Item
1.A. Risk Factors.
An
investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should consider carefully all of the risks described below, together
with the other information contained in this Annual Report, before making a decision to invest in our units. If any of the following
events occur, our business, financial condition and operating results may be materially adversely affected. In that event, the trading
price of our securities could decline, and you could lose all or part of your investment.
Summary of Risk Factors
| ● | We are a newly incorporated company
with no operating history and no revenues, and you have no basis on which to evaluate our ability to achieve our business objective. |
| ● | Past performance by our management
team and our Sponsor’s advisors and their respective affiliates may not be indicative of future performance of an investment in
the company.. |
| ● | Nasdaq may delist our securities
from trading on its exchange, which could limit investors’ ability to make transactions in our securities and subject us to additional
trading restrictions. |
| ● | Our public shareholders may not
be afforded an opportunity to vote on our proposed business combination, which means we may complete our initial Business Combination
even though a majority of our public shareholders do not support such a combination. |
| ● | If we seek shareholder approval
of our initial Business Combination, our initial shareholders, directors and officers have agreed to vote in favor of such initial business
combination, regardless of how our public shareholders vote. |
| ● | Your only opportunity to affect
the investment decision regarding a potential business combination will be limited to the exercise of your right to redeem your shares
from us for cash, unless we seek shareholder approval of such Business Combination. |
| ● | The ability of our public shareholders
to redeem their shares for cash may make our financial condition unattractive to potential business combination targets, which may make
it difficult for us to enter into a business combination with a target. |
| ● | The ability of our public shareholders
to exercise redemption rights with respect to a large number of our shares may not allow us to complete the most desirable business combination
or optimize our capital structure. |
| ● | The ability of our public shareholders
to exercise redemption rights with respect to a large number of our shares could increase the probability that our initial Business Combination
would be unsuccessful and that you would have to wait for liquidation in order to redeem your shares. |
| ● | The requirement that we complete our initial business combination
within the prescribed time frame may give potential target businesses leverage over us in negotiating a Business Combination and may
limit the time we have in which to conduct due diligence on potential Business Combination targets, in particular as we approach our
dissolution deadline, which could undermine our ability to complete our initial Business Combination on terms that would produce value
for our shareholders. |
| ● | We
may not be able to complete our initial Business Combination within the prescribed time frame, in which case we would cease all operations
except for the purpose of winding up and we would redeem our public shares and liquidate, in which case our public shareholders may receive
only $10.00 per share, or less than such amount in certain circumstances, and our warrants will expire worthless. |
| ● | Our
search for a business combination, and any target business with which we ultimately consummate a business combination, may be materially
adversely affected by the coronavirus (“COVID-19”) outbreak and other events and the status of debt and equity markets.
If we seek shareholder approval of our initial Business Combination, our Sponsor, directors, officers, advisors or any of their respective
affiliates may elect to purchase shares or Warrants from public shareholders, which may influence a vote on a proposed business combination
and reduce the public “float” of our securities. |
| ● | If
a shareholder fails to receive notice of our offer to redeem our public shares in connection with our initial Business Combination, or
fails to comply with the procedures for tendering its shares, such shares may not be redeemed. |
| ● | You
will not have any rights or interests in funds from the trust account, except under certain limited circumstances. To liquidate your
investment, therefore, you may be forced to sell your public shares and/or warrants, potentially at a loss. |
| ● | You
are not entitled to protections normally afforded to investors of many other blank check companies. |
| ● | If
we seek shareholder approval of our initial Business Combination and we do not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules,
and if you or a “group” of shareholders are deemed to hold in excess of 15% of our Class A shares, you will lose the
ability to redeem all such shares in excess of 15% of our Class A shares. |
| ● | Because
of our limited resources and the significant competition for business combination opportunities, it may be more difficult for us to complete
our initial business combination. If we have not completed our initial business combination within the required time period, our public
shareholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per share, or less in certain circumstances, on our redemption of their shares, and
our warrants will expire worthless. |
| ● | As
the number of special purpose acquisition companies increases, there may be more competition to find an attractive target for an initial
Business Combination. This could increase the costs associated with completing our initial Business Combination and may result in our
inability to find a suitable target for our initial Business Combination. |
| ● | If
the funds not being held in the trust account are insufficient to allow us to operate for at least the 24 months following the closing
of this offering, we may be unable to complete our initial business combination. |
Risks
Relating to our Search for, and Consummation of or Inability to Consummate, a Business Combination
In
evaluating a prospective target business for our initial Business Combination, our management may rely on the availability of funds from
the sale of the forward purchase units to be used as part of the consideration to the sellers in the initial Business Combination. If
the sale of some or all of the forward purchase units fails to close, for any reason, we may lack sufficient funds to consummate our
initial business combination.
We
entered into a forward purchase agreement pursuant to which the forward purchase investor agreed to purchase up to an aggregate of 5,000,000
units for an aggregate purchase price of up to $50,000,000, or $10.00 per unit, in a private placement to close substantially concurrently
with the closing of our initial Business Combination. Any funds from the sale of forward purchase shares may be used as part of the consideration
to the sellers in our initial business combination, expenses in connection with our initial business combination or for working capital
in the post-transaction company.
Pursuant
to the forward purchase agreement, the forward purchase investor will determine in its sole discretion the specific number of forward
purchase units, if any, it will purchase. If the sale of some or all of the forward purchase units the forward purchase investor elects
to purchase does not close for any reason, including by reason of the failure by the forward purchase investor to fund the purchase price
for its forward purchase units, we may lack sufficient funds to consummate our initial Business Combination. Additionally, the forward
purchase investor’s obligations to purchase any forward purchase units will be subject to termination prior to the closing of the
sale of the forward purchase units by mutual written consent of the Company and the forward purchase investor. The forward purchase investor’s
obligations to purchase any forward purchase units it elects to purchase will be subject to fulfillment of customary closing conditions.
In the event of any such failure to fund by the forward purchase investor, any obligation is so terminated or any such closing condition
is not satisfied and not waived by the forward purchase investor, we may lack sufficient funds to consummate our initial Business Combination.
Our
public shareholders may not be afforded an opportunity to vote on our proposed Business Combination, which means we may complete our
initial Business Combination even though a majority of our public shareholders do not support such a combination.
We
may not hold a shareholder vote to approve our initial Business Combination unless the business combination would require shareholder
approval under applicable law or stock exchange rules or if we decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other reasons. Except
as required by applicable law or stock exchange rules, the decision as to whether we will seek shareholder approval of a proposed business
combination or will allow shareholders to sell their shares to us in a tender offer will be made by us, solely in our discretion, and
will be based on a variety of factors such as the timing of the transaction and whether the terms of the transaction would otherwise
require us to seek shareholder approval. Accordingly, we may consummate our initial Business Combination even if holders of a majority
of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares do not approve of the business combination we consummate.
If
we seek shareholder approval of our initial Business Combination, our initial shareholders, directors and officers have agreed to vote
in favor of such initial Business Combination, regardless of how our public shareholders vote.
Unlike
many other blank check companies in which the initial shareholders agree to vote their founder shares in accordance with the majority
of the votes cast by the public shareholders in connection with an initial business combination, our initial shareholders, directors
and officers have agreed (and their permitted transferees will agree), pursuant to the terms of a letter agreement entered into with
us, to vote their founder shares and any public shares held by them in favor of our initial Business Combination. If we seek shareholder
approval, we will complete our initial Business Combination only if we obtain the approval of an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands
law, being the affirmative vote of a majority of the ordinary shares represented in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon and
who vote at a general meeting. As a result, in addition to our initial shareholders’ founder shares, we would need 10,896,886,
or approximately 47.5%, of the 22,940,811 public shares sold in the Initial Public Offering to be voted in favor of an initial business
combination in order to have our initial Business Combination approved (assuming (i) the over-allotment option is not exercised, (ii)
no forward purchase shares or additional forward purchase shares have been issued, (iii) the parties to the letter agreements have not
acquired any Class A ordinary shares and (iv) all issued and outstanding shares are voted). Accordingly, if we seek shareholder approval
of our initial Business Combination, it is more likely that the necessary shareholder approval will be received than would be the case
if our Sponsor agreed to vote its founder shares in accordance with the majority of the votes cast by our public shareholders.
Your
only opportunity to affect the investment decision regarding a potential Business Combination will be limited to the exercise of your
right to redeem your shares from us for cash, unless we seek shareholder approval of such Business Combination.
Since
our board of directors may complete a business combination without seeking shareholder approval, public shareholders may not have the
right or opportunity to vote on the business combination, unless we seek such shareholder approval. Accordingly, if we do not seek shareholder
approval, your only opportunity to affect the investment decision regarding a potential business combination may be limited to exercising
your redemption rights within the period of time (which will be at least 20 business days) set forth in our tender offer documents mailed
to our public shareholders in which we describe our initial Business Combination.
The
ability of our public shareholders to redeem their shares for cash may make our financial condition unattractive to potential Business
Combination targets, which may make it difficult for us to enter into a Business Combination with a target.
We
may seek to enter into a Business Combination transaction agreement with a prospective target that requires as a closing condition that
we have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash. If too many public shareholders exercise their redemption rights, we would not
be able to meet such closing condition and, as a result, would not be able to proceed with the Business Combination. The amount of the
deferred underwriting commissions payable to the underwriters will not be adjusted for any shares that are redeemed in connection with
a Business Combination and such amount of deferred underwriting discount is not available for us to use as consideration in an initial
Business Combination. If we are able to consummate an initial Business Combination, the per-share value of shares held by non-redeeming shareholders
will reflect our obligation to pay and the payment of the deferred underwriting commissions. Furthermore, in no event will we redeem
our public shares in an amount that would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 following such redemptions, or any
greater net tangible asset or cash requirement that may be contained in the agreement relating to our initial Business Combination. Consequently,
if accepting all properly submitted redemption requests would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 or such greater
amount necessary to satisfy a closing condition as described above, we would not proceed with such redemption and the related Business
Combination and may instead search for an alternate Business Combination. Prospective targets will be aware of these risks and, thus,
may be reluctant to enter into a Business Combination transaction with us.
The
ability of our public shareholders to exercise redemption rights with respect to a large number of our shares may not allow us to complete
the most desirable Business Combination or optimize our capital structure.
At
the time we enter into an agreement for our initial Business Combination, we will not know how many shareholders may exercise their redemption
rights and, therefore, we will need to structure the transaction based on our expectations as to the number of shares that will be submitted
for redemption. If our initial Business Combination agreement requires us to use a portion of the cash in the Trust Account to pay the
purchase price, or requires us to have a minimum amount of cash at closing, we will need to reserve a portion of the cash in the Trust
Account to meet such requirements, or arrange for third-party financing. In addition, if a larger number of shares is submitted
for redemption than we initially expected, we may need to restructure the transaction to reserve a greater portion of the cash in the
Trust Account or arrange for third-party financing. Raising additional third-party financing may involve dilutive equity issuances
or the incurrence of indebtedness at higher than desirable levels. The above considerations may limit our ability to complete the most
desirable Business Combination available to us or optimize our capital structure.
The
ability of our public shareholders to exercise redemption rights with respect to a large number of our shares could increase the probability
that our initial Business Combination would be unsuccessful and that you would have to wait for liquidation in order to redeem your shares.
If
our initial Business Combination agreement requires us to use a portion of the cash in the Trust Account to pay the purchase price, or
requires us to have a minimum amount of cash at closing, the probability that our initial Business Combination would be unsuccessful
increases. If our initial Business Combination is unsuccessful, you would not receive your pro rata portion of the Trust Account until
we liquidate the Trust Account. If you are in need of immediate liquidity, you could attempt to sell your shares in the open market;
however, at such time our shares may trade at a discount to the pro rata amount per share in the Trust Account. In either situation,
you may suffer a material loss on your investment or lose the benefit of funds expected in connection with our redemption until we liquidate
or you are able to sell your shares in the open market.
The
requirement that we complete our initial Business Combination within the prescribed time frame may give potential target businesses leverage
over us in negotiating a Business Combination and may limit the time we have in which to conduct due diligence on potential Business
Combination targets, in particular as we approach our dissolution deadline, which could undermine our ability to complete our initial
Business Combination on terms that would produce value for our shareholders.
Any
potential target business with which we enter into negotiations concerning a Business Combination will be aware that we must complete
our initial Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering. Consequently, such target business
may obtain leverage over us in negotiating a Business Combination, knowing that if we do not complete our initial Business Combination
with that particular target business, we may be unable to complete our initial Business Combination with any target business. This risk
will increase as we get closer to the end of the 24-month period. In addition, we may have limited time to conduct due diligence
and may enter into our initial Business Combination on terms that we would have rejected upon a more comprehensive investigation. In
July 2021, the SEC charged a SPAC for misleading disclosures, which could have been corrected with more adequate due diligence, and obtained
substantial relief against the SPAC and its sponsor. Although we will invest in due diligence efforts and commit management time and
resources to such efforts, there can be no assurance that our due diligence will unveil all potential issues with a target business and
that we or our Sponsor will not become subject to regulatory actions related to such efforts.
We
may not be able to complete our initial Business Combination within the prescribed time frame, in which case we would cease all operations
except for the purpose of winding up and we would redeem our public shares and liquidate, in which case our public shareholders may receive
only $10.00 per share, or less than such amount in certain circumstances, and our Warrants will expire worthless.
Our
Sponsor, directors and officers have agreed that we must complete our initial Business Combination within 24 months from the closing
of the Initial Public Offering. We may not be able to find a suitable target business and complete our initial Business Combination within
such time period. Our ability to complete our initial Business Combination may be negatively impacted by general market conditions, volatility
in the capital and debt markets and the other risks described herein. For example, the outbreak of COVID-19 continues to grow both
in the U.S. and globally and, while the extent of the impact of the outbreak on us will depend on future developments, it could limit
our ability to complete our initial Business Combination, including as a result of increased market volatility, decreased market liquidity
and third-party financing being unavailable on terms acceptable to us or at all. Additionally, the outbreak of COVID-19 may negatively
impact businesses we may seek to acquire.
If
we have not completed our initial Business Combination within such time period or during any extension period, we will: (1) cease
all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (2) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than 10 business days thereafter,
redeem the public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account,
divided by the number of then issued and outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’
rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any); and (3) as promptly as reasonably
possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining shareholders and our board of directors, liquidate and dissolve,
subject in each case to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable
law. In such case, our public shareholders may receive only $10.00 per share, or less than $10.00 per share, on the redemption of their
shares, and our Warrants will expire worthless. See “— If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the
Trust Account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by shareholders may be less than $10.00 per share”
and other risk factors herein.
Our
search for a business combination, and any target business with which we ultimately consummate a business combination, may be materially
adversely affected by the coronavirus (“COVID-19”) outbreak and other events and the status of debt and equity markets.
In
December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus was reported to have surfaced, which has and is continuing to spread throughout parts of
the world, including the United States. On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a “Public
Health Emergency of International Concern.” On January 31, 2020, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M. Azar II declared
a public health emergency for the United States to aid the U.S. healthcare community in responding to COVID-19, and on March 11, 2020,
the World Health Organization characterized the outbreak as a “pandemic.” The COVID-19 outbreak has adversely affected, and
other events (such as terrorist attacks, natural disasters or a significant outbreak of other infectious diseases) could adversely affect,
economies and financial markets worldwide, business operations and the conduct of commerce generally, and the business of any potential
target business with which we consummate a business combination could be, or may already have been, materially and adversely affected.
Furthermore, we may be unable to complete a business combination if concerns relating to COVID-19 continue to restrict travel or limit
the ability to have meetings with potential investors, or the target company’s personnel, vendors and services providers are unavailable
to negotiate and consummate a transaction in a timely manner. The extent to which COVID-19 impacts our search for a business combination
will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted, including new information which may emerge concerning
the severity of COVID-19 and the actions to contain COVID-19 or treat its impact, among others. If the disruptions posed by COVID-19
or other events (such as terrorist attacks, natural disasters or a significant outbreak of other infectious diseases) continue for an
extensive period of time, our ability to consummate a business combination, or the operations of a target business with which we ultimately
consummate a business combination, may be materially adversely affected.
In
addition, our ability to consummate a transaction may be dependent on the ability to raise equity and debt financing which may be impacted
by COVID-19 and other events (such as terrorist attacks, natural disasters or a significant outbreak of other infectious diseases), including
as a result of increased market volatility and decreased market liquidity and third-party financing being unavailable on terms acceptable
to us or at all.
Finally,
the outbreak of COVID-19 may also have the effect of heightening many of the other risks described in this “Risk Factors”
section, such as those related to the market for our securities and cross-border transactions.
If
we seek shareholder approval of our initial Business Combination, our Sponsor, directors, officers, advisors or any of their respective
affiliates may elect to purchase shares or Warrants from public shareholders, which may influence a vote on a proposed Business Combination
and reduce the public “float” of our securities.
