BACKGROUND
We are a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset
acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities.
On December 17,
2021, we consummated our IPO of 34,500,000 units (the units), with each unit consisting of one Class A Ordinary Share, par value $0.0001 per share, which we refer to (together with any shares issued in exchange thereof) as the
public shares, and one-half of one redeemable warrant, generating gross proceeds of $345.0 million.
Simultaneously with the closing of our IPO, we completed the private placement of 16,700,000 private placement warrants, at a purchase price
of $1.00 per private placement warrant, to our Sponsor, generating gross proceeds to us of $16.7 million. The private placement warrants are identical to the warrants sold as part of the units in our IPO except that, so long as they are held by
our Sponsor or its permitted transferees, they (1) may be exercised for cash or on a cashless basis, (2) are not subject to being called for redemption (except in certain circumstances when the public warrants are called for redemption and
a certain price per public share threshold is met), (3) subject to certain limited exceptions, will be subject to transfer restrictions until 30 days following the consummation of the our initial business combination and (4) they
(including the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise thereof) are entitled to registration rights.
Of the gross proceeds received from
our IPO and the sale of the private placement warrants, $351,900,000 was deposited in the Trust Account.
On March 14, 2023, the
Company convened an extraordinary general meeting virtually, to vote on a proposal to extend the Combination Period to December 17, 2023. In connection with that vote, the holders of 15,494,333 Class A Ordinary Shares properly exercised
their rights to redeem their shares for cash. In connection with that redemption, approximately $161.6 million was withdrawn from the Trust Account to fund such redemptions, leaving a balance of approximately $198.2 million. In connection
with such extension, the Sponsor agreed, by making monthly advancements on a loan to the Company, to contribute into the Trust Account the lesser of (x) $350,000 or (y) $0.03 per share for each public share that was not redeemed at the
extraordinary general meeting for each monthly period (commencing on March 17, 2023 and ending on the 17th day of each subsequent month), or prior thereof, until the earlier of the completion
of the initial business combination and December 17, 2023.
On December 7, 2023, the Company convened an extraordinary general
meeting virtually, to vote on a proposal to extend the Combination Period from December 17, 2023 to June 17, 2024. In connection with that vote, the holders of 7,460,372 Class A Ordinary Shares properly exercised their rights to
redeem their shares for cash. In connection with that redemption, approximately $82.0 million was withdrawn from the Trust Account to fund such redemptions, leaving a balance of approximately $127.0 million. In connection with such
extension, the Sponsor agreed, by making monthly advancements on a loan to the Company, to contribute into the Trust Account the lesser of (x) $150,000 or (y) $0.02 per share for each public share that was not redeemed at the extraordinary
general meeting for each monthly period (commencing on December 17, 2023 and ending on the 17th day of each subsequent month), or prior thereof, until the earlier of the completion of the initial business combination and June 17, 2024.
On May 21, 2024, the Company convened an extraordinary general meeting virtually, to vote on a proposal to extend the Combination
Period from June 17, 2024 to December 17, 2024. In connection with that vote, the holders of 2,159,610 Class A Ordinary Shares properly exercised their rights to redeem their shares for cash. In connection with that redemption,
approximately $24.4 million was withdrawn from the Trust Account to fund such redemptions.
While the funds in the Trust Account
have, since the IPO, been held only in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act with a maturity of 185 days or
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