8-K 1 tm2130053-1_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 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 18, 2021 (October 12, 2021)

 

IX ACQUISITION CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Cayman Islands   001-40878   98-1586922
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

Arch 124 Salamanca Street

London SE1 7HX, United Kingdom

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code +44 (0) (203) 908-0450

 

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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, par value $0.0001 per share, and one-half of one redeemable warrant   IXAQU   The Nasdaq Stock Exchange LLC
Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share   IXAQ   The Nasdaq Stock Exchange LLC
Redeemable warrants, each warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share, each at an exercise price of $11.50 per share   IXAQW   The Nasdaq Stock Exchange LLC

 

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

 

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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 x

 

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 October 12, 2021, IX Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) consummated its initial public offering (“IPO”) of 23,000,000 units (the “Units”), including the issuance of 3,000,000 Units as a result of the underwriters’ exercise of their over-allotment option in full. Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”), and one-half of one redeemable warrant of the Company (each whole warrant, a “Warrant”), with each Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share for $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $230,000,000.

 

Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Company completed the private sale (the “Private Placement”) of an aggregate of 7,150,000 Warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”). 6,150,000 of the Private Placement Warrants were sold to IX Acquisition Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”) and an aggregate of 1,000,000 of the Private Placement Warrants were sold to Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. and Odeon Capital Group, LLC at a purchase price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $7,150,000.

 

A total of $231,150,000 of the proceeds from the IPO and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants were placed in a U.S.-based trust account at J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee.

 

An audited balance sheet as of October 12, 2021 reflecting receipt of the proceeds upon consummation of the IPO and the Private Placement has been issued by the Company and is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)Exhibits

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.   Description
99.1   Audited Balance Sheet as of October 12, 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.

 

 

IX ACQUISITION CORP.

         
  By: /s/ Karen Bach  
    Name:  Karen Bach  
    Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

Dated: October 18, 2021