordance with the Consideration Allocation as set forth in the Business Combination Agreement (provided that the Sunlight Class EX Units and a corresponding number of shares of Class C Common Stock exchanged for provisionally vested Existing Sunlight Units subject to additional time based vesting requirements will be issued to an escrow agent subject to the satisfaction of applicable time vesting requirements), (ii) Sunlight Financial Holdings will receive, and any other Existing Sunlight Units to be held by Sunlight Financial Holdings following the Closing will be exchanged for, Sunlight Class X Units, and (iii) all of the Sunlight Warrants will become exercisable for Sunlight Class EX Units (together with a corresponding number of shares of Class C Common Stock). Each Sunlight Class EX Unit, together with one share of Class C Common Stock, will be redeemable, subject to certain conditions, for either one share of Class A Common Stock, or at Sunlight’s election, an amount of cash approximately equivalent to the market value of one share of Class A Common Stock, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Sunlight A&R LLC Agreement. In addition, at the OpCo Merger Effective Time, all of the LTIP Units (other than unallocated or forfeited LTIP Units) held by LTIP Unitholders will be exchanged for an aggregate number of shares of Class A Common Stock and a portion of the Total Cash Consideration, as determined in accordance with the Consideration Allocation as set forth in the Business Combination Agreement (provided that the shares of Class A Common Stock and the portion of the total Cash Consideration exchanged for provisionally vested LTIP Units subject to additional time based vesting requirements will be issued to an escrow agent subject to the satisfaction of applicable time vesting requirements). At the Blocker Mergers Effective Time, the equity interests of each of the Blockers issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Blocker Mergers Effective Time will be exchanged for shares of Class A Common Stock and a portion of the Total Cash Consideration, as determined in accordance with the Consideration Allocation as set forth in the Business Combination Agreement.

•        At the Closing, pursuant to the terms of our Charter, each outstanding share of Class B Common Stock, other than any shares of Class B Common Stock forfeited at the Closing pursuant to the Founders Stock Agreement, will convert automatically into one share of Class A Common Stock. Following the Closing, there will no longer be any shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding. For diagrams showing expected post-Closing corporate structures, please see the subsection entitled “Summary of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus — Organizational Structure” starting on page 32 of the accompanying proxy statement/prospectus.

•        At the Closing, Sunlight Financial Holdings will enter into the Tax Receivable Agreement with the TRA Holders and the Agent (as defined therein). The Tax Receivable Agreement generally will provide for the payment by Sunlight Financial Holdings to the Agent, for disbursement to the TRA Holders on a pro rata basis, of 85% of the net cash savings, if any, in U.S. federal, state and local income tax and franchise tax that Sunlight Financial Holdings actually realizes (or is deemed to realize in certain circumstances) in periods after the Closing as a result of (i) certain increases in tax basis that occur as a result of Sunlight Financial Holdings’ acquisition (or deemed acquisition for U.S. federal income tax purposes) of all

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or a portion of a TRA Holder’s Sunlight Class EX Units upon the exercise of the redemption or call rights set forth in the Sunlight A&R LLC Agreement and (ii) imputed interest deemed to be paid by Sunlight Financial Holdings as a result of, and additional tax basis arising from, any payments Sunlight Financial Holdings makes under the Tax Receivable Agreement. Sunlight Financial Holdings will retain the benefit of the remainder of the actual net cash savings, if any. If Sunlight Financial Holdings elects to terminate the Tax Receivable Agreement early or if it is terminated early due to Sunlight Financial Holdings’ failure to honor a material obligation thereunder or due to a Change of Control (as defined in the Tax Receivable Agreement), Sunlight Financial Holdings will be required to make a payment equal to the deemed present value of the anticipated future payments to be made by it under the Tax Receivable Agreement (based upon certain assumptions and deemed events set forth in the Tax Receivable Agreement), which amount may substantially exceed the actual cash tax savings realized by Sunlight Financial Holdings. In the case of an early termination upon a Change of Control, such early termination payment may, at Sunlight Financial Holdings’ election, be paid ratably over the two-year period following the Change of Control.

•        At the Closing, it is anticipated that up to 40,000,000shares of Class A Common Stock will be issued to the Blocker Holders and the LTIP Unitholders and up to 50,000,000shares of Class C Common Stock (in addition to an equal number of Sunlight Class EX Units) will be issued to the Unblocked Sunlight Unitholders in the Business Combination. It is also anticipated that we will reserve for issuance up to an aggregate of 50,000,000shares of Class A Common Stock, including, without limitation, for the issuance to the investors in the PIPE Financing, and in respect of shares of Class A Common Stock subject to issuance as a result of the redemption of any Sunlight Class EX Units and corresponding shares of Class C Common Stock pursuant to the Sunlight A&R LLC Agreement (including any such Sunlight Class EX Units and shares of Class C Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of a Sunlight Warrant after the Closing, which will be immediately redeemed for shares of Class A Common Stock upon such exercise, unless the exercising holder elects otherwise). For more information about the Business Combination Agreement and the Business Combination, see the section entitled “The Business Combination.”

•        Unless lawfully waived by the parties to the Business Combination Agreement, the Closing is subject to a number of conditions set forth in the Business Combination Agreement, including, among others, receipt of the requisite Spartan stockholder approval of the Business Combination Agreement, the Business Combination, the Charter Proposals and the NYSE Proposal. For more information about the closing conditions to the Business Combination, see the subsection entitled “The Business Combination — Conditions to Closing.”

•        The Business Combination Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the consummation of the Business Combination upon mutual agreement of Spartan and Sunlight, or for other reasons in specified circumstances. For more information about the termination rights under the Business Combination Agreement, see the subsection entitled “The Business Combination — Termination.”

•        The Business Combination involves numerous risks. For more information about these risks, please see the section entitled “Risk Factors.”

•        Pursuant to the PIPE Financing, we have agreed to issue and sell to certain investors, and those investors have agreed to buy from us, in connection with the Closing, an aggregate of 25,000,000shares of Class A Common Stock at a purchase price of $10.00 per share for an aggregate commitment of $250,000,000. Such Class A Common Stock would be valued at approximately $ , based on the closing price of our Class A Common Stock of $ per share on , 2021.

•        Under our Charter, in connection with the Business Combination, holders of our Class A Common Stock may elect to have their shares redeemed for cash at the applicable redemption price per share calculated in accordance with our Charter. As of March31, 2021, this would have amounted to $10.00 per share. If a holder exercises its Redemption Rights, then such holder will be exchanging its shares of Class A Common Stock for cash, will no longer own shares of Class A Common Stock and will not participate in our future growth, if any. Such a holder will be entitled to receive cash for its public shares only if it properly demands redemption and delivers its shares (either physically or electronically) to our Transfer Agent at least two business days prior to the special meeting. For more information regarding these procedures, see the subsection entitled “Special Meeting of Spartan Stockholders — Redemption Rights.”

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•        We anticipate that, upon completion of the Business Combination, the ownership of Sunlight Financial Holdings and Sunlight will be as follows:

•        the Blocker Holders will own 26,094,761shares of our Class A Common Stock and the LTIP Unitholders combined with the holders of Sunlight Warrants will own 3,904,779shares of our Class A Common Stock, representing an approximate 26.6% and 4.0% economic interest, respectively, and an approximate 19.3% and 2.9% voting interest, respectively, in Sunlight Financial Holdings;

•        the Unblocked Sunlight Unitholders will own 36,800,461shares of our Class C Common Stock, representing a 0.0% economic interest and an approximate 27.3% voting interest in Sunlight Financial Holdings, and a corresponding number of Sunlight Class EX Units representing an approximate 27.3% economic interest in Sunlight;

•        the public stockholders will own 34,500,000shares of our Class A Common Stock, representing an approximate 35.2% economic interest and an approximate 25.6% voting interest in Sunlight Financial Holdings;

•        the New PIPE Investors will own 25,000,000shares of our Class A Common Stock, representing an approximate 25.5% economic interest and an approximate 18.5% voting interest in Sunlight Financial Holdings;

•        the initial stockholders will own 8,625,000shares of our Class A Common Stock, representing an approximate 8.8% economic interest and an approximate 6.4% voting interest in Sunlight Financial Holdings; and

•        Sunlight Financial Holdings will own 98,124,539 Sunlight Class X Units representing an approximate 72.7% economic interest in Sunlight.

The ownership percentages with respect to Sunlight Financial Holdings set forth above (a) assume (i) that no public stockholders elect to have their public shares redeemed, (ii) that none of Spartan’s initial stockholders or the Blocker Holders or Unblocked Sunlight Unitholders purchase shares of Class A Common Stock in the open market prior to the Closing, (iii) a Closing Date of July22, 2021 (the outside date under the Business Combination Agreement), (iv) that there are no other issuances of equity interests of Spartan or Sunlight prior to the Closing, (v) that each Sunlight Warrant is fully exercised and the Existing Sunlight Units received are immediately exchanged for Class A Common Stock in connection with the Closing and (vi) that all Existing Sunlight Units and all the LTIP Units that are provisionally vested immediately after the Closing have become vested and the Company EX Units and Class C Common Stock or the Class A Common Stock, as applicable, escrowed in respect thereof have been released by an escrow agent to the Unblocked Sunlight Unitholders and LTIP Unitholders, respectively, and (b) does not take into account Spartan Warrants that will remain outstanding following the Business Combination and may be exercised at a later date or the issuance of any shares upon completion of the Business Combination under the 2021 Plan. As a result of the Business Combination, the economic and voting interests of our public stockholders will decrease. If we assume the maximum redemptions scenario described under the section entitled “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information,” i.e., 13,200,000shares of Class A Common Stock are redeemed, and the assumptions set forth in the foregoing clauses (a)(ii)–(vi) and (b) remain true, the ownership of Sunlight Financial Holdings and Sunlight upon the Closing will be as follows:

•        the Blocker Holders will own 31,251,210shares of our Class A Common Stock, and the LTIP Unitholders combined with the holders of Sunlight Warrants will own 4,676,382shares of our Class A Common Stock, representing an approximate 34.7% and 5.2% economic interest, respectively, and an approximate 23.3% and 3.5% voting interest, respectively, in Sunlight Financial Holdings;

•        the Unblocked Sunlight Unitholders will own 44,072,408shares of our Class C Common Stock, representing 0.0% economic interest and an approximate 32.9% voting interest in Sunlight Financial Holdings, and a corresponding number of Sunlight Class EX Units representing an approximate 32.9% economic interest in Sunlight;

•        the public stockholders will own 21,300,000 shares of our Class A Common Stock, representing an approximate 23.7% economic interest and an approximate 15.9% voting interest in Sunlight Financial Holdings;

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•        the New PIPE Investors will own 25,000,000shares of our Class A Common Stock, representing an approximate 27.8% economic interest and an approximate 18.6% voting interest in Sunlight Financial Holdings;

•        the initial stockholders will own 7,800,000 shares of our Class A Common Stock, representing an approximate 8.7% economic interest and an approximate 5.8% voting interest in Sunlight Financial Holdings; and

•        Sunlight Financial Holdings will own 90,027,592 Sunlight Class X Units representing an approximate 67.1% economic interest in Sunlight.

If the facts are different than the above assumptions, the percentage ownership retained by Spartan’s existing stockholders in Sunlight Financial Holdings following the Business Combination will be different. For example, if we assume that all 17,250,000 public warrants that are outstanding and all 9,900,000 private placement warrants that are outstanding were exercisable and exercised following completion of the Business Combination and further assume that no public stockholders elect to have their public shares redeemed (and each other assumption set forth in the preceding paragraph remains the same), then the ownership of Sunlight Financial Holdings and Sunlight would be as follows:

•        the Blocker Holders will own 26,094,761shares of our Class A Common Stock, and the LTIP Unitholders combined with the holders of Sunlight Warrants will own 3,904,779shares of our Class A Common Stock, representing an approximate 20.8% and 3.1% economic interest, respectively, and an approximate 16.1% and 2.4% voting interest, respectively, in Sunlight Financial Holdings;

•        the Unblocked Sunlight Unitholders will own 36,800,461shares of our Class C Common Stock, representing 0.0% economic interest and an approximate 22.7% voting interest in Sunlight Financial Holdings, and a corresponding number of Sunlight Class EX Units representing an approximate 22.7% economic interest in Sunlight;

•        the public stockholders will own 51,750,000shares of our Class A Common Stock (including shares of Class A Common Stock issued upon the assumed exercise of all public warrants), representing an approximate 41.3% economic interest and an approximate 31.9% voting interest in Sunlight Financial Holdings;

•        the New PIPE Investors will own 25,000,000shares of our Class A Common Stock, representing an approximate 20.0% economic interest and an approximate 15.4% voting interest in Sunlight Financial Holdings;

•        the initial stockholders will own 18,525,000shares of our Class A Common Stock (including shares of Class A Common Stock issued upon the assumed exercise of all private placement warrants), representing an approximate 14.8% economic interest and an approximate 11.4% voting interest in Sunlight Financial Holdings; and

•        Sunlight Financial Holdings will own 125,274,539 Sunlight Class X Units representing an approximate 77.3% economic interest in Sunlight.

Please see the subsections entitled “Summary of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus — Ownership of Sunlight Financial Holdings After the Closing” and “Description of Securities — Warrants” and the section entitled “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information” for further information.

The Spartan Board considered various factors in determining whether to approve the Business Combination Agreement and the Business Combination. For more information about the Spartan Board’s decision-making process, see the subsection entitled “The Business Combination — The Spartan Board’s Reasons for the Approval of the Business Combination.”

In addition to voting on the proposal to approve and adopt the Business Combination Agreement and the Business Combination (the “Business Combination Proposal”) at the special meeting, Spartan stockholders will also be asked to vote on the approval of:

•        an amendment to our Charter to:

•        (a) increase the number of authorized shares of Spartan’s capital stock, par value $0.0001 per share, from (i) 271,000,000shares, consisting of 270,000,000shares of Common Stock, including 250,000,000shares of Class A Common Stock and 20,000,000shares of Class B Common Stock,

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and 1,000,000shares of Preferred Stock, to (ii) an aggregate of 500,000,000shares, consisting of 465,000,000shares of Common Stock, including 400,000,000shares of Class A Common Stock, 20,000,000shares of Class B Common Stock and 45,000,000shares of Class C Common Stock, and 35,000,000shares of Preferred Stock; and (b) specify the rights of the Class C Common Stock in order to provide for our “Up-C” structure(the “Authorized Share Charter Sub-Proposal” or “Proposal No. 2A”);

•        make certain other changes that the Spartan Board deems appropriate for a public company, including changing the post-combination company’s name to “Sunlight Financial Holdings Inc.,” removing the provision that Spartan elects to not be subject to Section 203 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (“DGCL”) and certain other changes (the “Additional Charter Sub-Proposal” or “Proposal No. 2B”);

•        require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66⅔% of the voting power of all then-outstanding shares of Sunlight Financial Holdings’ capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, for the stockholders of Sunlight Financial Holdings to adopt, amend or repeal any provision of Sunlight Financial Holdings’ bylaws (the “Bylaw Amendment Charter Sub-Proposal” or “Proposal No. 2C”); and

•        require, except as otherwise provided in the Proposed Second A&R Charter (including, for example, to increase or decrease the number of authorized shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock or Preferred Stock), the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66⅔% of the voting power of all then-outstanding shares of Sunlight Financial Holdings’ capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, to amend or repeal any provision of the Proposed Second A&R Charter (the “Charter Amendment Charter Sub-Proposal” or “Proposal No. 2D”).

•        for purposes of complying with applicable listing rules of the NYSE, the issuance of up to (a) an aggregate of 115,000,000shares of Class A Common Stock, including, without limitation, shares of Class A Common Stock to be issued (i) in connection with the Business Combination, (ii) to the investors in the PIPE Financing, which shall occur immediately prior to or substantially concurrently with, and is contingent upon, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, and (iii) as a result of the redemption of any Sunlight Class EX Units and corresponding shares of Class C Common Stock pursuant to the Sunlight A&R LLC Agreement (including any such Sunlight Class EX Units and shares of Class C Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of a Sunlight Warrant after the Closing, which will be immediately redeemed for shares of Class A Common Stock upon such exercise, unless the exercising holder elects otherwise); and (b) an aggregate of 50,000,000shares of Class C Common Stock in connection with the Business Combination (Proposal No. 3).

•        the2021 Plan and material terms thereunder (the “2021 Plan Proposal”) (Proposal No. 4).

•        the ESPP and material terms thereunder (the “ESPP Proposal”) (Proposal No. 5).

•        the election of nine directors to serve staggered terms on our board of directors until the 2022, 2023 and 2024 annual meetings of stockholders, respectively, or until such directors’ successors have been duly elected and qualified, or until such directors’ earlier death, resignation, retirement or removal (the “Director Election Proposal”) (Proposal No. 6).

•        the adjournment of the special meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary or appropriate, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies in the event that there are insufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the approval of the Business Combination Proposal, the Charter Proposals, the NYSE Proposal, the 2021 Plan Proposal, the ESPP Proposal or the Director Election Proposal (the “Adjournment Proposal” and, together with the Business Combination Proposal, the Charter Proposals, the NYSE Proposal, the 2021 Plan Proposal, the ESPP Proposal and the Director Election Proposal, the “Proposals”) (Proposal No. 7).

For more information, see the sections entitled “Proposal No. 2 — The Charter Proposals,” “Proposal No. 3 — The NYSE Proposal,” “Proposal No. 4 — The 2021 Plan Proposal,” “Proposal No. 5 — The ESPP Proposal,” “Proposal No. 6 — The Director Election Proposal” and “Proposal No. 7 — The Adjournment Proposal.”

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE BUSINESS COMBINATION

The following questions and answers briefly address some commonly asked questions about the Proposals to be presented at the special meeting of stockholders of Spartan, including the Business Combination. The following questions and answers do not include all the information that is important to Spartan stockholders. We urge Spartan stockholders to carefully read this entire proxy statement/prospectus, including the annexes and other documents referred to herein.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT SPARTAN’S SPECIAL STOCKHOLDER MEETING AND THE BUSINESS COMBINATION

Q:     Why am I receiving this proxy statement/prospectus?

A:     Spartan stockholders are being asked to consider and vote upon, among other things, a proposal to (a) approve and adopt the Business Combination Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, pursuant to which, among other things, (i) OpCo Merger Sub will merge with and into Sunlight with Sunlight surviving the merger, (ii) MergerCo1 will merge with and into FTV Blocker, with FTV Blocker surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan and immediately thereafter, FTV Blocker will merge with and into Holdings I, with Holdings I surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan, (iii) MergerCo2 will merge with and into Tiger Blocker, with Tiger Blocker surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan and immediately thereafter, Tiger Blocker will merge with and into Holdings II, with Holdings II surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan and (iv) thereafter Spartan will contribute all of its remaining assets (other than the membership interests in each of Holdings I, Holdings II and Spartan Sub) to Spartan Sub and Spartan Sub in turn will contribute such assets to Sunlight (Proposal No. 1), (b) approve and adopt the Charter Proposals and (c) approve, for purposes of complying with applicable listing rules of the NYSE, the issuance of up to (i) an aggregate of 115,000,000shares of Class A Common Stock, including, without limitation, shares of Class A Common Stock to be issued (A) in connection with the Business Combination, (B) to the investors in the PIPE Financing, which shall occur immediately prior to or substantially concurrently with, and is contingent upon, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, and (C) as a result of the redemption of any Sunlight Class EX Units and corresponding shares of Class C Common Stock pursuant to the Sunlight A&R LLC Agreement (including any such Sunlight Class EX Units and shares of Class C Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of a Sunlight Warrant after the Closing, which will be immediately redeemed for shares of Class A Common Stock upon such exercise, unless the exercising holder elects otherwise); and (ii) an aggregate of 50,000,000shares of Class C Common Stock in connection with the Business Combination (the “NYSE Proposal”) (Proposal No. 3). The Business Combination cannot be completed unless the requisite number of Spartan stockholders approve the Business Combination Proposal, the Charter Proposals and the NYSE Proposal.

         A copy of the Business Combination Agreement is attached to this proxy statement/prospectus as Annex A. This proxy statement/prospectus and its annexes contain important information about the Business Combination and the other matters to be acted upon at the special meeting. You should read this proxy statement/prospectus and its annexes carefully and in their entirety.

         Your vote is important. You are encouraged to submit your proxy as soon as possible after carefully reviewing this proxy statement/prospectus and its annexes.

Q:     What is being voted on at the special meeting?

A:     Spartan stockholders will vote on the following proposals at the special meeting.

•        The Business Combination Proposal — To consider and vote upon a proposal to approve and adopt the Business Combination Agreement and to approve the transactions contemplated thereby (Proposal No. 1).

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•        The Charter Proposals — To consider and vote upon each of the following Charter Proposals:

•        The Authorized Share Charter Sub-Proposal — To (a) increase the number of authorized shares of Spartan’s capital stock, par value $0.0001 per share, from (i) 271,000,000shares, consisting of 270,000,000shares of Common Stock, including 250,000,000shares of Class A Common Stock and 20,000,000shares of Class B Common Stock, and 1,000,000shares of Preferred Stock, to (ii) an aggregate of 500,000,000shares, consisting of 465,000,000shares of Common Stock, including 400,000,000shares of Class A Common Stock, 20,000,000shares of Class B Common Stock and 45,000,000shares of Class C Common Stock, and 35,000,000shares of Preferred Stock; and (b) specify the rights of the Class C Common Stock in order to provide for our “Up-C” structure (the “Authorized Share Charter Sub-Proposal” or “Proposal No. 2A”);

•        The Additional Charter Sub-Proposal — To make certain other changes that the Spartan Board deems appropriate for a public company, including the post-combination company’s name to “Sunlight Financial Holdings Inc.,” removing the provisions that Spartan elects to not be subject to Section 203 of the DGCL, eliminating the right of stockholders to act by written consent and certain other changes (the “Additional Charter Sub-Proposal” or “Proposal No. 2B”);

•        The Bylaw Amendment Charter Sub-Proposal — To require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66⅔% of the voting power of all then-outstanding shares of Sunlight Financial Holdings’ capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, for the stockholders of Sunlight Financial Holdings to adopt, amend or repeal any provision of Sunlight Financial Holdings’ bylaws (the “Bylaw Amendment Charter Sub-Proposal” or “Proposal No. 2C”); and

•        The Charter Amendment Charter Sub-Proposal — To require, except as otherwise provided in the Proposed Second A&R Charter, including, for example, to increase or decrease the number of authorized shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock or Preferred Stock, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66⅔% of the voting power of all then-outstanding shares of Sunlight Financial Holdings’ capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, to amend or repeal any provision of the Proposed Second A&R Charter (the “Charter Amendment Charter Sub-Proposal” or “Proposal No. 2D”).

•        The NYSE Proposal — To consider and vote upon a proposal to approve, for purposes of complying with applicable listing rules of the NYSE, the issuance of up to (a) an aggregate of 115,000,000shares of Class A Common Stock, including, without limitation, shares of Class A Common Stock to be issued (i) in connection with the Business Combination, (ii) to the investors in the PIPE Financing, which shall occur immediately prior to or substantially concurrently with, and is contingent upon, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, and (iii) as a result of the redemption of any Sunlight Class EX Units and corresponding shares of Class C Common Stock pursuant to the Sunlight A&R LLC Agreement (including any such Sunlight Class EX Units and shares of Class C Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of a Sunlight Warrant after the Closing, which will be immediately redeemed for shares of Class A Common Stock upon such exercise, unless the exercising holder elects otherwise); and (b) an aggregate of 50,000,000shares of Class C Common Stock in connection with the Business Combination (Proposal No. 3).

•        The 2021 Plan Proposal — To consider and vote upon a proposal to approve and adopt the 2021 Plan and material terms thereunder (Proposal No. 4). A copy of the 2021 Plan is attached to this proxy statement/prospectus as Annex C.

•        The ESPP Proposal — To consider and vote upon a proposal to approve and adopt the ESPP and material terms thereunder (Proposal No. 5). A copy of the ESPP is attached to the accompanying proxy statement/prospectus as Annex D.

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•        The Director Election Proposal — To elect nine directors to serve staggered terms on our board of directors until the 2022, 2023 and 2024 annual meetings of stockholders, respectively, or until such directors’ successors have been duly elected and qualified, or until such directors’ earlier death, resignation, retirement or removal (Proposal No. 6).

•        The Adjournment Proposal — To consider and vote upon a proposal to approve the adjournment of the special meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary or appropriate, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies in the event that there are insufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the approval of the Business Combination Proposal, the Charter Proposals, the NYSE Proposal, the 2021 Plan Proposal, the ESPP Proposal or the Director Election Proposal (Proposal No. 7).

Q:     Are the Proposals conditioned on one another?

A:     We may not consummate the Business Combination unless the Business Combination Proposal, the Charter Proposals and the NYSE Proposal are approved at the special meeting. The Charter Proposals, the 2021 Plan Proposal, the ESPP Proposal and the Director Election Proposal are conditioned on the approval of the Business Combination Proposal and the NYSE Proposal. The Adjournment Proposal is not conditioned on the approval of any other Proposal set forth in this proxy statement/prospectus.

Q:     What will happen in the Business Combination?

