S-1MEF 1 ea152364-s1mef_ahrenacq.htm REGISTRATION STATEMENT

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 14, 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

 

Ahren Acquisition Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Cayman Islands   6770   98-1594455

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

Ahren Acquisition Corp

Boundary Hall, Cricket Square, Grand Cayman, KY1-1102, Cayman Islands

Telephone: (646) 480-0033

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

 

Donald J. Puglisi
Puglisi & Associates
850 Library Avenue, Suite 204
Newark, Delaware 19711
Tel: 302-738-6680

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

 

Copies to:

 

Stuart Bressman

Joel Rubinstein

White & Case LLP

1221 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10020

Tel: (212) 819-8200

 

Jack Marriott

Maples and Calder

11th Floor, 200 Aldersgate Street

London

EC1A 4HD

United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)20 7466-1624

 

Jonathan Ko

R. William Burns

Paul Hastings LLP
515 South Flower Street

Twenty-Fifth Floor

Los Angeles, California 90071

Tel: (213) 683-6000

 

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, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. 333-261334

 

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 Class A ordinary share, $0.0001 par value, and one-half of one redeemable warrant(2)  2,875,000 Units  $10.00   $28,750,000   $2,665.13 
Class A ordinary shares included as part of the units(3)  2,875,000 Shares           (4)
Redeemable warrants included as part of the units (3)  1,437,500 Warrants           (4)
Class A ordinary shares underlying redeemable warrants included as part of the units(3)  1,437,500 Shares  $11.50   $16,531,250   $1,532.45 
Total          $45,281,250   $4,197.58(5)

 

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

 

(2) Represents only the additional number of securities being registered and includes 375,000 units, consisting of 375,000 Class A ordinary shares and 187,500 warrants, which may be issued upon exercise of a 45-day option granted to the underwriters to cover over-allotments, if any. Does not include the securities that the Registrant previously registered on the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-261334).

 

(3)Pursuant to Rule 416(a) 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 $452,812,500 on its Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-261334), which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 14, 2021. In accordance with Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, an additional number of securities having a proposed maximum offering price of $45,281,250 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 with respect to the registration of 2,875,000 additional units of Ahren Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Registrant”), each consisting of one Class A ordinary share and one-half of one redeemable warrant, pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and General Instruction V to Form S-1, including 375,000 units that may be purchased by the underwriters to cover over-allotments, if any. Each whole warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to certain adjustments, and only whole warrants are exercisable. This Registration Statement relates to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-261334) (the “Prior Registration Statement”), initially filed by the Registrant on November 24, 2021, amended by the Registrant on December 13, 2021 and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 14, 2021. The required opinions of counsel and related consents 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 December 15, 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 December 15, 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. 333-261334) 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 No.   Description
5.1   Opinion of White & Case LLP.
     
5.2   Opinion of Maples and Calder, Cayman Islands counsel to the Registrant.
     
23.1   Consent of BDO USA LLP
     
23.2   Consent of White & Case LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
     
23.3   Consent of Maples and Calder (included in Exhibit 5.2).
     
24   Power of Attorney (included in signature page to the Registrant’s Prior Registration Statement (File No. 333-261334), filed on November 24, 2021.

 

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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 London, England, on the 14th day of December, 2021.

 

  AHRENACQUISITION CORP.
     
  By: /s/ Alice Newcombe-Ellis
    Alice Newcombe-Ellis
    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/ Alice Newcombe-Ellis   Chief Executive Officer and Director   December 14, 2021
Alice Newcombe-Ellis   (principal executive officer)    
     
/s/ Elliot Richmond   Chief Financial Officer and Director   December 14, 2021
Elliot Richmond   (principal financial and accounting officer)    

 

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AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE

 

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 Ahren Acquisition Corp., in Newark, Delaware, on the 14th day of December, 2021.

 

  PUGLISI & ASSOCIATES
   
  By:   /s/ Donald J. Puglisi 
  Name:   Donald J. Puglisi
  Title:   Managing Director

 

 

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