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~~November 263, 2022

Crucible Acquisition Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		001-39837		85-3052152
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. ~~Employer~~EmployerIdentification ~~Identification~~ No.)

645 Walnut Street Boulder, Colorado		80302
645 Walnut StreetBoulder, Colorado		80302
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(401) 216-7635

(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 share of Class A common stock and one-third of one redeemable warrant	CRU.U	New York Stock Exchange
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share	CRU	New York Stock Exchange
Redeemable warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50	~~CRU WS~~	~~New York Stock Exchange~~None

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 38.01. ~~Notice~~Other ~~of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing~~Events.

OnCrucible ~~September 23,~~Acquisition ~~2022~~Corporation, ~~Crucible~~a ~~Acquisition~~Delaware ~~Corporation~~corporation (the “Company”), ~~filed~~is aproviding ~~preliminary~~today ~~proxy statement (~~the ~~“Preliminary~~additional ~~Proxy~~information ~~Statement”)~~set ~~with~~forth in the Ufollowing paragraph pursuant to Section 311.S.01 ~~Securities~~of ~~and~~the ~~Exchange~~Listed ~~Commission~~Company (Manual of the ~~“SEC”)~~New York Stock Exchange in connection with the definitive proxy statement it filed on October 24, 2022 relating to a ~~stockholder~~special ~~vote~~meeting of its stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) to ~~amend~~approve certain amendments to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “~~Amendment~~Charter”), towhich ~~amend~~would, ~~the~~if ~~date~~approved by ~~which~~the Company’s stockholders, among other things, cause the Company ~~must~~to cease its operations except for the purpose of winding up on November 30, 2022 (the “Amended Termination Date”), instead of the current date pursuant to the Charter of January 7, 2023, if it fails to complete a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (a “Business Combination”), and redeem all of the shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (“Class A Common Stock”), included as part of the units (“Units”) sold in the Company’s initial public offering that was completed on January 7, 2021, ~~from~~(the ~~January 7~~“IPO”), ~~2023~~whether ~~(the~~such ~~“Original~~shares ~~Termination~~were ~~Date”)~~purchased toin anthe ~~earlier~~IPO ~~date~~or in ~~2022~~the (secondary market following the ~~“Amended~~IPO ~~Termination~~(including ~~Date”).~~shares Assold ~~disclosed~~pursuant into the ~~Preliminary~~underwriters’ ~~Proxy~~overallotment ~~Statement~~option), ~~there~~for ~~will~~the beper-share no redemption ~~rights~~price orof ~~liquidating~~the ~~distributions~~trust account established in connection with ~~respect~~the toIPO (the ~~Company’s~~“Trust ~~warrants~~Account”), ~~which~~including ~~will~~interest ~~expire~~(net ~~worthless~~of iftaxes ~~the~~payable, ~~Company~~and ~~fails~~less up to ~~complete~~$100,000 anof ~~initial~~such ~~Business~~net ~~Combination~~interest byto pay dissolution expenses) within ten business days of the ~~Original~~Amended Termination Date ~~or,~~(any ifsuch redemptions, the ~~Amendment~~“Mandatory isRedemptions” ~~approved~~and bysuch ~~the~~amendment ~~Company’s~~to ~~stockholders~~the Charter, the ~~Amended~~“Amendment”). ~~Termination~~In ~~Date.~~connection ~~Following~~with the ~~filing~~approval of the ~~Preliminary~~Amendment, ~~Proxy~~the ~~Statement,~~holders onof ~~September~~Class ~~26,~~A ~~2022,~~Common ~~the~~Stock ~~New~~may ~~York~~elect to redeem their shares of Class A Common Stock ~~Exchange~~to ~~(the~~receive ~~“NYSE”)~~a ~~notified~~per-share redemption price of the ~~Company~~Trust Account, ~~and~~including ~~publicly~~interest ~~announced~~(net of taxes payable), ~~that~~which ~~the~~redemptions ~~NYSE~~will ~~determined~~be toconsummated ~~commence~~only ~~proceedings~~if tothe ~~delist~~Amendment is approved by the Company’s ~~warrants~~stockholders ~~from~~(any ~~the~~such ~~NYSE~~redemptions, ~~and~~the ~~that~~“Voluntary ~~trading~~Redemptions”). inThe ~~the~~Special ~~Company’s~~Meeting ~~warrants~~will ~~would~~ be ~~suspended~~held ~~immediately~~virtually ~~due~~at to10:00 ~~trading~~a.m., ~~price~~Mountain ~~levels~~time, ~~pursuant~~on ~~to Section~~November ~~802.01D~~28, of2022, and the ~~NYSE~~record ~~Listed~~date ~~Company~~for ~~Manual.~~the ~~The~~Special ~~Company~~Meeting ~~does~~is ~~not~~5:00 ~~intend~~p.m., toNew ~~appeal~~York ~~the~~City ~~NYSE’s~~Time, ~~determination.~~on October 3, 2022.

Assuming the Amendment is approved by the Company’s stockholders, (i) the Company expects to complete any Voluntary Redemptions on or about November 30, 2022, (ii) because the Company will not complete an initial Business Combination by the Amended Termination Date, the last day of trading of the Class A Common Stock and Units is expected to be November 30, 2022, and (iii) because the Company will not complete an initial Business Combination by the Amended Termination Date, the Company expects to complete the Mandatory Redemptions on or about December 1, 2022.

Forward Looking Statements

This report may include “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this report are forward-looking statements. When used in this report, words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend” and similar expressions, as they relate to the Company or its management team, identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of management, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, the Company’s management. Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors detailed in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). All subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are qualified in their entirety by this paragraph. Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous conditions, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, including those set forth in the Risk Factors section of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 31, 2022, ~~the~~and ~~Company’s~~ Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 13, 2022 and August 12, 2022 ~~and the Preliminary Proxy Statement~~, and as ~~any of~~ those may be further amended and/or supplemented in subsequent filings with the SEC. Copies of such filings are available on the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this report, except as required by law.

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.

	Crucible Acquisition Corporation
Date: September 26, 2022	By:	/s/ James M. Lejeal
Date: November 3, 2022	By:	/s/ James M. Lejeal
	Name:	James M. Lejeal
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

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