As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 22, 2021

Registration No. 333-251559

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

____________________________________

AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

FORM S-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

____________________________________

NB Merger Corp.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

____________________________________

Delaware

 

5541

 

86-1617000

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

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Room 801, Building C
SOHO Square, No. 88
Zhongshan East 2
nd Road, Huangpu District
Shanghai, 200002, China
Tel: +86 155 0219 5891
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

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Wenhui Xiong
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Room 801, Building C
SOHO Square, No. 88
Zhongshan East 2
nd Road, Huangpu District
Shanghai, 200002, China
Tel: +86 155 0219 5891
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

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Copies of communications to:

Giovanni Caruso

Emily K. Sheahan

Loeb & Loeb LLP

345 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10154

Tel: (212) 407-4000

Fax: (212) 407-4990

 

David Alan Miller

Eric Schwartz

Graubard Miller

The Chrysler Building

405 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10174

Telephone: (212) 818-8800

Fax: (212) 818-8881

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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective and after all conditions under the Merger Agreement are satisfied or waived.

If the securities being registered on this Form are being offered in connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with General Instruction G, 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. £

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

 

S

 

Smaller reporting company

 

S

       

Emerging Growth Company

 

S

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. £

If applicable, place an X in the box to designate the appropriate rule provision relied upon in conducting this transaction:

Exchange Act Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer)           £

Exchange Act Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third-Party Tender Offer) £

 

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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of each class of securities to be registered

 

Amount
to be
Registered(1)

 

Proposed
maximum
offering price
per unit

($)

 

Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering
price

 

Amount of
registration
fee

($)

Common Stock to be issued to Stockholders of Nuvve Corporation (“Nuvve”)

 

8,852,828

 

13.95

(2)

 

123,496,950.60

 

13,473.52

 

Common Stock to be issued to Stockholders of Nuvve pursuant to the Earn-Out Arrangement

 

4,000,000

 

13.95

(2)

 

55,800,000.00

 

6,087.78

 

Common Stock underlying Options of Nuvve(4)

 

1,246,323

 

13.95

(2)

 

17,386,205.85

 

1,896.84

 

Common Stock to be issued to Shareholders of Newborn Acquisition Corp. (“Newborn”)

 

7,460,000

 

13.95

(2)

 

104,067,000.00

 

11,353.71

 

Common Stock to be issued to Rightsholders of Newborn

 

602,250

 

13.95

(2)

 

8,401,387.50

 

916.59

 

Warrants to be issued to Warrantholders of Newborn

 

6,022,500

 

2.27

(2)

 

13,671,075.00

 

1,491.51

 

Common Stock underlying Warrants to be issued to Warrantholders of Newborn

 

3,011,250

 

11.50

 

 

34,629,375.00

 

3,778.06

 

Common Stock included in Units underlying Unit Purchase Options

 

316,250

 

13.95

(2)

 

4,411,687.50

 

481.32

 

Common Stock issuable in respect of Rights included in Units underlying Unit Purchase Options

 

31,625

 

13.95

(2)

 

441,168.75

 

48.13

 

Warrants included in Units underlying the Unit Purchase Options

 

316,250

 

2.27

(2)

 

717,887.50

 

78.32

 

Common Stock underlying Warrants included in the Units underlying the Unit Purchase Options

 

158,125

 

11.50

 

 

1,818,437.50

 

198.39

 

Common Stock to be issued to PIPE investors

 

1,425,000

 

13.95

(2)

 

19,878,750.00

 

2,168.77

 

Warrants to be issued to PIPE investors

 

2,707,500

 

2.27

(2)

 

6,146,025.00

 

670.53

 

Shares underlying Warrants issued to PIPE
investors

 

1,353,750

 

11.50

 

 

15,568,125.00

 

1,698.48

 

Common Stock to be issued to advisors upon closing of business combination

 

203,316

 

13.95

(2)

 

2,836,258.20

 

309.44

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

409,270,333.40

 

44,651.39

(3)

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(1)      Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of 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.

(2)      Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) solely for the purpose of computing the amount of the registration fee, and based on the average of the high and low prices of the shares and warrants Newborn Acquisition Corp. on the Nasdaq Capital Market.

(3)      Previously paid.

(4)      The shares of the Registrant’s common stock underlying outstanding options of Nuvve are being registered solely for issuance in the event such options are exercised prior to the closing of the business combination described herein.

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 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.

 

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The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the Securities and Exchange Commission declares our registration statement effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction or state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION DATED JANUARY 22, 2021

PROXY STATEMENT FOR EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF
NEWBORN ACQUISITION CORP.
AND
PROSPECTUS FOR COMMON STOCK AND WARRANTS OF
NB MERGER CORP.

Proxy Statement/Prospectus dated [•], 2021
and first mailed to the shareholders of Newborn Acquisition Corp.
on or about [•], 2021

To the Shareholders of Newborn Acquisition Corp.:

You are cordially invited to attend the extraordinary general meeting of Newborn Acquisition Corp. (“Newborn,” “NBAC,” “we”, “our”, or “us”), which will be held at [•] on [•], 2021 at [•] a.m., Eastern Time (the “Extraordinary General Meeting”). Due to the coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic, we are encouraging our shareholders to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting virtually by means of a teleconference. We are a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated as a blank check company for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities, which we refer to as a “target business.”

On November 11, 2020, we entered into a merger agreement (the “Merger Agreement”), which provides for a business combination between Newborn and Nuvve Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Nuvve”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the business combination will be effected in two steps: (i) subject to the approval and adoption of the Merger Agreement by the shareholders of Newborn, Newborn will reincorporate to the State of Delaware by merging with and into NB Merger Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Newborn (“PubCo”), with PubCo surviving as the publicly traded entity (the “Reincorporation Merger”); and (ii) immediately after the Reincorporation Merger, Nuvve Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo (“Merger Sub”), will be merged with and into Nuvve, with Nuvve surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo (the “Acquisition Merger”). The Merger Agreement is by and among Newborn, PubCo, Merger Sub, Nuvve and Ted Smith, an individual, as the representative of the stockholders of Nuvve (“Stockholders’ Representative”). A copy of the Merger Agreement is attached as Annex A to this proxy statement/prospectus. The Reincorporation Merger and the Acquisition Merger are collectively referred to herein as the “Business Combination.”

Concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, Newborn entered into subscription agreements with certain accredited investors, pursuant to which such investors agreed to purchase an aggregate of 1,425,000 ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of Newborn (“NBAC Ordinary Shares”), at a purchase price of $10.00 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $14,250,000 (the “PIPE Investment”). The investors will also receive warrants to purchase 1,353,750 NBAC Ordinary Shares. The warrants will have the same terms as Newborn’s public warrants, each of which entitles the holder to purchase one-half of one NBAC Ordinary Share at a price of $11.50 per whole NBAC Ordinary Share (“NBAC Warrants”). Also concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, Nuvve entered into a bridge loan agreement with an accredited investor, pursuant to which, on November 17, 2020, the investor purchased a $4,000,000 convertible debenture from Nuvve (the “Bridge Loan”). The PIPE Investment will close, and the debenture will automatically convert into shares of Nuvve common stock, immediately prior to the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

At the closing of the Acquisition Merger, each share of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Nuvve (“Nuvve Common Stock”) outstanding immediately prior thereto (including the shares issued upon conversion of Nuvve’s preferred stock and upon conversion of the Bridge Loan as described elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus) automatically will be converted in the Acquisition Merger into a number of shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of PubCo (“PubCo Common Stock”) equal to the Closing Exchange Ratio (as described elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus). Each outstanding option to purchase Nuvve Common Stock (“Nuvve Options”) will be assumed by PubCo and converted into an option to purchase a number of shares of PubCo Common stock equal to the number of shares of Nuvve Common Stock subject to such option immediately prior to the closing multiplied by the Closing Exchange Ratio, at an exercise price equal to the exercise price immediately prior to the closing divided by the Closing Exchange Ratio. We presently estimate that the Closing Exchange Ratio will be approximately 0.2081.

 

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Upon the closing of the Acquisition Merger, based on the estimated Closing Exchange Ratio set forth above and assuming no existing Nuvve Options are exercised and no additional Nuvve Options are granted prior to the closing, an estimated 8,852,828 shares of PubCo Common Stock will be issued to the Nuvve stockholders (after the repurchase of 600,000 shares from one of the Nuvve stockholders as described elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus) and 1,246,323 shares of PubCo Common Stock will be reserved for issuance pursuant to the Nuvve Options assumed by PubCo. Of the shares issued to the Nuvve stockholders, an estimated 891,950 shares of PubCo Common Stock will be held in escrow to satisfy any indemnification obligations under the Merger Agreement.

Nuvve’s stockholders (other than the Bridge Loan investor) will be entitled to receive an additional 4,000,000 “earn-out” shares of PubCo Common Stock if, for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021, PubCo’s revenue equals or exceeds $30,000,000.

At the closing of the Reincorporation Merger, which will occur immediately prior to the Acquisition Merger, Newborn’s outstanding securities will be converted into a like number of equivalent securities of PubCo, except that each of Newborn’s rights (the “NBAC Rights”) will be converted automatically into one-tenth of one share of PubCo Common Stock in accordance with its terms.

In addition, the financial advisor to Newborn will receive a success fee of an estimated 203,316 shares of PubCo Common Stock. The financial advisor introduced Newborn to Nuvve, assisted with the structure of the transaction, and provided advice on the transaction process to Newborn. The financial advisor also acted as agent in the $14.25 million PIPE Investment that was announced concurrently with the signing of the definitive Merger Agreement.

It is anticipated that, immediately after consummation of the PIPE Investment and the Business Combination, Newborn’s shareholders, including the initial shareholders, and rightsholders will own 43.5% of the issued PubCo Common Stock, Nuvve’s stockholders will own 47.7% of the issued PubCo Common Stock, and the investors in the PIPE Investment will own 7.7% of the issued PubCo Common Stock. These relative percentages assume that (i) none of Newborn’s existing public shareholders exercise their redemption rights as discussed herein, (ii) no PubCo Warrants or unit purchase options of PubCo (“PubCo UPOs”) are exercised, and (iii) no existing Nuvve Options are exercised and no additional Nuvve Options are granted prior to the closing. If any of Newborn’s existing public shareholders exercise their redemption rights, the anticipated percentage ownership of Newborn’s existing shareholders will be reduced. You should read “Summary of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus The Business Combination and the Merger Agreement” and “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements” for further information.

At the Extraordinary General Meeting, Newborn shareholders will be asked to consider and vote upon the following proposals:

1.      approval by special resolution of the Reincorporation Merger, which we refer to as the “Reincorporation Merger Proposal” or “Proposal No. 1;”

2.      approval by separate special resolution of each material difference between the proposed Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of PubCo (the “proposed charter”), a copy of which is attached to this proxy statement/prospectus as Annex B, and the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of Newborn, which we refer to as the “Charter Proposals” or “Proposal No. 2;”

3.      approval by ordinary resolution of the Acquisition Merger, which we refer to as the “Acquisition Merger Proposal” or “Proposal No. 3;”

4.      approval by ordinary resolution: (i) for purposes of complying with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(a) and (b), the issuance of more than 20% of the issued and outstanding Newborn ordinary shares and the resulting change in control in connection with the Acquisition Merger, and (ii) for purposes of complying with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d), the issuance of more than 20% of Newborn ordinary shares in connection with the PIPE Investment, which we refer to as the “Nasdaq Proposal” or “Proposal No. 4;”

5.      approval by ordinary resolution of the appointment of Gregory Poilasne, Ted Smith, Richard A. Ashby, Angela Strand, Kenji Yodose, H. David Sherman and Jon M. Montgomery to serve on PubCo’s board of directors effective as of the closing of the Business Combination in accordance with the Merger Agreement, which we refer to as the “Director Election Proposal” or “Proposal No. 5;”

 

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6.      approval by ordinary resolution of PubCo’s 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan”), a copy of which is attached to this proxy statement/prospectus as Annex C, which we refer to as the “Incentive Plan Proposal” or “Proposal No. 6;” and

7.      approval by ordinary resolution to adjourn the Extraordinary General Meeting under certain circumstances, as more fully described in the accompanying proxy statement/prospectus, which we refer to as the “Adjournment Proposal” or “Proposal No. 7” and, together with the Reincorporation Merger Proposal, the Charter Proposals, the Acquisition Merger Proposal, the Nasdaq Proposal, the Director Election Proposal and the Incentive Plan Proposal, the “Proposals.”

The NBAC Ordinary Shares, the NBAC Rights, the NBAC Warrants and Newborn’s units, each consisting of one NBAC Ordinary Share, one NBAC Right and one NBAC Warrant (the “NBAC Units”), are currently listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbols “NBAC,” “NBACR,” “NBACW” and “NBACU,” respectively. PubCo intends to apply to list the PubCo Common Stock and PubCo Warrants on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbols “NVVE” and “NVVEW,” respectively, in connection with the closing of the Business Combination. Newborn cannot assure you that the PubCo Common Stock and PubCo Warrants will be approved for listing on Nasdaq.

Pursuant to Newborn’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, Newborn is providing its public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their NBAC Ordinary Shares at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in Newborn’s trust account as of two business days prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, including interest, less taxes payable, divided by the number of then outstanding NBAC Ordinary Shares that were sold as part of the NBAC Units in Newborn’s initial public offering (“IPO”), subject to the limitations described herein. Newborn estimates that the per-share price at which public shares may be redeemed from cash held in the trust account will be approximately $[•] at the time of the Extraordinary General Meeting (based on the balance in the trust account of approximately $[•] as of [•], 2021). On [•], 2021, the last sale price of NBAC Ordinary Shares was $[•].

