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): ~~April~~July 2528, 2023 ~~(April 21, 2023)~~

Blue Whale Acquisition Corp I

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Cayman Islands	001-40706	98-1590107
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission	(I.R.S. Employer
(State or other jurisdictionof incorporation)	(CommissionFile Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)

PO Box 1093, Boundary Hall,

Cricket Square, Grand Cayman

Cayman Islands

KY1-1102

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

+1 (345) 949-8066

(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~~TradingSymbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Units, each consisting of one share of Class A common stock and one-fourth of one redeemable warrant	BWCAU	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share	BWC	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Redeemable warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50	BWCAW	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 37.01 ~~Notice~~Regulation ofFD ~~Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing~~Disclosure.

~~As previously~~On ~~disclosed in the Notification of Late Filing on Form 12b-25 filed on March 31~~July 28, 2023, by Blue Whale Acquisition Corp I (the “Company”), ~~the~~announced ~~Company~~that ~~determined~~we ~~that~~would itnot ~~was~~complete ~~unable,~~our ~~without~~initial ~~unreasonable~~business ~~effort~~combination orby ~~expense~~August 6, ~~to timely file its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31~~2023, ~~2022 (~~the ~~“Form~~deadline ~~10-K”) as it needed additional time to provide information to its independent registered public accounting firm necessary to complete the audit of the financial statements~~ for the ~~year~~ ~~ended December 31, 2022. The~~ Company ~~is, and has been, working diligently~~ to complete ~~its~~our ~~Form~~initial ~~10-K~~business ascombination. ~~soon~~A ascopy ~~possible; however, due to the high volume~~ of ~~work~~an ~~currently~~announcement ~~experienced~~ by the ~~advisors~~Company related to ~~special~~such ~~purpose~~determination ~~acquisition~~is ~~companies,~~furnished ~~the~~as ~~Company~~Exhibit ~~was~~99.1 ~~unable~~ to ~~complete~~this ~~and~~Current ~~file~~Report ~~the~~on Form 10 8-K ~~by the required due date of March 31, 2023 without unreasonable effort and expense~~.

~~On April~~The ~~21,~~information ~~2023,~~in ~~the~~this ~~Company~~Item 7.01 ~~received~~and aExhibit ~~notice~~99.1 ~~(the~~shall ~~“Notice”)~~not ~~from~~be ~~the~~deemed ~~Nasdaq~~“filed” ~~Listing~~for ~~Qualifications~~purposes ~~staff~~ of ~~The~~Section 18 ~~Nasdaq~~of ~~Stock Market~~the ~~LLC~~Securities ~~(“Nasdaq”)~~Exchange ~~indicating~~Act ~~that~~of 1934, as aamended ~~result~~(the of“Exchange ~~not~~Act”), ~~having~~or ~~timely~~otherwise ~~filed~~subject ~~its~~to ~~Form~~the ~~10-K,~~liabilities ~~the~~of ~~Company~~that issection, ~~not~~nor inshall ~~compliance with~~it ~~Nasdaq~~be ~~Listing~~deemed ~~Rule~~incorporated ~~5250(c)(1),~~by ~~which~~reference ~~requires~~in ~~listed~~any ~~companies~~filing tounder ~~timely~~the ~~file~~Securities ~~all~~Act ~~required~~of ~~periodic~~1933, ~~financial~~as ~~reports~~amended, ~~with~~or the ~~Securities~~ ~~and~~ Exchange ~~Commission.~~Act, Onexcept ~~April~~as ~~24,~~expressly ~~2023,~~set ~~the~~forth ~~Company~~by ~~filed~~specific ~~the~~reference ~~Form~~in ~~10-K~~such ~~with~~a ~~the SEC~~filing.

OnItem ~~April 25, 2023, the Company issued a press release announcing its receipt of the Notice and the filing of the Form 10-K~~8.01 AOther ~~copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99~~Events.~~1 and is incorporated herein by reference.~~

Due to the Company not completing a business combination by August 6, 2023, following August 6, 2023, as disclosed in the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 declared effective on August 3, 2021 (File No. 333-257816), the Company will as promptly as possible, but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem (the “Redemption”) 100% of the Company’s issued and outstanding Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Public Shares”). The Redemption is expected to be completed on August 18, 2023 (the “Expected Redemption Date”). In the Redemption, funds held in the Company’s trust account, less $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses and net of taxes payable, will be distributed to each holder of Public Shares on a pro rata basis (such amount, the “Redemption Amount”). Based upon the amount held in the trust account as of July 26, 2023, which was $232,965,073.07, the Company estimates that the per-share Redemption Amount will be approximately $10.15. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to the Company’s warrants, which will expire worthless upon the liquidation of the Company.

The Company anticipates that the Public Shares, as well as the Company’s publicly traded units and warrants, will cease trading as of the close of business on August 4, 2023. On the Expected Redemption Date, the Public Shares will be deemed cancelled and will represent only the right to receive the Redemption Amount. The Company expects that The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC will file a Form 25 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) to delist the Company’s securities. Thereafter, the Company will file a Form 15 with the Commission to terminate the registration of its securities under the Exchange Act.

Beneficial owners of the Public Shares held in “street name,” will not need to take any action in order to receive their pro rata portion of the Redemption Amount. Holders of registered Public Shares will need to present their respective share certificates to the Company’s transfer agent, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, to receive their pro rata portion of the Redemption Amount.

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 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 April 24, 2023 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 22, 2023, and as 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.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed with this Form 8-K:

Exhibit No.		Description of Exhibits
ExhibitNo.		Description of Exhibits
99.1		Press Release, dated ~~April~~July 2528, 2023.
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.

	~~Blue Whale Acquisition Corp I~~		Blue Whale Acquisition Corp I
Date: April 25, 2023	By:	/s/ Maxime Franzetti
Date: July 28, 2023			By:	/s/ Maxime Franzetti
	~~Name:~~	~~Maxime Franzetti~~	Name:	Maxime Franzetti
	~~Title:~~	~~Chief Executive Officer~~	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

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