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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 10, 2025.

 

Registration No. 333-284565

 

 

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

 

 

 

AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO
FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

 

CARTESIAN GROWTH CORPORATION III
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Cayman Islands   6770   N/A
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

505 Fifth Avenue, 15th Floor
New York, New York 10017
Tel: (212) 461-6363
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

 

Peter Yu, Chief Executive Officer
Cartesian Growth Corporation III
505 Fifth Avenue, 15th Floor
New York, New York 10017
Tel: (212) 461-6363
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

 

Copies to:

 

Alan I. Annex, Esq.
Tricia Branker, Esq.
Thomas R. Martin, Esq.
Greenberg Traurig, P.A.
333 S.E. 2nd Avenue, Suite 4400
Miami, Florida 33131
Tel: (305) 579-0576
Fax: (305) 579-0717
  Douglas S. Ellenoff, Esq.
Stuart Neuhauser, Esq.
Anthony Ain, Esq.
Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP
1345 Avenue of the Americas, 11th Floor
New York, New York 10105
Tel: (212) 370-1300
Fax: (212) 370-7889

 

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.

 

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 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, please 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(c) 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   x   Smaller reporting company   x
             
        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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ¨

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This Amendment No. 4 (this “Amendment”) to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-284565) (the “Registration Statement”) of Cartesian Growth Corporation III is being filed solely for the purpose of refiling Exhibit 5.1 (and the related Exhibit 23.2) to the Registration Statement. Accordingly, this Amendment consists solely of the facing page, this explanatory note, Part II of the Registration Statement and the signature pages to the Registration Statement, and is not intended to amend or delete any part of the Registration Statement except as specifically noted herein.

 

 

 

 

 

Part II

 

Information not required in prospectus

 

Item 13. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

 

The estimated expenses payable by us in connection with the offering described in this registration statement (other than the underwriting discount and commissions) will be as follows:

 

Legal fees and expenses   300,000 
Printing and engraving expenses   40,000 
Trustee fees and expenses   40,000 
Accounting fees and expenses   50,000 
SEC/FINRA expenses   110,000 
Travel and road show expenses   7,000 
Nasdaq listing fees   85,000 
Miscellaneous   118,000 
Total  $750,000 

 

Item 14. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

 

Cayman Islands law does not limit the extent to which a company’s memorandum and articles of association may provide for indemnification of officers and directors, except to the extent any such provision may be held by the Cayman Islands courts to be contrary to public policy, such as to provide indemnification against willful default, willful neglect, actual fraud or the consequences of committing a crime. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide for indemnification of our officers and directors to the maximum extent permitted by law, including for any liability incurred in their capacities as such, except through their own actual fraud, willful default or willful neglect. We will enter into agreements with our directors and officers to provide contractual indemnification in addition to the indemnification provided for in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. We expect to purchase a policy of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance that insures our officers and directors against the cost of defense, settlement or payment of a judgment in some circumstances and insures us against our obligations to indemnify our officers and directors.

 

Our officers and directors have agreed to waive any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies in the trust account, and have agreed to waive any right, title, interest or claim of any kind they may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any services provided to us and will not seek recourse against the trust account for any reason whatsoever (except to the extent they are entitled to funds from the trust account due to their ownership of public shares). Accordingly, any indemnification provided will only be able to be satisfied by us if (i) we have sufficient funds outside of the trust account or (ii) we consummate an initial business combination.

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us pursuant to the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

 

Item 15. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.

 

Pursuant to certain subscription agreements dated October 29, 2024, on November 12, 2024, CGC III Sponsor LLC, our sponsor, and CGC III Sponsor DirectorCo LLC, or DirectorCo, paid an aggregate of $25,000, or approximately $0.004 per share, to cover certain of our offering costs in exchange for an aggregate of 5,750,000 Class B ordinary shares. Such securities were issued in connection with our organization pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. The number of founder shares outstanding was determined based on the expectation that the total size of this offering would be a maximum of 23,000,000 units if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full and therefore that such founder shares would represent 20% of the outstanding ordinary shares after this offering. Up to 750,000 of these shares will be surrendered by our sponsor to us for no consideration depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised.