Newborn’s public shareholders may elect to redeem their shares even if they vote for the Reincorporation Merger or do not vote at all. Newborn has no specified maximum redemption threshold under its amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. However, under its amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, Newborn shall not redeem public shares that would cause its net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 immediately prior to or upon the consummation of the Business Combination. In addition, it is a condition to Nuvve’s obligations under the Merger Agreement that PubCo shall have not less than $15,000,000 of cash available to it immediately after the closing, including net proceeds from the trust account and the PIPE Investment. Although we expect these conditions to be met as a result of the PIPE Investment, if redemptions by Newborn’s public shareholders cause this closing condition not to be met, then Nuvve will not be required to consummate the Business Combination, although it may, in its sole discretion, waive this condition. In the event that Nuvve waives this condition, Newborn does not intend to seek additional shareholder approval or to extend the time period in which its public shareholders can exercise their redemption rights. Holders of outstanding NBAC Warrants, NBAC Rights and unit purchase options of Newborn (“NBAC UPOs”) do not have redemption rights in connection with the Business Combination.

Newborn is providing this proxy statement/prospectus and accompanying proxy card to its shareholders in connection with the solicitation of proxies to be voted at the Extraordinary General Meeting and at any adjournments or postponements thereof. Newborn’s initial shareholders, including NeoGenesis Holding Co. Ltd. (“Sponsor”), and its officers and directors, who own approximately 22.9% of NBAC Ordinary Shares as of the record date, have agreed to vote their NBAC Ordinary Shares in favor of the Reincorporation Merger Proposal and the Acquisition Merger Proposal, which transactions comprise the Business Combination, and intend to vote for the Charter Proposals, the Nasdaq Proposal, the Director Election Proposal, the Incentive Plan Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal, although there is no agreement in place with respect to voting on those proposals.

Each Newborn shareholder’s vote is very important. Whether or not you plan to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting in person (or via teleconference), please submit your proxy card without delay. Newborn shareholders may revoke proxies at any time before they are voted at the meeting. Voting by proxy will not prevent a shareholder from voting in person or through the virtual meeting platform if such shareholder subsequently chooses to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting. If you are a holder of record and you attend the Extraordinary General Meeting and wish to vote in person (or via teleconference), you may withdraw your proxy and vote in person or through the virtual

 

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meeting platform. Under Cayman Islands law, abstentions and broker non-votes, while considered present for the purposes of establishing a quorum, will not count as votes cast at the Extraordinary General Meeting, and accordingly will have no effect on any of the Proposals.

If you sign, date and return your proxy card without indicating how you wish to vote, your proxy will be voted in favor of each of the Proposals presented at the Extraordinary General Meeting. If you fail to return your proxy card or fail to instruct your bank, broker or other nominee how to vote, and do not attend the Extraordinary General Meeting in person (or via teleconference), the effect will be that your shares will not be counted for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present at the Extraordinary General Meeting and, if a quorum is present, will have no effect on any of the Proposals.

Investing in PubCo securities involves a high degree of risk. We encourage you to read this proxy statement/prospectus carefully. In particular, you should review the matters discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” beginning on page 30.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of the securities to be issued in the Business Combination or otherwise, or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this proxy statement/prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

Newborn’s board of directors has unanimously approved the Merger Agreement and the Plans of Merger, and unanimously recommends that Newborn shareholders vote “FOR” approval of each of the Proposals. When you consider Newborn’s board of director’s recommendation of these Proposals, you should keep in mind that Newborn’s directors and officers have interests in the Business Combination that may conflict or differ from your interests as a shareholder. See “Proposal No. 3 The Acquisition Merger Proposal — Interests of Certain Persons in the Business Combination.”

If you would like to receive additional information or if you want additional copies of this document, agreements contained in the appendices or any other documents filed by Newborn with the Securities and Exchange Commission, such information is available without charge upon written or oral request. Please contact our proxy solicitor, at:

[Proxy Solicitor]

Toll Free:

Collect:

Email:

If you would like to request documents, please do so no later than [•], 2021 to receive them before the Extraordinary General Meeting. Please be sure to include your complete name and address in your request. Please see “Where You Can Find More Information” to find out where you can find more information about Newborn, PubCo and Nuvve.

On behalf of the Newborn’s board of directors, I thank you for your support and we look forward to the successful consummation of the Business Combination.

 

Sincerely,

   

 

   

Wenhui Xiong

   

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

   

Newborn Acquisition Corp.

   

[•], 2021

 

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Newborn Acquisition Corp.

Room 801, Building C

SOHO Square, No. 88

Zhongshan East 2nd Road, Huangpu District

Shanghai, 200002, China

Tel: +86 155 0219 5891

NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
TO BE HELD ON [•], 2021

TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF NEWBORN ACQUISITION CORP.:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of Newborn Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Newborn”), will be held at [•] on [•], 2021 at [•] a.m., Eastern Time, and virtually by means of a teleconference using the following dial-in information:

 

Webcast URL

   
   

US Toll Free

   
   

International Toll

   
   

Participant Passcode

   

The Extraordinary General Meeting will be held for the following purposes:

1.      To consider and vote upon a proposal to approve by special resolution the merger of Newborn with and into PubCo, its wholly owned Delaware subsidiary, with PubCo surviving the merger. The merger will change Newborn’s place of incorporation from Cayman Islands to Delaware. We refer to the merger as the Reincorporation Merger. This proposal is referred to as the “Reincorporation Merger Proposal” or “Proposal No. 1.”

2.      To consider and vote upon a set of separate proposals to approve by special resolution each material difference between the proposed Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of PubCo and the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of Newborn. These proposals are collectively referred to as the “Charter Proposals” or “Proposal No. 2.”

3.      To consider and vote upon a proposal to approve by ordinary resolution the merger of Merger Sub, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo, with and into Nuvve, with Nuvve surviving the merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo. We refer to the merger as the Acquisition Merger. This proposal is referred to as the “Acquisition Merger Proposal” or “Proposal No. 3.”

4.      To consider and vote upon a proposal to approve by ordinary resolution (i) for purposes of complying with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(a) and (b), the issuance of more than 20% of the issued and outstanding Newborn ordinary shares and the resulting change in control in connection with the Acquisition Merger, and (ii) for purposes of complying with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d), the issuance of more than 20% of Newborn ordinary shares in connection with the PIPE Investment. This proposal is referred to as the “Nasdaq Proposal” or “Proposal No. 4.”

5.      To consider and vote upon a proposal to approve by ordinary resolution the appointment of Richard A. Ashby and Jon M. Montgomery as Class A directors serving until PubCo’s 2022 annual meeting of stockholders; Angela Strand and H. David Sherman as Class B directors serving until PubCo’s 2023 annual meeting of stockholders; and Gregory Poilasne, Ted Smith and Kenji Yodose as Class C directors serving until PubCo’s 2024 annual meeting of stockholders; and in each case, effective as of the closing of the Business Combination in accordance with the Merger Agreement. This proposal is referred to as the “Director Election Proposal” or “Proposal No. 5.”

6.      To consider and vote upon a proposal to approve by ordinary resolution the Incentive Plan, which we refer to as the “Incentive Plan Proposal” or “Proposal No. 6.

 

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7.      To consider and vote upon a proposal to approve by ordinary resolution the adjournment of the Extraordinary General Meeting under certain circumstances, as more fully described in the accompanying proxy statement/prospectus. This proposal is called the “Adjournment Proposal” or “Proposal No. 7.”

The proposals set forth above are sometimes collectively referred to herein as the “Proposals.” The Business Combination is conditioned upon the approval of the Reincorporation Merger Proposal, the Acquisition Merger Proposal, the Charter Proposals, the Nasdaq Proposal, the Director Election Proposal and the Incentive Plan Proposal. The Charter Proposals, the Nasdaq Proposal, the Director Election Proposal and the Incentive Plan Proposal are dependent upon the consummation of the Business Combination. It is important for you to note that in the event that either of the Reincorporation Merger Proposal or the Acquisition Merger Proposal is not approved, or if any of the Charter Proposals, the Nasdaq Proposal, the Director Election Proposal or the Incentive Plan Proposal is not approved and the applicable condition in the Merger Agreement is not waived, then Newborn will not consummate the Business Combination. In the absence of shareholder approval for an extension, if Newborn does not consummate the Business Combination and fails to complete another initial business combination by February 19, 2021 (or August 19, 2021 if Newborn’s time to complete a business combination is extended as provided in its amended and restated memorandum and articles of association), Newborn will be required to dissolve and liquidate.

As of [•], 2021, the record date, there were 7,460,000 NBAC Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote. Only Newborn shareholders who hold shares of record as of the close of business on the record date are entitled to vote on the Proposals at the Extraordinary General Meeting or any adjournment thereof. This proxy statement/prospectus is first being mailed to Newborn shareholders on or about [•], 2021. Approval of each of the Reincorporation Merger Proposal and the Charter Proposals will require a special resolution under Cayman Islands law, being the affirmative vote of holders of at least two-thirds of the issued and outstanding NBAC Ordinary Shares present and entitled to vote thereon and who vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting. Approval of each of the Acquisition Merger Proposal, the Nasdaq Proposal, the Director Election Proposal, the Incentive Plan Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal will require an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law, being the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding NBAC Ordinary Shares present and entitled to vote thereon and who vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting. Under Cayman Islands law, abstentions and broker non-votes, while considered present for the purposes of establishing a quorum, will not count as votes cast at the Extraordinary General Meeting, and accordingly will have no effect on any of the Proposals.

Whether or not you plan to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting in person (or via teleconference), please submit your proxy card without delay to our transfer agent, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, not later than the time appointed for the Extraordinary General Meeting or adjourned meeting. Voting by proxy will not prevent you from voting your shares in person or through the virtual meeting platform if you subsequently choose to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting. If you fail to return your proxy card and do not attend the meeting in person (or via teleconference), the effect will be that your shares will not be counted for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present at the Extraordinary General Meeting. You may revoke a proxy at any time before it is voted at the Extraordinary General Meeting by executing and returning a proxy card dated later than the previous one, by attending the Extraordinary General Meeting and voting in person or through the virtual meeting platform, or by submitting a written revocation to [•], Attention: [•], Telephone: [•], that is received by our proxy solicitor before we take the vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting. If you hold your shares through a bank or brokerage firm, you should follow the instructions of your bank or brokerage firm regarding revocation of proxies.

The Newborn’s board of directors unanimously recommends that you vote “FOR” approval of each of the Proposals.

 

By Order of the Board of Directors,

   

 

   

Wenhui Xiong

   

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

   

Newborn Acquisition Corp.

   

[•], 2021

 

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ABOUT THIS PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS

 

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

 

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FREQUENTLY USED TERMS

 

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND RISK FACTOR SUMMARY

 

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE BUSINESS COMBINATION AND THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

 

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SUMMARY OF THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS

 

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SELECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF NUVVE

 

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SELECTED HISTORICAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF NEWBORN

 

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SELECTED UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

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COMPARATIVE PER SHARE INFORMATION

 

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SECURITIES AND DIVIDENDS

 

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RISK FACTORS

 

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THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

 

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PROPOSAL NO. 1 THE REINCORPORATION MERGER PROPOSAL

 

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PROPOSAL NO. 2 THE CHARTER PROPOSALS

 

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PROPOSAL NO. 3 THE ACQUISITION MERGER PROPOSAL

 

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PROPOSAL NO. 4 THE NASDAQ PROPOSAL

 

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PROPOSAL NO. 5 THE DIRECTOR ELECTION PROPOSAL

 

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PROPOSAL NO. 6 THE INCENTIVE PLAN PROPOSAL

 

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PROPOSAL NO. 7 THE ADJOURNMENT PROPOSAL

 

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MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE BUSINESS COMBINATION

 

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BUSINESS OF NUVVE

 

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NUVVE’S MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

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NEWBORN’S BUSINESS

 

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NEWBORN’S MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

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DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AFTER THE BUSINESS COMBINATION

 

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CURRENT DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE OF NEWBORN

 

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EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

 

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BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

 

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CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS

 

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SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE

 

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DESCRIPTION OF PUBCO’S SECURITIES

 

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LEGAL MATTERS

 

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EXPERTS

 

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SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS AND OTHER MATTERS

 

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OTHER STOCKHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS

 

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DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS TO SHAREHOLDERS

 

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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

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ANNEX A — MERGER AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

 

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ANNEX B — PUBCO’S AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

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ANNEX C — PUBCO’S 2020 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

 

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You should rely only on the information contained in this proxy statement/prospectus in deciding how to vote on the Business Combination. None of Newborn, PubCo or Nuvve has authorized anyone to give any information or make any representation about the Business Combination or their companies that is different from, or in addition to, that contained in this proxy statement/prospectus or in any of the materials that have been incorporated into this proxy statement/prospectus by reference. Therefore, if anyone does give you any such information, you should not rely on it. If you are in a jurisdiction where offers to exchange or sell, or solicitations of offers to exchange or purchase, the securities offered by this proxy statement/prospectus or the solicitation of proxies is unlawful, or if you are a person to whom it is unlawful to direct these types of activities, then the offer presented in this proxy statement/prospectus does not extend to you. The information contained in this proxy statement/prospectus speaks only as of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus unless the information specifically indicates that another date applies.

Nuvve has proprietary rights to trademarks used in this prospectus, including GIVe™. Solely for convenience, trademarks and trade names referred to in this prospectus may appear without the “®” or “™” symbols, but such references are not intended to indicate, in any way, that Nuvve will not assert, to the fullest extent possible under applicable law, its rights to these trademarks and trade names.

