Current Report Filing (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): January 29, 2023

 

ClimateRock

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Cayman Islands		001-41363		N/A
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

50 Sloane Avenue

London, SW3 3DD, United Kingdom

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: [phone]

 

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 of 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
Units, each consisting of one Class A Ordinary Share, one-half of one Redeemable Warrant and one Right		CLRCU		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share		CLRC		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Redeemable Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $11.50		CLRCW		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Rights, each entitling the holder to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one Class A Ordinary Share upon the consummation of an initial business combination		CLRCR		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 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

The Loan Agreement with Eternal BV

 

On January 29, 2023, ClimateRock (the “Company”) entered into a loan agreement with Eternal BV (the “Lender”), in the principal amount of up to $50,000, on an unsecured basis and bearing no interest (the “Loan”). The Loan is available to be drawn down from January 29, 2023 to March 31, 2023 and its maturity date is March 31, 2025. As of January 29, 2023, the Loan has been fully drawn down.

 

The Lender is controlled by Charles Ratelband V, the Company’s Executive Chairman of the Board. Each member of the Company’s Board has been informed of Mr. Ratelband V’s material interest in the loan agreement, and upon the approval and recommendation of the Company’s Audit Committee, the Board has determined that the Loan is fair and in the best interests of the Company and has voted to approve the Loan.

 

Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

 

The disclosure contained in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K with respect to the Loan is incorporated by reference in this Item 2.03.

 

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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.

 

Date: February 1, 2023	ClimateRock
	By:	/s/ Per Regnarsson
		Name:	Per Regnarsson
		Title:	Chief Executive Officer

 

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