EDGAR 10-K Filing

Company CIK: 1850262
Filing Year: 2023
Filename: 1850262_10-K_2023_0001193125-23-088340.json

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ITEM 1. BUSINESS
Item 1. Business.
Overview
We are a blank check company incorporated in February 2021 as a Delaware corporation whose purpose is to effect our initial business combination.
While we may pursue an acquisition opportunity in any industry, sector, or geography, we have targeted and will continue to target a business combination with a technology-oriented company in Australia and/or New Zealand. We are one of only a few SPACs primarily focused on acquisition targets in Australia and/or New Zealand. We believe that Australia and New Zealand have economic and social environments suitable for companies to innovate and develop new technologies and/or business models with potential for international expansion. We have focused and will continue to focus on the rapidly growing universe of companies and entrepreneurs in Australia and/or New Zealand that apply technology and innovation to our everyday lives. Our management team possesses a synergistic combination of executive, strategic, operational, financial, and transactional experience in this region, and has demonstrated a track record of identifying and creating stockholder value at a wide array of technology, financial services, manufacturing, consulting, and fast-moving consumer goods companies. We believe that the experience and expertise of our management team will make us an attractive partner to potential target businesses, enhance our ability to complete a successful business combination, and bring value to the business following our initial business combination.
Our objective is to generate attractive returns for stockholders and enhance value through both operational improvements and new initiatives to expand the target business organically and/or by strategic acquisitions. Given our management team’s extensive work and business relationships throughout Australia and New Zealand, we have visibility into the growth prospects and developmental promise of numerous potentially attractive companies in the region. Our management team has decades of experience, under varying economic and financial market conditions, identifying and understanding the key fundamental theses of the businesses operating in our targeted geography and sector and how management teams can better execute on their stated strategies to deliver value. Our management team’s past experiences provide a differentiated set of skills that other companies and SPACs may not possess. We believe that our management team’s expertise, capabilities, and network in the region provide us with a significant advantage in identifying attractive investments and consummating an initial business combination that will be well-received in the public markets.
Initial Public Offering
On May 28, 2021, the Company entered into a letter agreement with J.V.B. pursuant to which the Company engaged Cohen & Company to provide consulting and advisory services in connection with the IPO in return for a transaction fee to be paid to J.V.B. in an amount equal to 10.0% of the aggregate underwriting discount and commissions earned by the underwriters in connection with the IPO to be paid simultaneously with the actual payment of such underwriting discount and commissions to the underwriters upon (i) the closing of the IPO and (ii) the completion of the Company’s initial business combination. J.V.B. was one of the Company’s anchor investors that purchased units in the IPO and became a member of the Company’s sponsor at the closing of our IPO to hold an indirect interest in a specified number of the founder shares held by the sponsor.
On November 4, 2021, the Company paid J.V.B. $85,000 in cash from funds outside of the trust account. Funds due to J.V.B. upon the completion of the Company’s initial business combination ($605,000 in the aggregate) will be paid by the underwriters.
On November 5, 2021, we consummated our initial public offering of 11,500,000 units. Each unit consists of one share of Class A common stock, and one-half of one redeemable warrant of the Company, with each warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one share of Class A common stock for $11.50 per whole share. The units were sold at a price of $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $115,000,000.
Simultaneously with the closing of the initial public offering, we completed the private sale of an aggregate of 4,950,000 private placement warrants to our sponsor at a purchase price of $1.00 per private placement warrant, generating gross proceeds of $4,950,000.
A total of $116,725,000, comprised of $113,000,000 of the proceeds from the initial public offering and a portion of the proceeds of the sale of the private placement warrants was placed in the trust account maintained by Continental, acting as trustee.
It is the job of our sponsor and management team to complete our initial business combination. Our management team is led by Enrique Klix, our Chief Executive Officer, and Brittany Lincoln, our Chief Financial Officer, who have many years of experience in identifying and understanding the key fundamental theses of the businesses operating in our targeted geography and sector. We must complete our initial business combination by May 5, 2023, 18 months from the closing of our initial public offering. If our initial business combination is not consummated by the end of this Combination Period, then our existence will terminate, and we will distribute all amounts in the trust account.
On March 24, 2023, we filed a preliminary proxy statement with the SEC for a special meeting of the Company’s stockholders. The purpose of the meeting is to consider and vote upon a proposal to amend our Charter to extend the date by which the Company must consummate a business combination from May 5, 2023 to November 3, 2023, or such earlier date as determined by the Company’s board of directors in its sole discretion (the “Extension,” and such later date, the “Extended Date”) (“Extension Amendment Proposal”). The Company and the Sponsor are discussing the amount, if any, of additional monthly contributions to the Trust Account by the Sponsor or its designee for the benefit of the holders of Public Shares who do not elect to redeem their Public Shares in connection with the Extension. There is no guarantee that the Extension Amendment Proposal will be approved by the Company’s stockholders, and if it is not approved, then if a Business Combination is not consummated by May 5, 2023, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution of the Company. Moreover, the extent, if any, by which the Sponsor or its designee agrees to make additional contributions to the Trust Account if the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved will likely have a significant influence on the stockholders’ vote. If the Extension is approved, the public stockholders will be provided the opportunity at that time to redeem all or a portion of their (which would likely have a material adverse effect on the amount held in our trust account and other adverse effects on our company, such as our ability to maintain our listing on Nasdaq).
Market Opportunity
We believe that Australia and New Zealand have economic and social environments suitable for companies to develop new technologies and/or business models with potential for international expansion. With a population of approximately 26.0 million and a nominal gross domestic product (“GDP”) of $1.72 trillion in 2022, growing at an average annual compound growth rate of 3.8% per annum through 2027 (according to the International Monetary Fund), Australia presents an opportunity for investment with proper fundamentals. With a population of approximately 5.1 million and a GDP of $242.7 billion in 2022, growing at an average annual compound growth rate of 4.8% per annum through 2027 (according to the International Monetary Fund), New Zealand presents a comparable opportunity with similar fundamentals. Australia and New Zealand have similar levels of affluence and preferences to Westerners in larger markets. These countries speak English as a first language, have relatively high income per capita, and a strong rule of law and credit rating, combined with low levels of inflation and unemployment. More importantly, however, Australia and New Zealand have robust economies that maintain an entrepreneurial spirit, provide for significant availability of at-risk capital, and are early adopters of technology.
Australia and New Zealand completed 2020 with relatively low global debt levels and AAA and AA+ long-term foreign currency ratings, respectively, according to Standard & Poor’s as of March 1, 2023. Australia and New Zealand’s effective and proactive responses to the outbreak of COVID-19 have shielded their economies from the global economic downturn experienced during 2020. Australia and New Zealand have been flexible and resilient economies, with strong social and political institutions, and open markets, which have helped them respond effectively to various manners of disruption.
The combined effects of COVID-19 lockdowns and economic support packages are swiftly changing the public debt profile of almost all economies. Australia and New Zealand entered 2020 with very low public debt, by international standards. In its October 2022 ‘Global Fiscal Monitor’ report, the International Monetary Fund stated that the Australian government and New Zealand government’s net debt was 34.2% and 19.9% of GDP in 2019, respectively. These figures are well below the 90.7% average for advanced economies. With low public sector debt, the governments of Australia and New Zealand are well positioned to support economic recovery.
When considering a wide range of economic, social, and political factors, Australia and New Zealand are two of the most globalized countries in the world. According to the KOF Globalization Index, Australia and New Zealand ranked 3rd and 6th, respectively, in the Asia-Pacific region in 2022. The topmost globalized countries are Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Globally, Australia and New Zealand were ranked 30th and 42nd, respectively, after the United States of America (24th) and above some major trading economies, such as China (77th), and India (86th).
Australia and New Zealand benefit from a diverse, highly skilled, and entrepreneurial workforce. As two of the most multicultural and multilingual countries in the world, Australia and New Zealand use their global ties to connect with the best the world has to offer. Australia and New Zealand are also two of the easiest places in the world to do business. According to the World Bank, Australia and New Zealand reached the 14th and 1st positions in the world, respectively, for ease of doing business in 2019.
As developed economies, Australia and New Zealand benefit from being part of a growing region of the world. Most of Australia and New Zealand’s principal export partners are located in Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia, and a network of 17 and 13 free trade agreements, respectively, gives businesses preferential access to fast-growing markets, including in the proximate Asian region.
The quality of governance in Australia and New Zealand ranks among the best in the world. These countries’ regulatory environment, rule of law, and relatively low level of corruption are all graded highly by the World Bank. Strong governance is key to economic growth and security, providing a drawcard for multinationals expanding their businesses or considering Australia or New Zealand as a base for expansion in the Asia-Pacific region.
Australia and New Zealand’s agricultural industries are highly efficient, and their clean, green produce generally fetch premium prices in Asian markets. Underpinning this robust economic performance are their sound financial systems, strong fiscal positions, and low government debts. This permits strategic private and public investment in future industries and infrastructure.
Australia and New Zealand’s transition to services-based economies is driving the development of new technologies in agriculture, education, financial services, health, and other sectors. Innovation includes the use of blockchain in finance, immersive simulation technologies in education, robotics in medical procedures, and the Internet of Things in agriculture. Australia is also recognized as a world leader in silicon-based quantum computing research.
Given the substantial and growing economies in Australia and New Zealand, we believe there are numerous privately funded targets held by investors looking to expeditiously exit their investments via the public markets. We also believe many companies and investors in these sectors are evaluating their portfolios and reviewing candidates for potential divestitures, which might prove to be attractive business combination targets.
Business Strategy
Our strategy has been and will continue to be to identify and complete a business combination with a company with a presence in Australia and/or New Zealand with scalable technology and operations, a proven business model, and an established management team that is potentially looking to expand. The accelerated adoption of digital services and investment in technology infrastructure by consumers and enterprises is driving organizations to fortify their operations in an increasingly distributed environment. We believe many of these technology-oriented businesses could benefit from additional management experience to accelerate revenue growth, improve their operations, expand margins, and optimize their capital allocation decision-making process. These opportunities include, but are not limited to, businesses operating in industry sectors like artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data analytics, Internet of Things, quantum computing, and software-as-a-service, as well as technology-oriented companies seeking to improve and/or automate the delivery and use of services and/or products in the agricultural, renewable energy sources, education, finance, governmental, human resources, legal and compliance, property, and waste management and recycling sectors. We will also examine any sector cross-over with food, hardware, marketplaces, media, mining services, and telecommunications companies that engage in similarly progressive, exciting technologies, and new business models. We believe that companies operating in these areas have characteristics which make them attractive investments, including their underlying market size and growth dynamics.
Our business combination selection process has leveraged and will continue to leverage our management team’s broad and deep network of relationships, differentiated industry knowledge, prolific acquisition experience, and deal-sourcing capabilities to access a wide spectrum of opportunities. Our management team members have developed this network over the past several decades while serving in executive roles at successful organizations. We believe that our management team will identify a business combination that will benefit from our experience, including:
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a track record of operating, growing, and advising businesses in both public and private settings;
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deep and broad relationships with and connectivity to chief executive officers, founders, entrepreneurs, family owners and venture capital and private equity sponsors in Australia and New Zealand to create a significant pipeline of proprietary opportunities;
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the combination of having a local presence in the region with our market knowledge of the target sectors could serve as a source of competitive advantage when we approach potential target companies;
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relationships with capital markets advisors, as well as experience raising both debt and equity capital across business cycles and geographies;
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mergers and acquisitions track record of acquiring and integrating companies at attractive valuations across a wide range of sectors;
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success of identifying private companies that would operate best as public companies, thoroughly and expeditiously preparing them to be public companies, as well as advising and leading them through and after an initial public offering;
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long tenures of serving on leading public companies to effect change; and
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a track record of expeditiously enhancing and exiting investments to deliver substantial stockholder value.
In addition to our own market knowledge and execution capabilities, we have a board of directors that comprises other leading executives who strengthen our expertise and broaden our network of relationships.
Mr. Klix, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Hutton, Mr. Javeri, and Ms. Thornton have leveraged and will continue to leverage their global network of relationships, deal sourcing capabilities and differentiated industry experience to access a wide range of proprietary opportunities and continue the process of pursuing and reviewing potential business combinations.
We believe our operational knowledge combined with experience in the private and public markets could potentially make us an attractive partner for companies seeking a clear and efficient path to listing on a national exchange in the United States of America. Some companies desire to have publicly traded shares to provide liquidity to employees and investors, create a currency for mergers and acquisitions, and/or enhance their profile for potential customers and business partners. We are confident that our relationships with private and institutional investors will help us ensure a smooth transition into the public capital markets for a target company.
Acquisition Criteria
Consistent with our business strategy, we have identified the following general criteria and guidelines that we believe are important in evaluating prospective target businesses. We have used and will continue to use these criteria and guidelines in evaluating potential business combination opportunities, but we may decide to enter into our initial business combination with a target business that meets some but not all of these criteria and guidelines. We intend to conduct a business combination with a company that we believe:
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has a sustainable, leading market position in an attractive industry in Australia and/or New Zealand;
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possesses significant competitive advantages via its disruptive business model and/or innovative product, service, or business;
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has demonstrated operating stability and has a proven combination of systems, processes, and managerial talent;
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has achieved or has the potential for significant long-term revenue or earnings growth through a combination of organic growth, synergistic add-on acquisitions, new product markets and/or geographies, increased production capacity, expense reduction, and/or increased operating leverage;
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has a committed, capable, and aligned management team that would benefit from the leadership and strategic vision of our management team; and
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would benefit from being a publicly owned company and can effectively utilize the broader access to capital markets to help achieve the company’s business strategy and capital structure needs.
These criteria are not intended to be exhaustive. Any evaluation relating to the merits of a particular initial business combination may be based, to the extent relevant, on these general guidelines as well as other considerations, factors, and criteria that our management team may deem relevant. In the event that we decide to enter into our initial business combination with a target business that meets some but not all of the above criteria and guidelines, we will disclose that the target business meets some but not all of the above criteria in our stockholder communications related to our initial business combination, which, as discussed in the Registration Statement, would be in the form of tender offer documents or proxy solicitation materials that we would file with the SEC.
In addition to any potential business candidates we identify on our own, we anticipate that other target business candidates have been and may continue to be brought to our attention from various unaffiliated sources, including investment market participants, private equity funds, venture capital funds, and large business enterprises seeking to divest non-core assets or divisions.
Acquisition Process
In evaluating a prospective target business, we conduct an extensive due diligence review, which encompasses, as applicable and among other things, meetings with members of the target’s management and other employees, document reviews, interviews of customers and suppliers, inspection of facilities and a review of financial and other information about the target and its industry. We have called and will continue to call upon Mr. Klix, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Hutton, Mr. Javeri, and Ms. Thornton’s own experience, as well as their network of relationships with chief executive officers, board members, members of executive management teams, and entrepreneurs to provide specialized insights into their areas of expertise as well as leverage their operational and capital planning experience.
We are not prohibited from pursuing an initial business combination with a company that is affiliated with our sponsor, executive officers or directors, or completing the business combination through a joint venture or other form of shared ownership with our sponsor, executive officers or directors. In the event we seek to complete an initial business combination with a target that is affiliated with our sponsor, executive officers or directors, we, or a committee of independent directors, would obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm which is a member of FINRA or a valuation or appraisal firm stating that such an initial business combination is fair to our company from a financial point of view.
Members of our management team and our independent directors directly or indirectly own founder shares and/or private placement warrants following our initial public offering and, accordingly, may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our initial business combination. Further, certain of our officers and directors may have a conflict of interest with respect to evaluating a particular business combination if the retention or resignation of any such officers and directors was included by a target business as a condition to any agreement with respect to our initial business combination.
Certain of our officers and directors presently have, and any of them in the future may have additional, fiduciary or contractual obligations to another entity pursuant to which such officers or directors are or will be required to present a business combination opportunity to such entity. Accordingly, if any of our officers or directors becomes aware of a business combination opportunity which is suitable for an entity to which he or she has then current fiduciary or contractual obligations, he or she will honor his or her fiduciary or contractual obligations to present such business combination opportunity to such other entity. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that we renounce our interest in any corporate opportunity offered to any director or officer unless such opportunity is expressly offered to such person solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Company and such opportunity is one we are legally and contractually permitted to undertake and would otherwise be reasonable for us to pursue, and to the extent the director or officer is permitted to refer that opportunity to us without violating another legal obligation. We do not believe, however, that the fiduciary duties or contractual obligations of our officers or directors will materially affect our ability to complete our initial business combination.
In addition, our sponsor and our officers and directors may sponsor or form other SPACs similar to ours or may pursue other business or investment ventures during the period in which we are seeking an initial business combination. Any such companies, businesses or investments may present additional conflicts of interest in pursuing an initial business combination. However, we do not believe that any such potential conflicts would materially affect our ability to complete our initial business combination.
Initial Business Combination
Nasdaq rules require that we must complete one or more business combinations having an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the value of the assets held in the trust account (excluding the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on the interest earned on the trust account). We refer to this as the 80% of net assets test. If our board of directors is not able to independently determine the fair market value of the target business or businesses, we will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm that is a member of FINRA or from an independent accounting firm, with respect to the satisfaction of such criteria. We do not currently intend to purchase multiple businesses in unrelated industries in conjunction with our initial business combination, although there is no assurance that will be the case.
We anticipate structuring our initial business combination so that the post-transaction company in which our public stockholders own shares will own or acquire 100% of the equity interests or assets of the target business or businesses. We may, however, structure our initial business combination such that the post-transaction company owns or acquires less than 100% of such interests or assets of the target business in order to meet certain objectives of the target management team or stockholders or for other reasons, but we will only complete such business combination if the post- transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. Even if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the voting securities of the target, our stockholders prior to the business combination may collectively own a minority interest in the post-transaction company, depending on valuations ascribed to the target and us in the business combination transaction. For example, we could pursue a transaction in which we issue a substantial number of new shares in exchange for all of the outstanding capital stock of a target. In this case, we would acquire a 100% controlling interest in the target. However, as a result of the issuance of a substantial number of new shares, our stockholders immediately prior to our initial business combination could own less than a majority of our outstanding shares subsequent to our initial business combination. If less than 100% of the equity interests or assets of a target business or businesses are owned or acquired by the post-transaction company, the portion of such business or businesses that is owned or acquired is what will be taken into account for purposes of the 80% of net assets test described above. If the business combination involves more than one target business, the 80% of net assets test will be based on the aggregate value of all of the target businesses.