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ABOUT THIS PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS

This document, which forms part of a registration statement on Form S-4 filed by PubCo (File No. 333-251559) with the SEC, constitutes a prospectus of PubCo under Section 5 of the Securities Act, with respect to the issuance of (i) the PubCo Common Stock to Newborn’s shareholders and rightsholders, (ii) the PubCo Warrants to Newborn’s warrantholders, (iii) the PubCo Common Stock underlying the PubCo Warrants, (iv) the PubCo Common Stock to Nuvve’s stockholders, (v) the PubCo Common Stock underlying the Nuvve Options assumed by PubCo, and (vi) the PubCo Common Stock to Newborn’s financial advisor. This document also constitutes a notice of meeting and a proxy statement under Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act, with respect to the Extraordinary General Meeting at which Newborn’s shareholders will be asked to consider and vote upon the Proposals to approve the Reincorporation Merger, the Charter Proposals, the Acquisition Merger, the Nasdaq Proposal, the Director Election Proposal, the Incentive Plan Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal.

This proxy statement/prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities, or the solicitation of a proxy, in any jurisdiction to or from any person to whom it is not lawful to make any such offer or solicitation in such jurisdiction.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

PubCo has filed this proxy statement/prospectus as part of the registration statement on Form S-4 with the SEC under the Securities Act. The registration statement contains exhibits and other information that are not contained in this proxy statement/prospectus. The descriptions in this proxy statement/prospectus of the provisions of documents filed as exhibits to the registration statement are only summaries of those documents’ material terms. In addition, Newborn files reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC as required by the Exchange Act. You can read copies of the registration statement and Newborn’s SEC filings over the Internet at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

Information and statements contained in this proxy statement/prospectus, or any annex to this proxy statement/prospectus, are qualified in all respects by reference to the copy of the relevant contract or other annex filed with this proxy statement/prospectus.

All information contained in this proxy statement/prospectus relating to Newborn, PubCo and Merger Sub has been supplied by Newborn, and all information relating to Nuvve has been supplied by Nuvve. Information provided by either of Newborn or Nuvve does not constitute any representation, estimate or projection of the other party.

If you would like additional copies of this proxy statement/prospectus, or if you have questions about the Business Combination, you should contact Newborn’s proxy solicitor, [•], at [•].

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FREQUENTLY USED TERMS

Unless otherwise stated in this proxy statement/prospectus:

•        Chardan” refers to Chardan Capital Markets, LLC, the representative of the underwriters in the IPO.

•        Closing Date” refers to the date on which the Business Combination is consummated.

•        Companies Law” refers to the Companies Law (2020 Revision) of the Cayman Islands as the same may be amended from time to time.

•        Exchange Act” refers to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

•        initial shareholders” refers to the shareholders of Newborn immediately prior to the IPO.

•        IPO” refers to the initial public offering of 5,750,000 units (including the 750,000 units after the full exercise of the over-allotment option) of Newborn consummated on February 19, 2020.

•        Loeb” refers to Loeb & Loeb LLP.

•        LOI” refers to a letter of intent.

•        Merger Agreement” refers to the merger agreement by and among Newborn, PubCo, Merger Sub, Nuvve and Ted Smith, an individual, as the representative of Nuvve’s stockholders.

•        Plan of Merger” refers to a plan of merger by and between Newborn and PubCo.

•        public shareholders” means the holders of the ordinary shares of Newborn which were sold as part of the IPO, or “public shares,” whether they were purchased in the IPO or in the aftermarket, including any of our initial shareholders to the extent that they purchase such public shares (except that our initial shareholders will not have conversion or tender rights with respect to any public shares they own);

•        Securities Act” refers to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

•        Sponsor” refers to NeoGenesis Holding Co. Ltd., a British Virgin Islands entity that is owned and controlled by Wenhui Xiong, Newborn’s chairman and chief executive officer.

•        US Dollars,” “$” and “USD$” refer to the legal currency of the United States.

•        U.S. GAAP” refers to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND RISK FACTOR SUMMARY

This proxy statement/prospectus contains forward-looking statements, including statements about the parties’ ability to close the Business Combination, the anticipated benefits of the Business Combination, and the financial conditions, results of operations, earnings outlook and prospects of PubCo, Newborn and/or Nuvve and other statements about the period following the consummation of the Business Combination. Forward-looking statements appear in a number of places in this proxy statement/prospectus including, without limitation, in the sections titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of Nuvve” and “Business of Nuvve.” In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words such as “plan,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “outlook,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “project,” “continue,” “could,” “may,” “might,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “should,” “would” and other similar words and expressions, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking.

The forward-looking statements are based on the current expectations of the management of Newborn and Nuvve, as applicable, and are inherently subject to uncertainties and changes in circumstances and their potential effects and speak only as of the date of such statement. There can be no assurance that future developments will be those that have been anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements, including those relating to:

•        the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could delay the Business Combination or give rise to the termination of the agreements related thereto;

•        the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Newborn or Nuvve following announcement of the transactions;

•        the inability to complete the Business Combination due to the failure to obtain approval of the shareholders of Newborn, or other conditions to closing in the merger agreement;

•        disruption of Nuvve’s current plans and operations as a result of the announcement of the transactions;

•        Nuvve’s ability to realize the anticipated benefits of the Business Combination, which may be affected by, among other things, competition and the ability of Nuvve to grow and manage growth profitably following the Business Combination;

•        diversion of management attention from ongoing business operations due to the proposed Business Combination;

•        costs related to the Business Combination; and

•        the possibility that Nuvve may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors.

The section in this proxy/statement prospectus entitled “Risk Factors” and the other cautionary language discussed in this proxy statement/prospectus provide examples of other risks, uncertainties and potential events that may cause actual developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including those relating to:

Nuvve’s Business

•        Nuvve’s early stage of development, its history of net losses, and its expectation for losses to continue in the future;

•        Nuvve’s ability to manage growth effectively;

•        Nuvve’s reliance on charging station manufacturing and other partners;

•        existing and future competition in the EV charging market;

•        pandemics and health crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic;

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•        Nuvve’s ability to increase sales of its products and services, especially to fleet operators,

•        Nuvve’s participation in the energy markets;

•        the interconnection of Nuvve’s GIVeTM platform to the electrical grid;

•        significant payments under the agreement pursuant which Nuvve acquired certain of its key patents;

•        Nuvve’s international operations, including related tax, compliance, market and other risks;

•        Nuvve’s ability to attract and retain key employees and hire qualified management, technical and vehicle engineering personnel;

•        inexperience of Nuvve’s management in operating a public company;

•        acquisitions by Nuvve of other businesses;

EV Charging Industry

•        the improvement of technologies that affect the demand for EVs;

•        changes to fuel economy standards;

•        the rate of adoption of EVs;

•        the availability of rebates, tax credits and other financial incentives;

•        the rate of technological change in the industry;

•        the accuracy of market opportunity and market growth forecasts;

Nuvve’s Technology, Intellectual Property and Infrastructure

•        Nuvve’s ability to protect its intellectual property rights;

•        Nuvve’s ability to obtain patents;

•        the possibility Nuvve will become subject to infringement claims;

•        Nuvve’s investment in research and development;

•        the existence of undetected defects, errors or bugs in its hardware or software;

•        interruptions, delays in service or inability to increase capacity at third-party data center facilities;

•        the occurrence of computer malware, viruses, ransomware, hacking or phishing attacks or similar disruptions;

Nuvve’s Customers

•        the renewal of customer service contracts;

•        Nuvve’s ability to offer high-quality support to customers;

•        Nuvve’s reliance on a limited number of customers;

•        Nuvve’s ability to expand its sales and marketing capabilities;

•        Nuvve’s ability to leverage customer data in its research and development operations;

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Financial, Tax and Accounting Matters

•        Nuvve’s ability to continue as a going concern;

•        Nuvve’s ability to raise additional funds when needed;

•        the effective allocation of Nuvve’s cash and cash equivalents;

•        fluctuations in Nuvve’s quarterly operating results;

•        the effect of U.S. tax laws and regulations generally, and changes to such laws and regulations;

•        the effect of any changes in U.S. GAAP;

•        the expense and administrative burden of being a public company;

•        Nuvve’s ability to timely and effectively implement controls and procedures required by Section 404(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act;

•        the existence of identified material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting;

•        PubCo’s status as an “emerging growth company” within the meaning of the Securities Act, which could make its securities less attractive to investors;

•        the unaudited pro forma financial information included herein, which may not be indicative of what Nuvve’s actual financial position or results of operations would have been;

Legal and Regulatory Matters

•        electric utility statutes and regulations and changes to such statutes or regulations;

•        privacy concerns and laws;

•        anticorruption and anti-money laundering laws, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”);

•        laws relating to employment;

•        existing and future environmental, health and safety laws and regulations;

The Ownership of PubCo’s Securities

•        PubCo’s ability to meet the initial and continued listing requirements of Nasdaq;

•        concentration of ownership among PubCo’s officers, directors and their affiliates;

•        future sales of a substantial number of shares of PubCo Common Stock in the public market;

•        the exercise of registration rights granted in connection with the PIPE Investment and Business Combination;

•        Nuvve’s ability to issue common and preferred stock without further stockholder approval;

•        the absence of cash dividends in the future;

•        volatility in the trading price of PubCo’s securities;

•        analyst coverage of PubCo’s securities; and

•        anti-takeover provisions in PubCo’s governing documents.

Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of the assumptions made by the management of Newborn, Nuvve and PubCo prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements.

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All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements concerning the Business Combination or other matters addressed in this proxy statement/prospectus and attributable to Nuvve, Newborn, PubCo or any person acting on their behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this proxy statement/prospectus. Except to the extent required by applicable law or regulation, Nuvve, Newborn and PubCo undertake no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this proxy statement/prospectus or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT
THE BUSINESS COMBINATION AND THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

Questions and Answers About the Merger

Q:     Why are Newborn and Nuvve proposing to enter into the Business Combination?

A:      Newborn is a blank check company formed specifically as a vehicle to effect a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, recapitalization or similar business combination with one or more target businesses. In the course of Newborn’s search for a Business Combination partner, Newborn investigated the potential acquisition of many entities in various industries, including Nuvve, and concluded that Nuvve was the best candidate for a Business Combination with Newborn. For more details on Newborn’s search for a Business Combination partner and the board’s reasons for selecting Nuvve as Newborn’s Business Combination partner, see “Proposal No. 3 The Acquisition Merger Proposal — Background of the Business Combination” and “Proposal No. 3 The Acquisition Merger Proposal — Newborn’s Board of Director’s Reasons for Approving the Business Combination” included in this proxy statement/prospectus.

Q:     What is the purpose of this document?

A:     Newborn and Nuvve have agreed to the Business Combination under the terms of the Merger Agreement that is described in this proxy statement/prospectus. The Merger Agreement also is attached to this proxy statement/prospectus as Annex A, and is incorporated into this proxy statement/prospectus by reference. The Business Combination consists of the Reincorporation Merger and the Acquisition Merger, each of which is described in this proxy statement/prospectus. Newborn’s shareholders are being asked to consider and vote upon a proposal to approve each of the Reincorporation Merger and the Acquisition Merger. Newborn’s shareholders are also being asked to consider and vote upon the Charter Proposals, the Nasdaq Proposal, the Director Election Proposal, the Incentive Plan Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal. This proxy statement/prospectus contains important information about the proposed Business Combination and the other matters to be acted upon at the Extraordinary General Meeting. You are encouraged to carefully read this proxy statement/prospectus, including “Risk Factors,” and all the annexes hereto.

Approval of each of the Reincorporation Merger Proposal and the Charter Proposals will require a special resolution under Cayman Islands law, being the affirmative vote of holders of at least two-thirds of the issued and outstanding NBAC Ordinary Shares present and entitled to vote thereon and who vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting or any adjournment thereof. Approval of each of the Acquisition Merger Proposal, the Nasdaq Proposal, the Director Election Proposal, the Incentive Plan Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal will require an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law, being the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding NBAC Ordinary Shares present and entitled to vote thereon and who vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting or any adjournment thereof.

Q:     I am a Newborn warrant holder. Why am I receiving this proxy statement/prospectus?

A:     The holders of Newborn warrants will receive PubCo Warrants entitling them to purchase PubCo Common Stock at a purchase price of $11.50 per share after the closing of the Business Combination. This proxy statement/prospectus includes important information about PubCo and the business of PubCo and its subsidiaries following the closing of the Business Combination. Because holders of PubCo Warrants will be entitled to purchase PubCo Common Stock after the closing of the Business Combination, we urge you to read the information contained in this proxy statement/prospectus carefully.

Q:     Are any of the proposals conditioned on one another?

A:     Yes, the Business Combination is conditioned upon the approval of the Reincorporation Proposal, the Acquisition Proposal, the Charter Proposals, Nasdaq Proposal, Director Election Proposal and Incentive Plan Proposal. The Charter Proposals, the Nasdaq Proposal, the Director Election Proposal and the Incentive Plan Proposal are dependent upon the consummation of the Business Combination. It is important for you to note that in the event that either of the Reincorporation Merger Proposal or the Acquisition Merger Proposal is not approved, or if the Charter Proposals, Nasdaq Proposal, Director Election Proposal or Incentive Plan Proposal are not approved and the applicable condition in the Merger Agreement is not waived, then Newborn will not consummate the Business Combination. In the absence of shareholder approval for a further extension, if Newborn does not

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consummate the Business Combination and fails to complete an initial business combination by February 19, 2021 (or August 19, 2021 if Newborn’s time to complete a business combination is extended as provided in its amended and restated memorandum and articles of association), Newborn will be required to dissolve and liquidate. Adoption of the Adjournment Proposal is not conditioned upon the adoption of any of the other Proposals.