If
we seek shareholder approval of our initial Business Combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial Business
Combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our Sponsor, directors, officers, advisors or any of their affiliates may purchase public
shares or Warrants in privately negotiated transactions or in the open market either prior to or following the completion of our initial
Business Combination. Any such price per share may be different than the amount per share a public shareholder would receive if it elected
to redeem its shares in connection with our initial Business Combination. Additionally, at any time at or prior to our initial Business
Combination, subject to applicable securities laws (including with respect to material nonpublic information), our Sponsor, directors,
officers, advisors or any of their affiliates may enter into transactions with investors and others to provide them with incentives to
acquire public shares, vote their public shares in favor of our initial Business Combination or not redeem their public shares. However,
our Sponsor, directors, officers, advisors or any of their affiliates are under no obligation or duty to do so and they have no current
commitments, plans or intentions to engage in such transactions and have not formulated any terms or conditions for any such transactions.
The purpose of such purchases could be to vote such shares in favor of our initial Business Combination and thereby increase the likelihood
of obtaining shareholder approval of our initial Business Combination or to satisfy a closing condition in an agreement with a target
that requires us to have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash at the closing of our initial Business Combination, where it
appears that such requirement would otherwise not be met. The purpose of any such purchases of Public Warrants could be to reduce the
number of Public Warrants outstanding or to vote such Warrants on any matters submitted to the Warrant holders for approval in connection
with our initial Business Combination. This may result in the completion of our initial Business Combination that may not otherwise have
been possible.
In
addition, if such purchases are made, the public “float” of our securities and the number of beneficial holders of our securities
may be reduced, possibly making it difficult to maintain or obtain the quotation, listing or trading of our securities on a national
securities exchange.
If
a shareholder fails to receive notice of our offer to redeem our public shares in connection with our initial Business Combination, or
fails to comply with the procedures for tendering its shares, such shares may not be redeemed.
We
will comply with the tender offer rules or proxy rules, as applicable, when conducting redemptions in connection with our initial Business
Combination. Despite our compliance with these rules, if a shareholder fails to receive our tender offer or proxy materials, as applicable,
such shareholder may not become aware of the opportunity to redeem its shares. In addition, the tender offer documents or proxy materials,
as applicable, that we will furnish to holders of our public shares in connection with our initial Business Combination will describe
the various procedures that must be complied with in order to validly tender or redeem public shares. In the event that a shareholder
fails to comply with these procedures, its shares may not be redeemed.
You
are not entitled to protections normally afforded to investors of many other blank check companies.
Since
the net proceeds of our Initial Public Offering and the sale of the private placement warrants are intended to be used to complete an
initial Business Combination with a target business that has not been selected, we may be deemed to be a “blank check” company
under the U.S. securities laws. However, because we have net tangible assets in excess of $5,000,000 from the successful completion of
the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the private placement warrants and have filed a Current Report on Form 8-K, including an
audited balance sheet of the company demonstrating this fact, we are exempt from rules promulgated by the SEC to protect investors in
blank check companies, such as Rule 419. Accordingly, investors are not afforded the benefits or protections of those rules. Among other
things, this means we will have a longer period of time to complete our initial Business Combination than do companies subject to Rule
419. Moreover, if the Initial Public Offering was subject to Rule 419, that rule would prohibit the release of any interest earned on
funds held in the trust account to us unless and until the funds in the trust account were released to us in connection with our completion
of an initial Business Combination.
If
we seek shareholder approval of our initial Business Combination and we do not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules,
and if you or a “group” of shareholders are deemed to hold in excess of 15% of our Class A ordinary shares, you will
lose the ability to redeem all such shares in excess of 15% of our Class A ordinary shares.
If
we seek shareholder approval of our initial Business Combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial Business
Combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that a public
shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as
a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Exchange Act), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect
to more than an aggregate of 15% of the shares sold in the Initial Public Offering, which we refer to as the “Excess Shares,”
without our prior consent. However, we would not be restricting our shareholders’ ability to vote all of their shares (including
Excess Shares) for or against our initial Business Combination. Your inability to redeem the Excess Shares will reduce your influence
over our ability to complete our initial Business Combination and you could suffer a material loss on your investment in us if you sell
Excess Shares in open market transactions. Additionally, you will not receive redemption distributions with respect to the Excess Shares
if we complete our initial Business Combination. And as a result, you will continue to hold that number of shares exceeding 15% and,
in order to dispose of such shares, would be required to sell your shares in open market transactions, potentially at a loss.
Because
of our limited resources and the significant competition for Business Combination opportunities, it may be more difficult for us to complete
our initial Business Combination. If we have not completed our initial Business Combination within the required time period, our public
shareholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per share, or less in certain circumstances, on our redemption of their shares, and
our Warrants will expire worthless.
We
expect to encounter intense competition from other entities having a business objective similar to ours, including private investors
(which may be individuals or investment partnerships), other blank check companies and other entities, domestic and international, competing
for the types of businesses we intend to acquire. Many of these individuals and entities are well established and have extensive experience
in identifying and effecting, directly or indirectly, acquisitions of companies operating in or providing services to various industries.
Many of these competitors possess greater technical, human and other resources or more local industry knowledge than we do and our financial
resources will be relatively limited when contrasted with those of many of these competitors. Additionally, the number of blank check
companies looking for business combination targets has increased compared to recent years and many of these blank check companies are
sponsored by entities or persons that have significant experience with completing business combinations. While we believe there are numerous
target businesses we could potentially acquire with the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement
Warrants, our ability to compete with respect to the acquisition of certain target businesses that are sizable will be limited by our
available financial resources. This inherent competitive limitation gives others an advantage in pursuing the acquisition of certain
target businesses. Furthermore, in the event we seek shareholder approval of our initial Business Combination and we are obligated to
pay cash for our Class A ordinary shares, it will potentially reduce the resources available to us for our initial Business Combination.
Any of these obligations may place us at a competitive disadvantage in successfully negotiating a Business Combination. If we have not
completed our initial Business Combination within the required time period, our public shareholders may receive only approximately $10.00
per share, or less in certain circumstances, on the liquidation of our Trust Account and our Warrants will expire worthless. See “—
If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the Trust Account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount
received by shareholders may be less than $10.00 per share” and other risk factors herein.
As
the number of special purpose acquisition companies increases, there may be more competition to find an attractive target for an initial
Business Combination. This could increase the costs associated with completing our initial Business Combination and may result in our
inability to find a suitable target for our initial Business Combination.
In
recent years, the number of special purpose acquisition companies that have been formed has increased substantially. Many companies have
entered into business combinations with special purpose acquisition companies, and there are still many special purpose acquisition companies
seeking targets for their initial business combination, as well as many additional special purpose acquisition companies currently in
registration. As a result, at times, fewer attractive targets may be available, and it may require more time, effort and resources to
identify a suitable target for an initial Business Combination.
In
addition, because there are more special purpose acquisition companies seeking to enter into an initial business combination with available
targets, the competition for available targets with attractive fundamentals or business models may increase, which could cause target
companies to demand improved financial terms. Attractive deals could also become scarcer for other reasons, such as economic or industry
sector downturns, geopolitical tensions or increases in the cost of additional capital needed to close business combinations or operate
targets post-business combination. This could increase the cost of, delay or otherwise complicate or frustrate our ability to find a
suitable target for and/or complete our initial Business Combination.
Global
or regional conditions may adversely affect our business and our ability to find an attractive target business with which to consummate
our initial Business Combination.
Adverse
changes in global or regional economic conditions periodically occur, including recession or slowing growth, changes, or uncertainty
in fiscal, monetary or trade policy, higher interest rates, tighter credit, inflation, lower capital expenditures by businesses, increases
in unemployment and lower consumer confidence and spending. Adverse changes in economic conditions can harm global business and adversely
affect our ability to find an attractive target business with which to consummate our initial Business Combination. Such adverse changes
could result from geopolitical and security issues, such as armed conflict and civil or military unrest, political instability, human
rights concerns and terrorist activity, catastrophic events such as natural disasters and public health issues (including the COVID-19
pandemic), supply chain interruptions, new or revised export, import or doing-business regulations, including trade sanctions and tariffs
or other global or regional occurrences.
In
particular, in response to Russia’s recent invasion of Ukraine, the United States, the European Union, and several other countries
are imposing far-reaching sanctions and export control restrictions on Russian entities and individuals. This rising conflict and the
resulting market volatility could adversely affect global economic, political and market conditions. Additionally, tensions between the
United States and China have led to increased tariffs and trade restrictions. The United States has imposed economic sanctions on certain
Chinese individuals and entities and restrictions on the export of U.S.-regulated products and technology to certain Chinese technology
companies. These and other global and regional conditions may adversely impact our business and our ability to find an attractive target
businesses with which to consummate our initial Business Combination.
If
the funds not being held in the Trust Account are insufficient to allow us to operate for at least the 24 months following the closing
of the Initial Public Offering, we may be unable to complete our initial Business Combination.
The
funds available to us outside of the Trust Account may not be sufficient to allow us to operate for at least the 24 months following
the closing of the Initial Public Offering, assuming that our initial Business Combination is not completed during that time. We expect
to incur significant costs in pursuit of our acquisition plans. Management’s plans to address this need for capital through the
Initial Public Offering and through loans from certain of our affiliates are discussed in “Item 7 – Management’s Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” However, except for the support from our Sponsor, we may not be
able to raise additional financing from unaffiliated parties necessary to fund our expenses. Our Sponsor’s inability to fund borrowings
under loans or other arrangements to support our funding may negatively impact the analysis regarding our ability to continue as a going
concern at such time.
Of
the funds available to us, we could use a portion of the funds available to us to pay fees to consultants to assist us with our search
for a target business. We could also use a portion of the funds as a down payment or to fund a “no-shop” provision (a provision
in letters of intent designed to keep target businesses from “shopping” around for transactions with other companies or investors
on terms more favorable to such target businesses) with respect to a particular proposed Business Combination, although we do not have
any current intention to do so. If we enter into a letter of intent where we paid for the right to receive exclusivity from a target
business and were subsequently required to forfeit such funds (whether as a result of our breach or otherwise), we might not have sufficient
funds to continue searching for, or conduct due diligence with respect to, a target business. If we have not completed our initial Business
Combination within the required time period, our public shareholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per share, or less in certain
circumstances, on the liquidation of our Trust Account and our Warrants will expire worthless. See “— If third parties bring
claims against us, the proceeds held in the Trust Account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by shareholders
may be less than $10.00 per share” and other risk factors herein.
If
the net proceeds of our Initial Public Offering and the sale of the private placement warrants not being held in the trust account are
insufficient, it could limit the amount available to fund our search for a target business or businesses and complete our initial Business
Combination and we may depend on loans from our Sponsor or management team to fund our search, to pay our taxes and to complete our initial
Business Combination.
Of
the net proceeds of our Initial Public Offering and the sale of the private placement warrants, only approximately $1,410,000 will be
available to us initially outside the trust account to fund our working capital requirements. In the event that our offering expenses
exceed our estimate of $590,000, we may fund such excess with funds not to be held in the trust account. In such case, the amount of
funds we intend to be held outside the trust account would decrease by a corresponding amount. Conversely, in the event that the offering
expenses are less than our estimate of $590,000, the amount of funds we intend to be held outside the trust account would increase by
a corresponding amount. If we are required to seek additional capital, we would need to borrow funds from our Sponsor, management team
or other third parties to operate or may be forced to liquidate. Our Sponsor has undertaken to fund our working capital deficiencies
and finance transaction costs in connection with an initial Business Combination by means of Company Working Capital Loans.. On February
16, 2022, our Sponsor confirmed to us that it will provide any such Working Capital Loans for at least the next twelve months, pursuant
to a promissory note. Any such loans may be repaid only from funds held outside the trust account or from funds released to us upon completion
of our initial Business Combination. However, except for the promissory note discussed above, our affiliates are not obligated to make
loans to us in the future, and we may not be able to raise additional financing from unaffiliated parties necessary to fund our expenses.
If we have not completed our initial Business Combination within the required time period because we do not have sufficient funds available
to us, we will be forced to cease operations and liquidate the trust account. In such case, our public shareholders may receive only
$10.00 per share, or less in certain circumstances, and our warrants will expire worthless.
Changes
in the market for directors and officers liability insurance could make it more difficult and more expensive for us to negotiate and
complete an initial Business Combination.
In
recent months, the market for directors and officers liability insurance for special purpose acquisition companies has changed in ways
adverse to us and our management team. Fewer insurance companies are offering quotes for directors and officers liability coverage, the
premiums charged for such policies have generally increased and the terms of such policies have generally become less favorable. These
trends may continue into the future.
The
increased cost and decreased availability of directors and officers liability insurance could make it more difficult and more expensive
for us to negotiate and complete an initial Business Combination. In order to obtain directors and officers liability insurance or modify
its coverage as a result of becoming a public company, the post-Business Combination entity might need to incur greater expense and/or
accept less favorable terms. Furthermore, any failure to obtain adequate directors and officers liability insurance could have an adverse
impact on the post-Business Combination’s ability to attract and retain qualified officers and directors.
In
addition, after completion of any initial Business Combination, our directors and officers could be subject to potential liability from
claims arising from conduct alleged to have occurred prior to such initial Business Combination. As a result, in order to protect our
directors and officers, the post-Business Combination entity may need to purchase additional insurance with respect to any such claims
(“run-off insurance”). The need for run-off insurance would be an added expense for the post-Business Combination
entity and could interfere with or frustrate our ability to consummate an initial Business Combination on terms favorable to our investors.
If
third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the Trust Account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received
by shareholders may be less than $10.00 per share.
Our
placing of funds in the Trust Account may not protect those funds from third-party claims against us. Although we will seek to have
all vendors, service providers (other than our independent registered public accounting firm), prospective target businesses and other
entities with which we do business execute agreements with us waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies
held in the Trust Account for the benefit of our public shareholders, such parties may not execute such agreements, or even if they execute
such agreements they may not be prevented from bringing claims against the Trust Account, including, but not limited to, fraudulent inducement,
breach of fiduciary responsibility or other similar claims, as well as claims challenging the enforceability of the waiver, in each case
in order to gain advantage with respect to a claim against our assets, including the funds held in the Trust Account. If any third party
refuses to execute an agreement waiving such claims to the monies held in the Trust Account, our management will perform an analysis
of the alternatives available to it and will enter into an agreement with a third party that has not executed a waiver only if management
believes that such third party’s engagement would be significantly more beneficial to us than any alternative.
Examples
of possible instances where we may engage a third party that refuses to execute a waiver include the engagement of a third-party consultant
whose particular expertise or skills are believed by management to be significantly superior to those of other consultants that would
agree to execute a waiver or in cases where we are unable to find a service provider willing to execute a waiver. In addition, there
is no guarantee that such entities will agree to waive any claims they may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any
negotiations, contracts or agreements with us and will not seek recourse against the Trust Account for any reason. Upon redemption of
our public shares, if we have not completed our initial Business Combination within the required time period, or upon the exercise of
a redemption right in connection with our initial Business Combination, we will be required to provide for payment of claims of creditors
that were not waived that may be brought against us within the 10 years following redemption. Accordingly, the per-share redemption
amount received by public shareholders could be less than the $10.00 per public share initially held in the Trust Account, due to claims
of such creditors.
Our
Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to us if and to the extent any claims by a third party (other than our independent registered
public accounting firm) for services rendered or products sold to us, or a prospective target business with which we have discussed entering
into a transaction agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below (1) $10.00 per public share or (2) such
lesser amount per public share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account due to reductions in
the value of the trust assets, in each case net of interest which may be withdrawn to pay taxes, except as to any claims by a third party
who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account and except as to any claims under our indemnity of the
underwriters of the Initial Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. Moreover, in
the event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, our Sponsor will not be responsible to the extent
of any liability for such third-party claims. We have not independently verified whether our Sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy
its indemnity obligations and believe that our Sponsor’s only assets are securities of our company and, therefore, our Sponsor
may not be able to satisfy those obligations. We have not asked our Sponsor to reserve for such obligations. As a result, if any such
claims were successfully made against the Trust Account, the funds available for our initial Business Combination and redemptions could
be reduced to less than $10.00 per public share. In such event, we may not be able to complete our initial Business Combination, and
you would receive such lesser amount per share in connection with any redemption of your public shares. None of our directors or officers
will indemnify us for claims by third parties including, without limitation, claims by vendors and prospective target businesses.
Our
directors may decide not to enforce the indemnification obligations of our Sponsor, resulting in a reduction in the amount of funds in
the Trust Account available for distribution to our public shareholders.
In
the event that the proceeds in the Trust Account are reduced below the lesser of (1) $10.00 per public share or (2) such lesser
amount per share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account due to reductions in the value of the
trust assets, in each case net of interest which may be withdrawn to pay taxes, and our Sponsor asserts that it is unable to satisfy
its obligations or that it has no indemnification obligations related to a particular claim, our independent directors would determine
whether to take legal action against our Sponsor to enforce its indemnification obligations. While we currently expect that our independent
directors would take legal action on our behalf against our Sponsor to enforce its indemnification obligations to us, it is possible
that our independent directors in exercising their business judgment may choose not to do so in any particular instance. If our independent
directors choose not to enforce these indemnification obligations, the amount of funds in the Trust Account available for distribution
to our public shareholders may be reduced below $10.00 per share.
The
securities in which we invest the funds held in the Trust Account could bear a negative rate of interest, which could reduce the value
of the assets held in trust such that the per-share redemption amount received by public shareholders may be less than $10.00 per share.
