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Form 3 Blue Ocean Acquisition For: Dec 02 Filed by: BASCOBERT PAUL J

December 2, 2021 8:23 PM EST
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
BASCOBERT PAUL J

(Last) (First) (Middle)
2 WISCONSIN CIRCLE
7TH FLOOR

(Street)
CHEVY CHASE MD 20815

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
12/02/2021
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Blue Ocean Acquisition Corp [ BOCN ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Chief Executive Officer
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Class B Ordinary Shares   (1)   (1) Class A Ordinary Shares 4,503,750 (2) (1) I See Footnote (3)
Explanation of Responses:
1. The Class B ordinary shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares concurrently with or immediately following the consummation of the Issuer's initial business combination on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment, and have no expiration date.
2. Includes up to 618,750 shares that are subject to forfeiture, for no consideration, after the closing of the Issuer's initial public offering depending on the extent to which the underwriter's option to purchase additional units is exercised.
3. These Class B ordinary shares are held directly by Blue Ocean Sponsor LLC ("Sponsor"). The Reporting Person is a manager of Sponsor. As such, the Reporting Person may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of the Class B ordinary shares held directly by Sponsor. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership over any securities owned by Sponsor in which he does not have any pecuniary interest.
Remarks:
Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney
/s/ Stuart Karle, Attorney-in-Fact for Paul Bascobert 12/02/2021
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Stuart Karle, with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
 

(1)
prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;
 

(2)
execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Blue Ocean Acquisition Corp, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5, including amendments thereto, in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations thereunder;
 

(3)
do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
 

(4)
take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
 
The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier (a) revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact or (b) superseded by a new power of attorney regarding the purposes outlined herein at a later date.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 18th day of November, 2021.

 
/s/ Paul Bascobert
 
     
 
Signature
 
     
 
Paul Bascobert
 
     
 
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