Q:     When is the Business Combination expected to occur?

A:     Assuming the requisite shareholder approvals are received, Newborn expects that the Business Combination will occur as soon as practicable following the Extraordinary General Meeting and no later than [•].

Q:     Who will manage PubCo?

A:     The current management team of Nuvve, including Gregory Poilasne and Ted Smith, who currently serve as Nuvve’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer, respectively, will serve as PubCo’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and the President and Chief Operating Officer, respectively, following the consummation of the Business Combination. David Robson will become PubCo’s Chief Financial Officer. For more information on PubCo’s current and anticipated management, see “PubCo’s Directors and Executive Officers after the Business Combination” in this proxy statement/prospectus.

Q:     What happens if the Business Combination is not consummated?

A:     If the Business Combination is not consummated, Newborn may seek another suitable business combination. In the absence of shareholder approval for a further extension, if Newborn does not consummate a business combination by February 19, 2021 (or August 19, 2021 if Newborn’s time to complete a business combination is extended as provided in its amended and restated memorandum and articles of association), then pursuant to Article 48.7 of its amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, Newborn’s officers must take all actions necessary in accordance with the Companies Law to dissolve and liquidate Newborn as promptly as reasonably possible. Following dissolution, Newborn will no longer exist as a company. In any liquidation, the funds held in the trust account, plus any interest earned thereon (net of taxes payable), together with any remaining out-of-trust net assets will be distributed pro-rata to holders of NBAC Ordinary Shares who acquired such shares in Newborn’s IPO or in the aftermarket. The estimated consideration that each NBAC Ordinary Share would be paid at liquidation would be approximately $[•] per share for shareholders based on amounts on deposit in the trust account as of [•], 2021. The closing price of NBAC Ordinary Shares on Nasdaq as of [•], 2021 was $[•]. Our initial shareholders and the Sponsor have waived the right to any liquidation distribution with respect to any NBAC Ordinary Shares held by them. There will be no distribution from the trust account with respect to the NBAC Warrants or the NBAC Rights, which will expire worthless.

Q:     What happens to the funds deposited in the trust account following the Business Combination?

A:     Following the closing of the Business Combination, holders of NBAC Ordinary Shares exercising redemption rights will receive their per share redemption price out of the funds in the trust account. The balance of the funds will be released to PubCo and utilized to pay transaction expenses, including deferred underwriting fees payable to Chardan. As of [•], 2021, there was approximately $[•] in Newborn’s trust account. Newborn estimates that approximately $[•] per outstanding share issued in Newborn’s IPO will be paid to the public investors exercising their redemption rights. Any funds remaining in the trust account after such payments will be used for working capital and other general corporate purposes of the combined company.

Q:     Did Newborn’s board of directors obtain a third-party valuation or fairness opinion in determining whether or not to proceed with the Business Combination?

A:     Newborn did not obtain a third-party valuation or fairness opinion in connection with the Business Combination. Newborn is not required to obtain an opinion from an unaffiliated third party that the price it is paying is fair to its public shareholders from a financial point of view. Newborn has conducted its own due diligence and calculations and has engaged in comprehensive discussions with Nuvve. Based on these efforts, Newborn believes the valuation offered by Nuvve is favorable to Newborn and its shareholders. Newborn’s board of directors believes that because of the background of its directors, it was qualified to conclude that Newborn’s fair market value was at least 80% of Newborn’s net assets. Because Newborn’s board of directors did not obtain

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a fairness opinion to assist it in its determination, Newborn public shareholders must rely solely on the judgment of Newborn’s board of directors and Newborn’s board of directors may be incorrect in its assessment of the Business Combination.

Q:     Do any of Newborn’s directors or officers have interests that may conflict with the interests of Newborn’s shareholders with respect to the Business Combination?

A:     Newborn’s directors and officers may have interests in the Business Combination that are different from your interests as a shareholder.

For example, in May 2019, Newborn issued an aggregate of 1,150,000 ordinary shares to its initial shareholders. We subsequently declared a share dividend of 0.25 shares for each outstanding ordinary share, resulting in 1,437,500 ordinary shares being outstanding. We refer to these shares as “insider shares.” The aggregate purchase price for the insider shares was $25,000, or approximately $0.017 per share. Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, Newborn consummated a private placement with the Sponsor of 272,500 units (the “Private Units”) at a price of $10.00 per Private Unit, generating total proceeds of $2,725,000. Our initial shareholders, officers and directors will not have redemption rights with respect to any ordinary shares owned by them, directly or indirectly, whether acquired prior to the IPO, in the IPO or in the aftermarket. In the absence of shareholder approval for a further extension, if Newborn does not consummate the Business Combination or another initial business combination by February 19, 2021 (or August 19, 2021 if Newborn’s time to complete a business combination is extended as provided in its amended and restated memorandum and articles of association), Newborn will be required to dissolve and liquidate and the securities held by our initial shareholders, including the Sponsor, will be worthless because the initial shareholders and the Sponsor have agreed to waive their rights to any liquidation distributions.

Newborn’s directors and officers have additional interests that differ from yours as a shareholder. See “Proposal No. 3 The Acquisition Merger — Interests of Certain Persons in the Business Combination.”

The exercise of Newborn’s directors’ and officers’ discretion in agreeing to changes or waivers in the terms of the Business Combination may result in a conflict of interest when determining whether such changes or waivers are appropriate and in Newborn shareholders’ best interests.

Q:     Do any of Nuvve’s directors or officers have interests that may conflict with the interests of Nuvve’s other stockholders with respect to the Business Combination?

A:     Nuvve’s directors and officers may have interests in the Business Combination that are different from the interests of Nuvve’s other stockholders.

For example, Gregory Poilasne, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nuvve, will continue as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and a director of PubCo, and Ted Smith, the Chief Operating Officer and a director of Nuvve, will continue as the President, Chief Operating Officer and a director of PubCo (assuming that the Director Election Proposal is approved as described in this proxy statement/prospectus). Each of Messrs. Poilasne and Smith will enter into an employment agreement with PubCo providing for increased compensation to him, including an increased base salary, performance and discretionary bonuses and one-time equity grants, as more fully described in “Executive Officer and Director Compensation” below. In addition, Mr. Poilasne and Mr. Smith will receive approximately $1,000,000 and $260,000, respectively, in compensation in respect of their respective services to Nuvve in prior years, which will become payable in connection with the successful completion of the Business Combination. Additionally, Kenji Yodose, a director of Nuvve, will continue as a director of PubCo after the closing of the Business Combination (assuming that the Director Election Proposal is approved as described in this proxy statement/prospectus). As such, in the future, he will receive any cash fees, stock options or stock awards that PubCo’s board of directors determines to pay to its non-executive directors. Furthermore, EDF Renewables, which owns approximately 19.3% of Nuvve’s capital stock and which has an employee serving as a director of Nuvve, has entered into a purchase and option agreement with PubCo, which provides that PubCo will repurchase, immediately after the closing, 600,000 shares of PubCo Common Stock from EDF Renewables at a price of $10.00 per share. In addition, EDF Renewables will have the option to sell up to an additional $2,000,000 of shares of PubCo Common Stock back to PubCo within a year after the closing at a price per share equal to the then-current market price.

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Nuvve’s directors and officers have additional interests that differ from yours as a shareholder. See “Proposal No. 3 The Acquisition Merger — Interests of Certain Persons in the Business Combination.”

The exercise of Nuvve’s directors’ and officers’ discretion in agreeing to changes or waivers in the terms of the Business Combination may result in a conflict of interest when determining whether such changes or waivers are appropriate and in the other Nuvve stockholders’ best interests.

Q:     Will I experience dilution as a result of the Business Combination?

A:     Prior to the PIPE Investment and the Business Combination, the Newborn shareholders who hold shares issued in the IPO own approximately 77.1% of the issued and outstanding NBAC Ordinary Shares as of [•], 2021. After giving effect to the PIPE Investment and the Business Combination, including the issuance of (i) 8,852,828 shares of PubCo Common Stock in the Acquisition Merger (which gives effect to the repurchase of 600,000 shares from one of the Nuvve stockholders as described elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus and assumes no exercise of existing Nuvve Options and no grant of additional Nuvve Options prior to the closing), (ii) 8,885,000 shares of PubCo Common Stock to the Newborn shareholders in connection with the Reincorporation Merger (which gives effect to the issuance of the NBAC Ordinary Shares in the PIPE Investment immediately prior to the closing and assumes no Newborn shareholders exercise their redemption rights), and (iii) an aggregate of 602,250 shares of PubCo Common Stock upon automatic conversion of the NBAC Rights, and further assuming no exercise of the PubCo Warrants or the PubCo UPOs, Newborn’s current public shareholders and rightsholders will own approximately 43.5% of the issued and outstanding PubCo Common Stock.

Q:     What happens if a substantial number of public shareholders vote in favor of the business combination proposal and exercise their redemption rights?

A:     Newborn’s public shareholders may vote in favor of the Business Combination and still exercise their redemption rights, although they are not required to vote for or against the Business Combination, or vote at all, in order to exercise such rights. Accordingly, the Business Combination may be consummated even though the funds available from the trust account and the number of PubCo stockholders are substantially reduced as a result of redemptions by public shareholders. Although the requirement that PubCo has at least $5,000,001 of net tangible assets and $15,000,000 in available cash and cash equivalents is expected to be satisfied as a result of the PIPE Investment even if all of the public shares are converted, with fewer public shares and public stockholders, the trading markets for PubCo Common Stock and PubCo Warrants following the closing of the Business Combination may be less liquid than the markets for NBAC Ordinary Shares and NBAC Warrants were prior to the Business Combination, and PubCo may not be able to meet the listing standards of the Nasdaq or an alternative national securities exchange. In addition, with less funds available from the trust account, the capital infusion from the trust account into Nuvve’s business will be reduced and Nuvve may not be able to fully achieve its business plans or goals.

Q:     Will Newborn enter into any financing arrangements in connection with the Business Combination?

A:     Yes. Immediately prior to the Reincorporation Merger, Newborn will consummate the sale of an aggregate of 1,425,000 NBAC Ordinary Shares at a purchase price of $10.00 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $14,250,000, to the investors in the PIPE Investment. The investors will also receive NBAC Warrants to purchase 1,353,750 NBAC Ordinary Shares. The NBAC Ordinary Shares and NBAC Warrants issued in the PIPE Investment will convert into shares of PubCo Common Stock and PubCo Warrants as described elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus.

Q:     Are Nuvve’s stockholders required to approve the Acquisition Merger?

A:     Yes. Nuvve’s stockholders’ adoption and approval of the Merger Agreement and the Acquisition Merger is required to consummate the Business Combination. Concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, certain of Nuvve’s officers, directors, founders and holders of more than 5% of its voting stock who collectively own approximately 55% of the outstanding Nuvve Common Stock and approximately 55% of Nuvve’s outstanding Series A preferred stock entered into support agreements, pursuant to which each such holder agreed to vote in favor of the Business Combination, subject to the terms of such shareholder support agreements. The vote of the Nuvve stockholders who are party to the support agreements is sufficient to approve the Business Combination, including the Acquisition Merger. Nuvve’s stockholders are not required to approve the Reincorporation Merger Proposal or the other Proposals.

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Q:     Is the consummation of the Business Combination subject to any conditions?

A:     Yes. The obligations of each of Newborn, Nuvve, Merger Sub and PubCo to consummate the Business Combination are subject to conditions, as more fully described in “Summary of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus — The Business Combination and the Merger Agreement” in this proxy statement/prospectus.

Q:     Will holders of NBAC Ordinary Shares, NBAC Rights or NBAC Warrants or holders of Nuvve Common Stock or Nuvve Options be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the PubCo Common Stock or PubCo Warrants received in the Business Combination?

A:     As discussed more fully under the section titled “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Business Combination,” although it is intended that the Reincorporation Merger qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(F) of the Code, which generally provides for tax-free treatment, the Business Combination is likely to be a taxable event for U.S. Holders of Newborn securities under the passive foreign investment company (“PFIC”) rules of the Code as a result of the likelihood that Newborn is classified as a PFIC. In addition, certain U.S. Holders may also be subject to tax under Section 367(b) of the Code as a result of the inbound transfer of assets from Newborn to the United States.

If the Reincorporation Merger does not qualify as a reorganization, then a U.S. Holder that exchanges its Newborn securities for PubCo securities will recognize gain or loss equal to the difference between (i) the sum of the fair market value of the PubCo Common Stock and PubCo Warrants received and (ii) the U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in the NBAC Ordinary Shares, NBAC Rights, and NBAC Warrants exchanged.

Assuming that the Acquisition Merger qualifies as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code, the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the Acquisition Merger to U.S. Holders of Nuvve Common Stock are as follows:

•        a U.S. Holder of Nuvve Common Stock will not recognize any gain or loss realized on the exchange of shares of Nuvve Common Stock for shares of PubCo Common Stock;

•        the aggregate tax basis of the PubCo Common Stock received in the Merger will be the same as the aggregate tax basis of the Nuvve Common Stock surrendered in exchange for the PubCo Common Stock; and

•        the holding period of PubCo Common Stock received in exchange for shares of Nuvve Common Stock will include the holding period of the Nuvve Common Stock surrendered in exchange for the PubCo Common Stock.

If any requirement for the Acquisition Merger to qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code is not satisfied, a U.S. Holder of Nuvve Common Stock generally would recognize gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes on each share of Nuvve Common Stock surrendered in the Acquisition Merger in an amount equal to the difference between (1) the fair market value of the Acquisition Merger consideration received in exchange for such surrendered share upon completion of the Acquisition Merger and (2) the holder’s basis in the share of Nuvve Common Stock surrendered.

