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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
January 7, 2022
AUTHENTIC EQUITY ACQUISITION CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
Cayman Islands
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001-39903
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98-1562072
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(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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32 Elm Place, 2nd Floor
Rye, NY
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10580
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
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(646) 374-0919
(Registrant’s telephone number, including
area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since
last report)
Check
the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of
the following provisions:
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Written
communication pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencements
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
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Trading
Symbols
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Name of each exchange
on which registered
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Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share, and one-half of one redeemable warrant
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AEACU
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The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
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Class A ordinary shares included as part of the units
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AEAC
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The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
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Redeemable warrants included as part of the units, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share
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AEACW
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The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405
of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). ☒
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 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
Item 5.02.
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
On
January 7, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Authentic Equity Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) elected
Robert Ernst, age 56, to serve as a Class I director of the Company for a term ending at the date of the Company’s first
annual meeting. The Board has determined that Mr. Ernst qualifies as an independent director under applicable Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”) and Nasdaq rules. Mr. Ernst will serve on the Compensation Committee of the Board.
Mr.
Ernst is an experienced deal advisory professional with over 30 years of public accounting experience. He has focused in the area of
mergers and acquisitions, including business and financial due diligence, synergy analysis, integration planning, market assessment and
transaction structuring. He has advised on buy-side and sell-side due diligence transactions for numerous financial and strategic buyers
in domestic and international transactions, ranging in enterprise value from $5 million to in excess of $25 billion. Mr. Ernst was the
Transaction Services Service Line leader for KPMG’s U.S. Deal Advisory practice for approximately eleven years before his retirement
in September 2020. Prior to joining KPMG, Mr. Ernst was a Transaction Services Partner focusing on private equity and consumer markets
transactions at Andersen and, prior to that, at PricewaterhouseCoopers. His industry experience includes consumer products, manufacturing,
retail and distribution, restaurant and technology. Mr. Ernst holds a BS in Accounting and Finance from Boston College and an MBA from
Columbia University School of Business. The Company believes Mr. Ernst’s extensive industry knowledge and leadership experience
as a deal advisory professional qualify him to serve on the Board.
In
connection with Mr. Ernst’s appointment as a director, on January 7, 2022, the Company entered into a letter agreement with Mr.
Ernst (the “Letter Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, Mr. Ernst has agreed (i) to vote any Class A ordinary
shares held by him in favor of the Company’s initial business combination; (ii) to facilitate the liquidation and winding up of
the Company if an initial business combination is not consummated within 24 months; and (iii) to certain transfer restrictions with respect
to the Company’s securities. The Letter Agreement is in substantially the same form as the letter agreement entered into by the
Company with other insiders. The foregoing description of the Letter Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full
text of the Letter Agreement, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
The
Company also entered into an indemnification agreement with Mr. Ernst in connection with his appointment to the Board. The indemnification
agreement is in substantially the same form as the Company’s standard form of indemnification agreement, a copy of which was filed
as Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Form S-1 filed with the SEC on December 22, 2020.
There
are no family relationships between Mr. Ernst and any director or executive officer of the Company, and the Company has not entered into
any transactions with Mr. Ernst that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. There is no arrangement
or understanding between Mr. Ernst and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Ernst was appointed as a director of the Company.
Item 9.01.
Financial Statement and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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Authentic
Equity Acquisition Corp.
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Date:
January 7, 2022
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By:
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/s/
Todd Khoury
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Name:
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Todd
Khoury
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Title:
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Chief
Financial Officer
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