| FORM 3 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year) 07/13/2020 |
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Artius Acquisition Inc. [ AACQ ] |
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4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) |
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | |||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) | 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) |
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) | ||
| Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||
| Class B ordinary shares | (1) | (1) | Class A Ordinary Shares | 18,112,500(2) | (1) | I(3) | By Artius Acquisition Partners LLC |
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. As described in the issuer's registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-239421) under the heading "Description of Securities--Founder Shares," the Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of the issuer will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of the issuer at the time of the issuer's initial business combination, or earlier at the option of the holder, on a one-for-one basis, subject to certain adjustment, and have no expiration date. |
| 2. The Class B ordinary shares beneficially owned by the reporting person include up to 2,362,500 shares that are subject to forfeiture to the extent the underwriters of the initial public offering of the issuer's securities do not execise in full their over-allotment option as described in the issuer's registration statement. |
| 3. Mr. Sim is the managing member of Aecus Partners LLC. Aecus Partners LLC and WCBRP LLC are the founding member of Artius Acquisition Partners LLC and together exercise voting and investment power with respect to the Class B ordinary shares held by Artius Acquisition Partners LLC. The shares beneficially owned by Artius Acquisition Partners LLC may also be deemed to be beneficially owned by Mr. Sim. |
| Remarks: |
| Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 Power of Attorney |
| /s/ Emily Arndt, as attorney-in-fact for Boon Sim | 07/13/2020 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5 (b)(v). | ||
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). | ||
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
| Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. | ||
Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Julian Cardona and Emily Arndt, acting singly and with full power of substitution or revocation, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:
(i) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as a director, director nominee, officer or beneficial owner of ordinary shares of Artius Acquisition Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the "Company"), any Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G, and any amendments, supplements or exhibits thereto (including any joint filing agreements) required to be filed by the undersigned under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules promulgated thereunder (the "Exchange Act"), and any Forms 3, 4, and 5 and any amendments, supplements or exhibits thereto required to be filed by the undersigned under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act;
(ii) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such schedules or forms and timely file such forms with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any applicable stock exchange; and
(iii) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorneys-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorneys-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorneys-in-fact may approve in such attorneys-in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to such attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with, or any liability for the failure to comply with, Section 13 and/or Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file reports or schedules under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act with respect to the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 13th day of July, 2020.
| By: | /s/ Boon Sim | |
| Name: | Boon Sim | |
| Title: | Director | |
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