Ascendant Digital Acquisition Corp. III (ACDI) is a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses, with a focus on sectors within the Attention Economy including interactive digital entertainment, film and television, music, print and digital books such as magazines and comics publications, e-sports, live events and other consumer entertainment forms along with enabling services and technologies. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in New York, New York, the company generates no current operations or revenues and completed an upsized initial public offering of 26.1 million units priced at $10.00 each in November 2021 for net proceeds of approximately $300 million, with Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC as lead book-running manager. In a significant development, its board announced the redemption of all outstanding Class A ordinary shares in January 2023 at approximately $10.14 to $10.18 per share, leading to liquidation effective February 16, 2023, after failing to complete a business combination within the required timeframe, while the NYSE suspended trading in its warrants (ACDI WS) in December 2022 due to abnormally low prices.