0001104659-21-012465.txt : 20210204 0001104659-21-012465.hdr.sgml : 20210204 20210204213440 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-21-012465 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20210204 FILED AS OF DATE: 20210204 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20210204 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Davis Edward III CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001843816 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-39981 FILM NUMBER: 21593150 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O G SQUARED ASCENT MANAGEMENT I LLC STREET 2: 205 N MICHIGAN AVENUE SUITE 3770 CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60601 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: G Squared Ascend I Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001837207 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: BLANK CHECKS [6770] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: E9 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 205 N. MICHIGAN AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 3770 CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60601 BUSINESS PHONE: 480-296-1621 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 205 N. MICHIGAN AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 3770 CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60601 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: G Squared Ascent I Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20201218 3 1 tm215454-6_3seq1.xml OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT X0206 3 2021-02-04 0 0001837207 G Squared Ascend I Inc. GSQD 0001843816 Davis Edward III C/O G SQUARED ASCEND I INC. 205 N. MICHIGAN AVENUE CHICAGO IL 60601 1 1 1 0 Chief Executive Officer Class B Ordinary Shares 6957500 I See Footnote As described in the Issuer's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-252268) under the heading "Description of Securities," the Class B Ordinary Shares will automatically convert into Class A Ordinary Shares of the Issuer at the time of the Issuer's initial business combination and have no expiration date. The shares reported herein include up to 937,500 Class B Ordinary Shares that are subject to forfeiture if the underwriter of the Issuer's initial public offering does not exercise in full its option to purchase additional units, as described in the Registration Statement. G Squared Ascend Management I, LLC (the "Sponsor") is the record holder of the shares reported herein. The Reporting Person is a manager of the Sponsor, and may be deemed to have shared voting and investment power over the shares held by the Sponsor. The Reporting Person disclaim beneficial ownership of the shares held by the Sponsor except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. /s/ Matthew Schoenfeld, Attorney-in-Fact 2021-02-04 EX-24 2 tm215454d6_ex24.htm EXHIBIT 24

Exhibit 24

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned (in his capacity as a director and officer of G Squared Ascend I Inc. and not in his individual capacity) hereby constitutes and appoints Joshua B. Tarr, Sean Toner and Matthew C. Schoenfeld, signing singly, and with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as a director and officer of G Squared Ascend I Inc. (the “Company”), from time to time the following U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) forms: (i) Form ID, including any attached documents (such as Update Passphrase Authentication), to effect the assignment of codes to the undersigned to be used in the transmission of information to the SEC using the EDGAR System; (ii) Form 3, Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities, including any attached documents; (iii) Form 4, Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership of Securities, including any attached documents; (iv) Form 5, Annual Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder, including any attached documents; (v) Schedules 13D and 13G; and (vi) amendments of each thereof, in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder, including any attached documents;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, Schedule 13D or 13G, or any amendment(s) thereto and timely file such form(s) with the SEC and any securities exchange, national association or similar authority; and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the reasonable opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s reasonable discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact, acting singly, full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 or Regulation 13D-G of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The undersigned hereby agrees to indemnify the attorneys-in-fact and the Company from and against any demand, damage, loss, cost or expense arising from any false or misleading information provided by the undersigned to the attorneys-in-fact.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file such forms with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned (or another authorized representative of the Company) in (a) a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact or (b) an email from the undersigned (or another authorized representative of the Company) to Goodwin Proctor LLP revoking the same. This Power of Attorney supersedes any prior power of attorney in connection with the undersigned’s capacity as an officer and/or director of the Company. This Power of Attorney shall expire as to any individual attorney-in-fact if such attorney-in-fact ceases to be an employee of the Company.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of January 25, 2021.

	/s/ Ward Davis
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	Ward Davis
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