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): September 12, 2022 (September 7, 2022)

ESM Acquisition Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Cayman Islands	001-40176	98-1576763
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

2229 San Felipe, Suite 1300

Houston, TX 77019

77019

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(713) 579-5000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share and one-third of one redeemable warrant	ESM.U	New York Stock Exchange
Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share	ESM	New York Stock Exchange
Redeemable warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50	ESM WS	New York Stock Exchange

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).

Emerging growth company ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

The disclosure included under Item 2.03 is incorporated by reference.

Item 2.03

Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

On September 7, 2022, ESM Acquisition Corporation, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), entered into Promissory Note (the “Note”) with ESM Sponsor, LP, a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (“Sponsor”). The purposes of the Note are (i) to provide funding to the Company to pay its expenses and (ii) to facilitate the transactions contemplated by the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1, and the prospectus included therein, including any merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or other similar business combination by the Company with one or more businesses (a “Business Combination”).

Pursuant to the Note, Sponsor has agreed to advance to the Company from time to time, upon request by the Company, a maximum of $1,000,000 in the aggregate. The Company intends to promptly make an initial drawdown of $500,000 under the Note.

The Note is payable on the earlier of (i) date on which the Company consummates its initial Business Combination or (ii) March 12, 2023. No interest accrues on the unpaid principal balance of the Note. Sponsor cannot seek repayment from the Company’s trust account for amounts owed under the Note. Up to $1,500,000 of any loans from the Sponsor are convertible into warrants to purchase shares of common stock (the “Conversion Warrants”), at the option of the Sponsor. The number of Conversion Warrants granted will be equal to the portion of the principal amount of the Promissory Note being converted, divided by $1.50 (as adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction related to the Company’s common stock occurring after the date of the Note), rounded up to the nearest whole number of shares. The Conversion Warrants shall be identical to those warrants that were issued in a private placement that closed concurrently with the Company’s initial public offering. The holders of Conversion Warrants or shares of common stock underlying the Conversion Warrants are entitled to certain demand and piggyback registration rights pursuant to the terms of the Note.

A copy of the Note is filed as Exhibit 10.1.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

The following exhibits are being filed herewith:


Exhibit No.		Description

10.1		Promissory Note executed by the Registrant in favor of ESM Sponsor, LP

104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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.

ESM Acquisition Corporation

Date: September 12, 2022

/s/ Sir Michael Davis

Sir Michael Davis

Chief Executive Officer and Director

ESM Acquisition Corp 8-K