A:     On January23, 2021, Spartan and the Spartan Subsidiaries entered into the Business Combination Agreement with Sunlight and the Blockers, pursuant to which, among other things, the OpCo Merger and the Blocker Mergers will take place and thereafter Spartan will contribute all of its remaining assets (other than the membership interests in each of Holdings I, Holdings II and Spartan Sub) to Spartan Sub and Spartan Sub in turn will contribute such assets to Sunlight. Prior to the OpCo Merger Effective Time, Spartan will adopt the Proposed Second A&R Charter, providing for, among other things, the creation of the Class C Common Stock and specification of the rights of the holders thereof. The Class C Common Stock will vote as a single class with the Class A Common Stock, but will have no economic rights. At the OpCo Merger Effective Time, (i) all of the Existing Sunlight Units (other than unallocated or forfeited Existing Sunlight Units) that are held by Unblocked Sunlight Unitholders will be exchanged for an aggregate number of Sunlight Class EX Units and a corresponding number of shares of Class C Common Stock, and a portion of the Total Cash Consideration, as determined in accordance with the Consideration Allocation as set forth in the Business Combination Agreement (provided that the Sunlight Class EX Units and a corresponding number of shares of Class C Common Stock exchanged for provisionally vested Existing Sunlight Units subject to additional time based vesting requirements will be issued to an escrow agent subject to the satisfaction of applicable time vesting requirements), (ii) Sunlight Financial Holdings will receive, and any other Existing Sunlight Units to be held by Sunlight Financial Holdings following the Closing will be exchanged for, Sunlight Class X Units, and (iii) all of the Sunlight Warrants will become exercisable for Sunlight Class EX Units (together with a corresponding number of shares of Class C Common Stock). Each Sunlight Class EX Unit, together with one share of Class C Common Stock, will be redeemable, subject to certain conditions, for either one share of Class A Common Stock, or at Sunlight’s election, an amount of cash approximately equivalent to the market value of one share of Class A Common Stock, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Sunlight A&R LLC Agreement. In addition, at the OpCo Merger Effective Time, all of the LTIP Units (other than unallocated or forfeited LTIP Units) held by LTIP Unitholders will be exchanged for an aggregate number of shares of Class A Common Stock and a portion of the Total Cash Consideration, as determined in accordance with the Consideration Allocation as set forth in the Business Combination Agreement (provided that the shares of Class A Common Stock and the portion of the total Cash Consideration exchanged for provisionally vested LTIP Units subject to additional time based vesting requirements will be issued to an escrow agent subject to the satisfaction of applicable time vesting requirements). At the Blocker Mergers Effective Time, the equity interests of each of the Blockers issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Blocker Mergers Effective Time will be exchanged for shares of Class A Common Stock and a portion of the Total Cash Consideration, as determined in accordance with the Consideration Allocation as set forth in the Business Combination Agreement. At the Closing, pursuant to the terms of the Proposed Second A&R Charter, each outstanding share of Class B Common Stock, other than any shares of Class B Common Stock forfeited at the Closing pursuant to the Founders Stock Agreement, will convert automatically into one share of Class A Common Stock. For diagrams showing expected post-Closing corporate structures, please see the subsection

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entitled “Summary of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus — Organizational Structure” starting on page 32 of this proxy statement/prospectus. Following the Closing, there will no longer be any shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding. For more information about the Business Combination Agreement and the Business Combination, see the section entitled “The Business Combination.”

Q:     What consideration will be paid to the Sunlight equityholders and LTIP Unitholders in the Business Combination, assuming that none of Spartan’s stockholders elect to redeem their Class A Common Stock?

A:     The various Sunlight equityholders and LTIP Unitholders will receive the following, assuming that none of Spartan’s stockholders elect to redeem their Class A Common Stock:

•        the Unblocked Sunlight Unitholders will receive 36,800,461shares of our Class C Common Stock and a corresponding number of Sunlight Class EX Units, $279.3million in cash consideration, and rights under the Tax Receivable Agreement.

•        The FTV Blocker Holder will receive 19,562,639shares of Class A Common Stock, $148.5million in cash consideration, and rights under the Tax Receivable Agreement.

•        The Tiger Blocker Holder will receive 6,532,121shares of Class A Common Stock, $49.6million in cash consideration, and rights under the Tax Receivable Agreement.

•        The LTIP Unitholders combined with the holders of Sunlight Warrants will receive, with respect to the outstanding LTIP Units that are vested or provisionally vested prior to or become vested in connection with the Business Combination and upon exercise of the Sunlight Warrants and subsequent exchange of the Sunlight Units received upon such exercise for Class A Common Stock, an aggregate of 3,904,779shares of Class A Common Stock and $29.6million in cash consideration, subject to forfeiture under certain circumstances.

Q:     What consideration will be paid to the Sunlight equityholders and LTIP Unitholders in the Business Combination, assuming the maximum redemption scenario described under the section entitled “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information”?

A:     The various Sunlight equityholders and LTIP Unitholders will receive the following in the maximum redemption scenario:

•        the Unblocked Sunlight Unitholders will receive 44,072,408shares of our Class C Common Stock and a corresponding number of Sunlight Class EX Units, $206.6million in cash consideration, and rights under the Tax Receivable Agreement.

•        The FTV Blocker Holder will receive 23,428,311shares of Class A Common Stock, $109.8million in cash consideration, and rights under the Tax Receivable Agreement.

•        The Tiger Blocker Holder will receive 7,822,900shares of Class A Common Stock, $36.7million in cash consideration, and rights under the Tax Receivable Agreement.

•        The LTIP Unitholders combined with the holders of Sunlight Warrants will receive, with respect to the outstanding LTIP Units that are vested or provisionally vested prior to or become vested in connection with the Business Combination and upon exercise of the Sunlight Warrants and subsequent exchange of the Sunlight Units received upon such exercise for Class A Common Stock, an aggregate of 4,676,382shares of Class A Common Stock and $21.9million in cash consideration, subject to forfeiture under certain circumstances.

Q:     How were the transaction structure and consideration for the Business Combination determined?

A:     Following the closing of the IPO, Spartan representatives commenced a robust search for businesses or assets to acquire for the purpose of consummating Spartan’s Initial Business Combination. Spartan management was first made aware of the Sunlight process by Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (who was acting as sell-side financial advisor to Sunlight) and by representatives of Apollo Management Holdings, L.P. (an affiliate of the Sponsor), who were familiar with Sunlight through their network. Representatives of Spartan reviewed

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materials related to Sunlight and had internal discussions and concluded that Sunlight would be a worthwhile target for Spartan to pursue. Following conversations between Sunlight and Spartan, Sunlight and Spartan entered into a confidentiality agreement, following which Sunlight provided additional information to Spartan. After approximately two weeks of discussions, Sunlight and Spartan entered into a confidential, non-binding letter of intent term sheet, which reflected an estimated post-money equity valuation of Sunlight of approximately $1.349billion. Subsequently, Spartan and Sunlight, and their respective advisors and counsel, engaged in extensive discussions through which Spartan and Sunlight mutually agreed upon the terms and conditions of the Business Combination Agreement, including, among other things, the consideration for the Business Combination and the “Up-C” structure. For more information regarding the determination of the transaction structure and consideration for the Business Combination, see the subsection entitled “The Business Combination — Consideration in the Business Combination” and “The Business Combination — Background of the Business Combination.”

Q:     Why is Spartan proposing the Business Combination?

A:     Spartan was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination involving Spartan and one or more businesses.

         On November30, 2020, Spartan completed the IPO of 34,500,000 units, including 4,500,000 units that were issued pursuant to the underwriters’ full exercise of their over-allotment option, with each unit consisting of one share of Class A Common Stock and one-half of one warrant, with each whole warrant entitling the holder to purchase one share of Class A Common Stock at a price of $11.50 per share, generating gross proceeds to Spartan of $345,000,000. Since the IPO, Spartan’s activity has been limited to the search for a prospective Initial Business Combination.

         The Spartan Board considered a wide variety of factors in connection with its evaluation of the Business Combination, including its review of the results of the due diligence conducted by Spartan’s management and Spartan’s advisors. As a result, the Spartan Board concluded that a transaction with Sunlight would present the most attractive opportunity to maximize value for Spartan’s stockholders, and the Spartan Board ultimately determined that the Business Combination with Sunlight was the most attractive potential transaction for Spartan. Please see the subsection entitled “The Business Combination — The Spartan Board’s Reasons for the Approval of the Business Combination.”

Q:     What conditions must be satisfied to complete the Business Combination?

A:     There are a number of closing conditions in the Business Combination Agreement, including the approval by our stockholders of the Business Combination Proposal, the Charter Proposals and the NYSE Proposal. For a summary of the conditions that must be satisfied or waived prior to completion of the Business Combination, see the subsection entitled “The Business Combination — Conditions to Closing.”

Q:     How will we be managed and governed following the Business Combination?

         Immediately after the Closing, the New Sunlight Financial Holdings Board will be divided into three separate classes, designated as follows:

•        the Class I directors will be Jeanette Gorgas, Kenneth Shea and Joshua Siegel, and their terms will expire at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2022;

•        the Class II directors will be Brad Bernstein, Emil W. Henry, Jr. and Jennifer D. Nordquist, and their terms will expire at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2023; and

•        the Class III directors will be Toan Huynh, Matthew Potere and Philip Ryan, and their terms will expire at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2024.

         It is anticipated that Emil W. Henry, Jr. will be designated Chairman of the board of directors of Sunlight Financial Holdings (the “New Sunlight Financial Holdings Board”) upon the Closing.

         Please see the section entitled “Management After the Business Combination.”

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Q:     What are the principal differences between the Class A Common Stock and the Class C Common Stock?

A:     After the Closing, Class A Common Stock and Class C Common Stock will constitute all of the outstanding classes of Common Stock of Sunlight Financial Holdings and will possess all voting power for the election of directors of Sunlight Financial Holdings and all other matters requiring stockholder action. Holders of shares of Class A Common Stock and Class C Common Stock will be entitled to one vote per share and at all times vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders of Sunlight Financial Holdings. The principal difference between Class A Common Stock and Class C Common Stock is that holders of shares of Class C Common Stock will not be entitled to receive dividends, if declared by our board of directors, or to receive any portion of any assets in respect of such shares upon the liquidation, dissolution, distribution of assets or winding-up of the post-combination company. In addition, upon the redemption of any Sunlight Class EX Units held by Unblocked Sunlight Unitholders for shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to the Sunlight A&R LLC Agreement, the number of shares of Class C Common Stock corresponding to the number of redeemed Sunlight Class EX Units automatically will be cancelled for no consideration. Finally, shares of Class C Common Stock can only be transferred with their corresponding Sunlight Class EX Units in accordance with the Sunlight A&R LLC Agreement.

Q:     Will Spartan obtain new financing in connection with the Business Combination?

A:     Yes. The New PIPE Investors, comprised of 71 separate institutional and other accredited investors, have committed to purchase from Spartan 25,000,000shares of Class A Common Stock, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $250million in the PIPE Financing. Based solely on the number of shares of Class A Common Stock for which each New PIPE Investor has subscribed and, to the knowledge of Spartan, additional shares of Class A Common Stock held by each New PIPE Investor, none of the New PIPE Investors will own five percent (5%) or more of the Common Stock of Sunlight Financial Holdings upon the consummation of the Business Combination.

Q:     What equity stake will our current stockholders and the holders of our Founder Shares hold in Sunlight Financial Holdings following the consummation of the Business Combination?

A:     We anticipate that, upon completion of the Business Combination, the ownership of Sunlight Financial Holdings and Sunlight will be as follows:

•        the Blocker Holders will own 26,094,761shares of our Class A Common Stock and the LTIP Unitholders combined with the holders of Sunlight Warrants, assuming such holders exercise and subsequently exchange the Sunlight Units received upon such exercise for Class A Common Stock, will own 3,904,779shares of our Class A Common Stock, representing an approximate 26.6% and 4.0% economic interest, respectively, and an approximate 19.3% and 2.9% voting interest, respectively, in Sunlight Financial Holdings;

•        the Unblocked Sunlight Unitholders will own 36,800,461shares of our Class C Common Stock, representing a 0.0% economic interest and an approximate 27.3% voting interest in Sunlight Financial Holdings, and a corresponding number of Sunlight Class EX Units representing an approximate 27.3% economic interest in Sunlight;

•        the public stockholders will own 34,500,000shares of our Class A Common Stock, representing an approximate 35.2% economic interest and an approximate 25.6% voting interest in Sunlight Financial Holdings;

•        the New PIPE Investors will own 25,000,000shares of our Class A Common Stock, representing an approximate 25.5% economic interest and an approximate 18.5% voting interest in Sunlight Financial Holdings;

•        the initial stockholders will own 8,625,000shares of our Class A Common Stock, representing an approximate 8.8% economic interest and an approximate 6.4% voting interest in Sunlight Financial Holdings; and

•        Sunlight Financial Holdings will own 98,124,539 Sunlight Class X Units representing an approximate 72.7% economic interest in Sunlight.

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The ownership percentages with respect to Sunlight Financial Holdings set forth above (a) assume (i) that no public stockholders elect to have their public shares redeemed, (ii) that none of Spartan’s initial stockholders or the Blocker Holders or Unblocked Sunlight Unitholders purchase shares of Class A Common Stock in the open market prior to the Closing, (iii) a Closing Date of July22, 2021, (iv) that there are no other issuances of equity interests of Spartan or Sunlight prior to the Closing, (v) that each Sunlight Warrant is fully exercised and the Existing Sunlight Units received are immediately exchanged for Class A Common Stock in connection with the Closing and (vi) that all Existing Sunlight Units and all LTIP Units that are provisionally vested immediately after the Closing have become vested and the Company EX Units and the Class C Common Stock or the Class A Common Stock, as applicable, escrowed in respect thereof have been released by an escrow agent to the Unblocked Sunlight Unitholders and LTIP Unitholders, respectively, and (b) does not take into account Spartan Warrants that will remain outstanding following the Business Combination and may be exercised at a later date or the issuance of any shares upon completion of the Business Combination under the 2021 Plan. As a result of the Business Combination, the economic and voting interests of our public stockholders will decrease. If we assume the maximum redemptions scenario described under the section entitled “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information,” i.e., 13,200,000shares of Class A Common Stock are redeemed, and the assumptions set forth in the foregoing clauses (a)(ii)–(vi) and (b) remain true, the ownership of Sunlight Financial Holdings and Sunlight upon the Closing will be as follows:

•        the Blocker Holders will own 31,251,210shares of our Class A Common Stock, and the LTIP Unitholders combined with the holders of Sunlight Warrants will own 4,676,382shares of our Class A Common Stock, representing an approximate 34.7% and 5.2% economic interest, respectively, and an approximate 23.3% and 3.5% voting interest, respectively, in Sunlight Financial Holdings;

•        the Unblocked Sunlight Unitholders will own 44,072,408shares of our Class C Common Stock, representing 0.0% economic interest and an approximate 32.9% voting interest in Sunlight Financial Holdings, and a corresponding number of Sunlight Class EX Units representing an approximate 32.9% economic interest in Sunlight;

•        the public stockholders will own 21,300,000shares of our Class A Common Stock, representing an approximate 23.7% economic interest and an approximate 15.9% voting interest in Sunlight Financial Holdings;

•        the New PIPE Investors will own 25,000,000shares of our Class A Common Stock, representing an approximate 27.8% economic interest and an approximate 18.6% voting interest in Sunlight Financial Holdings;

•        the initial stockholders will own 7,800,000shares of our Class A Common Stock, representing an approximate 8.7% economic interest and an approximate 5.8% voting interest in Sunlight Financial Holdings; and

•        Sunlight Financial Holdings will own 90,027,592 Sunlight Class X Units representing an approximate 67.1% economic interest in Sunlight.

If the facts are different than the above assumptions, the percentage ownership retained by Spartan’s existing stockholders in Sunlight Financial Holdings following the Business Combination will be different. For example, if we assume that all 17,250,000 public warrants that are outstanding and all 9,900,000 private placement warrants that are outstanding were exercisable and exercised following completion of the Business Combination and further assume that no public stockholders elect to have their public shares redeemed (and each other assumption set forth in the preceding paragraph remains the same), then the ownership of Sunlight Financial Holdings and Sunlight would be as follows:

•        the Blocker Holders will own 26,094,761shares of our Class A Common Stock, and the LTIP Unitholders combined with the holders of Sunlight Warrants will own 3,904,779shares of our Class A Common Stock, representing an approximate 20.8% and 3.1% economic interest, respectively, and an approximate 16.1% and 2.4% voting interest, respectively, in Sunlight Financial Holdings;

•        the Unblocked Sunlight Unitholders will own 36,800,461shares of our Class C Common Stock, representing 0.0% economic interest and an approximate 22.7% voting interest in Sunlight Financial Holdings, and a corresponding number of Sunlight Class EX Units representing an approximate 22.7% economic interest in Sunlight;

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•        the public stockholders will own 51,750,000shares of our Class A Common Stock (including shares of Class A Common Stock issued upon the assumed exercise of all public warrants), representing an approximate 41.3% economic interest and an approximate 31.9% voting interest in Sunlight Financial Holdings;

•        the New PIPE Investors will own 25,000,000shares of our Class A Common Stock, representing an approximate 20.0% economic interest and an approximate 15.4% voting interest in Sunlight Financial Holdings;

•        the initial stockholders will own 18,525,000shares of our Class A Common Stock (including shares of Class A Common Stock issued upon the assumed exercise of all private placement warrants), representing an approximate 14.8% economic interest and an approximate 11.4% voting interest in Sunlight Financial Holdings; and

•        Sunlight Financial Holdings will own 125,274,539 Sunlight Class X Units representing an approximate 77.3% economic interest in Sunlight.

Please see the subsections entitled “Summary of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus — Ownership of Sunlight Financial Holdings After the Closing,” “Description of Securities — Warrants” and the section entitled “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information” for further information.

Q:     Why is Spartan proposing the amendments to our Charter set forth in the Charter Proposals?

A:     Spartan is proposing amendments to our Charter to approve certain items required to effectuate the Business Combination and other matters the Spartan Board believes are appropriate for the operation of Sunlight Financial Holdings, including providing for, among other things, (a) an increase in the number of authorized shares of Spartan’s capital stock, par value $0.0001 per share, from (i) 271,000,000shares, consisting of 270,000,000shares of Common Stock, including 250,000,000shares of Class A Common Stock and 20,000,000shares of Class B Common Stock, and 1,000,000shares of Preferred Stock, to (ii) an aggregate of 500,000,000shares, consisting of 465,000,000shares of Common Stock, including 400,000,000shares of Class A Common Stock, 20,000,000shares of Class B Common Stock and 45,000,000shares of Class C Common Stock, and 35,000,000shares of Preferred Stock; (b) to specify the rights of the Class C Common Stock in order to provide for our “Up-C” structure; (c) to make certain other changes that the Spartan Board deems appropriate for a public company, including changing the post-combination company’s name to “Sunlight Financial Holdings Inc.,” removing the provision that Spartan elects not to be subject to Section 203 of the DGCL and certain other changes; (d) to require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66⅔% of the voting power of all then-outstanding shares of Sunlight Financial Holdings’ capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, for the stockholders of Sunlight Financial Holdings to adopt, amend or repeal any provision of Sunlight Financial Holdings’ bylaws; and (e) to require, except as otherwise provided in the Proposed Second A&R Charter, including, for example, to increase or decrease the number of authorized shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock or Preferred Stock, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66⅔% of the voting power of all then-outstanding shares of Sunlight Financial Holdings’ capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, to amend or repeal any provision of the Proposed Second A&R Charter.

         Under our Charter and Delaware law, stockholder approval is required in order to effect the Charter Proposals. See the section entitled “Proposal No. 2 — The Charter Proposals” for additional information.

Q:     Why is Spartan proposing the NYSE Proposal?

A:     Spartan is proposing the NYSE Proposal in order to comply with NYSE listing rules, which require stockholder approval of certain transactions that result in the issuance of 20% or more of a company’s outstanding voting power or shares of common stock outstanding before the issuance of stock or securities. In connection with the Business Combination, the PIPE Financing and as a result of the redemption of any Sunlight Class EX Units and corresponding shares of Class C Common Stock pursuant to the Sunlight A&R LLC Agreement (including any such Sunlight Class EX Units and shares of Class C Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of a Sunlight Warrant after the Closing, which will be immediately redeemed for shares of Class A Common Stock upon such exercise, unless the exercising holder elects otherwise), we may issue up to an aggregate of 115,000,000shares

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of Class A Common Stock and 50,000,000shares of Class C Common Stock (corresponding to the number of Sunlight Class EX Units of Sunlight in accordance with the Sunlight A&R LLC Agreement). The Class A Common Stock and the Class C Common Stock will each carry one vote per share and the Class C Common Stock will have no economic rights but will be entitled to vote as a single class with the Class A Common Stock. Each Sunlight Class EX Unit, together with one share of Class C Common Stock, will be redeemable, subject to certain conditions, for either one share of Class A Common Stock, or at Sunlight’s election, an amount of cash approximately equivalent to the market value of one share of Class A Common Stock, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Sunlight A&R LLC Agreement. Accordingly, we may issue shares representing up to 68.0% of the voting power of shares of Class A Common Stock and Class C Common Stock outstanding on the date of this proxy statement/prospectus. Because we may issue 20% or more of our outstanding voting power and outstanding Common Stock in connection with the Business Combination and PIPE Financing, we are required to obtain stockholder approval of such issuances pursuant to NYSE listing rules. See the section entitled “Proposal No. 3 — The NYSE Proposal” for additional information.

Q:     What is an “Up-C” Structure?

A:     Our corporate structure following the Business Combination, as described under the subsection entitled “The Business Combination Proposal — General; Structure of the Business Combination,” is commonly referred to as an “Up-C” structure, which is often used by partnerships and limited liability companies when they undertake an initial public offering either directly or through a business combination with a special purpose acquisition company, such as Spartan. Following the Closing Date, under our “Up-C” structure, Sunlight will be an indirect subsidiary of Sunlight Financial Holdings and will continue to operate the Sunlight business and hold all of the material assets of Sunlight Financial Holdings. Following the Closing, Sunlight Financial Holdings’ only material asset will consist of its indirect equity interests in Sunlight. Immediately following the Closing, Sunlight Financial Holdings is expected to own approximately 72.7% of the outstanding Sunlight Units (assuming no redemptions), and Spartan Sub will control Sunlight as the sole managing member of Sunlight in accordance with the terms of the Sunlight A&R LLC Agreement.

         The Unblocked Sunlight Unitholders will continue to hold interests in Sunlight directly, through their ownership of Sunlight Class EX Units, as well as a corresponding number of shares of Class C Common Stock. The Class C Common Stock will vote together with the Class A Common Stock as a single class, but will have no economic rights. Each Sunlight Class EX Unit, together with one share of Class C Common Stock, will be redeemable, subject to certain conditions, for either one share of Class A Common Stock, or at Sunlight’s election, an amount of cash approximately equivalent to the market value of one share of Class A Common Stock, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Sunlight A&R LLC Agreement.

         Sunlight will continue to be treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income (and certain state and local) tax purposes. Accordingly, Sunlight generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax and instead will allocate such items to its members, including the Unblocked Sunlight Unitholders and Spartan Sub.

         As a result of the Business Combination, Sunlight Financial Holdings and Spartan Sub are expected to obtain a step-up in the tax basis of Sunlight’s assets with respect to the portion of the Existing Sunlight Units held by the Unblocked Sunlight Unitholders treated as purchased with a portion of the Total Cash Consideration. In addition, Sunlight Financial Holdings and Spartan Sub may obtain additional step-up in tax basis as a result of future redemptions of Sunlight Class EX Units. Any such step-up in tax basis may provide Sunlight Financial Holdings and Spartan Sub with certain tax benefits that may reduce Sunlight Financial Holdings’ future taxable income. Sunlight Financial Holdings will enter into the Tax Receivable Agreement with the TRA Holders and the Agent (as defined therein), which generally will provide for the payment by Sunlight Financial Holdings to the Agent, for disbursement to the TRA Holders on a pro rata basis, of 85% of the net cash savings, if any, in U.S. federal, state and local income tax and franchise tax that Sunlight Financial Holdings actually realizes (or is deemed to realize in certain circumstances) in periods after the Closing as a result of (i) certain increases in tax basis that occur as a result of Sunlight Financial Holdings’ acquisition (or deemed acquisition for U.S. federal income tax purposes) of all or a portion of a TRA Holder’s Sunlight Class EX Units upon the exercise of the redemption or call rights set forth in the Sunlight A&R LLC Agreement and (ii) imputed interest deemed to be paid by Sunlight Financial Holdings as a result of, and additional tax basis arising from, any payments Sunlight Financial Holdings makes under the Tax Receivable Agreement. Sunlight Financial Holdings will retain the benefit of the remainder of the actual net cash savings, if any.

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Q:     Did the Spartan Board obtain a third-party valuation or fairness opinion in determining whether or not to proceed with the Business Combination?

A:     No. The Spartan Board did not obtain a third-party valuation or fairness opinion in connection with its determination to approve the Business Combination. Spartan’s officers and directors have substantial experience in evaluating the operating and financial merits of companies from a wide range of industries and concluded that their experience and backgrounds, together with the experience and sector expertise of Spartan’s advisors, enabled them to make the necessary analyses and determinations regarding the Business Combination. In addition, Spartan’s officers, directors and advisors have substantial experience with mergers and acquisitions. Accordingly, investors will be relying solely on the judgment of the Spartan Board in valuing Sunlight and assuming the risk that the Spartan Board may not have properly valued the business.

Q:     What happens if I sell my shares of Class A Common Stock before the special meeting?

A:     The record date for the special meeting is earlier than the date that the Business Combination is expected to be completed. If you transfer your shares of Class A Common Stock after the record date, but before the special meeting, unless the transferee obtains from you a proxy to vote those shares, you will retain your right to vote at the special meeting. However, you will not be able to seek redemption of your shares of Class A Common Stock because you will no longer be able to deliver them for cancellation upon consummation of the Business Combination in accordance with the provisions described in this proxy statement/prospectus. If you transfer your shares of Class A Common Stock prior to the record date, you will have no right to vote those shares at the special meeting or seek redemption of those shares.

Q:     How has the announcement of the Business Combination affected the trading price of Spartan’s units, Class A Common Stock and public warrants?

A:     On January22, 2021, the last trading date before the public announcement of the Business Combination, Spartan’s public units, Class A Common Stock and public warrants closed at $12.94, $11.81 and $2.72, respectively. On            , 2021, the trading date immediately prior to the date of this proxy statement, Spartan’s public units, Class A Common Stock and warrants closed at $            , $             and $            , respectively.

Q:     Following the Business Combination, will Spartan’s securities continue to trade on a stock exchange?

A:     Yes. We anticipate that, following the Business Combination, our Class A Common Stock and public warrants will continue trading on the NYSE under the new symbols “SUNL” and “SUNL WS,” respectively. Our units will automatically separate into the component securities upon consummation of the Business Combination and, as a result, will no longer trade as a separate security following the Business Combination.

Q:     What vote is required to approve the Proposals presented at the special meeting?

A:     The approval of the Business Combination Proposal, the NYSE Proposal, the 2021 Plan Proposal, the ESPP Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal requires the affirmative vote (online or by proxy) of the holders of a majority of the shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock entitled to vote and actually cast thereon at the special meeting, voting as a single class. The approval of the Charter Proposals requires the affirmative vote (online or by proxy) of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock entitled to vote thereon at the special meeting, voting as a single class. Accordingly, a stockholder’s failure to vote by proxy or to vote online at the special meeting will have no effect on the outcome of any vote on the Business Combination Proposal, the NYSE Proposal, the 2021 Plan Proposal, the ESPP Proposal or the Adjournment Proposal, but will have the same effect as a vote “AGAINST” the Charter Proposals.

         Approval of the Director Election Proposal requires the affirmative vote (online or by proxy) of a plurality of the votes cast by holders of shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock entitled to vote thereon at the special meeting. This means that the nine director nominees will be elected if they receive more affirmative votes than any other nominee for the same position. Stockholders may not cumulate their votes with respect to the election of directors.

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Q:     May Spartan’s Sponsor, directors, officers, advisors or any of their respective affiliates purchase public shares in connection with the Business Combination?