We have filed a Registration Statement on Form 8-A with the SEC to voluntarily register our securities under Section 12 of the Exchange Act. As a result, we are subject to the rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act. We have no current intention of filing a Form 15 to suspend our reporting or other obligations under the Exchange Act prior or subsequent to the consummation of our initial business combination.
Status as a Public Company
We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as modified by the JOBS Act. As such, we are eligible to 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 non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. If some investors find our securities less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our securities and the prices of our securities may be more volatile.
In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an “emerging growth company” can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an “emerging growth company” can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We intend to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period.
We will remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of (1) the last day of the fiscal year (a) following the fifth anniversary of the completion of our initial public offering (November 5, 2026), (b) in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least $1.235 billion, or (c) in which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of our Class A common stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of the most recently completed second fiscal quarter, and (2) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt securities during the prior three-year period. References herein to “emerging growth company” will have the meaning associated with it in the JOBS Act.
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 Class A common stock held by non-affiliates equals or exceeds $250 million as of the prior June 30th, or (2) our annual revenues equaled or exceeded $100 million during such completed fiscal year and the market value of our Class A common stock held by non-affiliates equals to or exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of the most recently completed second fiscal quarter.
Financial Position
With funds in the trust of approximately $112,000,000 (after payment of $6,050,000 of deferred underwriting fees) available for a business combination and gross proceeds up to $30,000,000 in the aggregate if all of the forward purchase shares are purchased at $10.00 per share (or up to $27,600,000 in the aggregate if all of the forward purchase shares are purchased at $9.20 per share or up to a lower amount in the aggregate if all of the forward purchase shares are purchased at less than $9.20 per share), we offer a target business a variety of options such as creating a liquidity event for its owners, providing capital for the potential growth and expansion of its operations or strengthening its balance sheet by reducing its debt ratio. Because we are able to complete our initial business combination using our cash, debt or equity securities, or a mixture of the foregoing, we have the flexibility to use the most efficient combination that will allow us to tailor the consideration to be paid to the target business to fit its needs and desires. However, we have not taken any steps to secure third-party financing and there can be no assurance it will be available to us.
Lack of Business Diversification
For an indefinite period of time after the completion of our initial business combination, the prospects for our success may depend entirely on the future performance of a single business. Unlike other entities that have the resources to complete business combinations with multiple entities in one or several industries, it is probable that we will not have the resources to diversify our operations and mitigate the risks of being in a single line of business. By completing our initial business combination with only a single entity, our lack of diversification may:
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subject us to negative economic, competitive, and regulatory developments, any or all of which may have a substantial adverse impact on the particular industry in which we operate after our initial business combination, and
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cause us to depend on the marketing and sale of a single product or limited number of products or services.
Limited Ability to Evaluate the Target’s Management Team
Although we closely scrutinize the management of a prospective target business when evaluating the desirability of effecting our initial business combination with that business, our assessment of the target business’s management may not prove to be correct. In addition, the future management may not have the necessary skills, qualifications, or abilities to manage a public company. Furthermore, the future role of members of our management
team, if any, in the target business cannot presently be stated with any certainty. The determination as to whether any of the members of our management team will remain with the combined company will be made at the time of our initial business combination. While it is possible that one or more of our directors will remain associated in some capacity with us following our initial business combination, it is unlikely that any of them will devote their full efforts to our affairs subsequent to our initial business combination. Moreover, we cannot assure you that members of our management team will have significant experience or knowledge relating to the operations of the particular target business.
We cannot assure you that any of our key personnel will remain in senior management or advisory positions with the combined company. The determination as to whether any of our key personnel will remain with the combined company will be made at the time of our initial business combination.
Following a business combination, we may seek to recruit additional managers to supplement the incumbent management of the target business. We cannot assure you that we will have the ability to recruit additional managers, or that additional managers will have the requisite skills, knowledge, or experience necessary to enhance the incumbent management.
Stockholders May Not Have the Ability to Approve Our Initial Business Combination
We may conduct redemptions without a stockholder vote pursuant to the tender offer rules of the SEC subject to the provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation. However, we will seek stockholder approval if it is required by law or applicable stock exchange rule, or we may decide to seek stockholder approval for business or other legal reasons.
Presented in the table below is a graphic explanation of the types of initial business combinations we may consider and whether stockholder approval is currently required under Delaware law for each such transaction.
TYPE OF TRANSACTION
WHETHER
STOCKHOLDER
APPROVAL IS
REQUIRED
Purchase of assets
No
Purchase of stock of target not involving a merger with the Company
No
Merger of target into a subsidiary of the Company
No
Merger of the Company with a target
Yes
Under Nasdaq’s listing rules, stockholder approval would be required for our initial business combination if, for example:
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We issue shares of common stock that will be equal to or in excess of 20% of the number of our shares of common stock then outstanding (other than in a public offering);
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Any of our directors, officers, or substantial stockholders (as defined by Nasdaq rules) has a 5% or greater interest earned on the trust account (or such persons collectively have a 10% or greater interest), directly or indirectly, in the target business or assets to be acquired or otherwise and the present or potential issuance of common stock could result in an increase in outstanding common stock or voting power of 5% or more; or
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The issuance or potential issuance of common stock will result in our undergoing a change of control.
Permitted Purchases of Our Securities
If we seek stockholder 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, initial stockholders, directors, executive officers, advisors, or their affiliates may purchase public shares or public warrants in privately negotiated transactions or in the open market either prior to or following the completion of our initial business combination. There is no limit on the number of shares our initial stockholders, directors, officers, advisors, or their affiliates may purchase in such transactions, subject to compliance with applicable law and Nasdaq rules. However, 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. None of the funds in the trust account will be used to purchase public shares or public warrants in such transactions. If they engage in such transactions, they will be restricted from making any such purchases when they are in possession of any material non-public information not disclosed to the seller or if such purchases are prohibited by Regulation M under the Exchange Act.
In the event that our sponsor, initial stockholders, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates purchase shares in privately negotiated transactions from public stockholders who have already elected to exercise their redemption rights, such selling stockholders would be required to revoke their prior elections to redeem their shares. We do not currently anticipate that such purchases, if any, would constitute a tender offer subject to the tender offer rules under the Exchange Act or a going-private transaction subject to the going-private rules under the Exchange Act; however, if the purchasers determine at the time of any such purchases that the purchases are subject to such rules, the purchasers will comply with such rules.
The purpose of any such purchases of shares could be to (i) vote such shares in favor of the business combination and thereby increase the likelihood of obtaining stockholder approval of the business combination or (ii) 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. Any such purchases of our securities 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 Class A common stock or public warrants may be reduced and the number of beneficial holders of our securities may be reduced, which may make it difficult to maintain or obtain the quotation, listing or trading of our securities on a national securities exchange.
Our sponsor, initial stockholders, officers, directors and/or their affiliates anticipate that they may identify the stockholders with whom our initial stockholders, officers, directors or their affiliates may pursue privately negotiated purchases by either the stockholders contacting us directly or by our receipt of redemption requests submitted by stockholders (in the case of Class A common stock) following our mailing of proxy materials in connection with our initial business combination. To the extent that our sponsor, officers, directors, advisors or their affiliates enter into a private purchase, they would identify and contact only potential selling stockholders who have expressed their election to redeem their shares for a pro rata share of the trust account or vote against our initial business combination, whether or not such stockholder has already submitted a proxy with respect to our initial business combination but only if such shares have not already been voted at the stockholder meeting related to our initial business combination. Our sponsor, executive officers, directors, advisors or any of their affiliates will select which stockholders to purchase shares from based on a negotiated price and number of shares and any other factors that they may deem relevant, and will only purchase shares if such purchases comply with Regulation M under the Exchange Act and the other federal securities laws. Our sponsor, officers, directors and/or their affiliates will be restricted from making purchases of shares if the purchases would violate Section 9(a)(2) or Rule 10b-5 of the Exchange Act. We expect any such purchases will be reported pursuant to Section 13 and Section 16 of the Exchange Act to the extent such purchases are subject to such reporting requirements.
Redemption Rights for Public Stockholders upon Completion of Our Initial Business Combination
We will provide our public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their shares of Class A common stock upon the completion of our initial business combination at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of the initial business combination, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account (which interest shall be net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, subject to the limitations and on the conditions described herein. As of December 31, 2022, the amount in the trust account available for redemption was approximately $10.23 per public share. The per share amount we will distribute to investors who properly redeem their shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions we will pay to the underwriters. Our initial stockholders, sponsor, officers, and directors have entered into a letter agreement with us, pursuant to which they have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to any founder shares and public shares they may hold in connection with the completion of our initial business combination.
In addition, on March 24, 2023, we filed a preliminary proxy statement with the SEC for a special meeting of the Company’s stockholders seeking to extend the deadlin by which we must consummate our initial business combination. If the Extension is approved, the public stockholders will be provided the opportunity at that time to redeem all or a portion of their (which would likely have a material adverse effect on the amount held in our trust account and other adverse effects on our company, such as our ability to maintain our listing on Nasdaq).
Limitations on Redemptions
Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides 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 (so that we do not then become subject to the SEC’s “penny stock” rules). In addition, our proposed initial business combination may impose a minimum cash requirement for: (i) cash consideration to be paid to the target or its owners, (ii) cash for working capital or other general corporate purposes or (iii) the retention of cash to satisfy other conditions. In the event the aggregate cash consideration we would be required to pay for all shares of Class A common stock that are validly submitted for redemption plus any amount required to satisfy cash conditions pursuant to the terms of the proposed initial business combination exceed the aggregate amount of cash available to us, we will not complete the initial business combination or redeem any shares in connection with such initial business combination, and all shares of Class A common stock submitted for redemption will be returned to the holders thereof. We may, however, raise funds through the issuance of equity-linked securities or through loans, advances, or other indebtedness in connection with our initial business combination, including pursuant to FPAs or backstop arrangements we may enter into following consummation of our initial public offering, in order to, among other reasons, satisfy such net tangible assets or minimum cash requirements.
Manner of Conducting Redemptions
We will provide our public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their public shares upon the completion of our initial business combination either (i) in connection with a stockholder meeting called to approve the initial business combination or (ii) without a stockholder vote by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether we will seek stockholder approval of a proposed initial business combination or conduct 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 require us to seek stockholder approval under applicable law or stock exchange listing requirements. Asset acquisitions and stock purchases would not typically require stockholder approval while direct mergers with our company where we do not survive and any transactions where we issue more than 20% of our outstanding common stock or seek to amend our amended and restated certificate of incorporation would require stockholder approval. So long as we obtain and maintain a listing for our securities on Nasdaq, we will be required to comply with Nasdaq’s stockholder approval rules.
The requirement that we provide our public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares by one of the two methods listed above will be contained in provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and will apply whether or not we maintain our registration under the Exchange Act or our listing on Nasdaq. Such provisions may be amended if approved by holders of 65% of our common stock entitled to vote thereon.
If we provide our public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares in connection with a stockholder meeting, we will:
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conduct the redemptions in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act, which regulates the solicitation of proxies, and not pursuant to the tender offer rules, and
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file proxy materials with the SEC.
If we seek stockholder approval, we will complete our initial business combination only if a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock voted are voted in favor of the initial business combination. A quorum for such meeting will consist of the holders present in person or by proxy of shares of outstanding capital stock of the Company representing a majority of the voting power of all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company entitled to vote at such meeting. Our initial stockholders will count towards this quorum and, pursuant to the letter agreement, our sponsor, officers and directors have agreed to vote any founder shares they hold and any public shares purchased
during or after our initial public offering (including in open market and privately-negotiated transactions) in favor of our initial business combination. For purposes of seeking approval of the majority of our outstanding shares of common stock voted, non-votes will have no effect on the approval of our initial business combination once a quorum is obtained. As a result, in addition to our initial stockholders’ founder shares, we would need 4,312,501, or 37.5%, of the 11,500,000 public shares sold in our initial public offering to be voted in favor of an initial business combination in order to have our initial business combination approved (assuming all outstanding shares are voted and the over-allotment option is not exercised). In the event that our anchor investors vote their public shares in favor of our initial business combination, no affirmative votes from other public stockholders would be required to approve our initial business combination. However, because our anchor investors are not obligated to continue owning any public shares following the closing of our initial public offering and are not obligated to vote any public shares in favor of our initial business combination, we cannot assure you that any of these anchor investors will be stockholders at the time our stockholders vote on our initial business combination, and, if they are stockholders, we cannot assure you as to how such anchor investors will vote on any business combination. This quorum and voting thresholds, and the voting agreements of our initial stockholders, may make it more likely that we will consummate our initial business combination. Each public stockholder may elect to redeem its public shares irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction or whether they were a stockholder on the record date for the stockholder meeting held to approve the proposed transaction.
If a stockholder vote is not required and we do not decide to hold a stockholder vote for business or other legal reasons, we will:
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conduct the redemptions pursuant to Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E of the Exchange Act, which regulate issuer tender offers, and
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file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing our initial business combination, which contain substantially the same financial and other information about the initial business combination and the redemption rights as is required under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act, which regulates the solicitation of proxies.
In the event we conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, our offer to redeem will remain open for at least 20 business days, in accordance with Rule 14e-1(a) under the Exchange Act, and we will not be permitted to complete our initial business combination until the expiration of the tender offer period. In addition, the tender offer will be conditioned on public stockholders not tendering more than a specified number of public shares, which number will be based on the requirement that we may not redeem public shares in an amount that would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 (so that we do not then become subject to the SEC’s “penny stock” rules). If public stockholders tender more shares than we have offered to purchase, we will withdraw the tender offer and not complete the initial business combination.
Upon the public announcement of our initial business combination, if we elect to conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, we or our sponsor will terminate any plan established in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 to purchase shares of our Class A common stock in the open market, in order to comply with Rule 14e-5 under the Exchange Act.
We intend to require our public stockholders seeking to exercise their redemption rights, whether they are record holders or hold their shares in “street name,” to, at the holder’s option, either deliver their stock certificates to our transfer agent or deliver their shares to our transfer agent electronically using the DWAC System, prior to the date set forth in the proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable. In the case of proxy materials, this date may be up to two business days prior to the date on which the vote on the proposal to approve the initial business combination is to be held. In addition, if we conduct redemptions in connection with a stockholder vote, we intend to require a public stockholder seeking redemption of its public shares to also submit a written request for redemption to our transfer agent two business days prior to the vote in which the name of the beneficial owner of such shares is included. The proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable, that we will furnish to holders of our public shares in connection with our initial business combination will indicate whether we are requiring public stockholders to satisfy such delivery requirements. We believe that this will allow our transfer agent to efficiently process any redemptions without the need for further communication or action from the redeeming public stockholders, which could delay redemptions and result in additional administrative cost. If the proposed initial business combination is not approved and we continue to search for a target company, we will promptly return any certificates or shares delivered by public stockholders who elected to redeem their shares.
Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides 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 (so that we do not then become subject to the SEC’s “penny stock” rules). In addition, our proposed initial business combination may impose a minimum cash requirement for: (i) cash consideration to be paid to the target or its owners, (ii) cash for working capital or other general corporate purposes or (iii) the retention of cash to satisfy other conditions. In the event the aggregate cash consideration we would be required to pay for all shares of Class A common stock that are validly submitted for redemption plus any amount required to satisfy cash conditions pursuant to the terms of the proposed initial business combination exceed the aggregate amount of cash available to us, we will not complete the initial business combination or redeem any shares in connection with such initial business combination, and all shares of Class A common stock submitted for redemption will be returned to the holders thereof. We may, however, raise funds through the issuance of equity-linked securities or through loans, advances, or other indebtedness in connection with our initial business combination, including pursuant to FPAs or backstop arrangements we may enter into following consummation of our initial public offering, in order to, among other reasons, satisfy such net tangible assets or minimum cash requirements.
Limitation on Redemption Upon Completion of Our Initial Business Combination If We Seek Stockholder Approval
If we seek stockholder 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 certificate of incorporation provides that a public stockholder, together with any affiliate of such stockholder or any other person with whom such stockholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Exchange Act), will be restricted from seeking redemption rights with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of the shares sold in our initial public offering without our prior consent (the “Excess Shares”). We believe this restriction will discourage stockholders from accumulating large blocks of shares, and subsequent attempts by such holders to use their ability to exercise their redemption rights against a proposed business combination as a means to force us or our management team to purchase their shares at a significant premium to the then-current market price or on other undesirable terms. Absent this provision, a public stockholder holding more than an aggregate of 15% of the shares sold in our initial public offering could threaten to exercise its redemption rights if such holder’s shares are not purchased by us, our sponsor or our management team at a premium to the then-current market price or on other undesirable terms. By limiting our stockholders’ ability to redeem no more than 15% of the shares sold in our initial public offering without our prior consent, we believe we will limit the ability of a small group of stockholders to unreasonably attempt to block our ability to complete our initial business combination, particularly in connection with a business combination with a target that requires as a closing condition that we have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash.
However, we would not be restricting our stockholders’ ability to vote all of their shares (including excess shares) for or against our initial business combination.
Delivering Stock Certificates in Connection with the Exercise of Redemption Rights