The provisions of the Code that govern reorganizations are complex, and due to the absence of direct guidance on the application of Section 368(a)(1)(F) to a merger of a corporation holding only investment-type assets such as Newborn, the qualification of the Reincorporation Merger as an “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(F) of the Code is not entirely clear.

For a more detailed discussion of certain U.S. federal income tax consequences of the Reincorporation Merger, the Acquisition Merger, and the Business Combination, see “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences” in this proxy statement/prospectus. Holders should consult their own tax advisors to determine the tax consequences to them (including the application and effect of any state, local or other income and other tax laws) of the Business Combination.

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Questions and Answers About the Extraordinary General Meeting

Q:     What is being voted on at the Extraordinary General Meeting?

A:     Below are the Proposals that the Newborn’s shareholders are being asked to vote on:

•        The Reincorporation Merger Proposal to approve the Reincorporation Merger;

•        The Charter Proposals to approve the material differences between PubCo’s Proposed Charter and Newborn’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association;

•        The Acquisition Merger Proposal to approve the Acquisition Merger;

•        The Nasdaq Proposal to approve (i) for purposes of complying with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635 (a) and (b), issuance of more than 20% of the issued and outstanding Newborn ordinary shares and the resulting change in control in connection with the Acquisition Merger, and (ii) for purposes of complying with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d), the issuance of more than 20% of Newborn ordinary shares in connection with the PIPE Investment;

•        The Director Election Proposal to approve the appointment of PubCo’s Board of Directors effective as of the closing of the Business Combination in accordance with the Merger Agreement;

•        The Incentive Plan Proposal to approve PubCo’s Incentive Plan; and

•        The Adjournment Proposal to approve the adjournment of the Extraordinary General Meeting if it is determined by the officer presiding over the Extraordinary General Meeting that more time is necessary for Newborn to consummate the Business Combination and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

Approval of each of the Reincorporation Merger Proposal and the Charter Proposals will require a special resolution under Cayman Islands law, being the affirmative vote of holders of at least two-thirds of the issued and outstanding NBAC Ordinary Shares present and entitled to vote thereon and who vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting or any adjournment thereof. Approval of each of the Acquisition Merger Proposal, the Nasdaq Proposal, the Director Election Proposal, the Incentive Plan Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal will require an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law, being the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding NBAC Ordinary Shares present and entitled to vote thereon and who vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting or any adjournment thereof. As of the record date, 1,710,000 shares held by our initial shareholders including the Sponsor and our officers and directors, or approximately 22.9% of the outstanding NBAC Ordinary Shares, intend to vote in favor of each of the Proposals.

Q:     When and where is the Extraordinary General Meeting?

A:     The Extraordinary General Meeting will take place at [•] on [•], 2021, at [•] a.m., Eastern Time. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are encouraging our shareholders to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting virtually by means of a teleconference using the following dial-in information:

 

Webcast URL

       
   

US Toll Free

       
   

International Toll

       
   

Participant Passcode

       

Q:     Who may vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting?

A:     Only holders of record of NBAC Ordinary Shares as of the close of business on [•], 2021, the record date, may vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting. As of the record date, there were 7,460,000 NBAC Ordinary Shares outstanding and entitled to vote. Please see “The Extraordinary General Meeting — Record Date; Who is Entitled to Vote” for further information.

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Q:     What is the quorum requirement for the Extraordinary General Meeting?

A:     Newborn shareholders representing a majority of the shares of capital stock issued and outstanding as of the record date and entitled to vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting must be present in person (or via teleconference) or represented by proxy in order to hold the Extraordinary General Meeting and conduct business. This is called a quorum. NBAC Ordinary Shares will be counted for purposes of determining the existence of a quorum if the shareholder (i) is present in person (or via teleconference) and entitled to vote at the meeting, or (ii) has properly submitted a proxy card or voting instructions through a broker, bank or custodian. In the absence of a quorum, the Extraordinary General Meeting will be adjourned to the next business day at the same time and place or to such other time and place as the directors may determine.

Q:     What vote is required to approve the Proposals?

A:     Approval of each of the Reincorporation Merger Proposal and the Charter Proposals requires a special resolution under Cayman Islands law, being the affirmative vote of holders of at least two-thirds of the issued and outstanding NBAC Ordinary Shares present and entitled to vote thereon and who vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting or any adjournment thereof. Approval of each of the Acquisition Merger Proposal, the Nasdaq Proposal, the Director Election Proposal, the Incentive Plan Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal requires an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law, being the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding NBAC Ordinary Shares present and entitled to vote thereon and who vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting or any adjournment thereof. Under Cayman Islands law, abstentions and broker non-votes, while considered present for the purposes of establishing a quorum, will not count as votes cast at the Extraordinary General Meeting, and accordingly will have no effect on any of the Proposals.

Q:     How will the initial shareholders vote?

A:     Newborn’s initial shareholders including the Sponsor and our officers and directors, who as of the record date, owned 1,710,000 NBAC Ordinary Shares, or approximately 22.9% of the issued and outstanding NBAC Ordinary Shares, have agreed to vote their respective ordinary shares acquired by them prior to the IPO, any shares they purchase in the open market in or after the IPO, in favor of the Reincorporation Merger Proposal and Acquisition Merger Proposal and intend to vote such shares in favor of other Proposals.

Q:     What do I need to do now?

A:     We urge you to read carefully and consider the information contained in this proxy statement/prospectus, including the annexes, and consider how the Business Combination will affect you as a Newborn shareholder. You should vote as soon as possible in accordance with the instructions provided in this proxy statement/prospectus and on the enclosed proxy card.

Q:     Do I need to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting to vote my shares?

A:     No. You are invited to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting to vote on the Proposals described in this proxy statement/prospectus in person or through the virtual meeting platform. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however, we are encouraging our shareholders to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting virtually by means of a teleconference. However, you do not need to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting to vote your NBAC Ordinary Shares. Instead, you may submit your proxy by signing, dating and returning the applicable enclosed proxy card in the pre-addressed postage paid envelope. Your vote is important. We encourage you to vote as soon as possible after carefully reading this proxy statement/prospectus.

Q:     Am I required to vote against the Reincorporation Merger and the Acquisition Merger Proposal in order to have my NBAC Ordinary Shares redeemed?

A:     No. You are not required to vote against the Reincorporation Merger Proposal and the Acquisition Merger Proposal, nor do you have to be a holder of NBAC Ordinary Shares as of the record date, in order to have the right to demand that Newborn redeem your NBAC Ordinary Shares for cash equal to your pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account (including interest earned on your pro rata portion of the trust account, net of taxes payable) before payment of deferred underwriting commissions. These redemption rights in respect of the NBAC Ordinary Shares are sometimes referred to herein as “redemption rights.” If the Business Combination is not completed, holders of NBAC Ordinary Shares electing to exercise their redemption rights will not be entitled to receive such payments and their NBAC Ordinary Shares will be returned to them.

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Q:     How do NBAC shareholders exercise their redemption rights?

A:     If you are a public shareholder and you seek to have your shares redeemed, you must (i) demand, no later than [•] p.m., eastern time on [•], 2021 (two business days before the Extraordinary General Meeting), that Newborn redeem your shares for cash, and (ii) submit your request in writing to Newborn’s transfer agent, at the address listed at the end of this section and deliver your shares to Newborn’s transfer agent (physically, or electronically using the DWAC (Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian) system) at least two business days prior to the vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting.

Any corrected or changed written demand of redemption rights must be received by Newborn’s transfer agent two business days prior to the Extraordinary General Meeting. No demand for redemption will be honored unless the holder’s shares have been delivered (either physically or electronically) to the transfer agent at least two business days prior to the vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting.

Public shareholders may seek to have their shares redeemed regardless of whether they vote for or against the Business Combination and whether or not they are holders of NBAC Ordinary Shares as of the record date. Any public shareholder who holds NBAC Ordinary Shares on or before [•], 2021 (two business days before the Extraordinary General Meeting) will have the right to demand that his, her or its shares be redeemed for a pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, less any taxes then due but not yet paid, at the consummation of the Business Combination. If you have questions regarding the certification of your position or delivery of your shares, please contact:

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
One State Street Plaza, 30th Floor
New York, NY 10004
Attn: Mark Zimkind
E-mail: mzimkind@continentalstock.com

Q:     How can I vote?

A:     If you were a holder of record of NBAC Ordinary Shares on [•], 2021, the record date for the Extraordinary General Meeting, you may vote by attending the Extraordinary General Meeting and voting in person or through the virtual meeting platform, or by submitting a proxy by mail so that it is received prior to [•] a.m., Eastern Time, on [•], 2021, in accordance with the instructions provided to you under “The Extraordinary General Meeting.” If you hold your shares in “street name,” which means your shares are held of record by a broker, bank or other nominee. You should contact your broker, bank or nominee in advance to ensure that votes related to the shares you beneficially own will be properly counted. In this regard, you must provide the record holder of your shares with instructions on how to vote your shares. Your broker or bank or other nominee may provide you with a form of voting instruction card (including any telephone or Internet voting instructions) for this purpose. Alternatively, if you wish to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting and vote in person or through the virtual meeting platform, you must obtain a proxy from your broker, bank or nominee.

Q:     If my shares are held in “street name” by my bank, brokerage firm or nominee, will they automatically vote my shares for me?

A:     No. Under applicable rules, your broker, bank or nominee cannot vote your NBAC Ordinary Shares with respect to non-discretionary matters unless you provide instructions on how to vote your shares in accordance with the procedures communicated to you by your broker, bank or nominee. Newborn believes the Proposals are non-discretionary and, therefore, your broker, bank or nominee cannot vote your NBAC Ordinary Shares without your voting instructions. If you do not provide instructions with your proxy, your bank, broker or other nominee may submit a proxy card expressly indicating that it is NOT voting your NBAC Ordinary Shares; this indication that a bank, broker or nominee is not voting your NBAC Ordinary Shares is referred to as a “broker non-vote.” Under Cayman Islands law, broker non-votes will be considered present for the purposes of establishing a quorum but will have no effect on any of the Proposals. Because your bank, broker or other nominee can vote your NBAC Ordinary Shares only if you provide voting instructions, it is important that you instruct your broker how to vote.

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Q:     What if I abstain from voting or fail to instruct my bank, brokerage firm or nominee?

A:     Newborn will count a properly executed proxy marked “ABSTAIN” with respect to a particular Proposal as present for the purposes of determining whether a quorum is present at the Extraordinary General Meeting. For purposes of approval under Cayman Islands law, an abstention on any Proposal will have no effect on such Proposal.

If you fail to return your proxy card or fail to instruct your bank, broker or other nominee how to vote, and do not attend the Extraordinary General Meeting in person (or via teleconference), the effect will be that your shares will not be counted for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present at the Extraordinary General Meeting and, if a quorum is present, will have no effect on any of the Proposals.

Q:     May I seek statutory dissenter rights with respect to my NBAC shares?

A:     No. Dissenter rights are not available to holders of NBAC Ordinary Shares under the Companies Law or under the governing documents of Newborn in connection with the Proposals.

Q:     What happens if I sell my NBAC Ordinary Shares before the Extraordinary General Meeting?

A:     The record date for the Extraordinary General Meeting is earlier than the date that the Business Combination is expected to be consummated. If you transfer your NBAC Ordinary Shares after the record date, but before the Extraordinary General Meeting, unless the transferee obtains from you a proxy to vote those shares, you would retain your right to vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting. However, you would not be entitled to receive any shares of PubCo Common Stock following the consummation of the Business Combination because only Newborn shareholders at the time of the consummation of the Business Combination will be entitled to receive PubCo Common Stock in connection with the Business Combination. In addition, you will not be entitled to exercise redemption rights.

Q:     Can I change my vote after I have mailed my proxy card?

A:     Yes. You may change your vote at any time before your proxy is voted at the Extraordinary General Meeting. You may revoke your proxy by executing and returning a proxy card dated later than the previous one, or by attending the Extraordinary General Meeting and casting your vote in person or through the virtual meeting platform or by submitting a written revocation stating that you would like to revoke your proxy that our proxy solicitor receives prior to the Extraordinary General Meeting. If you hold your NBAC Ordinary Shares through a bank, brokerage firm or nominee, you should follow the instructions of your bank, brokerage firm or nominee regarding the revocation of proxies. If you are a record holder, you should send any notice of revocation or your completed new proxy card, as the case may be, to our proxy solicitor, [•], at [•].

Q:     Should I send in my share certificates now?

A:     Shareholders who do not elect to have their shares redeemed for a pro rata share of the trust account need not submit their certificates at this time. If you intend to have your shares redeemed, you should send your certificates or tender your shares electronically no later than two business days before the Extraordinary General Meeting. Please see “The Extraordinary General Meeting — Redemption Rights” for the procedures to be followed if you wish to redeem your ordinary shares for cash.

Q:     What are the U.S. federal income tax consequences of exercising my redemption rights?

A:     In the event that a U.S. Holder elects to redeem its NBAC Ordinary Shares for cash, the treatment of the transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes will depend on whether the redemption qualifies as sale or exchange of the NBAC Ordinary Shares under Section 302 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) or is treated as a distribution under Section 301 of the Code. Whether the redemption qualifies as a sale or exchange or is treated as a distribution will depend on the facts and circumstances of each particular U.S. Holder at the time such U.S. Holder exercises his, her, or its redemption right. If the redemption qualifies as a sale or exchange of the NBAC Ordinary Shares, the U.S. Holder will be treated as recognizing capital gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount realized on the redemption and such U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in the NBAC Ordinary Shares surrendered in such redemption transaction. Any such gain is likely to be subject to the PFIC rules of the Code because Newborn is likely classified as a PFIC. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to limitations. See “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences — U.S. Holders — Certain U.S.

