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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2020

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

2021

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from                            to

Commission File No. 001-38880

Act II Global Acquisition Corp.
Whole Earth Brands, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Cayman Islands34-4101973

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

38-4101973
(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

745 5th Avenue
New York, New York 10151
125 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 3150
Chicago, Illinois
60606
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including zip code)Offices)(Zip Code)

(212) 335-4500
(312) 840-6000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)


Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on

which
registered

Units, each consisting of one Class A Ordinary Share and one-half of one Redeemable WarrantCommon stock, par value $0.0001 per shareACTTUFREEThe NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 perWarrants to purchase one-half of one share of common stockACTTFREEWThe NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Warrants, each exercisable for one Class A Ordinary Share for $11.50 per shareACTTWThe NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

☐   
Large accelerated filerAccelerated filer
☒   Non-accelerated filer☒   Smaller reporting company
☒   Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act): Yes No 

As of May 15, 2020,11, 2021, there were 30,000,000 Class A ordinary38,426,669 shares $0.0001of the registrant’s common stock, par value per share, and 7,500,000 Class B ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value per share, issued and outstanding.



ACT II GLOBAL ACQUISITION CORP.


WHOLE EARTH BRANDS, INC.
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Condensed Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2020 (unaudited) and December 31, 20191
Condensed Statements of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 (unaudited)2
Condensed Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 (unaudited)3
Condensed Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 (unaudited)4
Notes to Condensed Financial Statements (unaudited)5
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Item 4.Control and Procedures20
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.         Financial Statements.
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Whole Earth Brands, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated and Combined Financial Statements (Unaudited)
For the Quarter Ended March 31, 2021
SIGNATURESCondensed Consolidated and Combined Financial Statements

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ACT II GLOBAL ACQUISITION CORP.

CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

  

March 31,

2020

  

December 31,

2019

 
  (unaudited)    
ASSETS      
Current assets      
Cash $583,196  $1,005,831 
Prepaid expenses  103,668   65,714 
Total Current Assets  686,864   1,071,545 
         
Security deposit  38,000   38,000 
Right of use asset  266,640    
Marketable securities held in Trust Account  305,037,224   304,283,025 
Total Assets $306,028,728  $305,392,570 
         
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY        
Current liabilities        
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $195,161  $19,781 
Operating lease liability  217,013    
Total Current Liabilities  412,174   19,781 
         
Operating lease liability, net of current portion  64,505    
Deferred underwriting fees payable  11,280,000   11,280,000 
Total Liabilities  11,756,679   11,299,781 
         
Commitments (Note 7)        
         
Ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, 28,449,516 and 28,502,357 shares at redemption value as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively  289,272,046   289,092,780 
         
Shareholders’ Equity        
Preference shares, $0.0001 par value; 2,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding      
Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value; 200,000,000 shares authorized; 1,550,484 and 1,497,643 shares issued and outstanding (excluding 28,449,516 and 28,502,357 shares subject to possible redemption) as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively  155   150 
Class B ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized; 7,500,000 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019  750   750 
Additional paid in capital  887,694   1,066,965 
Retained earnings  4,111,404   3,932,144 
Total Shareholders’ Equity  5,000,003   5,000,009 
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity $306,028,728  $305,392,570 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed financial statements.


ACT II GLOBAL ACQUISITION CORP.

CONDENSED STATEMENTSTABLE OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

  

Three Months Ended

March 31,

 
  2020  2019 
       
Operating costs $574,939  $15,517 
Loss from operations  (574,939)  (15,517)
         
Other income:        
Interest income  754,199    
         
Net Income (Loss) $179,260  $(15,517)
         
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted(1)  8,997,643   6,525,000 
         
Basic and diluted net loss per ordinary share(2) $(0.06) $(0.00)

CONTENTS
Whole Earth Brands, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands of dollars, except for share and per share data)
(Unaudited)
March 31, 2021December 31, 2020
Assets
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents$27,806 $16,898 
Accounts receivable (net of allowances of $723 and $955, respectively)72,205 56,423 
Inventories191,837 111,699 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets11,807 5,045 
Total current assets303,655 190,065 
Property, Plant and Equipment, net49,752 47,285 
Other Assets
Operating lease right-of-use assets18,749 12,193 
Goodwill236,895 153,537 
Other intangible assets, net283,845 184,527 
Deferred tax assets, net2,479 2,671 
Other assets6,926 6,260 
Total Assets$902,301 $596,538 
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Current Liabilities
Accounts payable$36,915 $25,200 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities34,616 29,029 
Contingent consideration payable52,672 
Current portion of operating lease liabilities5,074 3,623 
Current portion of long-term debt3,750 7,000 
Total current liabilities133,027 64,852 
Non-Current Liabilities
Long-term debt385,257 172,662 
Warrant liabilities7,999 
Deferred tax liabilities, net52,722 23,297 
Operating lease liabilities, less current portion16,281 11,324 
Other liabilities16,230 15,557 
Total Liabilities611,516 287,692 
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 9)
Stockholders’ Equity
Preferred shares, $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; 0ne issued and outstanding at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020
Common stock, $0.0001 par value; 220,000,000 shares authorized; 38,426,669 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020
Additional paid-in capital322,758 325,679 
Accumulated deficit(38,544)(25,442)
Accumulated other comprehensive income6,567 8,605 
Total stockholders’ equity290,785 308,846 
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity$902,301 $596,538 
See Notes to Unaudited Consolidated and Combined Financial Statements

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Whole Earth Brands, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated and Combined Statements of Operations
(In thousands of dollars, except for share and per share data)
(Unaudited)
(Successor)(Predecessor)
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2021
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2020
Product revenues, net$105,825 $65,972 
Cost of goods sold70,174 40,112 
Gross profit35,651 25,860 
Selling, general and administrative expenses32,907 16,048 
Amortization of intangible assets4,151 2,534 
Asset impairment charges40,600 
Restructuring and other expenses1,657 
Operating loss(3,064)(33,322)
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities(2,362)
Interest expense, net(5,078)(172)
Loss on extinguishment and debt transaction costs(5,513)
Other income, net310 1,721 
Loss before income taxes(15,707)(31,773)
Benefit for income taxes(3,682)(3,118)
Net loss$(12,025)$(28,655)
Net loss per share – Basic and diluted$(0.31)0

See Notes to Unaudited Consolidated and Combined Financial Statements

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Whole Earth Brands, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated and Combined Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
(In thousands of dollars)
(Unaudited)
(Successor)(Predecessor)
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2021
Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
Net loss$(12,025)$(28,655)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Net change in pension benefit obligations recognized48 
Foreign currency translation adjustments(2,047)(1,884)
Total other comprehensive loss, net of tax(2,038)(1,836)
Comprehensive loss$(14,063)$(30,491)
See Notes to Unaudited Consolidated and Combined Financial Statements

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(1)Excludes an aggregate
Whole Earth Brands, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated and Combined Statements of 28,449,516 shares subjectEquity
(In thousands of dollars)
(Unaudited)
(Predecessor)
Total Equity
Balance at December 31, 2019$487,750 
Funding to possible redemptionParent, net(12,262)
Net loss(28,655)
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax(1,836)
Balance at March 31, 2020. At March 31, 2019, excluded an aggregate of 978,750 shares that were subject to forfeiture to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment option was not exercised in full (see Note 9).2020$444,997 
(2)Net loss per ordinary share – basic and diluted excludes income attributable to ordinary shares subject to possible redemption of $715,207 for the three months ended March 31, 2020 (see Note 3).

Common StockPreferred StockAdditional
Paid-in
AccumulatedAccumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Total
Stockholders’
SharesAmountSharesAmountCapitalDeficitIncomeEquity
Balance at December 31, 202038,426,669 $$$325,679 $(25,442)$8,605 $308,846 
Reclassification of Private Warrants (Note 1)— — — — (7,062)(1,077)— (8,139)
Transfer of Private Warrants to Public Warrants (Note 7)— — — — 2,502 — — 2,502 
Net loss— — — — — (12,025)— (12,025)
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax— — — — — — (2,038)(2,038)
Stock-based compensation— — — — 1,639 — — 1,639 
Balance at March 31, 202138,426,669 $$$322,758 $(38,544)$6,567 $290,785 
See Notes to Unaudited Consolidated and Combined Financial Statements

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Whole Earth Brands, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated and Combined Statements of Cash Flows
(In thousands of dollars)
(Unaudited)
(Successor)(Predecessor)
Three Months Ended March 31, 2021Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
Operating activities
Net loss$(12,025)$(28,655)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:
Stock-based compensation1,639 
Depreciation969 679 
Amortization of intangible assets4,151 2,534 
Deferred income taxes3,402 (648)
Asset impairment charges40,600 
Pension(115)
Amortization of inventory fair value adjustments1,619 
Non-cash loss on extinguishment of debt4,435 
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities2,362 
Changes in current assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable(1,341)312 
Inventories(4,903)3,959 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets665 (949)
Accounts payable, accrued liabilities and income taxes(7,052)(431)
Other, net597 (2,791)
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities(5,597)14,610 
Investing activities
Capital expenditures(1,544)(894)
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired(186,601)
Net cash used in investing activities(188,145)(894)
Financing activities
Proceeds from revolving credit facility25,000 3,500 
Repayments of revolving credit facility(47,855)(5,000)
Long-term borrowings375,000 
Repayments of long-term borrowings(136,500)
Debt issuance costs(11,589)
Funding to Parent, net(12,430)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities204,056 (13,930)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents594 314 
Net change in cash and cash equivalents10,908 100 
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period16,898 10,395 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period$27,806 $10,495 
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
Interest paid$4,491 $
Taxes paid, net of refunds$3,535 $1,070 
See Notes to Unaudited Consolidated and Combined Financial Statements

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Whole Earth Brands, Inc.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated and Combined Financial Statements
(Unaudited)

NOTE 1: BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Whole Earth Brands, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries (“Whole Earth Brands” or the “Company”) is a global industry-leading platform, focused on the “better for you” consumer packaged goods (“CPG”) and ingredients space. The accompanying notes are an integral partCompany has a global platform of branded products and ingredients, focused on the unaudited condensed financial statements.

consumer transition towards natural alternatives and clean label products.

ACT II GLOBAL ACQUISITION CORP.

CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(Unaudited)

THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31,On June 24, 2020,

  

Class A

Ordinary Shares

  

Class B

Ordinary Shares

  Additional Paid  Retained  

Total

Shareholders’

 
  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  in Capital  Earnings  Equity 
Balance – January 1, 2020  1,497,643  $150   7,500,000  $750  $1,066,965  $3,932,144  $5,000,009 
                             
Change in value of ordinary shares subject to possible redemption  52,841   5         (179,271)     (179,266)
                             
Net income                 179,260   179,260 
                             
Balance – March 31, 2020  1,550,484  $155   7,500,000  $750  $887,694  $4,111,404  $5,000,003 

THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019

  Ordinary Shares  Additional Paid  Accumulated  Total Shareholder’s 
  Shares  Amount  in Capital  Deficit  Equity 
Balance – January 1, 2019    $  $  $  $ 
                     
Issuance of Class B ordinary shares to Sponsor(1)  7,503,750   750   24,250      25,000 
                     
Net loss           (15,517)  (15,517)
                     
Balance – March 31, 2019  7,503,750  $750  $24,250  $(15,517) $9,483 

(1)Included an aggregate of up to 978,750 shares that were subject to forfeiture to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment option was not exercised in full (see Note 9).

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed financial statements.


ACT II GLOBAL ACQUISITION CORP.

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

  Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
  2020  2019 
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:      
Net income (loss) $179,260  $(15,517)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities:        
Interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account  (754,199)   
Amortization of right of use asset  33,878    
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
Prepaid expenses  (56,954)   
Accrued expenses  175,380    
Net cash used in operating activities  (422,635)  (15,517)
         
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:        
Proceeds from issuance of Class B ordinary shares to Sponsor     25,000 
Proceeds from promissory note - related party     150,803 
Payment of offering costs     (127,277)
Net cash provided by financing activities     48,526 
         
Net Change in Cash  (422,635)  33,009 
Cash – Beginning  1,005,831    
Cash – Ending $583,196  $33,009 
         
Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities:        
Change in value of ordinary shares subject to possible redemption $179,266  $ 
Right of use asset acquired through lease liability $297,723  $ 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed financial statements.


ACT II GLOBAL ACQUISITION CORP.

NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2020

(Unaudited)

NOTE 1. DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS

Act II Global Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated as, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Act II”), domesticated into a Delaware corporation (the “Domestication”), and on August 16, 2018. The Company was incorporated forJune 25, 2020 (the “Closing”), consummated the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, assetindirect acquisition share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (a(the “Business Combination”). The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”).

The Company is not limited to a particular industry or sector for purposes of consummating a Business Combination. The Company is an early stage and emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to(i) all of the risks associatedissued and outstanding equity interests of Merisant Company (“Merisant”), Merisant Luxembourg Sarl (“Merisant Luxembourg”), Mafco Worldwide LLC (“Mafco Worldwide”), Mafco Shanghai LLC (“Mafco Shanghai”), EVD Holdings LLC (“EVD Holdings”), and Mafco Deutschland GmbH (together with early stageMerisant, Merisant Luxembourg, Mafco Worldwide, Mafco Shanghai, and emerging growth companies.

All activity forEVD Holdings, and their respective direct and indirect subsidiaries, “Merisant and Mafco Worldwide”), and (ii) certain assets and liabilities of Merisant and Mafco Worldwide included in the periodTransferred Assets and Liabilities (as defined in the Purchase Agreement (as hereafter defined)), from January 1,Flavors Holdings Inc. (“Flavors Holdings”), MW Holdings I LLC (“MW Holdings I”), MW Holdings III LLC (“MW Holdings III”), and Mafco Foreign Holdings, Inc. (“Mafco Foreign Holdings,” and together with Flavors Holdings, MW Holdings I, and MW Holdings III, the “Sellers”), pursuant to that certain Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) entered into by and among Act II and the Sellers dated as of December 19, 2019, (commencement of operations) through March 31, 2020 relates to the Company’s formation, the initial public offering (“Initial Public Offering”), which is described below, the Company’s search for a target business with which to complete a Business Combination and activities inas amended. In connection with the pending acquisition (see Note 8).