As described above, we intend to require our public stockholders seeking to exercise their redemption rights, whether they are record holders or hold their shares in “street name,” to, at the holder’s option, either deliver their stock certificates to our transfer agent or deliver their shares to our transfer agent electronically using the DWAC System, prior to the date set forth in the proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable. In the case of proxy materials, this date may be up to two business days prior to the date on which the vote on the proposal to approve the initial business combination is to be held. In addition, if we conduct redemptions in connection with a stockholder vote, we intend to require a public stockholder seeking redemption of its public shares to also submit a written request for redemption to our transfer agent two business days prior to the vote in which the name of the beneficial owner of such shares is included. The proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable, that we will furnish to holders of our public shares in connection with our initial business combination will indicate whether we are requiring public stockholders to satisfy such delivery requirements. Accordingly, a public stockholder would have up to two business days prior to the vote on the initial business combination if we distribute proxy materials, or from the time we send
out our tender offer materials until the close of the tender offer period, as applicable, to submit or tender its shares if it wishes to seek to exercise its redemption rights. In the event that a stockholder fails to comply with these or any other procedures disclosed in the proxy or tender offer materials, as applicable, its shares may not be redeemed. Given the relatively short exercise period, it is advisable for stockholders to use electronic delivery of their public shares.
There is a nominal cost associated with the above-referenced process and the act of certificating the shares or delivering them through the DWAC System. The transfer agent will typically charge the broker submitting or tendering shares a fee of approximately $100.00 and it would be up to the broker whether or not to pass this cost on to the redeeming holder. However, this fee would be incurred regardless of whether or not we require holders seeking to exercise redemption rights to submit or tender their shares. The need to deliver shares is a requirement of exercising redemption rights regardless of the timing of when such delivery must be effectuated.
Any request to redeem such shares, once made, may be withdrawn at any time up to the date set forth in the proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable. Furthermore, if a holder of a public share delivered its certificate in connection with an election of redemption rights and subsequently decides prior to the applicable date not to elect to exercise such rights, such holder may simply request that the transfer agent return the certificate (physically or electronically). It is anticipated that the funds to be distributed to holders of our public shares electing to redeem their shares will be distributed promptly after the completion of our initial business combination.
If our initial business combination is not approved or completed for any reason, then our public stockholders who elected to exercise their redemption rights would not be entitled to redeem their shares for the applicable pro rata share of the trust account. In such case, we will promptly return any certificates delivered by public holders who elected to redeem their shares.
If our initial proposed initial business combination is not completed, we may continue to try to complete an initial business combination with a different target by May 5, 2023, the last day of the Combination Period.
Redemption of Public Shares and Liquidation if No Initial Business Combination
Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that we will have only 18 months from the closing of our initial public offering, or May 5, 2023, to complete our initial business combination. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination by the end of this Combination Period, we will: (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten 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, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account (which interest shall be net of taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining stockholders and our board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to our obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to our warrants, which will expire worthless if we fail to complete our initial business combination within the Combination Period.
Our initial stockholders, sponsor, officers, and directors have entered into a letter agreement with us, pursuant to which they have waived their rights to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to any founder shares they hold if we fail to complete our initial business combination by the end of the Combination Period. However, if our initial stockholders, sponsor, or management team acquire public shares in or after our initial public offering, they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to such public shares if we fail to complete our initial business combination within the allotted 18-month Combination Period.
Our initial stockholders, sponsor, officers and directors have agreed, pursuant to a letter agreement with us, that they will not propose any amendment to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to provide for the redemption of our public shares in connection with an initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination by the end of the Combination Period or with respect to any other material provisions relating to stockholders’ rights
or pre-initial business combination activity, unless we provide our public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares upon approval of any such amendment at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account (which interest shall be net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares. However, we may not redeem our public shares in an amount that would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 (so that we do not then become subject to the SEC’s “penny stock” rules). If this optional redemption right is exercised with respect to an excessive number of public shares such that we cannot satisfy the net tangible asset requirement, we would not proceed with the amendment or the related redemption of our public shares at such time.
If we do not consummate our initial business combination by the deadline set forth in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, we expect that all costs and expenses associated with implementing our plan of dissolution, as well as payments to any creditors, will be funded from amounts remaining out of the $601,088 of proceeds held outside the trust account as of December 31, 2022, although we cannot assure you that there will be sufficient funds for such purpose. However, if those funds are not sufficient to cover the costs and expenses associated with implementing our plan of dissolution, to the extent that there is any interest accrued in the trust account not required to pay taxes, we may request the trustee to release to us an additional amount of up to $100,000 of such accrued interest to pay those costs and expenses.
If we were to expend all of the net proceeds of our initial public offering and the sale of the private placement warrants, other than the proceeds deposited in the trust account, and without taking into account interest, if any, earned on the trust account and any tax payments or expenses for the dissolution of the trust, the per-share redemption amount received by stockholders upon our dissolution would be approximately $10.23. The proceeds deposited in the trust account could, however, become subject to the claims of our creditors which would have higher priority than the claims of our public stockholders. We cannot assure you that the actual per-share redemption amount received by stockholders will not be substantially less than $10.23. Under Section 281(b) of the DGCL, our plan of dissolution must provide for all claims against us to be paid in full or make provision for payments to be made in full, as applicable, if there are sufficient assets. These claims must be paid or provided for before we make any distribution of our remaining assets to our stockholders. While we intend to pay such amounts, if any, we cannot assure you that we will have funds sufficient to pay or provide for all creditors’ claims.
On May 28, 2021, the Company entered into a letter agreement with J.V.B. pursuant to which the Company engaged Cohen & Company to provide consulting and advisory services in connection with the IPO in return for a transaction fee to be paid to J.V.B. in an amount equal to 10.0% of the aggregate underwriting discount and commissions earned by the underwriters in connection with the IPO to be paid simultaneously with the actual payment of such underwriting discount and commissions to the underwriters upon (i) the closing of the IPO and (ii) the completion of the Company’s initial business combination. J.V.B. was one of the Company’s anchor investors that purchased units in the IPO and became a member of the Company’s sponsor at the closing of our IPO to hold an indirect interest in a specified number of the founder shares held by the sponsor.
Although we 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 stockholders, there is no guarantee that they will execute such agreements or even if they execute such agreements that they would 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 an 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 team will consider whether competitive alternatives are reasonably available to us and will only enter into an agreement with such third party if management believes that such third party’s engagement would be in the best interests of the Company under the circumstances. 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 management is unable to find a service provider willing to execute a waiver. The underwriters of our initial public offering and our independent registered public accounting firm will not execute agreements with us waiving such claims to the monies held in the trust account. 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. In order to protect the amounts held in the trust account, our sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to us if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered or products sold to us, or a prospective target business with which we have entered into a written letter of intent, confidentiality or other similar agreement or business combination agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the trust account to below the lesser of (i) $10.15 per public share and (ii) the actual amount per public share held in the trust account as of the date of the liquidation of the trust account, if less than $10.15 per public share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, less taxes payable; provided, that such liability will not apply to any claims by a third party or prospective target business who executed a waiver of any and all rights to the monies held in the trust account (whether or not such waiver is enforceable) nor will it apply to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters of our initial public offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. However, we have not asked our sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations, nor have we independently verified whether our sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations and we believe that our sponsor’s only assets are securities of our company. Therefore, we cannot assure you that our sponsor would be able to satisfy those 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 $10.15 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 officers or directors will indemnify us for claims by third parties including, without limitation, claims by vendors and prospective target businesses.
In the event that the proceeds in the trust account are reduced below the lesser of (i) $10.15 per public share and (ii) the actual amount per public share held in the trust account as of the date of the liquidation of the trust account if less than $10.15 per share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, in each case less taxes payable, and our sponsor asserts that it is unable to satisfy its indemnification 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. Accordingly, we cannot assure you that due to claims of creditors the actual value of the per-share redemption price will not be less than $10.15 per share.
We have sought and will continue to seek to reduce the possibility that our sponsor will have to indemnify the trust account due to claims of creditors by endeavoring to have all vendors, service providers (other than our independent registered public accounting firm), prospective target businesses or other entities with which we do business execute agreements with us waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the trust account. Our sponsor will also not be liable as to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters of our initial public offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. As of December 31, 2022, we have access to up to $601,088 from the proceeds of our initial public offering with which to pay any such potential claims (including costs and expenses incurred in connection with our liquidation, currently estimated to be no more than approximately $100,000). In the event that we liquidate, and it is subsequently determined that the reserve for claims and liabilities is insufficient, stockholders who received funds from our trust account could be liable for claims made by creditors. As of December 31, 2022, the amount held outside the trust account was $601,088.
Under the DGCL, stockholders may be held liable for claims by third parties against a corporation to the extent of distributions received by them in a dissolution. The pro rata portion of our trust account distributed to our public stockholders upon the redemption of our public shares in the event we do not complete our initial business combination by the end of the Combination Period may be considered a liquidating distribution under Delaware law. If the corporation complies with certain procedures set forth in Section 280 of the DGCL intended to ensure that it makes reasonable provision for all claims against it, including a 60-day notice period during which any third-party claims can be brought against the corporation, a 90-day period during which the corporation may reject any claims brought, and an additional 150-day waiting period before any liquidating distributions are made to stockholders, any liability of stockholders with respect to a liquidating distribution is limited to the lesser of such stockholder’s pro rata share of the claim or the amount distributed to the stockholder, and any liability of the stockholder would be barred after the third anniversary of the dissolution.
Furthermore, if the pro rata portion of our trust account distributed to our public stockholders upon the redemption of our public shares in the event we do not complete our initial business combination by the end of the Combination Period, is not considered a liquidating distribution under Delaware law and such redemption distribution is deemed to be unlawful (potentially due to the imposition of legal proceedings that a party may bring or due to other circumstances that are currently unknown), then pursuant to Section 174 of the DGCL, the statute of limitations for claims of creditors could then be six years after the unlawful redemption distribution, instead of three years, as in the case of a liquidating distribution. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination by the end of the Combination Period, we will: (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten 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 including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account (which interest shall be net of taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any) and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining stockholders and our board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to our obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. Accordingly, it is our intention to redeem our public shares as soon as reasonably possible following the end of the Combination Period and, therefore, we do not intend to comply with those procedures. As such, our stockholders could potentially be liable for any claims to the extent of distributions received by them (but no more) and any liability of our stockholders may extend well beyond the third anniversary of such date.
Because we will not be complying with Section 280, Section 281(b) of the DGCL requires us to adopt a plan, based on facts known to us at such time that will provide for our payment of all existing and pending claims or claims that may be potentially brought against us within the subsequent 10 years. However, because we are a blank check company, rather than an operating company, and our operations will be limited to searching for prospective target businesses to acquire, the only likely claims to arise would be from our vendors (such as lawyers, investment bankers, etc.) or prospective target businesses. As described above, pursuant to the obligation contained in our underwriting agreement, we will seek to have all vendors, service providers (other than our independent registered public accounting firm), prospective target businesses or 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. As a result of this obligation, the claims that could be made against us are significantly limited and the likelihood that any claim that would result in any liability extending to the trust account is remote. Further, our sponsor may be liable only to the extent necessary to ensure that the amounts in the trust account are not reduced below (i) $10.15 per public share or (ii) 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 value of the trust assets, in each case net of the amount of interest withdrawn to pay taxes and will not be liable as to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters of our initial public offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. 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.
If we file a bankruptcy petition or an involuntary bankruptcy petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, the proceeds held in the trust account could be subject to applicable bankruptcy law, and may be included in our bankruptcy estate and subject to the claims of third parties with priority over the claims of our stockholders. To the extent any bankruptcy claims deplete the trust account, we cannot assure you we will be able to return $10.15 per share to our public stockholders. Additionally, if we file a bankruptcy petition or an involuntary bankruptcy petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, any distributions received by stockholders could be viewed under applicable debtor/creditor and/or bankruptcy laws as either a “preferential transfer” or a “fraudulent conveyance.” As a result, a bankruptcy court could seek to recover some, or all amounts received by our stockholders. Furthermore, our board of directors may be viewed as having breached its fiduciary duty to our creditors and/or may have acted in bad faith, and thereby exposing itself and our company to claims of punitive damages, by paying public stockholders 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.
Our public stockholders will be entitled to receive funds from the trust account only (i) in the event of the redemption of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination by the end of the Combination Period, (ii) in connection with a stockholder vote to amend our amended and restated certificate of incorporation to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to provide for the redemption of our public shares in connection with
an initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination by the end of the Combination Period or with respect to any other material provisions relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity or (iii) if they redeem their respective shares for cash upon the completion of our initial business combination. In no other circumstances will a stockholder have any right or interest of any kind to or in the trust account. In the event we seek stockholder approval in connection with our initial business combination, a stockholder’s voting in connection with the business combination alone will not result in a stockholder’s redeeming its shares to us for an applicable pro rata share of the trust account. Such stockholder must have also exercised its redemption rights described above. These provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, like all provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, may be amended with a stockholder vote.
In addition, on March 24, 2023, we filed a preliminary proxy statement with the SEC for a special meeting of the Company’s stockholders seeking to extend the deadlin by which we must consummate our initial business combination. If the Extension is approved, the public stockholders will be provided the opportunity at that time to redeem all or a portion of their (which would likely have a material adverse effect on the amount held in our trust account and other adverse effects on our company, such as our ability to maintain our listing on Nasdaq).
Competition
In identifying, evaluating, and selecting a target business for our initial business combination, we have encountered and may continue to encounter competition from other entities having a business objective similar to ours, including other special purpose acquisition companies, private equity groups and leveraged buyout funds, public companies and operating businesses seeking strategic acquisitions. Many of these entities are well established and have extensive experience identifying and effecting business combinations directly or through affiliates. Moreover, many of these competitors possess greater financial, technical, human and other resources than us. Our ability to acquire larger target businesses will be limited by our available financial resources. This inherent limitation gives others an advantage in pursuing the acquisition of a target business. Furthermore, our obligation to pay cash in connection with our public stockholders who exercise their redemption rights may reduce the resources available to us for our initial business combination and our outstanding warrants, and the future dilution they potentially represent, may not be viewed favorably by certain target businesses. Either of these factors may place us at a competitive disadvantage in successfully negotiating an initial business combination.
Employees
We currently have two (2) executive officers: Enrique Klix and Brittany Lincoln. These individuals are not obligated to devote any specific number of hours to our matters but they devote as much of their time as they deem necessary to our affairs until we have completed our initial business combination. The amount of time they devote in any time period varies based on whether a target business has been selected for our initial business combination and the stage of the business combination process we are in. We do not intend to have any full time employees prior to the completion of our initial business combination.
Periodic Reporting and Financial Information
We have registered our units, Class A common stock and warrants under the Exchange Act and have reporting obligations, including the requirement that we file annual, quarterly, and current reports with the SEC. In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, our annual reports, including this Report, contain financial statements audited and reported on by our independent registered public accountants.
We will provide stockholders with audited financial statements of the prospective target business as part of the proxy solicitation materials or tender offer documents sent to stockholders to assist them in assessing the target business. In all likelihood, these financial statements will need to be prepared in accordance with, or reconciled to, U.S. GAAP, or IFRS, depending on the circumstances, and the historical financial statements may be required to be audited in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. These financial statement requirements may limit the pool of potential target businesses we may conduct an initial business combination with because some targets may be unable to provide such statements in time for us to disclose such statements in accordance with federal proxy rules and complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame. We cannot assure you that any particular target business identified by us as a potential business combination candidate will have financial statements prepared in accordance with the requirements outlined above, or that the potential target business will be able to prepare its financial statements in accordance with the requirements outlined above. To the extent that these requirements cannot be met, we may not be able to acquire the proposed target business. While this may limit the pool of potential business combination candidates, we do not believe that this limitation will be material.
We are required to evaluate our internal control procedures for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 as required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. 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 have our internal control procedures audited. A target business may not be in compliance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act regarding adequacy of their internal controls. The development of the internal controls of any such entity to achieve compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act may increase the time and costs necessary to complete any such business combination.
We filed a Registration Statement on Form 8-A with the SEC to voluntarily register our securities under Section 12 of the Exchange Act. As a result, we are subject to the rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act. We have no current intention of filing a Form 15 to suspend our reporting or other obligations under the Exchange Act prior or subsequent to the consummation of our initial business combination.
We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as modified by the JOBS Act. As such, we are eligible to 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 non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. If some investors find our securities less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our securities and the prices of our securities may be more volatile.
In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an “emerging growth company” can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an “emerging growth company” can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We intend to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period.
We will remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of (1) the last day of the fiscal year (a) following the fifth anniversary of the completion of our initial public offering (November 5, 2026), (b) in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least $1.235 billion, or (c) in which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of our shares of Class A common stock that are held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of the most recently completed second fiscal quarter, and (2) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt securities during the prior three-year period.

