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As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 22, 2022.

 

Registration No. 333-262246

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Amendment No. 2

to

FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

Valuence Merger Corp. I

(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)

 

Valuence Merger Corp. I

4 Orinda Way, Suite 100D
Orinda, CA 94563

Tel: (415) 340-0222

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

Sung Yoon Woo

Chief Executive Officer

4 Orinda Way, Suite 100D

Orinda, CA 94563,

Tel: (415) 340-0222

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

Copies to:

 

Richard A. Friedman, Esq.

Jason R. Schendel, Esq.

Sean F. Reid, Esq.

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

30 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, NY 10112

Tel: (212) 653-8700

 

Paul J. Kim, Esq.

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

West Tower 23rd Fl.

Mirae Asset Center 1

26 Euljiro 5-gil

Seoul 04539

Republic of Korea

Tel: +82.2.6030.3000

 

Nicholas Davies

Walkers (Hong Kong)

15F, Alexandra House 18

Chater Road,

Central Hong Kong

Tel: +852.2596.3386

 

Derek J. Dostal, Esq.

Yan Zhang, Esq.

Davis Polk & Wardell LLP

450 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10017

Tel.: (212) 450-4000

 

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 ☒ Smaller reporting company ☒
  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 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

 

Valuence Merger Corp. I is filing this Amendment No. 2 to its Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-262246) (the “Registration Statement”) as an exhibit-only filing. Accordingly, this Amendment No. 2 consists only of the facing page, this Explanatory Note, Item 16 of Part II of the Registration Statement, the signature page to the Registration Statement and the filed exhibits. The remainder of the Registration Statement is unchanged and has therefore been omitted.

 

 
 

 

PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

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   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.*
4.4   Form of Warrant Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Registrant.*
5.1   Opinion of Walkers (Hong Kong), Cayman Islands legal counsel to the Registrant.**
5.2   Opinion of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, counsel to the Registrant**.
10.1   Promissory Note, dated as of October 4, 2021 issued to Valuence Capital LLC*
10.2   Amended and Restated Promissory Note, dated as of December 31, 2021 issued to Valuence Capital LLC*
10.3   Form of Letter Agreement among the Registrant, its officers and directors and Valuence Capital LLC*
10.4   Form of Investment Management Trust Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Registrant.*
10.5   Form of Registration Rights Agreement between the Registrant and certain security holders.*
10.6   Securities Subscription Agreement, dated October 4, 2021, between the Registrant and Valuence Capital LLC*
10.7   Form of Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreements between the Registrant and Valuence Capital LLC and Valuence Partners LP*
10.8   Form of Indemnity Agreement*
14   Form of Code of Ethics.*
23.1   Consent of WithumSmith + Brown, PC*.
23.2   Consent of Walkers (Hong Kong) (included on Exhibit 5.1).**
23.3   Consent of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP (included on Exhibit 5.2).**
24   Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this Registration Statement).*
99.1   Form of Audit Committee Charter.*
99.2   Form of Compensation Committee Charter*.
99.3   Form of Nominating and Corporate Governance Charter*.
99.4   Consent of Dr. Joong Myung Cho*
99.5   Consent of Nelson Gentiletti*
99.6   Consent of John Kim*
99.7   Consent of Young Min Kim*
99.8   Consent of Gary Wunderlich*
99.9   Consent of Dr. Zhe Zhang*
107   Filing Fee Table**

 

* Previously filed.
** Filed herewith.

 

(b) Financial Statements. See page F-1 for an index to the financial statements and schedules included in the registration statement.

 

 
 

 

Item 17. Undertakings.

 

(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to provide to the underwriters at the closing specified in the underwriting agreements, 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 to 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 an 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 an 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.

 

 
 

 

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 Orinda, California, this 22nd day of February, 2022.

 

Valuence Merger Corp. I  
   
By: /s/ Sung Yoon Woo  
  Sung Yoon Woo  
  Chief Executive Officer  

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned constitutes and appoints each of Sung Yoon Woo and Sungwoo (Andrew) Hyung his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this Registration Statement on Form S-1 (including all pre-effective and post-effective amendments and registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming that any such attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

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/ Sung Yoon Woo   Chief Executive Officer   February 22, 2022
Sung Yoon Woo   (Principal Executive Officer)    
         
/s/ Sungwoo (Andrew) Hyung   Chief Financial Officer   February 22, 2022
Sungwoo (Andrew) Hyung   (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)