The registration statements forDomestication, Act II changed its name to “Whole Earth Brands, Inc.”

Upon the Company’s Initial Public Offering were declared effectivecompletion of the Domestication, each of Act II’s then-issued and outstanding ordinary shares converted, on April 25, 2019. On April 30, 2019,a 1-for-one basis, into shares of common stock of Whole Earth Brands. In conjunction with the Business Combination, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offeringissued an aggregate of 30,000,000 units, inclusive7,500,000 shares of 3,900,000 units sold to the underwriters upon the election to partially exercise their over-allotment option (the “Units”Whole Earth Brands common stock and with respect to the ordinary shares included in the Units sold, the “public shares”) at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $300,000,000, which is described in Note 4. Each Unit consists of one of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Shares”), and one-half of one warrant (the “Warrants”). Each whole warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Class A Share.

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of 6,750,0005,263,500 private placement warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) atexercisable for 2,631,750 shares of Whole Earth Brands common stock to certain investors. On the date of Closing, the Company’s common stock and warrants began trading on The Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbols “FREE” and “FREEW,” respectively.

As a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant in a private placement to Act II Global Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”), generating gross proceeds of $6,750,000, which is described in Note 5.

Transaction costs amounted to $16,614,355, consisting of $5,220,000 of underwriting fees, $11,280,000 of deferred underwriting fees and $114,355 of other offering costs. The underwriters reimbursed the Company $470,000 at the closing of the Initial Public Offering for certain offering expenses, of which such amount was offset against other offering expenses and recorded as a credit to additional paid in capital. In addition, at March 31, 2020, cash of $583,196 was held outside of the Trust Account (as defined below) and is available for working capital purposes.

Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering on April 30, 2019, an amount of $300,000,000 ($10.00 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants was placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”), which have been invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), with a maturity of 180 days or less or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund meeting the conditions of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the consummationresult of the Business Combination, or (ii)for accounting purposes, Act II was deemed to be the Company’s failureacquirer and Mafco Worldwide and Merisant Company were deemed to consummate a Business Combination withinbe the prescribed time.

acquired parties and, collectively, the accounting predecessor. The Company’s management has broad discretion with respectfinancial statement presentation includes the combined financial statements of Mafco Worldwide and Merisant Company as the “Predecessor” for periods prior to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully effect a Business Combination. Placing funds in the Trust Account may not protect those funds from third party claims against the Company. Although the Company will seek to have all vendors, service providers, prospective target businesses or other entities it engages execute agreements with the Company waiving any claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the Trust Account, there is no guarantee that such persons will execute such agreements. The Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to the Company under certain circumstances if and to the extent any claims by such persons reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account below a specified threshold. The Company has not independently verified whether the Sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations. Therefore, the Sponsor may not be able to satisfy those obligations should they arise. The remaining net proceeds (not held in the Trust Account) may be used to pay for business, legal and accounting due diligence on prospective acquisitions and continuing general and administrative expenses as well as any taxes.


ACT II GLOBAL ACQUISITION CORP.

NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2020

(Unaudited)

The Company will provide the holders of the public shares (the “Public Shareholders”) with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their public shares upon the completion of the Business Combination either (i) in connection with a shareholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer, in either case at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account as of two business days prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, including interest (which interest shall be net of taxes payable) divided by the number of then outstanding public shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company seeks shareholder approval of the Business Combination and the Company does not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, a Public Shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of the public shares. In connection with any shareholder vote required to approve any Business Combination, the Sponsor and any other shareholder of the Company prior to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering (collectively with the Sponsor, the “Initial Shareholders”) and the Company’s directors and officers will agree (i) to vote any of their respective Ordinary Shares (as defined below) in favor of the initial Business Combination and (ii) not to redeem any of their Ordinary Shares in connection therewith.

The Company will proceed with a Business Combination only if it has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon consummation of the Business Combination and, in the case of a shareholder vote, a majority of the outstanding Ordinary Shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination.

The NASDAQ rules require that the Business Combination must be with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value equal to at least 80% of the balance in the Trust Account (less any deferred underwriting fees as discussed below, and taxes payable on interest earned) at the time of the Company signing a definitive agreement in connection with the Business Combination.

If the Company has not completed a Business Combination by April 30, 2021, the Company 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 (which interest shall be net of taxes payable, and less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses) divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish the rights of the Public Shareholders as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining shareholdersincludes Whole Earth Brands, Inc. and its Board of Directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each casesubsidiaries for periods after the Closing (referred to as the Company’s obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. In the event of a liquidation, the Public Shareholders will be entitled to receive a full pro rata interest in the Trust Account (initially anticipated to be approximately $10.00 per share, plus any pro rata interest earned on the Trust Fund not previously released to the Company and less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses)“Successor”). There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to the Founder Shares (as defined in Note 9) or the Private Placement Warrants, which will expire worthless if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination by April 30, 2021.

NOTE 2. LIQUIDITY AND GOING CONCERN

As of March 31, 2020, the Company had $583,196 in cash, $305,037,224 in securities held in the Trust Account to be used for a Business Combination or to repurchase or redeem its ordinary shares in connection therewith and working capital of $274,690.

Until the consummation of a Business Combination, the Company will be using the funds not held in the Trust Account for identifying and evaluating prospective acquisition candidates, performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business to acquire, and structuring, negotiating and consummating the Business Combination.

The Company will need to raise additional capital through loans or additional investments from its Sponsor, officers, directors, or third parties. The Company’s officers, directors and Sponsor may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion, to meet the Company’s working capital needs. Accordingly, the Company may not be able to obtain additional financing. If the Company is unable to raise additional capital, it may be required to take additional measures to conserve liquidity, which could include, but not necessarily be limited to, curtailing operations, suspending the pursuit of a potential transaction, and reducing overhead expenses. The Company cannot provide any assurance that new financing will be available to it on commercially acceptable terms, if at all. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern through April 30, 2021, the date that the Company will be required to cease all operations, except for the purpose of winding up, if a Business Combination is not consummated. These financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recovery of the recorded assets or the classification of the liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.


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MARCH 31, 2020

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NOTE 3. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of presentation

PresentationThe accompanying unaudited condensedconsolidated and combined interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and in accordance withreporting. The balance sheet data as of December 31, 2020 was derived from the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Certain information or footnote disclosures normally included inaudited consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC for interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes necessary for a complete presentation of financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. In the opinion of management, the accompanyingstatements. These unaudited condensed financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of a normal recurring nature, which are necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, operating resultsconsolidated and cash flows for the periods presented.

The accompanying unaudited condensedcombined interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-Kaudited consolidated and combined financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2019 as filed with the SEC on March 30, 2020 which contains the audited financial statements and notes thereto. The financial information as of December 31, 2019 is derived from the audited financial statements presentedincluded in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for10-K.

In the year ended December 31, 2019. The interim results foropinion of management, the three months endedfinancial statements contain all adjustments necessary to state fairly the financial position of the Company as of March 31, 20202021 and the results of operations and cash flows for all periods presented. All adjustments reflected in the accompanying unaudited consolidated and combined financial statements, which management believes are necessary to state fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows, have been reflected and are of a normal recurring nature. Results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year. Certain prior year ending December 31, 2020 or for any future interim periods.

Emerging growth company

Section 102(b)(1)amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

Principles of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. ConsolidationThe JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition periodconsolidated and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to opt out of such extended transition period, which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of the Company’s condensedcombined financial statements with another public company, which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company, which has opted outinclude the accounts of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differencesWhole Earth Brands, Inc., and its indirect and wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in accounting standards used.

consolidation.

Use of estimates

EstimatesThe preparation of the condensed financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities atin the date of the condensedunaudited consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period.

Making estimates requires management to exercise significant judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future events. Accordingly, the actualaccompanying notes. Actual results could differ significantly from thosethese estimates.

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Recently Adopted Accounting PronouncementsThe Company considers all short-term investmentsqualifies as an emerging growth company (an “EGC”) and as such, has elected the extended transition period for complying with certain new or revised accounting pronouncements. During the extended transition period, the Company is not subject to certain new or revised accounting standards applicable to public companies. The accounting pronouncements pending adoption below reflect effective dates for the Company as an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Company did not have any cash equivalents as ofEGC with the extended transition period.
In March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

Marketable securities held in Trust Account

At March 31, 2020,2017, the assets held in the Trust Account were substantially held in money market funds, which are invested in U.S. Treasury securities. At December 31, 2019, the assets held in the Trust Account were substantially held in U.S. Treasury Bills.


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Lease Agreement

In February 2016, the FASBFinancial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-02, Leases2017-7, “Compensation - Retirement Benefits (Topic 842), followed in July 2018 by ASU 2018-10, Codification Improvements to Topic 842 Leases, and ASU 2018-11, Leases (Topic 842): Targeted Improvements.715).” Under the new transition method,guidance, employers are required to present the service cost component of net periodic benefit cost in the same statement of operations caption as other employee compensation costs arising from services rendered during the period. Employers are required to present the other components of the net periodic benefit cost separately from the caption that includes the service costs and outside of any subtotal of operating profit and are required to disclose the caption used to present the other components of net periodic benefit cost, if not presented separately on the statement of operations. The Company adopted ASU 2017-7 effective in the second quarter of 2020. The adoption of this standard did not have an entity initially applieseffect on the Company’s historically reported net income (loss) but resulted in a presentation reclassification which increased the Company’s historically reported operating profit by $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020.

New Accounting Standards—In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-4, “Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting.” Subject to meeting certain criteria, the new leasesguidance provides optional expedients and exceptions to applying contract modification accounting under existing U.S. GAAP, to address the expected phase out of the London Inter-bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) by the end of 2021. The amendments in ASU 2020-4 apply only to contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions that reference LIBOR or another reference rate expected to be discontinued because of reference rate reform. The new standard was effective upon issuance and generally can be applied to applicable contract modifications through December 31, 2022. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this standard but does not expect it to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, “Income Taxes (ASC 740) - Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes.” The standard enhances and simplifies various aspects of the income tax accounting guidance. For public entities, the standard is effective for annual periods and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2020. This standard is effective for the Company as an EGC for the fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2019-12 on its consolidated financial statements.
In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-14, “Compensation - Retirement Benefits - Defined Benefit Plans - General (Subtopic 715-20).” The standard modifies certain disclosure requirements for employers that sponsor defined benefit pension and other postretirement benefit plans by removing disclosures that are no longer considered cost beneficial, clarifying specific requirements of disclosures, and adding disclosure requirements identified as relevant. This standard is effective for the Company as an EGC for the fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021. Early adoption is permitted. The amendments in ASU 2018-14 should be applied retrospectively to each period presented. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2018-14 on its consolidated financial statements.
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, “Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326).” The standard requires entities to estimate losses on financial assets measured at amortized cost, including trade receivables, debt securities and loans, using an expected credit loss model. The expected credit loss differs from the adoption dateprevious incurred losses model primarily in that the loss recognition threshold of “probable” has been eliminated and recognizesthat expected loss should consider reasonable and supportable forecasts in addition to the previously considered past events and current conditions. Additionally, the guidance requires additional disclosures related to the further disaggregation of information related to the credit quality of financial assets by year of the asset’s origination for as many as five years. Entities must apply the standard provision as a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings as of the beginning of the first reporting period in which the guidance is effective. This standard is effective for the Company as an EGC for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022 including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2016-13 on its consolidated financial statements.
Restructuring and Employee Termination Benefits—During 2020, the Company adopted restructuring plans to streamline processes and realize cost savings by consolidating facilities and eliminating various positions in operations and general and administrative areas.
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In connection with the restructuring plans, the Company recognized facility exit and other related costs of $1.7 million in the periodthree months ended March 31, 2021. Additionally, at both March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 the Company has accrued severance expense related to the restructuring plans of adoption. The guidance was effective for all public business entities.