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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
As a smaller reporting company under Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act, we are not required to include risk factors in this Report. However, below is a partial list of material risks, uncertainties and other factors that could have a material effect on the Company and its operations:
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we are a blank check company with no revenue or basis to evaluate our ability to select a suitable business target;
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we may not be able to select an appropriate target business or businesses and complete our initial business combination in the prescribed time frame;
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our expectations around the performance of a prospective target business or businesses may not be realized;
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we may not be successful in retaining or recruiting required officers, key employees or directors following our initial business combination;
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our officers and directors may have difficulties allocating their time between the Company and other businesses and may potentially have conflicts of interest with our business or in approving our initial business combination;
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we may not be able to obtain additional financing to complete our initial business combination or reduce the number of stockholders requesting redemption;
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we may issue our shares to investors in connection with our initial business combination at a price that is less than the prevailing market price of our shares at that time;
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you may not be given the opportunity to choose the initial business target or to vote on the initial business combination;
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trust account funds may not be protected against third party claims or bankruptcy;
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an active market for our public securities may not develop and you will have limited liquidity and trading;
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the availability to us of funds from interest income on the trust account balance may be insufficient to operate our business prior to the business combination;
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our financial performance following a business combination with an entity may be negatively affected by their lack an established record of revenue, cash flows and experienced management;
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there may be more competition to find an attractive target for an initial business combination, which could increase the costs associated with completing our initial business combination and may result in our inability to find a suitable target;
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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;
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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;
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we may engage one or more of our underwriters or one of their respective affiliates to provide additional services to us after the initial public offering, which may include acting as a financial advisor in connection with an initial business combination or as placement agent in connection with a related financing transaction. Our underwriters are entitled to receive deferred underwriting commissions that will be released from the trust account only upon a completion of an initial business combination. These financial incentives may cause them to have potential conflicts of interest in rendering any such additional services to us after the initial public offering, including, for example, in connection with the sourcing and consummation of an initial business combination;
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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;
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since our initial stockholders will lose their entire investment in us if our initial business combination is not completed (other than with respect to any public shares they may acquire during or after our initial public offering), and because our sponsor, officers and directors may profit substantially even under circumstances in which our public stockholders would experience losses in connection with their investment, a conflict of interest may arise in determining whether a particular business combination target is appropriate for our initial business combination;
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changes in laws or regulations or how such laws or regulations are interpreted or applied, or a failure to comply with any laws or regulations, may adversely affect our business, including our ability to negotiate and complete our initial business combination, and results of operations;
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the value of the founder shares following completion of our initial business combination is likely to be substantially higher than the nominal price paid for them, even if the trading price of our common stock at such time is substantially less than $10.00 per share;
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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 Combination Period, our public stockholders may receive only approximately $10.15 per share, or less than such amount in certain circumstances, on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless;
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in March 2022, the SEC issued proposed rules relating to certain activities of SPACs. Certain of the procedures that we, a potential business combination target, or others may determine to undertake in connection with such proposals may increase our costs and the time needed to complete our initial business combination and may constrain the circumstances under which we could complete an initial business combination. The need for compliance with such proposals may cause us to liquidate the funds in the trust account or liquidate the Company at an earlier time than we might otherwise choose;
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if we are deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, we would be required to institute burdensome compliance requirements and our activities would be severely restricted. As a result, in such circumstances, unless we are able to modify our activities so that we would not be deemed an investment company, we may abandon our efforts to complete an initial business combination and instead liquidate the Company;
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to mitigate the risk that we might be deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, we may, at any time, instruct the trustee to liquidate the investments held in the trust account and instead to hold the funds in the trust account in an interest bearing demand deposit account until the earlier of the consummation of our initial business combination or our liquidation. As a result, following the liquidation of investments in the trust account, we would likely receive less interest on the funds held in the trust account, which would likely reduce the dollar amount our public stockholders would receive upon any redemption or liquidation of the Company;
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we may not be able to complete an initial business combination with certain potential target companies if a proposed transaction with the target company may be subject to review or approval by regulatory authorities pursuant to certain U.S. or foreign laws or regulations, including the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States;
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recent increases in inflation and interest rates in the United States and elsewhere could make it more difficult for us to consummate an initial business combination;
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military conflict in Ukraine or elsewhere may lead to increased price volatility for publicly traded securities, which could make it more difficult for us to consummate an initial business combination;
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a 1% U.S. federal excise tax may be imposed on us in connection with our redemptions of shares in connection with a business combination or other stockholder vote pursuant to which stockholders would have a right to submit their shares for redemption;
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there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a “going concern”;
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we have identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022. 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.
Adverse developments affecting the financial services industry, including events or concerns involving liquidity, defaults or non-performance by financial institutions, could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations, or our prospects.
The funds in our operating account and our trust account are held in banks or other financial institutions. Our cash held in non-interest bearing and interest-bearing accounts would exceed any applicable Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insurance limits. Should events, including limited liquidity, defaults, non-performance or other adverse developments occur with respect to the banks or other financial institutions that hold our funds, or that affect financial institutions or the financial services industry generally, or concerns or rumors about any events of these kinds or other similar risks, our liquidity may be adversely affected. For example, on March 10, 2023, the FDIC announced that Silicon Valley Bank had been closed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation. Although we did not have any funds in Silicon Valley Bank or other institutions that have been closed, we cannot guarantee that the banks or other financial institutions that hold our funds will not experience similar issues.
In addition, investor concerns regarding the U.S. or international financial systems could result in less favorable commercial financing terms, including higher interest rates or costs and tighter financial and operating covenants, or systemic limitations on access to credit and liquidity sources, thereby making it more difficult for us to acquire financing on terms favorable to us in connection with a potential business combination, or at all, and could have material adverse impacts on our liquidity, our business, financial condition or results of operations, and our prospects.
For the complete list of risks relating to our operations, see the section titled “Risk Factors” contained in (i) the Registration Statement, (ii) our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, as filed with the SEC on April 1, 2022, and (iii) our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2022, June 30, 2022 and September 30, 2022, filed with the SEC on May 16, 2022, August 15, 2022 and November 14, 2022, respectively. Any of these factors could result in a significant or material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition. Additional risks could arise that may also affect our business or ability to consummate an initial business combination. We may disclose changes to such risk factors or disclose additional risk factors from time to time in our future filings with the SEC.