The
proceeds held in the Trust Account may be invested only in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less
or in money market funds investing solely in direct U.S. government treasury obligations. While short-term U.S. government treasury
obligations currently yield a positive rate of interest, they have briefly yielded negative interest rates in recent years. Central banks
in Europe and Japan pursued interest rates below zero in recent years, and the Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve has not ruled
out the possibility that it may in the future adopt similar policies in the United States. In the event that we are unable to complete
our initial Business Combination or make certain amendments to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, our public
shareholders are entitled to receive their pro rata share of the proceeds held in the Trust Account, plus any interest income, net
of taxes paid or payable (less, in the case we are unable to complete our initial Business Combination, $100,000 of interest). Negative
interest rates could reduce the value of the assets held in trust such that the per-share redemption amount received by public shareholders
may be less than $10.00 per share.
If,
after we distribute the proceeds in the Trust Account to our public shareholders, we file a winding-up or bankruptcy or an involuntary
winding-up or bankruptcy is filed against us that is not dismissed, a bankruptcy court may seek to recover such proceeds, and the members
of our board of directors may be viewed as having breached their fiduciary duties to our creditors, thereby exposing the members of our
board of directors and us to claims of punitive damages.
If,
after we distribute the proceeds in the Trust Account to our public shareholders, we file a winding-up or bankruptcy or an involuntary
winding-up or bankruptcy is filed against us that is not dismissed, any distributions received by shareholders could be viewed under
applicable debtor/creditor and/or insolvency laws as a voidable performance. As a result, a liquidator could seek to recover some or
all amounts received by our shareholders. In addition, our board of directors may be viewed as having breached its fiduciary duty to
our creditors and/or having acted in bad faith by paying public shareholders from the Trust Account prior to addressing the claims of
creditors, thereby exposing itself and us to claims of punitive damages.
If,
before distributing the proceeds in the Trust Account to our public shareholders, we file a winding-up or bankruptcy or an involuntary
winding-up or bankruptcy is filed against us that is not dismissed, the claims of creditors in such proceeding may have priority over
the claims of our shareholders and the per-share amount that would otherwise be received by our shareholders in connection with our liquidation
may be reduced.
If,
before distributing the proceeds in the Trust Account to our public shareholders, we file a winding-up or bankruptcy or an involuntary
winding-up or bankruptcy is filed against us that is not dismissed, the proceeds held in the Trust Account could be subject to applicable
insolvency law, and may be included in our liquidation estate and subject to the claims of third parties with priority over the claims
of our shareholders. To the extent any liquidation claims deplete the Trust Account, the per-share amount that would otherwise be
received by our shareholders in connection with our liquidation would be reduced.
If
we are deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act, we may be required to institute burdensome compliance requirements
and our activities may be restricted, which may make it difficult for us to complete our initial Business Combination.
| ● | If
we are deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act, our activities
may be restricted, including: restrictions on the nature of our investments; and |
| ● | restrictions
on the issuance of securities; |
each
of which may make it difficult for us to complete our initial Business Combination.
In
addition, we may have imposed upon us burdensome requirements, including:
| ● | registration
as an investment company with the SEC; |
| ● | adoption
of a specific form of corporate structure; and |
| ● | reporting,
record keeping, voting, proxy and disclosure requirements and other rules and regulations
that we are currently not subject to. |
We
do not believe that our anticipated principal activities will subject us to the Investment Company Act. To this end, the proceeds held
in the trust account will be held in a non-interest bearing trust account. Pursuant to the trust agreement, the trustee is not permitted
to invest in other securities or assets. By restricting the investment of the proceeds to these instruments, and by having a business
plan targeted at acquiring and growing businesses for the long term (rather than on buying and selling businesses in the manner of a
merchant bank or private equity fund), we intend to avoid being deemed an “investment company” within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act. The Initial Public Offering is not intended for persons who are seeking a return on investments in government
securities or investment securities. The trust account is intended as a holding place for funds pending the earliest to occur of either:
(i) the completion of our initial Business Combination; (ii) the redemption of any public shares properly tendered in connection with
a shareholder vote to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) to modify the substance or timing of
our obligation to provide holders of our Class A ordinary shares the right to have their shares redeemed in connection with our initial
Business Combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial Business Combination within 24 months from
the closing of our Initial Public Offering or (B) with respect to any other material provision relating to the rights of holders of our
Class A ordinary shares or pre-initial business combination activity; or (iii) absent our completing an initial business combination
within 24 months from the closing of our Initial Public Offering, our return of the funds held in the trust account to our public shareholders
as part of our redemption of the public shares. If we do not invest the proceeds as discussed above, we may be deemed to be subject to
the Investment Company Act. If we were deemed to be subject to the Investment Company Act, compliance with these additional regulatory
burdens would require additional expenses for which we have not allotted funds and may hinder our ability to complete a business combination.
If we have not consummated our initial business combination within the required time period, our public shareholders may receive only
approximately $10.00 per public share, or less in certain circumstances, on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will
expire worthless.
Changes
in laws or regulations, or a failure to comply with any laws and regulations, may adversely affect our business, including our ability
to negotiate and complete our initial Business Combination, and results of operations.
We
are and will be subject to laws and regulations enacted by national, regional and local governments. In particular, we will be required
to comply with certain SEC and other legal requirements, our business combination may be contingent on our ability to comply with certain
laws and regulations and any post-business combination company may be subject to additional laws and regulations. Compliance with, and
monitoring of, applicable laws and regulations may be difficult, time consuming and costly. Those laws and regulations and their interpretation
and application may also change from time to time, including as a result of changes in economic, political, social and government policies,
and those changes could have a material adverse effect on our business, including our ability to negotiate and complete our initial Business
Combination, and results of operations. In addition, a failure to comply with applicable laws or regulations, as interpreted and applied,
could have a material adverse effect on our business, including our ability to negotiate and complete our initial Business Combination,
and results of operations.
If
we have not completed our initial Business Combination within the allotted time period, our public shareholders may be forced to wait
beyond such allotted time period before redemption from our Trust Account.
If
we have not completed our initial Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering or during
any Extension Period, we will distribute the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, pro rata to our public shareholders
by way of redemption and cease all operations except for the purposes of winding up of our affairs, as further described herein. Any
redemption of public shareholders from the Trust Account shall be effected automatically by function of our amended and restated memorandum
and articles of association prior to any voluntary winding up. If we are required to wind up, liquidate the Trust Account and distribute
such amount therein, pro rata, to our public shareholders, as part of any liquidation process, such winding up, liquidation and distribution
must comply with the applicable provisions of the Companies Act. In that case, investors may be forced to wait beyond the allotted time
period before the redemption proceeds of our Trust Account become available to them and they receive the return of their pro rata portion
of the proceeds from our Trust Account. We have no obligation to return funds to investors prior to the date of our redemption or liquidation
unless, prior thereto, we consummate our initial Business Combination or amend certain provisions of our amended and restated memorandum
and articles of association and then only in cases where investors have properly sought to redeem their Class A ordinary shares.
Only upon our redemption or any liquidation will public shareholders be entitled to distributions if we have not completed our initial
Business Combination within the required time period and do not amend certain provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles
of association prior thereto.
Our
shareholders may be held liable for claims by third parties against us to the extent of distributions received by them upon redemption
of their shares.
If
we are forced to enter into an insolvent liquidation, any distributions received by shareholders could be viewed as an unlawful payment
if it was proved that immediately following the date on which the distribution was made, we were unable to pay our debts as they fall
due in the ordinary course of business. As a result, a liquidator could seek to recover some or all amounts received by our shareholders.
Furthermore, our directors may be viewed as having breached their fiduciary duties to us or our creditors and/or may have acted in bad
faith, and thereby exposing themselves and our company to claims, by paying public shareholders from the Trust Account prior to addressing
the claims of creditors. We cannot assure you that claims will not be brought against us for these reasons. We and our directors and
officers who knowingly and willfully authorized or permitted any distribution to be paid out of our share premium account while we were
unable to pay our debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business would be guilty of an offense and may be liable for a fine
of up to approximately $18,300 and to imprisonment for five years in the Cayman Islands.
We
may not hold an annual general meeting until after the consummation of our initial Business Combination. Our public shareholders will
not have the right to elect or remove directors prior to the consummation of our initial Business Combination.
In
accordance with Nasdaq corporate governance requirements, we are not required to hold an annual general meeting until one year after
our first fiscal year end following our listing on Nasdaq. There is no requirement under the Companies Act for us to hold annual or extraordinary
general meetings to appoint directors. Until we hold an annual general meeting, public shareholders may not be afforded the opportunity
to discuss company affairs with management. In addition, as holders of our Class A ordinary shares, our public shareholders will
not have the right to vote on the appointment of directors prior to consummation of our initial Business Combination. In addition, holders
of a majority of our founder shares may remove a member of the board of directors for any reason.
The
grant of registration rights to our initial shareholders and their permitted transferees and the forward purchase investors may make
it more difficult to complete our initial Business Combination, and the future exercise of such rights may adversely affect the market
price of our Class A ordinary shares.
At
or after the time of our initial Business Combination, our initial shareholders and their permitted transferees can demand that we register
the resale of their founder shares after those shares convert to our Class A ordinary shares. In addition, our Sponsor and its permitted
transferees can demand that we register the resale of the Private Placement Warrants and the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon
exercise of the Private Placement Warrants, and holders of Warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans may demand
that we register the resale of such Warrants or the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of such Warrants. We will bear
the cost of registering these securities. Pursuant to the forward purchase agreement, we will agree that we will use our reasonable best
efforts to (i) within 30 days after the closing of the initial business combination, file a registration statement with the SEC for a
secondary offering of (A) the forward purchase shares, (B) the forward purchase warrants, (C) the shares underlying the forward purchase
warrants and (D) any other shares of Class A ordinary shares acquired by the forward purchase investors, including any acquired after
we complete our initial Business Combination, (ii) cause such registration statement to be declared effective promptly thereafter, but
in no event later than 90 days after the closing of the initial Business Combination and (iii) maintain the effectiveness of such registration
statement and to ensure the registration statement does not contain a material omission or misstatement, including by way of amendment
or other update, as required, until the earlier of (A) the date on which the forward purchase investors cease to hold the securities
covered thereby and (B) the date all of the securities covered thereby can be sold publicly without restriction or limitation under Rule
144 under the Securities Act, and without the requirement to be in compliance with Rule 144(c) (1) under the Securities Act, subject
to certain conditions and limitations set forth in the forward purchase agreement. The registration and availability of such a significant
number of securities for trading in the public market may have an adverse effect on the market price of our Class A ordinary shares.
In addition, the existence of the registration rights may make our initial Business Combination more costly or difficult to complete.
This is because the shareholders of the target business may increase the equity stake they seek in the combined entity or ask for more
cash consideration to offset the negative impact on the market price of our Class A ordinary shares that is expected when the ordinary
shares owned by our initial shareholders or their permitted transferees, the forward purchase shares, the forward purchase warrants,
the private placement warrants owned by our Sponsor or their permitted transferees or warrants issued in connection with Working Capital
Loans are registered for resale.
Because
we are not limited to a particular industry or any specific target businesses with which to pursue our initial Business Combination,
you will be unable to ascertain the merits or risks of any particular target business’s operations.
We
may seek to complete a Business Combination with an operating company of any size (subject to our satisfaction of the 80% of net assets
test) and in any industry, sector or geography. However, we will not, under our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association,
be permitted to effectuate our initial Business Combination solely with another blank check company or similar company with nominal operations.
Because we have not yet selected or approached any specific target business with respect to a Business Combination, there is no basis
to evaluate the possible merits or risks of any particular target business’s operations, results of operations, cash flows, liquidity,
financial condition or prospects. To the extent we complete our initial Business Combination, we may be affected by numerous risks inherent
in the business operations with which we combine. For example, if we combine with a financially unstable business or an entity lacking
an established record of sales or earnings, we may be affected by the risks inherent in the business and operations of a financially
unstable or development stage entity. Although our directors and officers will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent in a particular
target business, we cannot assure you that we will properly ascertain or assess all of the significant risk factors or that we will have
adequate time to complete due diligence. Furthermore, some of these risks may be outside of our control and leave us with no ability
to control or reduce the chances that those risks will adversely impact a target business. We also cannot assure you that an investment
in our units will not ultimately prove to be less favorable to our investors than a direct investment, if such opportunity were available,
in a Business Combination target. Accordingly, any shareholder or Warrant holder who chooses to remain a shareholder or Warrant holder,
respectively, following our initial Business Combination could suffer a reduction in the value of their securities. Such shareholders
and Warrant holders are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction in value.
We
may seek acquisition opportunities in industries or sectors which may or may not be outside of our management’s area of expertise.
We
will consider a Business Combination outside of our management’s area of expertise if a Business Combination target is presented
to us and we determine that such candidate offers an attractive acquisition opportunity for our company. Although our management will
endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent in any particular Business Combination target, we cannot assure you that we will adequately ascertain
or assess all of the significant risk factors. We also cannot assure you that an investment in our units will not ultimately prove to
be less favorable to investors in our Initial Public Offering than a direct investment, if an opportunity were available, in a Business
Combination target. In the event we elect to pursue an acquisition outside of the areas of our management’s expertise, our management’s
expertise may not be directly applicable to its evaluation or operation and our management’s expertise would not be relevant to
an understanding of the business that we elect to acquire. As a result, our management may not be able to adequately ascertain or assess
all of the significant risk factors. Accordingly, any holders who choose to retain their securities following the Business Combination
could suffer a reduction in the value of their securities. Such holders are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction in value.
Although
we have identified general criteria and guidelines that we believe are important in evaluating prospective target businesses, we may
enter into our initial Business Combination with a target that does not meet such criteria and guidelines, and as a result, the target
business with which we enter into our initial Business Combination may not have attributes entirely consistent with our general criteria
and guidelines.
Although
we have identified general criteria and guidelines for evaluating prospective target businesses, it is possible that a target business
with which we enter into our initial Business Combination will not have all of these positive attributes. If we complete our initial
Business Combination with a target that does not meet some or all of these criteria and guidelines, such initial Business Combination
may not be as successful as a combination with a business that does meet all of our general criteria and guidelines. In addition, if
we announce a prospective Business Combination with a target that does not meet our general criteria and guidelines, a greater number
of shareholders may exercise their redemption rights, which may make it difficult for us to meet any closing condition with a target
business that requires us to have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash. In addition, if shareholder approval of the transaction
is required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirements, or we decide to obtain shareholder approval for business or other
reasons, it may be more difficult for us to attain shareholder approval of our initial Business Combination if the target business does
not meet our general criteria and guidelines. If we have not completed our initial Business Combination within the required time period,
our public shareholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per share, or less in certain circumstances, on the liquidation of our
Trust Account and our Warrants will expire worthless.
We
may engage the underwriters from our Initial Public Offering or any of their affiliates to provide additional services to us. The underwriters
are entitled to receive deferred commissions that will be released from the trust only on a completion of an initial Business Combination.
These financial incentives may cause the underwriters to have potential conflicts of interest in rendering any such additional services
to us after the Initial Public Offering.
We
may engage the underwriters from our Initial Public Offering or any of their affiliates to provide additional services to us, including,
for example, identifying potential targets, providing financial advisory services, acting as a placement agent in a private offering
or arranging debt financing. We may pay the underwriters or any of their affiliates fair and reasonable fees or other compensation that
would be determined at that time in an arm’s length negotiation. The underwriters are also entitled to receive deferred commissions
that are conditioned on the completion of an initial Business Combination. The fact that the underwriters or any of their affiliates’
financial interests are tied to the consummation of a business combination transaction may give rise to potential conflicts of interest
in providing any such additional services to us, including potential conflicts of interest in connection with the sourcing and consummation
of an initial Business Combination.
We
may seek acquisition opportunities with an early stage company, a financially unstable business or an entity lacking an established record
of revenue or earnings.
To
the extent we complete our initial Business Combination with an early stage company, a financially unstable business or an entity lacking
an established record of sales or earnings, we may be affected by numerous risks inherent in the operations of the business with which
we combine. These risks include investing in a business without a proven business model and with limited historical financial data, volatile
revenues or earnings, intense competition and difficulties in obtaining and retaining key personnel. Although our directors and officers
will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent in a particular target business, we may not be able to properly ascertain or assess all
of the significant risk factors and we may not have adequate time to complete due diligence. Furthermore, some of these risks may be
outside of our control and leave us with no ability to control or reduce the chances that those risks will adversely impact a target
business.
We
are not required to obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or from an independent accounting firm regarding fairness.
Consequently, you may have no assurance from an independent source that the price we are paying for the business is fair to our company
from a financial point of view.
Unless
we complete our initial Business Combination with an affiliated entity, we are not required to obtain an opinion that the price we are
paying is fair to our company from a financial point of view. If no opinion is obtained, our shareholders will be relying on the judgment
of our board of directors, who will determine fair market value based on standards generally accepted by the financial community. Such
standards used will be disclosed in our tender offer documents or proxy solicitation materials, as applicable, related to our initial
Business Combination.