$1.0 million, which is recorded in accrued expenses and other current liabilities in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Warrant LiabilitiesThe Company determines ifaccounts for the Private Warrants in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification “ASC” Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging”. Under the guidance contained in ASC Topic 815-40, the Private Warrants do not meet the criteria for equity treatment and must be recorded as liabilities. Accordingly, the Company classifies the Private Warrants as liabilities at their fair value and adjusts the warrants to fair value at each reporting period. The liability is subject to re-measurement at each balance sheet date, and any change in fair value is recognized in the Company’s statement of operations. The Private Warrants are valued using a Black-Scholes option pricing model.
Based on the views expressed in the SEC’s Staff Statement of April 12, 2021 in which the SEC staff clarified its interpretations of certain generally accepted accounting principles related to certain terms common in warrants issued by Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (“SPACs”), the Company determined that the Private Warrants should be treated as derivative liabilities rather than as components of equity, as previously presented. Accordingly, the Company recorded out of period adjustments to the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at January 1, 2021 to reclassify warrant liabilities of $8.1 million and transaction costs incurred by Act II of $1.1 million related to the issuance of the Private Warrants. Additionally, during the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company recognized the cumulative effect of the error on prior periods by recording a $1.2 million gain in the Statement of Operations to reflect the cumulative decrease in the fair value of the Private Warrants from the date of issuance through December 31, 2020. The Company has concluded that this misstatement is not material to the current period or the previously filed financial statements. See Note 7 and Note 8.
NOTE 2: BUSINESS COMBINATIONS
On June 25, 2020, pursuant to the Business Combination, the Company indirectly acquired Merisant and Mafco Worldwide in a transaction accounted for as a business combination under ASC Topic 805, “Business Combinations,” and was accounted for using the acquisition method. Under the acquisition method, the acquisition date fair value of the consideration paid by the Company was allocated to the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values.
The following summarizes the preliminary purchase consideration (in thousands):
Base cash consideration$387,500 
Closing adjustment(764)
Total Purchase Price$386,736 
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The Company preliminarily recorded the fair value of the purchase price to tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed as follows (in thousands):
Cash and cash equivalents$10,062 
Accounts receivable45,769 
Inventories106,436 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets2,461 
Property, plant and equipment, net43,554 
Operating lease right-of-use assets12,541 
Intangible assets148,750 
Deferred tax assets, net1,065 
Other assets1,398 
Total assets acquired372,036 
Accounts payable18,590 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities35,063 
Current portion of operating lease liabilities3,007 
Operating lease liabilities, less current portion12,208 
Deferred tax liabilities, net23,334 
Other liabilities16,227 
Total liabilities assumed108,429 
Net assets acquired263,607 
Goodwill123,129 
Total Purchase Price$386,736 
The preliminary values allocated to identifiable intangible assets and their estimated useful lives are as follows:
Identifiable intangible assetsFair Value
(in thousands)
Useful life
(in Years)
Customer relationships$47,359 0.5 to 10
Tradenames90,691 25
Product formulations10,700 Indefinite
$148,750 
Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value assigned to tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed and represents the future economic benefits expected to arise from other intangible assets acquired that do not qualify for separate recognition, including assembled workforce and expected future market opportunities. Of the purchase price allocated to goodwill, a total of $2.5 million will be deductible for income tax purposes pursuant to Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) Section 197 over a 15 year period.
The Company’s preliminary allocation of purchase price was based upon preliminary valuations performed to determine the fair value of the net assets as of the acquisition date and is subject to adjustments for up to one year after the closing date of the acquisition to reflect final valuations. The accounting for the Business Combination is not complete as the valuation for certain acquired assets and liabilities have not been finalized. These final valuations of the assets and liabilities could have a material impact on the preliminary purchase price allocation disclosed above. The allocation of purchase price will be finalized by the end of the second quarter of 2021.
In the first quarter of 2021, the Company recorded measurement period adjustments to its allocation of purchase price resulting in an arrangementincrease in deferred tax liabilities, net of $0.2 million, other liabilities of $0.7 million and goodwill of $0.9 million.
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Direct transaction-related costs consist of costs incurred in connection with the Business Combination. Act II incurred transaction costs of $18.1 million prior to the Business Combination which are reflected within the accumulated deficit within the Consolidated Statement of Equity. During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company reclassified $1.1 million of Act II transaction costs related to the issuance of the Private Warrants that had been previously recorded in additional paid-in capital in connection with the Business Combination to accumulated deficit (See Note 1).
Swerve Acquisition—On November 10, 2020, the Company executed and closed a definitive Equity Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with RF Development, LLC (“RF Development”), Swerve, L.L.C. (“Swerve LLC”) and Swerve IP, L.L.C. (“Swerve IP” and together with Swerve LLC, “Swerve”). Swerve is a lease at inceptionmanufacturer and marketer of the arrangement. Once it is determined that an arrangement is, or contains, a lease, that determination should only be reassessed if the legal arrangement is modified. Changes to assumptions such as market-based factors do not trigger a reassessment. Determining whether a contract contains a lease requires judgement. In general, arrangements are considered to be a lease whenportfolio of zero sugar, keto-friendly, and plant-based sweeteners and baking mixes. The Company purchased all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of both Swerve LLC and Swerve IP from RF Development for $80 million in cash, subject to customary post-closing adjustments. In connection with the acquisition of Swerve, the Company incurred transaction-related costs of $0.3 million in the three months ended March 31, 2021. Swerve is included within the Company’s Branded CPG reportable segment. Swerve’s results are included in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations from the date of acquisition.
The following apply:

summarizes the preliminary purchase consideration (in thousands):
it conveys the right to control the use of an identified asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration;
Base cash consideration$we have substantially all economic benefits from the use of the asset; and80,000 
Closing adjustment(968)we can direct the use of the identified asset.
Total Purchase Price$79,032 

The termsCompany preliminarily recorded the fair value of the purchase price to tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed as follows (in thousands):
Accounts receivable$3,223 
Inventories6,824 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets223 
Property, plant and equipment, net143 
Operating lease right-of-use assets76 
Intangible assets36,300 
Other assets
Total assets acquired46,792 
Accounts payable3,477 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities288 
Current portion of operating lease liabilities48 
Operating lease liabilities, less current portion28 
Total liabilities assumed3,841 
Net assets acquired42,951 
Goodwill36,081 
Total Purchase Price$79,032 
The preliminary values allocated to identifiable intangible assets and their estimated useful lives are as follows:
Identifiable intangible assets
Fair Value
(in thousands)
Useful life
(in Years)
Customer relationships$3,200 10
Tradenames33,100 25
$36,300 
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Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value assigned to tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed and represents the future economic benefits expected to arise from other intangible assets acquired that do not qualify for separate recognition, including assembled workforce and expected future market opportunities. The entire amount of the purchase price allocated to goodwill will be deductible for income tax purposes pursuant to IRC Section 197 over a lease arrangement15 year period.
The Company’s preliminary allocation of purchase price was based upon preliminary valuations performed to determine howthe fair value of the net assets as of the acquisition date and is subject to adjustments for up to one year after the closing date of the acquisition to reflect final valuations. The accounting for the Swerve acquisition is not complete as the valuation for certain acquired assets and liabilities have not been finalized. These final valuations of the assets and liabilities could have a leasematerial impact on the preliminary purchase price allocation disclosed above.
Wholesome Acquisition—On December 17, 2020, the Company entered into a stock purchase agreement (the “Wholesome Purchase Agreement”) with WSO Investments, Inc. (“WSO Investments” and together with its subsidiaries “Wholesome” and affiliates). WSO Investments is classifiedthe direct parent of its wholly-owned subsidiary Wholesome Sweeteners, Incorporated, which was formed to import, market, distribute, and sell organic sugars, unrefined specialty sugars, and related products. Wholesome is included within the resulting incomeCompany’s Branded CPG reportable segment. Wholesome’s results are included in the Company’s consolidated statement recognition. Whenof operations from the date of acquisition.
On February 5, 2021, pursuant to the terms of a lease effectively transfer controlthe Wholesome Purchase Agreement, the Company purchased and acquired all of the underlying asset,issued and outstanding shares of capital stock for an initial cash purchase price of $180 million plus up to an additional $55 million (the “Earn-Out Amount”) upon the lease represents an in substance financed purchase (sale)satisfaction of an assetcertain post-closing financial metrics. Subject to the terms and the lease is classified as a finance lease by the lessee and a sales-type lease by the lessor. When a lease does not effectively transfer controlconditions of the underlying assetWholesome Purchase Agreement payment of the Earn-Out Amount, in whole or in part, is subject to Wholesome achieving certain EBITDA thresholds at or above approximately $30 million during the lessee, butperiod beginning August 29, 2020, and ending December 31, 2021 and is expected to be paid by March 31, 2022. A portion of the lessor obtains a guarantee forEarn-Out Amount (up to $27.5 million) may be paid, at the Company’s election, in freely tradeable, registered shares of Company common stock. In connection with the acquisition of Wholesome, the Company incurred transaction-related costs of $4.5 million in the three months ended March 31, 2021.
The following summarizes the preliminary purchase consideration (in thousands):
Base cash consideration$180,000 
Estimated closing adjustment10,233 
Fair value of Earn-Out Amount52,395 
Total Purchase Price$242,628 
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The Company preliminarily recorded the fair value of the assetpurchase price to tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed as follows (in thousands):
Cash and cash equivalents$2,664 
Accounts receivable15,892 
Inventories78,694 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets775 
Property, plant and equipment, net2,763 
Operating lease right-of-use assets7,585 
Intangible assets106,400 
Other assets1,291 
Total assets acquired216,064 
Accounts payable5,251 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities13,306 
Current portion of operating lease liabilities1,435 
Operating lease liabilities, less current portion6,150 
Deferred tax liabilities, net27,033 
Total liabilities assumed53,175 
Net assets acquired162,889 
Goodwill79,739 
Total Purchase Price$242,628 
The preliminary values allocated to identifiable intangible assets and their estimated useful lives are as follows:
Identifiable intangible assets
Fair Value
(in thousands)
Useful life
(in Years)
Customer relationships$57,600 10
Tradenames48,800 25
$106,400 
Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value assigned to tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed and represents the future economic benefits expected to arise from other intangible assets acquired that do not qualify for separate recognition, including assembled workforce and expected future market opportunities. Of the purchase price allocated to goodwill, a third party,total of $4.7 million will be deductible for income tax purposes pursuant to IRC Section 197 over a 9 year period.
The Company’s preliminary allocation of purchase price was based upon preliminary valuations performed to determine the lessor would classifyfair value of the net assets as of the acquisition date and is subject to adjustments for up to one year after the closing date of the acquisition to reflect final valuations. The accounting for the Wholesome acquisition is not complete as the valuation for certain acquired assets and liabilities have not been finalized. These final valuations of the assets and liabilities could have a leasematerial impact on the preliminary purchase price allocation disclosed above.
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Pro Forma Financial Information—The following unaudited pro forma financial information summarizes the results of operations for the Company as though the Business Combination and Swerve acquisition had occurred on January 1, 2019 and the Wholesome acquisition had occurred on January 1, 2020 (in thousands):
Pro Forma
Statements of Operations
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2021March 31, 2020
Revenue$126,205 $117,885 
Net income (loss)$3,951 $(47,771)
The unaudited pro forma financial information does not assume any impacts from revenue, cost or other operating synergies that could be generated as a directresult of the acquisitions. The unaudited pro forma financial information is for informational purposes only and is not indicative of the results of operations that would have been achieved had the Business Combination and Swerve acquisitions been consummated on January 1, 2019 and the Wholesome acquisition been consummated on January 1, 2020.
The Successor and Predecessor periods have been combined in the pro forma for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 and include adjustments to reflect intangible asset amortization based on the economic values derived from definite-lived intangible assets, interest expense on the new debt financing, lease.depreciation expense for certain property, plant and equipment that have been adjusted to fair value, and the release of the inventory fair value adjustments into cost of goods sold. These adjustments are net of taxes.
NOTE 3: LEASES
The Company’s lease portfolio includes a factory building, office space, warehouses, material handling equipment, vehicles and office equipment. Included in the Wholesome purchase price allocation are right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities of $7.6 million related to two leases acquired. All other leases are classified as operating leases.

Ordinary shares subject to possible redemption

The right-of-use asset is subsequently measured throughout the lease term at the carrying amount of the lease liability. Lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Lease expense for the three months ended March 31, 2021was $1.1 million. Lease expense under prior lease accounting rules for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was $1.1 million. The Company accountssubleases certain of its unused office space to third parties. These subleases generated sublease income of $0.2 million and $0.1 million for its ordinary shares subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Ordinary shares subject to mandatory redemption are classified as a liability instrumentthree months ended March 31, 2021 and are measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable ordinary shares (including ordinary shares that feature redemption rights that are either within2020, respectively.
The following table presents the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) are classified as temporary equity. At all other times, ordinary shares are classified as shareholders’ equity. The Company’s ordinary shares feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outsidefuture maturities of the Company’s control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, ordinary shares subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ equity section of the Company’s condensed balance sheets.

Income taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes under ASC 740, “Income Taxes” (“ASC 740”). ASC 740 requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for both the expected impact of differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities and for the expected future tax benefit to be derived from tax loss and tax credit carry forwards. ASC 740 additionally requires a valuation allowance to be established when it is more likely than not that all or a portion of deferred tax assets will not be realized.

ASC 740 also clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement process for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. There were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penaltieslease obligations as of March 31, 20202021 (in thousands):

Remainder of 2021$4,356 
20225,441 
20235,389 
20243,712 
20252,593 
Thereafter1,524 
Total lease payments23,015 
Less: imputed interest1,660 
Total operating lease liabilities$21,355 
The weighted-average remaining lease term is 4.4 years and the weighted-average discount rate is 3.57%.
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of the lease liability and for supplemental non-cash information for the three months ended March 31, 2021 was $1.2 million.
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NOTE 4: INVENTORIES
Inventories consisted of the following (in thousands):
March 31, 2021December 31, 2020
Raw materials and supplies$109,713 $66,487 
Work in process1,130 562 
Finished goods80,994 44,650 
Total inventories$191,837 $111,699 