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ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.
Not applicable.

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ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
Item 2. Properties.
Our executive offices are located at 667 Madison Avenue, 5th floor, New York, New York 10065 and 152 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia, and our telephone number is (212) 209-6132. The cost for our use of this space is included in the $20,000 per month fee we pay to our sponsor for office space, administrative and shared personnel support services. We consider our current office space adequate for our current operations.

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ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Item 3. Legal Proceedings.
To the knowledge of our management team, there is no litigation currently pending or contemplated against us, any of our officers or directors in their capacity as such or against any of our property.

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ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.
Not applicable.
PART II

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ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters, and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
(a) Market Information
Our units, public shares and public warrants are each traded on the Nasdaq under the symbols INTEU, INTE, and INTEW, respectively. Our units commenced public trading on November 3, 2021, and our public shares and public warrants commenced separate public trading on December 16, 2021.
(b) Holders
On March 1, 2023, there was one holder of record of our units, one holder of record of shares of our Class A common stock and two holders of record of our warrants.
(c) Dividends
We have not paid any cash dividends on our common stock to date and do not intend to pay cash dividends prior to the completion of our initial business combination. The payment of cash dividends in the future will be dependent upon our revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirements and general financial condition subsequent to completion of our initial business combination. The payment of any cash dividends subsequent to our initial business combination will be within the discretion of our board of directors at such time. In addition, our board of directors is not currently contemplating and does not anticipate declaring any stock dividends in the foreseeable future. Further, if we incur any indebtedness in connection with our initial business combination, our ability to declare dividends may be limited by restrictive covenants we may agree to in connection therewith.
(d) Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
None.
(e) Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
None.
(f) Use of Proceeds from the Initial Public Offering
None. For a description of the use of proceeds generated in our initial public offering and private placement, see Part II, Item 5 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, as filed with the SEC on April 1, 2022. There has been no material change in the planned use of proceeds from our initial public offering and private placement as described in the Registration Statement.
(g) Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers
None.

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ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
Item 6. [Reserved]

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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this Report including, without limitation, statements in this section regarding our financial position, business strategy and the plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward- looking statements. When used in this Report, words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend” and similar expressions, as they relate to us or our management, identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of our management, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, our management. Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors detailed in our filings with the SEC. All subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are qualified in their entirety by this paragraph.
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this Report.
Overview
We are a blank check company incorporated on February 16, 2021 as a Delaware corporation and formed for the purpose of effecting a business combination with one or more businesses.
Our sponsor is Integral Sponsor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. The Registration Statement for our initial public offering was declared effective on November 2, 2021. On November 5, 2021, we consummated our initial public offering of 11,500,000 units, including the full exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option to purchase 1,500,000 units, at a purchase price of $10.00 per unit. Offering costs amounted to $10,757,787 consisting of $2,000,000 of underwriting commissions, $6,050,000 of deferred underwriting commissions, an excess of fair value of the founder shares acquired by the anchor investors of $3,386,739, and $556,048 of other offering costs (before $1,235,000 of offering costs reimbursed by the underwriter). Of the total offering costs, $10,247,056 was charged to temporary equity and the remaining $510,731 is included in equity.
Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, we completed the private placement of an aggregate of 4,950,000 private placement warrants, including 90,000 private placement warrants issued in connection with the exercise in full by the underwriter of its option to purchase additional units to the sponsor at a purchase price of $1.00 per private placement warrant, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $4,950,000.
Upon the closing of the IPO, management has agreed that an amount equal to at least $10.15 per unit sold in the IPO, including the proceeds of the private placement warrants, will be held in the trust account, located in the United States with Continental acting as trustee, and will invest only in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, having a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the trust account that may be released to the Company to pay taxes, if any, the proceeds from the IPO and the sale of the private placement warrants will not be released from the trust account until the earliest of (i) the completion of initial business combination, (ii) the redemption of the Company’s public shares if we are unable to complete an initial business combination within the Combination Period, subject to applicable law, or (iii) the redemption of the Company’s public shares properly submitted in connection with a stockholder vote to amend its amended and restated certificate of incorporation to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of its public shares if the Company has not consummated an initial business combination within the Combination Period or with respect to any other material provisions relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity. The proceeds deposited in the trust account could become subject to the claims of our creditors, if any, which could have priority over the claims of our public stockholders.
We will have only 18 months from the closing of the IPO to complete the initial business combination. However, if we are unable to complete the initial business combination within this Combination Period, we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten 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, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account (which interest shall be net of taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining stockholders and the Company’s board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject, in each case, to the Company’s obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of December 31, 2022, we had approximately $0.6 million in our operating bank account and working capital of approximately $0.8 million.
Prior to the completion of the initial public offering, our liquidity needs had been satisfied through a loan under an unsecured promissory note with the sponsor totaling $252,950 and the issuance of 2,875,000 shares of Class B common stock at approximately $0.009 per share for gross proceeds of $25,000. There is no balance outstanding under the promissory note as of December 31, 2022. Subsequent to the consummation of the initial public offering, our liquidity needs have been satisfied through the issuance of the private placement warrants, which generated gross proceeds of $4,950,000. In connection with our assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with FASB’s ASU 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” management has determined that the mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution, should we be unable to complete a business combination, raises substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. We have until May 5, 2023 to consummate a business combination. It is uncertain that we will be able to consummate a business combination by this time. If a business combination is not consummated by this date, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should we be required to liquidate after May 5, 2023.
Risks and Uncertainties
Management continues to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the industry and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the virus could have a negative effect on our financial position, results of its operations and/or search for a target company, the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of these financial statements. The financial statements contained elsewhere in this Report do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
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 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. The excise tax is imposed on the repurchasing corporation itself, not its shareholders from which shares are repurchased. The amount of the excise tax is generally 1% of the fair market value of the shares repurchased at the time of the repurchase. However, for purposes of calculating the excise tax, repurchasing corporations are permitted to net the fair market value of certain new stock issuances against the fair market value of stock repurchases during the same taxable year. In addition, certain exceptions apply to the excise tax. The U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) has been given authority to provide regulations and other guidance to carry out and prevent the abuse or avoidance of the excise tax.
Any redemption or other repurchase that occurs after December 31, 2022, in connection with a business combination, extension vote or otherwise, may be subject to the excise tax. Whether and to what extent the Company would be subject to the excise tax in connection with a business combination, extension vote or otherwise would depend on a number of factors, including (i) the fair market value of the redemptions and repurchases in connection with the business combination, extension or otherwise, (ii) the structure of a business Combination, (iii) the nature and amount of any “PIPE” or other equity issuances in connection with a business combination (or otherwise issued not in connection with a business combination but issued within the same taxable year of a business combination) and (iv) the content of regulations and other guidance from the Treasury. In addition, because the excise tax would be payable by the Company and not by the redeeming holder, the mechanics of any required payment of the excise tax have not been determined. The foregoing could cause a reduction in the cash available on hand to complete a business combination and in the Company’s ability to complete a business combination.
Results of Operations
As of December 31, 2022, we had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from February 16, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2022 relates to our formation and the IPO and since the closing of the IPO, the search for a prospective initial business combination. We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. We will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of our initial business combination, at the earliest. We generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on cash and cash equivalents from the proceeds derived from the initial public offering and held in our trust account. We have incurred and will continue to incur increased expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses.
For the year ended December 31, 2022, we had net loss of $1,442,314, which consisted of a loss from operations of $1,120,668, provision for income taxes of $269,197 and an unrealized loss on the change in the fair value of the Forward Purchase Agreement liability of $1,700,783, partially offset by an unrealized gain in Trust Account of $376,801 and interest income of $1,271,533.
For the period from February 16, 2021 (inception) to December 31, 2021, we had net loss of $371,561, which consisted of a loss from operations of $385,971 partially offset by an unrealized gain on the change in the fair value of the Forward Purchase Agreement liability of $6,001 and interest income of $8,409.
Contractual Obligations
We do not have any long-term debt obligations, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations, purchase obligations or long-term liabilities.
Administrative Services Agreement
Commencing on the date the units were first listed on Nasdaq, we have agreed to pay the sponsor a total of $20,000 per month for office space, utilities, and secretarial and administrative support. Upon completion of the initial business combination or its liquidation, we will cease paying these monthly fees. Total administrative fee for the year ended December 31, 2022 is $ $220,000. Total administrative fee for the year ended December 31, 2021 is $ $40,000. At December 31, 2022 and 2021, $0 is reported on the balance sheet as due to sponsor for the administrative fees due.
Registration and Stockholder Rights
The holders of the (i) founder shares, (ii) private placement warrants, and the shares of Class A common stock underlying such private placement warrants, (iii) private placement warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans and (iv) the forward purchase shares that may be purchased pursuant to the related FPAs will have registration rights to require us to register a sale of any of our securities held by them prior to the consummation of our initial business combination pursuant to a registration rights agreement. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that we register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the completion of our initial business combination. We will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
Engagement of Services
On May 28, 2021, the Company entered into a letter agreement with J.V.B. pursuant to which the Company engaged Cohen & Company to provide consulting and advisory services in connection with the IPO in return for a transaction fee to be paid to J.V.B. in an amount equal to 10.0% of the aggregate underwriting discount and commissions earned by the underwriters in connection with the IPO to be paid simultaneously with the actual payment of such underwriting discount and commissions to the underwriters upon (i) the closing of the IPO and (ii) the completion of the Company’s initial business combination. J.V.B. was one of the Company’s anchor investors that purchased units in the IPO and became a member of the Company’s sponsor at the closing of our IPO to hold an indirect interest in a specified number of the founder shares held by the sponsor.
On November 4, 2021, the Company paid J.V.B. $85,000 in cash from funds outside of the trust account. Funds due to J.V.B. upon the completion of the Company’s initial business combination ($605,000 in the aggregate) will be paid by the underwriters.
Underwriter Agreement
The underwriters were due a commission of $0.20 per unit, or $2,000,000 in the aggregate, on the first 10,000,000 units sold in the IPO and the commission was capped at $2,000,000. Additionally, the underwriters agreed to reimburse us $1,235,000 for certain offering costs upon the IPO. On November 5, 2021, we paid a cash underwriting commission of $765,000 net of the reimbursement.
The underwriters are entitled to deferred underwriting commissions of $0.50 on the first 10,000,000 units sold in the IPO and $0.70 per unit per unit sold thereafter, or $6,050,000 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 we complete an initial business combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement for the offering.
Anchor Investment
Certain qualified institutional buyers or institutional accredited investors (none of which are affiliated with any member of the Company’s management team, the sponsor or any other anchor investor) have purchased an aggregate of approximately $60.8 million of the units in the IPO at the public offering price. There can be no assurance that the anchor investors will retain their units prior to or upon the consummation of the initial business combination. In addition, none of the anchor investors has any obligation to vote any of their public shares in favor of the initial business combination.
The anchor investors have not been granted any stockholder or other rights that are in addition to those granted to our other public stockholders, and will only be issued equity interests in our sponsor, with no right to control our sponsor or vote or dispose of any securities held by our sponsor. Further, unlike some anchor investor arrangements of other blank check companies, the anchor investors are not required to (i) hold any units, Class A common stock or warrants purchased in the IPO or thereafter for any amount of time, (ii) vote any shares of Class A common stock they may own at the applicable time in favor of our initial business combination or (iii) refrain from exercising their right to redeem their public shares at the time of our initial business combination. The anchor investors will have the same rights to the funds held in the trust account with respect to the Class A common stock underlying the units they may have purchased in the IPO as the rights afforded to the Company’s other public stockholders. The excess of the fair value of the founder shares was determined to be an offering cost in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5A. Accordingly, offering cost associated with the IPO includes $3,386,739 of excess value of the anchor investors. The valuation of $6.78 per founder share (or $3,391,739 in the aggregate) of the anchor investors was reduced by $0.01 per founder share (or $5,000 in the aggregate), the price paid for the founder shares.
Forward Purchase Shares
Crescent Park, which is one of the Company’s anchor investors, and Carnegie Park have agreed, as the forward purchasers pursuant to their respective FPAs entered into with the Company, to purchase up to 2,500,000 forward purchase shares in the case of Crescent Park and up to 500,000 forward purchase shares in the case of Carnegie Park at $10.00 per share (as such price per share may be reduced to $9.20 per share or further reduced to below $9.20 per share with respect to all or part of the forward purchase shares that are purchased in the manner described below) for gross proceeds up to $30,000,000 in the aggregate if all of the forward purchase shares are purchased at $10.00 per share (or up to $27,600,000 in the aggregate if all of the forward purchase shares are purchased at $9.20 per share or up to a lower amount in the aggregate if all of the forward purchase shares are purchased at less than $9.20 per share) in private placements that will occur concurrently with the consummation of the initial business combination.
The price to be paid for forward purchase shares will be reduced to or below $9.20 per share in the following circumstances:
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to $9.20 if the aggregate purchase price paid by the forward purchaser at $10.00 per share would exceed the lesser of (i) a specified dollar amount and (ii) a specified percentage of the aggregate purchase price paid by the purchasers of our Class A common stock in private placements that occur on or prior to the date of our initial business combination (“PIPEs”);
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and to below $9.20 if the price per share in any PIPE is less than $9.20 (in which case the price per share paid by the forward purchaser will be at an 8% discount from the price per share in such PIPE).
One of the forward purchasers and/or its affiliates is expected to purchase the Company’s public units. If such forward purchaser and/or any of its affiliates sell more than 50% of the aggregate number of the public units purchased in the IPO or, following the separate trading of the public shares and the public warrants, the public shares that are a component of the public units that are purchased by the forward purchaser or any of its affiliates in the IPO, in sales that are consummated on or prior to the initial business combination, then the price per share for the forward purchase shares will remain at $10.00 per share for forward purchase shares in an aggregate number equal to the number of public units and public shares sold by the forward purchaser and/or its affiliates in such manner.
The following assumptions were utilized in the determination of fair value for the FPA liability:
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Each forward purchase share is one share of our Class A common stock. No payment is due from the forward purchaser until immediately before the initial business combination. The purchase price is $10.00 per forward purchase share, subject to the discounted purchase price. The discounted purchase price is either at $9.20 per share or at an 8% discount to the PIPE price if the PIPE is priced below $9.20.
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The conditions upon obtaining a $9.20 purchase price are within the control of the holder of the forward purchase share because the holder will control the aggregate purchase price of the forward purchase shares to be purchased by the holder and, in the case of the forward purchaser that is expected to purchase public units, such forward purchaser and its affiliates will control whether such forward purchaser and its affiliates sell or redeem more than 50% of the public units (or, following the separate trading of the public shares and the public warrants, the public shares) on or prior to the initial business combination. The holder that is expected to purchase public units is assumed to have no negative economic impact from not selling or redeeming more than 50% of the public units (or, following the separate trading of the public shares and the public warrants) on or prior to the initial business combination since such forward purchaser would be selling at market price, without knowledge of future pricing, so that not selling or redeeming and realizing the 8% discount to market price on its future purchase is actually a positive feature to such holder. Therefore, the Company’s management assumed that the likelihood of the holder to have a $10.00 purchase price is de minimis.
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Management assumed a PIPE would be priced below $9.20 per share only 5% of the time and would be priced at $9.00 per share when it is priced below $9.20 per share.
The purchase of forward purchase shares by Crescent Park and Carnegie Park as the forward purchasers pursuant to their respective FPAs will be subject to their respective internal approval processes and the other closing conditions set forth in their respective FPAs. Since the decision whether or not to purchase the forward purchase shares will be in the sole discretion of the forward purchasers, there can be no assurance that such purchases will be consummated.
Each of the forward purchasers has the right to transfer all or a portion of its rights and obligation to purchase the forward purchase shares to one or more forward transferees who are affiliates of the forward purchaser, subject to compliance with applicable securities laws. Any such forward transferee will be subject to the same terms and conditions under the relevant FPA. The forward purchase shares will be identical to the shares of Class A common stock underlying the units being sold in the IPO, except that they will be subject to certain registration rights and transfer restrictions. The funds from the sale of the forward purchase shares will be used as part of the consideration to the sellers in the initial business combination and any excess funds will be used for working capital in the post-transaction company. This commitment is independent of the percentage of stockholders electing to redeem their public shares and is intended to provide the Company with a minimum funding level for the initial business combination.
Critical Accounting Policies
Deferred Offering Costs
We comply with the requirements of the ASC Topic 340-10-S99-1 “Other Assets and Deferred Costs”. Deferred offering costs consist of underwriting, legal, accounting, and other expenses incurred through the balance sheet date that are directly related to the IPO. Offering costs are allocated to the separable financial instruments to be issued in the IPO based on a relative fair value basis, compared to total proceeds received. Upon closing of the IPO on November 5, 2021, offering costs amounted to $10,757,787 consisting of $2,000,000 of underwriting commissions, $6,050,000 of deferred underwriting commissions, an excess of fair value of the founder shares acquired by the anchor investors of $3,386,739, and $556,048 of other offering costs (before $1,235,000 of offering costs reimbursed by the underwriter), of the total offering costs, $10,247,056 was charged to temporary equity and the remaining $510,731 is included in equity.
FPA liability
We account for the 3,000,000 forward purchase shares issued pursuant to the FPAs in accordance with the guidance contained in ASC Topic 815-40 “Derivatives and Hedging” (“ASC 815-40”). Such guidance provides that because the FPA shares do not meet the criteria for equity treatment thereunder, each FPA share must be recorded as a liability. Accordingly, we classify each FPA share as a liability at its fair value. This liability is subject to re-measurement at each balance sheet date. With each such re-measurement, the FPA liability will be adjusted to fair value, with the change in fair value recognized in the statement of operations.
Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption
All of the 11,500,000 public shares contain a redemption feature which allows for the redemption of such public shares in connection with our liquidation, if there is a shareholder vote or tender offer in connection with the business combination and in connection with certain amendments to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation. In accordance with SEC and its staff’s guidance on redeemable equity instruments, which has been codified in ASC Topic 480-10-S99 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity”, redemption provisions not solely within the control of the Company require common stock subject to redemption to be classified outside of permanent equity. Therefore, all shares of Class A common stock have been classified outside of permanent equity.
We recognize changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying value of redeemable common stock to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Increases or decreases in the carrying amount of redeemable common stock are affected by charges against additional paid in capital and accumulated deficit.
Net Loss Per Common Share
Net loss per common share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of common stock outstanding during the period, excluding common stock subject to forfeiture by the sponsor. Weighted average shares were reduced for the effect of an aggregate of 375,000 common stock that were subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option was not exercised by the underwriters. At December 31, 2021, we did not have any dilutive securities and other contracts that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into common stocks and then share in the earnings of the Company. As a result, diluted loss per share is the same as basic loss per share for the period presented.
Warrants
We account for the 10,700,000 warrants issued in connection with the IPO (comprised of 5,750,000 public warrants and 4,950,000 private placement warrants) in accordance with the guidance contained in ASC 815-40. Such guidance provides that the warrants described are not precluded from equity classification. Equity-classified contracts are initially measured at fair value (or allocated value). Subsequent changes in fair value are not recognized as long as the contracts continue to be classified in equity.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In August 2020, FASB issued ASU Topic, “2020-06, Debt-Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging-Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40)” (“ASU 2020-06”) to simplify accounting for certain financial instruments. ASU 2020-06 eliminates the current models that require separation of beneficial conversion and cash conversion features from convertible instruments and simplifies the derivative scope exception guidance pertaining to equity classification of contracts in an entity’s own equity. The new standard also introduces additional disclosures for convertible debt and freestanding instruments that are indexed to and settled in an entity’s own equity. ASU 2020-06 amends the diluted earnings per share guidance, including the requirement to use the if-converted method for all convertible instruments. ASU 2020-06 is effective January 1, 2022 and should be applied on a full or modified retrospective basis. On February 16, 2021, the date of the Company’s inception, the Company adopted the new standard.
Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.
Factors That May Adversely Affect our Results of Operations
Our results of operations and our ability to complete an initial business combination may be adversely affected by various factors that could cause economic uncertainty and volatility in the financial markets, many of which are beyond our control. Our business could be impacted by, among other things, downturns in the financial markets or in economic conditions, increases in oil prices, inflation, increases in interest rates, supply chain disruptions, declines in consumer confidence and spending, the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including resurgences and the emergence of new variants, and geopolitical instability, such as the military conflict in Ukraine. We cannot at this time fully predict the likelihood of one or more of the above events, their duration or magnitude or the extent to which they may negatively impact our business and our ability to complete an initial business combination.

