UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 11, 2022

HCM ACQUISITION CORP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Cayman Islands	001-41241	98-1581263
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

100 First Stamford Place, Suite 330

Stamford, CT 06902

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (203) 930-2200

Not Applicable

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

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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
Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share and one-half of one Redeemable Warrant	HCMAU	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share	HCMA	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Redeemable Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share	HCMAW	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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 8.01. Other Events.

On March 11, 2022, HCM Acquisition Corp (the “Company”) issued a press release, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, announcing that the holders of the Company’s units (the “Units”) may elect to separately trade the Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”), and warrants (the “Warrants”) included in the Units commencing on or about March 14, 2022. Each Unit consists of one Class A Ordinary Share and one-half of one redeemable Warrant to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share. Any Units not separated will continue to trade on The Nasdaq Global Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbol “HCMAU”, and the Class A Ordinary Shares and Warrants will separately trade on Nasdaq under the symbols “HCMA” and “HCMAW”, respectively. No fractional Warrants will be issued upon separation of the Units and only whole Warrants will trade. Holders of Units will need to have their brokers contact Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the Company’s transfer agent, in order to separate the Units into Class A Ordinary Shares and Warrants.

Item 9.01			Financial Statements and Exhibits.
	(d)	Exhibits

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release, dated March 11, 2022.

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.

	HCM ACQUISITION CORP
Dated: March 11, 2022	By:	/s/ James Bond
		Name: James Bond
		Title:   Chief Financial Officer