NOTE 5: GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Goodwill and other intangible assets consisted of the following (in thousands):
March 31, 2021December 31, 2020
Gross
Amount
Accumulated
Amortization
Net
Amount
Gross
Amount
Accumulated
Amortization
Net
Amount
Other intangible assets subject to amortization
Customer relationships (useful life of 5 to 10 years)$107,891 $(5,525)$102,366 $50,877 $(3,020)$47,857 
Tradenames (useful life of 25 years)174,416 (3,637)170,779 128,155 (2,185)125,970 
Total$282,307 $(9,162)$273,145 $179,032 $(5,205)$173,827 
Other intangible assets not subject to amortization
Product formulations10,700 10,700 
Total other intangible assets, net283,845 184,527 
Goodwill236,895 153,537 
Total goodwill and other intangible assets$520,740 $338,064 
At March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2019.2020, goodwill at Branded CPG was $233.6 million and $150.3 million, respectively, and goodwill at Flavors & Ingredients was $3.3 million and $3.2 million, respectively.
The Successor’s amortization expense for intangible assets was $4.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021. The Predecessor’s amortization expense for intangible assets was $2.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020.
Amortization expense relating to amortizable intangible assets as of March 31, 2021 for the next five years is expected to be as follows (in thousands):
Remainder of 2021$14,180 
202218,907 
202318,907 
202418,907 
202518,673 
202618,453 
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NOTE 6: DEBT
Debt consisted of the following (in thousands):
March 31, 2021December 31, 2020
Term Loan$375,000 $136,500 
Revolving credit facility25,000 47,855 
Less: current portion(3,750)(7,000)
Less: unamortized discount and debt issuance costs(10,993)(4,693)
Total long-term debt$385,257 $172,662 
On December 31, 2020, the Company’s senior secured loan agreement consisted of a senior secured first lien term loan facility of $140 million and a first lien revolving credit facility of up to $50 million. As of December 31, 2020, there were $2.1 million of outstanding letters of credit that reduced the Company’s availability under the revolving credit facility.
As of December 31, 2020, term loan borrowings were $131.8 million, net of debt issuance costs of $4.7 million. There were $47.9 million of borrowings under the revolving credit facility as of December 31, 2020. Additionally, as of December 31, 2020, the Company’s unamortized debt issuance costs related to the revolving credit facility were $1.7 million which are included in other assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheet.
In connection with the closing of the Wholesome Transaction, on February 5, 2021, further discussed in Note 2, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries entered into an amendment and restatement agreement (the “Amendment Agreement”) with Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, which amended and restated its existing senior secured loan agreement dated as of June 25, 2020 (as amended on September 4, 2020, the “Existing Credit Agreement,” and as further amended by the Amendment Agreement, the “Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”), by and among Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, as administrative agent, certain lenders signatory thereto and certain other parties.
The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement provides for senior secured financing consisting of the following credit facilities: (a) a senior secured term loan facility in the aggregate principal amount of $375 million (the “Term Loan Facility”); and (b) a revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $75 million (the “Revolving Facility,” and together with the Term Loan Facility, the “Credit Facilities”). The Revolving Facility has a $15 million sub-facility for the issuance of letters of credit and a $15 million sublimit for swing line loans. The Company is currentlyused the proceeds under the Term Loan Facility to (i) repay and refinance existing indebtedness of WSO Investments; (ii) pay the cash consideration for the Wholesome Transaction; (iii) repay and refinance outstanding borrowings under the Existing Credit Agreement; and (iv) pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with the foregoing. The proceeds of the Revolving Facility can be used to finance working capital needs, for general corporate purposes, and for working capital adjustments payable under the Wholesome Purchase Agreement.
Loans outstanding under the Credit Facilities accrue interest at a rate per annum equal to (i) with respect to the Revolving Facility and letters of credit, (A) 2.75%, in the case of base rate advances, and (B) 3.75% in the case of LIBOR advances, and (ii) with respect to the Term Loan Facility, (A) 3.50%, in the case of base rate advances, and (B) 4.50% in the case of LIBOR advances, with a LIBOR floor of 1.00% with respect to the Term Loan Facility, and 0.00% with respect to the Revolving Facility and letters of credit, and base rate based on the highest of the prime rate, the federal funds rate plus 0.50%, LIBOR for a one-month interest period plus 1.00%, and with respect to the Revolving Facility and letters of credit, 0.00%, or with respect to the Term Loan Facility, 2.0%, and undrawn amounts under the Revolving Facility will accrue a commitment fee at a rate per annum equal to 0.50% on the average daily undrawn portion of the commitments thereunder. As of March 31, 2021, there were $2.1 million of outstanding letters of credit that reduced the Company’s availability under the revolving credit facility. The Company’s unamortized debt issuance costs related to the revolving credit facility were $2.1 million as of March 31, 2021 and are included in other assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheet.
The obligations under the Credit Facilities are guaranteed by certain direct or indirect wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries of the Company, other than certain excluded subsidiaries, including, but not awarelimited to, immaterial subsidiaries and foreign subsidiaries. The Credit Facilities are secured by substantially all of the personal property of the Company and the guarantor subsidiaries (in each case, subject to certain exclusions and qualifications).
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The Credit Facilities require the Company to make certain mandatory prepayments, with (i) 100% of net cash proceeds of all non-ordinary course asset sales or other dispositions of property in excess of $5 million in any fiscal year, subject to the ability to reinvest such proceeds and certain other exceptions, (ii) 100% of the net cash proceeds of any issuesdebt incurrence, other than debt permitted under review that could resultthe definitive agreements (but excluding debt incurred to refinance the Credit Facilities) and (iii) 50% of “Excess Cash Flow,” as defined in significant payments, accrualsthe Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, with a reduction to 25% if the total net leverage ratio for the fiscal year is less than or material deviation from its position.equal to 3.50 to 1.00 but greater than 3.00 to 1.00, and a reduction to 0% if the total net leverage ratio for the fiscal year is less than or equal to 3.00 to 1.00. The Company also is subjectrequired to income tax examinationsmake quarterly amortization payments equal to 0.25% per annum of the original principal amount of the Term Loan Facility (subject to reductions by major taxing authorities since inception.

optional and mandatory prepayments of the loans).

ACT II GLOBAL ACQUISITION CORP.

NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2020

(Unaudited)

TheAs of the date of the amendment of the credit facilities, the aggregate unamortized debt issuance costs totaled $6.2 million, of which $4.4 million were expensed as a loss on extinguishment of debt. Additionally, in connection with the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, the Company ispaid fees to certain lenders of $3.8 million, which are considered an exempted Cayman Islandsa debt discount, all of which were deferred, and incurred transaction costs of $8.9 million, of which $7.8 million was deferred and $1.1 million was expensed as part of loss on extinguishment and debt transaction costs.


NOTE 7: WARRANTS
As of the date of the Business Combination, the Company had approximately 20,263,500 warrants outstanding, consisting of (i) 15,000,000 public warrants originally sold as part of the units issued in Act II's initial public offering (the “Public Warrants”) and is presently not subject to income taxes or income tax filing requirements in the Cayman Islands or the United States. As such, the Company’s tax provision was zero for the periods presented.

Net loss per ordinary share

Net loss per ordinary share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding for the period. Weighted average shares at March 31, 2019 were reduced for the effect of an aggregate of 978,750 ordinary shares(ii) 5,263,500 Private Warrants that were subjectsold by Act II to forfeiture if the over-allotment option was not exercised byPIPE Investors in conjunction with the underwriters (see Note 9)Business Combination (collectively with the Public Warrants, the “Warrants”). The Company applies the two-class method in calculating earnings per share. Ordinary shares subject to possible redemption at March 31, 2020, which are not currently redeemable and are not redeemable at fair value, have been excluded from the calculationEach warrant is exercisable for one-half of basic net loss per ordinary share since such shares, if redeemed, only participate in their pro rataone share of the Trust Account earnings. The Company has not considered the effect of warrants sold in the Initial Public Offering and the private placement to purchase 21,750,000 ordinary shares in the calculation of diluted loss per share, since the exercise of the warrants into ordinary shares is contingent upon the occurrence of future events. As a result, diluted net loss per ordinary share is the same as basic net loss per ordinary share for the periods presented.

Reconciliation of net loss per ordinary share

The Company’s net income (loss) is adjusted for the portion of income that is attributable to ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, as these shares only participate in the earnings of the Trust Account and not the income or losses of the Company. Accordingly, basic and diluted net loss per ordinary share is calculated as follows:

  

Three Months Ended

March 31,

 
  2020  2019 
Net income (loss) $179,260  $(15,517)
Less: Income attributable to ordinary shares subject to possible redemption  (715,207)   
Adjusted net loss $(535,947) $(15,517)
         
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted  8,997,643   6,525,000 
         
Basic and diluted net loss per ordinary share $(0.06) $(0.00)

Concentration of credit risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of a cash account in a financial institution, which at times may exceed the Federal Depository Insurance Coverage of $250,000. The Company has not experienced losses on this account and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such account.

Fair value of financial instruments

The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurement,”, approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying condensed financial statements, primarily due to their short-term nature.

Recently issued accounting standards

Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the accompanying condensed financial statements. 


ACT II GLOBAL ACQUISITION CORP.

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MARCH 31, 2020

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NOTE 4. INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING

Pursuant to the Initial Public Offering, the Company sold 30,000,000 Units, inclusive of 3,900,000 Units sold to the underwriters upon the election to partially exercise their over-allotment option, at a price of $10.00 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one Class A Share and one-half of one Warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Class A Sharecommon stock at a price of $11.50 per share. whole share, subject to adjustment. Warrants may only be exercised for a whole number of shares as no fractional shares will be issued. As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had approximately 17,256,300 and 15,982,520 Public Warrants outstanding, respectively, and approximately 3,007,200 and 4,280,980 Private Warrants outstanding, respectively.

The Warrants will become exercisable on the laterexercise price and number of 30 days after completionordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the Business CombinationWarrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a share dividend, extraordinary dividend or 12 months fromrecapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. If the closingnumber of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of the Initial Public OfferingWarrants is adjusted, the Warrant price shall be adjusted proportionally. In no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the Warrants. Additionally, the Warrants became exercisable as of July 27, 2020 and will expire five years from the completiondate of the Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.
There were 0 Warrants exercised as of March 31, 2021.
Public WarrantsThe Company may redeemPublic Warrants are subject to redemption by the Warrants Company:
in whole and not in part;
at a price of $0.01 per Warrant public warrant
upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption to each warrant holder; and
if, and only inif, the event that thereported last sale price of the Class A Shares is at least $18.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, rights issuances, subdivisions, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like)ordinary shares for any 20 trading days within a 3030-day trading day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the Company sends the notice of redemption is given. to the warrant holders equals or exceeds $18 per share (as adjusted).
The Company willmay not redeem the Warrantswarrants as described above unless a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the Class A Sharesissuance of the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrantswarrants is then effective and a current prospectus relating to those ordinary shares is available throughout the 30 day30-day redemption period, unlessperiod. If any such registration statement does not remain effective after closing of the Warrants may be exercisedBusiness Combination, the Company has the right to redeem the warrants on a cashless basis and such cashless“cashless” exercise is exempt from registration under the Securities Act. If the Company redeems the Warrants as described above, management willbasis. The public warrant holders only have the option to require all holders that wishright to exercise their Warrantswarrants pursuant to do so on a cashless basis; provided that an exemption from registration is available. No Warrants will be exercisable for cash unless“cashless” exercise if the Company hasdoes not maintain an effective registration statement covering the Class A Shares issuable upon exercise of thestatement.

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Private Warrants and a current prospectus relating to such shares. If the shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants are not registered under the Securities Act, holders will be permitted to exercise their Warrants on a cashless basis. However, no Warrant will be exercisable for cash or on a cashless basis, and the Company will not be obligated to issue any Class A Shares to holders seeking to exercise their Warrants, unless the issuance of the Class A Shares upon such exercise is registered or qualified under the securities laws of the state of the exercising holder, or an exemption is available.

If the Company issues additional Class A shares or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of its initial Business Combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.20 per ordinary share (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by the Company’s board of directors, and in the case of any such issuance to the Sponsor or its affiliates, without taking into account any Founder Shares held by the Sponsor or such affiliates, as applicable, prior to such issuance) (the “newly issued price”), the exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the newly issued price.

NOTE 5. PRIVATE PLACEMENT

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor purchased an aggregate of 6,750,000 Private Placement Warrants at $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant (for an aggregate purchase price of $6,750,000) from the Company. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Warrants was placed into the Trust Account. Each Private Placement Warrant is exercisable for one Class A Share at a price of $11.50 per share. The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Warrants included in the Units sold in the Initial Public OfferingWarrants, except that so long as they are held by the PIPE Investors or any permitted transferees, as applicable, the Private Placement Warrants: (i) will not be redeemable by the Company; (ii) may be exercised for cash or on a cashless basis, as described in(ii) were not allowed to be transferred, assigned or sold until thirty (30) days after the registration statement relating toclosing of the Initial Public Offering, so long as they are heldBusiness Combination, and (iii) shall not be redeemable by the SponsorCompany. Upon the transfer of a Private Warrant to a party other than a PIPE Investor or any of itsa permitted transfereestransferee, the Private Warrants become Public Warrants and (iii) are (including the Class A shares issuable upon exercisefair market value of the Private Placement Warrants) entitledWarrants at the date of transfer is reclassified to registration rights. Additionally,equity. See Note 1 for additional discussion.

