NUSCALE POWER Corp current report, 26 April 2022

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Business Context and Reporting Period

This Form 8-K was filed by Spring Valley Acquisition Corp., the SPAC pursuing a merger with NuScale Power, LLC. The report concerns events occurring on April 26, 2022, ahead of the extraordinary shareholder meeting scheduled for April 28, 2022. The filing was signed April 27, 2022.

Key Financial and Transaction Metrics

  • Holders elected to redeem 8,619,631 Class A ordinary shares, approximately 37.5% of the outstanding Class A ordinary shares.
  • The filing does not provide revenue, profit, cash flow, margins, debt, liquidity, or other operating financial metrics for NuScale or Spring Valley.

Material Changes Versus the Prior Comparable Period

The filing does not present period-over-period financial results. The material update is the disclosed level of shareholder redemptions before the proposed merger vote.

Guidance, Outlook, Risks, and Unusual Items

  • The proposed transactions remain subject to customary closing conditions and approval by Spring Valley shareholders.
  • Forward-looking statements concern the expected timing and completion of the merger and the anticipated rollout of NuScale’s business and milestones.
  • Risks include failure to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals, delays or termination of the merger agreement, higher-than-expected redemptions, integration challenges, failure to realize expected transaction benefits, competition, and broader economic, financial, legal, political, and market conditions.
  • The 37.5% redemption rate is the principal unusual transaction item disclosed in the filing and could affect the capital available to the combined company.

Facts Investors Should Verify

  1. Whether Spring Valley shareholders approved the proposed NuScale transaction at the April 28, 2022 special meeting.
  2. Final redemption totals and the resulting cash and share capitalization at closing.
  3. Whether all regulatory and other closing conditions were satisfied and when the transaction closed.
  4. NuScale’s operating results, cash needs, financing arrangements, and business milestones in the related Form S-4, proxy materials, and subsequent SEC filings.
  5. The impact of redemptions and any additional financing on the combined company’s liquidity and ownership structure.