Filing Details

Item 1(a).

NAME OF ISSUER:

 

 

 

The name of the issuer is Aries I Acquisition Corporation (the "Issuer").

Item 1(b).

ADDRESS OF ISSUER'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES:

 

 

 

The Issuer's principal executive offices are located at 23 Lime Tree Bay, P.O. Box 1569, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands KY-1110.

Item 2(a).

NAME OF PERSON FILING:

 

This statement is filed by:

 

(i)

LMR Master Fund Ltd (the "LMR Master Fund"), with respect to the Class A Shares (as defined in Item 2(d)) held by it;

 

 

(ii) 

LMR CCSA Master Fund Ltd (the "LMR CCSA Master Fund"), with respect to the Class A Shares (as defined in Item 2(d)) held by it;

 

 

(iii)

LMR Partners LLP, LMR Partners Limited and LMR Partners LLC (collectively, the "LMR Investment Managers"), which serve as the investment managers to certain funds, including, without limitation, LMR Master Fund and LMR CCSA Master Fund, with respect to the Class A Shares held by the LMR Master Fund and LMR CCSA Master Fund; and

 

(iii)

Ben Levine and Stefan Renold, who are ultimately in control of the investment and voting decisions of the LMR Investment Managers with respect to the securities held by the LMR Master Fund and LMR CCSA Master Fund.

 

The foregoing persons are hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the "Reporting Persons."

Item 2(b).

ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OFFICE OR, IF NONE, RESIDENCE:

 

 

 

The address of the principal business office of each of the Reporting Persons is c/o LMR Partners LLP, 9th Floor, Devonshire House, 1 Mayfair Place, London, W1J 8AJ, United Kingdom.

Item 2(c).

CITIZENSHIP:

 

 

 

LMR Master Fund is a Cayman Islands exempted company. LMR CCSA Master Fund. is a Cayman Islands exempted company.  LMR Partners LLP is a United Kingdom limited liability partnership. LMR Partners Limited is a Hong Kong corporation. LMR Partners LLC is a Delaware limited liability company. Ben Levine is a citizen of the United Kingdom. Stefan Renold is a citizen of Switzerland.

Item 2(d).

TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES:

 

 

 

Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Class A Shares").

Item 2(e).

CUSIP NUMBER:

 

 

 

G0542N115

Item 3.

IF THIS STATEMENT IS FILED PURSUANT TO RULES 13d-1(b) OR 13d-2(b) OR (c), CHECK WHETHER THE PERSON FILING IS A:

Item 4.

OWNERSHIP.

 

 

 

The information required by Items 4(a) - (c) is set forth in Rows 5 - 11 of the cover page for each of the Reporting Persons and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

 

Each of LMR Master Fund and LMR CCSA Master Fund acquired 525,000 units of the Issuer’s securities (“Units”) in the Issuer’s initial public offering, with each Unit consisting of one Class A Share and 1/2 of a warrant to purchase one Class A Share. By virtue of holding the Units, each of LMR Master Fund and LMR CCSA Master Fund directly holds 525,000 Class A Shares (the “LMR Shares”). The Class A Shares held by each of LMR Master Fund and LMR CCSA Master Fund represent approximately 3.7% and the LMR Shares in the aggregate represent approximately 7.3% of the outstanding Class A Shares, based on 14,375,000 Class A Shares of the Issuer outstanding following the consummation of the Issuer’s initial public offering, including 1,875,000 Class A Shares issued pursuant to the underwriters’ full exercise of their option to purchase Units to cover over-allotments, as reported in the Issuer’s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 24, 2021.

 

In addition to the LMR Shares, by virtue of holding the Units, each of LMR Master Fund and LMR CCSA Master Fund also directly holds warrants to purchase 262,500 Class A Shares (“Warrants”). The Warrants have an exercise price of $11.50 per Class A Share and are exercisable on the later of 12 months (or up to 18 months if the Issuer extends the period of time to consummate a business combination) from the closing of the Issuer’s initial public offering or 30 days after the completion of the Issuer’s initial business combination, and will expire five years after the date on which they first become effective or earlier upon redemption or our liquidation.

Item 5.

OWNERSHIP OF FIVE PERCENT OR LESS OF A CLASS.

 

 

 

Not applicable.

Item 6.

OWNERSHIP OF MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER PERSON.

 

 

 

Not applicable.

Item 7.

IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE SUBSIDIARY WHICH ACQUIRED THE SECURITY BEING REPORTED ON BY THE PARENT HOLDING COMPANY.

 

 

 

Not applicable.

Item 8.

IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF MEMBERS OF THE GROUP.

 

 

 

Not applicable.

Item 9.

NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF GROUP.

 

 

 

Not applicable.

Item 10.

CERTIFICATION.

 

Each of the Reporting Persons hereby makes the following certification:

 

 

 

By signing below each Reporting Person certifies that, to the best of his or its knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.

LMR MASTER FUND LTD

 

 

 

By: LMR Partners LLP, its Investment Manager

 

 

 

By:

 

Name:

 Shane Cullinane

 

Title:

Chief Operating Officer

 

 LMR PARTNERS LLP

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

Name:

 Shane Cullinane

 

Title:

Chief Operating Officer

 

 

 

LMR PARTNERS LIMITED

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

Name:

 Shane Cullinane

 

Title:

Chief Operating Officer

 

 

 

LMR PARTNERS LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

Name:

 Shane Cullinane

 

Title:

Chief Operating Officer

 

 

 

 

BEN LEVINE

 

 

 

 

STEFAN RENOLD

 

LMR MASTER FUND LTD

 

 

 

By: LMR Partners LLP, its Investment Manager

 

 

 

By:

 

Name:

 Shane Cullinane

 

Title:

Chief Operating Officer

 

LMR PARTNERS LLP

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

Name:

 Shane Cullinane

 

Title:

Chief Operating Officer

 

 

 

LMR PARTNERS LIMITED

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

Name:

 Shane Cullinane

 

Title:

Chief Operating Officer

 

 

 

LMR PARTNERS LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

Name:

 Shane Cullinane

 

Title:

Chief Operating Officer

 

 

 

 

BEN LEVINE

 

 

 

 

STEFAN RENOLD