S-1MEF 1 ea136918-s1mef_missionadvan.htm REGISTRATION STATEMENT

As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 2, 2021

Registration No. 333-     

 

 

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

 

FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

Mission Advancement Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   6770   86-1254144
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
  (Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

2525 E Camelback Rd, Ste 850
Phoenix, AZ 85016
Telephone: 609-474-0600

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

 

Jahm Najafi
Chief Executive Officer
2525 E Camelback Rd, Ste 850
Phoenix, AZ 85016
Telephone: 602-476-0600

(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)

 

Copies to:

 

Douglas S. Ellenoff, Esq.
Stuart Neuhauser, Esq.

Tamar Donikyan, Esq.
Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP
1345 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10105
Telephone: (212) 370-1300

  David Alan Miller, Esq.
Jeffrey M. Gallant, Esq.
Graubard Miller
The Chrysler Building
405 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10174
Telephone: (212) 818-8800

 

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. ☒ 333-252918

 

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. ☐ 

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of Each Class of Security Being Registered  Amount Being
Registered
  Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price per
Security(1)
   Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering
Price(1)
   Amount of
Registration
Fee
 
Units, each consisting of one share of Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value, and one-third of one redeemable warrant(2)  5,750,000 Units  $10.00   $57,500,000   $6,273.25 
Shares of Class A common stock included as part of the units(3)  5,750,000 Shares           (4)
Redeemable warrants included as part of the units(3)  1,916,667 Warrants           (4)
Total          $57,500,000   $6,273.25(5)

 

(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.

 

(2) Represents only the additional number of securities being registered. Does not include the securities that the Registrant previously registered on the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-252918).

 

(3) Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act, there are also being registered an indeterminable number of additional securities as may be issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.

 

(4) No fee pursuant to Rule 457(g) under the Securities Act.

 

(5) The Registrant previously registered securities having a proposed maximum aggregate offering price of $287,500,000 on its Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-252918), which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 2, 2021. In accordance with Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, an additional number of securities having a proposed maximum offering price of $57,500,000 is hereby registered, which includes securities issuable upon the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option.

 

The Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

  

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This Registration Statement on Form S-1 is being filed by Mission Advancement Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”), pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and General Instruction V to Form S-1. This Registration Statement relates to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-252918) (the “Prior Registration Statement”), initially filed by the Registrant on February 9, 2021 and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 2, 2021. This Registration Statement covers the registration of an additional 5,750,000 of the Registrant’s units, each consisting of one share of the Registrant’s Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, and one-third of one warrant, each whole warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one whole share of the Registrant’s Class A common stock. The required opinion of counsel and related consent and accountant’s consent are attached hereto and filed herewith. Pursuant to Rule 462(b), the contents of the Prior Registration Statement, including the exhibits thereto, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.

 

CERTIFICATION

 

The Registrant hereby certifies to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) that (1) it has instructed its bank to pay the filing fee set forth on the cover page of this Registration Statement by a wire transfer of such amount to the Commission’s account at U.S. Bank as soon as practicable (but no later than the close of business as of March 3, 2021), (2) it will not revoke such instructions, (3) it has sufficient funds in the relevant account to cover the amount of such filing fee and (4) it will confirm receipt of such instructions by its bank during regular business hours no later than March 3, 2021.

 

 

PART II

 

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

 

(a) Exhibits. All exhibits filed with or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (SEC File No. 333-252918 are incorporated by reference into, and shall be deemed a part of, this Registration Statement, and the following additional exhibits are filed herewith, as part of this Registration Statement:

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.   Description
5.1   Opinion of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP.
     
23.1   Consent of Marcum, LLP.
     
23.2   Consent of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

 

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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, City of New York, State of New York, on the 2nd day of March, 2021.

 

  MISSION ADVANCEMENT CORP.
     
  By: /s/ Jahm Najafi
    Jahm Najafi
    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 on March 2, 2021.

 

Name   Position
     
/s/ Jahm Najafi   Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairman
Jahm Najafi   (Principal Executive Officer)
     
/s/ Colin Kaepernick   Co-Chairman
Colin Kaepernick    
     
/s/ Peter Keane   Chief Financial Officer
Peter Keane   (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
     
/s/ Dean Schnider   COO and Head of Business Development
Dean Schnider    
     
/s/ Tina Rhodes-Hall   Treasurer
Tina Rhodes-Hall    

 

 

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