Following the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private
Placement Warrants, a total of $500,000,000 was placed in the Trust
Account, and we had $1,961,900 of cash held outside of a trust
account (the “Trust Account”) after payment of costs related to the
Initial Public Offering, and available for working capital
purposes. We incurred $28,244,738 in transaction costs, including
$10,000,000 of underwriting fees, $17,500,000 of deferred
underwriting fees and $744,738 of other costs.
As of March 31, 2021, we had marketable securities held in the
Trust Account of $500,006,513 (including approximately $6,513 of
unrealized gains) consisting of U.S. Treasury Bills with a maturity
of 185 days or less.
For the three months ended March 31, 2021, cash used in
operating activities was $123,735. Net income of $43,191,797 was
affected by an unrealized gain on marketable securities held in our
Trust Account of $6,513, change in fair value of warrant
liabilities of $31,475,939, change in fair value of FPA liability
of $11,925,811, and changes in operating assets and liabilities,
which provided $92,731 of cash.
We intend to use substantially all of the funds held in the Trust
Account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the
Trust Account, which interest shall be net of taxes payable and
excluding deferred underwriting commissions, to complete our
Business Combination. We may withdraw interest from the Trust
Account to pay taxes, if any. To the extent that our share capital
or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to complete
a Business Combination, the remaining proceeds held in the Trust
Account will be used as working capital to finance the operations
of the target business or businesses, make other acquisitions and
pursue our growth strategies.
At March 31, 2021, we had cash of $732,237 held outside of the
Trust Account. We intend to use the funds held outside the Trust
Account primarily to identify and evaluate target businesses,
perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses,
travel to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of
prospective target businesses or their representatives or owners,
review corporate documents and material agreements of prospective
target businesses, structure, negotiate and complete a Business
Combination.
In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance
transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, our
Sponsor or an affiliate of our Sponsor or certain of our officers
and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may
be required. If we complete a Business Combination, we may repay
such loaned amounts out of the proceeds of the Trust Account
released to us. In the event that a Business Combination does not
close, we may use a portion of the working capital held outside the
Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts, but no proceeds from
our Trust Account would be used for such repayment. Up to
$2,000,000 of such loans may be convertible into warrants, at a
price of $1.00 per warrant, at the option of the lender. The
warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants.
We do not believe we will need to raise additional funds in order
to meet the expenditures required for operating our business.
However, if our estimate of the costs of identifying a target
business, undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating
a Business Combination are less than the actual amount necessary to
do so, we may have insufficient funds available to operate our
business prior to our initial Business Combination. Moreover, we
may need to obtain additional financing either to complete our
Business Combination or because we become obligated to redeem a
significant number of our public shares upon completion of our
Business Combination, in which case we may issue additional
securities or incur debt in connection with such Business
Combination.
Off-Balance Sheet
Financing Arrangements
We have no obligations, assets or liabilities, which would be
considered off-balance
sheet arrangements as of March 31, 2021. We do not participate
in transactions that create relationships with unconsolidated
entities or financial partnerships, often referred to as variable
interest entities, which would have been established for the
purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements. We have
not entered into any off-balance sheet financing
arrangements, established any special purpose entities, guaranteed
any debt or commitments of other entities, or purchased any
non-financial assets.
Contractual Obligations
We do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations,
operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities, other than an
agreement to pay an affiliate of the Sponsor a monthly fee of
$20,000 for office space, utilities and secretarial, and
administrative support services provided to the Company. We began
incurring these fees on September 30, 2020 and will continue
to incur these fees monthly until the earlier of the completion of
a Business Combination and the Company’s liquidation.
The underwriters are entitled to a deferred fee of $0.35 per Unit,
or $17,500,000. The deferred fee will become payable to the
underwriters from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in
the event that we complete a Business Combination, subject to the
terms of the underwriting agreement.
We entered into forward purchase agreements which provides for the
purchase by each of Altimeter Partners Fund, L.P. and JS Capital
LLC of up to an aggregate of 20,000,000 units (the “forward
purchase securities”), with each unit consisting of one
Class A ordinary share and one-fifth of one redeemable warrant to
purchase one Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of
$11.50 per whole share, for a purchase price of $10.00 per unit, in
a private placement to close concurrently with the closing of a
Business Combination.
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