We
may issue additional Class A ordinary shares or preferred shares to complete our initial Business Combination or under an employee incentive
plan after completion of our initial Business Combination. We may also issue Class A ordinary shares upon the conversion of the Class
F or Class G ordinary shares or subsequent to at the time of our initial Business Combination as a result of the anti-dilution provisions
contained in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. Any such issuances would dilute the interest of our shareholders
and likely present other risks.
Our
amended and restated memorandum and articles of association authorizes the issuance of up to 500,000,000 Class A ordinary shares, par
value $0.0001 per share, 30,000,000 Class F ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, 30,000,000 Class G ordinary shares, par value
$0.0001 per share, and 5,000,000 undesignated preferred shares, par value $0.0001 per share. Following our Initial Public Offering, there
are 480,000,000, 27,777,778 and 25,555,555 authorized but unissued Class A ordinary shares, Class F ordinary shares and Class G ordinary
shares, respectively.. The Class F ordinary shares are automatically convertible into Class A ordinary shares on the first business day
following the completion of our initial Business Combination, and the Class G ordinary shares are convertible into Class A ordinary shares
thereafter as described herein.
We
may issue a substantial number of additional Class A ordinary shares, and may issue preferred shares, in order to complete our initial
Business Combination or under an employee incentive plan after completion of our initial Business Combination. We may also issue Class
A ordinary shares upon conversion of the Class F ordinary shares or Class G ordinary shares as a result of the anti-dilution provisions
contained in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. However, our amended and restated memorandum and articles
of association provide, among other things, that prior to our initial Business Combination, we may not issue additional ordinary shares
that would entitle the holders thereof to (1) receive funds from the trust account or (2) vote as a class with our public shares on any
initial business combination. The issuance of additional ordinary shares or preferred shares, including the issuance of the forward purchase
shares:
| ● | may
significantly dilute the equity interest of investors in the Initial Public Offering; |
| ● | may
subordinate the rights of holders of ordinary shares if preference shares are issued with
rights senior to those afforded our ordinary shares; |
| ● | could
cause a change of control if a substantial number of our ordinary shares is issued, which
may affect, among other things, our ability to use our net operating loss carry forwards,
if any, and could result in the resignation or removal of our present directors and officers; |
| ● | may
have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control of us by diluting the share
ownership or voting rights of a person seeking to obtain control of us; |
| ● | may
adversely affect prevailing market prices for our Units, ordinary shares and/or Warrants;
and |
| ● | may
not result in adjustment to the exercise price of our Warrants. |
Our
initial Business Combination or reincorporation may result in taxes imposed on our shareholders or Warrant holders.
We
may, subject to requisite shareholder approval by special resolution under the Companies Act, effect a Business Combination with a target
company in another jurisdiction, reincorporate in the jurisdiction in which the target company or business is located, or reincorporate
in another jurisdiction. Such transactions may result in tax liability for a shareholder or Warrant holder in the jurisdiction in which
the shareholder or Warrant holder is a tax resident (or in which its members are resident if it is a tax transparent entity), in which
the target company is located, or in which we reincorporate. We do not intend to make any cash distributions to shareholders or Warrant
holders to pay such taxes. Shareholders or Warrant holders may be subject to withholding taxes or other taxes with respect to their ownership
of us after the reincorporation.
We
may reincorporate or re-domicile in, or transfer our tax residence to, another jurisdiction in connection with our initial Business Combination
and the laws of such jurisdiction may govern some or all of our future material agreements and we may not be able to enforce our legal
rights. In addition, the effect of such reincorporation, re-domiciliation or change of tax residence may result in taxes being imposed
on us or our shareholders or warrant holders.
In
connection with our initial Business Combination, we may reincorporate or re-domicile in, or transfer our tax residence to, another jurisdiction
or merge into a new entity in such jurisdiction. If we determine to do this, the laws of such jurisdiction may govern some or all of
our future material agreements. The system of laws and the enforcement of existing laws in such jurisdiction may not be as certain in
implementation and interpretation as in the Cayman Islands or the United States. The inability to enforce or obtain a remedy under any
of our future agreements could result in a significant loss of business, business opportunities or capital. In addition, the effect of
such reincorporation, re-domiciliation, transfer of tax residence or merger, may result in taxes imposed on us or our shareholders or
warrant holders.
Such
transactions may require a shareholder or warrant holder to recognize taxable income in the jurisdiction in which the shareholder or
warrant holder is a tax resident (or in which its members are resident if it is a tax transparent entity), in which the target company
is located, or in which we reincorporate, re-domicile, transfer our tax residence or merge. We do not intend to make any cash distributions
to shareholders or warrant holders to pay any such taxes. Shareholders or warrant holders may be subject to withholding taxes or other
taxes with respect to their ownership of us after the reincorporation, re-domiciliation, transfer of tax residence or merger.
Failure
to maintain our status as tax resident solely in the Cayman Islands could adversely affect our financial and operating results.
Our
intention is that prior to our initial Business Combination we should be resident solely in the Cayman Islands. Continued attention must
be paid to ensure that major decisions by the Company are not made from another jurisdiction, since this could cause us to lose our status
as tax resident solely in the Cayman Islands. The composition of the Board, the place of residence of the individual members of the Board
and the location(s) in which the Board makes decisions will all be important factors in determining and maintaining our tax residence
in the Cayman Islands. If we were to be considered as tax resident within another jurisdiction, we may be subject to additional tax in
that jurisdiction, which could negatively affect our financial and operating results, and/or our shareholders’ or warrant holders’
investment returns could be subject to additional or increased taxes (including withholding taxes).
Resources
could be wasted in researching acquisitions that are not completed, which could materially adversely affect subsequent attempts to locate
and acquire or merge with another business. If we have not completed our initial Business Combination within the required time period,
our public shareholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per share, or less than such amount in certain circumstances, on the liquidation
of our Trust Account and our Warrants will expire worthless.
We
anticipate that the investigation of each specific target business and the negotiation, drafting and execution of relevant agreements,
disclosure documents and other instruments will require substantial management time and attention and substantial costs for accountants,
attorneys and others. If we decide not to complete a specific initial Business Combination, the costs incurred up to that point for the
proposed transaction likely would not be recoverable. Furthermore, if we reach an agreement relating to a specific target business, we
may fail to complete our initial Business Combination for any number of reasons including those beyond our control. Any such event will
result in a loss to us of the related costs incurred which could materially adversely affect subsequent attempts to locate and acquire
or merge with another business. If we have not completed our initial Business Combination within the required time period, our public
shareholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per share, or less in certain circumstances, on the liquidation of our Trust Account
and our Warrants will expire worthless.
We
may engage in a Business Combination with one or more target businesses that have relationships with entities that may be affiliated
with our Sponsor, directors or officers which may raise potential conflicts of interest.
In
light of the involvement of our Sponsor, directors and officers with other entities, we may decide to acquire one or more businesses
affiliated with our Sponsor, directors and officers. Certain of our directors and officers also serve as officers and board members for
other entities, including those described under “Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.” Such entities
may compete with us for Business Combination opportunities. Although we will not be specifically focusing on, or targeting, any transaction
with any affiliated entities, we would pursue such a transaction if we determined that such affiliated entity met our criteria and guidelines
for Business Combination and such transaction was approved by a majority of our independent and disinterested directors. Despite our
agreement that we, or a committee of independent and disinterested directors, will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking
firm or another independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions regarding the fairness to our company from a financial point
of view of a Business Combination with one or more domestic or international businesses affiliated with our Sponsor, directors or officers,
potential conflicts of interest still may exist and, as a result, the terms of the Business Combination may not be as advantageous to
our public shareholders as they would be absent any conflicts of interest.
Since
our initial shareholders will lose their entire investment in us if our initial Business Combination is not completed, a conflict of
interest may arise in determining whether a particular Business Combination target is appropriate for our initial Business Combination.
On
March 2021, our Sponsor purchased an aggregate of 5,750,000 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, for an aggregate purchase
price of $25,000. Such shares have been recapitalized into 2,222,222 Class F ordinary shares and 4,444,445 Class G ordinary shares. On
July 1, our Sponsor transferred 25,000 Class B ordinary shares to each of David H. Johnson, Gregg Walker, Jordan Zachary, and Zahavah
Levine (our independent directors) and Russ Pillar (our Chief Financial Officer). Pursuant to a re-organization of our share capital
effective July 5, 2021, the Class B ordinary shares have been cancelled and all of the shares presently issued and outstanding are Class
F ordinary shares and Class G ordinary shares. Our independent directors currently hold only Class F ordinary shares. Prior to the initial
investment in the company of $25,000 by our Sponsor, the company had no assets, tangible or intangible. The per-share price of the founder
shares was determined by dividing the amount of cash contributed to us by the number of founder shares issued. The founder shares will
be worthless if we do not complete an initial Business Combination.
Our
Sponsor has also purchased an aggregate of 3,000,000 private placement warrants, each exercisable for one Class A ordinary share, for
a purchase price of $6,000,000 in the aggregate or $2.00 per warrant, that will also be worthless if we do not complete a business combination.
Each private placement warrant may be exercised for one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment
as provided herein. Given the differential in the purchase price of the founder shares as compared to the initial public offering price
of the public shares and the substantial number of Class A ordinary shares that holders of founder shares would receive upon conversion
of the founder shares upon a business combination, the founder shares may have significant value after the business combination even
if the Class A ordinary shares trade below the initial public offering price while the holders of the public shares may have a substantial
loss on their investment. Holders of founder shares have agreed (A) to vote any shares owned by them in favor of any proposed business
combination and (B) not to redeem any founder shares in connection with a shareholder vote to approve a proposed initial business combination.
In addition, we may obtain loans from our Sponsor, affiliates of our Sponsor or an officer or director, and we may pay our Sponsor, officers,
directors and any of their respective affiliates’ fees and expenses in connection with identifying, investigating and completing
an initial business combination.
The
founder shares are identical to the Class A ordinary shares included in the Unit except that (i) holders of the Class F founder shares
have the right to vote on the appointment of directors prior to our initial Business Combination or continuing the company in a jurisdiction
outside the Cayman Islands during such time, (ii) the founder shares are subject to certain transfer restrictions, (iii) our Sponsor,
officers and directors have entered into a letter agreement with us, pursuant to which they have agreed (A) to waive their redemption
rights with respect to their founder shares and public shares in connection with the completion of our initial Business Combination and
(B) to waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to their founder shares if we fail to complete
our initial Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of our Initial Public Offering, although they will be entitled to
liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to any public shares they hold if we fail to complete our initial Business
Combination within the prescribed time frame, (iv) the founder shares are subject to registration rights, (v) the Class F founder shares
are automatically convertible into our Class A ordinary shares on the first business day following the completion of our initial Business
Combination, subject to adjustment pursuant to certain anti-dilution rights, as described herein and (vi) the Class G founder shares
will convert into Class A ordinary shares after our initial Business Combination, as described herein, but only to the extent certain
triggering events occur prior to the applicable anniversary of our initial Business Combination including three triggering events based
on our shares trading at $15.00 (prior to the 3rd year anniversary), $20.00 (prior to the 6th year anniversary) and $25.00 (prior to
the 9th year anniversary) per share following the closing of our initial Business Combination and also upon specified strategic transactions,
in each case, as described in this annual report.
The
personal and financial interests of our officers and directors may influence their motivation in identifying and selecting a target business
combination, completing an initial business combination and influencing the operation of the business day following the initial business
combination.
In
addition, in order to fund working capital deficiencies or to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business
combination, we entered into a promissory note with our Sponsor prior to the consummation of our Initial Public Offering that provided
for borrowings of up to $300,000. In addition, on February 16, 2022, our Sponsor agreed to loan us an aggregate of $2,500,000 pursuant
to a promissory note.
Furthermore,
our Sponsor or an affiliate of our Sponsor or certain of our directors and officers may loan us additional funds as may be required.
If we complete our initial Business Combination, we may repay such loaned amounts out of the proceeds of the trust account released to
us. Otherwise, such loans may be repaid only out of funds held outside the trust account. In the event that our initial 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 to repay such loaned amounts. Up to $2,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into warrants at
a price of $2.00 per warrant at the option of the lender. The warrants would be identical to the private placement warrants issued to
our Sponsor. The personal and financial interests of our Sponsor, directors and officers may influence their motivation in identifying
and selecting a target business combination, completing an initial business combination and influencing the operation of the business
following the initial business combination. This risk may become more acute as the 24-month deadline following the closing of our Initial
Public Offering nears, which is the deadline for the completion of our initial Business Combination.
We
may issue notes or other debt securities, or otherwise incur substantial debt to complete a Business Combination, which may adversely
affect our leverage and financial condition and thus negatively impact the value of our shareholders’ investment in us.
We
may choose to incur substantial debt to complete our initial Business Combination. We have agreed that we will not incur any indebtedness
unless we have obtained from the lender a waiver of any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to the monies held in the Trust
Account. As such, no issuance of debt will affect the per-share amount available for redemption from the Trust Account. Nevertheless,
the incurrence of debt could have a variety of negative effects, including:
| ● | default
and foreclosure on our assets if our operating revenues after an initial Business Combination
are insufficient to repay our debt obligations; |
| ● | acceleration
of our obligations to repay the indebtedness even if we make all principal and interest payments
when due if we breach certain covenants that require the maintenance of certain financial
ratios or reserves without a waiver or renegotiation of that covenant; |
| ● | our
immediate payment of all principal and accrued interest, if any, if the debt is payable on
demand; |
| ● | our
inability to obtain necessary additional financing if the debt contains covenants restricting
our ability to obtain such financing while the debt is outstanding; |
| ● | our
inability to pay dividends on our ordinary shares; |
| ● | using
a substantial portion of our cash flow to pay principal and interest on our debt, which will
reduce the funds available for dividends on our ordinary shares if declared, expenses, capital
expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes; |
| ● | limitations
on our flexibility in planning for and reacting to changes in our business and in the industry
in which we operate; |
| ● | increased
vulnerability to adverse changes in general economic, industry and competitive conditions
and adverse changes in government regulation; and |
| ● | limitations
on our ability to borrow additional amounts for expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions,
debt service requirements, execution of our strategy and other purposes and other disadvantages
compared to our competitors who have less debt. |
We
may be able to complete only one Business Combination with the proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement
Warrants, which will cause us to be solely dependent on a single business which may have a limited number of products or services. This
lack of diversification may negatively impact our operations and profitability.
We
may effectuate our initial Business Combination with a single target business or multiple target businesses simultaneously or within
a short period of time. However, we may not be able to effectuate our initial Business Combination with more than one target business
because of various factors, including the existence of complex accounting issues and the requirement that we prepare and file pro forma
financial statements with the SEC that present operating results and the financial condition of several target businesses as if they
had been operated on a combined basis. By completing our initial Business Combination with only a single entity our lack of diversification
may subject us to numerous economic, competitive and regulatory risks. Further, we would not be able to diversify our operations or benefit
from the possible spreading of risks or offsetting of losses, unlike other entities which may have the resources to complete several
Business Combinations in different industries or different areas of a single industry. Accordingly, the prospects for our success may
be:
| ● | solely
dependent upon the performance of a single business, property or asset; or |
| ● | dependent
upon the development or market acceptance of a single or limited number of products, processes
or services. |
This
lack of diversification may subject us to numerous economic, competitive and regulatory risks, any or all of which may have a substantial
adverse impact upon the particular industry in which we may operate subsequent to our initial Business Combination.
We
may attempt to simultaneously complete Business Combinations with multiple prospective targets, which may hinder our ability to complete
our initial Business Combination and give rise to increased costs and risks that could negatively impact our operations and profitability.
If
we determine to simultaneously acquire several businesses that are owned by different sellers, we will need for each of such sellers
to agree that our purchase of its business is contingent on the simultaneous closings of the other Business Combinations, which may make
it more difficult for us, and delay our ability, to complete our initial Business Combination. With multiple Business Combinations, we
could also face additional risks, including additional burdens and costs with respect to possible multiple negotiations and due diligence
investigations (if there are multiple sellers) and the additional risks associated with the subsequent assimilation of the operations
and services or products of the acquired companies in a single operating business. If we are unable to adequately address these risks,
it could negatively impact our profitability and results of operations.
We
may attempt to complete our initial Business Combination with a private company about which little information is available, which may
result in a Business Combination with a company that is not as profitable as we suspected, if at all.
In
pursuing our acquisition strategy, we may seek to effectuate our initial Business Combination with a privately held company. Very little
public information generally exists about private companies, and we could be required to make our decision on whether to pursue a potential
initial Business Combination on the basis of limited information, which may result in a Business Combination with a company that is not
as profitable as we suspected, if at all.
We
do not have a specified maximum redemption threshold. The absence of such a redemption threshold may make it possible for us to complete
a Business Combination with which a substantial majority of our shareholders do not agree.
Our
amended and restated memorandum and articles of association do not provide a specified maximum redemption threshold, except that in no
event will we redeem our public shares in an amount that would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 following such
redemptions, or any greater net tangible asset or cash requirement that may be contained in the agreement relating to our initial Business
Combination. As a result, we may be able to complete our initial Business Combination even though a substantial majority of our public
shareholders do not agree with the transaction and have redeemed their shares or, if we seek shareholder approval of our initial Business
Combination and do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial Business Combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, have
entered into privately negotiated agreements to sell their shares to our Sponsor, directors, officers, advisors or any of their affiliates.
