SEC Form 425 filed by Blue Water Acquisition Corp.

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): August 11, 2021

BLUE WATER ACQUISITION CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

15 E. Putnam Avenue, Suite 363

Greenwich, CT 06830

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (646) 303-0737

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☒ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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

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. ☐

On August 12, 2021, Blue Water Acquisition Corp. (“Blue Water” or the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the special meeting of its stockholders (the “Special Meeting”), originally scheduled for Thursday, August 12, 2021, is being postponed to Friday, August 27, 2021. As a result of this change, the Special Meeting will now be held at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on August 27, 2021, exclusively via a live audio webcast at https://www.cstproxy.com/bluewateracquisition/2021. Also as a result of this change, the date and time by which stockholders seeking to exercise redemption rights must tender their public shares physically or electronically and submit a request in writing that Blue Water redeem their public shares for cash to the Company’s transfer agent, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, is being extended to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on August 25, 2021 (two business days before the Special Meeting).

The Company plans to continue to solicit proxies from stockholders during the period prior to the Special Meeting. Only the holders of Blue Water’s common stock as of the close of business on July 16, 2021, the record date for the Special Meeting, are entitled to vote at the Special Meeting.

A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Important Information About the Business Combination and Where to Find It

In connection with the proposed business combination with Clarus Therapeutics, Inc. ("Clarus"). as contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger (“Business Combination”), dated as of April 27, 2021, as amended (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Blue Water, Blue Water Merger Sub Corp., and Clarus, the Company filed with the SEC the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”), which includes a proxy statement/prospectus and which was declared effective by the SEC on July 23, 2021.  The Company’s stockholders and other interested persons are advised to read the definitive proxy statement/prospectus and documents incorporated by reference therein filed in connection with the Business Combination, as these materials contains important information about the Company, Clarus, the Merger Agreement and the Business Combination. The definitive proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant materials for the Business Combination have been mailed to stockholders of the Company as of July 16, 2021, the record date, for voting on the Business Combination. Stockholders of the Company will also be able to obtain copies of the Registration Statement, the definitive proxy statement/prospectus and other documents filed with the SEC that are incorporated by reference therein, without charge, at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov, or by directing a request to: Blue Water Acquisition Corp., 15 E. Putnam Avenue, Suite 363, Greenwich, CT 06830, Attention: Joseph Hernandez.

Participants in the Solicitation

The Company, Clarus and their respective directors, executive officers, other members of management and employees may be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies from the Company’s stockholders with respect to the Business Combination. Investors and securityholders may obtain more detailed information regarding the names and interests in the Business Combination of the Company’s directors and officers in the Company’s filings with the SEC, including the Registration Statement, and such information with respect to Clarus’s directors and executive officers is also included in the Registration Statement.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws with respect to the proposed Business Combination between the Company and Clarus, including without limitation statements regarding the anticipated benefits of the Business Combination, the anticipated timing of the Business Combination, future financial condition and performance of Clarus and the combined company after the closing of the Business Combination and expected financial impacts of the Business Combination, the satisfaction of closing conditions to the Business Combination, the level of redemptions of the Company’s public stockholders and the products and markets and expected future performance and market opportunities of Clarus. These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words “believe,” “project,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “intend,” “strategy,” “future,” “opportunity,” “plan,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “would,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will likely result” and similar expressions, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections and other statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties.

Many factors could cause actual future events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including but not limited to: (i) the risk that the Business Combination may not be completed in a timely manner or at all, which may adversely affect the price of the Company’s securities, (ii) the risk that the Business Combination may not be completed by the Company’s Business Combination deadline and the potential failure to obtain an extension of the Business Combination deadline if sought by the Company, (iii) the failure to satisfy the conditions to the consummation of the Business Combination, including the approval of the Merger Agreement by the stockholders of the Company, (iv) the lack of a third-party fairness opinion in determining whether or not to pursue the proposed Business Combination, (v) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the Merger Agreement, (vi) the effect of the announcement or pendency of the Business Combination on Clarus’ business relationships, operating results, and business generally, (vii) risks that the proposed Business Combination disrupts current plans and operations of Clarus, (viii) risks related to Clarus’ ability to increase sales of JATENZO®, secure favorable reimbursement coverage for such sales and expand its product offerings to include a pipeline of androgen and metabolic therapies for men and women, including orphan indications, (ix) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Clarus or against the Company related to the Merger Agreement or the proposed Business Combination, (xi) the ability to maintain the listing of the Company’s securities on a national securities exchange, (xii) changes in the competitive and regulated industries in which Clarus operates, variations in operating performance across competitors, changes in laws and regulations affecting the business of Clarus and changes in the combined capital structure, (xiii) the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations after the completion of the proposed Business Combination, and identify and realize additional opportunities, (xiv) the risk of downturns and a changing regulatory landscape in the highly competitive pharmaceutical industry, (xv) costs related to the Business Combination and the failure to realize anticipated benefits of the Business Combination or to realize estimated pro forma results and underlying assumptions, including with respect to estimated stockholder redemptions, (xvi) risks related to the matters set forth in the Staff Statement on Accounting and Reporting Considerations for Warrants Issued by Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, issued by the Division of Corporate Finance of the SEC on April 12, 2021, and (xvii) those factors discussed in the Company’s filings with the SEC. The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and uncertainties that are described in the “Risk Factors” section of the Registration Statement and other documents to be filed by the Company from time to time with the SEC. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and while Clarus and the Company may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, they assume no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Neither of Clarus or the Company gives any assurance that Clarus or the Company, or the combined company, will achieve its expectations. 

No Offer or Solicitation

This Current Report on Form 8-K will not constitute a solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the Business Combination. This Current Report on Form 8-K will also not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor will there be any sale of securities in any states or jurisdictions in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offering of securities will be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or an exemption therefrom.

(d) Exhibits

The following exhibit is filed herewith:

SIGNATURES

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.

Dated: August 11, 2021