On December 3, 2021, concurrent with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the underwriters were paid a cash underwriting discount of $0.20 per Unit, or $4,000,000 in the aggregate (regardless of whether the underwriters’ over-allotment option to purchase additional units is exercised in full), which was paid upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering. In addition, the underwriters will be entitled to a deferred fee of $0.35 per Unit, or $7,000,000 in the aggregate. The deferred fee will become payable to the underwriters from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event that the Company completes a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.
On December 8, 2021, the Company consummated the closing of the sale of an additional 3,000,000 Option Units at $10.00 per Option Unit, pursuant to the underwriters’ exercise in full of their over-allotment option, generating gross proceeds of $30,000,000. The Company recorded an additional deferred fee of $1,650,000 to be paid upon completion of a Business Combination.
Concurrent with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor transferred 15,000 Class B ordinary shares to Centaury Management Ltd., an investor in the Sponsor, at an aggregate purchase price of $75, or approximately $0.005 per share. The Sponsor also transferred 300,300 Class B ordinary shares to Mizuho Securities USA LLC, the representative of the underwriters, at an aggregate purchase price of $1,000,000, or approximately $3.33 per share (the “Representative’s Shares”). The Company thus recorded additional transaction costs of $999,517, the grant date fair value of the shares net of consideration received. The Representative’s Shares have been deemed compensation by FINRA and are therefore subject to a lock-up for a period of 180 days immediately following the date of the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part pursuant to Rule 5110(e)(1) of the FINRA Manual.
NOTE 7 — SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
Preference Shares —The Company is authorized to issue 5,000,000 shares of preference shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share with such designations, voting and other rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the Company’s board of directors. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there were no preference shares issued or outstanding.
Class A Ordinary Shares —The Company is authorized to issue 500,000,000 shares of Class A ordinary shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share. Holders of Class A ordinary shares are entitled to one vote for each share. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there were 23,000,000 shares of Class A ordinary shares issued and outstanding, respectively, including 23,000,000 shares of Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption.
Class B Ordinary Shares —The Company is authorized to issue 50,000,000 shares of Class B ordinary shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share. Holders of Class B ordinary shares are entitled to one vote for each share. On November 30, 2021, the Company effected a further issuance of Founder Shares, resulting in the Sponsor holding an aggregate of 5,750,000 Founder Shares. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there were 5,750,000 shares of Class B ordinary shares issued and outstanding.23
Only holders of the Class B ordinary shares will have the right to vote on the election of directors prior to the Business Combination. Holders of ordinary shares, holders of Class A ordinary shares and holders of Class B ordinary shares will vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders except as otherwise required by law. In connection with a Business Combination, the Company may enter into a shareholders agreement or other arrangements with the shareholders of the target or other investors to provide for voting or other corporate governance arrangements that differ from those in effect upon completion of the Initial Public Offering.
The shares of Class B ordinary shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares at the time of a Business Combination, or earlier at the option of the holder, on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment. In the case that additional shares of Class A ordinary shares, or equity-linked securities, are issued or deemed issued in excess of the amounts issued in the Initial Public Offering and related to the closing of a Business Combination, the ratio at which shares of Class B ordinary shares shall convert into shares of Class A ordinary shares will be adjusted (unless the holders of a majority of the then-outstanding shares of Class B ordinary shares agree to waive such adjustment with respect to any such issuance or deemed issuance) so that the number of shares of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of all shares of Class B ordinary shares will equal, in the aggregate, on an as-converted basis, 20% of the sum of the total number of all shares of ordinary shares outstanding upon the completion of Initial Public Offering plus all shares of Class A ordinary shares and equity-linked securities issued or deemed issued in connection with a Business Combination (net of the number of shares of Class A ordinary shares redeemed in connection with a Business Combination), excluding any shares or equity-linked securities issued or issuable to any seller of an interest in the target to the Company in a Business Combination.