Sec Form 13G Filing - CANTOR FITZGERALD & CO. @ APPRECIATE HLDGS INC

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13G

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Appreciate Holdings, Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

Class A Common Stock

(Titles of Class of Securities)

03832J106

(CUSIP Number)

January 13, 2023

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:

☐

Rule 13d-1(b)

☒

Rule 13d-1(c)

☐

Rule 13d-1(d)

The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out of a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

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1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSON OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP			(a) ☐ (b) ☐
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION New York
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		5	SOLE VOTING POWER 0
		6	SHARED VOTING POWER 394,500 (1)
		7	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0
		8	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 394,500 (1)
9	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 394,500 (1)
10	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES			☐
11	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 2.3% (2)
12	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON PN

(1)

Includes Class A Common Stock issued pursuant to a Common Stock Purchase Agreement dated May 17, 2022, between the Issuer and CF Principal Investments, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“CFPI”), related to a committed equity facility (“CEF”).

(2)

The percentage of the Common Stock held by the Reporting Persons is based on 17,057,226 shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding as of January 23, 2023 as reported in the Issuer’s Form S-1/A registration statement, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 30, 2023 and assumes no exercise of warrants, if any, held by the Reporting Persons.

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1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSON OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON CF Principal Investments, LLC
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP			(a) ☐ (b) ☐
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION New York
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		5	SOLE VOTING POWER 0
		6	SHARED VOTING POWER 1,052,632 (1)
		7	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0
		8	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 1,052,632 (1)
9	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 1,052,632 (1)
10	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES			☐
11	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 6.2% (2)
12	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON OO

(1)

Includes Class A Common Stock issued pursuant to a Common Stock Purchase Agreement dated May 17, 2022, between the Issuer and CFPI, related to a CEF.

(2)

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1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSON OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Cantor Fitzgerald Securities
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP			(a) ☐ (b) ☐
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION New York
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		5	SOLE VOTING POWER 0
		6	SHARED VOTING POWER 1,052,632 (1)
		7	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0
		8	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 1,052,632 (1)
9	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 1,052,632 (1)
10	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES			☐
11	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 6.2% (2)
12	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON PN

(1)

Includes Class A Common Stock issued pursuant to a Common Stock Purchase Agreement dated May 17, 2022, between the Issuer and CFPI, related to a CEF.

(2)

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1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSON OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP			(a) ☐ (b) ☐
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		5	SOLE VOTING POWER 0
		6	SHARED VOTING POWER 1,447,132 (1)
		7	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0
		8	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 1,447,132 (1)
9	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 1,447,132 (1)
10	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES			☐
11	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 8.5% (2)
12	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON PN

(1)

Includes Class A Common Stock issued pursuant to a Common Stock Purchase Agreement dated May 17, 2022, between the Issuer and CFPI, related to a CEF.

(2)

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1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSON OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON CF Group Management, Inc.
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP			(a) ☐ (b) ☐
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION New York
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		5	SOLE VOTING POWER 0
		6	SHARED VOTING POWER 1,447,132 (1)
		7	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0
		8	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 1,447,132 (1)
9	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 1,447,132 (1)
10	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES			☐
11	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 8.5% (2)
12	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON CO

(1)

Includes Class A Common Stock issued pursuant to a Common Stock Purchase Agreement dated May 17, 2022, between the Issuer and CFPI, related to a CEF.

(2)

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1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSON OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Howard W. Lutnick
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP			(a) ☐ (b) ☐
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United States
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		5	SOLE VOTING POWER 0
		6	SHARED VOTING POWER 1,447,132 (1)
		7	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0
		8	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 1,447,132 (1)
9	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 1,447,132 (1)
10	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES			☐
11	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 8.5% (2)
12	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON IN

(1)

Includes Class A Common Stock issued pursuant to a Common Stock Purchase Agreement dated May 17, 2022, between the Issuer and CFPI, related to a CEF.

(2)

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Item 1(a).	Name of Issuer:

	Appreciate Holdings, Inc.