NOTE 8: FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The Company measures and records in its consolidated financial statements certain assets and liabilities at fair value. ASC Topic 820 “Fair Value Measurement and Disclosures,” establishes a fair value hierarchy for instruments measured at fair value that distinguishes between assumptions based on market data (observable inputs) and the Sponsor has agreedCompany’s own assumptions (unobservable inputs). This hierarchy consists of the following three levels:
Level 1 – Assets and liabilities whose values are based on unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in an active market.
Level 2 – Assets and liabilities whose values are based on inputs other than those included in Level 1, including quoted market prices in markets that are not active; quoted prices of assets or liabilities with similar attributes in active markets; or valuation models whose inputs are observable or unobservable but corroborated by market data.
Level 3 – Assets and liabilities whose values are based on valuation models or pricing techniques that utilize unobservable inputs that are significant to transfer, assign or sell anythe overall fair value measurement.
Certain assets are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis; that is, the instruments are not measured at fair value on an ongoing basis but are subject to fair value adjustments in certain circumstances (for example, when there is evidence of impairment).
Current Assets and Other Financial Assets and Liabilities—Cash and cash equivalents, trade accounts receivable and trade accounts payable are measured at carrying value, which approximates fair value because of the short-term maturities of these instruments.
Contingent Consideration Payable—The Company measures the contingent consideration payable at fair value. The fair value of the contingent consideration utilized Level 3 inputs as it is based on significant inputs not observable in the market as of March 31, 2021, such as projected financial information and discount rate.
Debt—The Company measures its term loan and revolving facilities at original carrying value including accrued interest, net of unamortized deferred financing costs and fees. The fair value of the credit facilities approximates carrying value, as they consist of variable rate loans.
Warrant Liabilities—The Company classifies its Private Warrants as liabilities in accordance with ASC Topic 815. The Company estimates the fair value of the Private Placement Warrants including the Class A Shares issuable upon exerciseusing a Black-Scholes options pricing model. The fair value of the Private Placement Warrants (exceptutilized Level 3 inputs as it is based on significant inputs not observable in the market as of March 31, 2021.
The fair value of the Private Warrants was estimated at March 31, 2021 using a Black-Scholes options pricing model and the following assumptions:
InputMarch 31, 2021
Asset price$13.04 
Exercise price$11.50 
Risk-free interest rate0.7 %
Expected volatility45.0 %
Expected term (years)4.24
Dividend yield0.0 %
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The fair value of warrant liabilities as of March 31, 2021 was $8.0 million. The changes in the warrant liabilities during the three months ended March 31, 2021 were as follows (in thousands):
Reclassification of fair value of Private Warrants to warrant liabilities as of January 1, 2021$8,139 
Cumulative impact of change in fair value of Private Warrants in 2020(1,161)
Transfer of Private Warrants to Public Warrants(2,502)
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities in Q1 20213,523 
Fair value of warrant liabilities as of March 31, 2021$7,999 
NOTE 9: COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
The Company is subject to various claims, pending and possible legal actions for product liability and other damages, and other matters arising out of the conduct of the business. The Company believes, based on current knowledge and consultation with counsel, that the outcome of such claims and actions will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.
As of March 31, 2021, the Company had obligations to purchase $35 million of raw materials through 2026; however, it is unable to make reasonably reliable estimates of the timing of such payments.
NOTE 10: INCOME TAXES
For the Successor period, the Company’s provision for income taxes consists of U.S., state and local, and foreign taxes. The Company has significant operations in various locations outside the U.S. The annual effective tax rate is a composite rate reflecting the earnings in the various locations at their applicable statutory tax rates.
For the Predecessor period, income taxes as presented herein attribute current and deferred income taxes of the Company’s financial statements in a manner that is systematic, rational, and consistent with the asset and liability method described by ASC Topic 740, “Income Taxes.” Accordingly, the Company’s income tax provision during the predecessor period was prepared following the separate return method. The separate return method applies ASC Topic 740 to the stand-alone financial statements of each member of the consolidated group as if the group member were a separate taxpayer and a stand-alone enterprise. Use of the separate return method may result in differences when the sum of the amounts allocated to stand-alone tax provisions are compared with amounts presented in consolidated financial statements. In that event, the related deferred tax assets and liabilities could be significantly different from those presented herein. The consolidated financial statements reflect the Company’s portion of income taxes payable as if the Company had been a separate taxpayer.
On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) was enacted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Under ASC Topic 740, the effects of changes in tax rates and laws are recognized in the period in which the new legislation is enacted. The CARES Act made various tax law changes including among other things (i) increased the limitation under IRC Section 163(j) for 2020 and 2021 to permit additional expensing of interest (ii) enacted a technical correction so that qualified improvement property can be immediately expensed under IRC Section 168(k) (iii) made modifications to the federal net operating loss rules including permitting federal net operating losses incurred in 2019, 2020, and 2021 to be carried back to the five preceding taxable years in order to generate a refund of previously paid income taxes and (iv) enhanced recoverability of alternative minimum tax credit carryforwards. The income tax provisions of the CARES Act had limited applicability to the Company and did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
The Successor’s income tax benefit was $3.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021. The effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2021 was an income tax benefit of 23.4% on a pretax loss of $15.7 million which differs from the statutory federal rate of 21% primarily due to certain permitted transferees)non-deductible expenses including transaction costs, the change in the fair value of warrant liabilities, stock-based compensation expense and the U.S. tax effect of international operations including Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (“GILTI”) recorded during the period.

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The Predecessor’s income tax benefit was $3.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020. The Predecessor’s effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was an income tax benefit of 9.8% on a pretax loss of $31.8 million which differs from the statutory federal rate of 21% primarily due to state and local taxes and the U.S. tax effect of international operations.
As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had an uncertain tax position liability of $1.2 million and $0.6 million, respectively, including interest and penalties. The unrecognized tax benefits include amounts related primarily to various foreign tax issues.
NOTE 11: PENSION BENEFITS
Certain current and former employees of the Company are covered under a funded qualified defined benefit retirement plan. Plan provisions covering certain of the Company’s salaried employees generally provide pension benefits based on years of service and compensation. Plan provisions covering certain of the Company’s union members generally provide stated benefits for each year of credited service. The Company’s funding policy is to contribute annually the statutory required amount as actuarially determined. The Company froze the pension plan on December 31, 2019. In addition, the Company has unfunded non-qualified plans covering certain salaried employees with additional retirement benefits in excess of qualified plan limits imposed by federal tax law. The Company uses December 31 as a measurement date for the plans.
In February 2021, the Compensation Committee approved the termination of the Company’s qualified defined benefit retirement plan. During 2021, the Company expects to offer a lump-sum payout to plan participants prior to completing the purchase of annuity contracts that will transfer the remaining pension obligation to an insurance company.
The components of net periodic benefit (credit) cost for the Company’s defined benefit pension plans for the Successor and Predecessor were as follows (in thousands):
(Successor)(Predecessor)
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2021
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2020
Service cost$16 $14 
Interest cost259 51 
Expected return on plan assets(399)
Recognized actuarial loss40 
Net periodic benefit (credit) cost$(115)$105 
Net periodic benefit (credit) cost is reflected in the Company’s consolidated financial statements as follows for the Successor and Predecessor periods presented (in thousands):
(Successor)(Predecessor)
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2021
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2020
Selling, general and administrative expense$16 $14 
Other income, net(131)91 
Net periodic benefit (credit) cost$(115)$105 
The Company currently does not expect to make contributions to its funded defined benefit pension plan in 2021 due to the funded status.
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NOTE 12: STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

On June 24, 2020, the Whole Earth Brands, Inc. 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) was approved for the purpose of promoting the long-term financial interests and growth of the Company and its subsidiaries by attracting and retaining management and other personnel and key service providers. The Plan provides for the granting of stock options (“SOs”), until 30 days afterstock appreciation rights (“SARs”), restricted stock awards (“RSAs”), restricted stock units (“RSUs”), performance shares, performance share units (“PSUs”) and other stock-based awards to officers, employees and non-employee directors of, and certain other service providers to, the Company and its subsidiaries.These awards are settled in shares of the Company’s stock and therefore classified as equity awards. Under the terms of the Plan an aggregate of 9,300,000 shares of common stock are authorized for issuance under the Plan.
In the first quarter of 2021, the Company granted RSUs under the Plan which vest ratably on the anniversary of the grant date over a period of one to three years, depending on the specific terms of each RSU agreement.
Stock-based compensation expense for the three months ended March 31, 2021 was $1.6 million.
A summary of activity and weighted average fair values related to the RSUs is as follows:
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2021
SharesWeighted Average Fair Value
Outstanding at December 31, 2020633,057 $8.34 
Granted534,144 13.58 
Vested(640)8.34 
Forfeited(14,118)8.34 
Outstanding and nonvested at March 31, 20211,152,443 $10.77 
A summary of activity and weighted average fair values related to the RSAs is as follows:
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2021
SharesWeighted Average Fair Value
Outstanding at December 31, 202068,946 $8.34 
Granted
Outstanding and nonvested at March 31, 202168,946 $8.34 
As of March 31, 2021, the Company had not yet recognized compensation costs on nonvested awards as follows (in thousands):
Unrecognized Compensation CostWeighted Ave. Remaining Recognition Period (in years)
Nonvested awards$10,401 1.15
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NOTE 13: STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Common Stock Repurchase Plan—On September 8, 2020, the Company announced that its board of directors had authorized a stock repurchase plan of up to $20 million of shares of the Company’s common stock. The shares may be repurchased from time to time over a 12-month period expiring on September 15, 2021 (or upon the earlier completion of all purchases contemplated by the Business Combination.

repurchase plan or the earlier termination of the repurchase plan), in open market transactions at prevailing market prices, in privately negotiated transactions, or by other means in accordance with U.S. federal securities laws. There were 0 repurchases of the Company’s common stock under the stock repurchase plan.
NOTE 14: EARNINGS PER SHARE
Basic earnings (loss) per common share is calculated by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Warrants issued are not considered outstanding at the date of issuance. RSUs and RSAs also are not considered outstanding until they have vested.
Diluted earnings (loss) per share is calculated by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average shares outstanding assuming dilution. Dilutive common shares outstanding is computed using the treasury stock method and reflects the additional shares that would be outstanding if dilutive warrants were exercised and restricted stock units and restricted stock awards were settled for common shares during the period.
For the three months ended March 31, 2021, 20,263,500 warrants were excluded from the calculation as these warrants were anti-dilutive.
For the three months ended March 31, 2021, 1,152,443 restricted stock units and 68,946 restricted stock awards, respectively, each weighted for the portion of the period for which they were outstanding, were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share as the effect was determined to be anti-dilutive.
The computation of basic and diluted loss per common share for the three months ended March 31, 2021 is shown below (in thousands, except for share and per share data).
(Successor)
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2021
EPS numerator:
Net loss attributable to common shareholders$(12,025)
EPS denominator:
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic38,430,742 
Effect of dilutive securities
Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted38,430,742 
Net loss per share:
Basic$(0.31)
Diluted$(0.31)

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NOTE 15: ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
The following table summarizes accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (“AOCI”), net of taxes, by component (in thousands):
Net Currency Translation Gains (Losses)Funded Status of
Benefit Plans
Total Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Balance at December 31, 2019 (Predecessor)$2,885 $(10,944)$(8,059)
Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications(1,884)(1,884)
Amounts reclassified from AOCI48 48 
Balance at March 31, 2020 (Predecessor)$1,001 $(10,896)$(9,895)
Balance at December 31, 2020 (Successor)$7,774 $831 $8,605 
Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications(2,047)(2,047)
Amounts reclassified from AOCI
Balance at March 31, 2021 (Successor)$5,727 $840 $6,567 

NOTE 6.16: RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Promissory Note – Related Party

On February 13, 2019,

The Predecessor participated in MacAndrews & Forbes’ (“MacAndrews”) directors and officer’s insurance program, which covered the Company issued an unsecured promissory notePredecessor along with MacAndrews and its other affiliates. The limits of coverage are available on aggregate losses to the Sponsor pursuant to which the Company could borrow up to $300,000 in the aggregate. The note was non-interest bearing and payable on the earlier to occur of (i) December 31, 2019any or (ii) the consummationall of the Initial Public Offering. The borrowings outstanding under the note of $274,178 were repaid upon the consummation of the Initial Public Offering on April 30, 2019.

Administrative Services Agreement

The Company entered into an agreement whereby, commencing on April 25, 2019 through the earlier of the consummation of a Business Combination or the Company’s liquidation, it will pay an aggregate of $10,000 per month to the Sponsor for office space, administrativeparticipating companies and support services. The Company’s Sponsor, officers and directors, or any of their respective affiliates, will be reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with activities on their behalf such as identifying potential target businessesdirectors and performing due diligence on suitable business combinations. There is no cap or ceiling on the reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such persons in connection with activities on behalf of the Company.officers. For the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company incurredPredecessor reimbursed MacAndrews an immaterial amount for its allocable portion of the premiums for such coverage, which the Predecessor believed was more favorable than the premiums that it could have secured were it to secure its own coverage. The Predecessor also participated in certain other insurance programs with MacAndrews under which it paid premiums directly to the insurance broker.

In March 2018, the Predecessor entered into a revolving credit agreement with Wesco US LLC, an indirect and paid $30,000wholly-owned subsidiary of Merisant. This revolving credit facility, as amended, had a maturity date of January 3, 2022 and provided for maximum outstanding borrowings of up $9.0 million. The revolving credit facility was unsecured and bore interest at 3-month LIBOR plus 4.0% and provided for periodic interest payments with all principal due upon maturity. MacAndrews had the right to accept or reject any borrowing request made by the Predecessor pursuant to the revolving credit agreement in fees for these services.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31,its sole discretion. The outstanding balance on the revolving credit agreement at June 25, 2020

(Unaudited)

Related Party Loans

In addition, in order to finance transaction costs was $3.4 million and was forgiven by MacAndrews in connection with an intended initialthe Business Combination,Combination. Outstanding borrowings at March 31, 2020 were $6.9 million and the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required. If the Company completes its initial Business Combination, it would repay such loaned amounts. In the event that the initial Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from the Trust Account would be used for such repayment. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant at the option of the lender. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants issued to the Sponsor.

NOTE 7. COMMITMENTS

Risks and Uncertainties

Management is currently evaluating 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 the Company’s 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 do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Underwriting Agreement

The underwriters are entitled to deferred fees of $11,280,000. The deferred fees will be forfeited by the underwriters solely in the event that the Company fails to complete a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.

Lease Agreement

On December 20, 2019, the Company entered into a sub-lease agreement providing the Company with office space. The sub-lease provided that the Company’s occupancy begins January 2020 with monthly rental payments $19,000 commencing May 1, 2020. The sub-lease terminates on July 13, 2021. As a result, the Company applied the provisions of ASU 2016-02 effective January 1, 2020. The application of ASU 2016-02 resulted in the Company recognizing a right-of-use asset of approximately $298,000 and a related lease liability of approximately $279,000. The right-of use-asset is being amortized as rent expense on a straight-line basis. The adoption ASU 2016-12 did not have a material effect on the Company’s results of operations or liquidity.

Components of leaseinterest rate was 5.22%. Interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2020 are as follows:

Operating lease cost $33,878 
Total Rent Expense $33,878 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2020

(Unaudited)

Future minimum lease payments as of March 31, 2020 are as follows:

Year ending December 31,   
2020 (remaining) $171,000 
2021  122,234 
Total future minimum lease payments $293,234 
Less: imputed interest  (11,716)
Present value of operating lease liabilities $281,518 
     
Other Information    
Weighted-average remaining lease term for operating leases  15.5 months 
Weighted-average discount rate for operating leases  6.0%

On February 12,In July 2020, the Company entered into an agreement with Watermill Institutional Trading LLC, a sub-lease agreement, pursuantregistered broker-dealer (“Watermill”), to act as one of the Company’s financial advisors for a 12-month period commencing July 22, 2020 for total consideration of $0.9 million, of which it will receive lease payments$0.2 million was expensed in the amount of $5,000 per month commencing on May 1, 2020 through July 1, 2021.

