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): ~~December 20,~~ ~~2021~~April 27, 2022

~~MCLAREN~~McLaren ~~TECHNOLOGY~~Technology ~~ACQUISITION~~Acquisition ~~CORP~~Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		001-41004		86-2419708
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

2600 Michelson Drive, Suite 1700

Irvine, CA 92612

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (949) 989-4638

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 Act:

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-half of one redeemable warrant	MLAIU	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share	MLAI	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 per share	MLAIW	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Redeemable warrants, exercisable for Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share	MLAIW	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 85.0102 ~~Other~~Departure ~~Events~~of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

~~Separate~~On ~~Trading~~April of27, ~~Units~~2022, ~~Class A~~the ~~Common~~board ~~Stock~~of directors (the “Board”) of McLaren Technology Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board to seven members and ~~Warrants~~appointed Sheila Bangalore as an independent director and member of the first class of directors of the Company, effective as of such date.

AsSheila ~~previously~~Bangalore, ~~reported~~44, onis ~~Current~~an ~~Report~~executive onwith ~~Form~~global business ~~8-K~~experience spanning public and private multinational technology (B2B/C), ~~filed~~and onspecialty ~~November~~materials businesses over nearly 20 years. 5,Since ~~2021~~February 2022, ~~McLaren~~Ms. ~~Technology~~Bangalore ~~Acquisition~~has ~~Corp.~~served ~~(the~~as ~~“Company”)~~a ~~consummated~~Venture ~~its~~Partner ~~initial~~at ~~public~~Springtide ~~offering~~Ventures, ~~(“IPO”)~~a venture capital firm focused on investment in cutting-edge healthcare technology businesses. Ms. Bangalore also serves as Co-Chair of anthe ~~aggregate~~Nominations Committee of ~~20,125,000~~the ~~units~~Board (of Directors for the ~~“Units”),~~International ~~including~~Institute 2for Conflict Prevention and Resolution,~~625,000~~ ~~Units~~a ~~issued~~non-profit ~~pursuant~~organization topromoting the ~~full~~prevention ~~exercise~~and resolution of conflict, and on the ~~underwriters’ over-allotment~~Governance ~~option.~~and ~~Each~~Strategic ~~Unit~~Planning ~~consists~~Committees of ~~one~~the ~~share~~Board of ~~Class~~Directors Afor ~~common~~the ~~stock~~United Way of ~~the~~Southern ~~Company~~Nevada. Previously, ~~par~~from ~~value~~April $02020 to May 2021, Ms.~~0001~~ ~~per~~Bangalore ~~share~~served ~~(“Class~~as Chief Strategy Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of MP AMaterials ~~Common~~(NYSE: ~~Stock”~~MP), a regulated specialty materials company she helped take public in 2020. MP’s IPO raised $545 million in capital, with a $200 million private investment in public equity. At MP, Ms. Bangalore promoted ESG and ~~one-half~~optimization ofstrategies ~~one~~while ~~redeemable~~overseeing legal, ~~warrant~~compliance and corporate governance on behalf of the ~~Company~~company. ~~(each~~Prior ~~whole~~to ~~warrant~~MP, she spent close to 15 years in senior legal and business roles at various companies: at Zappos.com, from March 2014 to February 2015, to grow the mobile footprint; at Aristocrat Technologies, a ~~“Warrant”~~global gaming technology company and wholly owned subsidiary of Aristocrat Leisure Limited (ASX: ALL), ~~with~~from ~~each~~March 2015 to April 2020, ~~Warrant~~to ~~entitling~~scale ~~the~~gaming ~~holder~~technology ~~thereof~~businesses; toand ~~purchase~~at ~~one~~Bally ~~share~~Technologies, a global gaming technology company and wholly owned subsidiary of ~~Class~~Light and AWonder ~~Common~~(NASDAQ: ~~Stock~~SGMS), ~~for~~from ~~$11.50~~2007 ~~per~~to ~~share~~2014. ~~The~~Ms. ~~Units~~Bangalore ~~were~~began ~~sold~~her career practicing corporate law at aBilzin ~~price~~Sumberg, LLP. Across technology, Ms. Bangalore is regularly spotlighted for her professional and community impact, including by Global Gaming Business Magazine as an Emerging Leader of ~~$10.00~~Gaming ~~per~~in ~~Unit~~2016; by Global Gaming Women through a Pay It Forward award for her contributions towards the promotion, ~~generating~~development and ~~gross~~education ~~proceeds~~of towomen in gaming technology in 2017; and by the ~~Company~~Association of ~~$201~~Corporate Counsel,~~250~~ a 45,000-member worldwide in-house counsel organization, for her work on a global DE&I mentorship program in 2018. Ms. Bangalore received her MBA in Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania; her Juris Doctorate from the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis; and her Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Tufts University.

OnThere ~~December~~are ~~20,~~no ~~2021,~~family ~~the~~relationships ~~Company~~between ~~issued~~Ms. Bangalore aand ~~press~~any ~~release~~director, aexecutive ~~copy~~officer, ~~of which~~or isperson ~~attached~~nominated asor ~~Exhibit 99.1~~chosen toby ~~this Current Report on Form 8-K, announcing that~~ the ~~holders~~Company ~~of the Units may elect~~ to ~~separately trade~~become ~~the~~an ~~Class A~~executive ~~Common~~officer ~~Stock~~of ~~and Warrants comprising~~ the ~~Units commencing on December 23, 2021~~Company. ~~Those Units not separated will~~ ~~continue~~There toare ~~trade~~no ontransactions ~~the~~between ~~Nasdaq Stock Market LLC under~~ the ~~symbol~~Company ~~“MLAIU,”~~ and ~~the~~Ms. ~~Class A~~Bangalore ~~Common Stock and Warrants~~ that are ~~separated~~subject ~~will~~to ~~trade~~disclosure ~~on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC~~ under ~~the~~Item ~~symbols~~404(a) ~~“MLAI” and “MLAIW,” respectively. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation~~ of ~~the~~Regulation ~~Units and only whole Warrants will trade~~S-K. Holders of the Units will need to have their brokers contact Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the Company’s transfer agent, in order to separate the Units into Class A Common Stock and Warrants.

~~Item~~In 9connection with the appointment, the Company and Ms.01 ~~Financial~~Bangalore ~~Statements~~entered into a certain letter agreement and ~~Exhibits~~indemnification agreement, as of April 27, 2022, which are substantially similar to the letter agreement and indemnification agreements, respectively, entered into by the other directors in connection with the Company’s initial public offering.

~~(d) Exhibits. The following exhibit is filed with this Form 8-K:~~1

Exhibit No.		Description of Exhibits
99.1		Press Release dated December 20, 2021.
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).

SIGNATURE

1Pursuant 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.

~~SIGNATURE~~Dated: May 3, 2022

~~Pursuant~~McLaren toTechnology ~~the~~Acquisition ~~requirements of~~Corp. ~~the~~By: ~~Securities~~/s/ ~~Exchange~~Rajeev ~~Act~~Nair ofName: ~~1934,~~Rajeev ~~the~~Nair ~~registrant~~Title: ~~has~~Chief ~~duly~~Financial ~~caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.~~Officer

	MCLAREN TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION CORP.
Dated: December 20, 2021
	By:	/s/ Sajan Pillai
		Name:	Sajan Pillai
		Title:	Chief Executive Officer

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