Item 1(b).	Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices:

	6101 BAKER ROAD, SUITE 200 MINNETONKA MN 55345

Item 2(a).	Name of Person Filing:

	Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., CF Principal Investments, LLC, Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P., CF Group Management, Inc. and Howard W. Lutnick (collectively, the “Reporting Persons”).
Item 2(b).	Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence:

	110 East 59th Street New York, New York 10022
Item 2(c).	Citizenship:

	Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. and Cantor Fitzgerald Securities are each a general partnership formed in New York, CF Principal Investments, LLC is a Delaware limited liability company, Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. is a Delaware limited partnership, CF Group Management, Inc. is a New York corporation and Mr. Lutnick is a citizen of the United States of America.

Item 2(d).	Titles of Classes of Securities:

	Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share.

Item 2(e).	CUSIP Number:

	03832J106

Item 3.

If This Statement is Filed Pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b) or (c),

Check Whether the Person Filing is a(n):

(a)	☐	Broker or dealer registered under Section 15 of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78o).
(b)	☐	Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78c).
(c)	☐	Insurance company as defined in Section 3(a)(19) of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78c).
(d)	☐	Investment company registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-8).
(e)	☐	Investment adviser in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E).
(f)	☐	Employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F).
(g)	☐	Parent holding company or control person in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G).
(h)	☐	Savings association as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813).
(i)	☐	Church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under Section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3).
(j)	☐	Non-U.S. institution, in accordance with § 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J).
(k)	☐	Group in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(K).

If filing as a non-U.S. institution in accordance with §240. 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J), please specify the type of institution: __________

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Item 4.

Ownership

The responses to Items 5-11 of the cover pages of this Schedule 13G are incorporated herein by reference.

As of January 13, 2023, the Reporting Persons may be deemed to beneficially own an aggregate of 1,447,132 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”) of Appreciate Holdings, Inc. (the “Issuer”), representing 8.5% of the Issuer’s outstanding Common Stock.

Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (“CF&CO”) is the record holder of 394,500 shares of Class A Common Stock as of January 23, 2023, and CF Principal Investments, LLC (“CFPI”) is the record holder of 1,052,632 shares of Class A Common Stock as of January 23, 2023.

CF Group Management, Inc. (“CFGM”) is the managing general partner of Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. (“Cantor”) and directly or indirectly controls the managing general partners of CF&CO and Cantor Fitzgerald Securities (“CFS”). CFS is the managing member of CFPI. Mr. Lutnick is Chairman and Chief Executive of CFGM and trustee of CFGM's sole stockholder. Cantor, indirectly, holds a majority of the ownership interests of CFS. As such, each of Cantor, CFS, CFGM and Mr. Lutnick may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of the securities directly held by CFPI, and each of Cantor, CFGM and Mr. Lutnick may be needed to have beneficial ownership of the securities directly held by CF&CO. Each such entity or person disclaims any beneficial ownership of the reported shares other than to the extent of any pecuniary interest they may have therein, directly or indirectly.

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Item 5.	Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.

	If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following ☐.

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.

By signing below the undersigned 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, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under § 240.14a-11.

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SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: January 30, 2023

CANTOR FITZGERALD & CO.

By:	/s/ Howard W. Lutnick
Name:	Howard W. Lutnick
Title:	Chief Executive Officer

CF Principal Investments, LLC

By:	/s/ Mark Kaplan
Name:	Mark Kaplan
Title:	Chief Operating Officer

CANTOR FITRZGERALD SECURITIES

By:	/s/ Howard W. Lutnick
	Name:	Howard W. Lutnick
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P.

By:	/s/ Howard W. Lutnick
	Name:	Howard W. Lutnick
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

CF GROUP MANAGEMENT, INC.

By:	/s/ Howard W. Lutnick
	Name:	Howard W. Lutnick
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

By:	/s/ Howard W. Lutnick
	Howard W. Lutnick

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Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Joint Filing Agreement, dated as of January 30, 2023, by and among the Reporting Persons

Sec Form 13G Filing - CANTOR FITZGERALD & CO. filing for APPRECIATE HLDGS INC (SFRT) - 2023-01-30