Future minimum lease receivables as ofthree months ended March 31, 2020 are as follows:

Year ending December 31,   
2020 (remaining) $40,000 
2021  32,500 
Total future minimum lease receivables $72,500 

NOTE 8. PENDING ACQUISITION AND RELATED AGREEMENTS

Purchase Agreement

The2021. Additionally, the Company is partyincurred additional expense of $2.0 million related to a purchase agreement dated December 19, 2019, as amended February 12, 2020 and May 8, 2020 (the “Agreement”), with Flavors Holdings Inc. (“Flavors Holdings”), MW Holdings I LLC (“MW Holdings I”), MW Holdings III LLC (“MW Holdings III”) and Mafco Foreign Holdings, Inc. (together with Flavors Holdings, MW Holdings I and MW Holdings III, the “Sellers”), and, for the purposes of Amendment No. 2 to the Agreement, Project Taste Intermediate LLC,services provided by Watermill in connection with the proposed purchaseacquisition of allWholesome. A former director of the outstanding equity interestsAct II is a registered representative of Merisant Company (“Merisant”), Merisant Luxembourg (“Merisant Luxembourg”), Mafco Worldwide LLC (“Mafco Worldwide”), Mafco Shanghai LLC (“Mafco Shanghai”), EVD Holdings LLC (“EVD Holdings”),Watermill and Mafco Deutschland GmbH (together with Merisant, Merisant Luxembourg, Mafco Worldwide, Mafco Shanghai, and EVD Holdings, the “Transferred Entities”). Subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement, at the closing (the “Closing”) of the transactions contemplated thereunder (the “Transactions”), the Sellers will sell, convey, assign, transfer and deliveris providing services directly to the Company (or its designee),under the agreement.

NOTE 17: BUSINESS SEGMENTS
The Company has 2 reportable segments: Branded CPG and Flavors & Ingredients. In addition, beginning with the Company (or its designee) will purchase, allfirst quarter of 2021, the issuedCompany’s corporate office functions are now reported and outstanding equity interests ofincluded under Corporate. Corporate is not a reportable or operating segment but is included for reconciliation purposes and includes the Transferred Entities and certain assets thereof, and assume certain liabilities included in the Transferred Assets and Liabilities (as defined in the Agreement), in each instance, free and clear of all liens (subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Agreement), in exchange, subject to the limitations set forth below,costs for the Cash Consideration and the Ordinary Shares Consideration (as defined below).

Pursuant to Amendment No. 2 to the Agreement, the Company assigned its rights under the Agreement to Project Taste Intermediate LLC, a newly-formed directly wholly-owned limited liability company subsidiary of the Company, such that, following the Closing, (i) the sole asset of the Company will be its membership interest in such subsidiary, and (ii) the subsidiary will own all of the equity interests of the Transferred Entities and hold all of the Transferred Assets and Liabilities.

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Agreement, at the Closing, the Sellers will receive (i) $415,000,000 in cash (the “Base Cash Consideration”) (which, under certain conditions, may be reduced by the Company by up to $20,000,000 immediately prior to Closing in exchange for a dollar-for-dollar increase in the Ordinary Shares Consideration (as defined below)), plus or minus the Adjustment Amount (as defined in the Agreement) (the “Cash Consideration”), and (ii) that number of Class A ordinary shares of the Company (“Class A Ordinary Shares”) equal to the higher of (1) 2,500,000 or (2) the quotient of (x) the sum of $25,000,000 plus the amount, if any, by which the Base Cash Consideration is reduced by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Agreement, divided by (y) the lowest per share price at which Class A Ordinary Shares are sold by the Company to any person from and after the date of the Agreement but prior to, at or in connection with the Closing (the “Ordinary Shares Consideration”). The Agreement further provides the Company with the option, immediately prior to Closing, subject to certain conditions set forth in the Agreement and after (a) giving effect to the Private Placement (described below), any additional equity financing, and the Debt Financing (described below) and (b) taking into account all amounts held by the Company in trust, to reduce the Base Cash Consideration by the amount of funds necessary (up to $20,000,000) for the Company to pay (i) the Cash Consideration, (ii) any amounts paid in connection with the Warrant Amendment (described below), and (iii) the Transaction Costs (as defined in the Agreement) in exchange for a dollar-for-dollar increase in the Ordinary Shares Consideration.

In addition, the Agreement contemplates that immediately following the Closing, the Company’s sponsor, Act II Global LLC (the “Sponsor”), will place 2,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares (which will be converted at Closing from Class B ordinary shares of the Company currently held by the Sponsor) (the “Escrowed Sponsor Shares”) into escrow, which will be held in escrow by the Company’s transfer agent. The Escrowed Sponsor Shares will be released to the Sponsor upon the earliest to occur of (i) the volume weighted-average per-share trading price of Class A Ordinary Shares being at or above $20.00 per share for twenty (20) trading days in any thirty (30)-trading day continuous trading period during the Escrow Period, (ii) a change in control of the Company, and (iii) 5-year anniversary of the Closing.


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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2020

(Unaudited)

Debt Financing

On December 19, 2019, in connection with entering into the Agreement, the Company entered into a commitment letter,corporate office administrative activities as amended on May 8, 2020 (the “Commitment Letter”), with TD Securities (USA) LLC (“TDSL”),well as left lead arranger and book runner, The Toronto-Dominion Bank, New York Branch (“TDNY”), and Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC (“TDTX”) as administrative agent. Pursuant to the Commitment Letter, TDSL agreed to arrange and TDNY committed to provide the Company with (i) a senior secured term loan facility in the aggregate amount of up to $185,000,000 (the “Term Facility”) and (ii) a senior secured revolving credit facility of up to $50,000,000 (the “Revolving Facility,” and together with the Term Facility, the “Credit Facilities”). The proceeds of the Term Facility on the Closing Date (as defined in the Agreement) may be used (x) to fund the Transactions, and (y) to pay the fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions. Up to $5,000,000 of the proceeds of the Revolving Facility (which may be increased) may be used on the Closing Date for general corporate purposes and to backstop or replace letters of credit. The proceeds of the Revolving Facility after the Closing Date may be used for working capital and general corporate purposes, including for capital expenditures. The availability of the borrowings under the Credit Facilities is subject to the satisfaction of certain customary conditions, including the consummation of the Transactions.

Private Placement Transactions

In connection with the foregoing Agreement, on February 12, 2020, the Company entered into subscription agreements with certain investors (collectively, the “Private Placement Investors”) pursuant to which, among other things, such investors agreed to subscribe for and purchase, and the Company agreed to issue and sell to such investors, 7,500,000 of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 (the “Ordinary Shares”), and warrants representing the right to purchase 2,631,750 Ordinary Shares (the “Warrants”) for gross proceeds of approximately $75,000,000 (the “Private Placement”). The Company granted certain customary registration rights to the Private Placement Investors. The Ordinary Shares and Warrants to be offered and sold in connection with the Private Placements have not been registered under the Securities Act, in reliance upon the exemption provided in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Regulation D or Regulation S promulgated thereunder without any form of general solicitation or general advertising. The Private Placement is contingent upon, among other things, the closing of the Transactions. The proceeds from the Private Placement will be used to fund a portion of the Aggregate Cash Obligations (as defined under the Agreement) for the Transactions. In connection with the above agreements, the Company has agreed to put forth a proposal to the Company’s public warrant holders to consider and vote upon an amendment (the “Warrant Amendment”) to the existing warrant agreement that governs all of the Company’s outstanding warrants to provide that, immediately prior to the Closing, (i) each of the Company’s outstanding warrants, which currently entitle the holder thereof to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, will become exercisable for one-half of one share at an exercise price of $5.75 per one-half share ($11.50 per whole share) and (ii) each holder of a warrant will receive, for each such warrant, a cash payment of $0.75 (although the holders of the Private Placement warrants have waived their rights to receive such payment).

Sponsor Support Agreement

In connection with the Agreement, the Company, the Sponsor, and the Sellers entered into a Sponsor Support Agreement on December 19, 2019, as amended on February 12, 2020 (the “Sponsor Support Agreement”), pursuant to which the Sponsor agreed to certain covenants and agreements related to the Transactions, particularly with respect to taking supportive actions to consummate the Transactions and to designate two of the Sellers’ directors to the board of directors of the Company, to be effective at the Closing. In addition, the Sponsor irrevocably waived its anti-dilution protections under the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association in connection with any new issuances of Ordinary Shares. In accordance with the terms of the Sponsor Support Agreement, the Sponsor will forfeit (i) 3,000,000 Class B ordinary shares of the Company; and (ii) 6,750,000 warrants to purchase Class A Ordinary Shares at a price of $11.50 per share (the “Founder Warrants”) immediately following the Closing; and the Sponsor has waived any rights that it might otherwise have to receive any cash payment with respect to its Founder Warrants.

Registration Statement

In connection with the proposed business combination and warrant amendment, the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-4 with the SEC, which was declared effective on May 13, 2020. The definitive proxy statement/prospectus is first being mailed to the Company’s shareholders and warrant holders on or about May 15, 2020. 

NOTE 9. SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Preference Shares

The Company is authorized to issue 2,000,000 preference shares with a par value of $0.0001. The Company’s board of directors is authorized to fix the voting rights, if any, designations, powers, preferences, the relative, participating, optional or other special rights and any qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, applicable to the shares of each series. The board of directors will be able to, without shareholder approval, issue preferred shares with votingtransaction-related and other rights that could adversely affect the voting power and other rights of the holders of the Ordinary Shares and could have anti-takeover effects. At March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, there were no preference shares issued or outstanding.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2020

(Unaudited)

Ordinary Shares

The Company is authorized to issue 200,000,000 Class A Shares, with a par value of $0.0001 each, and 20,000,000 Class B ordinary shares, with a par value of $0.0001 each (the “Class B Shares” and, together with the Class A Shares, the “Ordinary Shares”). Holders of the Ordinary Shares are entitled to one vote for each Ordinary Share; provided that only holders of the Class B Shares have the right to vote on the election of directorscosts. Certain prior to the Business Combination. The Class B Shares will automatically convert into Class A Shares at the time of the Business Combination, on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment for share splits, share dividends, rights issuances, subdivisions, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like, and subject to further adjustment as provided herein. In the case that additional Class A Shares, or equity-linked securities, are issued or deemed issued in excess of the amounts sold in the Initial Public Offering and related to the closing of the Business Combination, the ratio at which the Class B Shares shall convert into Class A Shares will be adjusted (unless the holders of a majority of the outstanding Class B Shares agree to waive such anti-dilution adjustment with respect to any such issuance or deemed issuance) so that the number of Class A Shares issuable upon conversion of all Class B Shares will equal, in the aggregate, 20% of the sum of all Ordinary Shares outstanding upon completion of the Initial Public Offering plus all Class A Shares and equity-linked securities issued or deemed issued in connection with the Business Combination, excluding any Ordinary Shares or equity-linked securities issued, or to be issued, to any seller in the Business Combination, any Private Placement-equivalent Warrants issued to the Sponsor or its affiliates upon conversion of loans made to the Company. Holders of Founder Shares may also elect to convert their Class B Shares into an equal number of Class A Shares, subject to adjustment as provided above, at any time.

At March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, there were 1,550,484 and 1,497,643 Class A Shares issued and outstanding, excluding 28,449,516 and 28,502,357 Class A Shares subject to possible redemption, respectively. At March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, there were 7,500,000 Class B Shares issued and outstanding.

Founder Shares — On February 15, 2019, an aggregate of 2,875,000 Class B Shares (the “Founder Shares”) were sold to the Sponsor for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000. On April 4, 2019, the Company effected a share capitalization in the form of a share dividend of 2.5 shares for each Founder Share in issue, and on April 25, 2019, the Company effected a share capitalization in the form of a share dividend of 1.044 shares for each Founder Share in issue, resulting in the Sponsor holding an aggregate of 7,503,750 Founder Shares. All share and per-shareyear amounts have been retroactively restatedreclassified to reflectconform to the share dividends.current presentation. The 7,503,750 Founder Shares included an aggregate of up to 978,750 Founder Shares that were subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option wasCompany does not exercised in fullpresent assets by reportable segments as they are not reviewed by the underwriters in orderChief Operating Decision Maker for purposes of assessing segment performance and allocating resources.

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Notes to maintain the Initial Shareholder’s ownership at 20% of the issuedCondensed Consolidated and outstanding Ordinary Shares upon completion of the Initial Public Offering. As a result of the underwriters’ election to partially exercise their over-allotment option, 3,750 Founder Shares were forfeited and 975,000 Founder Shares are no longer subject to forfeiture.

The Founder Shares are identical to the Class A Shares included in the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering, except that the Founder Shares (i) have the voting rights described above, (ii) are subject to certain transfer restrictions described below and (iii) are convertible into Class A Shares on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions contained therein, (iv) certain registration rights. The Founder Shares may not be transferred, assigned or sold until the earlier of (i) one year after the completion of the Business Combination and (ii) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction after the Business Combination that results in all of the Public Shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A Shares for cash, securities or other property. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the last sale price of the Class A Shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, rights issuances, subdivisions, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30 -trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the Business Combination, the Founder Shares will be released from the lock-up.

Combined Financial Statements

(Unaudited)    

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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2020

(Unaudited)

NOTE 10. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS 

The Company follows the guidance in ASC Topic 820 for its financial assets and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair value at each reporting period, and non-financial assets and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair value at least annually.

The fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities reflects management’s estimate of amounts that the Company would have received in connection with the sale of the assets or paid in connection with the transfer of the liabilities in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In connection with measuring the fair value of its assets and liabilities, the Company seeks to maximize the use of observable inputs (market data obtained from independent sources) and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs (internal assumptions about how market participants would price assets and liabilities). The following fair value hierarchy is used to classify assets and liabilities based on the observable inputs and unobservable inputs used in order to value the assets and liabilities:

Level 1:Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. An active market for an asset or liability is a market in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.

