8-K 1 nt10017539x11_8k.htm FORM 8-K

UNITED STATES 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 

Washington, D.C. 20549

  

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 6, 2021

 

ALTIMETER GROWTH CORP. 2 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 

 

Cayman Islands   001-39849   98-1563924

(State or other jurisdiction of 

incorporation or organization)

  (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

2550 Sand Hill Road, Suite 150 

Menlo Park, CA 94025 

  94025
(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 549-9145

 

Not Applicable 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

  

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation to the registrant under any of the following provisions: 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class  

Trading 

Symbol(s) 

 

Name of each exchange 

on which registered 

Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value   AGCB   The New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Emerging growth company ☒

  

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 


 

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

  

On January 6, 2021, the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-251431) (the “Registration Statement”) relating to the initial public offering (the “IPO”) of Altimeter Growth Corp. 2, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”) was declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. On January 11, 2021, the Company consummated the IPO of 45,000,000 Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value (the “Shares”), including 5,000,000 Shares sold pursuant to the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional Shares to cover overallotments. The Shares were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Share, generating gross proceeds of $450,000,000 (before underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses). Further, in connection with the IPO, the Company entered into the following agreements, forms of which were previously filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement:

  

 

an Underwriting Agreement, dated January 6, 2021, between the Company and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters, which contains customary representations and warranties and indemnification of the underwriters by the Company;

     
 

a Private Placement Shares Purchase Agreement, dated January 6, 2021, between the Company and Altimeter Growth Holdings 2 (the “Sponsor”), pursuant to which the Sponsor purchased 1,100,000 private placement shares at a price of $10.00 per share (the “Private Placement Shares”); 

     
 

an Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated January 6, 2021, between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee, which establishes the trust account that will hold the net proceeds of the IPO proceeds and certain of the proceeds of the sale of the Private Placement Shares, and sets forth the responsibilities of the trustee; the procedures for withdrawal and direction of funds from the trust account; and indemnification of the trustee by the Company under the agreement; 

     
 

a Registration and Shareholder Rights Agreement, dated January 6, 2021, between the Company and the Sponsor, which provides for customary demand and piggy-back registration rights for the Sponsor, customary piggy-back registration rights for such other equityholders, as well as certain transfer restrictions applicable to the Sponsor with respect to the Company’s securities, and, upon and following consummation of our initial business combination, the right of the Sponsor to nominate three individuals for election to the Company’s board of directors; 

     
 

a Letter Agreement, dated January 6, 2021, by and between the Company, the Sponsor and each of the officers and directors of the Company, pursuant to which the Sponsor and each officer and director of the Company has agreed to vote any Shares, Class B ordinary shares of the Company or Private Placement Shares held by him, her or it in favor of the Company’s initial business combination; to facilitate the liquidation and winding up of the Company if an initial business combination is not consummated within the time period set forth in the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association; to certain transfer restrictions with respect to the Company’s securities; and to certain indemnification obligations of the Sponsor; 

     
 

an Administrative Services Agreement, dated January 6, 2021, between the Company and the Sponsor, pursuant to which the Sponsor has agreed to make available office space, secretarial and administrative services, as may be required by the Company from time to time, for $20,000 per month until the earlier of the Company’s initial business combination or liquidation;

     
 

a Forward Purchase Agreement, dated January 5, 2021, between the Company and Altimeter Partners Fund, L.P., providing for the purchase of up to 5,000,000 forward purchase shares for $10.00 per share, or up to $50,000,000 in the aggregate, in a private placement to close substantially concurrently with the closing of the Company’s initial business combination; and 

     
 

Indemnity Agreements, each dated January 6, 2021, between the Company and each of the officers and directors of the Company, pursuant to which the Company has agreed to indemnify each officer and director of the Company against certain claims that may arise in their roles as officers and directors of the Company.

 

 

 


The above descriptions are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the applicable agreement (or, in the case of the Indemnity Agreements, the form of the agreements), each of which is incorporated by reference herein and attached hereto as Exhibits 1.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6 and 10.7, respectively.

  

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

  

Simultaneous with the consummation of the IPO and the issuance and sale of the Shares, the Company consummated the private placement of 1,100,000 Private Placement Shares at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Shares, generating total proceeds of $11,000,000 (the “Private Placement”). The Private Placement Shares, which were purchased by the Sponsor, are substantially similar to the Shares, except that if held by the Sponsor or its permitted transferees they will be subject to transfer restrictions until 30 days following the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination, subject to certain limited exceptions.

  

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

  

On January 6, 2021, in connection with the IPO, Richard Barton, Anita Lynch, Lexi Reese and Anu Hariharan, (the “New Directors” and, together with Brad Gerstner, the “Directors”) were appointed to the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”).

  

Mr. Barton, Ms. Lynch and Ms. Reese will serve as members of the audit committee, with Mr. Barton serving as chair of the audit committee. Ms. Hariharan, Ms. Lynch and Ms. Reese will serve as members of the compensation committee, with Ms. Reese serving as chair of the compensation committee. Ms. Hariharan, Ms. Lynch and Ms. Reese will serve as members of the nominating committee, with Ms. Lynch serving as chair of the nominating committee.

  

In December 2020, the Sponsor transferred 75,000 of the Company’s Class B ordinary shares to each of Mr. Barton, Ms. Lynch, Ms. Reese and Ms. Hariharan. The Company will reimburse the Directors for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with fulfilling their roles as directors.

  

Other than the foregoing, none of the Directors are party to any arrangement or understanding with any person pursuant to which they were appointed as directors, nor are they party to any transactions required to be disclosed under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K involving the Company.

  

Item 5.03 Amendments to Memorandum and Articles of Association.

  

On January 6, 2021, the Company adopted its Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association. The Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association is attached as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.

  

Item 8.01 Other Events.

  

A total of $450,000,000 of the net proceeds from the IPO and the Private Placement (which includes $15,750,000 of the underwriters’ deferred discount) were placed in a trust account established for the benefit of the holders of the Shares issued in the IPO with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the trust account that may be released to the Company to pay its franchise and income tax obligations, the funds held in the trust account will not be released from the trust account until the earliest of: (1) the completion of the Company’s initial business combination; (2) the redemption of any public shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (A) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with its initial business combination or to redeem 100% of the Company’s public shares if the Company does not complete its initial business combination within 24 months (or 27 months, as applicable) from the closing of the IPO or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to the rights of holders of the Shares; and (3) the redemption of all of the Company’s public shares if the Company is unable to complete its initial

 

 

 

 

business combination within 24 months (or 27 months, as applicable) from the closing of the IPO, subject to applicable law.

  

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

  

(d) Exhibits.
   
1.1 Underwriting Agreement between the Company and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters
   
3.1 Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association
   
10.1 Private Placement Shares Purchase Agreement between the Company and Altimeter Growth Holdings 2
   
10.2 Investment Management Trust Account Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Company
   
10.3 Registration and Shareholder Rights Agreement between the Company and certain security holders
   
10.4 Letter Agreement between the Company, Altimeter Growth Holdings 2 and each of the officers and directors of the Company
   
10.5 Administrative Services Agreement between the Company and Altimeter Growth Holdings 2
   
10.6 Forward Purchase Agreement, between the Company and Altimeter Partners Fund, L.P.
   
10.7 Form of Indemnity Agreements, dated January 6, 2021, between the Company and each of the officers and directors of the Company
   
99.1 Press Release, dated January 7, 2021

  

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

  

Dated: January 11, 2021 ALTIMTER GROWTH CORP. 2
     
  By: /s/ Hab Siam
  Name: Hab Siam
  Title: General Counsel