In the event the aggregate cash consideration we would be required to pay for all public shares that are validly submitted for redemption
plus any amount required to satisfy cash conditions pursuant to the terms of the proposed Business Combination exceed the aggregate amount
of cash available to us, we will not complete the Business Combination or redeem any shares, and all ordinary shares submitted for redemption
will be returned to the holders thereof, and we instead may search for an alternate Business Combination.
In
order to effectuate an initial Business Combination, blank check companies have, in the past, amended various provisions of their charters
and modified governing instruments, including their warrant agreements. We cannot assure you that we will not seek to amend our amended
and restated memorandum and articles of association or governing instruments in a manner that will make it easier for us to complete
our initial Business Combination that some of our shareholders may not support.
In
order to effectuate an initial Business Combination, blank check companies have, in the recent past, amended various provisions of their
charters and modified governing instruments, including their warrant agreements. For example, blank check companies have amended the
definition of Business Combination, increased redemption thresholds and extended the time to consummate an initial Business Combination
and, with respect to their Warrants, amended their warrant agreements to require the Warrants to be exchanged for cash and/or other securities.
Amending our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association requires at least a special resolution of our shareholders as
a matter of Cayman Islands law. A resolution is deemed to be a special resolution as a matter of Cayman Islands law where it has been
approved by either (1) holders of at least two-thirds (or any higher threshold specified in a company’s articles of association)
of a company’s ordinary shares at a general meeting for which notice specifying the intention to propose the resolution as a special
resolution has been given or (2) if so authorized by a company’s articles of association, by a unanimous written resolution
of all of the company’s shareholders. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that special resolutions
must be approved either by holders of at least two-thirds of our ordinary shares who attend and vote at a general meeting (i.e.,
the lowest threshold permissible under Cayman Islands law) (other than amendments relating to provisions governing the appointment or
removal of directors prior to our initial Business Combination, which require the approval of a majority of at least 90% of our ordinary
shares attending and voting in a general meeting), or by a unanimous written resolution of all of our shareholders. The warrant agreement
provides that (a) the terms of the warrants may be amended without the consent of any holder for the purpose of (i) curing any ambiguity
or correct any mistake, including to conform the provisions of the warrant agreement to the description of the terms of the warrants
and the warrant agreement, or defective provision or (ii) adding or changing any provisions with respect to matters or questions arising
under the warrant agreement as the parties to the warrant agreement may deem necessary or desirable and that the parties deem to not
adversely affect the rights of the registered holders of the warrants and (b) all other modifications or amendments require the vote
or written consent of at least 65% of the then outstanding public warrants and, solely with respect to any amendment to the terms of
the private placement warrants or any provision of the warrant agreement with respect to the private placement warrants, at least 65%
of the then outstanding private placement warrants. We cannot assure you that we will not seek to amend our amended and restated memorandum
and articles of association or governing instruments, including the warrant agreement, or extend the time to consummate an initial business
combination in order to effectuate our initial business combination. To the extent any of such amendments would be deemed to fundamentally
change the nature of any of the securities offered through this registration statement, we would register, or seek an exemption from
registration for, the affected securities.
Certain
provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association that relate to our pre-Business Combination activity (and
corresponding provisions of the agreement governing the release of funds from our Trust Account) may be amended with the approval of
holders of at least two-thirds of our ordinary shares who attend and vote at a general meeting, which is a lower amendment threshold
than that of some other blank check companies. It may be easier for us, therefore, to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles
of association and the trust agreement to facilitate the completion of an initial Business Combination that some of our shareholders
may not support.
Some
other blank check companies have a provision in their charter which prohibits the amendment of certain of its provisions, including those
which relate to a company’s pre-business combination activity, without approval by a certain percentage of the company’s
shareholders. In those companies, amendment of these provisions requires approval by between 90% and 100% of the company’s public
shareholders attending and voting at a general meeting. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that
any of its provisions, including those related to pre-business combination activity (including the requirement to deposit proceeds of
the Initial Public Offering into the trust account and not release such amounts except in specified circumstances, and to provide redemption
rights to public shareholders, as described herein), but excluding the provision of the articles relating to the appointment of directors,
may be amended if approved by special resolution under Cayman Islands law, being the affirmative vote of a majority of at least two-thirds
of the shares represented in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon and who vote at a general meeting, and corresponding provisions
of the trust agreement governing the release of funds from our trust account may be amended if approved by holders of at least 65% of
our shares. Our initial shareholders and their permitted transferees, if any, who will collectively beneficially own, on an as converted
basis, 25% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering, will participate in any vote
to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and/or trust agreement and will have the discretion to vote
in any manner they choose. As a result, we may be able to amend the provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of
association which govern our pre-business combination behavior more easily than some other blank check companies, and this may increase
our ability to complete a business combination with which you do not agree. Our shareholders may pursue remedies against us for any breach
of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association.
Certain
agreements related to the Initial Public Offering may be amended without shareholder approval.
Certain
agreements, including the letter agreement among us and our Sponsor, officers and directors, and the registration rights agreement among
us and our initial shareholders, may be amended without shareholder approval. These agreements contain various provisions, including
transfer restrictions on our founder shares, that our public shareholders might deem to be material. While we do not expect our board
of directors to approve any amendment to any of these agreements prior to our initial business combination, it may be possible that our
board of directors, in exercising its business judgment and subject to its fiduciary duties, chooses to approve one or more amendments
to any such agreement in connection with the consummation of our initial business combination. Any such amendments would not require
approval from our shareholders, may result in the completion of our initial Business Combination that may not otherwise have been possible,
and may have an adverse effect on the value of an investment in our securities.
We
may be unable to obtain additional financing to complete our initial Business Combination or to fund the operations and growth of a target
business, which could compel us to restructure or abandon a particular Business Combination.
If
the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants available to us prove to be insufficient,
either because of the size of our initial Business Combination, the depletion of the available net proceeds in search of a target business,
the obligation to redeem for cash a significant number of shares from shareholders who elect redemption in connection with our initial
Business Combination or the terms of negotiated transactions to purchase shares in connection with our initial Business Combination,
we may be required to seek additional financing or to abandon the proposed Business Combination. We cannot assure you that such financing
will be available on acceptable terms, if at all. To the extent that additional financing proves to be unavailable when needed to complete
our initial Business Combination, we would be compelled to either restructure the transaction or abandon that particular Business Combination
and seek an alternative target business candidate.
In
addition, even if we do not need additional financing to complete our initial business combination, we may require such financing to
fund the operations or growth of the target business. The failure to secure additional financing could have a material adverse effect
on the continued development or growth of the target business. None of our directors, officers or shareholders is required to provide
any financing to us in connection with or after our initial business combination. If we have not completed our initial business combination
within the required time period, our public shareholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per share, or less in certain circumstances,
on the liquidation of our trust account, and our warrants will expire worthless.
Our
initial shareholders will control the appointment of our board of directors until consummation of our initial Business Combination and
will hold a substantial interest in us. As a result, they will elect all of our directors and may exert a substantial influence on actions
requiring shareholder vote, potentially in a manner that you do not support.
Our
initial shareholders and their permitted transferees, collectively beneficially own, on an as converted basis, 20% of our issued and
outstanding ordinary shares. will participate in any vote to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and/or
trust agreement and will have the discretion to vote in any manner they choose. In addition, the Class F ordinary shares, all of which
are held by our initial shareholders, will entitle the holders to appoint all of our directors prior to our initial Business Combination.
Holders of Class F ordinary shares also have the right to vote to continue the company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands prior
to our initial business combination. Holders of our public shares will have no right to vote on the appointment of directors during such
time. These provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association may only be amended by a special resolution
passed by a majority of at least 90% of our shares voting in a general meeting. As a result, you will not have any influence over the
appointment of directors prior to our initial business combination.
In
addition, as a result of their substantial ownership in our company, our initial shareholders may exert a substantial influence on other
actions requiring a shareholder vote, potentially in a manner that you do not support, including amendments to our amended and restated
memorandum and articles of association and approval of major corporate transactions. If our initial shareholders purchase any additional
ordinary shares in the aftermarket or in privately negotiated transactions, this would increase their influence over these actions. In
addition, our board of directors, whose members were elected by our initial shareholders, is and will be divided into three classes,
each of which will generally serve for a term of three years (except for those directors appointed prior to our first annual general
meeting) with only one class of directors being elected in each year. We may not hold an annual general meeting to appoint new directors
prior to the completion of our initial Business combination, in which case all of the current directors will continue in office until
at least the completion of the business combination. If there is an annual general meeting, as a consequence of our “staggered”
board of directors, only a minority of the board of directors will be considered for election and our initial shareholders, because of
their ownership position, will control the outcome, as only holders of our Class F ordinary shares will have the right to vote on the
election of directors and to remove directors prior to our initial business combination. Accordingly, our initial shareholders will exert
significant influence over actions requiring a shareholder vote at least until the completion of our initial business combination.
A
provision of our warrant agreement may make it more difficult for us to consummate an initial Business Combination.
Unlike
some blank check companies, if
| (i) | we
issue additional ordinary shares or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes
in connection with the closing of our initial Business Combination at an issue price of less
than $9.20 per ordinary share (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined
in good faith by our board of directors and, in the case of any such issuance to the Sponsor
or its affiliates, without taking into account any founder shares held by the Sponsor or
such affiliates, as applicable, prior to the issuance (the “Newly Issued Price”), |
| (ii) | the
aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity
proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of our initial Business Combination
on the date of the completion of our initial Business Combination (net of redemptions), and |
| (iii) | the
volume weighted average trading price of our Class A ordinary shares during the 20 trading
day period starting on the trading day prior to the day on which we consummate our initial
Business Combination (such price, the “Market Value”) is below $9.20 per share, |
then
the exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the higher of the Market Value and the
Newly Issued Price, the $18.00 per share redemption trigger price applicable to our warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to
be equal to 180% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price, and the $10.00 per share redemption trigger price applicable
to our warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price. This
may make it more difficult for us to consummate an initial Business Combination with a target business.
Our
Warrants and founder shares may have an adverse effect on the market price of our Class A ordinary shares and make it more difficult
to effectuate our initial Business Combination.
We
have issued Warrants to purchase 5,735,202 Class A ordinary shares at a price of $11.50 per whole share (subject to adjustment)
as part of the Units and, simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we issued in a Private Placement an aggregate
of 3,294,081 Private Placement Warrants, each exercisable to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share,
subject to adjustment. Our initial shareholders currently hold 5,750,000 Class B ordinary shares, which shares have been recapitalized
into 2,222,222 Class F ordinary shares and 4,444,445 Class G ordinary shares. The Class F ordinary shares are automatically convertible
into Class A ordinary shares on the first business day following the completion of our initial Business Combination, and the Class G
ordinary shares are convertible into Class A ordinary shares thereafter as described herein. In addition, if our Sponsor, an affiliate
of our Sponsor or certain of our directors and officers make any Working Capital Loans, including under the $300,000 promissory note
discussed herein, up to $2,500,000 of such loans may be converted into warrants, at the price of $2.00 per warrant at the option of the
lender. Such warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. To the extent we issue Class A ordinary shares to effectuate
a business combination, the potential for the issuance of a substantial number of additional Class A ordinary shares upon exercise of
these warrants or conversion rights could make us a less attractive acquisition vehicle to a target business. Any such issuance will
increase the number of issued and outstanding Class A ordinary shares and reduce the value of the Class A ordinary shares issued to complete
the business combination. Therefore, our warrants and founder shares may make it more difficult to effectuate a business combination
or increase the cost of acquiring the target business.
The
Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Warrants sold as part of the Units except that, so long as they are held by our Sponsor
or its permitted transferees: (1) they will not be redeemable by us (except under certain limited exceptions); (2) they (including
the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of these Warrants) may not, subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred,
assigned or sold by our Sponsor until 30 days after the completion of our initial Business Combination; (3) they may be exercised
by the holders on a cashless basis; and (4) they (including the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of these Warrants) are entitled
to registration rights.
Because
we must furnish our shareholders with target business financial statements, we may lose the ability to complete an otherwise advantageous
initial Business Combination with some prospective target businesses.
The
federal proxy rules require that a proxy statement with respect to a vote on a Business Combination meeting certain financial significance
tests include historical and/or pro forma financial statement disclosure in periodic reports. We will include the same financial statement
disclosure in connection with our tender offer documents, whether or not they are required under the tender offer rules. These financial
statements may be required to be prepared in accordance with, or be reconciled to, accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
of America, or U.S. GAAP, or international financial reporting standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, or
IFRS, depending on the circumstances and the historical financial statements may be required to be audited in accordance with the standards
of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), or PCAOB. These financial statement requirements may limit the
pool of potential target businesses we may acquire because some targets may be unable to provide such financial statements in time for
us to disclose such financial statements in accordance with federal proxy rules and complete our initial Business Combination within
the prescribed time frame.
Compliance
obligations under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act may make it more difficult for us to effectuate our initial Business Combination, require substantial
financial and management resources, and increase the time and costs of completing an acquisition.
Section 404
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires that we evaluate and report on our system of internal controls beginning with our Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2022. Only in the event we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer or
an accelerated filer, and no longer qualify as an emerging growth company, will we be required to comply with the independent registered
public accounting firm attestation requirement on our internal control over financial reporting. The fact that we are a blank check company
makes compliance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act particularly burdensome on us as compared to other public companies
because a target business with which we seek to complete our initial Business Combination may not be in compliance with the provisions
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act regarding adequacy of its internal controls. The development of the internal control of any such entity
to achieve compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act may increase the time and costs necessary to complete any such acquisition.
If
our management team pursues a company with operations or opportunities outside of the United States for our initial Business Combination,
we may face additional burdens in connection with investigating, agreeing to and completing such initial Business Combination, and if
we effect such initial Business Combination, we would be subject to a variety of additional risks that may negatively impact our operations.
If
our management team pursues a company with operations or opportunities outside of the United States for our initial Business Combination,
we would be subject to risks associated with cross-border Business Combinations, including in connection with investigating, agreeing
to and completing our initial Business Combination, conducting due diligence in a foreign market, having such transaction approved by
any local governments, regulators or agencies and changes in the purchase price based on fluctuations in foreign exchange rates.
If
we effect our initial Business Combination with such a company, we would be subject to any special considerations or risks associated
with companies operating in an international setting, including any of the following:
| ● | costs
and difficulties inherent in managing cross-border business operations and complying
with commercial and legal requirements of overseas markets; |
| ● | rules
and regulations regarding currency redemption; |
| ● | complex
corporate withholding taxes on individuals; |
| ● | laws
governing the manner in which future Business Combinations may be effected; |
| ● | tariffs
and trade barriers; |
| ● | regulations
related to customs and import/export matters; |
| ● | tax
consequences, such as tax law changes, including termination or reduction of tax and other
incentives that the applicable government provides to domestic companies, and variations
in tax laws as compared to the United States; |
| ● | currency
fluctuations and exchange controls; |
| ● | challenges
in collecting accounts receivable; |
| ● | cultural
and language differences; |
| ● | crime,
strikes, riots, civil disturbances, terrorist attacks, natural disasters and wars; |
| ● | deterioration
of political relations with the United States; |
| ● | obligatory
military service by personnel; and |
| ● | government
appropriation of assets. |
We
may not be able to adequately address these additional risks. If we were unable to do so, we may be unable to complete such initial Business
Combination or, if we complete such initial Business Combination, our operations might suffer, either of which may adversely impact our
results of operations and financial condition.
Risks
Relating to the Post-Business Combination Company
We
may face risks related to companies in the media, entertainment and technology industries.
Business
combinations with companies in the media, entertainment and technology industries entail special considerations and risks. If we are
successful in completing a business combination with such a target business, we may be subject to, and possibly adversely affected by,
the following risks:
| ● | an
inability to compete effectively in a highly competitive environment with many incumbents
having substantially greater resources; |
| ● | an
inability to manage rapid change, increasing consumer expectations and growth; |
| ● | an
inability to build strong brand identity and improve subscriber or customer satisfaction
and loyalty; |
| ● | a
reliance on proprietary technology to provide services and to manage our operations, and
the failure of this technology to operate effectively, or our failure to use such technology
effectively; |
| ● | an
inability to deal with our subscribers’ or customers’ privacy concerns; |
| ● | an
inability to attract and retain subscribers or customers; |
| ● | an
inability to license or enforce intellectual property rights on which our business may depend; |
| ● | any
significant disruption in our computer systems or those of third parties that we would utilize
in our operations; |
| ● | an
inability by us, or a refusal by third parties, to license content to us upon acceptable
terms; |
| ● | potential
liability for negligence, copyright, or trademark infringement or other claims based on the
nature and content of materials that we may distribute; |
| ● | competition
for advertising revenue; |
| ● | competition
for the leisure and entertainment time and discretionary spending of subscribers or customers,
which may intensify in part due to advances in technology and changes in consumer expectations
and behavior; |
| ● | disruption
or failure of our networks, systems or technology as a result of computer viruses, “cyber-attacks,”
misappropriation of data or other malfeasance, as well as outages, natural disasters, terrorist
attacks, accidental releases of information or similar events; |
| ● | an
inability to obtain necessary hardware, software and operational support; and |
| ● | reliance
on third-party vendors or service providers. |
Any
of the foregoing could have an adverse impact on our operations following a business combination. However, our efforts in identifying
prospective target businesses will not be limited to the technology industries. Accordingly, if we acquire a target business in another
industry, these risks we will be subject to risks attendant with the specific industry in which we operate or target business which we
acquire, which may or may not be different than those risks listed above.