Level 2:Observable inputs other than Level 1 inputs. Examples of Level 2 inputs include quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities and quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.

Level 3:Unobservable inputs based on our assessment of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.



The following table presents selected financial information about the Company’s assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value:

Description Level 

March 31,

2020

  

December 31,

2019

 
Assets:        
Marketable securities held in Trust Account 1 $305,037,224  $304,283,025 

NOTE 11. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

From time to time, the Company is subject to various claims, lawsuits and other legal and administrative proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. Some of these claims, lawsuits and other proceedings may involve highly complex issues that are subject to substantial uncertainties, and could result in damages, fines, penalties, non-monetary sanctions or relief. However, the Company’s management does not consider any such claims, lawsuits or proceedings that are currently pending, individually or in the aggregate, to be materialrelating to the Company’s business or likely to result in a material adverse effect onsegments (in thousands):

(Successor)(Predecessor)
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2021
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2020
Product revenues, net
Branded CPG$81,797 $40,219 
Flavors & Ingredients24,028 25,753 
Total product revenues, net$105,825 $65,972 
Operating income (loss)
Branded CPG$10,159 $(6,755)
Flavors & Ingredients972 (24,010)
11,131 (30,765)
Corporate(14,195)(2,557)
Total operating income (loss)$(3,064)$(33,322)
The following table presents geographic information based upon revenues of the Company’s future operating results, financial condition or cash flows.

Elstein v. Simon et al., Index No. 603599/2020 (Nassau Cnty. Mar. 6, 2020). By complaint filed March 6, 2020, a shareholder brought an individual and derivative suit with respect to the Business Combination. The plaintiff brings three derivative claims under Cayman Islands law: (I) breaches of fiduciary duties as to the individual director defendants; (II) failure to disclose material information regarding the Business Combination as to the individual director defendants; and (III) aiding and abetting director defendants’ breaches of fiduciary duties as to Flavors Holdings, also named as a defendant. The plaintiff alleges that the individual defendants breached their fiduciary duties by acting in their own self-interest in causing or facilitating the Business Combination agreement, that Flavors Holdings aided and abetted such breaches, and that such conflicts of interest and breaches, and other allegedly material information, were not disclosed to shareholders. The plaintiff also brings one direct negligent misrepresentation claim under New York common law alleging that the proxy statement filed on February 14, 2020, soliciting the shareholder vote contained false and misleading statements and omissions. The Company believes that these claims are without merit and will defend against them vigorously.

NOTE 12. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date up to the date that the condensed financial statements were issued. Based upon this review, other than as disclosed in the notes to the condensed financial statements, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the condensed financial statements.

major geographic markets (in thousands):

(Successor)(Predecessor)
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2021
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2020
Branded CPG:
North America$51,970 $15,248 
Europe19,414 15,970 
India, Middle East and Africa2,643 2,056 
Asia-Pacific5,226 4,172 
Latin America2,544 2,773 
Flavors & Ingredients24,028 25,753 
Total product revenues, net$105,825 $65,972 
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Item 2.         MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

References in this report (the “Quarterly Report”) to “we,” “us” or the “Company” refer to Act II Global Acquisition Corp. References to our “management” or our “management team” refer to our officersManagement’s Discussion and directors,Analysis of Financial Condition and references to the “Sponsor” refer to Act II Global Sponsor LLC. Results of Operations

The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read together with our consolidated financial statements and related notes included in conjunction withour Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 (“Annual Report”) and our unaudited condensed consolidated and combined financial statements and the related notes thereto containedappearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report. Certain information contained inFor purposes of this section, “Whole Earth Brands,” the discussion“Company,” “we,” or “our” refer to (i) Mafco Worldwide & Merisant and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements that involve riskstheir subsidiaries (“Predecessor”) for the Period from January 1 2020 through March 31, 2020 (each referred to herein as a “Predecessor Period”) prior to the consummation of the Business Combination and uncertainties.

Special(ii) Whole Earth Brands, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the “Successor”) for the period from January 1, 2021 through March 31, 2021 (the “Successor Period”) after the Business Combination, unless the context otherwise requires.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report includes “forward-looking statements”on Form 10-Q within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Exchange Act that(the “Exchange Act”) concerning us and other matters. These statements may discuss goals, intentions and expectations as to future plans, trends, events, results of operations or financial condition, or otherwise, based on current beliefs of management, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management.
Forward-looking statements may be accompanied by words such as “achieve,” “aim,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “can,” “continue,” “could,” “drive,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “future,” “grow,” “improve,” “increase,” “intend,” “may,” “outlook,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would,” or similar words, phrases or expressions. These forward-looking statements are not historical facts,subject to risks, uncertainties and involve risks and uncertaintiesother factors, many of which are outside of our control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from the results contemplated by the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, our ability to achieve or maintain profitability; the extent of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the duration, spread, severity, and any recurrence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the duration and scope of related government orders and restrictions, the impact on our employees, and the extent of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on overall demand for our products; local, regional, national, and international economic conditions that have deteriorated as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic including the risks of a global recession or a recession in one or more of our key markets, and the impact they may have on us and our customers and management’s assessment of that impact; the projected financial information, anticipated growth rate, and market opportunity of our Branded CPG and Flavors & Ingredients business segments; the ability to maintain the listing of our securities on Nasdaq; the potential liquidity and trading of our public securities; our expected capital requirements and projected. All statements,the availability of additional financing; our ability to attract or retain highly qualified personnel, including in accounting and finance roles; extensive and evolving government regulations that impact the way we operate; the effect of the reclassification and treatment of warrants pursuant ASC Topic 815-40; the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our suppliers, including disruptions and inefficiencies in the supply chain; factors relating to the business, operations and financial performance of our Branded CPG and Flavors & Ingredients segments; our success in integrating the various operating companies constituting Merisant and MAFCO; our ability to integrate our acquisitions and achieve the anticipated benefits of the transactions in a timely manner or at all; our ability to continue to use, maintain, enforce, protect and defend its owned and licensed intellectual property, including the Whole Earth® brand; and such other than statements of historical fact includedfactors as discussed throughout, including in this Form 10-Q including, without limitation, statements in this “Management’sPart I, Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” regardingOperations and in Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Although we believe that the Company’s financial position, business strategy and the plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. Words such as “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “seek” and variations and similar words and expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements relate to future events or future performance, but reflect management’s current beliefs, based on information currently available. A number of factors could cause actual events, performance or results to differ materially from the events, performance and results discussed in the forward-looking statements. For information identifying important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipatedexpectations reflected in the forward-looking statements please refer to the Risk Factors section of the Company’s final prospectus for its Initial Public Offering filed with the U.S. Securitiesare reasonable, our information may be incomplete or limited, and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The Company’s securities filings can be accessed on the EDGAR section of the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.we cannot guarantee future results. Except as expressly required by applicable securities law, the Company disclaims any intention orwe assume no obligation to update or revise anythese forward-looking statements whether as a result offor any reason, even if new information future events or otherwise.

becomes available in the future.


Overview

We are a blank checkglobal food company incorporatedenabling healthier lifestyles and providing access to high-quality plant-based sweeteners, flavor enhancers and other foods through our diverse portfolio of trusted brands and delicious products. We operate a proven platform organized into two reportable segments.

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Branded CPG, comprised of our Merisant division of operating companies, Wholesome and Swerve, is a global CPG business focused on building a branded portfolio oriented toward serving customers seeking zero-calorie, low-calorie, natural, no-sugar-added and plant-based products. Our Branded CPG products are sold under both our global flagship brands as well as local and private label brands. Our global flagship brands include Whole Earth®, Pure Via®, Wholesome®, Swerve®, Canderel®, Equal® and existing branded adjacencies.
Flavors & Ingredients, comprised of our Mafco Worldwide division of operating companies, is a global, business-to-business focused operation with a long history as a trusted supplier of essential, functional ingredients to some of the CPG industry’s largest and most demanding customers. Our products provide a variety of solutions to its customers including flavor enhancement, flavor / aftertaste masking, moisturizing, product mouth feel modification and skin soothing characteristics. Our Flavors & Ingredients segment operates our licorice-derived products business.
In addition, beginning with the first quarter of 2021, our corporate office functions are now reported and included under Corporate. Corporate is not a reportable segment. Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation
Acquisition
On December 17, 2020, we entered into a stock purchase agreement (the “Wholesome Purchase Agreement”) with WSO Investments, Inc. (“WSO Investments” and together with its subsidiaries “Wholesome”), WSO Holdings, LP (“WSO Partnership”), Edwards Billington and Son, Limited (“EBS”), WSO Holdings, LLC (“WSO LLC,” and together with WSO Partnership and EBS, the “WSO Sellers”), and WSO Partnership, in the Cayman Islands on August 16, 2018 formedits capacity as representative for the purposeWSO Sellers. WSO Investments is the direct parent of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar Business Combination with one or more businesses. We intendits wholly-owned subsidiary Wholesome Sweeteners, Incorporated, which was formed to effectuate our Business Combination using cash derived fromimport, market, distribute, and sell organic sugars, unrefined specialty sugars, and related products.
On February 5, 2021, pursuant to the proceedsterms of the Initial Public Offering, our shares, debt or a combination of cash, sharesWholesome Purchase Agreement, (i) the Company purchased and debt.

The issuance of additional ordinary shares in a Business Combination:

may significantly dilute the equity interest of investors, which dilution would increase if the anti-dilution provisions in the Class B ordinary shares resulted in the issuance of Class A ordinary shares on a greater than one-to-one basis upon conversion of the Class B ordinary shares;
may subordinate the rights of holders of ordinary shares if preference shares are issued with rights senior to those afforded our ordinary shares;
could cause a change of control if a substantial number of our ordinary shares are issued, which may affect, among other things, our ability to use our net operating loss carry forwards, if any, and could result in the resignation or removal of our present officers and directors;
may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control of us by diluting the share ownership or voting rights of a person seeking to obtain control of us; and
may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our Class A ordinary shares and/or warrants.

Similarly, if we issue debt securities, it could result in:

default and foreclosure on our assets if our operating revenues after a Business Combination are insufficient to repay our debt obligations;
acceleration of our obligations to repay the indebtedness even if we make all principal and interest payments when due if we breach certain covenants that require the maintenance of certain financial ratios or reserves without a waiver or renegotiation of that covenant;
our immediate payment of all principal and accrued interest, if any, if the debt security is payable on demand;
our inability to obtain necessary additional financing if the debt security contains covenants restricting our ability to obtain such financing while the debt security is outstanding;
our inability to pay dividends on our ordinary shares;
using a substantial portion of our cash flow to pay principal and interest on our debt, which will reduce the funds available for dividends on our ordinary shares if declared, expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes;
limitations on our flexibility in planning for and reacting to changes in our business and in the industry in which we operate;
increased vulnerability to adverse changes in general economic, industry and competitive conditions and adverse changes in government regulation; and
limitations on our ability to borrow additional amounts for expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions, debt service requirements, execution of our strategy and other purposes and other disadvantages compared to our competitors who have less debt.

We expect to continue to incur significant costs in the pursuit of our acquisition plans. We cannot assure you that our plans to complete a Business Combination will be successful.


Recent Developments

PENDING ACQUISITION AND RELATED AGREEMENTS

Purchase Agreement

The Company is party to a purchase agreement dated December 19, 2019, as amended February 12, 2020 and May 8, 2020 (the “Agreement”), with Flavors Holdings Inc. (“Flavors Holdings”), MW Holdings I LLC (“MW Holdings I”), MW Holdings III LLC (“MW Holdings III”) and Mafco Foreign Holdings, Inc. (together with Flavors Holdings, MW Holdings I and MW Holdings III, the “Sellers”), and, for the purposes of Amendment No. 2 to the Agreement, Project Taste Intermediate LLC, in connection with the proposed purchase ofacquired all of the issued and outstanding equity interestsshares of Merisantcapital stock of WSO Investments from the WSO Sellers, for (x) an initial cash purchase price of $180 million (subject to customary post-closing adjustments), plus (y) as more thoroughly described below, up to an additional $55 million (the “Earn-Out Amount”) upon the satisfaction of certain post-closing financial metrics by Wholesome; and (ii) WSO Investments became an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merisant”), Merisant Luxembourg (“Merisant Luxembourg”), Mafco Worldwide LLC (“Mafco Worldwide”), Mafco Shanghai LLC (“Mafco Shanghai”), EVD Holdings LLC (“EVD Holdings”), and Mafco Deutschland GmbH (together with Merisant, Merisant Luxembourg, Mafco Worldwide, Mafco Shanghai, and EVD Holdings,(collectively, the “Transferred Entities”“Wholesome Transaction”). Subject to the terms and conditions of the Wholesome Purchase Agreement, and as more thoroughly described therein, payment of the Earn-Out Amount, in whole or in part, is subject to Wholesome achieving certain EBITDA thresholds at or above approximately $30 million during the period beginning August 29, 2020, and ending December 31, 2021. A portion of the Earn-Out Amount (up to $27.5 million) may be paid, at the closing (the “Closing”)Company’s election, in freely tradeable, registered shares of Company common stock. Calculation of the transactions contemplated thereunder (the “Transactions”), the Sellers will sell, convey, assign, transfer and deliver to the Company (or its designee), and the Company (or its designee) will purchase, allachievement of the issued and outstanding equity interests of the Transferred Entities andEarn-Out Amount is subject to certain assets thereof, and assume certain liabilities includedadjustments more thoroughly described in the Transferred Assets and Liabilities (as definedWholesome Purchase Agreement. While the Earn-Out Amount is currently expected to be payable in the Agreement), in each instance, free and clearfirst quarter of all liens (subject to certain exceptions set forth in2022, the Agreement), in exchange, subject topayment could accelerate upon the limitations set forth below, for the Cash Consideration and the Ordinary Shares Consideration (each as defined below).