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Federal Income Tax Consequences to U.S. Holders of Newborn Securities of Exercising Redemption Rights” and “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences — U.S. Holders — U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Business Combination to U.S. Holders of Newborn Securities — Passive Foreign Investment Company Status” for a more detailed discussion of the U.S. federal income tax consequences of a U.S. Holder electing to redeem its NBAC Ordinary Shares for cash, including with respect to NBAC’s likely classification as a PFIC and certain tax implications thereof.

Q:     Who can help answer my questions?

A:     If you have questions about the Proposals or if you need additional copies of this proxy statement/prospectus or the enclosed proxy card you should contact Newborn’s proxy solicitor at:

[Proxy Solicitor]

Toll Free:
Collect:
Email:

You may also obtain additional information about Newborn from documents filed with the SEC by following the instructions in “Where You Can Find More Information.”

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DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS TO Newborn’s shareholders

Pursuant to the rules of the SEC, Newborn and vendors that it employs to deliver communications to its shareholders are permitted to deliver to two or more shareholders sharing the same address a single copy of this proxy statement/prospectus, unless Newborn has received contrary instructions from one or more of such shareholders. Upon written or oral request, Newborn will deliver a separate copy of this proxy statement/prospectus to any shareholder at a shared address to which a single copy of this proxy statement/prospectus was delivered and who wishes to receive separate copies in the future. Shareholders receiving multiple copies of the proxy statement/prospectus may likewise request that Newborn deliver single copies of this proxy statement/prospectus in the future. Shareholders may notify Newborn of their requests by contacting our proxy solicitor as follows:

[Proxy Solicitor]

Toll Free:
Collect:
Email:

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SUMMARY OF THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS

This summary highlights selected information from this proxy statement/prospectus but may not contain all of the information that may be important to you. Accordingly, we encourage you to read carefully this entire proxy statement/prospectus, including the Merger Agreement and the Plan of Merger attached as Annex A, the PubCo’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation attached as Annex B and the Incentive Plan attached as Annex C. Please read these documents carefully as they are the legal documents that govern the Business Combination and your rights in the Business Combination.

Unless otherwise specified, all share calculations assume no exercise of the redemption rights by Newborn’s shareholders.

The Parties to the Business Combination

Newborn Acquisition Corp.

Newborn is a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated on April 12, 2019 as a blank check company, for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities, which we refer to as a “target business.” Newborn’s efforts to identify prospective target businesses were not limited to any particular industry or geographic location.

On February 19, 2020, Newborn consummated the IPO of 5,750,000 units, which includes the full exercise of the over-allotment option of 750,000 units. Each unit consists of one ordinary share, one warrant entitling its holder to purchase one-half of one ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per whole share, and one right to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one ordinary share upon the consummation of an initial business combination. The units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds of $57,500,000.

Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, Newborn consummated the sale of 272,500 Private Units at a price of $10.00 per unit in a private placement to the Sponsor, generating total proceeds of $2,725,000. The Private Units are identical to the units sold in the IPO except that the warrants included in the Private Units are non-redeemable and may be exercised on a cashless basis, in each case so long as they continue to be held by the Sponsor or its permitted transferees.

A total of $57,500,000 of the net proceeds from the sale of units in the IPO (including the over-allotment option units) and the private placement on February 19, 2020 were placed in a trust account established for the benefit of Newborn’s public shareholders at JPMorgan Chase maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee.

Newborn’s units, ordinary shares, warrants and rights are each quoted on Nasdaq, under the symbols “NBACU,” “NBAC,” “NBACW” and “NBACR,” respectively. Newborn’s units commenced trading on Nasdaq on February 14, 2020 and Newborn’s ordinary shares, warrants and rights commenced separate trading on Nasdaq on April 30, 2020.

Nuvve Corporation

Nuvve was incorporated under Delaware law on October 15, 2010 under the name “Nuvve Corporation.”

Nuvve is a green energy technology company that provides, directly and through business ventures with its partners, a globally-available, commercial vehicle-to-grid (“V2G”) technology platform that enables electric vehicle (“EV”) batteries to store and resell unused energy back to the local electric grid and provide other grid services. Simply put, Nuvve bridges the gap between transportation and energy. Its proprietary V2G technology — Nuvve’s Grid Integrated Vehicle (GIVeTM) platform — has the potential to refuel the next generation of EV fleets through cutting-edge, bi-directional charging solutions. Nuvve believes its GIVeTM platform is the most advanced V2G platform on the market, as it is the only one qualified by multiple grid system operators around the world to provide grid services.

Nuvve’s principal executive offices are located at 2468 Historic Decatur Road, San Diego, CA 92106, and Nuvve’s telephone number is (619) 456-5161.

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NB Merger Corp.

NB Merger Corp., or PubCo, was incorporated under Delaware law on November 10, 2020, as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Newborn for the purpose of effecting the Business Combination and to serve as the publicly traded parent company of Nuvve following the Business Combination.

Nuvve Merger Sub Inc.

Nuvve Merger Sub Inc., or Merger Sub, was incorporated under Delaware law on November 10, 2020, as a wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo for the purpose of effecting the Business Combination and to serve as the vehicle for, and be subsumed by, Nuvve pursuant to the Acquisition Merger.

The Business Combination and the Merger Agreement

The Merger Agreement was entered into by and among Newborn, PubCo, Merger Sub, Nuvve and certain other parties on November 11, 2020. Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, the Business Combination will be completed through a two-step process consisting of the Reincorporation Merger and the Acquisition Merger.

The Reincorporation Merger

Newborn will reincorporate to Delaware by merging with and into the PubCo, a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Newborn. The separate corporate existence of Newborn will cease and PubCo will continue as the surviving corporation and the public entity. At the closing of the Reincorporation Merger, which will occur immediately prior to the Acquisition Merger, Newborn’s outstanding securities will be converted into equivalent securities of PubCo, as follows:

•        each NBAC Ordinary Share outstanding immediately prior to the Reincorporation Merger (other than any redeemed shares) will be converted automatically into one share of PubCo Common Stock;

•        each NBAC Right outstanding immediately prior to the Reincorporation Merger will be converted automatically into one-tenth of one share of PubCo Common Stock;

•        each NBAC Warrant outstanding immediately prior to the Reincorporation Merger will be converted automatically into one PubCo Warrant;

•        each NBAC Unit will be automatically separated into its constituent securities, with each constituent security being automatically converted into a security of PubCo as described in the preceding bullet points; and

•        each NBAC UPO outstanding immediately prior to the Reincorporation Merger will be converted automatically into one PubCo UPO.

Immediately prior to the Reincorporation Merger, Newborn will consummate the sale of an aggregate of 1,425,000 NBAC Ordinary Shares at a purchase price of $10.00 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $14,250,000, to the investors in the PIPE Investment. The investors will also receive NBAC Warrants to purchase 1,353,750 NBAC Ordinary Shares. The NBAC Ordinary Shares and NBAC Warrants issued in the PIPE Investment will converted into shares of PubCo Common Stock and PubCo Warrants as described above.

Upon the closing of the Reincorporation Merger, after consummation of the PIPE Investment and assuming none of Newborn’s existing public shareholders exercise their redemption rights as discussed herein, 8,885,000 shares of PubCo Common Stock will be issued to Newborn shareholders, 602,250 shares of PubCo Common Stock will be issued to the Newborn rightsholders, 8,730,000 PubCo Warrants will be issued to the Newborn warrantholders and 316,250 PubCo UPOs will be issued to the holders of the NBAC UPOs.

The Acquisition Merger

Immediately after the Reincorporation Merger, Merger Sub, a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo, will be merged with and into Nuvve, with Nuvve surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo.

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Concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, Nuvve entered into an agreement providing for the Bridge Loan with an accredited investor, pursuant to which, on November 17, 2020, the investor purchased a $4,000,000 convertible debenture from Nuvve. The principal amount of the Bridge Loan and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon will convert into shares of Nuvve Common Stock immediately prior to the Acquisition Merger. In addition, upon approval by a majority of the holders of Nuvve’s Series A preferred stock, pursuant to Nuvve’s certificate of incorporation, as amended, each share of Nuvve’s outstanding Series A Preferred Stock will convert into one share of Nuvve Common Stock immediately prior to the Acquisition Merger.

At the closing of the Acquisition Merger, each share of Nuvve Common Stock outstanding immediately prior thereto (including the shares issued upon conversion of Nuvve’s preferred stock and upon conversion of the Bridge Loan) automatically will be converted in the Acquisition Merger into a number of shares of PubCo Common Stock equal to the Closing Exchange Ratio. Each outstanding Nuvve Option will be assumed by PubCo and converted into an option to purchase a number of shares of PubCo Common stock equal to the number of shares of Nuvve Common Stock subject to such option immediately prior to the closing multiplied by the Closing Exchange Ratio, at an exercise price equal to the exercise price immediately prior to the closing divided by the Closing Exchange Ratio. The “Closing Exchange Ratio” is the ratio of (i) a number of shares of PubCo Common Stock equal $100,000,000 (subject to adjustment as described elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus) divided by $10.00 per share, over (ii) the total number of shares of Nuvve Common Stock outstanding as of immediately prior to closing (including the shares issued upon conversion of Nuvve’s preferred stock, but excluding the shares issued upon conversion of the Bridge Loan), plus the total number of shares of Nuvve Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Nuvve Options outstanding immediately prior to the closing. We presently estimate that the Closing Exchange Ratio will be approximately 0.2081.

Upon the closing of the Acquisition Merger, based on the estimated Closing Exchange Ratio set forth above and assuming no existing Nuvve Options are exercised and no additional Nuvve Options are granted prior to the closing, an estimated 8,852,828 shares of PubCo Common Stock will be issued to the Nuvve stockholders (after the repurchase of 600,000 shares from one of the Nuvve stockholders as described elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus) and 1,246,323 shares of PubCo Common Stock will be reserved for issuance pursuant to the Nuvve Options assumed by PubCo. Of the shares issued to the Nuvve stockholders, an estimated 891,950 shares of PubCo Common Stock will be held in escrow to satisfy any indemnification obligations under the Merger Agreement.

Nuvve’s stockholders (other than the Bridge Loan investor) may be entitled to receive an additional 4,000,000 “earn-out” shares of PubCo Common Stock if, for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021, PubCo’s revenue equals or exceeds $30,000,000.

In addition, the financial advisor to Newborn will receive a success fee of an estimated 203,316 shares of PubCo Common Stock. The financial advisor introduced Newborn to Nuvve, assisted with the structure of the transaction, and provided advice on the transaction process to Newborn. The financial advisor also acted as agent in the $14.25 million PIPE Investment that was announced concurrently with the signing of the definitive Merger Agreement.

Post-Business Combination Ownership and Impact on the Public Float

It is anticipated that, immediately after consummation of the PIPE Investment and the Business Combination, Newborn’s shareholders, including the initial shareholders, and rightsholders will own 43.5% of the issued PubCo Common Stock, Nuvve’s stockholders will own 47.7% of the issued PubCo Common Stock, and the investors in the PIPE Investment will own 7.7% of the issued PubCo Common Stock. These relative percentages assume that (i) none of Newborn’s existing public shareholders exercise their redemption rights as discussed herein, (ii) no PubCo Warrants or PubCo UPOs are exercised, and (iii) no existing Nuvve Options are exercised and no additional Nuvve Options are granted prior to the closing.

If the actual facts are different than these assumptions, the percentage ownership retained by our public shareholders following the business combination will be different. If any of Newborn’s existing public shareholders exercise their redemption rights, the anticipated percentage ownership of Newborn’s existing shareholders will be reduced. The PubCo Warrants and the PubCo UPOs will become exercisable upon the completion of the Business Combination and will expire five years after the completion of the Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

For more information about the Business Combination, please see “Proposal No. 1 The Reincorporation Merger Proposal” and “Proposal No. 3 The Acquisition Merger Proposal.” A copy of the Merger Agreement and the Plan of Merger is attached to this proxy statement/prospectus as Annex A.

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Board of Directors Following the Business Combination

Effective as of the closing of the Business Combination, the board of directors of PubCo will consist of seven directors, five of whom will be designated by Nuvve and two of whom will be designated by Newborn. A majority of the directors will qualify as independent directors under rules of Nasdaq. If the nominees identified in this proxy statement/prospectus are elected, Richard A. Ashby and Jon M. Montgomery will be Class A directors serving until PubCo’s 2022 annual meeting of stockholders; Angela Strand and H. David Sherman will be Class B directors serving until PubCo’s 2023 annual meeting of stockholders; and Gregory Poilasne, who is currently Nuvve’s Chief Executive Officer, Ted Smith, who is currently Nuvve’s Chief Operating Officer, and Kenji Yodose, who is currently a member of Nuvve’s board of directors, will be Class C directors serving until PubCo’s 2024 annual meeting of stockholders, and in each case, until their successors are elected and qualified. See “PubCo’s Directors and Executive Officers after the Business Combination” for additional information.

Other Agreements Relating to the Business Combination

In addition to the Merger Agreement, the following agreements have been entered into in connection with the closing of the Business Combination.

