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 18, 2023

TKB CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES 1

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Cayman Islands

001-40959

98-1601095

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission File

Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

400 Continental Blvd, Suite 600

El Segundo, CA 90245

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (310) 426-2055

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:

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

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-half of one redeemable warrant	USCTU	The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC
Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share	USCT	The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC
Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share, each at an exercise price of $11.50 per share	USCTW	The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC

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 8.01 Other Events

On January 18, 2023, pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of TKB Critical Technologies 1 (the “Company”), TKB Sponsor I, LLC (“Sponsor”), the holder of an aggregate of 5,650,000 of the Company’s outstanding Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class B Shares”), elected to convert each outstanding Class B Share held by it on a one-for-one basis into Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class A Shares”) of the Company, with immediate effect. Following such conversion, as of January 18, 2023, the Company had an aggregate of 28,650,000 Class A Shares issued and outstanding and 100,000 Class B Shares issued and outstanding.

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.

	TKB Critical Technologies 1

Date: January 18, 2023	By:	/s/ Angela Blatteis
	Name:	Angela Blatteis
	Title:	Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

TKB Critical Technologies 1 filed SEC Form 8-K: Other Events