Sec Form 13G Filing - FARALLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC filing for BERENSON ACQUISITION CORP I CL (BACA) - 2022-01-27

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC  20549

SCHEDULE 13G

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 1)   ^*

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

^* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for 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 the 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 (“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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This Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13G amends and restates in its entirety the Schedule 13G initially filed on October 8, 2021 (together with all prior and current amendments thereto, this “Schedule 13G”).

Preliminary Note:

As of the date hereof, the Farallon Funds hold an aggregate of 2,475,000 Shares. Also as of the date hereof, an investment vehicle (the “SPV”) that is managed by the Management Company holds 187,500 shares of Class B common stock of the Company (“Class B Common Stock”), each of which is convertible at the holder’s option into one Share.  Accordingly, as of the date hereof, the Management Company may be deemed a beneficial owner of 187,500 Shares.

  

Capitalized terms used in this Preliminary Note without definitions have the meanings ascribed to them below. 

Item 1.          Issuer

(a)          Name of Issuer:

Berenson Acquisition Corp. I (the ȁ C;Company”)

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

667 Madison Avenue, 18^th Floor

New York, NY 10065

Item 2.          Identity and Background

Title of Class of Securities and CUSIP Number (Items 2(d) and (e))

This statement relates to shares of Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Shares”), of the Company.  The CUSIP number for the Shares is 083690107.

This statement is filed by the entities and persons listed below, all of whom together are referred to herein as the “Reporting Persons”.

(i)	Farallon Capital Partners, L.P., a California limited partnership (“FCP”), with respect to the Shares held by it;

(ii)	Farallon Capital Institutional Partners, L.P., a California limited partnership (“FCIP”), with respect to the Shares held by it;

(iii)

Farallon Capital Institutional Partners II, L.P., a California limited partnership (“FCIP II”), with respect to the Shares held by it;

(iv)	Farallon Capital Institutional Partners III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“FCIP III”), with respect to the Shares held by it;

(v)	Four Crossings Institutional Partners V, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“FCIP V”), with respect to the Shares held by it;

(vi)	Farallon Capital Offshore Investors II, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (“FCOI II”), with respect to the Shares held by it;

(vii)

Farallon Capital F5 Master I, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (“F5MI”), with respect to the Shares held by it; and

(viii)

Farallon Capital (AM) Investors, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“FCAMI”), with respect to the Shares held by it.

FCP, FCIP, FCIP II, FCIP III, FCIP V, FCOI II, F5MI and FCAMI are together referred to herein as the “Farallon Funds.”

(ix)	Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (the “Management Company”), which is the manager of the SPV, with respect to the Shares acquirable by the SPV upon the conversion of the Class B Common Stock it holds.

(x)

Farallon Partners, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (the “Farallon General Partner”), which is (i) the general partner of each of FCP, FCIP, FCIP II, FCIP III, FCOI II and FCAMI, and (ii) the sole member of the FCIP V General Partner (as defined below), with respect to the Shares held by each of the Farallon Funds other than F5MI.

(xi)	Farallon Institutional (GP) V, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (the “FCIP V General Partner”), which is the general partner of FCIP V, with respect to the Shares held by FCIP V.

The F5MI General Partner

(xii)

Farallon F5 (GP), L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (the “F5MI General Partner”), which is the general partner of F5MI, with respect to the Shares held by F5MI.

The Farallon Individual Reporting Persons

(xiii)

The following persons, each of whom is a managing member or senior managing member, as the case may be, of the Management Company and the Farallon General Partner, and a manager or senior manager, as the case may be, of the FCIP V General Partner and the F5MI General Partner, with respect to the Shares held by the Farallon Funds and acquirable by the SPV:  Philip D. Dreyfuss (“Dreyfuss”); Michael B. Fisch (“Fisch”); Richard B. Fried (“Fried”); Varun N. Gehani (“Gehani”); Nicolas Giauque (“Giauque”); David T. Kim (“Kim”); Michael G. Linn (“Linn”); Rajiv A. Patel (“Patel”); Thomas G. Roberts, Jr. (“Roberts”); William Seybold (“Seybold”); Andrew J. M. Spokes (“Spokes”); John R. Warren (“Warren”); and Mark C. Wehrly (“Wehrly”).

Dreyfuss, Fisch, Fried, Gehani, Giauque, Kim, Linn, Patel, Roberts, Seybold, Spokes, Warren and Wehrly are together referred to herein as the “Farallon Individual Reporting Persons.”