A:     In connection with the stockholder vote to approve the Business Combination, our Sponsor, directors, officers, advisors and any of their respective affiliates may privately negotiate transactions to purchase public shares from stockholders who would have otherwise elected to have their shares redeemed in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to the proxy rules for a per share pro rata portion of the Trust Account. There is no limit on the number of public shares our Sponsor, directors, officers, advisors or any of their respective affiliates may purchase in such transactions, subject to compliance with applicable law and the rules of the NYSE. Any such privately negotiated purchases may be effected at purchase prices that are in excess of the per share pro rata portion of the Trust Account. However, our Sponsor, directors, officers, advisors and their respective affiliates have no current commitments, plans or intentions to engage in such transactions and have not formulated any terms or conditions for any such transactions. None of the funds in the Trust Account will be used to purchase public shares in such transactions. Our Sponsor, directors, officers, advisors and any of their respective affiliates will not make any such purchases when they are in possession of any material non-public information not disclosed to the seller of such public shares or during a restricted period under Regulation M under the Exchange Act. Such a purchase could include a contractual acknowledgement that such stockholder, although still the record holder of such public shares, is no longer the beneficial owner thereof and therefore agrees not to exercise its Redemption Rights, and could include a contractual provision that directs such stockholder to vote such shares in a manner directed by the purchaser. In the event that our Sponsor, directors, officers, advisors or any of their respective affiliates purchase public shares in privately negotiated transactions from public stockholders who have already elected to exercise their Redemption Rights, such selling stockholders would be required to revoke their prior elections to redeem their shares. Any such privately negotiated purchases may be effected at purchase prices that are in excess of the per share pro rata portion of the Trust Account.

Q:     How many votes do I have at the special meeting?

A:     Our stockholders are entitled to one vote at the special meeting for each share of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock held of record as of            , 2021, the record date for the special meeting. As of the close of business on the record date, there were 34,500,000 outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, which are held by our public stockholders, and 8,625,000 outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, which are held by our initial stockholders.

Q:     How do I attend the special meeting?

A:     The special meeting will be held at            , Eastern time, on            ,             , 2021, via live webcast at https://www.cstproxy.com/spartanspacii/2021, or such other date, time and place to which such meeting may be adjourned or postponed, to consider and vote upon the Proposals.

         All stockholders as of the record date, or their duly appointed proxies, may attend the special meeting, which will be a completely virtual meeting. There will be no physical meeting locations and the special meeting will only be conducted via live webcast. Stockholders may attend the special meeting online, including to vote and submit questions, at the following address: https://www.cstproxy.com/spartanspacii/2021

         To attend online and participate in the special meeting, stockholders of record will need to visit https://www.cstproxy.com/spartanspacii/2021 and enter the 12 digit control number provided on your proxy card, regardless of whether you pre-registered.

Q:     What constitutes a quorum at the special meeting?

A:     Holders of a majority in voting power of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the special meeting, virtually present or represented by proxy, constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum, the chairman of the meeting has the power to adjourn the special meeting. As of the record date for the special meeting, 21,562,501shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, in the aggregate, would be required to achieve a quorum. Abstentions will count as present for the purposes of establishing a quorum with respect to each Proposal.

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Q:     How will Spartan’s Sponsor, directors and officers vote?

A:     Our Sponsor, directors and officers have agreed to vote any shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock held by them in favor of the Business Combination. Currently, they own an aggregate of approximately 20% of our issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock (if considered a single class). Please see the subsection entitled “The Business Combination — Related Agreements — Founders Stock Agreement.”

Q:     What interests do the current officers and directors have in the Business Combination?

A:     In considering the recommendation of the Spartan Board to vote in favor of the Business Combination, stockholders should be aware that, aside from their interests as stockholders, our Sponsor and certain of our directors and officers have interests in the Business Combination that are different from, or in addition to, those of other stockholders generally. Our directors were aware of and considered these interests, among other matters, in evaluating the Business Combination, and in recommending to stockholders that they approve the Business Combination. Stockholders should take these interests into account in deciding whether to approve the Business Combination. See the subsection entitled “The Business Combination — Interests of Certain Persons in the Business Combination.” These interests include, among other things:

•        the fact that our Sponsor holds 9,900,000 private placement warrants that would expire worthless if an Initial Business Combination is not consummated;

•        the fact that our Sponsor, officers and directors have agreed not to redeem any of the shares of our Common Stock held by them in connection with a stockholder vote to approve the Business Combination;

•        the fact that the Sponsor paid an aggregate of $25,000 of expenses on our behalf in exchange for 8,625,000 Founder Shares, including 100,000 Founder Shares that were subsequently transferred to our independent directors; and that such securities will have a significantly higher value upon the consummation of the Business Combination, which, if unrestricted and freely tradable, would be valued at approximately $             million, based on the closing price of our Class A Common Stock of $            per share on            , 2021, and assuming no surrender of any Founder Shares pursuant to the Founders Stock Agreement, as further described herein;

•        if the Trust Account is liquidated, including in the event we are unable to complete an Initial Business Combination within the 27months from the closing of the IPO, our Sponsor has agreed to indemnify us to ensure that the proceeds in the Trust Account are not reduced below $10.00 per public share, or such lesser amount per public share as is in the Trust Account on the liquidation date, by the claims of (a) any third party (other than our independent registered public accounting firm) for services rendered or products sold to us or (b) a prospective target business with which we have entered into a letter of intent, confidentiality or other similar agreement or business combination agreement, but only if such a third party or target business has not executed a waiver of all rights to seek access to the Trust Account;

•        the fact that our independent directors own an aggregate of 100,000 Founder Shares that were transferred from the Sponsor, which, if unrestricted and freely tradeable, would be valued at approximately $            million, based on the closing price of our Class A Common Stock of $              per share on            , 2021;

•        the fact that our Sponsor, officers and directors will be reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with their activities on our behalf, such as identifying potential target businesses and performing due diligence on suitable business combinations; and

•        the fact that our Sponsor, officers and directors will lose their entire investment in us if an Initial Business Combination is not completed.

Q:     What happens if I vote against the Business Combination Proposal?

A:     Under our Charter, if the Business Combination Proposal is not approved and we do not otherwise consummate an alternative business combination by the Deadline Date, we will be required to dissolve and liquidate the Trust Account by returning the then-remaining funds in such account to our public stockholders.

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Q:     Do I have Redemption Rights?

A:     If you are a holder of public shares, you may elect to have your public shares redeemed for cash at the applicable redemption price per share equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (a) the aggregate amount on deposit in the Trust Account as of two business days prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, including interest not previously released to us to pay our franchise and income taxes, by (b) the total number of then outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock included as part of the units sold in the IPO; provided, that we will not redeem any public shares to the extent that such redemption would result in Spartan having net tangible assets (as determined in accordance with Rule 3a51-1(g)(1) of the Exchange Act) of less than $5,000,001. A public stockholder, together with any of his, her or its affiliates or any other person with whom it is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), will be restricted from redeeming in the aggregate his, her or its shares or, if part of such a group, the group’s shares, in excess of 15% of the public shares (the “15% threshold”). Unlike some other blank check companies, other than the net tangible asset requirement and the 15% threshold described above, we have no specified maximum redemption threshold and there is no other limit on the amount of public shares that you can redeem. Holders of our outstanding public warrants do not have Redemption Rights in connection with the Business Combination. Our Sponsor, officers and directors have agreed to waive their Redemption Rights with respect to any shares of our Common Stock they may hold in connection with the consummation of the Business Combination. For illustrative purposes, based on the fair value of cash and marketable securities held in the Trust Account as of March31, 2021 of approximately $345.1million, the estimated per share redemption price would have been approximately $10.00. Additionally, shares properly tendered for redemption will only be redeemed if the Business Combination is consummated; otherwise holders of such shares will only be entitled to a pro rata portion of the Trust Account (including interest but net of franchise and income taxes payable) (a) in connection with a stockholder vote to approve an amendment to our Charter that would affect the substance or timing of our obligation to redeem 100% of our public shares if we have not consummated an Initial Business Combination by the Deadline Date, (b) in connection with the liquidation of the Trust Account or (c) if we subsequently complete a different business combination on or before the Deadline Date.

Q:     Will how I vote affect my ability to exercise Redemption Rights?

A:     No. You may exercise your Redemption Rights whether you vote your shares of Class A Common Stock for or against or abstain from voting on the Business Combination Proposal or any other proposal described in this proxy statement/prospectus. As a result, the Business Combination can be approved by stockholders who will redeem their shares and no longer remain stockholders.

Q:     How do I exercise my Redemption Rights?

A:     In order to exercise your Redemption Rights, you must (a) if you hold your shares of Class A Common Stock through units, elect to separate your units into the underlying public shares and public warrants prior to exercising your Redemption Rights with respect to the public shares, and (b) prior to 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, on            , 2021 (two business days before the special meeting), tender your shares physically or electronically and submit a request in writing that we redeem your public shares for cash to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, our Transfer Agent, at the following address:

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
1 State Street, 30th Floor
New York, New York 10004-1561
Attention: Mark Zimkind
Email: mzimkind@continentalstock.com

         A public stockholder, together with any of his, her or its affiliates or any other person with whom it is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), will be restricted from seeking Redemption Rights with respect to his, her or its shares or, if part of such a group, the group’s shares, in excess of the 15% threshold. Accordingly, all public shares in excess of the 15% threshold beneficially held by a public stockholder or group will not be redeemed for cash. In order to determine whether a stockholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) with any other stockholder, Spartan will require each public stockholder seeking to exercise Redemption Rights to certify to

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Spartan whether such stockholder is acting in concert or as a group with any other stockholder. Stockholders seeking to exercise their Redemption Rights and opting to deliver physical certificates should allot sufficient time to obtain physical certificates from the Transfer Agent and time to effect delivery. It is our understanding that stockholders should generally allot at least two weeks to obtain physical certificates from the Transfer Agent.

         However, we do not have any control over this process and it may take longer than two weeks. Stockholders who hold their shares in street name will have to coordinate with their bank, broker or other nominee to have the shares certificated or delivered electronically.

         Holders of our outstanding units must separate the underlying public shares and public warrants prior to exercising Redemption Rights with respect to the public shares. If you hold units registered in your own name, you must deliver the certificate for such units or deliver such units electronically to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company with written instructions to separate such units into public shares and public warrants. This must be completed far enough in advance to permit the mailing of the public share certificates or electronic delivery of the public shares back to you so that you may then exercise your Redemption Rights with respect to the public shares following the separation of such public shares from the units.

         If a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee holds your units, you must instruct such nominee to separate your units. Your nominee must send written instructions by facsimile to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company. Such written instructions must include the number of units to be split and the nominee holding such units. Your nominee must also initiate electronically, using The Depository Trust Company’s (“DTC”) DWAC (deposit withdrawal at custodian) system, a withdrawal of the relevant units and a deposit of the corresponding number of public shares and public warrants. This must be completed far enough in advance to permit your nominee to exercise your Redemption Rights with respect to the public shares following the separation of such public shares from the units. While this is typically done electronically on the same business day, you should allow at least one full business day to accomplish the separation. If you fail to cause your public shares to be separated in a timely manner, you will likely not be able to exercise your Redemption Rights.

         Any demand for redemption, once made, may be withdrawn at any time until the deadline for exercising redemption requests and thereafter, with our consent, until the vote is taken with respect to the Business Combination. If you delivered your shares for redemption to the Transfer Agent and decide within the required timeframe not to exercise your Redemption Rights, you may request that the Transfer Agent return the shares (physically or electronically). You may make such request by contacting our Transfer Agent at the email address or address listed under the question “Who can help answer my questions?” below.

Q:     What are the U.S. federal income tax consequences of exercising my Redemption Rights?

A:     The U.S. federal income tax consequences of a redemption depend on a holder’s particular facts and circumstances. See the subsection entitled “The Business Combination — Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations in Respect of the Redemption of Class A Common Stock.” We urge you to consult your tax advisors regarding the tax consequences of exercising your Redemption Rights.

Q:     If I am a warrantholder, can I exercise Redemption Rights with respect to my warrants?

A:     No. The holders of our warrants have no Redemption Rights with respect to our warrants.

Q:     Do I have appraisal rights if I object to the Business Combination?

A:     No. There are no appraisal rights available to holders of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock in connection with the Business Combination.

Q:     What happens to the funds deposited in the Trust Account after consummation of the Business Combination?

A:     If the Business Combination Proposal is approved, we intend to use a portion of the funds held in the Trust Account to pay (a) a portion of our aggregate costs, fees and expenses in connection with the consummation of the Business Combination and PIPE Financing, (b) tax obligations and deferred underwriting discounts

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and commissions from the IPO and (c) for any redemptions of public shares. The remaining balance in the Trust Account, together with PIPE Funds, will be used for general corporate purposes of Sunlight Financial Holdings. See the section entitled “The Business Combination” for additional information.

Q:     What happens if the Business Combination is not consummated or is terminated?

A:     There are certain circumstances under which the Business Combination Agreement may be terminated. See the subsection entitled “The Business Combination Agreement — Termination” for additional information regarding the parties’ specific termination rights. In accordance with our Charter, if an Initial Business Combination is not consummated by Deadline Date, we will (a) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (b) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter subject to lawfully available funds therefor, redeem the public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to us to pay our franchise and income taxes (and less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then-outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (c) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining stockholders and the Spartan Board, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to our obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.

         We expect that the amount of any distribution our public stockholders will be entitled to receive upon our dissolution will be approximately the same as the amount they would have received if they had redeemed their shares in connection with the Business Combination, subject in each case to our obligations under the DGCL to provide for claims of creditors and other requirements of applicable law. Holders of our Founder Shares have waived any right to any liquidating distributions with respect to those shares.

         In the event of liquidation, there will be no distribution with respect to our outstanding warrants. Accordingly, the warrants will expire worthless.

Q:     When is the Business Combination expected to be consummated?

A:     It is currently anticipated that the Business Combination will be consummated promptly following the special meeting of our stockholders to be held on            , 2021, provided that all the requisite stockholder approvals are obtained and other conditions to the consummation of the Business Combination have been satisfied or waived. For a description of the conditions for the completion of the Business Combination, see the section entitled “The Business Combination — Conditions to Closing.”

Q:     What do I need to do now?

A:     You are urged to read carefully and consider the information contained in this proxy statement/prospectus, including the section entitled “Risk Factors” and the annexes attached to this proxy statement/prospectus, and to consider how the Business Combination will affect you as a stockholder. You should then vote as soon as possible in accordance with the instructions provided in this proxy statement/prospectus and on the enclosed proxy card or, if you hold your shares through a brokerage firm, bank or other nominee, on the voting instruction form provided by the broker, bank or nominee.

Q:     How do I vote?

A:     If you were a holder of record of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock on            , 2021, the record date for the special meeting of our stockholders, you may vote with respect to the Proposals online at the virtual special meeting or by completing, signing, dating and returning the enclosed proxy card in the postage-paid envelope provided. If you hold your shares in “street name,” which means your shares are held of record by a broker, bank or other nominee, you should follow the instructions provided by your broker, bank or nominee to ensure that votes related to the shares you beneficially own are properly counted. In this regard, you must provide the record holder of your shares with instructions on how to vote your shares or, if you wish to virtually attend and vote online at the special meeting, obtain a proxy from your broker, bank or nominee.

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Q:     What will happen if I abstain from voting or fail to vote at the special meeting?

A:     At the special meeting, we will count a properly executed proxy marked “ABSTAIN” with respect to a particular proposal as present for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present. For purposes of approval, failure to vote or an abstention will have no effect on the Business Combination Proposal, the NYSE Proposal, the 2021 Plan Proposal, the ESPP Proposal, the Director Election Proposal or the Adjournment Proposal, but will have the same effect as a vote “AGAINST” the Charter Proposals.

Q:     What will happen if I sign and submit my proxy card without indicating how I wish to vote?

A:     Signed and dated proxies received by us without an indication of how the stockholder intends to vote on a proposal will be voted “FOR” each Proposal (or in the case of the Director Election Proposal, “FOR ALL NOMINEES”) being submitted to a vote of the stockholders at the special meeting.

Q:     If I am not going to attend the virtual special meeting online, should I submit my proxy card instead?

A:     Yes. Whether you plan to attend the special meeting virtually or not, please read the enclosed proxy statement/prospectus carefully, and vote your shares by completing, signing, dating and returning the enclosed proxy card in the postage-paid envelope provided.

Q:     If my shares are held in “street name,” will my broker, bank or nominee automatically vote my shares for me?

A:     No. Under the rules of various national and regional securities exchanges, your broker, bank or nominee cannot vote your shares with respect to non-discretionary matters unless you provide instructions on how to vote in accordance with the information and procedures provided to you by your broker, bank or nominee. We believe the Proposals presented to our stockholders will be considered non-discretionary and therefore your broker, bank or nominee cannot vote your shares without your instruction. Your bank, broker or other nominee can vote your shares only if you provide instructions on how to vote. You should instruct your broker to vote your shares in accordance with directions you provide.

Q:     May I change my vote after I have submitted my executed proxy card?

A:     Yes. You may change your vote by sending a later-dated, signed proxy card to us at the address listed below so that it is received by us prior to the special meeting or by attending the virtual special meeting online and voting then at the virtual special meeting. You also may revoke your proxy by sending a notice of revocation to us, which must be received prior to the special meeting.

Q:     What should I do if I receive more than one set of voting materials?

A:     You may receive more than one set of voting materials, including multiple copies of this proxy statement/prospectus and multiple proxy cards or voting instruction forms. For example, if you hold your shares in more than one brokerage account, you will receive a separate voting instruction form for each brokerage account in which you hold shares. If you are a holder of record and your shares are registered in more than one name, you will receive more than one proxy card. Please complete, sign, date and return each proxy card and voting instruction form that you receive in order to cast your vote with respect to all of your shares.

Q:     Who can help answer my questions?

A:     If you have questions about the Proposals or if you need additional copies of the proxy statement/prospectus or the enclosed proxy card you should contact:

Geoffrey Strong, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
c/o Spartan Acquisition Corp. II
9 West 57th Street, 43rd Floor
New York, New York 10019
Email: info@spartanspacii.com
Tel: (212) 515-3200

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You may also contact our proxy solicitor at:

Morrow Sodali LLC
470 West Avenue
Stamford, Connecticut 06902
Telephone: (800) 662-5200
(banks and brokers call collect at (203) 658-9400)
Email: SPRQ.info@investor.morrowsodali.com

         To obtain timely delivery, our stockholders must request the materials no later than five business days prior to the special meeting.

         You may also obtain additional information about us from documents filed with the SEC by following the instructions in the section entitled “Where You Can Find Additional Information.”

         If you intend to seek redemption of your public shares, you will need to send a letter demanding redemption and deliver your shares (either physically or electronically) to our Transfer Agent at least two business days prior to the special meeting in accordance with the procedures detailed under the question “How do I exercise my Redemption Rights?” If you have questions regarding the certification of your position or delivery of your shares, please contact:

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
1 State Street, 30th Floor
New York, New York 10004-1561
Attention: Mark Zimkind
Email: mzimkind@continentalstock.com

Q:     Who will solicit and pay the cost of soliciting proxies?

A:     The Spartan Board is soliciting your proxy to vote your shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock on all matters scheduled to come before the special meeting. We will pay the cost of soliciting proxies for the special meeting. We have engaged Morrow Sodali LLC to assist in the solicitation of proxies for the special meeting. We have agreed to pay Morrow Sodali LLC a fee of $35,000, plus disbursements. We will reimburse Morrow Sodali LLC for reasonable and documented expenses associated with the special meeting and will indemnify Morrow Sodali LLC and its affiliates against certain claims, liabilities, losses, damages and expenses. We will also reimburse banks, brokers and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries representing beneficial owners of shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock for their expenses in forwarding soliciting materials to beneficial owners of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock and in obtaining voting instructions from those owners. Our directors and officers may also solicit proxies by telephone, by facsimile, by mail, on the Internet or in person. They will not be paid any additional amounts for soliciting proxies.

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SUMMARY OF THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS

This summary highlights selected information from this proxy statement/prospectus and does not include all of the information that is important to you. To better understand the Business Combination and the Proposals to be considered at the special meeting, you should read this proxy statement/prospectus, including the annexes, carefully and in their entirety. See also the section entitled “Where You Can Find Additional Information.”

Parties to the Business Combination

Spartan Acquisition Corp. II

Spartan is a Delaware corporation formed on August17, 2020 for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination involving Spartan and one or more businesses. Upon the Closing, we intend to change our name from “Spartan Acquisition Corp. II” to “Sunlight Financial Holdings Inc.”

Our Class A Common Stock, public warrants, and units, each consisting of one share of Class A Common Stock and one-half of one warrant, are listed for trading on the NYSE under the ticker symbols “SPRQ,” “SPRQ WS” and “SPRQ U,” respectively. We intend to apply to continue the listing of our Class A Common Stock and warrants on the NYSE under the symbols “SUNL” and “SUNL WS,” respectively, upon the Closing. The units will automatically separate into the component securities upon consummation of the Business Combination and, as a result, will no longer trade as a separate security.

The mailing address of our principal executive office is 9 West 57th Street, 43rd Floor, New York, New York 10019, and our telephone number is (212) 515-3200.

Sunlight Financial LLC

Sunlight is a business-to-business-to-consumer, technology-enabled point-of-sale (“POS”) financing platform that provides residential solar and home improvement contractors the ability to offer seamless POS financing to their customers when purchasing residential solar systems or other home improvements. The resulting loans are funded by Sunlight’s network of capital providers who, by partnering with Sunlight, gain access to a difficult-to-reach loan market, best-in-class consumer credit underwriting and attractive risk adjusted returns. These loans are facilitated by Sunlight’s proprietary technology platform, Orange® (the “Sunlight Platform” or “Orange®”), through which Sunlight offers instant credit decisions to homeowners nationwide at the POS on behalf of Sunlight’s various capital providers. Since Sunlight’s founding in 2014, Sunlight has facilitated over $4.0billion of loans through the Sunlight Platform in partnership with over 1,200 contractor relationships.

Sunlight’s success is fueled by its strong and intentional culture based on core values such as honesty, fairness and scrappiness. Sunlight’s culture encourages Sunlight teammates to work collaboratively with Sunlight’s contractor and capital provider partners, and the consumers they serve, to find the right result to business challenges and to deliver white-glove service. Also core to Sunlight’s values is a passion for Sunlight’s business and the societal benefits that the business funds. To date, Sunlight has facilitated loans to more than 100,000 homeowners who, as a result, have the opportunity to save money on their utility bills and choose renewable energy over carbon-producing traditional sources of power. As of April 2021, residential solar systems and energy efficient home improvement products, facilitated through Sunlight financings, have eliminated an estimated 12.6million metric tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Sunlight has also executed the United Nations Climate Neutral Now Pledge and its business has been certified as carbon neutral for its fiscal year 2020. Sunlight will continue to pursue certification for carbon neutrality going forward.

Sunlight’s core business is facilitating loans made by Sunlight’s various capital providers to the consumer customers of residential solar contractors. Sales of Sunlight-facilitated loan products are made by contractors in the context of selling residential solar systems to consumers, allowing homeowners to go solar with no money down, and in most cases, immediately saving money on their utility bills and often saving a significant amount of money over the life of their solar system. While only approximately 20% of residential solar system sales were financed with solar loans in 2015, an estimated 63% of residential solar loan sales were financed with solar loans in 2020. Solar loans made to finance residential solar systems through Sunlight’s Platform are made exclusively to

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homeowners. Sunlight believes that homeowners generally have better credit characteristics than other consumer groups. As of April 2021, the average FICO score of all solar borrowers financed through Sunlight’s Platform is 747. Both the generally strong credit profile of solar loan borrowers and attractive risk-adjusted returns on solar loans to capital providers have enabled Sunlight to build a diversified network of capital providers to fund the solar loans facilitated by Sunlight’s Platform.

Loan providers in the residential solar industry compete primarily on process (customer and contractor experience), pricing and products. Orange® offers contractors robust tools to sell more solar systems and home improvements and homeowners a fast, fully-digital and frictionless experience. Because Sunlight has diverse funding sources, Sunlight is able to offer a large suite of competitive loan products that include multiple loan structures and combinations of interest rates and tenors.

Sunlight’s revenue is primarily from platform fees earned on each solar and home improvement loan facilitated through Orange®. The platform fee is generally equal to the margin between the dealer fee charged to the contractor by Sunlight for each loan facilitated through Orange® and the discount at which Sunlight’s capital provider either funds or purchases such loan. The best-in-class credit quality of Sunlight-facilitated loans attracts diverse and attractively-priced capital (the “price” to Sunlight being the amount that a capital provider will pay to originate or purchase a Sunlight facilitated-loan), ensuring that Sunlight can offer competitive pricing to its network of contractors while still earning attractive margins. Sunlight’s business model is asset-light and therefore Sunlight has minimal consumer credit risk. Sunlight does not earn material revenue from loans maintained on its balance sheet.

Based on information obtained from Wood Mackenzie, Sunlight estimates that it currently has a 19% market share for the facilitation of loans for residential solar energy systems in the United States, and the total market for the purchase and installation of residential solar energy systems was estimated at almost $12billion per year in 2020 and is expected to grow by 10% by 2023. Sunlight believes that its instant credit decisions at the POS provided by Orange® provides a unique advantage to Sunlight and its capital providers for being the first financing option that consumers buying residential solar systems consider, and Sunlight’s intuitive and user-friendly process makes it easy for contractors to complete the financing transaction simultaneously with the sale of the solar system. In addition, Sunlight believes that the residential solar market will continue to expand significantly each year and that Sunlight is well-positioned, through its relationship with contractors and its ability to create relationships with new contractors through its experienced sales team, to continue to grow. In 2020, approximately 29% of all home improvement expenditures were related to energy efficient home improvements and Sunlight estimates that the size of the home improvement market exceeds $400billion annually. Sunlight is actively expanding its contractor network and product offerings for energy-related home improvement financing options.

The mailing address of Sunlight’s principal executive office is 101 N. Tryon Street, Suite 1000, Charlotte, North Carolina 28246, and its telephone number is (888) 315-0822.

For more information about Sunlight, see the sections entitled “Information About Sunlight” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of Sunlight.”

