BITE Bite Acquisition Corp

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

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On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IR Act”) was signed into federal law. The IR Act provides for, among other things, a new U.S. federal 1% excise tax (the “Excise Tax”) on certain repurchases of stock by publicly traded U.S. domestic corporations and certain U.S. domestic subsidiaries of publicly traded foreign corporations occurring on or after January 1, 2023. Any redemption of the shares of the Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Bite Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) on or after January 1, 2023 may be subject to the Excise Tax. The proceeds placed in the trust account established in connection with the Company’s initial public offering (the “Trust Account”) and the interest earned thereon shall not be used to pay for the Excise Tax that may be levied on the Company in connection with such redemptions. The Company further confirms that it will not utilize any funds from the Trust Account to pay any such Excise Tax.

 

In addition, until the earliest of (a) the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination, (b) the liquidation of the Trust Account and (c) 24 months from the anniversary of the effective date of the registration statement relating to the Company’s initial public offering, the Company will maintain the investment of funds held in the Trust Account in U.S. government securities within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds investing solely in United States government treasury obligations and meeting the conditions of paragraphs (d)(1), (d)(2), (d)(3) and (d)(4) of Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act (or any successor rule).