<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000899243-20-020323.txt : 20200723
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000899243-20-020323
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20200723
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200723
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200723

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Foresman Robert
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001413986

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-39405
		FILM NUMBER:		201044939

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O GLOBAL CONSUMER ACQUISITION CORP
		STREET 2:		1370 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 28TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10019

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Ascendant Digital Acquisition Corp.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001805651
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	BLANK CHECKS [6770]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		667 MADISON AVENUE
		STREET 2:		5TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10065
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(212) 209-6126

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		667 MADISON AVENUE
		STREET 2:		5TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10065
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    <periodOfReport>2020-07-23</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001805651</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Ascendant Digital Acquisition Corp.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ACND</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001413986</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Foresman Robert</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O ASCENDANT DIGITAL ACQUISITION CORP.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>667 MADISON AVENUE, 5TH FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10065</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class B Ordinary Shares</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Class A Ordinary Shares</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>30000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
    </derivativeTable>

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        <footnote id="F1">The Class B ordinary shares are convertible for the Issuer's Class A ordinary shares as described under the heading &quot;Description of Securities&quot; in the Issuer's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-239623) (the &quot;Registration Statement&quot;) and have no expiration date.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>See Exhibit 24.1 - Power of Attorney.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Jordan Leon, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2020-07-23</signatureDate>
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<PRE>
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

        The undersigned constitutes and appoints Joel Rubinstein, Elliott Smith,
Sarah Ross, Jordan Leon, Audrey Bae and Roman Ibragimov, or any of them acting
singly, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the
undersigned's name, place and stead, to:

        1.     prepare, sign, and submit to the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") on its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval
("EDGAR") Filer Management website a Form ID application, including any
amendments and exhibits thereto, and any other related documents as may be
necessary or appropriate, to obtain from the SEC access codes to permit filing
on the SEC's EDGAR system, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done as required by any rule or regulation of the
SEC and the EDGAR Filer Manual as fully and to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof; and

        2.    sign any and all SEC statements of beneficial ownership of
securities of Ascendant Digital Acquisition Corp. (the "Company") on Schedule
13D as required under Section 13 and Forms 3, 4 and 5 as required under Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any amendments
thereto, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the SEC, the Company and any stock exchange on which
any of the Company's securities are listed, granting unto said attorneys-in-
fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform
each act and thing requisite and necessary to be done under said Section 13 and
Section 16(a), as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-
in-fact and agents, and each of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

        A copy of this power of attorney shall be filed with the SEC.  The
authorization set forth above shall continue in full force and effect until the
undersigned revokes such authorization by written instructions to the attorneys-
in-fact.

        The authority granted hereby shall in no event be deemed to impose or
create any duty on behalf of the attorneys-in-fact with respect to the
undersigned's obligations to file a Form ID, Schedule 13Ds and Forms 3, 4 and 5
with the SEC.

Dated: April 27, 2020

                                        By: /s/ Robert Foresman
                                            ---------------------------
                                            Name:  Robert Foresman
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