Indemnification Escrow Agreement

At the closing of the Business Combination, PubCo, the Stockholders’ Representative of Nuvve and an escrow agent will enter into an escrow agreement pursuant to which PubCo will deposit an estimated 891,950 shares of PubCo Common Stock in escrow to secure the indemnification obligations as contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

Earn-out Escrow Agreement

In connection with the transactions, PubCo, Mr. Ted Smith as the representative of the Nuvve’s existing stockholders and an escrow agent will enter into an escrow agreement pursuant to which PubCo will deposit 4,000,000 shares of PubCo Common Stock in escrow, to be released to the Nuvve stockholders (other than the Bridge Loan investor) who continue to hold the shares of PubCo Common Stock issued to them in the Acquisition Merger if the condition to the earn-out is satisfied.

Lock-up Agreements

In connection with the closing of the Business Combination, each existing stockholder of Nuvve will submit a letter of transmittal that includes certain lock-up provisions, pursuant to which each such stockholder will agree not to, within one year of the closing, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of PubCo Common Stock issued in connection with the Acquisition Merger, enter into a transaction that would have the same effect, or enter into any swap, hedge or other arrangement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of such shares, whether any of these transactions are to be settled by delivery of any such shares, in cash, or otherwise. One-half of the shares may be released prior to the one-year anniversary if the volume weighted average price of PubCo Common Stock is at or above $12.50 for 20 out of any 30 consecutive trading days commencing six months after the closing of the Acquisition Merger.

In addition, the Newborn initial shareholders will enter into new lock-up agreements, pursuant to which certain shares of PubCo Common Stock and the PubCo Warrants held by the initial shareholders will be locked up for six months after the closing, with respect to 50% of such shares of PubCo Common Stock and PubCo Warrants, and for one year, with respect to the remaining 50% of such shares of PubCo Common Stock and PubCo (subject to certain exceptions contained therein). The new lock-up agreements will supersede the existing restrictions on transfer applicable to such securities at the execution of the Merger Agreement.

Registration Rights Agreement

In connection with the Business Combination, PubCo, Newborn’s initial shareholders and certain existing stockholders of Nuvve will enter into an amended and restated registration rights agreement to provide for the registration of the PubCo Common Stock received by them in the Acquisition Merger and the Reincorporation Merger. The initial shareholders and each of the Nuvve stockholders will be entitled to (i) make a written demand for

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registration under the Securities Act of all or part of their shares and (ii) “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed following the consummation of the Business Combination. PubCo will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

Purchase and Option Agreement

Pursuant to a purchase and option agreement between PubCo and EDF Renewables, Inc. (“EDF Renewables”), the owner of approximately 19.3% of Nuvve’s capital stock, PubCo will repurchase, immediately after the closing, 600,000 shares of PubCo Common Stock from EDF Renewables at a price of $10.00 per share. In addition, EDF Renewables will have the option to sell up to an additional $2,000,000 of shares of PubCo Common Stock back to PubCo within a year after the closing at a price per share equal to the then-current market price. In the event EDF Renewables exercises its option, two of Nuvve’s executive officers, Gregory Poilasne and Ted Smith, have committed to repurchase such shares from PubCo at the same price PubCo paid for them.

Stockholder Agreement

Pursuant to a stockholder agreement between PubCo and Toyota Tsusho Corporation (“TTC”), a significant shareholder of Nuvve prior to the Business Combination and of PubCo after the Business Combination, TTC will have the right to designate one member of PubCo’s board of director for appointment or election as a director for so long as TTC continues to own a specified percentage of the outstanding PubCo Common Stock. Subject to certain exceptions, PubCo will agree to appoint the designee as a director and include the designee in management’s slate of director nominees. Kenji Yodose will be TTC’s initial designee.

PIPE Investment

Concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, Newborn entered into subscription agreements with certain accredited investors, pursuant to which the investors agreed to purchase 1,425,000 NBAC Ordinary Shares, at a purchase price of $10.00 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $14,250,000, in the PIPE Investment. The investors also will receive NBAC Warrants to purchase 1,353,750 NBAC Ordinary Shares. The warrants will be exercisable at $11.50 per share and have the same terms as the other NBAC Warrants. The investors will receive demand and piggyback registration rights in connection with the securities issued to them. The PIPE Investment will close immediately prior to the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. The purpose of PIPE Investment is to fund the Business Combination and related transactions and for general corporate purposes of the surviving entity.

Redemption Rights

Pursuant to Newborn’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, Newborn’s public shareholders may elect to have their shares redeemed for cash at the applicable redemption price per share equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the aggregate amount on deposit in the trust account as of two business days prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, including interest (net of taxes payable), by (ii) the total number of then-outstanding public shares. As of [•], 2021, this would have amounted to approximately $[•] per share.

You will be entitled to receive cash for any public shares to be redeemed only if you:

(i)     (x) hold public NBAC Ordinary Shares or (y) hold public NBAC Ordinary Shares through NBAC Units and you elect to separate your NBAC Units into the underlying public NBAC Ordinary Shares, public NBAC Rights and public NBAC Warrants prior to exercising your redemption rights with respect to the public NBAC Ordinary Shares; and

(ii)    prior to [•] a.m., Eastern Time, on [•], 2021, (a) submit a written request to the transfer agent that Newborn redeem your public shares for cash and (b) deliver your public shares to the transfer agent, physically or electronically through the Depository Trust Company, or DTC.

Holders of outstanding NBAC Units must separate the underlying NBAC Ordinary Shares, NBAC Warrants and NBAC Rights prior to exercising redemption rights with respect to the NBAC Ordinary Shares. If NBAC Units are registered in a holder’s own name, the holder must deliver the certificate for its NBAC Units to the transfer agent with

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written instructions to separate the NBAC Units into their individual component parts. This must be completed far enough in advance to permit the mailing of the certificates back to the holder so that the holder may then exercise his, her or its redemption rights upon the separation of the NBAC Ordinary Shares from the NBAC Units.

If a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee holds NBAC Units for an individual or entity (such individual or entity, the “beneficial owner”), the beneficial owner must instruct such nominee to separate the beneficial owner’s NBAC Units into their individual component parts. The beneficial owner’s nominee must send written instructions by facsimile to the transfer agent. Such written instructions must include the number of NBAC Units to be separated and the nominee holding such NBAC Units. The beneficial owner’s nominee must also initiate electronically, using DTC’s DWAC system, a withdrawal of the relevant NBAC Units and a deposit of an equal number of NBAC Ordinary Shares, NBAC Warrants and NBAC Rights. This must be completed far enough in advance to permit the nominee to exercise the beneficial owner’s redemption rights upon the separation of the NBAC Ordinary Shares from the NBAC Units. While this is typically done electronically the same business day, beneficial owners should allow at least one full business day to accomplish the separation. If beneficial owners fail to cause their NBAC Ordinary Shares to be separated in a timely manner, they will likely not be able to exercise their redemption rights.

Any request for redemption, once made, may be withdrawn at any time up to the closing of the Business Combination. Furthermore, if a shareholder delivered his certificate for redemption and subsequently decided, at any time up the closing of the Business Combination, not to elect redemption, he may simply request that the transfer agent return the certificate (physically or electronically).

If a holder exercises its redemption rights, then such holder will be exchanging its public shares for cash and will no longer own shares of the post-Business Combination company. Such a holder will be entitled to receive cash for its public shares only if it properly demands redemption and delivers its shares (either physically or electronically) to our Transfer Agent in accordance with the procedures described herein. Please see “The Extraordinary General Meeting — Redemption Rights” for the procedures to be followed if you wish to redeem your public shares for cash.

A redemption payment will only be made in the event that the proposed Business Combination is consummated. If the proposed Business Combination is not completed for any reason, then public shareholders who exercised their redemption rights would not be entitled to receive the redemption payment. In such case, Newborn will promptly return the share certificates to the public shareholder.

The Proposals

At the Extraordinary General Meeting, Newborn’s shareholders will be asked to vote on the following:

•        the Reincorporation Merger Proposal;

•        the Charter Proposals;

•        the Acquisition Merger Proposal;

•        the Nasdaq Proposal;

•        the Director Election Proposal;

•        the Incentive Plan Proposal; and

•        the Adjournment Proposal.

Please see “The Extraordinary General Meeting” on page 60 for more information on the foregoing Proposals.

Voting Securities, Record Date

As of [•], 2021, the record date, there were 7,460,000 NBAC Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding. Only Newborn’s shareholders who hold NBAC Ordinary Shares of record as of the close of business on the record date are entitled to vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting or any adjournment thereof. Approval of each of the Reincorporation Merger Proposal and the Charter Proposals will require a special resolution under Cayman Islands law, being the affirmative vote of holders of at least two-thirds of the issued and outstanding NBAC Ordinary Shares present and entitled to vote thereon and who vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting. Approval of each of the

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Acquisition Merger Proposal, the Nasdaq Proposal, the Director Election Proposal, the Incentive Plan Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal will require an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law, being the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding NBAC Ordinary Shares present and entitled to vote thereon and who vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting.

As of the record date, the initial shareholders collectively owned and were entitled to vote 1,710,000 NBAC Ordinary Shares, or approximately 22.9% of Newborn’s issued and outstanding shares. With respect to the Business Combination, the initial shareholders including the Sponsor and our officers and directors, which own approximately 22.9% of Newborn’s issued and outstanding shares as of the record date, have agreed to vote their NBAC Ordinary Shares in favor of the Reincorporation Merger Proposal and the Acquisition Merger Proposal, and intend to vote for the other Proposals although there is no agreement in place with respect to voting on the other Proposals.

At any time prior to the annual meeting, during a period when they are not then aware of any material nonpublic information regarding Newborn or its securities, the Sponsor, Newborn’s officers and directors, Nuvve or Nuvve’s stockholders and/or their respective affiliates may purchase shares from institutional and other investors who vote, or indicate an intention to vote, against the business combination proposal, or execute agreements to purchase shares from such investors in the future, or they may enter into transactions with such investors and others to provide them with incentives to acquire Newborn ordinary shares or vote their shares in favor of the business combination proposal or not elect to convert their shares into a pro rata portion of the trust account. The purpose of such share purchases and other transactions would be to increase the likelihood of satisfaction of the requirement that the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at the annual meeting to approve the business combination proposal vote in its favor and that the conditions to the closing of the Business Combination (such as the condition that PubCo’s common stock be listed on the Nasdaq) otherwise will be met, where it appears that such requirements or conditions would otherwise not be met, and to maximize the net proceeds available to PubCo from the trust account following the consummation of the Business Combination. While the exact nature of any such incentives has not been determined as of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, they might include, without limitation, arrangements to protect such investors or holders against potential loss in value of their shares, including the granting of put options and the transfer to such investors or holders of shares or warrants owned by the Newborn initial stockholders for nominal value.

Entering into any such arrangements may have a depressive effect on Newborn’s ordinary shares. For example, as a result of these arrangements, an investor or holder may have the ability to effectively purchase shares at a price lower than market and may therefore be more likely to sell the shares it owns, either prior to or immediately after the annual meeting.

No agreements dealing with the above arrangements or purchases have been entered into as of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus. Newborn will file a Current Report on Form 8-K to disclose any arrangements entered into or significant purchases made by any of the aforementioned persons that would affect the vote on the business combination proposal or the satisfaction of any closing conditions. Any such report will include descriptions of any arrangements entered into or significant purchases by any of the aforementioned persons.

Anticipated Accounting Treatment

The Business Combination will be accounted for as a “reverse recapitalization” in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Under this method of accounting, Newborn will be treated as the “acquired” company for financial reporting purposes. This determination is primarily based on the fact that subsequent to the Business Combination, Nuvve’s stockholders are expected to have 47.7% of the voting power of the combined company, Nuvve will comprise all of the ongoing operations of the combined entity, Nuvve will comprise a majority of the governing body of the combined company, and Nuvve’s senior management will comprise all of the senior management of the combined company. Accordingly, for accounting purposes, the Business Combination will be treated as the equivalent of Nuvve issuing shares for the net assets of Newborn, accompanied by a recapitalization. The net assets of Newborn will be stated at historical costs. No goodwill or other intangible assets will be recorded. Operations prior to the Business Combination will be those of Nuvve.

Regulatory Approvals

The Reincorporation Merger, the Acquisition Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement are not subject to any additional material U.S. federal or state regulatory requirements or approvals, or any material regulatory requirements or approvals under the laws of the Cayman Islands.

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Dissenter Rights

Dissenter rights are not available to holders of NBAC Ordinary Shares under the Companies Law or under the governing documents of Newborn in connection with the Proposals.

Interests of Certain Persons in the Business Combination

When the Newborn shareholders consider the recommendation of Newborn’s board of directors in favor of adoption of the Reincorporation Merger Proposal, the Acquisition Merger Proposal and the other related Proposals, they should keep in mind that Newborn’s directors and officers have interests in the Business Combination that are different from, or in addition to, their interests as shareholders, including the following:

•        If the proposed Business Combination is not completed February 19, 2021 (or August 19, 2021 if Newborn’s time to complete a business combination is extended as provided in its amended and restated memorandum and articles of association), Newborn will be required to dissolve and liquidate. In such event, 1,437,500 NBAC Ordinary Shares held by the initial shareholders which were acquired prior to the IPO for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000, will be worthless because the initial shareholders and the Sponsor have agreed to waive their rights to any liquidation distributions. Such shares had an aggregate market value of approximately $[•] based on the closing price of NBAC Ordinary Shares of $[•] on Nasdaq as of [•], 2021.

•        If the proposed Business Combination is not completed by February 19, 2021 (or August 19, 2021 if Newborn’s time to complete a business combination is extended as provided in its amended and restated memorandum and articles of association), 272,500 Private Units purchased by the Sponsor for a total purchase price of $2,725,000, will be worthless because the Sponsor has agreed to waive its rights to any liquidation distributions. Such Private Units had an aggregate market value of approximately
$[•] closing price of NBAC Units of $[•] on Nasdaq as of [•], 2021.