The citizenship of each of the Farallon Funds, the Management Company, the Farallon General Partner, the FCIP V General Partner and the F5MI General Partner is set forth above.  Each of the Farallon Individual Reporting Persons, other than Giauque and Spokes, is a citizen of the United States.  Giauque is a citizen of France. Spokes is a citizen of the United Kingdom.  The address of the principal business office of each of the Reporting Persons is c/o Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C., One Maritime Plaza, Suite 2100, San Francisco, California 94111.

Not applicable.

Item 4.          Ownership

The information required by Items 4(a) – (c) and set forth in Rows 5 through 11 of the cover page for each Reporting Person is incorporated herein by reference for each such Reporting Person.

The Shares reported hereby for the respective Farallon Funds are held directly by the respective Farallon Funds.  The Management Company, as the manager of the SPV, may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of the Shares acquirable by the SPV upon the conversion of the Class B Common Stock it holds.  The Farallon General Partner, as the general partner of each of FCP, FCIP, FCIP II, FCIP III, FCOI II and FCAMI, and as the sole member of the FCIP V General Partner, may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of such Shares held by the Farallon Funds other than F5MI.  The FCIP V General Partner, as the general partner of FCIP V, may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of such Shares held by FCIP V. The F5MI General Partner, as the general partner of F5MI, may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of such Shares held by F5MI.  Each of the Farallon Individual Reporting Persons, as a managing member or senior managing member, as the case may be, of the Management Company and the Farallon General Partner, and as a manager or senior manager, as the case may be, of the FCIP V General Partner and the F5MI General Partner, in each case with the power to exercise investment discretion, may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of such Shares held by the Farallon Funds and acquirable by the SPV.  Each of the Management Company, the Farallon General Partner, the FCIP V General Partner, the F5MI General Partner and the Farallon Individual Reporting Persons hereby disclaims any beneficial ownership of any such Shares.

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 each of the Reporting Persons has ceased to be a 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.

 Not applicable.

The Reporting Persons are filing this Schedule 13G pursuant to Section 240.13d-1(c).  Consistent with Item 2 of the cover page for each Reporting Person above, the Reporting Persons neither disclaim nor affirm the existence of a group among them.

Item 9.          Notice of Dissolution of Group

Not applicable.

Item 10. Certification

By signing below I certify that, to the best of my 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.

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

Dated:  January 26, 2022

The Powers of Attorney executed by each of Dreyfuss, Fisch, Fried, Kim, Linn, Patel, Roberts, Seybold, Spokes and Wehrly authorizing Warren to sign and file this Schedule 13G on his behalf, which were filed as exhibits to the Schedule 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 2020 by such Reporting Persons with respect to the Common Stock of Broadmark Realty Capital Inc., are hereby incorporated by reference.  The Power of Attorney executed by Giauque authorizing Warren to sign and file this Schedule 13G on his behalf, which was filed as an exhibit to the Schedule 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 12, 2021 by such Reporting Person with respect to the Class A Ordinary Shares of Metals Acquisition Corp, is hereby incorporated by reference.  The Power of Attorney executed by Gehani authorizing Warren to sign and file this Schedule 13G on his behalf is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.

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SCHEDULE 13G

JOINT ACQUISITION STATEMENT

The undersigned acknowledge and agree that the foregoing statement on Schedule 13G is filed on behalf of each of the undersigned and that all subsequent amendments to this statement on Schedule 13G shall be filed on behalf of each of the undersigned without the necessity of filing additional joint acquisition statements.  The undersigned acknowledge that each shall be responsible for the timely filing of such amendments, and for the completeness and accuracy of the information concerning him, her or it contained therein, but shall not be responsible for the completeness and accuracy of the information concerning the other entities or persons, except to the extent that he, she or it knows or has reason to believe that such information is inaccurate.

Dated:  January 26, 2022

EXHIBIT 2

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SCHEDULE 13G

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned hereby appoints each of Philip D. Dreyfuss, Michael B. Fisch, David T. Kim, Thomas G. Roberts, Jr., John R. Warren, and Mark C. Wehrly his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to execute and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission any Schedule 13D, Schedule 13G, any amendments thereto or any related documentation (together, “Filing Documentation”) which may be required to be filed in his or her individual capacity as a result of the undersigned’s position as a managing member of Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C. and/or Farallon Partners, L.L.C., and granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing which he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said attorney-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. The authority of each of Philip D. Dreyfuss, Michael B. Fisch, David T. Kim, Thomas G. Roberts, Jr., John R. Warren, and Mark C. Wehrly under this Power of Attorney shall continue with respect to the undersigned until the undersigned is no longer required to execute and file Filing Documentation, unless revoked earlier in writing. The undersigned hereby revokes any and all prior Powers of Attorney executed by the undersigned in his or her capacity as a managing member of Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C. and/or Farallon Partners, L.L.C. with respect to the execution and filing of Filing Documentation.