Subsequent
to our completion of our initial Business Combination, we may be required to subsequently take write-downs or write-offs, restructuring
and impairment or other charges that could have a significant negative effect on our financial condition, results of operations and the
price of our securities, which could cause you to lose some or all of your investment.
Even
if we conduct extensive due diligence on a target business with which we combine, we cannot assure you that this diligence will identify
all material issues that may be present with a particular target business that it would be possible to uncover all material issues through
a customary amount of due diligence, or that factors outside of the target business and outside of our control will not later arise.
As a result of these factors, we may be forced to later write down or write off assets, restructure our operations, or incur impairment
or other charges that could result in our reporting losses. Even if our due diligence successfully identifies certain risks, unexpected
risks may arise and previously known risks may materialize in a manner not consistent with our preliminary risk analysis. Even though
these charges may be non-cash items and not have an immediate impact on our liquidity, the fact that we report charges of this nature
could contribute to negative market perceptions about us or our securities. In addition, charges of this nature may cause us to violate
net worth or other covenants to which we may be subject as a result of assuming pre-existing debt held by a target business or by
virtue of our obtaining post-combination debt financing. Accordingly, any shareholder or Warrant holder who chooses to remain a
shareholder or Warrant holder, respectively, following our initial Business Combination could suffer a reduction in the value of their
securities. Such shareholders and Warrant holders are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction in value.
After
our initial Business Combination, our results of operations and prospects could be subject, to a significant extent, to the economic,
political, social and government policies, developments and conditions in the country in which we operate.
The
economic, political and social conditions, as well as government policies, of the country in which our operations are located could affect
our business. Economic growth could be uneven, both geographically and among various sectors of the economy and such growth may not be
sustained in the future. If in the future such country’s economy experiences a downturn or grows at a slower rate than expected,
there may be less demand for spending in certain industries. A decrease in demand for spending in certain industries could materially
and adversely affect our ability to find an attractive target business with which to consummate our initial Business Combination and
if we effect our initial Business Combination, the ability of that target business to become profitable.
Our
management may not be able to maintain control of a target business after our initial Business Combination. We cannot provide assurance
that, upon loss of control of a target business, new management will possess the skills, qualifications or abilities necessary to profitably
operate such business.
We
may structure our initial Business Combination so that the post-transaction company in which our public shareholders own shares
will own less than 100% of the equity interests or assets of a target business, but we will complete such Business Combination only if
the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the issued and outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise
acquires a controlling interest in the target business sufficient for us not to be required to register as an investment company under
the Investment Company Act. We will not consider any transaction that does not meet such criteria. Even if the post-transaction company
owns 50% or more of the voting securities of the target, our shareholders prior to our initial Business Combination may collectively
own a minority interest in the post Business Combination company, depending on valuations ascribed to the target and us in our initial
Business Combination transaction. For example, we could pursue a transaction in which we issue a substantial number of new ordinary shares
in exchange for all of the issued and outstanding capital stock, shares or other equity securities of a target. In this case, we would
acquire a 100% interest in the target. However, as a result of the issuance of a substantial number of new ordinary shares, our shareholders
immediately prior to such transaction could own less than a majority of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares subsequent to such
transaction. In addition, other minority shareholders may subsequently combine their holdings resulting in a single person or group obtaining
a larger share of the company’s shares than we initially acquired. Accordingly, this may make it more likely that our management
will not be able to maintain our control of the target business.
If
our management following our initial Business Combination is unfamiliar with U.S. securities laws, they may have to expend time and resources
becoming familiar with such laws, which could lead to various regulatory issues.
Following
our initial Business Combination, any or all of our management could resign from their positions as officers of the company, and the
management of the target business at the time of the Business Combination could remain in place. Management of the target business may
not be familiar with U.S. securities laws. If new management is unfamiliar with U.S. securities laws, they may have to expend time and
resources becoming familiar with such laws. This could be expensive and time-consuming and could lead to various regulatory issues
which may adversely affect our operations.
We
may have limited ability to assess the management of a prospective target business and, as a result, may affect our initial Business
Combination with a target business whose management may not have the skills, qualifications or abilities to manage a public company.
When
evaluating the desirability of effecting our initial Business Combination with a prospective target business, our ability to assess the
target business’s management may be limited due to a lack of time, resources or information. Our assessment of the capabilities
of the target’s management, therefore, may prove to be incorrect and such management may lack the skills, qualifications or abilities
we suspected. Should the target’s management not possess the skills, qualifications or abilities necessary to manage a public company,
the operations and profitability of the post-combination business may be negatively impacted. Accordingly, any shareholder or Warrant
holder who chooses to remain a shareholder or Warrant holder, respectively, following our initial Business Combination could suffer a
reduction in the value of their securities. Such shareholders and Warrant holders are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction in
value.
The
directors and officers of an acquisition candidate may resign upon completion of our initial Business Combination. The departure of a
Business Combination target’s key personnel could negatively impact the operations and profitability of our post-combination business.
The role of an acquisition candidate’s key personnel upon the completion of our initial Business Combination cannot be ascertained
at this time. Although we contemplate that certain members of an acquisition candidate’s management team will remain associated
with the acquisition candidate following our initial Business Combination, it is possible that members of the management of an acquisition
candidate will not wish to remain in place.
After
our initial Business Combination, it is possible that a majority of our directors and officers will live outside the United States
and all or substantially all of our assets will be located outside the United States; therefore investors may not be able to enforce
federal securities laws or their other legal rights.
It
is possible that after our initial Business Combination, a majority of our directors and officers will reside outside of the United States
and all or substantially all of our assets will be located outside of the United States. As a result, it may be difficult, or in
some cases not possible, for investors in the United States to enforce their legal rights, to effect service of process upon all
of our directors or officers or to enforce judgments of United States courts predicated upon civil liabilities and criminal penalties
on our directors and officers under United States laws.
Risks
Relating to Our Management Team and Conflicts of Interest
We
are dependent upon our directors and officers and their departure could adversely affect our ability to operate.
We
believe that our success depends on the continued service of our directors and officers, at least until we have completed our initial
Business Combination. In addition, our directors and officers are not required to commit any specified amount of time to our affairs
and, accordingly, will have conflicts of interest in allocating their time among various business activities, including identifying potential
Business Combinations and monitoring the related due diligence. Moreover, certain of our directors and officers have time and attention
requirements for investment funds of which affiliates of our Sponsor are the investment managers. We do not have an employment agreement
with, or key-man insurance on the life of, any of our directors or officers. The unexpected loss of the services of one or more
of our directors or officers could have a detrimental effect on us.
Members
of our management team and affiliated companies have been, and may from time to time be, involved in legal proceedings or governmental
investigations unrelated to our business.
Members
of our management team have been involved in a wide variety of businesses. Such involvement has, and may lead to, media coverage and
public awareness. As a result of such involvement, members of our management team may from time to time be, involved in legal proceedings
or governmental investigations unrelated to our business. Any such proceedings or investigations may be detrimental to our reputation
and could negatively affect our ability to identify and complete an initial business combination and may have an adverse effect on the
price of our securities.
Our
ability to successfully effect our initial Business Combination and to be successful thereafter will be dependent upon the efforts of
our key personnel, some of whom may join us following our initial Business Combination. The loss of our or a target’s key personnel
could negatively impact the operations and profitability of our post-combination business.
Our
ability to successfully effect our initial Business Combination is dependent upon the efforts of our key personnel. The role of our key
personnel in the target business, however, cannot presently be ascertained. Although some of our key personnel may remain with the target
business in senior management or advisory positions following our initial Business Combination, it is likely that some or all of the
management of the target business will remain in place. While we intend to closely scrutinize any individuals we engage after our initial
Business Combination, we cannot assure you that our assessment of these individuals will prove to be correct. These individuals may be
unfamiliar with the requirements of operating a company regulated by the SEC, which could cause us to have to expend time and resources
helping them become familiar with such requirements.
In
addition, the directors and officers of an acquisition candidate may resign upon completion of our initial Business Combination. The
departure of a Business Combination target’s key personnel could negatively impact the operations and profitability of our post-combination business.
The role of an acquisition candidate’s key personnel upon the completion of our initial Business Combination cannot be ascertained
at this time. Although we contemplate that certain members of an acquisition candidate’s management team will remain associated
with the acquisition candidate following our initial Business Combination, it is possible that members of the management of an acquisition
candidate will not wish to remain in place. The loss of key personnel could negatively impact the operations and profitability of our
post-combination business.
Our
key personnel may negotiate employment or consulting agreements with a target business in connection with a particular Business Combination.
These agreements may provide for them to receive compensation following our initial Business Combination and as a result, may cause them
to have conflicts of interest in determining whether a particular Business Combination is the most advantageous.
Our
key personnel may be able to remain with the company after the completion of our initial Business Combination only if they are able to
negotiate employment or consulting agreements in connection with the Business Combination. Such negotiations would take place simultaneously
with the negotiation of the Business Combination and could provide for such individuals to receive compensation in the form of cash payments
and/or our securities for services they would render to us after the completion of our initial Business Combination. The personal and
financial interests of such individuals may influence their motivation in identifying and selecting a target business, subject to his
or her fiduciary duties under Cayman Islands law. However, we believe the ability of such individuals to remain with us after the completion
of our initial Business Combination will not be the determining factor in our decision as to whether or not we will proceed with any
potential Business Combination. There is no certainty, however, that any of our key personnel will remain with us after the completion
of our initial Business Combination. We cannot assure you that any of our key personnel will remain in senior management or advisory
positions with us. The determination as to whether any of our key personnel will remain with us will be made at the time of our initial
Business Combination.
Our
directors and officers will allocate their time to other businesses thereby causing conflicts of interest in their determination as to
how much time to devote to our affairs. This conflict of interest could have a negative impact on our ability to complete our initial
Business Combination.
Our
directors and officers are not required to, and will not, commit their full time to our affairs, which may result in a conflict of interest
in allocating their time between our operations and our search for a business combination and their other businesses. We do not intend
to have any full-time employees prior to the completion of our initial business combination. Each of our officers and directors may be
engaged in several other business endeavors for which he may be entitled to, or otherwise expect to receive, substantial compensation
or other economic benefit and our officers and directors are not obligated to contribute any specific number of hours per week to our
affairs. In particular, all of our officers and certain of our directors have fiduciary and contractual duties to Blue Whale Acquisition
Corp I and to Mubadala Capital. Certain of our independent directors also serve as officers and/or board members for other entities.
If our officers’ and directors’ other business affairs require them to devote substantial amounts of time to such affairs
in excess of their current commitment levels, it could limit their ability to devote time to our affairs, which may have a negative impact
on our ability to complete our initial business combination. For a complete discussion of our officers’ and directors’ other
business affairs, please see “Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.”
Certain
of our directors and officers are now, and all of them may in the future become, affiliated with entities engaged in business activities
similar to those intended to be conducted by us and, accordingly, may have conflicts of interest in determining to which entity a particular
business opportunity should be presented.
Until
we consummate our initial Business Combination, we intend to engage in the business of identifying and combining with one or more businesses.
Our Sponsor and directors and officers are, or may in the future become, affiliated with entities that are engaged in a similar business.
For example, Adib Mattar serves as Head of Private Equity and is a member of the Investment Committee of Mubadala Capital. In this role
he has oversight of all private equity investing across Mubadala Capital’s Private Equity Funds and investment strategies which
may overlap with investment targets of the Company. Maxime Franzetti is Head of Public Equities and SPACs and is a member of the Investment
Committee of Mubadala Capital. In this role, he is responsible for Mubadala Capital’s public market initiatives, which may involve
investing in investment vehicles and strategies that compete with the Company, and each of the foregoing owes fiduciary duties to these
entities under the laws of their incorporation. Our Sponsor and directors and officers are also not prohibited from sponsoring, investing
or otherwise becoming involved with, any other blank check companies, including in connection with their initial business combinations,
prior to us completing our initial business combination, and any such involvement may result in conflicts of interests as described above.
Moreover, certain of our directors and officers have time and attention requirements for investment funds of which affiliates of our
Sponsor are the investment managers.
Our
directors and officers also may become aware of business opportunities which may be appropriate for presentation to us and the other
entities to which they owe certain fiduciary or contractual duties, including Mubadala Capital’s Private Equity Funds and any other
special purpose acquisition company in which they may be involved with. Accordingly, they may have conflicts of interest in determining
to which entity a particular business opportunity should be presented. These conflicts may not be resolved in our favor and a potential
target business may be presented to other entities prior to its presentation to us, subject to his or her fiduciary duties under Cayman
Islands law. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law: (i) no individual serving as a director or an officer shall have any duty, except and to the extent expressly assumed
by contract, to refrain from engaging directly or indirectly in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as us; and
(ii) we renounce any interest or expectancy in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any potential transaction or matter
which may be a corporate opportunity for any director or officer, on the one hand, and us, on the other. For a complete discussion of
our officers’ and directors’ business affiliations and the potential conflicts of interest that you should be aware of, please
see “Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance – Conflicts of Interest” and “Item 13 –
Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions – Administrative Services Agreement.”
Our
directors, officers, security holders and their respective affiliates may have competitive pecuniary interests that conflict with our
interests.
We
have not adopted a policy that expressly prohibits our directors, officers, security holders or affiliates from having a direct or indirect
pecuniary or financial interest in any investment to be acquired or disposed of by us or in any transaction to which we are a party or
have an interest. In fact, we may enter into a Business Combination with a target business that is affiliated with our Sponsor, our directors
or officers, although we do not intend to do so. Nor do we have a policy that expressly prohibits any such persons from engaging for
their own account in business activities of the types conducted by us. Accordingly, such persons or entities may have a conflict between
their interests and ours. Additionally, the forward purchase investors are affiliates of a fund managed by Mubadala Capital. In particular,
affiliates of our Sponsor have invested in industries as diverse as healthcare, education, financial services, artificial intelligence
and social media. As a result, there may be substantial overlap between companies that would be a suitable business combination for us
and companies that would make an attractive target for such other affiliates.
Risks
Relating to Our Securities
You
will not have any rights or interests in funds from the Trust Account, except under certain limited circumstances. To liquidate your
investment, therefore, you may be forced to sell your public shares and/or Warrants, potentially at a loss.
Our
public shareholders will be entitled to receive funds from the Trust Account only upon the earliest to occur of: (1) our completion
of an initial Business Combination, and then only in connection with those Class A ordinary shares that such shareholder properly
elected to redeem, subject to the limitations described herein; (2) the redemption of any public shares properly submitted in connection
with a shareholder vote to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) to modify the substance or
timing of our obligation to allow redemption in connection with our initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares
if we do not complete our initial Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering or (B) with
respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity; and (3) the
redemption of our public shares if we have not completed an initial Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the
Initial Public Offering, subject to applicable law. In no other circumstances will a shareholder have any right or interest of any kind
to or in the Trust Account. Holders of Warrants will not have any right to the proceeds held in the Trust Account with respect to the
Warrants. Accordingly, to liquidate your investment, you may be forced to sell your public shares and/or Warrants, potentially at a loss.
Nasdaq
may delist our securities from trading on its exchange, which could limit investors’ ability to make transactions in our securities
and subject us to additional trading restrictions.
We
cannot assure you that our securities will be, or will continue to be, listed on Nasdaq in the future or prior to our initial Business
Combination. In order to continue listing our securities on Nasdaq prior to our initial Business Combination, we must maintain certain
financial, distribution and stock price levels. In general, we must maintain a minimum amount in shareholders’ equity and a minimum
of 300 public holders. Additionally, in connection with our initial Business Combination, we will be required to demonstrate compliance
with Nasdaq’s initial listing requirements, which are more rigorous than Nasdaq’s continued listing requirements, in order
to continue to maintain the listing of our securities on Nasdaq. For instance, in order for our Class A ordinary shares to be listed
upon the consummation of our initial business combination, at such time, our share price would generally be required to be at least $4.00
per share, our shareholders’ equity would generally be required to be at least $5.0 million and we would be required to have a
minimum of 300 round lot holders (with at least 50% of such round lot holders holding securities with a market value of at least $2,500)
of our securities. We cannot assure you that we will be able to meet those initial listing requirements at that time.