The Business Combination

On January23, 2021, we entered into the Business Combination Agreement with MergerCo1, MergerCo2, Holdings I, Holdings II, Spartan Sub, OpCo Merger Sub, Sunlight, FTV Blocker and Tiger Blocker. Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, among other things, (a) OpCo Merger Sub will merge with and into Sunlight with Sunlight surviving the merger, (b) MergerCo1 will merge with and into FTV Blocker, with FTV Blocker surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan and immediately thereafter, FTV Blocker will merge with and into Holdings I, with Holdings I surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan, (c) MergerCo2 will merge with and into Tiger Blocker, with Tiger Blocker surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan and immediately thereafter, Tiger Blocker will merge with and into Holdings II, with Holdings II surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan and (d) following the Blocker Mergers Effective Time, Spartan will contribute all of its remaining assets (other than the membership interests in each of Holdings I, Holdings II and Spartan Sub) to Spartan Sub and Spartan Sub in turn will contribute such assets to Sunlight. After giving effect to the Business Combination, the combined company will be organized in an “Up-C” structure, such that all of the material assets of the combined company will be held by Sunlight, and Sunlight Financial Holdings’ only material asset will be its indirect equity interests in Sunlight.

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Prior to the OpCo Merger Effective Time, Spartan will adopt the Proposed Second A&R Charter providing for, among other things, the creation of the Class C Common Stock and specification of the rights of the holders thereof. At the OpCo Merger Effective Time, (i) all of the Existing Sunlight Units (other than unallocated or forfeited Existing Sunlight Units) that are held by Unblocked Sunlight Unitholders will be exchanged for an aggregate number of Sunlight Class EX Units and a corresponding number of shares of Class C Common Stock, and a portion of the Total Cash Consideration, as determined in accordance with the Consideration Allocation as set forth in the Business Combination Agreement (provided that the Sunlight Class EX Units and a corresponding number of shares of Class C Common Stock exchanged for provisionally vested Existing Sunlight Units subject to additional time based vesting requirements will be issued to an escrow agent subject to the satisfaction of applicable time vesting requirements), (ii) Sunlight Financial Holdings will receive, and any other Existing Sunlight Units to be held by Sunlight Financial Holdings following the Closing will be exchanged for, Sunlight Class X Units, and (iii) all of the Sunlight Warrants will become exercisable for Sunlight Class EX Units (together with a corresponding number of shares of Class C Common Stock). Each Sunlight Class EX Unit, together with one share of Class C Common Stock, will be redeemable, subject to certain conditions, for either one share of Class A Common Stock, or at Sunlight’s election, an amount of cash approximately equivalent to the market value of one share of Class A Common Stock, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Sunlight A&R LLC Agreement (as defined herein). In addition, at the OpCo Merger Effective Time, all of the LTIP Units (other than unallocated or forfeited LTIP Units) held by LTIP Unitholders will be exchanged for an aggregate number of shares of Class A Common Stock and a portion of the Total Cash Consideration, as determined in accordance with the Consideration Allocation as set forth in the Business Combination Agreement (provided that the shares of Class A Common Stock and the portion of the total Cash Consideration exchanged for provisionally vested LTIP Units subject to additional time based vesting requirements will be issued to an escrow agent subject to the satisfaction of applicable time vesting requirements). Immediately following the OpCo Merger Effective time and at the Blocker Mergers Effective Time, the equity interests of each of the Blockers issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Blocker Mergers Effective Time will be exchanged for shares of Class A Common Stock and a portion of the Total Cash Consideration, as determined in accordance with the Consideration Allocation as set forth in the Business Combination Agreement.

Following the Blocker Mergers Effective Time, and in connection with the Spartan Contribution, Sunlight will issue to Spartan Sub Sunlight Class X Units and a number of warrants of Sunlight equal to the number of outstanding warrants to purchase Class A Common Stock.

Conditions to Closing

Mutual Conditions

The obligations of each of the parties to consummate the Business Combination are subject to the satisfaction or waiver by Spartan or Sunlight of the following conditions:

•        the requisite approval by Spartan’s stockholders shall have been obtained;

•        the delivery of a written consent executed by the requisite Sunlight Unitholders sufficient to approve and adopt the Business Combination Agreement and the Business Combination;

•        the absence of specified adverse laws, injunctions or orders;

•        all required filings under the HSR Act shall have been completed and any applicable waiting period applicable to the Business Combination shall have expired or been terminated; and

•        this Registration Statement shall have been declared effective by the SEC under the Securities Act.

Spartan and Spartan Subsidiaries

The obligations of Spartan and the Spartan Subsidiaries to consummate the Business Combination are subject to the satisfaction or waiver by Spartan (where permissible) of the following additional conditions:

•        the representations and warranties of Sunlight, FTV Blocker and Tiger Blocker, in most instances disregarding qualifications contained therein relating to materiality, Sunlight Material Adverse Effect (as defined below), or “material adverse effect” (as applicable), must be true and correct in all material

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respects as of the Closing Date, as though made on and as of such date (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty is made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty must be true and correct as of such earlier date);

•        the performance and compliance in all material respects by each of Sunlight, FTV Blocker and Tiger Blocker with their respective covenants under the Business Combination Agreement;

•        Sunlight shall have delivered to Spartan a customary officer’s certificate, dated the Closing Date, certifying as to the satisfaction of certain conditions in the Business Combination Agreement;

•        Sunlight shall have delivered to Spartan a secretary’s certificate, dated the Closing Date, certifying as to the resolutions of Sunlight’s board of directors and the written consent of the requisite Sunlight’s Unitholders (including FTV Blocker and Tiger Blocker) sufficient to approve and adopt the Business Combination Agreement and the Business Combination;

•        each of FTV Blocker and Tiger Blocker shall have delivered to Spartan a customary officer’s certificate, dated the Closing Date, certifying as to the satisfaction of certain conditions in the Business Combination Agreement;

•        each of FTV Blocker and Tiger Blocker shall have delivered to Spartan a secretary’s certificate, dated the Closing Date, certifying as to the resolutions of such Blocker’s board of directors or other governing body approving the Business Combination Agreement and the Business Combination;

•        Sunlight shall have delivered, or caused to be delivered, to Spartan a certificate that includes, among other things: (i) the aggregate amount of cash held by Sunlight as of the Reference Time, (ii) the aggregate Sunlight transaction expenses incurred in connection with the Business Combination and the PIPE Financing and (iii) a certificate of the accuracy and completeness of the final payment spreadsheet delivered for purposes of the Consideration Allocation attached to such certificate;

•        the net tangible assets held by Spartan in the aggregate shall be equal to at least $5,000,001 until the Blocker Mergers Effective Time;

•        the closing of the PIPE Financing shall have occurred prior to or in connection with the OpCo Merger Effective Time;

•        (i) the notice filings, consents, approvals and authorizations set forth in the Business Combination Agreement shall have been made with or requested from the applicable governmental authorities, (ii) no stop, cease and desist or similar written communication, notification or order shall have been received from, or other legal requirement that would have a material and adverse economic impact on Sunlight shall have been imposed by, any applicable governmental authority set forth in the Business Combination Agreement and (iii) the consents, approvals and authorizations set forth in the Business Combination Agreement shall have been obtained from the applicable governmental authorities; provided, that this condition will not apply after May1, 2021;

•        no Sunlight Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred between the date of the Business Combination Agreement and the OpCo Merger Effective Time;

•        certain Sunlight Unitholders shall have delivered, or caused to be delivered, to Spartan, lock-up agreements duly executed by such persons;

•        Sunlight shall have delivered, or caused to be delivered, to Spartan, counterpart signatures to the Tax Receivable Agreement executed by the TRA Holders and the Agent (as defined in the Tax Receivable Agreement); and

•        Sunlight and each of the Blocker Holders shall have delivered, or caused to be delivered, to Spartan counterpart signatures of Sunlight and the Blocker Holders to the Investor Rights Agreement.

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Sunlight, FTV Blocker and Tiger Blocker

The obligations of Sunlight, FTV Blocker and Tiger Blocker to consummate the Business Combination are subject to the satisfaction or waiver (where permissible) by Sunlight of the following additional conditions:

•        the representations and warranties of Spartan and the Spartan Subsidiaries, in most instances disregarding qualifications contained therein relating to materiality or Spartan Material Adverse Effect (as defined below), must be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date, as though made on and as of such date (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty is made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty must be true and correct as of such earlier date);

•        the performance and compliance in all material respects by Spartan and each of the Spartan Subsidiaries with their respective covenants under the Business Combination Agreement;

•        Spartan shall have delivered to Sunlight a customary officer’s certificate, dated the Closing Date, certifying as to the satisfaction of certain conditions in the Business Combination Agreement;

•        Spartan shall have delivered to Sunlight a secretary’s certificate, dated the Closing Date, certifying as to the resolutions of Spartan’s and the Spartan Subsidiaries’ respective board of directors or board of managers, as applicable, unanimously authorizing and approving the Business Combination Agreement and the Business Combination and respective stockholders or members, as applicable, authorizing and approving the Business Combination Agreement and the Business Combination;

•        the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable in connection with the Business Combination shall have been approved for listing on the NYSE or another national securities exchange mutually agreed to by the parties, as of the Closing Date, subject only to official notice of issuance;

•        after giving effect to the exercise of any Redemption Rights by stockholders of Spartan and the closing of the PIPE Financing, the payment of any Spartan and Sunlight unpaid transaction expenses incurred in connection with the Business Combination and the PIPE Financing, as described in the Business Combination Agreement, on the Closing Date and the satisfaction of the Minimum Retained Cash Condition (defined below), the Total Cash Consideration shall be an aggregate amount no less than $375,000,000;

•        after giving effect to the payment by Spartan of any Spartan and Sunlight transaction expenses incurred in connection with the Business Combination and the PIPE Financing and excluding the amount of the Total Cash Consideration, the amount of Spartan Cash shall be no less than $50,000,000;

•        Spartan shall have delivered, or caused to be delivered, to Sunlight a certificate setting forth, among other things, as of immediately prior to the OpCo Merger Effective Time, (i) the amount of Spartan Cash as of the Reference Time and (ii) all expenses of Spartan and the Spartan Subsidiaries incurred in connection with the Business Combination and the PIPE Financing, as described in the Business Combination Agreement;

•        Spartan shall have delivered, or caused to be delivered, to the Blocker Holders and the Unblocked Sunlight Unitholders counterpart signatures of the Tax Receivable Agreement executed by Spartan;

•        Spartan shall have delivered, or caused to be delivered, to Sunlight counterpart signatures to the director and officer indemnification agreements executed by Spartan;

•        Spartan shall have delivered, or caused to be delivered, to Sunlight and each of the Blocker Holders counterpart signatures of Spartan and Sponsor to the Investor Rights Agreement;

•        Spartan shall have caused MergerCo2 to elect to be taxed as a corporation; and

•        no Spartan Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred between the date of the Business Combination Agreement and the OpCo Merger Effective Time.

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Regulatory Matters

Neither Spartan nor Sunlight is aware of any material regulatory approvals or actions that are required for completion of the Business Combination other than as required (a) under the HSR Act and (b) in connection with certain state-level licenses held by Sunlight. The parties filed a pre-merger notification under the HSR Act on February2, 2021. Sunlight will seek the required approval from the Connecticut Department of Banking, Consumer Credit Division and will give the required notice to each of (i) Massachusetts Division of Banks, (ii) New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Licensing Services Bureau, (iii) Oregon Division of Financial Regulation Licensing Section, (iv) Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions and (v) Vermont Department of Financial Regulation. It is presently contemplated that if any additional regulatory approvals or actions are required, those approvals or actions will be sought. There can be no assurance, however, that any such additional approvals or actions will be obtained.

Litigation Relating to the Business Combination

On April7, 2021, a lawsuit was filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York by a purported Spartan stockholder in connection with the Business Combination: Boiron v. Spartan Acquisition Corp. II et. al., Index No. 652310/2021 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Cnty.). Separately, on April15, 2021, a lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York by a purported Spartan stockholder in connection with the Business Combination: Gonzalez v. Spartan Acquisition Corp. II et al., Case No. 1:21-cv-02896 (S.D.N.Y.). The complaints name Spartan and certain current and former members of the Spartan Board as defendants. The complaints allege, among other things, that this proxy statement/prospectus is misleading and/or omits material information concerning the Business Combination and that, as a result, the members of the Spartan Board breached their fiduciary duties. The Gonzalez complaint also alleges that all defendants violated Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and that the members of the Spartan Board violated Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act. The complaints generally seek injunctive relief, unspecified damages and an award of attorneys’ and experts’ fees, among other remedies. The defendants believe the claims asserted in each of the complaints are without merit.

Related Agreements

Sunlight Support Agreement

In connection with the entry into the Business Combination Agreement, on January23, 2021, certain Sunlight Unitholders whose approval is sufficient to approve and adopt the Business Combination Agreement and the Business Combination on behalf of the Sunlight Unitholders in accordance with the Existing Sunlight LLC Agreement, entered into a support agreement, pursuant to which, among other things, such Sunlight Unitholders agreed to execute and deliver a written consent approving the Business Combination Agreement and the Business Combination within two business days after the effectiveness of this Registration Statement and to vote in favor of the approval and adoption of the Business Combination Agreement and the Business Combination.

Founders Stock Agreement

In connection with the entry into the Business Combination Agreement, but effective immediately prior to the Closing, Spartan, the Sponsor, and the other holders of Founder Shares entered into the Founders Stock Agreement, pursuant to which, among other things, subject to and effective immediately prior to the Closing, the Sponsor agreed to surrender up to 25% of the Founder Shares held by the Sponsor (at a 1:4 ratio to the percentage, if any, of redemptions by holders of Class A Common Stock); provided that no such surrender will occur unless more than 5% of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock are actually redeemed by Spartan.

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Amendment to Letter Agreement

In connection with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, on January23, 2021, Spartan, the Sponsor and each member of the Spartan Board entered into the Letter Agreement Amendment (the “Letter Agreement Amendment”), which amended that certain letter agreement, dated as of November24, 2020, by and among Spartan, the Sponsor and each member of the Spartan Board (the “Letter Agreement”) effective as of the Closing and subject to certain exceptions, to modify the lock-up restrictions set forth in the Letter Agreement as follows:

•        80% of the Founder Shares (including any shares of Class A Common Stock issued in respect of the conversion of such Founder Shares upon the consummation of a Business Combination (as defined in the Letter Agreement)) held by it, him or her will be restricted from Transfer (as defined in the Letter Agreement Amendment) until the one-year anniversary of the date of the consummation of a Business Combination, or earlier if, subsequent to the consummation of a Business Combination, (a) the last sale price of the Class A Common Stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share for any 20 trading days within a 30-day trading period commencing at least 150 days after the consummation of a Business Combination or (b) Spartan consummates a transaction which results in all of Spartan’s stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock for cash, securities or other property; and

•        20% of the Founder Shares (including any shares of Class A Common Stock issued in respect of the conversion of such Founder Shares upon the consummation of a Business Combination) held by it, him or her will be restricted from Transfer until the six-month anniversary of the date of the consummation of a Business Combination, or earlier if, subsequent to the consummation of a Business Combination, (a) the last sale price of the Class A Common Stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share for any 20 trading days within a 30-day trading period ending at least 90 days after the consummation of a Business Combination or (b) Spartan consummates a transaction which results in all of Spartan’s stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock for cash, securities or other property.

Indemnity Agreement

In connection with the entry into the Business Combination Agreement, on January23, 2021, Spartan, MergerCo1, MergerCo2, Holdings I, Holdings II, Spartan Sub, OpCo Merger Sub, Sunlight, FTV Blocker Holder, FTV Blocker and Tiger Blocker entered into an Indemnity Agreement, pursuant to which, from and after the Closing through the date that is the date that is thirty (30) days following the later of the (i) termination of the applicable statute of limitations period and (ii) the completion of any relevant tax proceedings, FTV Blocker Holder agreed to promptly indemnify, reimburse and defend in full and hold harmless Spartan, the Blockers, their respective affiliates, successors and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any and all income taxes (net of any insurance proceeds recovered by such indemnified parties) imposed on or with respect to FTV Blocker (or its transferee) for any pre-Closing tax period by offsetting such obligations against any amounts otherwise due to FTV Blocker Holder (x) under the Tax Receivable Agreement or (y) any proceeds thereof.

Investor Rights Agreement

In connection with the Closing, Spartan, the Sponsor, Tiger, FTV Blocker Holder and certain holders party thereto (collectively, the “IRA Holders”), will enter into the Investor Rights Agreement, pursuant to which, among other things, (a) that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated November24, 2020, will be terminated, (b) certain resale registration rights will be granted with respect to (i) the private placement warrants (including any shares of Class A Common Stock issued or issuable upon the exercise of any such private placement warrants), (ii) any outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock held by an IRA Holder at any time, whether held on the date of the Investor Rights Agreement or acquired after the date of the Investor Rights Agreement, (iii) any equity securities (including the shares of Class A Common Stock issued or issuable upon the exercise of any such equity security) of Spartan issuable upon conversion of any working capital loans in an amount up to $1,500,000 made to Spartan by an IRA Holder, (iv) any shares of Class A Common Stock issued or issuable upon exchange of Sunlight Class EX Units and Class C Common Stock issued to an IRA Holder under the Business Combination Agreement

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and (v) any other equity security of Spartan issued or issuable with respect to any such shares of Class A Common Stock by way of a stock dividend or stock split or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or reorganization, and (c) governance rights to certain IRA Holders will be granted.

Furthermore, pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement, Spartan will agree that, within 30 calendar days after the Closing, Spartan will file with the SEC (at Spartan’s sole cost and expense) a registration statement registering the resale of certain securities held by or issuable to the IRA Holders, and Spartan will use its reasonable best efforts to have such registration statement declared effective as soon as reasonably practicable after the filing thereof. In certain circumstances, Tiger and FTV Blocker Holder can demand up to three underwritten offerings in the aggregate and the Sponsor can demand up to one underwritten offering. Each IRA Holder will be entitled to customary piggyback registration rights.

The Investor Rights Agreement will also provide that upon the Closing, the board of directors of Spartan will consist of nine directors, divided into three classes serving staggered three-year terms. Pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement, Spartan will be required to take all necessary action, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law (including with respect to any fiduciary duties under Delaware law), to cause the following nominees to be elected to serve as director on the board of directors of Spartan:

•        if the Sponsor and its affiliates collectively beneficially own at least 50% of the number of shares of Common Stock as such persons owned immediately following the Closing, one nominee designated by the Sponsor;

•        if FTV Blocker Holder and its affiliates collectively beneficially own at least 50% of the number of shares of Common Stock as such persons owned immediately following the Closing, one nominee designated by FTV Blocker Holder; and

•        if Tiger and its affiliates collectively beneficially own at least 50% of the number of shares of Common Stock as such persons owned immediately following the Closing, one nominee designated by Tiger.

In addition, for as long as Sponsor, FTV Blocker Holder or Tiger maintains its nomination rights described above, such person will also have the right to appoint an observer to attend meetings of the board of directors of Spartan, subject to customary limitations.

Lock-Up Agreements

Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, at the Closing:

•        Tiger and FTV Blocker Holder have agreed to the same lock-up restrictions applicable to the Sponsor and the Insiders (as defined in the Letter Agreement Amendment) as described above under “Amendment to Letter Agreement;”

•        all Sunlight employees and former employees who, as of immediately after the Closing, will hold 100,000shares or more of Class A Common Stock or Sunlight Class EX Units and a corresponding number of shares of Class C Common Stock, will agree that: (x) 20% of the Class A Common Stock or Sunlight Class EX Units and a corresponding number of shares of Class C Common Stock (as applicable, “Restricted Stock”) held by it, him or her will be subject to lock-up transfer restrictions until the one-year anniversary of the Closing, with the potential for Early Release (as defined below) after six months following the Closing and (y) 80% of the Restricted Stock held by it, him or her will be subject to lock-up transfer restrictions until the 15-month anniversary of the Closing, with the potential for Early Release after 9months following the Closing;

•        certain executives of Sunlight will agree that: (a) 20% of the Restricted Stock held by it, him or her will subject to lock-up transfer restrictions until the 16-month anniversary of the Closing, with the potential for Early Release after 9months following the Closing and (b) 80% of the Restricted Stock held by it, him or her will be subject to lock-up transfer restrictions until the 20-month anniversary of the Closing, with potential for Early Release after 14months following the Closing; and

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•        all other persons who hold equity or equity-based awards in respect of less than 100,000shares of Restricted Stock as of immediately prior to at the Closing, will agree that 100% of the Restricted Stock held by it, him or her will be subject to subject to lock-up transfer restrictions until the six-month anniversary of the Closing; provided, that with respect to any such person that is not a Sunlight employee, Sunlight will request and use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such agreement from such person;

where applicable, subject to exceptions to be included in such lock-up agreements for “net settlement” of distributions of Class A Common Stock to holders of certain company awards as contemplated by Section 2.02(e) of the Business Combination Agreement in respect of applicable tax withholding obligations and the ability of the holders of LTIP Units to “sell to cover” any remaining tax obligation.

An “Early Release” shall be achieved if the last sale price of the Class A Common Stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at the period specified above after the Closing.

Tax Receivable Agreement

At the Closing, Sunlight Financial Holdings will enter into the Tax Receivable Agreement with the TRA Holders and the Agent (as defined therein). The Tax Receivable Agreement generally will provide for the payment by Sunlight Financial Holdings to the Agent, for disbursement to the TRA Holders on a pro rata basis, of 85% of the net cash savings, if any, in U.S. federal, state and local income tax and franchise tax that Sunlight Financial Holdings actually realizes (or is deemed to realize in certain circumstances) in periods after the Closing as a result of (i) certain increases in tax basis that occur as a result of Sunlight Financial Holdings’ acquisition (or deemed acquisition for U.S. federal income tax purposes) of all or a portion of a TRA Holder’s Sunlight Class EX Units upon the exercise of the redemption or call rights set forth in the Sunlight A&R LLC Agreement (as defined herein) and (ii) imputed interest deemed to be paid by Sunlight Financial Holdings as a result of, and additional tax basis arising from, any payments Sunlight Financial Holdings makes under the Tax Receivable Agreement. Sunlight Financial Holdings will retain the benefit of the remainder of the actual net cash savings, if any.

If Sunlight Financial Holdings elects to terminate the Tax Receivable Agreement early or if it is terminated early due to Sunlight Financial Holdings’ failure to honor a material obligation thereunder or due to a Change of Control (as defined in the Tax Receivable Agreement), Sunlight Financial Holdings will be required to make a payment equal to the deemed present value of the anticipated future payments to be made by it under the Tax Receivable Agreement (based upon certain assumptions and deemed events set forth in the Tax Receivable Agreement), which amount may substantially exceed the actual cash tax savings realized by Sunlight Financial Holdings. In the case of an early termination upon a Change of Control, such early termination payment may, at Sunlight Financial Holdings’ election, be paid ratably over the two-year period following the Change of Control.

Sunlight A&R LLC Agreement

Immediately following the OpCo Merger Effective Time and in connection with the Closing, Sunlight, Sunlight Financial Holdings, Spartan Sub and certain members named therein will enter into the Sunlight A&R LLC Agreement, pursuant to which, among other things: (a) Spartan Sub will become the sole managing member of Sunlight, (b) the Existing Sunlight Units will be recapitalized into Sunlight Class X Units and Sunlight Class EX Units and (c) each Sunlight Class EX Unit holder will have certain redemption rights to cause Sunlight to acquire all or a portion of its Sunlight Class EX Units (together with the corresponding number of shares of Class C Common Stock) for, at Sunlight’s election (i) shares of Class A Common Stock on a one-for-one basis or (ii) cash.

Proposed Second A&R Charter

Pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, prior to the Closing and the OpCo Merger Effective Time, we will amend and restate our Charter to, among other things, (a) to increase the number of authorized shares of Spartan’s capital stock, par value $0.0001 per share, from (i) 271,000,000shares, consisting of 270,000,000shares of Common Stock, including 250,000,000shares of Class A Common Stock and 20,000,000shares of Class B Common Stock, and 1,000,000shares of Preferred Stock, to (ii) an aggregate of 500,000,000shares, consisting of 465,000,000shares of Common Stock, including 400,000,000shares of Class A Common Stock, 20,000,000shares of Class B Common Stock and 45,000,000shares of Class C Common Stock, and 35,000,000shares of Preferred Stock; (b) to specify the rights of the Class C Common Stock in order to provide

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for our “Up-C” structure; (c) to make certain other changes that the Spartan Board deems appropriate for a public company, including changing the post-combination company’s name to “Sunlight Financial Holdings Inc.,” removing the provision that Spartan elects not to be subject to Section 203 of the DGCL and certain other changes; (d) to require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66⅔% of the voting power of all then-outstanding shares of Sunlight Financial Holdings’ capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, for stockholders of Sunlight Financial Holdings to adopt, amend or repeal any provision of Sunlight Financial Holdings’ bylaws; and (e) to require, except as otherwise provided in the Proposed Second A&R Charter, including, for example, to increase or decrease the number of authorized shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock or Preferred Stock the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66⅔% of the voting power of all then-outstanding shares of Sunlight Financial Holdings’ capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, to amend or repeal any provision of the Proposed Second A&R Charter.

For more information about the amendments to our Charter, see the section entitled “Proposal No. 2 — The Charter Proposals.”

PIPE Financing

In connection with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, on January23, 2021, we entered into separate subscription agreements (collectively, the “Subscription Agreements”) with a number of investors (collectively, the “Subscribers”), pursuant to which the Subscribers agreed to purchase, and we agreed to sell to the Subscribers, an aggregate of 25,000,000 PIPE Shares for a purchase price of $10.00 per share and an aggregate purchase price of $250,000,000, in a private placement.

The closing of the sale of the PIPE Shares pursuant to the Subscription Agreements will take place immediately prior to or substantially concurrently with the Closing and is contingent upon, among other customary closing conditions, the subsequent consummation of the Business Combination. The purpose of the PIPE Financing is to raise additional capital for use by Sunlight Financial Holdings following the Closing.

Pursuant to the Subscription Agreements, Spartan agreed that, within 30 calendar days after the consummation of the Business Combination, it will file with the SEC (at its sole cost and expense) a registration statement registering the resale of the PIPE Shares (the “PIPE Resale Registration Statement”), and Sunlight Financial Holdings will use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the PIPE Resale Registration Statement declared effective as soon as practicable after the filing thereof.

For more information about the Subscription Agreements, see the subsection entitled “The Business Combination — Related Agreements — PIPE Financing.”

Interests of Certain Persons in the Business Combination

Interests of Sunlight Directors and Officers

In considering whether to adopt the Business Combination Agreement by executing and delivering a written consent, Sunlight members should be aware that aside from their interests as members, Sunlight’s officers and the directors on the Current Sunlight Board have interests in the Business Combination that are different from, or in addition to, those of other Sunlight members generally. Sunlight members should take these interests into account in deciding whether to approve the Business Combination.