•        To extend Newborn’s time to complete a business combination by up to an additional six months as provided in its amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, Newborn’s Sponsor or our directors and officers must deposit $575,000 into the trust account for each three-month extension. If the Business Combination is consummated by the extended deadlines, the amount deposited in the trust account will be repaid. However, if the Business Combination is not consummated by the extended deadline, the amount deposited will not be repaid and will be included in the liquidation distribution to Newborn’s shareholders.

•        If the proposed Business Combination is not completed by February 19, 2021 (or August 19, 2021 if Newborn’s time to complete a business combination is extended as provided in its amended and restated memorandum and articles of association), Wenhui Xiong, a member of our Board of Directors, will be personally liable under certain circumstances described herein to ensure that the proceeds in the trust account are not reduced by the claims of target businesses or claims of vendors or other entities that are owed money by Newborn for services rendered or contracted for or products sold to Newborn. If Newborn consummates a business combination, on the other hand, PubCo will be liable for all such claims.

•        The Sponsor and Newborn’s officers and directors and their affiliates are entitled to reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with certain activities on Newborn’s behalf, such as identifying and investigating possible business targets and business combinations. However, if the proposed Business Combination is not completed by February 19, 2021 (or August 19, 2021 if Newborn’s time to complete a business combination is extended as provided in its amended and restated memorandum and articles of association), they will not have any claim against the trust account for reimbursement. Accordingly, Newborn may not be able to reimburse these expenses if the Business Combination or another business combination is not completed within the allotted time period. As of the record date, the Sponsor and Newborn’s officers and directors and their affiliates had incurred approximately $[•] of unpaid reimbursable expenses.

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•        It is currently contemplated that H. David Sherman, who is currently a director of Newborn, will continue to be a director of PubCo after the closing of the Business Combination (assuming that the director election proposal is approved as described in this proxy statement/prospectus). As such, in the future, he will receive any cash fees, stock options or stock awards that PubCo’s board of directors determines to pay to its non-executive directors.

•        The Merger Agreement provides for the continued indemnification of Newborn’s current directors and officers and the continuation of directors and officers liability insurance covering Newborn’s current directors and officers.

•        Newborn’s officers and directors (or their affiliates) may make loans from time to time to Newborn to fund certain capital requirements. As of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, no such loans have been made, but loans may be made after the date of this proxy statement/prospectus. If the Business Combination is not consummated, the loans will not be repaid and will be forgiven except to the extent there are funds available to Newborn outside of the trust account.

Because of the existence of these interests, the exercise of Newborn’s directors’ and officers’ discretion in agreeing to changes or waivers in the terms of the transaction may result in a conflict of interest when determining whether such changes or waivers are appropriate and in our shareholders’ best interest.

In addition, the Nuvve stockholders should be aware that aside from their interests as stockholders, Nuvve’s officers and members of Nuvve’s board of directors have interests in the Business Combination that are different from, or in addition to, those of other Nuvve stockholders generally. Nuvve stockholders should take these interests into account in evaluating the Business Combination. These interests include, among other things:

•        Gregory Poilasne, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nuvve, will continue as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and a director of PubCo, and Ted Smith, the Chief Operating Officer and a director of Nuvve, will continue as the President, Chief Operating Officer and a director of PubCo (assuming that the Director Election Proposal is approved as described in this proxy statement/prospectus). Each of Messrs. Poilasne and Smith will enter into an employment agreement with PubCo providing for increased compensation to him, including an increased base salary, performance and discretionary bonuses and one-time equity grants, as more fully described in “Executive Officer and Director Compensation” below. In addition, Mr. Poilasne and Mr. Smith will receive approximately $1,000,000 and $260,000, respectively, in compensation in respect of their respective services to Nuvve in prior years, which will become payable in connection with the successful completion of the Business Combination.

•        Kenji Yodose, a director of Nuvve, will continue to be a director of PubCo after the closing of the Business Combination (assuming that the Director Election Proposal is approved as described in this proxy statement/prospectus). As such, in the future, he will receive any cash fees, stock options or stock awards that PubCo’s board of directors determines to pay to its non-executive directors.

•        EDF Renewables, which owns approximately 19.3% of Nuvve’s capital stock and which has an employee serving as a director of Nuvve, has entered into a purchase and option agreement with PubCo, which provides that PubCo will repurchase, immediately after the closing, 600,000 shares of PubCo Common Stock from EDF Renewables at a price of $10.00 per share. In addition, EDF Renewables will have the option to sell up to an additional $2,000,000 of shares of PubCo Common Stock back to PubCo within a year after the closing at a price per share equal to the then-current market price.

•        TTC, which owns approximately 16.1% of Nuvve’s capital stock and which has an employee, Mr. Yodose, serving as a director of Nuvve, has entered into a stockholder agreement with PubCo, which provides that TTC will have the right to designate one member of PubCo’s board of director for appointment or election as a director for so long as TTC continues to own a specified percentage of the outstanding PubCo Common Stock.

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Recommendations of Newborn’s Board of Directors to the Newborn’s Shareholders

After careful consideration of the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, Newborn’s board of directors has determined that the Business Combination and the transactions contemplated thereby are fair to and in the best interests of Newborn and its shareholders and also concluded that Nuvve’s fair market value was at least 80% of the balance in Newborn’s trust account (excluding any deferred underwriting discounts and commissions and taxes payable on the income earned on the trust account). In reaching its decision with respect to the Reincorporation Merger and the Acquisition Merger, Newborn’s board of directors reviewed various industry and financial data and the due diligence and evaluation materials provided by Nuvve. Newborn’s board of directors did not obtain a fairness opinion on which to base its assessment. Newborn’s board of directors recommends that Newborn’s shareholders vote:

•        FOR the Reincorporation Merger Proposal;

•        FOR the Charter Proposals;

•        FOR the Acquisition Merger Proposal;

•        FOR the Nasdaq Proposal;

•        FOR each of the director nominees in the Director Election Proposal;

•        FOR the Incentive Plan Proposal; and

•        FOR the Adjournment Proposal.

Risk Factors

In evaluating the Business Combination and the Proposals to be considered and voted on at the Extraordinary General Meeting, you should carefully review and consider the risk factors set forth under “Risk Factors” beginning on page 30 of this proxy statement/prospectus. The occurrence of one or more of the events or circumstances described in that section, alone or in combination with other events or circumstances, may have a material adverse effect on (i) Newborn’s ability to complete the Business Combination and (ii) the business, cash flows, financial condition and results of operations of PubCo following consummation of the Business Combination.

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SELECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF NUVVE

The data below as of and for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 has been derived from Nuvve’s audited consolidated financial statements and the data as of September 30, 2020 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019 has been derived from Nuvve’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, which are included in this proxy statement/prospectus. Nuvve’s management has prepared the unaudited interim financial statements on the same basis as the audited financial statements and have included, in their opinion, all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments that management considers necessary for a fair statement of the financial information set forth in those statements. Nuvve’s historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any other period in the future and its interim results for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the full year ending December 31, 2020, or any other period.

The information is only a summary and should be read in conjunction with Nuvve’s audited combined and consolidated financial statements and related notes, and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of Nuvve” contained elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus.

Consolidated Statements of Operations Data

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

Year Ended
December 31,

   

2020

 

2019

 

2019

 

2018

Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Products and services

 

$

901,395

 

 

$

823,588

 

 

$

1,035,244

 

 

$

313,029

 

Grants

 

 

1,847,988

 

 

 

1,136,838

 

 

 

1,543,135

 

 

 

1,089,558

 

Total revenue

 

 

2,749,383

 

 

 

1,960,426

 

 

 

2,578,379

 

 

 

1,402,587

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of products and services revenue

 

 

65,329

 

 

 

443,576

 

 

 

544,229

 

 

 

85,000

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 

 

3,083,892

 

 

 

3,284,013

 

 

 

5,064,737

 

 

 

5,560,018

 

Research and development expense

 

 

1,977,781

 

 

 

2,505,331

 

 

 

3,131,482

 

 

 

3,624,458

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

5,127,002

 

 

 

6,232,920

 

 

 

8,740,448

 

 

 

9,269,476

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating loss

 

 

(2,377,619

)

 

 

(4,272,494

)

 

 

(6,162,069

)

 

 

(7,866,889

)

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income (expense)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income

 

 

 

 

 

8,389

 

 

 

8,390

 

 

 

45,615

 

Interest expense

 

 

(55,787

)

 

 

(6,042

)

 

 

(8,186

)

 

 

 

Equity in net loss of investment

 

 

 

 

 

(629,748

)

 

 

(671,731

)

 

 

 

Other income with related party

 

 

 

 

 

3,200,700

 

 

 

3,891,313

 

 

 

 

Change in fair value of conversion option on convertible notes

 

 

19,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other, net

 

 

81,246

 

 

 

(81,239

)

 

 

(80,201

)

 

 

(13,101

)

Total other income (expense)

 

 

44,459

 

 

 

2,492,060

 

 

 

3,139,585

 

 

 

32,514

 

Net loss

 

$

(2,333,160

)

 

$

(1,780,434

)

 

$

(3,022,484

)

 

$

(7,834,375

)

Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted

 

$

(0.10

)

 

$

(0.07

)

 

$

(0.12

)

 

$

(0.32

)

Weighted average shares used in computing net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted

 

 

24,542,314

 

 

 

24,542,314

 

 

 

24,542,314

 

 

 

24,542,314

 

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Consolidated Balance Sheet Data

 

September 30,
2020

 

December 31,

   

2019

 

2018

Balance Sheet Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

Total assets

 

$

3,882,245

 

 

$

4,242,262

 

$

5,673,331

Total liabilities

 

$

4,525,473

 

 

$

2,572,285

 

$

1,336,617

Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)

 

$

(643,228

)

 

$

1,669,977

 

$

4,336,714

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SELECTED HISTORICAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF NEWBORN

The following table sets forth selected historical financial information derived from Newborn’s audited financial statements for the period from April 12, 2019 (inception) through December 31, 2019, which is included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus. Such financial information should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus. The data for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 has been derived from Newborn’s unaudited condensed financial statements, which is included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus.

The historical results of Newborn included below and elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus are not necessarily indicative of the future performance of Newborn. You should read the following selected financial data in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of Newborn” and the financial statements and the related notes appearing elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus.

 

Nine Months
Ended
September 30,
2020

 

For the Period
April 12, 2019
(Inception)
through
December 31,
2019

   

(in thousands, except share and per-share data)

Income Statement Data:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General and administrative expenses

 

$

1,177

 

 

$

5

 

Interest income on cash and marketable securities held in the trust account

 

$

394

 

 

$

 

Less: Income attributable to ordinary shares subject to redemption

 

 

(352

)

 

$

 

Net loss attributable to ordinary shareholders

 

$

(1,135

)

 

$

(5

)

Basic and diluted net loss per share

 

$

(0.52

)

 

$

 

Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted

 

 

2,164,163

 

 

 

1,437,500

 

 

September 30,
2020

 

December 31,
2019

Balance Sheet Data:

 

 

   

 

 

Total assets

 

$

58,243

 

$

330

Total liabilities

 

$

1,488

 

$

309

Ordinary shares subject to possible redemption

 

$

51,755

 

$

Total stockholders’ equity

 

$

5,000

 

$

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SELECTED UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The following selected unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information is derived from the unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet and statements of operations.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of September 30, 2020 combines the unaudited condensed historical balance sheet of Newborn as of September 30, 2020 with the unaudited historical condensed consolidated balance sheet of Nuvve as of September 30, 2020, giving effect to the Business Combination and the PIPE Investment, as if they had been consummated as of that date.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and for the year ended December 31, 2019 combines the unaudited condensed historical statement of operations of Newborn for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and the audited historical statement of operations of Newborn for the period from April 12, 2019 (inception) through December 31, 2019 with the unaudited historical condensed consolidated statement of operations of Nuvve for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and the audited historical consolidated statement of operations of Nuvve for the year ended December 31, 2019, giving effect to the Business Combination and the PIPE Investment, as if they had occurred as of January 1, 2019.

Notwithstanding the legal form of the Business Combination, the Business Combination will be accounted for as a reverse recapitalization in accordance with US GAAP. Under this method of accounting, Newborn will be treated as the acquired company and Nuvve will be treated as the acquiror for financial statement reporting purposes.

The historical financial information has been adjusted to give pro forma effect to events that relate to material financing transactions consummated after September 30, 2020 and pro forma adjustments that are directly attributable to the Business Combination and the PIPE Investment, are factually supportable and, with respect to the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations, are expected to have a continuing impact on the results of the combined company.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information is for illustrative purposes only. The financial results may have been different had the companies always been combined. You should not rely on the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information as being indicative of the historical results that would have been achieved had the companies always been combined or the future results that the combined company will experience. Newborn and Nuvve have not had any historical relationship prior to the Business Combination. Accordingly, no pro forma adjustments were required to eliminate activities between the companies.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared assuming two redemption scenarios as follows:

•        Assuming No Redemptions:    This scenario assumes that no Newborn ordinary shares are redeemed; and

•        Assuming Full Redemption:    This scenario assumes that 5,140,269 Newborn ordinary shares, the maximum redemption of the outstanding Newborn ordinary shares, are redeemed, resulting in an aggregate payment of $51.8 million out of the trust account.

The pro forma outstanding shares of PubCo Common Stock immediately after the Business Combination under each of the two redemption scenarios is as follows:

 

Pro Forma
Combined
(Assuming No
Redemptions
Scenario)