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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 8)*

Arrival

(Name of Issuer)

Ordinary Shares, accounting value per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

L0423Q108

(CUSIP Number)

Csaba Horváth

Kinetik S.à r.l.

60A, rue des Bruyères, L-1274 Howald,

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

+352 621 266 815

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

December 21, 2022

(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box.  ☐

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See §240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are sent.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

This Amendment No. 8 to the joint statement on Schedule 13D with respect to the ordinary shares, accounting value per share (the “Ordinary Shares”), of Arrival, a joint stock company governed by the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (the “Issuer”), filed by the Reporting Persons (as defined below) on March 24, 2021, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D filed on June 7, 2021, as amended by Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13D filed on April 11, 2022, as amended by Amendment No. 3 to Schedule 13D filed on July 1, 2022, as amended by Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 13D filed on September 2, 2022, as amended by Amendment No. 5 to Schedule 13D filed on November 14, 2022, as amended by Amendment No. 6 to Schedule 13D filed on November 23, 2022 and as amended by Amendment No. 7 to Schedule 13D filed on December 19, 2022 (such joint statement, as so amended and as amended herein, the “Schedule 13D”), amends the Schedule 13D as follows (with capitalized terms used but not defined herein having the respective meanings given to them in the Schedule 13D):

1. Paragraph (a) of Item 2 of the Schedule 13D shall hereby be amended and restated in full as follows:

This joint statement on Schedule 13D is being filed by Kinetik S.à r.l., a private limited company (société à responsabilité limitée) incorporated and existing under the laws of Luxembourg (“Kinetik”), Kinetik Finance SARL, a private limited company (société à responsabilité limitée) incorporated and existing under the laws of Luxembourg and a subsidiary of Kinetik (“Kinetik Finance”), The Kinetik Foundation (the “Foundation”), Csaba Horváth and Gilles Dusemon (collectively, the “Reporting Persons”).

The board of managers of Kinetik includes Csaba Horváth, Manager, citizen of Hungary, and Gilles Dusemon, Manager, citizen of Luxembourg. By virtue of the election of a third manager on December 21, 2022, neither Mr. Horváth nor Mr. Dusemon continues to have individual voting or investment power with respect to such shares.

The executive officer and director of Kinetik Finance is Gilles Dusemon, Manager, who has sole voting and investment power with respect to such shares.

The Foundation is the trustee of The Kinetik Trust (the “Trust”), which holds all of the limited liability company interests of Kinetik. Voting and investment decisions regarding the Ordinary Shares held by Kinetik are made on behalf of the Foundation by a council of three members, none of whom have individual voting or investment power with respect to such shares.

The Reporting Persons have entered into a Joint Filing Agreement dated November 23, 2022, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 11 to this Schedule 13D, pursuant to which they have agreed to file this Schedule 13D jointly in accordance with Rule 13d-1(k) under the Exchange Act.

The address of the principal business and the principal office, or the business address, as applicable, of each of the Reporting Persons other than the Foundation is 60A, rue des Bruyères, L-1274 Howald, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The address of the principal business and the principal office, or business address, as applicable, of the Foundation is Les Quatre Vents, Route de Pleinmont, St Pierre du Bois, Guernsey GY7 9BN.

3. Paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of Item 5 of the Schedule 13D shall hereby be amended and restated in full as follows:

(a, b) The percentages of beneficial ownership reported in this Item 5, and on each Reporting Person’s cover page to this Schedule 13D, are based on a total of 638,344,885 Ordinary Shares outstanding as of September 30, 2022, as reported in the Issuer’s Form 6-K filed pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 on November 8, 2022. All of the share numbers reported below, and on each Reporting Person’s cover page to this Schedule 13D, are as of December 21, 2022, unless otherwise indicated. The cover page to this Schedule 13D for each Reporting Person is incorporated by reference in its entirety into this Item 5(a, b).

Kinetik beneficially owns 387,593,700 Ordinary Shares, or approximately 60.72% of the outstanding Ordinary Shares, Mr. Horváth no longer beneficially owns any Ordinary Shares, each of Kinetik Finance and Mr. Dusemon beneficially owns 14,524,100 Ordinary Shares, or approximately 2.28% of the outstanding Ordinary Shares, the Foundation beneficially owns 402,117,800 Ordinary Shares, or approximately 62.99% of the outstanding Ordinary Shares, and the Reporting Persons beneficially own, in the aggregate, 402,117,800 Ordinary Shares, or approximately 62.99% of the outstanding Ordinary Shares. Mr. Dusemon is Manager of Kinetik Finance. Mr. Dusemon disclaims beneficial ownership of the Ordinary Shares held by Kinetik Finance, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

(c) Except as otherwise described in this Schedule 13D, no Reporting Person, other than Kinetik as set forth in the table below, effected any transaction in the Ordinary Shares since December 15, 2022:

The sale prices do not reflect brokerage commissions paid. All such sales were made pursuant to the November 2022 Plan.

4. Except as expressly modified hereby, all provisions of the Schedule 13D shall continue in full force and effect.

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Signature

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.