These interests include, among other things, the fact that:

•        The following executive officers of Sunlight are expected to be appointed as executive officers of Sunlight Financial Holdings following the consummation of the Business Combination: Matthew Potere, Barry Edinburg, Timothy Parsons, Nora Dahlman and Scott Mulloy;

•        Each of Messrs. Potere, Edinburg, Parsons and Mulloy and Ms. Dahlman are expected to enter into a New Sunlight Employment Agreement that will become effective on or soon after the Closing, the material terms of which are described below under “Executive Compensation — Executive Compensation After Closing — New Employment Agreements for Named Executive Officers”;

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•        Messrs. Potere, Edinburg, Parsons and Mulloy and Ms. Dahlman are each expected to receive equity awards under the 2021 Plan following the approval of the 2021 Plan and the Closing; the amounts and terms of such equity awards will be determined by the Compensation Committee in its sole discretion, as described below under “Executive Compensation — Executive Compensation After Closing”;

•        The following members of the Current Sunlight Board are expected to be appointed as members of the New Sunlight Financial Holdings Board following the consummation of the Business Combination: Matthew Potere, Brad Bernstein and Emil W. Henry, Jr.; and

•        The executive officers of Sunlight and members of the Current Sunlight Board are holders of, or affiliated with entities that are holders of, Sunlight equity interests and in such capacity will be entitled to receive the consideration payable in the Business Combination to all holders of such equity interests.

Interests of Sponsor and Spartan Directors and Officers

In considering the recommendation of the Spartan Board to vote in favor of the Business Combination, stockholders should be aware that, aside from their interests as stockholders, our Sponsor and certain of our directors and officers have interests in the Business Combination that are different from, or in addition to, those of other stockholders generally. Our directors were aware of and considered these interests, among other matters, in evaluating the Business Combination, and in recommending to stockholders that they approve the Business Combination. Stockholders should take these interests into account in deciding whether to approve the Business Combination. These interests include, among other things:

•        the fact that our Sponsor holds 9,900,000 private placement warrants that would expire worthless if an Initial Business Combination is not consummated;

•        the fact that our Sponsor, officers and directors have agreed not to redeem any of the shares of our Common Stock held by them in connection with a stockholder vote to approve the Business Combination;

•        the fact that the Sponsor paid an aggregate of $25,000 of expenses on our behalf in exchange for 8,625,000 Founder Shares, including 100,000 Founder Shares that were subsequently transferred to our independent directors; and that such securities will have a significantly higher value upon the consummation of the Business Combination, which, if unrestricted and freely tradable, would be valued at approximately $            million, based on the closing price of our Class A Common Stock of $            per share on             , 2021, and assuming no surrender of any Founder Shares pursuant to the Founders Stock Agreement, as further described herein;

•        if the Trust Account is liquidated, including in the event we are unable to complete an Initial Business Combination within the 27months from the closing of the IPO, our Sponsor has agreed to indemnify us to ensure that the proceeds in the Trust Account are not reduced below $10.00 per public share, or such lesser amount per public share as is in the Trust Account on the liquidation date, by the claims of (a) any third party (other than our independent registered public accounting firm) for services rendered or products sold to us or (b) a prospective target business with which we have entered into a letter of intent, confidentiality or other similar agreement or business combination agreement, but only if such a third party or target business has not executed a waiver of all rights to seek access to the Trust Account;

•        the fact that our independent directors own an aggregate of 100,000 Founder Shares that were transferred from the Sponsor, which, if unrestricted and freely tradeable, would be valued at approximately $            million, based on the closing price of our Class A Common Stock of $             per share on            , 2021;

•        the fact that our Sponsor, officers and directors will be reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with their activities on our behalf, such as identifying potential target businesses and performing due diligence on suitable business combinations; and

•        the fact that our Sponsor, officers and directors will lose their entire investment in us if an Initial Business Combination is not completed.

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Reasons for the Approval of the Business Combination

After careful consideration, the Spartan Board unanimously recommends that our stockholders vote “FOR” the approval of the Business Combination Proposal.

For a more complete description of our reasons for the approval of the Business Combination and the recommendation of the Spartan Board, see the subsection entitled “The Business Combination — The Spartan Board’s Reasons for the Approval of the Business Combination.”

Redemption Rights

Under our Charter, in connection with the Business Combination, holders of our Class A Common Stock may elect to have their shares redeemed for cash at the applicable redemption price per share equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (a) the aggregate amount on deposit in the Trust Account as of two business days prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, including interest not previously released to us to pay our franchise and income taxes, by (b) the total number of shares of Class A Common Stock issued in the IPO; provided, that we will not redeem any public shares to the extent that such redemption would result in Spartan having net tangible assets (as determined in accordance with Rule 3a51-1(g)(1) of the Exchange Act) of less than $5,000,001. As of March31, 2021, this would have amounted to approximately $10.00 per share. Under our Charter, in connection with an Initial Business Combination, a public stockholder, together with any affiliate or any other person with whom such stockholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), is restricted from seeking Redemption Rights with respect to more than 15% of the public shares. In order to determine whether a stockholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) with any other stockholder, Spartan will require each public stockholder seeking to exercise Redemption Rights to certify to Spartan whether such stockholder is acting in concert or as a group with any other stockholder.

If a holder exercises its Redemption Rights, then such holder will be exchanging its shares of Class A Common Stock for cash, will no longer own shares of Class A Common Stock and will not participate in our future growth, if any. Such a holder will be entitled to receive cash for its public shares only if it properly demands redemption and delivers its shares (either physically or electronically) to our Transfer Agent in accordance with the procedures described herein. See the subsection entitled “Special Meeting of Spartan Stockholders — Redemption Rights” for the procedures to be followed if you wish to redeem your shares for cash.

Ownership of Sunlight Financial Holdings After the Closing

The securities of Sunlight Financial Holdings will consist of the following after the closing:

1.      Class A Common Stock, which will have both voting and economic rights. Holders of the Class A Common Stock will consist of the Blocker Holders, the LTIP Unitholders, the public stockholders, the New PIPE Investors and the initial stockholders.

2.      Class C Common Stock, which will have only voting rights. Holders of the Class C Common Stock will consist of Unblocked Sunlight Unitholders.

3.      Spartan Warrants (including public warrants and private placement warrants), which will be exercisable for shares of Class A Common Stock as described elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus. The Holders of the Spartan Warrants will consist of the public warrantholders and our sponsor.

Please also see the section entitled “Description of Securities” for further information on the securities of Sunlight Financial Holdings.

The securities of Sunlight will consist of the following after the closing:

1.      Class EX Units and Class X Units, which will have economic rights only. Holders of the Class EX Units and Class X Units will consist of the Unblocked Sunlight Unitholders and Sunlight Financial Holdings, respectively.

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2.      To the extent not exercised prior to Closing, Sunlight Warrants, which will be exercisable for Class EX Units, which may be immediately exchanged for shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to the Sunlight A&R LLC Agreement. Holders of the Sunlight Warrants will consist of a direct channel capital provider, an indirect channel capital provider and a former corporate lender.

3.      Warrants of Sunlight that correspond to the outstanding warrants of Sunlight Financial Holdings.

The remainder of this disclosure assumes the Sunlight Warrants are exercised prior to Closing.

We anticipate that, upon completion of the Business Combination, the ownership of Sunlight Financial Holdings and Sunlight will be as follows:

•        the Blocker Holders will own 26,094,761shares of our Class A Common Stock and the LTIP Unitholders combined with the holders of Sunlight Warrants assuming such holders exercise and subsequently exchange the Sunlight Units received upon such exercise for Class A Common Stock, will own 3,904,779shares of our Class A Common Stock, representing an approximate 26.6% and 4.0% economic interest, respectively, and an approximate 19.3% and 2.9% voting interest, respectively, in Sunlight Financial Holdings;

•        the Unblocked Sunlight Unitholders will own 36,800,461shares of our Class C Common Stock, representing a 0.0% economic interest and an approximate 27.3% voting interest in Sunlight Financial Holdings, and a corresponding number of Sunlight Class EX Units representing an approximate 27.3% economic interest in Sunlight;

•        the public stockholders will own 34,500,000shares of our Class A Common Stock, representing an approximate 35.2% economic interest and an approximate 25.6% voting interest in Sunlight Financial Holdings;

•        the New PIPE Investors will own 25,000,000shares of our Class A Common Stock, representing an approximate 25.5% economic interest and an approximate 18.5% voting interest in Sunlight Financial Holdings;

•        the initial stockholders will own 8,625,000shares of our Class A Common Stock, representing an approximate 8.8% economic interest and an approximate 6.4% voting interest in Sunlight Financial Holdings; and

•        Sunlight Financial Holdings will own 98,124,539 Sunlight Class X Units representing an approximate 72.7% economic interest in Sunlight;

The ownership percentages with respect to Sunlight Financial Holdings set forth above (a) assume (i) that no public stockholders elect to have their public shares redeemed, (ii) that none of Spartan’s initial stockholders or the Blocker Holders or Unblocked Sunlight Unitholders purchase shares of Class A Common Stock in the open market prior to the Closing, (iii) a Closing Date of July22, 2021, (iv) that there are no other issuances of equity interests of Spartan or Sunlight prior to the Closing, (v) that each Sunlight Warrant is fully exercised and the Existing Sunlight Units received are immediately exchanged for Class A Common Stock in connection with the Closing and (vi) that all Existing Sunlight Units and all LTIP Units that are provisionally vested immediately after the Closing have become vested and the Company EX Units and Class C Common Stock or the Class A Common Stock, as applicable, escrowed in respect thereof have been released by an escrow agent to the Unblocked Sunlight Unitholders and LTIP Unitholders, respectively, and (b) does not take into account Spartan Warrants that will remain outstanding following the Business Combination and may be exercised at a later date or the issuance of any shares upon completion of the Business Combination under the 2021 Plan. As a result of the Business Combination, the economic and voting interests of our public stockholders will decrease. If we assume the maximum redemptions scenario described under the section entitled “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information,” i.e., 13,200,000shares of Class A Common Stock are redeemed, and the assumptions set forth in the foregoing clauses (a)(ii)–(vi) and (b) remain true, the ownership of Sunlight Financial Holdings and Sunlight upon the Closing will be as follows:

•        the Blocker Holders will own 31,251,210shares of our Class A Common Stock, and the LTIP Unitholders combined with the holders of Sunlight Warrants will own 4,676,382shares of our Class A Common Stock, representing an approximate 34.7% and 5.2% economic interest, respectively, and an approximate 23.3% and 3.5% voting interest, respectively in Sunlight Financial Holdings;

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•        the Unblocked Sunlight Unitholders will own 44,072,408shares of our Class C Common Stock, representing 0.0% economic interest and an approximate 32.9% voting interest in Sunlight Financial Holdings, and a corresponding number of Sunlight Class EX Units representing an approximate 32.9% economic interest in Sunlight;

•        the public stockholders will own 21,300,000shares of our Class A Common Stock, representing an approximate 23.7% economic interest and an approximate 15.9% voting interest in Sunlight Financial Holdings;

•        the New PIPE Investors will own 25,000,000shares of our Class A Common Stock, representing an approximate 27.8% economic interest and an approximate 18.6% voting interest in Sunlight Financial Holdings;

•        the initial stockholders will own 7,800,000shares of our Class A Common Stock, representing an approximate 8.7% economic interest and an approximate 5.8% voting interest in Sunlight Financial Holdings; and

•        Sunlight Financial Holdings will own 90,027,592 Sunlight Class X Units representing an approximate 67.1% economic interest in Sunlight;

If the facts are different than the above assumptions, the percentage ownership retained by Spartan’s existing stockholders in Sunlight Financial Holdings following the Business Combination will be different. For example, if we assume that all 17,250,000 public warrants that are outstanding and all 9,900,000 private placement warrants that are outstanding were exercisable and exercised following completion of the Business Combination and further assume that no public stockholders elect to have their public shares redeemed (and each other assumption set forth in the preceding paragraph remains the same), then the ownership of Sunlight Financial Holdings and Sunlight would be as follows:

•        the Blocker Holders will own 26,094,761shares of our Class A Common Stock, and the LTIP Unitholders combined with the holders of Sunlight Warrants will own 3,904,779shares of our Class A Common Stock, representing an approximate 20.8% and 3.1% economic interest, respectively, and an approximate 16.1% and 2.4% voting interest, respectively, in Sunlight Financial Holdings;

•        the Unblocked Sunlight Unitholders will own 36,800,461shares of our Class C Common Stock, representing 0.0% economic interest and an approximate 22.7% voting interest in Sunlight Financial Holdings, and a corresponding number of Sunlight Class EX Units representing an approximate 22.7% economic interest in Sunlight;

•        the public stockholders will own 51,750,000shares of our Class A Common Stock (including shares of Class A Common Stock issued upon the assumed exercise of all public warrants), representing an approximate 41.3% economic interest and an approximate 31.9% voting interest in Sunlight Financial Holdings;

•        the New PIPE Investors will own 25,000,000shares of our Class A Common Stock, representing an approximate 20.0% economic interest and an approximate 15.4% voting interest in Sunlight Financial Holdings;

•        the initial stockholders will own 18,525,000shares of our Class A Common Stock (including shares of Class A Common Stock issued upon the assumed exercise of all private placement warrants), representing an approximate 14.8% economic interest and an approximate 11.4% voting interest in Sunlight Financial Holdings; and

•        Sunlight Financial Holdings will own 125,274,539 Sunlight Class X Units representing an approximate 77.3% economic interest in Sunlight.

Please see the subsection entitled “Description of Securities — Warrants” and the section entitled “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information” for further information.

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Organizational Structure

The following diagram illustrates the organizational structure of Spartan immediately prior to the Closing.

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The following diagram illustrates the organizational structure of Sunlight immediately prior to giving effect to the assumption that all warrants for Sunlight Units are exercised and the Existing Sunlight Units received are immediately exchanged for Class A Common Stock in connection with the Closing:

The following three diagrams illustrate possible ownership structures of Sunlight Financial Holdings immediately following the Closing, each based on a different set of assumptions as specified below.

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(A)     The equity interests shown in the diagram below (a) assume (i) that no public stockholders elect to have their public shares redeemed, (ii) that none of Spartan’s initial stockholders or the Blocker Holders or Unblocked Sunlight Unitholders purchase shares of Class A Common Stock in the open market prior to the Closing, (iii) a Closing Date of July 22, 2021, (iv) that there are no other issuances of equity interests of Spartan or Sunlight prior to the Closing, (v) that each Sunlight Warrant is fully exercised and the Existing Sunlight Units received are immediately exchanged for Class A Common Stock in connection with the Closing and (vi) that all Existing Sunlight Units and all LTIP Units that are provisionally vested immediately after the Closing have become vested and the Company EX Units and Class C Common Stock or the Class A Common Stock, as applicable, escrowed in respect thereof have been released by an escrow agent to the Unblocked Sunlight Unitholders and LTIP Unitholders, respectively, and (b) does not take into account Spartan Warrants that will remain outstanding following the Business Combination and may be exercised at a later date or the issuance of any shares upon completion of the Business Combination under the 2021 Plan.(1)

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(B)     The equity interests shown in the diagram below assume (i) the maximum redemptions scenario described under the section entitled “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information,” i.e., 13,200,000shares of Class A Common Stock are redeemed and (ii) each other assumption set forth in clauses (a)(ii)-(vi) and (b) of paragraph (A) above remains the same.

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​(C)     The equity interests shown in the diagram below assume that (i) all 17,250,000 public warrants that are outstanding and all 9,900,000 private placement warrants that are outstanding were exercisable and exercised following completion of the Business Combination, (ii) that no public stockholders elect to have their public shares redeemed and (iii) each other assumption set forth in paragraph (B) above remains the same.

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Board of Directors of Sunlight Financial Holdings Following the Business Combination

Spartan and Sunlight anticipate that the current executive officers of Sunlight will become the executive officers of Sunlight Financial Holdings upon the Closing. Following the Closing, it is expected that the New Sunlight Financial Holdings Board will expand to nine members, which will initially consist of the following:

•        Matthew Potere, the Chief Executive Officer of Sunlight Financial Holdings;

•        Emil W. Henry, Jr., who will serve as the director nominated by Tiger Parties pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement as well as Chairman of the New Sunlight Financial Holdings Board;

•        Brad Bernstein, who will serve as the director nominated by FTV Parties pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement;

•        Jennifer D. Nordquist and Kenneth Shea, individuals appointed by the Sponsor, who shall each qualify as an “independent director” under Rule 303A.02 of the listing standards of the NYSE (or any successor rule) (each, an “Independent Director”); and

•        Jeanette Gorgas, Toan Huynh, Philip Ryan and Joshua Siegel, each an individual designated by the Sunlight equityholders pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement, each of whom shall qualify as an Independent Director.

We believe our full board of directors, other than those continuing from the prior Sunlight Financial Board (Matthew Potere, Emil W. Henry, Jr. and Brad Bernstein), will meet the independence requirements under the applicable NYSE rules. Please see the section entitled “Management After the Business Combination.”

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Pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement, each of the Sponsor, Tiger Parties, and FTV Parties (each, a “Principal Stockholder”) will have the right to appoint one (1) non-voting board observer (each, a “Board Observer”) for so long as each Principal Stockholder, respectively, is entitled to designate a director of Sunlight Financial Holdings pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement. Each Board Observer will have the right to (i) attend all meetings of the New Sunlight Financial Holdings Board in a non-voting, observer capacity and (ii) receive copies of all notices, minutes, consents and other materials that Sunlight Financial Holdings provides to the New Sunlight Financial Holdings Board in the same manner as such materials are provided to the New Sunlight Financial Holdings Board, subject to certain conditions set forth in the Investor Rights Agreement. Each Board Observer will be subject to the same obligations as the members of the New Sunlight Financial Holdings Board with respect to confidentiality and conflicts of interest.

Appraisal Rights

Appraisal Rights of Spartan Stockholders

Appraisal rights are not available to holders of shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock in connection with the Business Combination.

Expected Accounting Treatment

The Business Combination will be accounted for under the acquisition method of accounting based on Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 805, Business Combination (“ASC 805”). Under this method of accounting, Sunlight will be treated as the “acquired” company for financial reporting purposes. See the subsection entitled “The Business Combination — Expected Accounting Treatment.”

Other Proposals

In addition to the proposal to approve and adopt the Business Combination Agreement and the Business Combination, our stockholders will be asked to vote on proposals to amend and restate our Charter to, among other things, (a) to increase the number of authorized shares of Spartan’s capital stock, par value $0.0001 per share, from (i) 271,000,000shares, consisting of 270,000,000shares of Common Stock, including 250,000,000shares of Class A Common Stock and 20,000,000shares of Class B Common Stock, and 1,000,000shares of Preferred Stock, to (ii) an aggregate of 500,000,000shares, consisting of 465,000,000shares of Common Stock, including 400,000,000shares of Class A Common Stock, 20,000,000shares of Class B Common Stock and 45,000,000shares of Class C Common Stock, and 35,000,000shares of Preferred Stock; (b) to specify the rights of the Class C Common Stock in order to provide for our “Up-C” structure; (c) to make certain other changes that the Spartan Board deems appropriate for a public company, including changing the post-combination company’s name to “Sunlight Financial Holdings Inc.,” removing the provision that Spartan elects not to be subject to Section 203 of the DGCL and make certain other changes that the Spartan Board deems appropriate for a public operating company; (d) to require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66⅔% of the voting power of all then-outstanding shares of Sunlight Financial Holdings’ capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, for the stockholders of Sunlight Financial Holdings to adopt, amend or repeal any provision of Sunlight Financial Holdings’ bylaws; and (e) to require, except as otherwise provided in the Proposed Second A&R Charter, including, for example, to increase or decrease the number of authorized shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock or Preferred Stock, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66⅔% of the voting power of all then-outstanding shares of Sunlight Financial Holdings’ capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, to amend or repeal any provision of the Proposed Second A&R Charter. A copy of the Proposed Second A&R Charter reflecting the proposed amendments pursuant to the Charter Proposals is attached to this proxy statement/prospectus as Annex B. For more information about the Charter Proposals, see the section entitled “Proposal No. 2 — The Charter Proposals.”

In addition, our stockholders will be asked to vote on (a) a proposal to approve, for purposes of complying with applicable listing rules of the NYSE, the issuance of up to (i) an aggregate of 115,000,000shares of Class A Common Stock, including, without limitation, shares of Class A Common Stock to be issued (A) in connection with the Business Combination, (B) to the investors in the PIPE Financing, which shall occur immediately prior to or substantially concurrently with, and is contingent upon, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by

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the Business Combination Agreement, and (C) as a result of the redemption of any Sunlight Class EX Units and corresponding shares of Class C Common Stock pursuant to the Sunlight A&R LLC Agreement (including any such Sunlight Class EX Units and shares of Class C Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of a Sunlight Warrant after the Closing, which will be immediately redeemed for shares of Class A Common Stock upon such exercise, unless the exercising holder elects otherwise); and (ii) an aggregate of 50,000,000shares of Class C Common Stock in connection with the Business Combination, (b) a proposal to approve and adopt the 2021 Plan, (c) a proposal to approve and adopt the ESPP, (d) a proposal to elect nine directors to serve staggered terms on our board of directors until the 2022, 2023 and 2024 annual meetings of stockholders, respectively, or until such directors’ successors have been duly elected and qualified, or until such directors’ earlier death, resignation, retirement or removal and (e) a proposal to approve the adjournment of the special meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary or appropriate, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies in the event that there are insufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the approval of the Business Combination Proposal, the Charter Proposals, the NYSE Proposal, the 2021 Plan Proposal, the ESPP Proposal or the Director Election Proposal.

See the sections entitled “Proposal No. 3 — The NYSE Proposal,” “Proposal No. 4 — The 2021 Plan Proposal,” “Proposal No. 5 — The ESPP Proposal,” “Proposal No. 6 — The Director Election Proposal” and “Proposal No. 7 — The Adjournment Proposal” for more information.

Date, Time and Place of Special Meeting

The special meeting will be held at            , Eastern time, on            , 2021, via live webcast at the following address: https://www.cstproxy.com/spartanspacii/2021, or such other date, time and place to which such meeting may be adjourned or postponed, to consider and vote upon the Proposals.

Voting Power; Record Date

You will be entitled to vote or direct votes to be cast at the virtual special meeting if you owned shares of our Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock, at the close of business on            , 2021, which is the record date for the special meeting. You are entitled to one vote for each share of our Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock that you owned as of the close of business on the record date. If your shares are held in “street name” or are in a margin or similar account, you should contact your broker, bank or other nominee to ensure that votes related to the shares you beneficially own are properly counted. On the record date, there were 43,125,500shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock outstanding in the aggregate, of which 34,500,000 were public shares and 8,625,000 were Founder Shares held by the initial stockholders.

Proxy Solicitation

Proxies may be solicited by mail. We have engaged Morrow Sodali LLC to assist in the solicitation of proxies. If a stockholder grants a proxy, it may still vote its shares online if it revokes its proxy before the special meeting. A stockholder may also change its vote by submitting a later-dated proxy as described in the subsection entitled “Special Meeting of Spartan Stockholders — Revoking Your Proxy.”

Quorum and Required Vote for Proposals for the Special Meeting

A quorum of our stockholders is necessary to hold a valid meeting. A quorum will be present at the special meeting if holders of shares of outstanding Common Stock of Spartan representing a majority of the voting power of all outstanding shares of our Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock entitled to vote at such meeting attend virtually or are represented by proxy at the special meeting. Abstentions will count as present for the purposes of establishing a quorum.

The approval of the Business Combination Proposal, the NYSE Proposal, the 2021 Plan Proposal, the ESPP Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal requires the affirmative vote (online or by proxy) of the holders of a majority of the shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock entitled to vote and actually cast thereon at the special meeting, voting as a single class. The approval of the Charter Proposals requires the affirmative vote (online or by proxy) of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock entitled to vote thereon at the special meeting, voting as a single class.

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Accordingly, a stockholder’s failure to vote (online or by proxy) at the special meeting will have no effect on the outcome of any vote on the Business Combination Proposal, the NYSE Proposal, the 2021 Plan Proposal, the ESPP Proposal or the Adjournment Proposal, but will have the same effect as a vote “AGAINST” the Charter Proposals.

Approval of the Director Election Proposal requires the affirmative vote (online or by proxy) of a plurality of the votes cast by holders of shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock entitled to vote and actually cast thereon at the special meeting. This means that the nine director nominees will be elected if they receive more affirmative votes than any other nominee for the same position. Stockholders may not cumulate their votes with respect to the election of directors. Assuming a valid quorum is established, abstentions will have no effect on the Director Election Proposal.

The Closing is conditioned on the approval of the Business Combination Proposal, the Charter Proposals and the NYSE Proposal at the special meeting. The Charter Proposal, 2021 Plan Proposal, the ESPP Proposal and the Director Election Proposal are conditioned on the approval of the Business Combination Proposal, the Charter Proposals and the NYSE Proposal. The Adjournment Proposal is not conditioned on the approval of any other proposal set forth in this proxy statement/prospectus.

Recommendation to Spartan Stockholders

The Spartan Board believes that each of the Business Combination Proposal, the Charter Proposals, the NYSE Proposal, the 2021 Plan Proposal, the ESPP Proposal, the Director Election Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal is in the best interests of Spartan and our stockholders and unanimously recommends that our stockholders vote “FOR” each Proposal (or in the case of the Director Election Proposal, “FOR ALL NOMINEES”) being submitted to a vote of the stockholders at the special meeting. For more information, see the sections entitled “Proposal No. 2 — The Charter Proposals,” “Proposal No. 3 — The NYSE Proposal,” “Proposal No. 4 — The 2021 Plan Proposal,” “Proposal No. 5 — The ESPP Proposal,” “Proposal No. 6 — The Director Election Proposal” and “Proposal No. 7 — The Adjournment Proposal.”

When you consider the recommendation of the Spartan Board in favor of approval of these Proposals, you should keep in mind that, aside from their interests as stockholders, our Sponsor and certain of our directors and officers have interests in the Business Combination that are different from, or in addition to, your interests as a stockholder. Please see the subsection entitled “The Business Combination — Interests of Certain Persons in the Business Combination.”

Summary Risk Factors

In evaluating the Proposals set forth in this proxy statement/prospectus, you should carefully read this proxy statement/prospectus, including the annexes, and especially consider the factors discussed in the section entitled “Risk Factors.” Some of the risks related to Sunlight’s business and industry and the Business Combination are summarized below.

•        Sunlight has incurred net losses in the past, and Sunlight may be unable to sustain profitability in the future.

•        The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and other health epidemics and outbreaks could adversely affect Sunlight’s business, results of operations and financial condition.

•        If Sunlight fails to manage its operations and growth effectively, Sunlight may be unable to execute its business plan, maintain high levels of customer services and support or adequately address competitive challenges.