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ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.
We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information otherwise required under this Item.

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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
Reference is made to pages through comprising a portion of this Report, which are incorporated herein by reference.

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ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
None.

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ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (together, the “Certifying Officers”), or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Certifying Officers, we carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based on the foregoing, our Certifying Officers concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of the end of the period covered by this Report, due to due to identified material weaknesses related to errors in fair value calculation of certain financial instruments and unrecorded liabilities. Management plans to enhance internal controls and procedures, including enhancing access to accounting literature, identification and consideration of third-party professionals with whom to consult regarding complex accounting applications and implementing additional layers of reviews in the financial close process.
In light of these material weaknesses, we have enhanced our processes to identify and appropriately apply applicable accounting requirements to better evaluate and understand the nuances of the complex accounting standards that apply to our financial statements including making greater use of third-party professionals with whom we consult regarding complex accounting applications. The elements of our remediation plan can only be accomplished over time, and we can offer no assurance that these initiatives will ultimately have the intended effects. We believe our efforts will enhance our controls relating to accounting for complex financial transactions, but we can offer no assurance that our controls will not require additional review and modification in the future as industry accounting practice may evolve over time.
We do not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures will prevent all errors and all instances of fraud. Disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the disclosure controls and procedures are met. Further, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all disclosure controls and procedures, no evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures can provide absolute assurance that we have detected all our control deficiencies and instances of fraud, if any. The design of disclosure controls and procedures also is based partly on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Controls over Financial Reporting
As required by SEC rules and regulations implementing Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Our internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of our financial statements for external reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Our internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that:
(1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of our company,
(2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors, and
(3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect errors or misstatements in our financial statements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree or compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022. In making these assessments, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013). Based on our assessments and those criteria, management determined that we did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022.
Management has implemented remediation steps to improve our internal control over financial reporting. Specifically, we expanded and improved our review process for complex securities and related accounting standards. We continue to improve this process by enhancing access to accounting literature, identification of third-party professionals with whom to consult regarding complex accounting applications and consideration of additional staff with the requisite experience and training to supplement existing accounting professionals.
This Report does not include an attestation report of our internal controls from our independent registered public accounting firm due to our status as an emerging growth company under the JOBS Act.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Other than as discussed above, there have been no changes to our internal control over financial reporting during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 9B. Other Information.
None.

