
Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. VI 20,000,000 Units Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. VI is a blank check company, incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company for the purpose ofeffecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses, whichwe refer to throughout this prospectus as our initial business combination. We have not selected any business combination target, and we have not, norhas anyone on our behalf, initiated any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any business combination target with respect to an initialbusiness combination with us. Our efforts to identify a prospective initial business combination target will not be limited to a particular industry, sectoror geographic region. While we may pursue an initial business combination opportunity in any business, industry or geographic location, we intend tocapitalize on the ability of our management team to identify, acquire and operate a business or businesses that can benefit from our management team’sestablished global relationships, sector expertise and active management and operating experience. In particular, we currently intend to focus onopportunities that capitalize on the expertise and ability of our management team, particularly our executive officers, to identify, acquire and operate abusiness in the global automotive and automotive-related sector. We are an “emerging growth company” and “smaller reporting company” under applicable federal securities laws and will be subject to reducedpublic company reporting requirements.Investing in our securities involves risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 50. Investors will not beentitled to protections normally afforded to investors in Rule 419 blank check offerings. (1)Includes (a) $0.20 per unit, or $4,000,000 in the aggregate (or $4,600,000 if the overallotment option is exercised in full), payable to theunderwriters upon the closing of this offering, of which (i) $0.10 per unit will be paid to the underwriters in cash and (ii) $0.10 per unit will beused by the underwriters to purchase private placement warrants; and (b)up to $0.40 per unit, or $8,000,000 in the aggregate (or up to $9,200,000in the aggregate if the overallotment option is exercised in full) payable to the underwriters in this offering, for deferred underwritingcommissions, to be placed in a trust account located in the United States and released to the underwriters only upon the completion of an initialbusiness combination, but such $0.40perunit shall be due solely on amounts remaining in the trust account following all properly submittedshareholder redemptions in connection with the consummation of our initial business combination. Does not include certain fees and expensespayable to the underwriters in connection with this offering. See also “Underwriting” for additional information regarding underwritingcompensation. Of the proceeds we receive from this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants described in this prospectus, $200,000,000 (or$230,000,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) ($10.00 per unit), will be deposited into a U.S.-based trust accountmaintained with Continental Stock Transfer& Trust Company acting as trustee. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the trustaccount that may be released to us as described below, and up to $100,000 to pay dissolution expenses, the funds held in the trust account will not bereleased from the trust account until the earliest to occur of: (1)our completion of an initial business combination; (2)the redemption of any publicshares properly submitted in connection with a Table of Contents shareholder vote to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A)to modify the substance or timing of our obligation toallow redemption in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial businesscombination within 24 months from the closing of this offering or such earlier liquidation date as our board of directors may approve, or such later timeas provided for in any amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (an “Extension Period”), subject to applicablelaw, or (B)with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity; and (3)the redemption of ourpublic shares if we have not completed an initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of this offering, or such earlier liquidationdate as our board of directors may approve, or during any Extension Period, subject to applicable law. The proceeds deposited in the trust account couldbecome subject to the claims of our creditors, if any, which could have priority over the claims of our public shareholders. We are permitted to withdrawamounts from