•        Sunlight may in the future expand to new industry verticals outside of the U.S. solar system and home improvement industries, and failure to comply with applicable regulations, accurately predict demand or growth, or build a process valued in those new industries could have an adverse effect on Sunlight’s business.

•        To the extent that Sunlight seeks to grow through future acquisitions, or other strategic investments or alliances, Sunlight may not be able to do so effectively.

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•        A material reduction in the retail price of electricity charged by electric utilities, other retail electricity providers or other energy sources as compared to potential savings for purchasing and using a solar system or an increase in pricing for purchasing and using a solar system above the cost of other energy sources could result in a lower demand for solar systems, which could have an adverse impact on Sunlight’s business, results of operations and financial condition.

•        Sunlight’s inability to compete successfully or maintain or improve Sunlight’s market share and margins could adversely affect its business.

•        Disruptions in the operation of Sunlight’s computer systems and those of its critical third-party service providers and capital providers could have an adverse effect on Sunlight’s business.

•        Sunlight’s growth is dependent on its contractor network, and its failure to retain or replace existing contractors or to grow its contractor network or the number of Sunlight loans offered through its existing network could adversely impact Sunlight’s business.

•        Sunlight’s revenue is impacted, to a significant extent, by the general economy and the financial performance of its capital providers and contractors.

•        If assumptions or estimates Sunlight uses in preparing its financial statements are incorrect or are required to change, Sunlight’s reported results of operations, liquidity and financial condition may be adversely affected.

•        While Spartan and Sunlight work to complete the Business Combination, management’s focus and resources may be diverted from operational matters and other strategic opportunities.

•        Sunlight’s management has limited experience in operating a public company.

•        Spartan’s initial stockholders have agreed to vote in favor of the Business Combination, regardless of how Spartan’s public stockholders vote.

•        The Sponsor, certain members of the Spartan Board and its officers have interests in the Business Combination that are different from or are in addition to other stockholders in recommending that stockholders vote in favor of approval of the Business Combination.

•        Spartan and/or Sunlight may waive one or more of the conditions to the Business Combination.

•        Legal proceedings in connection with the Business Combination, the outcomes of which are uncertain, could delay or prevent the completion of the Business Combination.

•        The Spartan Board did not obtain a third-party valuation or fairness opinion in determining whether or not to proceed with the Business Combination.

•        A significant portion of Spartan’s total outstanding shares are restricted from immediate resale but may be sold into the market in the near future. This could cause the market price of its Class A Common Stock to drop significantly, even if its business is doing well.

•        Spartan’s stockholders will have a reduced ownership and voting interests after the consummation of the Business Combination and will exercise less influence over management.

•        The Sponsor and Spartan’s directors, officers, advisors or any of their respective affiliates may elect to purchase public shares from public stockholders, which may influence the vote of the Business Combination and reduce the public “float” of the Class A Common Stock.

•        If Spartan’s stockholders fail to comply with the redemption requirements specified in this proxy statement/prospectus, they will not be entitled to redeem their shares of Class A Common Stock for a pro rata portion of the funds held in the Trust Account.

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RISK FACTORS

The following risk factors will apply to our business and operations following the completion of the Business Combination. These risk factors are not exhaustive and investors are encouraged to perform their own investigation with respect to the business, financial condition and prospects of Sunlight and our business, financial condition and prospects following the completion of the Business Combination. You should carefully consider the following risk factors in addition to the other information included in this proxy statement/prospectus, including matters addressed in the section entitled “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.” We may face additional risks and uncertainties that are not presently known to us, or that we currently deem immaterial, which may also impair our business or financial condition.

Risks Related to Sunlight’s Business

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of Sunlight,” and the financial statements of Sunlight and notes to the financial statements included herein.

Sunlight has incurred net losses in the past, and Sunlight may be unable to sustain profitability in the future.

Sunlight commenced operations as a “start-up” in 2015 and incurred net losses while developing its business, including net losses of $6.5million and $1.1million for the years ended December31, 2017 and 2018, respectively (based on financial statements prior to adopting GAAP). These historical net losses were due to a number of factors, including incurring expenses to fund the development of Sunlight’s technology and the build out of its operational capacities (including, in 2018, as associated with the start of Sunlight’s home improvement line of business), obtaining financing and taking other actions associated with scaling a business generally, and lower revenues as Sunlight created its distribution channels through contractor relationships and funding networks for a diverse set of loan products. Sunlight expects to continue to incur substantial expenses as Sunlight expands its loan product offerings and operations and implements additional technology innovations and infrastructure to support its growth. In addition, as a public company, Sunlight will incur significant additional legal, accounting and other expenses that it did not incur as a private company. Sunlight can provide no assurance that its revenue will grow rapidly enough to absorb these expenses or other costs that it may incur. Sunlight’s ability to sustain profitability in both the short term and long term depends on a number of factors, across both its residential energy solar systems (“solar systems”) line of business and its line of business related to home improvements, such as roofing, siding, windows, doors, HVAC systems and insulation (collectively, referred to as “home improvements”), including:

•        Sunlight’s ability to maintain its margins by stabilizing or lowering its cost of capital with its existing funding partners and/or by engaging new capital providers on favorable economic terms to Sunlight;

•        originating increased funded volumes through its existing contractor distribution channels and by adding additional contractors to the network of contractors selling Sunlight’s loan products;

•        expanding the funding commitments of existing capital providers and/or adding new capital providers to fund increasing volumes of credit applications;

•        maintaining a low cost structure by optimizing its operational processes across increasing funded volume; and

•        Sunlight’s continuing ability to remain apace with the point of sale market by continuing to innovate and update its product offerings, services and technology.

Sunlight can provide no assurance that it will be able to sustain or increase its profitability in the future.

The ongoing novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic and other health epidemics and outbreaks could adversely affect Sunlight’s business, results of operations and financial condition.

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues to be a rapidly evolving situation. The COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to respond to it have resulted in widespread adverse impacts on the global economy and on Sunlight’s employees, capital providers, contractors, target consumer base, third-party vendors (“vendors”) and other

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parties with whom Sunlight has business relations. Social distancing guidelines, stay-at-home orders and similar government measures associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as actions by individuals to reduce their potential exposure to the virus, contributed to a decline in credit applications and funded volumes in the first and second quarters of 2020. For solar system loans, Sunlight attributes this decline to a significant disruption to solar systems contractors’ sales model, which prior to such public health orders associated with the COVID-19 pandemic had been to sell solar systems primarily door to door, resulting in a decrease in the number of solar system sales and installations and, consequently, a decrease in credit applications and funded loans. Credit applications and funded loans for home improvements were similarly adversely affected. Sunlight believes that the decline in credit applications and funded loans was primarily attributable to consumers’ efforts to avoid infection in the early periods of the COVID-19 pandemic, as sales for large portions of the market tended to be conducted in person at potential consumers’ homes and at home sales conventions, which were canceled.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sunlight and its contractors have modified certain business and workforce practices (including those related to solar system sales, installation and servicing solar systems and employee work locations) to conform to government restrictions and best practices encouraged by governmental and regulatory authorities in the markets in which Sunlight offers loan products. Such modifications on the solar systems side, including converting to a technology-based sales model, have largely allowed contractors offering Sunlight loan products to continue to sell and install solar systems and, accordingly, for Sunlight to continue to offer related loans. The home improvement market remains less able to convert to a technology-based sales process due primarily to the smaller average size of the contractor participants, which means that Sunlight’s home improvement credit applications and funded loan volumes have not recovered, and may not recover in the future, to the same degree as they have in connection with its solar systems line of business. If the COVID-19 pandemic or other health epidemic or outbreaks are significantly prolonged, or more stringent health and safety guidelines are adopted (e.g., travel bans, border closures, quarantines, stay-at-home orders and business shutdowns, etc.), Sunlight and its solar systems contractors’ ability to continue selling and installing solar systems and home improvements may be adversely impacted, which could have a corresponding adverse impact on solar system and home improvement credit applications for Sunlight loans and Sunlight funded loans and could have a material adverse effect on Sunlight’s business, cash flows, liquidity, financial condition and results of operations.

Worsening economic conditions could result from the continued spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and the potential for related public health measures, as described above. The effects of the economic downturn associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, and other economic factors, may increase unemployment and reduce consumer credit ratings and credit availability, which may adversely affect Sunlight’s ability to originate new loans as forecasted and/or that are of the credit quality desired by Sunlight’s capital providers. Such an outcome could cause Sunlight’s capital providers to increase pricing to adjust for increased credit risk in a down economy and thereby erode Sunlight’s margins and negatively impact Sunlight’s future financial performance and the price of the Sunlight Financial Holdings’ Class A Common Stock. Finally, if solar system and/or home improvement supply chains become significantly disrupted due to additional outbreaks of the COVID-19 pandemic or other health epidemics or outbreaks or because more stringent health and safety guidelines are implemented, the ability of its contractors to sell or install solar systems or to sell or complete home improvements could be adversely impacted.

Sunlight is currently unable to predict the full impact that the COVID-19 pandemic will have, directly or indirectly, on its partners, supply channels, the capital markets generally or otherwise, or on Sunlight’s business, cash flows, liquidity, financial condition and results of operations. The ultimate impact will depend on future developments, including, among other things, the efficacy of full administration of the COVID-19 vaccines, the ultimate duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, the depth and duration of the economic downturn and other economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the consequences of governmental and other measures designed to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, actions taken by governmental authorities, capital providers, contractors, vendors and other parties with whom Sunlight has business relations, Sunlight’s ability and the ability of its capital providers, contractors, target consumer base, vendors and other parties with whom Sunlight has business relations to adapt to operating in a changed environment, and the timing and extent to which normal economic and operating conditions resume.

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If market demand for solar systems does not continue to develop as anticipated by Sunlight or takes longer to develop than Sunlight anticipates, Sunlight may not be able to originate loans for the purchase and installation of solar systems at the rate anticipated and incorporated into Sunlight’s forecast.

The solar systems market is at a relatively early stage of development. If market demand for solar systems fails to continue to develop sufficiently or takes longer to develop than Sunlight anticipates, Sunlight may be unable to facilitate the origination of loans for the purchase and installation of solar systems to grow its business at the rate Sunlight anticipates in its forecast.

Many factors may affect the demand for solar systems, including the following:

•        monthly and/or lifetime savings potential of purchasing and using a solar system, which is associated with the availability of (i) residential solar support programs, including government targets, subsidies, incentives in the form of tax credits, grants or similar programs, renewable portfolio standards and residential net metering rules and (ii) cost efficient equipment and solar loans on terms favorable to the consumers;

•        the relative pricing of other conventional and non-renewable energy sources, such as natural gas, coal, oil and other fossil fuels, wind, utility-scale solar, nuclear, geothermal and biomass;

•        performance, reliability and availability of energy generated by solar systems compared to conventional and other non-solar renewable energy sources;

•        availability and performance of energy storage technology, the ability to implement such technology for use in conjunction with solar systems and the cost competitiveness such technology provides to consumers as compared to costs for those consumers reliant on the conventional electrical grid or other sources of energy;

•        general economic conditions and the level of interest rates available to consumers to finance the purchase of solar systems and home improvements; and

•        the desirability of relying principally on renewable energy resources.

Sunlight cannot be certain if historical growth rates reflect future opportunities in the solar industry or whether growth anticipated by Sunlight will be fully realized. The failure or delay of solar systems to continue on a path towards increasing adoption could have a material adverse effect on Sunlight’s business, results of operations and financial condition.

If Sunlight fails to manage its operations and growth effectively, Sunlight may be unable to execute its business plan, maintain high levels of customer service and support or adequately address competitive challenges.

Sunlight has experienced significant growth in recent periods measured by, among others, funded volumes, and Sunlight intends to continue the efforts to expand its business. This growth has placed, and any future growth may place, a strain on Sunlight’s management, operational and financial infrastructure. Sunlight’s growth requires its management to devote a significant amount of time and effort to maintain and expand its relationships with contractors, capital providers and other third parties, creating innovative new lending products that offer attractive financing options to consumers, improving its credit analysis and decisioning processes, arranging financing for Sunlight’s growth and managing its expansion into new markets.

In addition, Sunlight’s current and planned operations, personnel, information technology and other systems and procedures might be inadequate to support its future growth and may require Sunlight to make additional unanticipated investments in its infrastructure. Sunlight’s success and ability to further scale its business will depend, in part, on its ability to manage these changes in a cost-effective and efficient manner.

If Sunlight cannot manage its operations to meet the demands of its growth, Sunlight may be unable to meet market expectations regarding growth, opportunity and financial targets, take advantage of market opportunities, execute its business strategies successfully or respond to competitive pressures. This could also result in declines in the attractiveness or quality of the lending options that Sunlight provides, declines in consumer satisfaction, weakening of Sunlight’s relationships with its network of contractors, increased operational costs or lower margins on loans Sunlight originates or other operational difficulties. Any failure to effectively manage Sunlight’s operations and growth could adversely impact its reputation, business, financial condition, cash flows and results of operations.

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During the period from March 31, 2020 to March 31, 2021, Sunlight funded approximately 9% of its total solar system loan volume and, during the period from March 31, 2020 to March 31, 2021, 100% of its home improvement loan volume through a bank partnership arrangement. Pursuant to the terms of that arrangement, Sunlight must arrange for the sale of the loans to a third party within 180 days from origination for solar system loans and, beginning on August 1, 2021, for certain home improvement loans that have been on its bank partner’s balance sheet for greater than 12 months, subject to certain exceptions. If Sunlight is not able to arrange these sales, Sunlight may be required to purchase all or a portion of these loans, which could have a material adverse impact on Sunlight’s liquidity and financial condition and the stock price of Sunlight Financial Holdings. Sunlight is also required to purchase solar system loans funded through its bank partnership arrangement if those loans are charged off and home improvement loans funded through its bank partner if those loans are more than 60 days delinquent. A significant downturn in the performance of Sunlight-facilitated loans that are originated by Sunlight’s bank partner could have a material adverse impact on Sunlight’s liquidity and financial condition.

Currently a portion of solar system loans originated through Sunlight’s Platform and all home improvement loans originated through Sunlight’s Platform are funded by Sunlight’s bank partnership arrangement whereby loans are originated by Sunlight’s bank partner but held for sale to a third party. The terms of Sunlight’s bank partnership arrangement provide that such sales must occur within a certain period of time, subject to certain exceptions (180 days from origination for solar system loans and, with respect to certain home improvement loans that have been on its bank partner’s balance sheet for greater than 12months, beginning on August1, 2021). While Sunlight has not been required to date to purchase solar system loans from its bank partner due to the expiration of Sunlight’s bank partner’s agreed hold period, Sunlight cannot be certain that fluctuations in the credit markets or other market, regulatory or business factors will not impede Sunlight’s ability to source such third-party purchasers in the future, which could result in Sunlight being required to purchase all or part of unsold solar system loans. Sunlight’s arrangements with its bank partner also require that Sunlight purchase solar loans when subject to charge-off by Sunlight’s bank partner, and with respect to home improvement, any loan that becomes 60 days delinquent. For the year ended December31, 2020, Sunlight repurchased and wrote off 49 loans from its bank partner, totaling $1.1million, associated with the repurchase obligation concerning charge-offs and delinquencies. For the three months ended March31, 2021, Sunlight repurchased and wrote off 34 loans from its bank partner, totaling $0.8million, associated with the repurchase obligation concerning charge-offs and delinquencies. Sunlight acts as the administrator for its bank partner’s portfolio of Sunlight-facilitated loans, and Sunlight has access to comprehensive daily reporting regarding those loans, which allows it to track the status of loans, including days from origination, and monitors the performance of those loans on a loan-level basis.

Sunlight has entered into committed indirect funding program agreements with capital providers for the purchase of solar system and home improvement loans from Sunlight’s bank partner; however, these agreements require periodic extension and, based on market changes and shifts in credit appetite, Sunlight cannot predict whether these capital providers will elect to continue their commitment in the future. In addition, Sunlight’s indirect funding program agreements contain covenants and agreements relating to the origination of such loans and Sunlight’s financial condition. If Sunlight materially breaches these conditions and fails to cure them in the time allotted, the relevant capital provider may terminate its relationship with Sunlight. Such covenants and agreements generally include, among others, obligations related to funding volumes, concentration limits on certain loan products, Fair Isaac Corporation (“FICO”) score requirements, agreements related to Sunlight’s legal compliance in the origination process, underwriting requirements and milestone or other payment requirements. If an existing indirect capital provider terminates its relationship with Sunlight and Sunlight is unable to procure alternative agreements with new purchaser(s) of solar system and home improvement loans or increase commitments from other existing indirect capital providers in a timely manner and on acceptable terms, or at all, Sunlight’s business and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

Sunlight initiated its home improvement business in 2019 and its bank partner has originated approximately $74million in home improvement loans. In February 2021, Sunlight entered into an indirect funding program agreement with a capital provider for the purchase of up to $400million in home improvement loans from Sunlight’s bank partnership arrangement over an 18-month period. However, the foregoing agreement represents the sole commitment for the purchase of home improvement loans from Sunlight’s bank partnership arrangement and will require periodic extension; accordingly, based on market changes and shifts in credit appetite, Sunlight cannot predict whether this capital provider will elect to continue its commitment in the future. In addition, Sunlight’s indirect home improvement loan funding program agreement contains covenants and agreements related to the origination of such loans and Sunlight’s financial condition similar to those described in the above paragraph with respect to program agreements for the purchase of solar system loans. If Sunlight’s existing indirect home improvement loan capital provider terminates its relationship with Sunlight and Sunlight is unable to procure alternative agreements with new third-party purchaser(s) of home improvement

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loans in a timely manner and on acceptable terms, or at all, then, beginning on August1, 2021 Sunlight may be required to purchase any home improvement loans (with certain exceptions) that have been on its bank partner’s balance sheet for greater than 12months, which could materially and adversely affect Sunlight’s liquidity and financial condition.

Restrictive covenants in certain of Sunlight’s debt agreements could limit its growth and its ability to finance its operations, fund its capital needs, respond to changing conditions and engage in other business activities that may be in Sunlight’s best interests.

Sunlight’s debt agreements impose operating and financial restrictions on Sunlight. These restrictions limit Sunlight’s ability to, among other things:

•        incur additional indebtedness;

•        make investments or loans;

•        create liens;

•        consummate mergers and similar fundamental changes;

•        make restricted payments;

•        make investments in unrestricted subsidiaries;

•        enter into transactions with affiliates; and

•        use the proceeds of asset sales.

Sunlight may be prevented from taking advantage of business opportunities that arise because of the limitations imposed by the restrictive covenants under its corporate debt agreement. The restrictions contained in the covenants could, among other things:

•        limit Sunlight’s ability to plan for, or react to, market conditions or meet capital needs or otherwise restrict Sunlight’s activities or business plan; and

•        adversely affect Sunlight’s ability to finance its operations, enter into acquisitions or divestitures or engage in other business activities that would be in Sunlight’s best interest.

A breach of any of these covenants or Sunlight’s inability to comply with the required financial ratios or financial condition tests could result in a default under Sunlight’s debt agreements that, if not timely cured or waived, could result in acceleration of all indebtedness outstanding thereunder and cross-default rights under other debt arrangements of Sunlight. In addition, in the event of an event of default under Sunlight’s debt facility, the affected lenders could accelerate such indebtedness and require repayment of all borrowings outstanding thereunder. Sunlight cannot be certain that it will have cash available in the future to repay its debt facility in the event that it becomes necessary to do so. If the amounts outstanding under Sunlight’s outstanding indebtedness or any of its other indebtedness, whether now or in the future, were to be accelerated and Sunlight did not have sufficient assets to repay in full the amounts owed to the lenders or to other debt holders, such parties could foreclose on the collateral granted by Sunlight to such debt holders, which could materially adversely affect Sunlight’s liquidity and financial condition or its ability to qualify as a going concern.

Additionally, Sunlight’s current corporate debt facility expires in May 2021. Sunlight will have to negotiate an extension of its facility or establish a facility with another lender prior to that date. Sunlight cannot be certain that its current debt provider will extend the facility or that it will extend the facility on the same terms, or that Sunlight can obtain a new facility on the same or better terms. Sunlight may need to extend the facility or obtain a new facility on terms that contain additional covenants or requirements that further restrict Sunlight’s ability to take advantage of business opportunities, address market changes, make acquisitions or otherwise grow Sunlight’s business.

The loss of one or more members of Sunlight’s senior management or key employees may adversely affect its ability to implement its strategy.

Sunlight depends on its experienced management team and the loss of one or more key executives, including Sunlight’s Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer, could have a negative impact on its business. Sunlight also depends on its ability to retain and motivate key employees and to attract qualified new employees.

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Sunlight may be unable to replace key members of its management team or key employees if such individuals elect to leave Sunlight. An inability to attract and retain sufficient managerial personnel who have industry experience and relationships could limit or delay Sunlight’s strategic efforts, which could have a material adverse effect on its business, results of operations and financial condition.

Fraudulent activity has become more sophisticated in the financial services industry and, if experienced at a material level by Sunlight or its capital providers in connection with loans originated through Sunlight’s Platform, it could negatively impact Sunlight’s reputation and business. Further, Sunlight could be subject to fraud by internal actors, which could also negatively impact its reputation and business.

Fraud occurs in the financial services industry and has increased as perpetrators become more sophisticated. Sunlight is subject to the risk of fraudulent activity generally perpetrated on participants in the financial markets and with respect to the policies and business practices of contractors, vendors and other third parties handling consumer information. Sunlight has experienced some immaterial fraud where fraudulent actors have obtained consumer personal identifying information in order to obtain fraudulent project payments from Sunlight. Sunlight has adopted increased fraud detection processes in both its commercial risk management and consumer underwriting processes in response to these events and the reported increase of fraud in the financial market. However, Sunlight’s resources, technologies and fraud prevention tools may be insufficient to accurately detect and prevent fraud in the future. The level of Sunlight’s fraud charge-offs could increase, and results of operations could be materially adversely affected if fraudulent activity were to significantly increase. High profile fraudulent activity also could negatively impact Sunlight’s brand and reputation, and negatively impact its business, results of operations and financial condition.

Further, Sunlight cannot be certain that it will not be subject to fraud from internal actors in the future. Any such fraud conducted could have a material negative impact on Sunlight’s reputation or business.

If the consumer underwriting and loan origination processes Sunlight uses contain errors or incorrect inputs from consumers or third parties (e.g., credit bureaus), Sunlight’s reputation and relationships with capital providers and contractors could be harmed. Further, economic changes resulting in increases in default rates could increase Sunlight’s cost of capital.

Sunlight’s ability to attract capital providers on economic terms consistent with its current capital provider funding facilities in part is dependent on Sunlight’s ability to effectively evaluate a consumer’s credit profile and likelihood of default and potential loss in accordance with Sunlight’s capital provider’s origination policies. To conduct this evaluation, Sunlight uses FICO scores and various credit bureau attributes. If any of the credit decisioning attributes Sunlight uses contain errors or the data provided by consumers or third parties (such as credit bureaus) is incorrect or stale, Sunlight’s approvals or denials may be determined inappropriately. Additionally, following the date of the credit report that Sunlight obtains and reviews, a consumer may default on, or become delinquent in the payment of, a pre-existing debt obligation, take on additional debt, lose his or her job or other sources of income, or experience other adverse financial events. If such inaccuracies or events are not detected prior to loan funding, the loan may have a greater risk of default than expected. Greater defaults could damage Sunlight’s reputation and relationships with contractors and capital providers, causing a decrease in Sunlight’s ability to originate loans, or result in an increase to Sunlight’s cost of capital causing a decrease in Sunlight margins.

Further, Sunlight’s cost of capital is also determined in part based on the default averages in Sunlight’s consumer loan borrower portfolio. If general economic conditions worsen significantly, or other events occur, resulting in an increase in delinquencies and defaults by Sunlight’s consumer loan borrowers and Sunlight is not able to adjust its underwriting processes to address the change in credit environment, Sunlight’s cost of capital may increase. Increases in Sunlight’s cost of capital may cause a decrease in Sunlight’s margins and have a material adverse effect on Sunlight’s business, results of operations and financial condition.

Sunlight may in the future expand to new industry verticals outside of the U.S. solar system and home improvement industries, and failure to comply with applicable regulations, accurately predict demand or growth, or build a process valued in those new industries could have an adverse effect on Sunlight’s business.

Sunlight may in the future further expand into other industry verticals. There is no assurance that Sunlight will be able to successfully develop consumer financing products and services that are valued for these new industries. Sunlight’s investment of resources to develop consumer financing products and services for the new industries it enters may either be insufficient or result in expenses that are excessive as compared to the fees or other revenue

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that Sunlight may earn in launching such vertical. Additionally, Sunlight’s experience is in the U.S. solar system and home improvement industries and, therefore, industry participants in new industry verticals may not be receptive to its financing solutions and Sunlight may face competitors with more experience and resources. The borrower profile of consumers in new verticals may not be as attractive, in terms of average FICO scores or other attributes, as in current verticals, which may make it more difficult for Sunlight to find funding partners for these new verticals. As Sunlight explores additional opportunities, Sunlight can make no assurance that it will be able to accurately forecast demand (or the lack thereof) for a solution or that those industries will be receptive to Sunlight’s loan products or changes in loan products from time to time. Failure to predict demand or growth accurately in new industries could have a materially adverse impact on Sunlight’s business, results of operations and financial condition.

Sunlight’s risk management processes and procedures may not be effective.

Sunlight’s risk management processes and procedures seek to appropriately balance risk and return and mitigate risks, and intend to identify, measure, monitor and control the types of risk to which Sunlight, its contractors and its capital providers are subject, including credit risk, market risk, liquidity risk, strategic risk and operational risk. Credit risk is the risk of loss that arises when an obligor fails to meet the terms of an obligation. Market risk is the risk of loss due to changes in external market factors such as interest rates. Liquidity risk is the risk that financial conditions are adversely affected by an inability, or perceived inability, to meet obligations and support business growth. Strategic risk is the risk from changes in the business environment, improper implementation of decisions or inadequate responsiveness to changes in the business environment. Operational risk is the risk of loss arising from inadequate or failed processes, people or systems, external events (e.g., natural disasters), compliance, reputational or legal matters and includes those risks as they relate directly to Sunlight as well as to third parties with whom Sunlight contracts or otherwise does business.

Management of Sunlight’s risks depends, in part, upon the use of analytical and forecasting models. If these models are ineffective at predicting future losses or are otherwise inadequate, Sunlight may incur unexpected losses or otherwise be adversely affected. In addition, the information Sunlight uses in managing its credit and other risks may be inaccurate or incomplete as a result of error or fraud, both of which may be difficult to detect and avoid. There also may be risks that exist, or that develop in the future, that Sunlight has not appropriately anticipated, identified or mitigated, including when processes are changed or new products and services are introduced. If Sunlight’s risk management framework does not effectively identify and control its risks, Sunlight could suffer unexpected losses or be adversely affected, which could have a material adverse effect on its business, results of operations and financial condition.