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ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
Directors and Executive Officers
As of the date of this Report, our directors and officers are as follows:
Name
Age
Position
Enrique Klix
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Brittany Lincoln
Chief Financial Officer
James Cotton
Director
Stuart Hutton
Director
Niraj Javeri
Director
Lynne Thornton
Director
The experience of our directors and executive officers is as follows:
Enrique Klix (Chief Executive Officer and Director)
Mr. Klix has served as our Chief Executive Officer and one of our directors since inception. Mr Klix has significant international experience after being based in Australia, Europe, and Latin America for more than 30 years. Mr. Klix has a track record of successfully leading and advising corporations and governments on turnarounds, mergers and acquisitions, capital market transactions, operational and financial restructuring, and greenfield start-ups with an aggregate value in excess of $30 billion. Between January 2019 and July 2020, Mr. Klix served as Orora Cartons Australia’s General Manager (ASX: ORA). Under his leadership, the business went through a successful operational, commercial, and financial turnaround before being sold to Nippon Paper. Between 2014 and 2016, Mr. Klix served as Senior Vice President at McKinsey & Co.’s recovery and transformation division in Australia and New Zealand. Mr. Klix also served as Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of McColl’s Transport between 2009 and 2014. Under his tenure, McColl’s Transport was recognized as the “Turnaround of the Year” in 2012, before being sold to a private equity consortium led by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. Mr. Klix was an investor in TrademarkVision, an Australian company that utilized image recognition and artificial intelligence technology for trademark searches and protection. In 2018 TrademarkVision was acquired by Clarivate Analytics (NYSE: CLVT) from the U.S., and Mr. Klix was instrumental in supporting the company through the acquisition. He is an active seed and pre-initial public offering investor in Australia and other geographies, including minority equity stakes in
Groundfloor (Last K Ventures Pty. Ltd.) and Miso Robotics. Prior to moving to Australia, Mr. Klix worked for ten years as an investment banker for Salomon Smith Barney (now Citigroup (NYSE: C)) and Dresdner Kleinwort Benson in London focused on servicing telecommunications companies across Europe on mergers and acquisitions, and debt and equity capital markets transactions. Mr. Klix also played lead roles in the initial and secondary public offerings of many energy, telecommunications and beverage companies such as Enel S.p.A. (BIT: ENEL), Energias de Portugal, S.A. (ELI: EDP), and Compañía Cervecerías Unidas, S.A. (NYSE: CCU). Mr. Klix is also a director of Klix II Pty. Ltd. Mr. Klix holds a degree in Economics from the Universidad Católica Argentina and an MBA from the University of Cambridge in England. We believe that Mr. Klix’s vast experience in senior finance, operational, and consulting roles in publicly listed and private companies makes him well qualified to serve on our board of directors.
Brittany Lincoln (Chief Financial Officer)
Ms. Lincoln has served as our Chief Financial Officer since inception. Ms. Lincoln is a qualified Chartered Accountant in Australia and brings over 20 years’ experience in the related disciplines of financial advisory, insolvency, transaction integration, and commercial disputes. Ms. Lincoln is currently a Partner at Harlen Advisory Pty Ltd., an Australian-based accounting firm that embraces the latest in technology (and which acquired the business and assets of Mifi Group Pty Ltd. In which Ms. Lincoln was previously a Partner). Before joining MifI, Ms. Lincoln was a Partner at KordaMentha, an advisory and investment firm that provides specialist consulting, forensic, real estate, restructuring, and investment services. Here, Ms. Lincoln served 15 years leading and advising on complex and high-profile corporate insolvency and restructuring matters. Ms. Lincoln also spent the later years of her career at KordaMentha as an expert witness in high-stakes commercial disputes. During the earlier part of her career, Ms. Lincoln spent four years based in the United States with Ernst & Young within the Transaction Integration practice where she worked across the United States and the United Kingdom on mergers and acquisitions. Ms. Lincoln holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Science from La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
James Cotton (Director)
Mr. Cotton has served as one of our directors since November 2021. He is an Australian impact entrepreneur and investor with business interests in the technology, consumer goods, and healthcare sectors. In 2005 Mr. Cotton founded CMO Software in London where he was based for 10 years, which grew to become one of the leading governance, risk, and compliance software companies globally. Mr. Cotton sold CMO in 2013 and then founded Uluwatu Capital, an investment firm focused on purpose-driven technology companies with health and sustainability outcomes. Mr. Cotton is also a director of Monterosa Capital Australia Pty. Ltd., Tech 4 Good Pty. Ltd., and Moovosity Pty. Ltd. Mr. Cotton holds a Bachelor of Law and Science from the University of Melbourne. We believe Mr. Cotton’s broad investing background makes him well qualified to serve on our board of directors.
Stuart Hutton (Director)
Mr. Hutton has served as one of our directors since November 2021. He is currently the CFO at Foxtel Group (controlled by News Corp; NASDAQ: NWS), Australia’s leading next-generation subscription news, sports, and entertainment company. Mr. Hutton served as CFO of Orora (ASX: ORA) between December 2013 and November 2020. Mr. Hutton played an integral role in Orora’s evolution through the demerger from Amcor, listing on the Australian Stock Exchange, growth in revenue, and improved performance and share price. Mr. Hutton was also instrumental in the sale of Orora’s Australasian Fibre business to Nippon Paper for AU$1.7 billion. Mr. Hutton previously served as CFO of Amcor’s Australasia and Packaging Distribution business (NYSE: AMCR). Mr. Hutton brings more than 30 years of experience in senior finance roles, including five years with Orica (ASX: ORI) as CFO for the Minova Group, Chemical Services Division and Mining Services (North America) and four years as CFO of WorldMark Holdings Pty. Ltd. from 2001 to 2005, and before this, managed a number of acquisitions and divestments in his role as Manager, Acquisitions for Nylex Ltd. A qualified Chartered Accountant in Australia, Mr Hutton spent nine years during the early part of his career with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in audit and corporate finance roles which included a two-year secondment to London. Mr. Hutton holds a Bachelor of Business from Swinburne University. We believe Mr. Hutton’s vast experience in senior finance roles of publicly listed companies makes him well qualified to serve on our board of directors.
Niraj Javeri (Director)
Mr. Javeri has served as one of our directors since November 2021. He is currently the Chief Financial Officer at Lancium Technologies, a digital infrastructure company building large-scale solutions to help decarbonize the electrical grid, and he is based in San Francisco, California. Previously, Mr. Javeri was the Vice President of Strategy at Zymergen (NASDAQ: ZY), a science and material innovation company. Between 2010 and 2019 Mr. Javeri worked for Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (“KKR”) (NYSE: KKR) in New York, Sydney, and San Francisco as part of the Special Situations team, where he sourced, diligenced, executed, and monitored investments made across a number of funds managed by KKR. During his tenure in Australia with KKR, Mr. Javeri was a board member for a number of companies in Australia and New Zealand. Previously, Mr. Javeri was with One East Partners in London and New York, where he invested across industries in event-driven and value equities, distressed debt, and private deals. Prior to that, he worked at Goldman Sachs & Co in the Principal Investment Area where he worked on private equity investments, and at Deutsche Bank in both the Leveraged Finance and Technology investment banking groups. Mr. Javeri received a B.S. from Cornell University in Electrical and Computer Engineering, and an M.S. from Stanford University in Management Science and Engineering. We believe Mr. Javeri’s experience in sourcing, conducting due diligence, and executing on acquisitions of companies in private equity and investment banking environments makes him well qualified to serve on our board of directors.
Lynne Thornton (Director)
Ms. Thornton has served as one of our directors since November 2021. She is a co-founder and director at Groundfloor (Last K Ventures Pty. Ltd.), a PropTech business backed by Taronga Ventures. Ms. Thornton is also a consultant for McColl’s Transport, Australia’s largest independent bulk liquid carrier of milk, food, and bulk chemicals. Previously, Ms. Thornton worked in the funds management industry for 15 years initially for Colonial First State in London then co-founded, Aubrey Capital Management, a global equities boutique, based in Edinburgh. Ms. Thornton was a director, member of the Investment Committee, and managed key relationships both with Australian institutional clients and with cornerstone investor, Pacific Current Group (ASX: PAC) before successfully exiting the business in 2017. Ms. Thornton is an active angel investor and was on the board of Scale Investors, an angel investor network, for 5 years and is currently on the Investment Committee for Artesian’s Female Leaders Fund, an early stage venture capital fund backed by Hostplus. Originally American, Ms. Thornton is an investor and entrepreneur with experience in both listed and private companies in the US, Europe and Australia. Her professional career has included roles in the consumer sector, PropTech, and funds management industries. Ms. Thornton holds a B.S. in finance from California Polytechnic University and an MBA from the University of Cambridge in England. We believe Ms. Thornton’s background in early stage investing and listed equities makes her well qualified to serve on our board of directors.
Number and Terms of Office of Officers and Directors
We currently have five directors. Our board of directors is divided into three classes with only one class of directors being elected in each year and each class (except for those directors appointed prior to our first annual meeting of stockholders) serving a three-year term. In accordance with Nasdaq corporate governance requirements, we are not required to hold an annual meeting until one year after our first fiscal year end following our listing on Nasdaq. The term of office of the first class of directors, consisting of Ms. Thornton, will expire at our first annual meeting of stockholders. The term of office of the second class of directors, consisting of Mr. Cotton and Mr. Hutton, will expire at the second annual meeting of stockholders. The term of office of the third class of directors, consisting of Mr. Klix and Mr. Javeri, will expire at the third annual meeting of stockholders.
Our officers are appointed by the board of directors and serve at the discretion of the board of directors, rather than for specific terms of office. Our board of directors is authorized to appoint officers as it deems appropriate pursuant to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation. Our bylaws provide that our officers may consist of a Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President, Vice Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, Assistant Secretaries and such other offices as may be determined by the board of directors.
Committees of the Board of Directors
Our board of directors has two standing committees: an audit committee and a compensation committee. Subject to phase-in rules and a limited exception, the rules of Nasdaq and Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act require that the audit committee of a listed company be comprised solely of independent directors. Subject to phase-in rules and a limited exception, the rules of Nasdaq require that the compensation committee of a listed company be comprised solely of independent directors.
Audit Committee
We have established an audit committee of the board of directors. Stuart Hutton, Niraj Javeri and Lynne Thornton serve as members of our audit committee, and Mr. Hutton chairs the audit committee. All members of our audit committee are independent of and unaffiliated with our sponsor and our underwriters.
Each member of the audit committee is financially literate, and our board of directors has determined that Mr. Hutton qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in applicable SEC rules and has accounting or related financial management expertise.
We have adopted an audit committee charter, which details the principal functions of the audit committee, including:
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meeting with our independent registered public accounting firm regarding, among other issues, audits, and adequacy of our accounting and control systems;
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monitoring the independence of the registered public accounting firm;
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verifying the rotation of the lead (or coordinating) audit partner having primary responsibility for the audit and the audit partner responsible for reviewing the audit as required by law;
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inquiring and discussing with management our compliance with applicable laws and regulations;
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pre-approving all audit services and permitted non-audit services to be performed by our registered public accounting firm, including the fees and terms of the services to be performed;
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appointing or replacing the registered public accounting firm;
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determining the compensation and oversight of the work of the registered public accounting firm (including resolution of disagreements between management and the registered public accounting firm regarding financial reporting) for the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit report or related work;
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establishing procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints received by us regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or reports which raise material issues regarding our financial statements or accounting policies;
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monitoring compliance on a quarterly basis with the terms of our initial public offering and, if any noncompliance is identified, immediately taking all action necessary to rectify such noncompliance or otherwise causing compliance with the terms of our initial public offering; and
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reviewing and approving all payments made to our existing stockholders, executive officers or directors and their respective affiliates. Any payments made to members of our audit committee will be reviewed and approved by our board of directors, with the interested director or directors abstaining from such review and approval.
Compensation Committee
We have established a compensation committee of the board of directors. Stuart Hutton, Niraj Javeri and Lynne Thornton serve as members of our compensation committee. Mr. Javeri chairs the compensation committee.
We have adopted a compensation committee charter, which details the principal functions of the compensation committee, including:
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reviewing and approving on an annual basis the corporate goals and objectives relevant to our chief executive officer’s compensation, evaluating our chief executive officer’s performance in light of such goals and objectives and determining and approving the remuneration (if any) of our chief executive officer’s based on such evaluation;
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reviewing and approving the compensation of all of our other Section 16 executive officers;
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reviewing our executive compensation policies and plans;
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implementing and administering our incentive compensation equity-based remuneration plans;
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assisting management in complying with our proxy statement and annual report disclosure requirements;
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approving all special perquisites, special cash payments and other special compensation and benefit arrangements for our executive officers and employees;
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producing a report on executive compensation to be included in our annual proxy statement; and
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reviewing, evaluating and recommending changes, if appropriate, to the remuneration for directors.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, other than those payments and reimbursements described under “Item 11. Executive Compensation” below, no compensation of any kind, including finders, consulting, or other similar fees, has been or will be paid to any of our existing stockholders, officers, directors, or any of their respective affiliates, prior to, or for any services they render in order to effectuate the consummation of an initial business combination. Accordingly, it is likely that prior to the consummation of an initial business combination, the compensation committee will only be responsible for the review and recommendation of any compensation arrangements to be entered into in connection with such initial business combination.
The charter also provides that the compensation committee may, in its sole discretion, retain or obtain the advice of a compensation consultant, independent legal counsel or other adviser and will be directly responsible for the appointment, compensation and oversight of the work of any such adviser. However, before engaging or receiving advice from a compensation consultant, external legal counsel or any other adviser, the compensation committee will consider the independence of each such adviser, including the factors required by Nasdaq and the SEC.
Director Nominations
We do not have a standing nominating committee though we intend to form a corporate governance and nominating committee as and when required to do so by law or Nasdaq rules. In accordance with Rule 5605(e)(2) of the Nasdaq rules, a majority of the independent directors may recommend a director nominee for selection by our board of directors. Our board of directors believes that the independent directors can satisfactorily carry out the responsibility of properly selecting or approving director nominees without the formation of a standing nominating committee. The directors who will participate in the consideration and recommendation of director nominees are Stuart Hutton, Niraj Javeri, and Lynne Thornton. In accordance with Rule 5605(e)(1)(A) of the Nasdaq rules, all such directors are independent. As there is no standing nominating committee, we do not have a nominating committee charter in place.
The board of directors will also consider director candidates recommended for nomination by our stockholders during such times as they are seeking proposed nominees to stand for election at the next annual meeting of stockholders (or, if applicable, a special meeting of stockholders). Our stockholders that wish to nominate a director for election to our board of directors should follow the procedures set forth in our bylaws.
We have not formally established any specific, minimum qualifications that must be met or skills that are necessary for directors to possess. In general, in identifying and evaluating nominees for director, our board of directors considers educational background, diversity of professional experience, knowledge of our business, integrity, professional reputation, independence, wisdom, and the ability to represent the best interests of our stockholders.
Board Observers
In connection with investments in our sponsor, certain individuals have been granted board observer rights to our board of directors. Such individuals will be permitted to attend, in a non-voting capacity, our meetings of the board of directors. Such individuals have entered into agreements and have agreed to keep any information discussed or disclosed at any such board meetings confidential.
Code of Ethics
We have adopted a Code of Ethics applicable to our directors, officers, and employees. A copy of the Code of Ethics and the charters of the committees will be provided without charge upon request from us. We intend to disclose any amendments to or waivers of certain provisions of our Code of Ethics in a Current Report on Form 8-K.

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ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Item 11. Executive Compensation.
Except as disclosed herein, none of our executive officers or directors have received any cash compensation for services rendered to us. We pay our sponsor up to $20,000 per month for administrative and other services. In addition, subject to approval by our audit committee, we pay members of our board of directors for advisory or consulting services that are provided to us in connection with our initial business combination and our sponsor, executive officers and directors, or any of their respective affiliates are reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with activities on our behalf such as identifying potential target businesses and performing due diligence on suitable business combinations. Our audit committee reviews on a quarterly basis all payments that were made to our sponsor, executive officers, or directors, or our or their affiliates. Any such payments prior to an initial business combination are made from funds held outside the trust account. Other than quarterly audit committee review of such payments, we do not expect to have any additional controls in place governing our reimbursement payments to our directors and executive officers for their out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with our activities on our behalf in connection with identifying and consummating an initial business combination. Other than these payments and reimbursements, no compensation of any kind, including finder’s and consulting fees, has been or will be paid by the Company to our sponsor, executive officers and directors, or any of their respective affiliates, prior to completion of our initial business combination.
After the completion of our initial business combination, directors or members of our management team who remain with us may be paid consulting or management fees from the combined company. All of these fees will be fully disclosed to stockholders, to the extent then known, in the proxy solicitation materials or tender offer materials furnished to our stockholders in connection with a proposed business combination. We have not established any limit on the amount of such fees that may be paid by the combined company to our directors or members of management. It is unlikely the amount of such compensation will be known at the time of the proposed business combination, because the directors of the post-combination business will be responsible for determining executive officer and director compensation. Any compensation to be paid to our executive officers will be determined, or recommended to the board of directors for determination, either by a compensation committee constituted solely by independent directors or by a majority of the independent directors on our board of directors.
We do not intend to take any action to ensure that members of our management team maintain their positions with us after the consummation of our initial business combination, although it is possible that some or all of our executive officers and directors may negotiate employment or consulting arrangements to remain with us after our initial business combination. The existence or terms of any such employment or consulting arrangements to retain their positions with us may influence our management team’s motivation in identifying or selecting a target business but we do not believe that the ability of our management team to remain with us after the consummation of our initial business combination will be a determining factor in our decision to proceed with any potential business combination. We are not party to any agreements with our executive officers and directors that provide for benefits upon termination of employment.