If
any of our securities are delisted from trading on its exchange and we are not able to list our securities on another national securities
exchange, we expect such securities could be quoted on an over-the-counter market. If this were to occur, we could face significant
material adverse consequences, including:
| ● | a
limited availability of market quotations for our securities; |
| ● | reduced
liquidity for our securities; |
| ● | a
determination that our Class A ordinary shares are a “penny stock” which
will require brokers trading in our Class A ordinary shares to adhere to more stringent
rules and possibly result in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading
market for our securities; |
| ● | a
limited amount of news and analyst coverage; and |
| ● | a
decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future. |
The
National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996, which is a federal statute, prevents or preempts the states from regulating the
sale of certain securities, which are referred to as “covered securities.” Our units, Class A ordinary shares and Warrants
currently qualify as covered securities under such statute. Although the states are preempted from regulating the sale of covered securities,
the federal statute does allow the states to investigate companies if there is a suspicion of fraud, and, if there is a finding of fraudulent
activity, then the states can regulate or bar the sale of covered securities in a particular case. While we are not aware of a state
having used these powers to prohibit or restrict the sale of securities issued by blank check companies, other than the State of Idaho,
certain state securities regulators view blank check companies unfavorably and might use these powers, or threaten to use these powers,
to hinder the sale of securities of blank check companies in their states. Further, if we were no longer listed on Nasdaq, our securities
would not qualify as covered securities under such statute and we would be subject to regulation in each state in which we offer our
securities.
The
nominal purchase price paid by our Sponsor for the founder shares may significantly dilute the implied value of your public shares in
the event we consummate an initial business combination, and our Sponsor is likely to make a substantial profit on its investment in
us in the event we consummate an initial Business Combination, even if the business combination causes the trading price of our ordinary
shares to materially decline.
While
we offered our units at an offering price of $10.00 per unit and the amount in our trust account initially was $10.00 per public share,
implying an initial value of $10.00 per public share, our Sponsor paid only a nominal aggregate purchase price of $25,000 for the founder
shares, or approximately $0.004 per share. As a result, the value of your public shares may be significantly diluted in the event we
consummate an initial Business Combination. For example, the following table shows the public shareholders’ and Sponsor’s
investment per share and how that compares to the implied value of one of our shares upon the consummation of our initial Business Combination
if at that time we were valued at $200,000,000, which is the amount we would have for our initial business combination in the trust account
assuming the underwriters’ over-allotment option was not exercised, no interest is earned on the funds held in the trust account,
and no public shares are redeemed in connection with our initial business combination. At such valuation, each of our ordinary shares
would have an implied value of $8.00 per share, which is a 20% decrease as compared to the initial implied value per public share of
$10.00.
Public shares | |
| 20,000,000 | |
Founder shares | |
| 6,666,667 | |
Total shares | |
| 20,000,000 | |
Total funds in trust available for initial Business Combination(1) | |
$ | 200,000,000 | |
Implied value per share | |
$ | 7.50 | |
Public shareholders’ investment per share(2) | |
$ | 10.00 | |
Sponsor’s investment per share(3) | |
$ | 0.004 | |
| (1) | Does
not take into account other potential impacts on our valuation at the time of the business combination, such as the value of our public
and private warrants, the trading price of our public shares, the business combination transaction costs (including payment of $7,000,000
of deferred underwriting commissions), any equity issued or cash paid to the target’s sellers or other third parties, or the target’s
business itself, including its assets, liabilities, management and prospects. |
| (2) | While
the public shareholders’ investment is in both the public shares and the public warrants, for purposes of this table the full investment
amount is ascribed to the public shares only. |
| (3) | The
Sponsor’s total investment in the equity of the company, inclusive of the founder shares and the Sponsor’s $6,000,000 investment
in the private placement warrants, is $6,025,000. |
While
the implied value of our public shares may be diluted, the implied value of $7.50 per share would represent a significant implied profit
for our Sponsor relative to the initial purchase price of the founder shares. Our Sponsor committed to invest an aggregate of $6,025,000
in us in connection with the Initial Public Offering, comprised of the $25,000 purchase price for the founder shares and the $6,000,000
purchase price for the private placement warrants. At $7.50 per share, the 6,666,667 founder shares would have an aggregate implied value
of $50,000,000. As a result, even if the trading price of our ordinary shares significantly declines, our Sponsor will stand to make
significant profit on its investment in us. In addition, our Sponsor could potentially recoup its entire investment in us even if the
trading price of our ordinary shares were as low as $0.90 per share and even if the private placement warrants are worthless. As a result,
our Sponsor is likely to make a substantial profit on its investment in us even if we select and consummate an initial business combination
that causes the trading price of our ordinary shares to decline, while our public shareholders could lose significant value in their
public shares. Our Sponsor may therefore be economically incentivized to consummate an initial business combination with a riskier, weaker-performing
or less-established target business than would be the case if our Sponsor had paid the same per share price for the founder shares as
our public shareholders paid for their public shares.
You
will not be permitted to exercise your Warrants unless we register and qualify the issuance of the underlying Class A ordinary shares
or certain exemptions are available.
Pursuant
to the terms of the warrant agreement, we have agreed that, as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 15 business days after
the closing of our initial Business Combination, we will use our commercially reasonable efforts to file a registration statement covering
the issuance of such shares, and we will use our commercially reasonable efforts to cause the same to become effective within 60 business
days after the closing of our initial Business Combination and to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement and a current
prospectus relating to those Class A ordinary shares until the Warrants expire or are redeemed, as specified in the warrant agreement.
We cannot assure you that we will be able to do so if, for example, any facts or events arise which represent a fundamental change in
the information set forth in the registration statement or prospectus, the financial statements contained or incorporated by reference
therein are not current, complete or correct or the SEC issues a stop order. If the shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants are
not registered under the Securities Act in accordance with the above requirements, we will be required to permit holders to exercise
their Warrants on a cashless basis, in which case, the number of Class A ordinary shares that you will receive upon cashless exercise
will be based on a formula subject to a maximum amount of shares equal to 0.361 Class A ordinary shares per Warrant (subject to
adjustment). However, no Warrant will be exercisable for cash or on a cashless basis, and we will not be obligated to issue any shares
to holders seeking to exercise their Warrants, unless the issuance of the shares upon such exercise is registered or qualified under
the securities laws of the state of the exercising holder, or an exemption from registration is available.
Notwithstanding
the above, if our Class A ordinary shares are at the time of any exercise of a Warrant not listed on a national securities exchange
such that they satisfy the definition of a “covered security” under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act, we may,
at our option, require holders of Public Warrants who exercise their Warrants to do so on a “cashless basis” in accordance
with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act and, in the event we so elect, we will not be required to file or maintain in effect
a registration statement, but we will use our commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue
sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available. In no event will we be required to net cash settle any Warrant, or issue securities
or other compensation in exchange for the Warrants in the event that we are unable to register or qualify the shares underlying the Warrants
under applicable state securities laws and no exemption is available. If the issuance of the shares upon exercise of the Warrants is
not so registered or qualified or exempt from registration or qualification, the holder of such Warrant shall not be entitled to exercise
such Warrant and such Warrant may have no value and expire worthless. In such event, holders who acquired their Warrants as part of a
purchase of Units will have paid the full Unit purchase price solely for the Class A ordinary shares included in the Units. There
may be a circumstance where an exemption from registration exists for holders of our private Placement Warrants to exercise their Warrants
while a corresponding exemption does not exist for holders of the Public Warrants that were included as part of the Units. In such an
instance, our Sponsor and its permitted transferees (which may include our directors and executive officers) would be able to exercise
their Warrants and sell the ordinary shares underlying their Warrants while holders of our Public Warrants would not be able to exercise
their Warrants and sell the underlying ordinary shares. If and when the Warrants become redeemable by us, we may exercise our redemption
right even if we are unable to register or qualify the underlying Class A ordinary shares for sale under all applicable state securities
laws. As a result, we may redeem the Warrants as set forth above even if the holders are otherwise unable to exercise their Warrants.
Our
warrants are expected to be accounted for as derivative liabilities and will be recorded at fair value upon issuance with changes in
fair value each period reported in earnings, which may have an adverse effect on the market price of our common stock or may make it
more difficult for us to consummate an initial business combination.
We
issued 5,735,202 warrants as part of the units offered by the prospectus and, simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering,
we issued in a private placement, 3,294,081 private placement warrants. We expect to account for both the warrants underlying the units
offered by the prospectus related to the Initial Public Offering and the private placement warrants as a warrant liability. At each reporting
period (1) the accounting treatment of the warrants will be re-evaluated for proper accounting treatment as a liability or equity and
(2) the fair value of the liability of the public and private warrants will be remeasured and the change in the fair value of the liability
will be recorded as other income (expense) in our income statement. Changes in the inputs and assumptions for the valuation model we
use to determine the fair value of such liability may have a material impact on the estimated fair value of the embedded derivative liability.
The share price of our common stock represents the primary underlying variable that impacts the value of the derivative instruments.
Additional factors that impact the value of the derivative instruments include the volatility of our stock price, discount rates and
stated interest rates. As a result, our consolidated financial statements and results of operations will fluctuate quarterly, based on
various factors, such as the share price of our common stock, many of which are outside of our control. In addition, we may change the
underlying assumptions used in our valuation model, which could in result in significant fluctuations in our results of operations. If
our stock price is volatile, we expect that we will recognize non-cash gains or losses on our warrants or any other similar derivative
instruments each reporting period and that the amount of such gains or losses could be material. The impact of changes in fair value
on earnings may have an adverse effect on the market price of our common stock. In addition, potential targets may seek a SPAC that does
not have warrants that are accounted for as a liability, which may make it more difficult for us to consummate an initial business combination
with a target business.
If
all of our Class G ordinary shares convert, our initial shareholders, including our Sponsor, will own, in the aggregate, 25% of the Class
A ordinary shares issued and outstanding at the time of the business combination (without giving effect to any Class A ordinary shares
or equity-linked securities exercisable for or convertible into Class A ordinary shares issued, deemed issued, or to be issued, to any
seller in the initial business combination or any redemption of public shares in connection with business combination).
Most
blank check companies issue founder shares representing 20% of the Class A ordinary shares issued and outstanding upon the consummation
of such blank check company’s initial public offering. We have issued 2,222,222 Class F ordinary shares which will convert automatically
into Class A ordinary shares in connection with our initial business combination as described herein. The Class F ordinary shares represent
10% of the Class A ordinary shares issued and outstanding (excluding shares of Class G ordinary shares) and we have also issued 4,444,445
Class G ordinary shares, which will convert into Class A ordinary shares after our initial Business Combination only to the extent certain
triggering events occur prior to the applicable anniversary of our initial Business Combination, including specified strategic transactions
and other triggering events based on our shares trading at $15.00 per share and additional share trading thresholds up to $25.00 per
share, in each case, as described in the prospectus for our Initial Public Offering. If following our initial Business Combination all
of the Class G ordinary shares convert, the number of Class A ordinary shares into which the Class G ordinary shares shall have converted
plus the number of Class A ordinary shares into which the Class F ordinary shares shall have converted will represent, in the aggregate,
25% of the Class A ordinary shares issued and outstanding after our Initial Public Offering (excluding any Class A ordinary shares or
equity-linked securities exercisable for or convertible into Class A ordinary shares issued, deemed issued, or to be issued, to any seller
in the initial business combination or any redemption of public shares in connection with business combination) subject to certain anti-dilution
adjustments as described elsewhere herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all Class G ordinary shares that are issued and outstanding
on the applicable anniversary of our initial Business Combination will be automatically forfeited. If all of our Class G ordinary shares
convert, the issuance of Class A ordinary shares upon conversion of all of our Class G ordinary shares would dilute the interest of our
shareholders relative to shareholders of other blank check companies.
We
may amend the terms of the Warrants in a manner that may be adverse to holders of Public Warrants with the approval by the holders of
at least 65% of the then outstanding Public Warrants.
Our
Warrants will be issued in registered form under a warrant agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as
Warrant agent, and us. The warrant agreement provides that (a) the terms of the Warrants may be amended without the consent of any
holder for the purpose of (i) curing any ambiguity or correct any mistake, including to conform the provisions of the warrant agreement
to the description of the terms of the Warrants and the warrant agreement set forth in the prospectus related to the Initial Public Offering,
or defective provision or (ii) adding or changing any provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the warrant
agreement as the parties to the warrant agreement may deem necessary or desirable and that the parties deem to not adversely affect the
rights of the registered holders of the Warrants and (b) all other modifications or amendments require the vote or written consent
of at least 65% of the then outstanding Public Warrants and, solely with respect to any amendment to the terms of the private Placement
Warrants or any provision of the warrant agreement with respect to the private Placement Warrants, at least 65% of the then-outstanding Private
Placement Warrants. Accordingly, we may amend the terms of the Public Warrants in a manner adverse to a holder if holders of at least
65% of the then-outstanding Public Warrants approve of such amendment. Although our ability to amend the terms of the Public Warrants
with the consent of at least 65% of the then outstanding Public Warrants is unlimited, examples of such amendments could be amendments
to, among other things, increase the exercise price of the Warrants, shorten the exercise period or decrease the number of ordinary shares
purchasable upon exercise of a Warrant.
Our
initial shareholders may receive additional Class A ordinary shares based on our trading price and/or based on certain strategic transactions
after our initial business combination.
If
between the closing of our initial business combination and the applicable anniversary of our initial business combination the closing
price of our Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds one or more of the share targets described below, the Class G ordinary shares
for each such target achievement will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares at the 15%, 20% and 25% conversion ratios described
below (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like):
| ● | 15%
at $15.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations,
recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period, if
achieved between the closing of our initial business combination and the 3rd year anniversary
of our initial business combination (the “First Price Trigger”); |
| ● | 20%
at $20.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations,
recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period, if
achieved between the closing of our initial business combination and the 6th year anniversary
of our initial business combination (the “Second Price Trigger”); and |
| ● | 25%
at $25.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations,
recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period, if
achieved between the closing of our initial business combination and the 9th year anniversary
of our initial business combination (the “Third Price Trigger”). |
For
example, if fifteen months following the consummation of our initial Business Combination the closing price of our Class A ordinary shares
equals or exceeds $20.00 but does not exceed $25.00 for 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period, both the First Price Trigger
and Second Price Trigger target achievements will be met, resulting in the Class G ordinary shares converting into a number of Class
A ordinary shares that, together with the Class A ordinary shares issued or issuable upon conversion of the Class F founder shares, would
represent 20% of (i) the total number of all Class A ordinary shares issued and outstanding upon completion of the Initial Public Offering
(including the over-allotment shares following the underwriters partial exercise their over-allotment option), plus (ii) the total number
of Class A ordinary shares issued that would, based on these triggers, be issuable upon conversion of the Class F founder shares and
Class G founder shares plus (iii) unless waived by our Sponsor, the total number of Class A ordinary shares issued or deemed issued or
issuable upon conversion or exercise of any equity-linked securities or rights issued or deemed issued, by the Company in connection
with or in relation to the consummation of the initial Business Combination, including any forward purchase shares. In this case, assuming
that all of the forward purchase shares and no other ordinary shares or equity-linked securities are issued in the business combination
and assuming no exercise of the overallotment option, the Class G ordinary shares would convert into an aggregate of 2,777,778 Class
A ordinary shares.
In
the event of any liquidation, merger, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction is consummated after our initial business
combination (“Strategic Transaction”) that results in all of our public shareholders having the right to exchange their Class
A ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property, all of the then-outstanding Class G founder shares will automatically convert
into Class A ordinary shares, contemporaneously with the closing of such Strategic Transaction, at a ratio such that the aggregate number
of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of all founder shares (including both Class F ordinary shares and Class G ordinary
shares) in the aggregate on an as-converted basis, would represent no more than 25% of the sum of (i) the total number of all Class A
ordinary shares issued and outstanding upon completion of the Initial Public Offering (including the over-allotment shares and without
giving effect to any redemptions of any public shares in connection with the initial Business Combination), plus (ii) the total number
of Class A ordinary shares issued or deemed issued or issuable upon conversion of the Class F founder shares and Class G founder shares,
plus (iii) unless waived by our Sponsor, the total number of Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities exercisable for or convertible
into Class A ordinary shares issued, deemed issued, or to be issued, in connection with or in relation to the consummation of the initial
business combination, including any forward purchase shares, to be determined as follows: Number of Class A ordinary shares issuable
upon conversion of Class G founder shares shall equal (i) the number of Class G founder shares then-outstanding multiplied by (ii) a
fraction, the numerator of which is Black Scholes per share value of Class G founder shares (as determined by a third party) and the
denominator of which is the per share value of Class A ordinary shares in the Strategic Transaction as of immediately prior to closing;
provided the fraction shall not exceed 1.
We
may redeem your unexpired Warrants prior to their exercise at a time that is disadvantageous to you, thereby making your Warrants worthless.
We
have the ability to redeem outstanding Warrants at any time after they become exercisable and prior to their expiration, at a price of
$0.01 per Warrant if, among other things, the last reported sale price of Class A ordinary shares for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading
day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders
(the “Reference Value”) equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted). If and when the Warrants become redeemable by us,
we may exercise our redemption right even if we are unable to register or qualify the underlying securities for sale under all applicable
state securities laws. As a result, we may redeem the Public Warrants as set forth above even if the holders are otherwise unable to
exercise the Warrants. Redemption of the outstanding Warrants could force you to: (1) exercise your Warrants and pay the exercise
price therefor at a time when it may be disadvantageous for you to do so; (2) sell your Warrants at the then-current market
price when you might otherwise wish to hold your Warrants; or (3) accept the nominal redemption price which, at the time the outstanding
Warrants are called for redemption, we expect would be substantially less than the market value of your Warrants.