To the extent that Sunlight seeks to grow through future acquisitions, or other strategic investments or alliances, Sunlight may not be able to do so effectively.

Sunlight may in the future seek to grow its business by exploring potential acquisitions or other strategic investments or alliances. Sunlight may not be successful in identifying businesses or opportunities that meet its acquisition or expansion criteria. In addition, even if a potential acquisition target or other strategic investment is identified, Sunlight may not be successful in completing such acquisition or integrating such new business or other investment in a way that allows Sunlight to realize the full benefits from such acquisition. Sunlight may face significant competition for acquisition and other strategic investment opportunities from other well-capitalized companies, many of which have greater financial resources and greater access to debt and equity capital to secure and complete acquisitions or other strategic investments, than Sunlight does. As a result of such competition, Sunlight may be unable to acquire certain assets or businesses, or take advantage of other strategic investment opportunities that Sunlight deems attractive; the purchase price for a given strategic opportunity may be significantly elevated; or certain other terms or circumstances may be substantially more onerous. Any delay or failure on Sunlight’s part to identify, negotiate, finance on favorable terms, consummate and integrate any such acquisition, or other strategic investment, opportunity could impede Sunlight’s growth.

Sunlight’s insurance for certain indemnity obligations to its officers and directors may be inadequate, and potential claims could materially and negatively impact Sunlight’s financial condition and results of operations.

Pursuant to Sunlight’s Certificate of Formation, the Sunlight A&R LLC Agreement and certain indemnification agreements, among various other agreements, Sunlight indemnifies its officers and directors for certain liabilities that may arise in the course of their service to Sunlight. Although Sunlight currently maintains director and officer liability insurance for certain potential third-party claims for which it is legally or financially

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unable to indemnify them, such insurance may be inadequate to cover certain claims, or may prove prohibitively costly to maintain in the future. If Sunlight were required to pay a significant amount on account of such liabilities, its business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially harmed.

Risks Related to the Solar Energy Generation Industry

A material reduction in the retail price of electricity charged by electric utilities, other retail electricity providers or other energy sources as compared to potential savings for purchasing and using a solar system or an increase in pricing for purchasing and using a solar system above the cost of other energy sources could result in a lower demand for solar systems, which could have an adverse impact on Sunlight’s business, results of operations and financial condition.

Decreases in the retail price of electricity from electric utilities, from other retail electricity providers or other sources of energy, currently existing or as may be developed, including other renewable energy sources, as compared to the potential price of purchasing a solar system using solar system loan financing, could make solar systems less economically attractive to consumers. Reductions in consumer costs associated with traditional or other sources of power may stem from an increase in availability due to an increase in generation of such power sources, a legislated reduction in rates or special programs offered to consumers among other potential industry shifts.

Similarly, an increase in pricing associated with purchasing a solar system financed with a loan as compared to the cost to consumers of other power sources, or the cost to consumers of using a solar system pursuant to solar power purchase agreements or leases, could reduce demand for solar systems. Sunlight’s business has benefited from the declining cost of solar system components, which has been a key driver in consumer adoption of solar systems. To the extent such costs stabilize, decline at a slower rate or increase, Sunlight’s future growth may be negatively impacted. An increase in cost to the consumer purchasing a solar system financed by a loan could be as a result of, among others:

•        a decline in raw materials available to manufacture the various components of solar systems;

•        an increase in tariff penalties or duties on components of solar systems imported from other countries, which could also increase the pricing of components produced domestically associated with an increase in demand for such components;

•        the expiration or unavailability of, or adverse changes in, economic or governmental incentives, including those in the form of tax credits, grants or similar programs, which may expire on a particular date, end when the allocated funding is exhausted, or be reduced or terminated as a matter of regulatory or legislative policy, or other factors that have the impact of decreasing the ultimate price of purchasing or using a solar system to the consumer;

•        a shortage of skilled labor to install solar systems, which could have the impact of increasing demand on existing skilled labor and increasing the cost of installation of solar systems;

•        an increase in costs associated with contractor infrastructure, including as related to the potential for additional regulation, lawsuits or other unforeseen developments; and

•        an increase in interest rates that Sunlight’s capital providers charge consumers for financing solar systems.

A decrease in the price of traditional power sources or other renewable energy sources that make such sources cost less to the consumer than the purchase of a solar system with loan financing or an increase in prices to purchase a solar system with loan financing could decrease the attractiveness of the purchase and installation of such systems by consumers, which in turn may slow Sunlight’s growth and have an adverse impact on its business and results of operations.

The solar system loan industry and the home improvement industry are subject to seasonality and other industry factors that may cause Sunlight’s operating results and its ability to grow to fluctuate from quarter to quarter and year to year. These fluctuations may cause Sunlight’s future performance to be difficult to predict and cause its operating results for a particular period to fall below expectations.

Sunlight’s quarterly and annual operating results are subject to seasonality and other factors that make them difficult to predict and may fluctuate significantly in the future. Sunlight has experienced seasonal and quarterly fluctuations in the past and expects to experience such fluctuations in the future. Credit applications generally

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peak for a given year during the summer and are at their lowest point toward the end of the year. Because of the lag between credit applications and installation, fundings generally peak toward the end of the year and are at their lowest point in during the spring. In addition to the other risks described herein, the following factors could cause Sunlight’s operating results to fluctuate:

•        expiration or initiation of any governmental rebates or incentives;

•        significant fluctuations in consumer demand for solar systems and/or home improvements;

•        Sunlight’s contractors’ ability to complete installations of solar systems and/or home improvements in a timely manner;

•        financial market fluctuations that may impact the availability of desirable solar system and/or home improvement loan products for consumers or increase the cost of capital to Sunlight, thereby decreasing Sunlight’s margins;

•        actual or anticipated developments in Sunlight’s competitors’ businesses, technology, loan products, pricing or other initiatives relevant to the solar system or home improvement lending competitive landscape;

•        natural disasters or other weather or meteorological conditions impacting solar system or home improvement industries; and

•        general economic downturns, which could negatively impact the availability of, or cost of, capital, including in response to rising delinquencies and defaults in the market, thereby making it more difficult for Sunlight to originate loans or to do so on economic terms that are favorable to Sunlight.

For these or other reasons, the results of any prior quarterly or annual periods should not be relied upon as indications of Sunlight’s future performance.

Because Sunlight’s business is heavily concentrated on consumer lending in the U.S. solar system and home improvement industries, Sunlight’s results are more susceptible to fluctuations in those markets than a more diversified company would be.

Sunlight’s business currently is concentrated on supporting consumer lending in the U.S. solar system and home improvement industries. As a result, Sunlight is more susceptible to fluctuations and risks particular to U.S. consumer credit than a more diversified company would be, and more specifically as to factors that may drive the demand for solar systems and home improvements. Sunlight’s business concentration could have an adverse effect on its business, results of operations and financial condition.

The industries that Sunlight operates in are highly competitive and are likely to become more competitive. Additionally, if new entrants join these markets who have ready access to cheaper capital, competing successfully would become more difficult for Sunlight. Sunlight’s inability to compete successfully or maintain or improve Sunlight’s market share and margins could adversely affect its business.

The consumer lending industry is highly competitive and increasingly dynamic as emerging technologies continue to enter the marketplace. Technological advances and heightened e-commerce activities have increased consumers’ accessibility to products and services, which has intensified the desirability of offering loans to consumers through digital-based solutions. Sunlight faces competition in areas such as financing terms, promotional offerings, fees, approval rates, speed and simplicity of loan origination, ease-of-use, marketing expertise, service levels, products and services, technological capabilities and integration, customer service and support, compliance capabilities, brand and reputation. Sunlight’s existing and potential competitors may decide to modify their pricing and business models to compete more directly with Sunlight’s model or offer similar promotions and ancillary services. If Sunlight is unable to compete effectively to attract contractors to sell Sunlight loans to their consumer customers, Sunlight’s results of operations and financial condition could be materially adversely affected.

Sunlight’s success in the solar systems point of sale lending industry is in part due to Sunlight’s low cost of capital. While the barriers to entry in this business are high, if new entrants with access to cheaper capital enter the market, such as a depository institution, competing could become more difficult for Sunlight. A new market entrant with a lower cost of capital could discount pricing to a level below which Sunlight would be able to match and

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maintain its margins or such entrant could maintain pricing but make more revenue on each loan. Sunlight’s inability to compete successfully with these tactics by lowering its own cost of capital or competing on other terms that are valuable to solar systems contractors such as user-friendly, best-in-market technology or by providing valuable ancillary services, could materially negatively impact Sunlight’s business.

Risks Related to Sunlight’s Technology and Intellectual Property

Developments in technology or improvements in the solar energy generation industry, including energy storage and distributed solar power, may adversely affect demand for Sunlight’s loans.

Significant developments in technology, such as advances in distributed solar power generation, energy storage solutions such as batteries, energy storage management systems, the widespread use or adoption of fuel cells for residential properties or improvements in other forms of distributed or centralized power production may materially and adversely affect demand for solar systems and, in turn, the demand for loans originated through Sunlight’s Platform, which may negatively impact Sunlight’s business, results of operations and financial condition.

Additionally, recent technological advancements may impact Sunlight’s business in ways Sunlight does not currently anticipate. Any failure by Sunlight to adopt or have access to assist consumers to finance new or enhanced technologies or processes, or to react to changes in existing technologies, could have a material adverse effect on Sunlight’s business, results of operations and financial condition.

Cyber-attacks and other security breaches could have an adverse effect on Sunlight’s business.

In the normal course of Sunlight’s business, Sunlight collects, processes and retains sensitive and nonpublic personal consumer information. Although Sunlight devotes significant resources and management focus to ensuring the integrity of its systems through information security and business continuity programs, Sunlight’s facilities and information technology systems, and those of capital providers, contractors and third-party service providers, may be subjected to external or internal security breaches and cyber-attacks, acts of vandalism, computer viruses, misplaced or lost data, programming or human errors and other similar events that result in the disclosure of sensitive and confidential information. Sunlight also faces security threats from malicious third parties that could attempt to obtain unauthorized access to Sunlight systems and networks, which threats have increased significantly in recent years and which Sunlight anticipates will continue to grow in scope and complexity over time. These events could interrupt Sunlight’s business and/or operations, result in significant legal and financial exposure, supervisory liability, other government or regulatory fines and penalties, damage to its reputation and a loss of confidence in the security of Sunlight’s systems and ability to facilitate the origination of loans. Although Sunlight has not experienced such adverse events to date, no assurance can be given that these events will not have a material adverse effect on Sunlight in the future.

Information security risks in the financial services industry have increased recently, in part because of new technologies, the use of the internet and telecommunications technologies (including mobile devices) to conduct financial and other business transactions and the increased sophistication and activities of organized criminals, perpetrators of fraud, hackers, terrorists and others. In addition to cyber-attacks and other security breaches involving the theft of sensitive and confidential information, hackers recently have engaged in attacks that are designed to disrupt key business services, such as consumer-facing websites. Sunlight, contractors, capital providers and vendors may not be able to anticipate or implement effective preventive measures against all security breaches of these types, especially because the techniques used change frequently and because attacks can originate from a wide variety of sources. Sunlight employs detection and response mechanisms designed to contain and mitigate security incidents. Nonetheless, early detection efforts may be thwarted by sophisticated attacks and malware designed to avoid detection. Sunlight also may fail to detect the existence of a security breach related to the information of capital providers, contractors and consumers that Sunlight retains as part of its business and may be unable to prevent unauthorized access to that information.

Sunlight also faces risks related to cyber-attacks and other security breaches that typically involve the transmission of sensitive information regarding borrowers through various third parties, including Sunlight’s various service providers engaged to support Sunlight’s underwriting and other technological and operational processes. Because Sunlight does not control these third parties or oversee the security of their systems, future security breaches or cyber-attacks affecting any of these third parties could impact Sunlight through no fault of its own, and in some cases Sunlight may have exposure and suffer losses for breaches or attacks relating to them. While Sunlight

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regularly conducts security assessments of significant third-party service providers, no assurance is given that Sunlight’s third-party information security protocols are sufficient to prevent a service provider from experiencing a cyber-attack or other security breach.

Disruptions in the operation of Sunlight’s computer systems and those of its critical third-party service providers and capital providers could have an adverse effect on Sunlight’s business.

Sunlight’s ability to facilitate the origination of loans and otherwise operate Sunlight’s business and comply with applicable laws depends on the efficient and uninterrupted operation of Sunlight’s computer systems and critical third-party service providers that support these processes. These Sunlight or third-party computer systems may encounter service interruptions at any time due to system or software failure, natural disasters, severe weather conditions, health pandemics, terrorist attacks, cyber-attacks or other events. Any of such catastrophes could have a negative effect on Sunlight’s business and technology infrastructure (including its computer network systems). Catastrophic events could also impact public agencies that provide permitting or other related services and prevent or make it more difficult for contractors to install solar systems, and could interrupt or disable local or national communications networks, including payment networks and capital provider’s ability to fund loans. All of these adverse effects of catastrophic events could result in an inability for Sunlight to meet its funding obligations with respect to existing loan applications or for Sunlight to originate new loans, which could have a material adverse effect on Sunlight’s business.

In addition, the implementation of technology changes and upgrades to maintain current and integrate new systems may cause service interruptions, transaction processing errors or system conversion delays and may cause Sunlight to fail to comply in a timely manner with its agreements with applicable laws, all of which could have a material adverse effect on Sunlight’s business. Sunlight expects that new technologies and business processes applicable to the point of sale consumer loan industry will continue to emerge. There can be no assurance that Sunlight will be able to successfully adopt new technology as critical systems and applications become obsolete and better systems, applications and processes become available. A failure to maintain or improve current technology and business processes could cause disruptions in Sunlight’s operations or cause its solution to be less competitive, all of which could have a material adverse effect on its business, results of operations and financial condition.

Sunlight may be unable to sufficiently protect its proprietary rights, trade secrets and intellectual property, and may encounter disputes from time to time relating to its use of the intellectual property of third parties.

Sunlight relies on a combination of patents, trademarks, service marks, copyrights, trade secrets, domain names and agreements with employees and third parties to protect its proprietary rights. Unauthorized third parties may attempt to duplicate or copy the proprietary aspects of its technology and processes. Sunlight’s competitors and other third parties independently may design around or develop similar technology or otherwise duplicate Sunlight’s services or products. In addition, though Sunlight has restrictive covenant agreements in place that are intended to protect its intellectual property, trade secrets and confidential and proprietary information (“Proprietary Information”) or provide a remedy in the event of an unauthorized disclosure, these agreements may not prevent misappropriation of Sunlight’s Proprietary Information or infringement of Sunlight’s intellectual property and the resulting loss of competitive advantage, and Sunlight may be required to litigate to protect its intellectual property and Proprietary Information from misappropriation or infringement by others, which may be expensive, could cause a diversion of resources and may not be successful.

Sunlight also may encounter disputes from time to time concerning intellectual property rights of others, and it may not prevail in these disputes. Third parties may raise claims against Sunlight alleging that Sunlight, or consultants or other third parties retained or indemnified by Sunlight, infringe on their intellectual property rights. Some third-party intellectual property rights may be extremely broad, and it may not be possible for Sunlight to conduct its operations in such a way as to avoid all alleged violations of such intellectual property rights. Given the complex, rapidly changing and competitive technological and business environment in which Sunlight operates, and the potential risks and uncertainties of intellectual property-related litigation, an assertion of an infringement claim against Sunlight may cause Sunlight to spend significant amounts to defend the claim, even if Sunlight ultimately prevails. If Sunlight does not prevail, Sunlight may be required to pay significant money damages, suffer losses of significant revenues, be prohibited from using the relevant systems, processes, technologies or other intellectual property (temporarily or permanently), be required to cease offering certain products or services, or incur significant license, royalty or technology development expenses.

In addition, although in some cases a third party may have agreed to indemnify Sunlight for such costs, such indemnifying party may refuse or be unable to uphold its contractual obligations. In other cases, insurance may not cover potential claims of this type adequately or at all, and Sunlight may be required to pay monetary damages, which may be significant.

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Some aspects of the Sunlight Platform and processes include open source software, and any failure to comply with the terms of one or more of these open source licenses could negatively affect its business.

Aspects of the Sunlight Platform include software covered by open source licenses. The terms of various open source licenses have not been interpreted by United States courts, and such licenses could be construed in a manner that imposes unanticipated conditions or restrictions on Sunlight’s Platform. If portions of Sunlight’s proprietary software are determined to be subject to an open source license, Sunlight could be required to publicly release the affected portions of source code, re-engineer all or a portion of its technologies or otherwise be limited in the licensing of technologies, each of which could reduce or eliminate the value of Sunlight’s technologies. In addition to risks related to license requirements, usage of open source software can lead to greater risks than use of third-party commercial software because open source licensors generally do not provide warranties or controls on the origin of the software. Many of the risks associated with the use of open source software cannot be eliminated and could adversely affect Sunlight’s business, results of operations and financial condition.

Contractor and Capital Provider-Related Risks

Sunlight’s growth is dependent on its contractor network, and its failure to retain or replace existing contractors or to grow its contractor network or the number of Sunlight loans offered through its existing network could adversely impact Sunlight’s business.

Solar system and home improvement loans are offered through Sunlight to Sunlight’s contractor networks to such contractors’ consumer customers who buy solar systems or home improvements. In order to continue to grow, Sunlight will need to further expand its contractor networks. Sunlight is subject to significant competition for the recruitment and retention of contractors from its current competitors and new entrants to the solar system loan and home improvement loan markets, and Sunlight may not be able to recruit new or replacement contractors in the future, or expand its loan volume with existing contractors, at a rate required to produce projected growth.

Sunlight competes for contractors with solar system and home improvement lenders primarily based on scope of loan product offerings that respond to consumer demand, pricing to the contractors (“OID”), user friendliness of Sunlight’s technology (Orange®) and other processes to make the loan sale process efficient and individualized in service and responsiveness. Sunlight does not have any exclusivity agreements with its contractors. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that Sunlight will be able to maintain its current contractor relationships. Sunlight may lose existing contractors that represent a significant portion of Sunlight’s business, and there is no guarantee that Sunlight would be able to engage replacement contractors on terms similar to its existing contractors.

Additionally, dependence on any one contractor or small group of contractors creates concentration risk, particularly in the event that any such contractor elects to terminate its relationship with Sunlight or experiences business disruption or a business failure or bankruptcy. For example, during May 2021, Sunlight was advised by a significant contractor that it will discontinue use of the Sunlight’s platform to source solar loans effective immediately. This contractor accounted for approximately 6.7% and 8.9% of Sunlight’s total funded loan volumes during the year ended December31, 2020 and for the three months ended March31, 2021, respectively.

For the fiscal years ended December31, 2018, December31, 2019 and December31, 2020, Sunlight’s top ten contractors accounted for approximately 74%, 46% and 42% of the total funded loan volumes for such periods, respectively. For the three months ended March31, 2021 and 2020, Sunlight’s top ten contractors accounted for approximately 45% and 46% of the total funded loan volumes for such periods, respectively.

Sunlight’s short-term capital advance program exposes it to potential losses in the event that a contractor fails to fully perform under its agreements with Sunlight or becomes insolvent prior to completion of the underlying installation or construction, which losses could have an adverse impact on Sunlight’s business, results of operations and financial condition.

Sunlight maintains a short-term capital advance program with certain contractors that provides such contractors with up-front working capital to pay for certain expenses for installation or the construction of solar systems and home improvements. Such short-term capital advances may be paid to contractors prior to the commencement of such installation or construction, or at specified periods during the installation or construction process. The aggregate amount of advances available to a given contractor is based on a risk evaluation and tiering conducted by Sunlight’s commercial risk team that performs contractor underwriting generally, as well as additional oversight and periodic monitoring requirements. At any time prior to completion of installation or construction of

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solar systems or home improvements, Sunlight is at risk for defaults if a contractor to whom short-term advances have been made fails to fully perform under its agreements with Sunlight or becomes insolvent prior to the completion of installation or construction. The ability of contractors to fully perform or maintain their solvency depends on a number of factors, including, but not limited to, changes in economic conditions, adverse trends or events affecting the solar system and home improvement industries, lack of availability of, and/or access to, materials or labor for the installation or construction of solar systems or home improvements, natural disasters and management and cash flow levels. As of December31, 2020, Sunlight had an aggregate of $35.4million of outstanding advances to 141 contractors. Approximately 60.1% of those advances were made to four of Sunlight’s largest contractor relationships in terms of funded loan volume. As of March31, 2021, Sunlight had an aggregate of $32.6million of outstanding advances to 120 contractors. Approximately 64% of those advances were made to four of Sunlight’s largest contractor relationships in terms of funded loan volume. In the event that one or more contractors who receive short-term capital advances are unable to fully perform under their agreements with Sunlight or maintain their solvency, Sunlight may lose a portion or all of the funds advanced to such contractor, which may have an adverse impact on Sunlight’s business, results of operations and financial condition.

Further, Sunlight advances funding payments to contractors in order to ensure payment to its contractors within 24 hours. If a capital provider fails to reimburse Sunlight for such advances as anticipated, Sunlight may need to write-off such advances, subjecting Sunlight to consumer credit risk. Alternatively, if the contractor funded by Sunlight declares bankruptcy prior to Sunlight being reimbursed, the capital provider is not likely to fund the loan and reimburse Sunlight. Sunlight could be subject to losses if the consumers borrowing funds from Sunlight under these loans do not pay as and when required.

Sunlight’s rebate program with certain of its contractors may be utilized by such contractors to a greater degree in certain periods, resulting in decreased fee income from its contractor partners, which could have a material adverse impact on Sunlight’s revenues during those periods.

Sunlight offers rebates to certain of its contractor partners in exchange for volume commitments. In general, the contractors with these rebate arrangements realize a rebate on funded loans originated over an agreed period of time (for example, one year) provided that the agreed volume of funded loan origination was achieved by that contractor. Sunlight accrues for such rebates on a quarterly basis based on the estimated amount of the rebate, but the accrual may be less than the actual rebate earned by a contractor or contractors when the rebate is required to be paid if volume is higher than anticipated in certain periods. If that occurs, Sunlight may be required to record a charge for rebates that is larger than would be the case if its accrual matched the rebates actually earned. If such a charge occurs, Sunlight’s revenues for the applicable quarterly period may be adversely impacted. For example, for the three months ended March31, 2021, rebates to contractor partners totaled approximately $0.4million in excess of the estimated amounts accrued therefor, which directly reduced fee income received by Sunlight for loans originated by contractors on Sunlight’s platform during those periods and resulted in a decrease in total revenue to Sunlight.

Loans originated through Sunlight’s technology platform (Orange®) are originated by third-party capital providers. As Sunlight continues to grow, Sunlight will need to either expand the commitments of its existing capital providers or find additional capital providers to fund additional volume. Sunlight’s inability to identify capital provider sources for new loan volume or to replace loan volume funding capacity should a capital provider elect to terminate its relationship with Sunlight could have a material adverse impact on Sunlight’s growth.

Sunlight relies on third-party capital providers to originate solar system and home improvement loans through Sunlight’s Platform to third party borrowers. As Sunlight’s business grows, Sunlight will need additional funding sources for those loans to third party borrowers, either from its existing capital providers or by entering into program funding agreements with new capital providers. Sunlight’s failure to obtain additional funding commitments in an amount needed to fund its projected loan volume, or Sunlight’s failure to extend its existing commitments or identify new capital providers on economic terms similar to or better than what Sunlight currently has with its existing capital providers, could have a material adverse impact on Sunlight’s business, results of operations and financial condition.

Additionally, Sunlight’s funding program agreements generally have automatic renewal provisions, but Sunlight cannot predict whether a capital provider will elect to terminate their commitment in the future. Many factors may influence the ability or willingness of Sunlight’s existing capital providers to renew their annual capital commitments and the terms on which such renewals are made, including, but not limited to, changes in economic conditions, including credit markets and interest rates, adverse trends or events affecting the lending industry or industries that Sunlight serves, changes in strategy by capital providers, the overall attractiveness of the returns that may be realized from solar system or home improvement loans by capital providers from their relationship with

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Sunlight, Sunlight’s performance and the performance of loans originated through Sunlight’s Platform and changes in legislation and regulations that affect Sunlight or capital providers. Sunlight cannot predict its third-party capital providers’ appetite to continue originating solar system or home improvement loans or other risks to such parties businesses that could cause any such party to not renew their loan funding program with Sunlight.

In addition, Sunlight’s funding program agreements contain covenants and agreements relating to the origination of loans on such providers’ balance sheets. If Sunlight materially breaches these conditions and fails to cure them in the time allotted, the relevant capital provider may terminate its relationship with Sunlight. Such covenants and agreements generally include, among others, obligations related to funding volumes, concentration limits on certain loan products, FICO score requirements, agreements related to Sunlight’s legal compliance in the origination process, underwriting requirements, milestone payment requirements and data privacy requirements. If Sunlight were to breach one or more of the covenants and the relevant existing capital provider elects to terminate its relationship with Sunlight and Sunlight is unable to procure alternative agreements with new capital providers or increase commitments from other existing capital providers in a timely manner and on acceptable terms, or at all, Sunlight’s results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

Dependence by Sunlight on one capital provider or a group of similarly situated capital providers that would be impacted similarly by market factors subjects Sunlight to concentration risk. In 2018, 2019 and 2020, respectively, one capital provider, Technology Credit Union, funded 53.2%, 48.9% and 47.4% of Sunlight’s funded solar system loan volume. In the three months ended March31, 2021, Technology Credit Union funded 39.8% of Sunlight’s funded solar system loan volume. Also, although in separate geographical jurisdictions, in those same years, 63.7%, 73.9% and 84.3%, respectively, of Sunlight’s total solar system loan volume was funded by credit unions, which could have similar market, regulatory or other risks that could simultaneously impact their ability to continue to originate solar system loans through Sunlight. Sunlight’s continued growth could be materially and adversely affected if this or any other of its capital providers or a group of them were not able to or determined not to continue to fund solar loans facilitated by Sunlight, and Sunlight was not able to attract additional capital providers to replace that funding capacity. Capital providers could determine to stop funding solar loans for different reasons that are outside of Sunlight’s control such as a desire to diversify their own asset bases, changes in the market or regulatory requirements or other circumstances.

Sunlight is subject to regular audits by its capital providers and their regulators, as well as certain other parties closely involved in Sunlight’s processes, such as credit bureaus. If Sunlight does not “pass” these audits, Sunlight could suffer reputational damage that will make it more difficult to engage capital providers or extend its current relationships on positive economic terms to Sunlight, which could negatively impact Sunlight’s business and financial condition.