 

Each of our sponsor and DirectorCo is an accredited investor for purposes of Rule 501 of Regulation D. Each of the equity holders in our sponsor and DirectorCo is an accredited investor under Rule 501 of Regulation D. The business of our sponsor is focused on investing in our company, and the business of DirectorCo is solely to hold founder shares, including for the benefit of our independent directors.

 

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Our sponsor and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., the representative of the underwriters, have committed to, pursuant to written agreements, purchase an aggregate of 6,000,000 warrants, each exercisable to purchase one Class A ordinary share at $11.50 per share, at a price of $1.00 per warrant, or $6,000,000 in the aggregate, in a private placement that will close simultaneously with the closing of this offering. Of those 6,000,000 private placement warrants, our sponsor has agreed to purchase 4,000,000 private placement warrants and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. has agreed to purchase 2,000,000 private placement warrants. This issuance will be made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. The private placement warrants will be worthless if we do not complete our initial business combination.

 

No underwriting discounts or commissions have been or will be paid with respect to such sales.

 

Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

 

(a) The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:

 

Exhibit No.   Description
1.1*   Form of Underwriting Agreement.
3.1*   Memorandum and Articles of Association.
3.2*   Form of Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association.
4.1*   Specimen Unit Certificate.
4.2*   Specimen Class A Ordinary Share Certificate.
4.3*   Specimen Warrant Certificate (included in Exhibit 4.4).
4.4*   Form of Warrant Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Registrant.
5.1**   Opinion of Maples and Calder.
5.2*   Opinion of Greenberg Traurig, P.A.
10.1*   Promissory Note, dated October 29, 2024, issued to CGC III Sponsor LLC.
10.2*   Securities Purchase Agreement, dated October 29, 2024, between CGC III Sponsor LLC and the Registrant.
10.3*   Securities Purchase Agreement, dated October 29, 2024, between CGC III Sponsor DirectorCo LLC and the Registrant.
10.4*   Form of Letter Agreement between the Registrant and CGC III Sponsor LLC.
10.5*   Form of Letter Agreement among the Registrant, CGC III Sponsor DirectorCo LLC, and each director, director nominee and executive officer of the Registrant.
10.6*   Form of Investment Management Trust Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Registrant.
10.7*   Form of Registration Rights Agreement among the Registrant and certain security holders.
10.8*   Form of Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement between the Registrant and CGC III Sponsor LLC.
10.9*   Form of Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement between the Registrant and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.
10.10*   Form of Administrative Services Agreement between the Registrant and CGC III Sponsor LLC.
10.11*   Form of Indemnity Agreement.
14.1*   Form of Code of Ethics.
23.1*   Consent of CBIZ CPAs P.C.
23.2**   Consent of Maples and Calder (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.3*   Consent of Greenberg Traurig, P.A. (included in Exhibit 5.2).
24.1*   Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of the initial filing).
99.1*   Form of Audit Committee Charter.
99.2*   Form of Compensation Committee Charter.
99.3*   Consent of Ali Bouzarif to be named as director nominee.
99.4*   Consent of Kevin Gold to be named as director nominee.
99.5*   Consent of Sanford Litvack to be named as director nominee.
107*   Filing Fee Table.

 

 

 

*Previously filed.
**Filed herewith.

 

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Item 17. Undertakings.

 

(a)The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to provide to the underwriters at the closing specified in the underwriting agreement, certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriters to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser.

 

(b)Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

(c)The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:

 

(1)For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.

 

(2)For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

(3)For the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 of any purchaser, if the registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.

 

(4)For the purpose of determining liability of a registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

 

(i)any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

 

(ii)any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

 

(iii)the portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

 

(iv)any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

 

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Signatures

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in New York, New York, on the 10th day of April, 2025.

 

  Cartesian Growth Corporation III
   
  By:

/s/ Peter Yu

  Name: Peter Yu
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Name   Position   Date
         
/s/ Peter Yu   Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer   April 10, 2025
Peter Yu   (Principal Executive Officer)    
         
/s/ Rafael de Luque   Chief Financial Officer   April 10, 2025
Rafael de Luque   (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)    

 

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Authorized representative IN THE UNITED STATES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 6(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned has signed this registration statement, solely in its capacity as the duly authorized representative of Cartesian Growth Corporation III, in New York, New York, on the 10th day of April, 2025.

 

  By: /s/ Peter Yu      
  Name: Peter Yu
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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