In
addition, we have the ability to redeem outstanding Warrants after they become exercisable and prior to their expiration, at a price
of $0.10 per warrant if, among other things, the last reported sale price of our Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $10.00
per share (as adjusted). In such a case, the holders will be able to exercise their Warrants prior to redemption for a number of Class
A ordinary shares determined based on the redemption date and the fair market value of our Class A ordinary shares. The value received
upon exercise of the Warrants (1) may be less than the value the holders would have received if they had exercised their Warrants
at a later time where the underlying share price is higher and (2) may not compensate the holders for the value of the Warrants,
including because the number of ordinary shares received is capped at 0.361 Class A ordinary shares per Warrant (subject to adjustment)
irrespective of the remaining life of the Warrants.
Our
management’s ability to require holders of our public warrants to exercise such public warrants on a cashless basis will cause
holders to receive fewer Class A ordinary shares upon their exercise of the public warrants than they would have received had they been
able to exercise their public warrants for cash.
If
we call our public warrants for redemption after the redemption criteria described elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K have
been satisfied, our management will have the option to require any holder that wishes to exercise its warrant (including any warrants
held by our sponsor, officers, directors or their permitted transferees) to do so on a “cashless basis.” If our management
chooses to require holders to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis, the number of Class A ordinary shares received by a holder
upon exercise will be fewer than it would have been had such holder exercised his, her or its warrant for cash. This will have the effect
of reducing the potential “upside” of the holder’s investment in our company.
Because
each unit contains one-fourth of one Warrant and only a whole Warrant may be exercised, the Units may be worth less than units of some
other blank check companies.
Each
Unit contains one-fourth of one Warrant. Pursuant to the warrant agreement, no fractional Warrants were issued upon separation of
the Units, and only whole Warrants will trade. This is different from other offerings similar to ours whose units include one ordinary
share and one whole warrant or a greater fraction of a whole warrant to purchase one share. We have established the components of the
Units in this way in order to reduce the dilutive effect of the Warrants upon completion of a business combination since the Warrants
will be exercisable in the aggregate for a fourth of the number of shares compared to units that each contain a whole Warrant to purchase
one whole share, thus making us, we believe, a more attractive business combination partner for target businesses. Nevertheless, this
unit structure may cause our Units to be worth less than if they included a whole Warrant or a greater fraction of a whole warrant to
purchase one whole share.
Because
we are incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands, you may face difficulties in protecting your interests, and your ability to
protect your rights through the U.S. Federal courts may be limited.
We
are an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands. As a result, it may be difficult for investors to effect service
of process within the United States upon our directors or officers, or enforce judgments obtained in the United States courts
against our directors or officers.
Our
corporate affairs will be governed by our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, the Companies Act (as the same
may be supplemented or amended from time to time) and the common law of the Cayman Islands. The rights of shareholders to take action
against the directors, actions by minority shareholders and the fiduciary responsibilities of our directors to us under Cayman Islands
law are to a large extent governed by the common law of the Cayman Islands. The common law of the Cayman Islands is derived in part from
comparatively limited judicial precedent in the Cayman Islands as well as from English common law, the decisions of whose courts are
of persuasive authority, but are not binding on a court in the Cayman Islands. The rights of our shareholders and the fiduciary responsibilities
of our directors under Cayman Islands law are different from what they would be under statutes or judicial precedent in some jurisdictions
in the United States. In particular, the Cayman Islands has a different body of securities laws as compared to the United States,
and certain states, such as Delaware, may have more fully developed and judicially interpreted bodies of corporate law. In addition,
Cayman Islands companies may not have standing to initiate a shareholders derivative action in a Federal court of the United States.
We
have been advised by Maples and Calder, our Cayman Islands legal counsel, that the courts of the Cayman Islands are unlikely (1) to
recognize or enforce against us judgments of courts of the United States predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the federal
securities laws of the United States or any state; and (2) in original actions brought in the Cayman Islands, to impose liabilities
against us predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the federal securities laws of the United States or any state, so far
as the liabilities imposed by those provisions are penal in nature. In those circumstances, although there is no statutory enforcement
in the Cayman Islands of judgments obtained in the United States, the courts of the Cayman Islands will recognize and enforce a
foreign money judgment of a foreign court of competent jurisdiction without retrial on the merits based on the principle that a judgment
of a competent foreign court imposes upon the judgment debtor an obligation to pay the sum for which judgment has been given provided
certain conditions are met. For a foreign judgment to be enforced in the Cayman Islands, such judgment must be final and conclusive and
for a liquidated sum, and must not be in respect of taxes or a fine or penalty, inconsistent with a Cayman Islands judgment in respect
of the same matter, impeachable on the grounds of fraud or obtained in a manner, or be of a kind the enforcement of which is, contrary
to natural justice or the public policy of the Cayman Islands (awards of punitive or multiple damages may well be held to be contrary
to public policy). A Cayman Islands Court may stay enforcement proceedings if concurrent proceedings are being brought elsewhere.
As
a result of all of the above, public shareholders may have more difficulty in protecting their interests in the face of actions taken
by management, members of the board of directors or controlling shareholders than they would as public shareholders of a United States
company.
Our
warrant agreement designates the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern
District of New York as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by holders
of our warrants, which could limit the ability of warrant holders to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with our company.
Our
warrant agreement provides that, subject to applicable law, (i) any action, proceeding or claim against us arising out of or relating
in any way to the warrant agreement, including under the Securities Act, will be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York
or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and (ii) that we irrevocably submit to such
jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be the exclusive forum for any such action, proceeding or claim. We will waive any objection to
such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, these provisions of the warrant agreement do not apply to suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the
Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal district courts of the United States of America are the sole and exclusive
forum. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any of our warrants shall be deemed to have notice of and
to have consented to the forum provisions in our warrant agreement. If any action, the subject matter of which is within the scope of
the forum provisions of the warrant agreement, is filed in a court other than a court of the State of New York or the United States
District Court for the Southern District of New York (a “foreign action”) in the name of any holder of our warrants,
such holder shall be deemed to have consented to: (x) the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in the State
of New York in connection with any action brought in any such court to enforce the forum provisions (an “enforcement action”),
and (y) having service of process made upon such warrant holder in any such enforcement action by service upon such warrant holder’s
counsel in the foreign action as agent for such warrant holder.
This
choice-of-forum provision may limit a warrant holder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable
for disputes with our company, which may discourage such lawsuits. Alternatively, if a court were to find this provision of our warrant
agreement inapplicable or unenforceable with respect to one or more of the specified types of actions or proceedings, we may incur additional
costs associated with resolving such matters in other jurisdictions, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial
condition and results of operations and result in a diversion of the time and resources of our management and board of directors.
Provisions
in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association may inhibit a takeover of us, which could limit the price investors
might be willing to pay in the future for our Class A ordinary shares and could entrench management.
Our
amended and restated memorandum and articles of association contain provisions that may discourage unsolicited takeover proposals that
shareholders may consider to be in their best interests. These provisions include two-year director terms and the ability of the
board of directors to designate the terms of and issue new series of preference shares, which may make more difficult the removal of
management and may discourage transactions that otherwise could involve payment of a premium over prevailing market prices for our securities.
General
Risk Factors
We
are a newly incorporated company with no operating history and no operating revenues, and you have no basis on which to evaluate our
ability to achieve our business objective.
We
are a newly incorporated company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands with no operating results. Because we lack an operating
history, you have no basis upon which to evaluate our ability to achieve our business objective of completing our initial Business Combination
with one or more target businesses. We have no plans, arrangements or understandings with any prospective target business concerning
a Business Combination and may be unable to complete our initial Business Combination. If we fail to complete our initial Business Combination,
we will never generate any operating revenues.
Past
performance by our management team and our Sponsor’s advisors and their respective affiliates may not be indicative of future performance
of an investment in the company.
Information
regarding performance by our management team and our Sponsor’s advisors and their respective affiliates is presented for informational
purposes only. Past performance by our management team and our Sponsor’s advisors and their respective affiliates is not a guarantee
either (1) that we will be able to identify a suitable candidate for our initial Business Combination or (2) of success with
respect to any Business Combination we may consummate. You should not rely on the historical record of our management team or our Sponsor’s
advisors or their respective affiliates or any related investment’s performance as indicative of our future performance of an investment
in the company or the returns the company will, or is likely to, generate going forward.
We
may be a passive foreign investment company, or “PFIC,” which could result in adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences
to U.S. investors.
If
we are a PFIC for any taxable year (or portion thereof) that is included in the holding period of a U.S. Holder of our ordinary shares
or warrants, the U.S. Holder may be subject to adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences and may be subject to additional reporting
requirements. Our PFIC status for our taxable year ended December 31, 2021, our current taxable year, and our subsequent taxable years
may depend upon the status of an acquired company pursuant to a Business Combination and whether we qualify for the PFIC start-up exception.
Depending on the particular circumstances, the application of the start-up exception may be subject to uncertainty, and there cannot
be any assurance that we will qualify for the start-up exception. Accordingly, there can be no assurances with respect to our status
as a PFIC for our taxable year ended December 31, 2021, our current taxable year, or any subsequent taxable year. Our actual PFIC status
for any taxable year, moreover, will not be determinable until after the end of such taxable year. If we determine we are a PFIC for
any taxable year, we will endeavor to provide to a U.S. Holder such information as the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) may
require, including a PFIC Annual Information Statement, in order to enable the U.S. Holder to make and maintain a “qualified electing
fund” election, but there can be no assurance that we will timely provide such required information, and such election would likely
be unavailable with respect to our Warrants in all cases. We urge U.S. Holders to consult their own tax advisors regarding the possible
application of the PFIC rules to holders of our ordinary shares and Warrants.
We
are an emerging growth company and a smaller reporting company within the meaning of the Securities Act, and if we take advantage of
certain exemptions from disclosure requirements available to emerging growth companies or smaller reporting companies, this could make
our securities less attractive to investors and may make it more difficult to compare our performance with other public companies.
We
are an “emerging growth company” within the meaning of the Securities Act, as modified by the JOBS Act, and we may take advantage
of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth
companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements,
and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any
golden parachute payments not previously approved. As a result, our shareholders may not have access to certain information they may
deem important. We could be an emerging growth company for up to five years, although circumstances could cause us to lose that status
earlier, including if the market value of our ordinary shares held by non-affiliates equals or exceeds $700 million as of the
end of any second quarter of a fiscal year, in which case we would no longer be an emerging growth company as of the end of such fiscal
year. We cannot predict whether investors will find our securities less attractive because we will rely on these exemptions. If some
investors find our securities less attractive as a result of our reliance on these exemptions, the trading prices of our securities may
be lower than they otherwise would be, there may be a less active trading market for our securities and the trading prices of our securities
may be more volatile.
Further,
Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial
accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective
or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting
standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements
that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such election to opt out is irrevocable. We have elected not to opt out of such
extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or
private companies, we, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new
or revised standard. This may make comparison of our financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth
company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of
the potential differences in accounting standards used.
Additionally,
we are a “smaller reporting company” as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K. Smaller reporting companies may
take advantage of certain reduced disclosure obligations, including, among other things, providing only two years of audited financial
statements. We will remain a smaller reporting company until the last day of the fiscal year in which (1) the market value of our
ordinary shares held by non-affiliates equals or exceeds $250 million as of the end of that year’s second fiscal quarter,
or (2) our annual revenues equaled or exceeded $100 million during such completed fiscal year or the market value of our ordinary
shares held by non-affiliates equals or exceeds $700 million as of the end of that year’s second fiscal quarter. To the
extent we take advantage of such reduced disclosure obligations, it may also make comparison of our financial statements with other public
companies difficult or impossible.
We
have identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021. If we are unable to develop
and maintain an effective system of internal control over financial reporting, we may not be able to accurately report our financial
results in a timely manner, which may adversely affect investor confidence in us and materially and adversely affect our business and
operating results.
In
connection with the preparation of the Company’s financial statements as of December 31, 2021, the Company reevaluated the classification
of the complex financial instruments. After consultation with our independent registered public accounting firm, our management and our
audit committee concluded that the previously issued financial statements as of August 6, 2021 should be restated to report all Class
A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption as temporary equity. This error correction is reflected in our Form 10Q for the period ended September 30, 2021.
As
described elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, we identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting
related to the accounting for the Company’s complex financial instruments. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination
of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement
of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented, or detected and corrected on a timely basis.
Effective
internal controls are necessary for us to provide reliable financial reports and prevent fraud. We have taken a number of measures to
remediate the material weaknesses, and continue to evaluate steps to remediate the material weaknesses. However, these remediation measures
may be time consuming and costly and there is no assurance that these initiatives will ultimately have the intended effects. If we are
unable to remediate our material weaknesses in a timely manner or we identify additional material weaknesses, we may be unable to provide
required financial information in a timely and reliable manner and we may incorrectly report financial information. If our financial
statements are not filed on a timely basis, we could be subject to sanctions or investigations by Nasdaq, the SEC or other regulatory
authorities. Failure to timely file would cause us to be ineligible to utilize short form registration statements on Form S-3 or Form
S-4, which may impair our ability to obtain capital in a timely fashion to execute our business strategies or issue shares to effect
an acquisition. If any of these events were to occur, it could have a material adverse effect on our business.
In
addition, the existence of material weaknesses or a significant deficiency in internal control over financial reporting could adversely
affect our reputation or investor perceptions of us, which could have a negative effect on the trading price of our securities.
We
can provide no assurance that the measures we have taken and plan to take in the future will remediate the material weaknesses identified
or that any additional material weaknesses or restatements of financial results will not arise in the future due to a failure to implement
and maintain adequate internal control over financial reporting. In addition, even if we are successful in strengthening our controls
and procedures, in the future those controls and procedures may not be adequate to prevent or identify irregularities or errors or to
facilitate the fair presentation of our financial statements.
We
may face litigation and other risks as a result of the material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting.
As
a result of such material weaknesses, the changes in accounting for the warrants and for Class A ordinary shares subject to redemption,
and other matters raised or that may in the future be raised by the SEC, we face potential for litigation or other disputes which may
include, among others, claims invoking the federal and state securities laws, contractual claims or other claims arising from the material
weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting and the preparation of our financial statements. As of the date of this Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q, we have no knowledge of any such litigation or dispute. However, we can provide no assurance that such litigation
or dispute will not arise in the future. Any such litigation or dispute, whether successful or not, could have a material adverse effect
on our business, results of operations and financial condition or our ability to complete a business combination.
Recently introduced economic substance legislation of the Cayman
Islands may adversely impact us or our operations.
The Cayman Islands, together with several other non-European Union
jurisdictions, have recently introduced legislation aimed at addressing concerns raised by the Council of the European Union as to offshore
structures engaged in certain activities which attract profits without real economic activity. With effect from January 1, 2019, the International
Tax Co-operation (Economic Substance) Act, (As Revised) (the “Substance Act”) came into force in the Cayman Islands introducing
certain economic substance requirements for in-scope Cayman Islands entities which are engaged in certain “relevant activities,”
which in the case of exempted companies incorporated before January 1, 2019, will apply in respect of financial years commencing July
1, 2019, onwards. As we are a Cayman Islands company, compliance obligations include filing annual notifications for the company, which
need to state whether we are carrying out any relevant activities and if so, whether we have satisfied economic substance tests to the
extent required under the Substance Act. As it is a new regime, it is anticipated that the Substance Act will evolve and be subject to
further clarification and amendments. We may need to allocate additional resources to keep updated with these developments, and may have
to make changes to our operations in order to comply with all requirements under the Substance Act. Failure to satisfy these requirements
may subject us to penalties under the Substance Act.
Our
warrants are accounted for as liabilities and the changes in value of our warrants could have a material effect on our financial results.
On
April 12, 2021, the staff of the SEC issued a public statement regarding the accounting and reporting considerations for warrants issued
by special purpose acquisition companies entitled “Staff Statement on Accounting and Reporting Considerations for Warrants Issued
by Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (’SPACs’)” (the “SEC Staff Statement”). Specifically, the SEC
Staff Statement focused on certain settlement terms and provisions related to certain tender offers following a business combination,
which terms are similar to those contained in the warrant agreement governing our Warrants. As a result of the SEC Staff Statement, we
reevaluated the accounting treatment of our 5,735,202 Public Warrants and 3,294,081 Private Placement Warrants and determined to classify
the Warrants as derivative liabilities measured at fair value, with changes in fair value each period reported in earnings.
As
a result, included on our condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2021 contained elsewhere in this Annual Report are
derivative liabilities related to embedded features contained within our Warrants. ASC 815, “Derivatives and Hedging,” provides
for the remeasurement of the fair value of such derivatives at each balance sheet date, with a resulting non-cash gain or loss related
to the change in the fair value being recognized in earnings in the statement of operations. As a result of the recurring fair value
measurement, our financial statements and results of operations may fluctuate quarterly, based on factors, which are outside of our control.
Due to the recurring fair value measurement, we expect that we will recognize non-cash gains or losses on our Warrants each reporting
period and that the amount of such gains or losses could be material. The impact of changes in fair value on earnings may have an adverse
effect on the market price of our securities.