Sunlight is subject to regular audits by its capital providers and their regulators, as well as certain other parties closely involved in Sunlight’s processes, such as credit bureaus. These audits are broad and include reviews of Sunlight’s consumer protection law policies and procedures, privacy practices, information technology security measures, human resources practices and other areas of operation. If Sunlight does not “pass” these audits or Sunlight’s performance is deemed weak or significant deficiencies are identified, Sunlight could suffer reputational damage. Sunlight’s existing capital providers may be less willing to extend the terms of their existing agreements or may elect to increase the cost of capital to Sunlight if it perceives these issues as increasing their risk. These issues may also make it more difficult for Sunlight to engage new capital providers on positive economic terms to Sunlight. Further, if third parties critical to Sunlight’s operations should find Sunlight’s audit results concerning, they may not be willing to continue to partner with Sunlight. If these critical parties are not willing to continue to partner with Sunlight, Sunlight may need to alter its operations in a manner that has a negative impact on its business or Sunlight may experience business disruption while it seeks to find a replacement vendor (which, if identified, may not be available to Sunlight on positive economic terms) that could negatively impact Sunlight’s business and financial condition.

Contractor and marketplace confidence in Sunlight’s liquidity and long-term business prospects is important for building and maintaining Sunlight’s business. Additionally, if Sunlight experiences negative publicity, it may lose the confidence of its funding providers, capital providers and contractors and Sunlight’s business may suffer.

Sunlight’s financial condition, operating results and business prospects may suffer materially if it is unable to establish and maintain confidence about its liquidity and long-term business prospects among contractors, consumers and within Sunlight’s industry. Sunlight’s contractor network is Sunlight’s distribution channel for the loans originated through Orange® and therefore serves as the means by which Sunlight is able to rapidly and successfully expand within existing and prospective markets. Contractors and other third parties will be less likely to enter into agreements with Sunlight if they are uncertain if Sunlight will be able to make payments on time, its business will succeed or its operations will continue for many years. Sunlight may not succeed in its efforts to build this confidence.

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Sunlight relies on a number of third-party service providers and vendors, and if certain of those vendors are unable or unwilling to provide their services or products, Sunlight may experience meaningful harm to its business, results of operations and financial condition.

Sunlight has established a process whereby it evaluates each vendor to determine if such vendor is “critical” to Sunlight’s business. Sunlight defines “critical” as a vendor that, if unwilling or unable to provide its services or products to Sunlight for seven days, would potentially cause Sunlight to experience material harm to its business. Sunlight currently has 17 vendors qualified as critical. Most of these critical vendors relate to services provided to support Orange® and other related technology. No assurance can be given that any vendor critical to Sunlight’s business will not experience a prolonged business or system disruption, financial difficulties, including potential bankruptcy, or other circumstances that could cause such vendor to be unable to perform under its contract with Sunlight. Further, Sunlight cannot predict whether any critical vendor would choose to breach an agreement or not renew a contract in an effort to increase pricing or otherwise that a dispute will not occur between Sunlight and a critical vendor. If any of these events do occur, Sunlight will need to find a replacement and integrate such replacement vendor quickly. If Sunlight cannot locate an adequate replacement or cannot integrate the replacement vendor services quickly, Sunlight may have to alter its operations or experience business disruption itself, which would likely have a material adverse impact on Sunlight’s business, results of operations and financial condition.

Financial and Accounting-Related Risks

Sunlight’s projections are subject to significant risks, assumptions, estimates and uncertainties. As a result, Sunlight’s projected revenues, market share, expenses, profitability and any guidance it may publish from time to time may differ materially from its expectations.

Sunlight operates in a rapidly changing and competitive industries and Sunlight’s projections will be subject to the risks and assumptions made by management with respect to its industry. Operating results are difficult to forecast because they generally depend on a number of factors, including competition, Sunlight’s ability to attract and retain capital providers and contractors, general industry trends and financial market considerations. Additionally, as described under “— Sunlight’s revenue is impacted, to a significant extent, by the general economy and the financial performance of its capital providers and contractors,” Sunlight’s business may be affected by reductions in consumer spending from time to time as a result of a number of factors that may be difficult to predict, rising interest rates and a reduction of the general availability of capital to consumers. This may result in decreased revenue and Sunlight may be unable to adopt measures in a timely manner to compensate for any unexpected decline. This inability could cause Sunlight’s operating results in a given quarter to be higher or lower than expected. If actual results differ from Sunlight’s estimates, analysts may negatively react and Sunlight Financial Holdings’ stock price could be materially adversely impacted.

Additionally, Sunlight may, from time to time, provide guidance regarding its future performance that represents management’s estimates as of the date such guidance is provided. Guidance is necessarily speculative in nature, and it can be expected that some or all of the assumptions that inform such guidance will not materialize or will vary significantly from actual results. Sunlight’s ability to meet funded volume, cost, Adjusted EBITDA, free cash flow or any other forward-looking guidance is impacted by a number of factors including, but not limited to, changes in domestic and foreign business, market, financial, political and legal conditions, the inability of Sunlight and Spartan to successfully or timely consummate the Business Combination, including the risk that any required regulatory approvals are not obtained, are delayed or are subject to unanticipated conditions that could adversely affect Sunlight Financial Holdings or the expected benefits of the Business Combination or that the approval of the stockholders of Spartan or Sunlight is not obtained; failure to realize the anticipated benefits of the Business Combination; risks relating to the uncertainty of the projected operating and financial information with respect to Sunlight; risks related to Sunlight’s business and the timing of expected business milestones or results; the effects of competition and regulatory risks, and the impacts of changes in legislation or regulations on Sunlight’s future business; the expiration, renewal, modification or replacement of the federal solar investment tax credit; the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Sunlight’s business or future results; the amount of redemption requests made by Spartan’s public stockholders; the ability of Spartan or Sunlight Financial Holdings to issue equity or equity-linked securities in connection with the Business Combination or in the future, and those factors described under “— Risks Related to Spartan.” Accordingly, Sunlight’s guidance is only an estimate of what management believes is realizable as of the date such guidance is provided. Actual results may vary from such guidance and the variations may be material.

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Sunlight’s revenue is impacted, to a significant extent, by the general economy and the financial performance of its capital providers and contractors.

Sunlight’s business, the consumer financial services industry, its contractors’ and its capital providers’ businesses are sensitive to macroeconomic conditions. Economic factors such as interest rates, changes in monetary and related policies, market volatility, consumer confidence and unemployment rates are among the most significant factors that impact consumer spending behavior. Weak economic conditions or a significant deterioration in economic conditions reduce the amount of disposable income consumers have, which in turn reduces consumer spending and the willingness of qualified borrowers to take out loans. Such conditions are also likely to affect the ability and willingness of borrowers to pay amounts owed to Sunlight or its capital providers, each of which would have a material adverse effect on its business, results of operations and financial condition.

General economic conditions and the willingness of its capital providers to deploy capital in the consumer industries within which Sunlight operates impacts Sunlight’s performance. The origination of new loans through Orange®, and the platform fees and other fee income to Sunlight associated with such loans, is dependent upon sales and installations of solar systems and home improvements. Contractors’ sales may decrease or fail to increase as a result of factors outside of their control, such as the macroeconomic conditions referenced above, business conditions affecting an industry vertical or region or changing regulatory environments. Weak economic conditions also could extend the length of contractors’ sales cycle and cause prospective borrowers to delay making (or not make) purchases of solar systems or home improvements. The decline of sales by contractors for any reason will generally result in reduced loan volume and associated fee income for Sunlight and its capital providers, which may materially adversely affect Sunlight’s business, results of operations and financial condition.

In addition, if a contractor or capital provider becomes subject to a voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy proceeding (or if there is a perception that it may become subject to a bankruptcy proceeding), borrowers may have less incentive to pay their outstanding balances to Sunlight or its capital providers, which could result in higher charge-off rates than anticipated. Any consistent or system failures of Sunlight’s contractors or capital providers could materially adversely affect Sunlight’s business, results of operations and financial condition.

If assumptions or estimates Sunlight uses in preparing its financial statements are incorrect or are required to change, Sunlight’s reported results of operations, liquidity and financial condition may be adversely affected.

Sunlight is required to make various assumptions and estimates in preparing its financial statements under GAAP, including for purposes of determining finance charge reversals, share-based compensation, asset impairment, reserves related to litigation and other legal matters, and other regulatory exposures and the amounts recorded for certain contractual payments to be paid to, or received from, Sunlight’s counterparties and others under contractual arrangements. In addition, significant assumptions and estimates are involved in determining certain disclosures required under GAAP, including those involving fair value measurements. If the assumptions or estimates underlying Sunlight’s financial statements are incorrect, the actual amounts realized on transactions and balances subject to those estimates will be different, which could have a material adverse effect on Sunlight’s business.

Future changes in financial accounting standards may significantly change Sunlight’s reported results of operations.

GAAP is subject to standard setting or interpretation by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the PCAOB, the SEC and various bodies formed to promulgate and interpret appropriate accounting principles. A change in these principles or interpretations could have a significant effect on Sunlight’s reported financial results and could affect the reporting of transactions completed before the announcement of a change.

Additionally, Sunlight’s assumptions, estimates and judgments related to complex accounting matters could significantly affect its financial results. GAAP and related accounting pronouncements, implementation guidelines and interpretations with regard to a wide range of matters that are relevant to its business, including, without limitation, revenue recognition, finance charge reversals and share-based compensation, are highly complex and involve subjective assumptions, estimates and judgments by Sunlight. Changes in these rules or their interpretation or changes in underlying assumptions, estimates or judgments by Sunlight could require Sunlight to make changes to its accounting systems that could increase its operating costs and significantly change its reported or expected financial performance.

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Risks Related to Legal Matters and Sunlight’s Regulatory Environment

Litigation, regulatory actions and compliance issues could subject Sunlight to significant fines, penalties, judgments, remediation costs, indemnification obligations and/or other requirements resulting in increased expenses and negatively impacting Sunlight’s liquidity and financial condition.

Sunlight’s business is subject to increased risks of litigation and regulatory actions as a result of a number of factors and from various sources, including as a result of the highly regulated nature of the consumer financial services industry and the focus of state and federal enforcement agencies on the financial services industry.

Federal and state agencies have broad enforcement powers over Sunlight, including powers to investigate Sunlight’s business practices and broad discretion to deem particular practices unfair, deceptive, abusive or otherwise not in accordance with the law. The continued focus of regulators on the consumer financial services industry has resulted, and could continue to result, in new enforcement actions that could, directly or indirectly, affect the manner in which Sunlight conducts its business and increase the costs of defending and settling any such matters, which could negatively impact its business. In some cases, regardless of fault, it may be less time-consuming or costly to settle these matters, which may require Sunlight to implement certain changes to its business practices, provide remediation to certain individuals or make a settlement payment to a given party or regulatory body. There is no assurance that any future settlements will not have a material adverse effect on Sunlight’s business.

From time to time, Sunlight may be involved in, or the subject of, reviews, requests for information, investigations and proceedings (both formal and informal) by state and federal governmental agencies regarding Sunlight’s business activities and Sunlight’s qualifications to conduct its business in certain jurisdictions, which could subject Sunlight to significant fines, penalties, obligations to change its business practices, capital provider, contractor and consumer remediations, increased compliance costs and other requirements resulting in increased expenses and diminished earnings. Sunlight’s involvement in any such matter also could cause significant harm to its reputation and divert management attention from the operation of its business, even if the matters are ultimately determined in Sunlight’s favor. Moreover, any settlement, or any consent order or adverse judgment in connection with any formal or informal proceeding or investigation by a government agency, may prompt litigation or additional investigations or proceedings as other litigants or other government agencies begin independent reviews of the same activities.

In addition, a number of participants in the consumer finance industry have been the subject of putative class action lawsuits; state attorney general actions and other state regulatory actions; federal regulatory enforcement actions, including actions relating to alleged unfair, deceptive or abusive acts or practices; violations of state licensing and lending laws, including state usury laws; actions alleging discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender or other prohibited bases; and allegations of noncompliance with various state and federal laws and regulations relating to originating and servicing consumer finance loans. The current regulatory environment, increased regulatory compliance requirements and enhanced regulatory enforcement could result in significant operational and compliance costs and may prevent Sunlight from offering certain products and services. There is no assurance that these regulatory matters or other factors will not, in the future, affect how Sunlight conducts its business and, in turn, could have a material adverse effect on Sunlight’s business or results of operations. In particular, legal proceedings brought under state consumer protection statutes or under several of the various federal consumer financial services statutes may result in a separate fine for each violation of the statute, which, particularly in the case of class action lawsuits, could result in damages substantially in excess of the amounts Sunlight earned from the underlying activities.

In addition, from time to time, through Sunlight’s operational and compliance controls, Sunlight identifies compliance issues that require it to make operational changes and, depending on the nature of the issue and contractual obligations to its various capital providers, result in financial remediation to impacted capital providers or consumers. These self-identified issues and voluntary remediation payments could be significant, depending on the issue and the number of capital providers, contractors or consumers impacted, and also could generate litigation or regulatory investigations that subject Sunlight to additional risk.

Sunlight is subject to federal and state consumer protection laws.

In connection with the origination of loans, Sunlight must comply with various regulatory regimes, including those applicable to consumer credit transactions, various aspects of which are untested as applied to Sunlight’s business model. The complex regulatory environment of the consumer credit industry are subject to constant change and modification. While changes to statutes and promulgating new regulations may take a substantial amount of time, issuing regulatory guidance with the force of law in the form of opinions, bulletins and notices can occur quickly.

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Also, consumer credit regulators often initiate inquiries into market participants, which can lead to investigations and, ultimately, enforcement actions. In addition, the laws and regulations applicable to Sunlight are subject to administrative or judicial interpretation. Some of these laws and regulations have been enacted only recently and may not yet have been interpreted or may be interpreted infrequently. As a result of infrequent or sparse interpretations, ambiguities in these laws and regulations may create uncertainty with respect to what type of conduct is permitted or restricted under such laws and regulations. Any ambiguity under a law or regulation to which Sunlight is subject may lead to regulatory investigations, governmental enforcement actions and private causes of action, such as class action lawsuits, with respect to Sunlight’s compliance with such laws or regulations. As a result, Sunlight is subject to a constantly evolving regulatory environment that is difficult to predict and which may affect Sunlight’s business. The laws to which Sunlight directly or its services by contract are or may be subject to include, among others:

•        state laws and regulations that impose requirements related to loan disclosures and terms, credit discrimination and unfair or deceptive business practices;

•        the Truth-in-Lending Act, and its implementing Regulation Z, and similar state laws, which require certain disclosures to borrowers regarding the terms and conditions of their loans and credit transactions;

•        Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, which prohibits unfair and deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce, and Section 1031 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which prohibits unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or practices (“UDAAP”), in connection with any consumer financial product or service;

•        the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, and its implementing Regulation B, which prohibit creditors from discriminating against credit applicants on the basis of race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, marital status, the fact that all or part of the applicant’s income derives from any public assistance program or the fact that the applicant has in good faith exercised any right under the Federal Consumer Credit Protection Act or any applicable state law;

•        the Fair Credit Reporting Act (the “FCRA”), and its implementing Regulation V, as amended by the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act, which promotes the accuracy, fairness and privacy of information in the files of consumer reporting agencies;

•        the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and its implementing Regulation F, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, as well as state debt collection laws, all of which provide guidelines and limitations concerning the conduct of debt collectors in connection with the collection of consumer debts;

•        the Bankruptcy Code, which limits the extent to which creditors may seek to enforce debts against parties who have filed for bankruptcy protection;

•        the California Consumer Privacy Act, which include certain limitations on the disclosure of nonpublic personal information by financial institutions about a consumer to nonaffiliated third parties, in certain circumstances requires financial institutions to limit the use and further disclosure of nonpublic personal information by nonaffiliated third parties to whom they disclose such information and requires financial institutions to disclose certain privacy policies and practices with respect to information sharing with affiliated and nonaffiliated entities as well as to safeguard personal consumer information, and other privacy laws and regulations;

•        the rules and regulations promulgated by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration, as well as state banking regulators;

•        the Office of Foreign Assets Control, which publishes a list of individuals and companies owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, targeted or sanctioned countries, whose assets are blocked and Sunlight is generally prohibited from dealing with;

•        the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, which allows active duty military members to suspend or postpone certain civil obligations, and prohibits certain creditor self-help remedies, including repossession, so that the military member can devote his or her full attention to military duties;

•        the Military Lending Act, enacted in 2006 and implemented by the Department of Defense, which imposes a 36% cap on the “all-in” annual percentage rates charged on certain loans to active-duty members of the U.S. military, reserves and National Guard and their dependents;

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•        the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, and Regulation E promulgated thereunder, which provide disclosure requirements, guidelines and restrictions on the electronic transfer of funds from consumers’ bank accounts;

•        the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, which restricts telephone solicitations and the use of automated phone equipment;

•        the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, and similar state laws, particularly the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, which authorize the creation of legally binding and enforceable agreements utilizing electronic records and signatures; and

•        the Bank Secrecy Act, which relates to compliance with anti-money laundering, due diligence and record-keeping policies and procedures.

While Sunlight has developed policies and procedures designed to assist in compliance with these laws and regulations, no assurance is given that its compliance policies and procedures will be effective. Failure to comply with these laws and with regulatory requirements applicable to Sunlight’s business could subject it to damages, revocation of licenses, class action lawsuits, administrative enforcement actions, civil and criminal liability, indemnification obligations to its capital providers, loan repurchase obligations and reputational damage which may harm Sunlight’s business, results of operations and financial condition.

The consumer finance industry is highly regulated and subject to regular changes or evolution in those regulatory requirements. Changing federal, state and local laws, as well as changing regulatory enforcement policies and priorities, may negatively impact Sunlight’s business.

In connection with Sunlight’s financial services operations, Sunlight is subject to extensive regulation, supervision and examination under United States federal and state laws and regulations. Sunlight is required to comply with numerous federal, state and local laws and regulations that regulate, among other things, the manner in which Sunlight administers loans, the terms of the loans that its capital providers originate and the fees that Sunlight may charge. Any failure to comply with any of these laws or regulations could subject Sunlight to lawsuits or governmental actions or damage Sunlight’s reputation, which could materially and adversely affect Sunlight’s business. Regulators have broad discretion with respect to the interpretation, implementation and enforcement of these laws and regulations, including through enforcement actions that could subject Sunlight to civil money penalties, capital provider and consumer remediations, increased compliance costs and limits or prohibitions on Sunlight’s ability to offer certain products or services or to engage in certain activities. In addition, to the extent that Sunlight undertakes actions requiring regulatory approval or non-objection, regulators may make their approval or non-objection subject to conditions or restrictions that could have a material adverse effect on its business. Moreover, any competitors subject to different, or in some cases less restrictive, legislative or regulatory regimes may have or obtain a competitive advantage over Sunlight.

Proposals to change the statutes affecting financial services companies are frequently introduced in Congress and state legislatures that, if enacted, may affect its operating environment in substantial and unpredictable ways. In addition, numerous federal and state regulators have the authority to promulgate or change regulations that could have a similar effect on Sunlight’s operating environment. Sunlight cannot determine with any degree of certainty whether any such legislative or regulatory proposals will be enacted and, if enacted, the ultimate impact that any such potential legislation or implementing regulations, or any such potential regulatory actions by federal or state regulators, would have upon Sunlight’s business, results of operations or financial condition.

Sunlight is also subject to potential enforcement and other actions that may be brought by state attorneys general or other state enforcement authorities and other governmental agencies. Any such actions could subject Sunlight to civil money penalties and fines, capital provider, contractor and consumer remediation, and increased compliance costs, damage its reputation and brand and limit or prohibit Sunlight’s ability to offer certain products and services or engage in certain business practices.

New laws, regulations, policy or changes in enforcement of existing laws or regulations applicable to Sunlight’s business, or reexamination of current practices, could adversely impact Sunlight’s profitability, limit its ability to continue existing or pursue new business activities, require it to change certain of its business practices or alter its relationships with contractors or capital providers, affect retention of key personnel, including management, or expose Sunlight to additional costs (including increased compliance costs and/or capital provider, contractor or consumer remediation). These changes also may require Sunlight to invest significant resources, and devote significant management attention, to make any necessary changes and could adversely affect its business, results of operations and financial condition.

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Sunlight’s “business to business to consumer” business model subjects Sunlight and its capital providers to potential regulatory risk and litigation based on the sales practices employed by the various contractors in Sunlight’s networks.

Loan products offered by Sunlight through Orange® are offered to the consumer customers of the various contractors in Sunlight’s contractor networks by sales people employed by or engaged as third-party service providers of such contractors. Sales of consumer loans are regulated by various federal, state and local regulators. From time to time, Sunlight and its capital providers have been included in lawsuits brought by the consumer customers of certain contractors in Sunlight’s networks citing claims based on the sales practices of these contractors. Sunlight does not view contractors in its networks as its agents for whose actions Sunlight would potentially have vicarious liability. Sunlight has processes to provide educational support to these contractors and a robust process to detect any contractor sales practices that may violate applicable law and Sunlight obtains indemnities for such claims in the program agreements between Sunlight and the contractors with whom Sunlight partners. While Sunlight has paid only minimal damages to date, Sunlight cannot be sure that a court of law would not determine that Sunlight is liable for the actions of the contractors in Sunlight’s networks or that a regulator or state attorney general’s office may hold Sunlight accountable for violations of consumer protection or other applicable laws by the contractors in selling Sunlight loans. Sunlight’s risk mitigation processes may not be sufficient to mitigate financial harm to Sunlight or its capital providers associated with violations of applicable law by its contractors or that any such contractor would or is able to make good on its indemnification obligations to Sunlight or its capital providers. Any significant finding making Sunlight liable for damages in such claims could expose Sunlight to broader liabilities, a need to adjust its distribution channels for its loan products or otherwise change its business model, and could have a material and adverse impact on Sunlight’s business prospects.

The highly regulated environment in which Sunlight’s capital providers operate could have an adverse effect on Sunlight’s business.

Sunlight and its capital providers are subject to federal and state supervision and regulation. Federal and state regulation of the banking industry, credit unions and other types of capital providers, along with tax and accounting laws, regulations, rules and standards, may limit their operations significantly and control the methods by which they conduct business and when and how they are able to deploy their capital. These requirements may constrain Sunlight’s ability to enter funding program agreements with new capital providers or the ability of its existing capital providers to continue originating loans through Sunlight’s Platform. In choosing whether and how to conduct business with Sunlight, current and prospective capital providers can be expected to take into account the legal, regulatory and supervisory regimes that apply to them, including potential changes in the application or interpretation of regulatory standards, licensing requirements or supervisory expectations. Regulators may elect to alter standards or the interpretation of the standards used to measure regulatory compliance or to determine the adequacy of liquidity, certain risk management or other operational practices for financial services companies in a manner that impacts capital providers’ ability to originate loans through Sunlight’s Platform. An inability for an individual or type of capital provider to originate loans through Sunlight’s Platform could materially and adversely affect Sunlight’s ability to grow its business.

The contours of the Dodd-Frank UDAAP standard remain uncertain, and there is a risk that certain features of Sunlight’s business could be deemed to be a UDAAP.

The Dodd-Frank Act prohibits UDAAP and authorizes the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “CFPB”) to enforce that prohibition. The CFPB has filed a large number of UDAAP enforcement actions against consumer lenders for practices that do not appear to violate other consumer finance statutes. There is a risk that the CFPB could determine that certain features of loans for the purchase and installation of solar systems or home improvements or the process by which Sunlight originates such loans are unfair, deceptive or abusive, which could have a material adverse effect on Sunlight’s business, financial condition and results of operations. Most states also have their own statutes designed to protect consumers from UDAAP. In addition, to federal UDAAP claims, Sunlight could also be subject to consumer litigation arising out of state UDAAP laws or state regulatory investigations alleging that Sunlight’s business practices are unfair, deceptive or abusive, which could in turn have similar material adverse effects on Sunlight’s business and financial condition.

Regulations relating to privacy, information security and data protection could increase Sunlight’s costs, affect or limit how Sunlight collects and uses personal information, and adversely affect its business opportunities.

Sunlight is subject to various privacy, information security and data protection laws, including, without limitation, requirements concerning security breach notification, and it could be negatively impacted by them.

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Furthermore, legislators and/or regulators are increasingly adopting or revising privacy, information security and data protection laws that potentially could have a significant impact on Sunlight’s current and planned privacy, data protection and information security-related practices; Sunlight’s collection, use, sharing, retention and safeguarding of consumer or employee information; and some of Sunlight’s current or planned business activities. This also could increase Sunlight’s costs of compliance and business operations and could reduce income from certain business initiatives.

Compliance with current or future privacy, information security and data protection laws (including those regarding security breach notification) affecting consumer or employee data to which Sunlight is subject could result in higher compliance and technology costs and could restrict Sunlight’s ability to provide certain products and services (such as products or services that involve sharing information with third parties), which could materially and adversely affect Sunlight’s profitability. Additionally, regulators may attempt to assert authority over Sunlight’s business in the area of privacy, information security and data protection. If Sunlight’s vendors also become subject to laws and regulations in the more stringent and expansive jurisdictions, this could result in increasing costs on Sunlight’s business.

Privacy requirements, including notice and opt-out requirements under the FCRA, are enforced by the FTC and by the CFPB (through UDAAP). State entities also may initiate actions for alleged violations of privacy or security requirements under state law. Sunlight’s failure to comply with privacy, information security and data protection laws could result in potentially significant regulatory investigations and government actions, litigation, fines or sanctions, consumer, capital providers or contractor actions and damage to Sunlight’s reputation and brand, all of which could have a material adverse effect on Sunlight’s business, financial condition and results of operations.

If Sunlight is found to be operating without having obtained necessary state or local licenses, it could adversely affect Sunlight’s business.

Certain states have adopted laws regulating and requiring licensing by parties that engage in certain activity regarding consumer finance transactions, including, in certain circumstances facilitating and assisting such transactions. While Sunlight believes it has obtained all necessary licenses, the application of some consumer finance licensing laws to Sunlight’s loans is unclear. Further, if a governmental or enforcement agency determines that Sunlight is the “true lender” of loans originated under its bank partnership arrangement, Sunlight could be found to have violated licensing requirements of several states and other consumer protection statutes. If Sunlight is found to be in violation of applicable state licensing requirements by a court or a state, federal, or local enforcement agency, it could be subject to fines, damages, injunctive relief (including required modification or discontinuation of Sunlight’s business in certain areas), criminal penalties and other penalties or consequences, including indemnification obligations to its capital providers, and the loans originated through Orange® could be rendered void or unenforceable, in whole or in part, any of which could have a material adverse effect on Sunlight’s business, financial condition and results of operations.

Sunlight may in the future be subject to federal or state regulatory inquiries regarding its business.

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