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ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.
The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of March 30, 2023 based on information obtained from the persons named below, with respect to the beneficial ownership of common stock, by:
•
each person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding common stock;
•
each of our executive officers and directors that beneficially owns our common stock; and
•
all our executive officers and directors as a group.
In the table below, percentage ownership is based on 14,375,000 shares of our common stock, consisting of (i) 11,500,000 shares of our Class A common stock and (ii) 2,875,000 shares of our Class B common stock, issued and outstanding as of March 30, 2023. On all matters to be voted upon, holders of the shares of Class A common stock and shares of Class B common stock vote together as a single class, unless otherwise required by applicable law. Currently, all of the shares of Class B common stock are convertible into Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis.
Unless otherwise indicated, we believe that all persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock beneficially owned by them. The following table does not reflect record or beneficial ownership of the private placement warrants as these warrants are not exercisable within 60 days of the date of this Report.
Class A Common Stock
Class B Common Stock
Approximate
Percentage
of Outstanding
Common
Stock
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner (1)
Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned
Approximate
Percentage
of Class
Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned
Approximate
Percentage
of Class
Integral Sponsor LLC (2)
-
-
2,875,000
%
%
Enrique Klix (2)
-
-
2,875,000
%
%
Brittany Lincoln (2)
-
-
-
-
-
James Cotton (2)
-
-
-
-
-
Stuart Hutton (2)
-
-
-
-
-
Niraj Javeri (2)
-
-
-
-
-
Lynne Thornton (2)
-
-
-
-
-
All executive officer and directors as a group (6 individuals)
-
-
2,875,000
%
%
Other 5% Stockholders
Magnetar Financial LLC (3)
751,700
6.54 %
-
-
5.23 %
Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. (4)
650,000
5.65 %
-
-
4.52 %
HGC Investment Management Inc. (5)
650,000
5.65 %
-
-
4.52 %
Periscope Capital Inc. (6)
987,853
8.59 %
-
-
6.87 %
LMR Master Fund Limited (7)
900,000
7.83 %
-
-
6.26 %
RiverNorth Capital Management, LLC (8)
649,998
5.65 %
-
-
4.52 %
(1) Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each of the following entities or individuals is 667 Madison Avenue, 5th floor, New York, New York 10065.
(2) Our sponsor, Integral Sponsor LLC, is the record holder of the shares reported herein. Mr. Klix is the Managing Member of Integral Sponsor LLC and has voting and investment discretion with respect to the common stock held of record by Integral Sponsor LLC. Each of our other directors are non-managing members of Integral Sponsor LLC. Mr. Klix disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares, other than his pecuniary interest therein and each of Messrs. Cotton, Hutton and Javeri and Ms. Thornton disclaims any beneficial ownership of any shares held by Integral Sponsor LLC.
(3) According to a Schedule 13G/A filed on January 27, 2023, Magnetar Financial LLC, Magnetar Capital Partners LP, Supernova Management LLC, and David J. Snyderman acquired 751,700 shares of Class A common stock. The business address for each of the reporting persons is 1603 Orrington Avenue, 13th Floor, Evanston, Illinois 60201.
(4) According to a Schedule 13G filed on February 9, 2022, Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. acquired 650,000 shares of Class A common stock. The business address for the reporting person is 16 York Street, Suite 2900, Toronto, Ontario M5J 0E6, Canada.
(5) According to a Schedule 13G filed on February 14, 2023, HGC Investment Management Inc. acquired 650,000 shares of Class A common stock. The business address for the reporting person is 1073 Yonge Street, 2nd Floor, Toronto, Ontario M4W 2L2, Canada.
(6) According to a Schedule 13G/A filed on February 13, 2023, Periscope Capital Inc. acquired 987,853 shares of Class A common stock. The business address for the reporting person is 333 Bay Street, Suite 1240, Toronto, Ontario M5H 2R2, Canada.
(7) According to a Schedule 13G/A filed on February 14, 2023, LMR Partners LLP, LMR Partners Limited, LMR Partners LLC, LMR Partners AG, LMR Partners (DIFC) Limited, Ben Levine and Stefan Renold acquired 900,000 shares of Class A common stock. The business address for the reporting persons is c/o LMR Partners LLP, 9th Floor, Devonshire House, 1 Mayfair Place, London, W1J 8AJ, United Kingdom.
(8) According to a Schedule 13G filed on February 14, 2023, RiverNorth Capital Management, LLC acquired 649,998 shares of Class A common stock. The business address for the reporting person is 360 S. Rosemary Avenue, Suite 1420, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401.
Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans
None.
Changes in Control
None.

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ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.
On February 16, 2021 our sponsor subscribed for an aggregate 2,875,000 founder shares for a total subscription price of $25,000, or approximately $0.009 per share. The number of founder shares outstanding was determined based on the expectation that the total size of our initial public offering would be a maximum of 11,500,000 units if the underwriters’ over-allotment option was exercised in full, and therefore that such founder shares would represent 20% of the outstanding shares after our initial public offering. Up to 375,000 of the founder shares were subject to forfeiture by the sponsor depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option was exercised. At the initial public offering, the underwriters fully exercised their over-allotment option resulting in no founder shares being subject to forfeiture.
In connection with the initial public offering, the anchor investors collectively acquired from the sponsor in the aggregate 500,000 founder shares. The excess of the fair value of the founder shares was determined to be an offering cost in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5A. Accordingly, offering cost associated with the initial public offering includes $3,386,739 of excess value of the anchor investors. The valuation of $6.78 per founder share (or $3,391,739 in the aggregate) of the anchor investors was reduced by $0.01 per founder share (or $5,000 in the aggregate), the price paid for the founder shares. The valuation was determined using an internal Monte Carlo simulation model.
Our sponsor purchased an aggregate of 4,950,000 private placement warrants, at a price of $1.00 per warrant, or $4,950,000 in the aggregate, in the private placement. Each private placement warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of Class A common stock at $11.50 per share. The private placement warrants (including the Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the private placement warrants) may not, subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold until 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination.
We currently utilize office space at 667 Madison Avenue, 5th floor, New York, New York 10065 and 152 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia from our sponsor. We pay up to $20,000 per month for administrative and other services. Upon completion of our initial business combination or our liquidation, we will cease paying these monthly fees.
Subject to approval by our audit committee, we may pay members of our board of directors for advisory or consulting services that may be provided to us in connection with our initial business combination. In addition, our sponsor, executive officers, and directors, or any of their respective affiliates are reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with activities on our behalf such as identifying potential target businesses and performing due diligence on suitable business combinations. Other than the foregoing, no compensation of any kind, including finder’s and consulting fees, has been or will be paid by the Company to our sponsor, executive officers, and directors, or any of their respective affiliates, for services rendered prior to or in connection with the completion of an initial business combination. Our audit committee reviews on a quarterly basis all payments that were made to our sponsor, officers, directors or our or their affiliates.
On February 16, 2021, our sponsor agreed to loan the Company up to $300,000 to be used for a portion of the expenses of the initial public offering. These loans were non-interest bearing, unsecured and were due at the earlier of December 31, 2021 or the closing of the initial public offering. At the time of the closing of the initial public offering, the sponsor was over paid $138,493 on the loan to the Company and this amount was repaid on November 11, 2021.
On May 28, 2021, the Company entered into a letter agreement with J.V.B. pursuant to which the Company engaged Cohen & Company to provide consulting and advisory services in connection with the IPO in return for a transaction fee to be paid to J.V.B. in an amount equal to 10.0% of the aggregate underwriting discount and commissions earned by the underwriters in connection with the IPO to be paid simultaneously with the actual payment of such underwriting discount and commissions to the underwriters upon (i) the closing of the IPO and (ii) the completion of the Company’s initial business combination. J.V.B. was one of the Company’s anchor investors that purchased units in the IPO and became a member of the Company’s sponsor at the closing of our IPO to hold an indirect interest in a specified number of the founder shares held by the sponsor.
On August 23, 2021, Crescent Park, which is one of the Company’s anchor investors, and Carnegie Park agreed, as the forward purchasers pursuant to their respective FPAs entered into with the Company, to purchase up to 2,500,000 forward purchase shares in the case of Crescent Park and up to 500,000 forward purchase shares in the case of Carnegie Park at $10.00 per share (as such price per share may be reduced to $9.20 per share or further reduced to below $9.20 per share with respect to all or part of the forward purchase shares) for gross proceeds up to $30,000,000 in the aggregate if all of the forward purchase shares are purchased at $10.00 per share (or up to $27,600,000 in the aggregate if all of the forward purchase shares are purchased at $9.20 per share or up to a lower amount in the aggregate if all of the forward purchase shares are purchased at less than $9.20 per share) in private placements that will occur concurrently with the consummation of the initial business combination.
On November 4, 2021, the Company paid J.V.B. $85,000 in cash from funds outside of the trust account. Funds due to J.V.B. upon the completion of the Company’s initial business combination ($605,000 in the aggregate) will be paid by the underwriters.
In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination, our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us Working Capital Loans as may be required on a non-interest basis. If we complete an initial business combination, we would repay such loaned amounts. In the event that the 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 for such repayment. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into warrants of the post business combination entity at a price of $1.00 per warrant at the option of the lender. The warrants would be identical to the private placement warrants. Except as set forth above, the terms of such loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. Prior to the completion of our initial business combination, we do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor as we do not believe third parties will be willing to loan such funds and provide a waiver against any and all rights to seek access to funds in our trust account.
Any of the foregoing payments to our sponsor, repayments of loans from our sponsor or repayments of working capital loans prior to our initial business combination will be made using funds held outside the trust account.
After our initial business combination, members of our management team who remain with us may be paid consulting, management or other fees from the combined company with any and all amounts being fully disclosed to our stockholders, to the extent then known, in the proxy solicitation or tender offer materials, as applicable, furnished to our stockholders. It is unlikely the amount of such compensation will be known at the time of distribution of such tender offer materials or at the time of a stockholder meeting held to consider our initial business combination, as applicable, as it will be up to the directors of the post-combination business to determine executive and director compensation.
We have entered into a registration rights agreement with respect to the founder shares and private placement warrants.
Director Independence
Nasdaq rules require that a majority of our board of directors be independent within one year of our initial public offering. An “independent director” is defined generally as a person who, in the opinion of the company’s board of directors, has no material relationship with the listed company (either directly or as a partner, stockholder or officer of an organization that has a relationship with the company). We currently have three “independent directors” as defined in Nasdaq rules and applicable SEC rules. Our board of directors has determined that Mr. Hutton, Mr. Javeri, and Ms. Thornton are “independent directors” as defined in the Nasdaq listing standards and applicable SEC rules. Our independent directors have regularly scheduled meetings at which only independent directors are present.

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ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
The following is a summary of fees paid or to be paid to Marcum for services rendered.
Audit Fees
Audit fees consist of fees for professional services rendered for the audit of our year-end financial statements and services that are normally provided by Marcum in connection with regulatory filings. The aggregate fees of Marcum for professional services rendered for the audit of our annual financial statements, review of the financial information included in our Forms 10-Q for the respective periods and other required filings with the SEC for the year ended December 31, 2022 and the period from February 16, 2021 (inception) to December 31, 2021 totaled approximately $75,800 and $194,000, respectively. The above amounts include interim procedures and audit fees, as well as attendance at audit committee meetings.
Audit-Related Fees
Audit-related fees consist of fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to performance of the audit or review of our financial statements and are not reported under “Audit Fees.” These services include attest services that are not required by statute or regulation and consultations concerning financial accounting and reporting standards. During the year ended December 31, 2022 and the period from February 16, 2021 (inception) to December 31, 2021, we did not pay Marcum any audit-related fees.
Tax Fees
We did not pay Marcum for tax services, planning or advice for the year ended December 31, 2022 or the period from February 16, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021.
All Other Fees
We did not pay Marcum for any other services for the year ended December 31, 2022 or the period from February 16, 2021 (inception) to December 31, 2021.
Pre-Approval Policy
Our audit committee was formed upon the consummation of our initial public offering. As a result, the audit committee did not pre-approve all of the foregoing services, although any services rendered prior to the formation of our audit committee were approved by our board of directors. Since the formation of our audit committee, and on a going-forward basis, the audit committee has and will pre-approve all auditing services and permitted non-audit services to be performed for us by our auditors, including the fees and terms thereof (subject to the de minimis exceptions for non-audit services described in the Exchange Act which are approved by the audit committee prior to the completion of the audit).
PART IV

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ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
Item 15. Exhibit and Financial Statement Schedules.
(a) The following documents are filed as part of this Report:
(1) Financial Statements
Page No.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID 688)
Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2022 and 2021
Statements of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2022 and the period from February 16, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021
Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Deficit for the year ended December 31, 2022 and the period from February 16, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021
Statements of Cash Flows for the year ended December 31, 2022 and the period from February 16, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021
Notes to Financial Statements
to
(2) Financial Statement Schedules
All financial statement schedules are omitted because they are not applicable or the amounts are immaterial and not required, or the required information is presented in the financial statements and notes thereto beginning on page of this Report.
(3) Exhibits
We hereby file as part of this Report the exhibits listed in the attached Exhibit Index. Exhibits that are incorporated herein by reference can be inspected on the SEC website at www.sec.gov.