Pursuant to Amendment No. 2 to the Agreement, the Company assigned its rights under the Agreement to Project Taste Intermediate LLC, a newly-formed directly wholly-owned limited liability company subsidiary of the Company, such that, following the Closing, (i) the sole asset of the Company will be its membership interest in such subsidiary, and (ii) the subsidiary will own all of the equity interests of the Transferred Entities and hold all of the Transferred Assets and Liabilities.

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Agreement, at the Closing, the Sellers will receive (i) $415,000,000 in cash (the “Base Cash Consideration”) (which, under certain conditions, may be reducedbreach by the Company of certain covenants more thoroughly described in the Wholesome Purchase Agreement.

In connection with the closing of the Wholesome Transaction, on February 5, 2021, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries entered into an amendment and restatement agreement (the “Amendment Agreement”) with Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, as administrative agent, and certain lenders signatory thereto, which amended and restated its existing senior secured loan agreement dated as of June 25, 2020 (as amended on September 4, 2020, the “Existing Credit Agreement,” and as further amended by up to $20,000,000 immediately prior to Closing in exchangethe Amendment Agreement, the “Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”), by and among Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, as administrative agent, certain lenders signatory thereto and certain other parties. See “Liquidity and Capital Resources” below for a dollar-for-dollarfurther description of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.

Covid-19 Impact
COVID-19 surfaced in Wuhan, China in late 2019, and has since spread throughout the rest of the world. In March 2020, COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization and a national emergency by the U.S. Government. The pandemic has negatively affected the U.S. and global economies, disrupted global supply chains and financial markets, and resulted in significant travel restrictions, including mandated facility closures and shelter-in-place orders.

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We have taken measures to protect the health and safety of our employees and implemented work from home arrangements, where possible, social distancing where working from home is not feasible including in our manufacturing facilities, deep cleaning protocols at all of our facilities and travel restrictions, among other measures. We have also taken appropriate measures to work with our customers to minimize potential disruption and to support the communities that we serve to address the challenges posed by the pandemic.
While we have experienced a net increase in the Ordinary Shares Consideration (as defined below))overall demand for our products and have no supply disruptions, we are unable to fully determine the future impact of COVID-19 on demand for our products or our ability to supply our products. The full extent of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s operational and financial performance will depend on future developments, including the duration and spread of the pandemic and related containment and mitigation actions taken by national, state and local government officials across the world to prevent disease spread. The extent of the pandemic’s impact on us will also depend upon our employees’ ability to work safely in our facilities, our customers’ ability to continue to operate or receive our products, the ability of our suppliers to continue to operate, and the level of activity and demand for the ultimate product and services of our customers or their customers.
Stock Repurchase Plan
On September 8, 2020, we announced that the Company’s board of directors had authorized a stock repurchase plan of up to $20 million of shares of our common stock. The shares may be repurchased from time to time over a 12-month period expiring on September 15, 2021 (or upon the earlier completion of all purchases contemplated by the repurchase plan or the earlier termination of the repurchase plan), plusin open market transactions at prevailing market prices, in privately negotiated transactions, or minus the Adjustment Amount (as definedby other means in the Agreement) (the “Cash Consideration”),accordance with U.S. federal securities laws.
The timing and (ii) thatactual number of Class A ordinary shares of common stock repurchased under the Company (“Class A Ordinary Shares”) equal tostock repurchase plan will depend on a number of factors, including the highermarket price of (1) 2,500,000 or (2) the quotient of (x) the sum of $25,000,000 plus the amount, if any, by which the Base Cash Consideration is reduced by the Company in accordanceour common stock, general market and economic conditions, applicable legal requirements, compliance with the terms of our outstanding indebtedness, alternate uses for capital and other factors. There is no guarantee as to the Agreement, dividednumber of shares that will be repurchased, and the repurchase plan may be extended, suspended or discontinued at any time without prior notice at our discretion.
There were no repurchases of our common stock under the stock repurchase plan.
Results of Operations
Consolidated
(Successor)(Predecessor)
(In thousands)Three Months Ended
March 31, 2021
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2020
Product revenues, net$105,825 $65,972 
Cost of goods sold70,174 40,112 
Gross profit35,651 25,860 
Selling, general and administrative expenses32,907 16,048 
Amortization of intangible assets4,151 2,534 
Asset impairment charges— 40,600 
Restructuring and other expenses1,657 — 
Operating loss(3,064)(33,322)
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities(2,362)— 
Interest expense, net(5,078)(172)
Loss on extinguishment and debt transaction costs(5,513)— 
Other income, net310 1,721 
Loss before income taxes(15,707)(31,773)
Benefit for income taxes(3,682)(3,118)
Net loss$(12,025)$(28,655)
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Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
Product revenues, net. Product revenues, net for the three months ended March 31, 2021 were $105.8 million, an increase of $39.9 million, or 60.4%, from $66.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 due to a $41.6 million increase in product revenues in the Branded CPG segment. The increase in Branded CPG revenues was due to $37.3 million of revenues related to the acquisitions of Wholesome and Swerve, $4.2 million of global organic Branded CPG growth, and the impact of foreign exchange, partially offset by (y)a $1.7 million decrease in product revenues at Flavors & Ingredients, as further described below.
Cost of goods sold. Cost of goods sold for the lowest per share pricethree months ended March 31, 2021 was $70.2 million, an increase of $30.1 million, or 74.9%, from $40.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020. The increase was primarily driven by $28.2 million related to the acquisitions of Wholesome and Swerve (including $0.9 million of purchase accounting adjustments related to inventory), higher volumes at which Class A Ordinary Shares are sold byBranded CPG and $0.7 million of purchase accounting adjustments related to inventory revaluations at Flavors & Ingredients.
Selling, general and administrative expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses for the Companythree months ended March 31, 2021 were $32.9 million, an increase of $16.9 million from $16.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020, primarily due to any person$8.1 million of acquisition related transaction expenses, $3.7 million of selling, general and administrative expenses from the acquisitions of Wholesome and afterSwerve, $2.1 million for public company costs including both one-time costs as well as ongoing costs to operate a public company, a $1.5 million increase in bonus expense, and $1.4 million for stock-based compensation expense.
Amortization of intangible assets. Amortization of intangible assets for the datethree months ended March 31, 2021 was $4.2 million, an increase of $1.6 million, or 63.8%, from $2.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 primarily due to amortization expense related to the intangible assets acquired as part of the Agreement butWholesome and Swerve acquisitions.
Asset impairment charges. There were no asset impairment charges for the three months ended March 31, 2021. Asset impairment charges were $40.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and included an impairment charge of $22.9 million related to indefinite-lived intangible assets and a goodwill impairment charge of $17.7 million. The goodwill impairment charge of $17.7 million was the result of the Flavors & Ingredients and Branded CPG segments reporting units carrying values exceeding their fair value by $6.6 million and $11.1 million, respectively.
Restructuring and other expenses. Restructuring and other expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2021 were $1.7 million and relate primarily to costs incurred to close our Camden, New Jersey facility.
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities.Change in fair value of warrant liabilities for the three months ended March 31, 2021 was a non-operating loss of $2.4 million, which is net of a $1.2 million non-operating gain that relates to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020. See Notes 1, 7 and 8 to our unaudited condensed consolidated and combined financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2021 for further discussion.
Interest expense, net. Interest expense, net for the three months ended March 31, 2021 was $5.1 million, an increase of $4.9 million from $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020. The increase was due to interest expense under our new credit facilities and the amortization of debt issuance costs.
Loss on extinguishment and debt transaction costs. Loss on extinguishment and debt transaction costs includes a $5.5 million pretax loss consisting of a write-off of unamortized debt issuance costs of $4.4 million and transaction costs of $1.1 million related to the amendment of our credit facilities on February 5, 2021.
Other income, net. Other income, net for three months ended March 31, 2021 was $0.3 million, a decrease of $1.4 million from $1.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020. The decrease was primarily due to lower foreign exchange gains in 2021 compared to 2020.

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Benefit for income taxes. The benefit for income taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2021 was $3.7 million, an increase of $0.6 million from a tax benefit for income taxes of $3.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020. The effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2021 was an income tax benefit of 23.4%, compared to an income tax benefit of 9.8% for the three months ended March 31, 2020. The effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2021 differs from the statutory federal rate of 21% primarily due to certain non-deductible expenses including transaction costs, the change in the fair value of warrant liabilities, stock-based compensation expense and the U.S. tax effect of international operations including Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (“GILTI”) recorded during the period.
Branded CPG
 (Successor)(Predecessor)
(In thousands)Three Months Ended
March 31, 2021
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2020
Product revenues, net$81,797 $40,219 
Operating income (loss)$10,159 $(6,755)
Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
Segment product revenues, net. Product revenues, net for Branded CPG for the three months ended March 31, 2021 were $81.8 million, an increase of $41.6 million from $40.2 million for three months ended March 31, 2020, primarily driven by $37.3 million of revenues related to the acquisitions of Wholesome and Swerve, a $4.3 million increase related to retail and e-commerce growth across the world and the favorable impact of foreign exchange, partially offset by lower food service revenues primarily in the U.S.
Segment operating income. Operating income for Branded CPG for the three months ended March 31, 2021 was $10.2 million, an increase of $16.9 million from an operating loss of $6.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020. The increase for the three months ended March 31, 2021 was primarily due to a goodwill impairment charge of $11.1 million recorded in the first quarter of 2020, additional operating income of $3.9 million related to the acquisitions of Wholesome and Swerve (which includes $0.9 million of purchase accounting adjustments related to inventory) as well as increased product revenues, partially offset by $1.2 million of bonus expense and $0.6 million of stock-based compensation expense.
Flavors & Ingredients
 (Successor)(Predecessor)
(In thousands)Three Months Ended
March 31, 2021
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2020
Product revenues, net$24,028 $25,753 
Operating income (loss)$972 $(24,010)
Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
Segment product revenues, net. Product revenues, net for Flavors & Ingredients for the three months ended March 31, 2021 were $24.0 million, a decrease of $1.7 million, or 6.7%, from $25.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020, primarily driven by higher product sales in the prior year due to COVID-19 as customers purchased our products ahead of the lockdowns across the world.
Segment operating income (loss). Operating income for Flavors & Ingredients for the three months ended March 31, 2021 was $1.0 million compared to an operating loss of $24.0 million in the three months ended March 31, 2020, primarily driven by asset impairment charges totaling $29.5 million recorded in the first quarter of 2020, partially offset by higher operating costs including $1.7 million of facility closure costs, $0.7 million of purchase accounting adjustments related to inventory revaluations and a $1.0 million increase in amortization expense due to purchase accounting revaluations.
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Corporate
Beginning with the first quarter of 2021, the Company’s corporate office functions are now reported and included under Corporate. Corporate is not a reportable or operating segment.
 (Successor)(Predecessor)
(In thousands)Three Months Ended
March 31, 2021
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2020
Operating loss$(14,195)$(2,557)
Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
Operating loss. Operating loss for Corporate for the three months ended March 31, 2021 was $14.2 million, an increase of $11.6 million, from $2.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020, primarily driven by $8.1 million of acquisition related transaction expenses, $2.1 million for public company costs including both one-time costs as well as ongoing costs to operate as a public company, $0.8 million for stock-based compensation expense and $0.5 million of increased bonuses.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
We have historically funded operations with cash flow from operations and, when needed, with borrowings, which are described below.
We believe our sources of liquidity and capital, and our Credit Facilities will be sufficient to finance our continued operations, growth strategy and additional expenses we expect to incur for at orleast the next twelve months.
The following table shows summary cash flow information for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and March 31, 2020 (in thousands):
 (Successor)(Predecessor)
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2021
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2020
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities$(5,597)$14,610 
Net cash used in investing activities(188,145)(894)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities204,056 (13,930)
Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents594 314 
Net change in cash and cash equivalents$10,908 $100 
Operating activities. Net cash used in operating activities was $5.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to cash provided by operating activities of $14.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020. The decrease was primarily attributable to lower cash flow from operating results driven by higher transaction-related expenses, unfavorable working capital changes and higher interest and tax payments. Cash paid for interest in the three months ended March 31, 2021 was $4.5 million and there was no cash paid for interest in the three months ended March 31, 2020. Cash paid for income taxes, net of income tax refunds, increased $2.5 million to $3.5 million in the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $1.1 million in the three months ended March 31, 2020.
Investing activities. Net cash used in investing activities was $188.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 which included cash paid of $187.6 million, net of cash acquired, related to the acquisition of Wholesome, $1 million of cash received for the final working capital settlement related to the acquisition of Swerve and capital expenditures of $1.5 million. Net cash used in investing activities was $0.9 million in the three months ended March 31, 2020 and was entirely related to capital expenditures.

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Financing activities. Net cash provided by financing activities was $204.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and reflects $400 million of proceeds from the Credit Facilities (as defined and described below), repayment of the revolving credit facility of $47.9 million, repayments of long-term debt of $136.5 million and payments of debt issuance costs of $11.6 million. Net cash used by financing activities was $13.9 million in the three months ended March 31, 2020 due to $5.0 million of payments, offset by $3.5 million of borrowings related to a prior revolving credit facility and $12.4 million due to funding to the parent.
Indebtedness
On December 31, 2020, our senior secured loan agreement consisted of a senior secured first lien term loan facility of $140 million and a first lien revolving credit facility of up to $50 million. As of December 31, 2020, there were $2.1 million of outstanding letters of credit that reduced our availability under the revolving credit facility.
As of December 31, 2020, term loan borrowings were $131.8 million, net of debt issuance costs of $4.7 million. There were $47.9 million of borrowings under the revolving credit facility as of December 31, 2020. Additionally, as of December 31, 2020, the Company’s unamortized debt issuance costs related to the revolving credit facility were $1.7 million which are included in other assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheet.
In connection with the Closing (the “Ordinary Shares Consideration”). The Agreement further provides the Company with the option, immediately prior to Closing, subject to certain conditions set forth in the Agreement and after (a) giving effect to the Private Placement (described below), any additional equity financing, and the Debt Financing (described below) and (b) taking into account all amounts held by the Company in trust, to reduce the Base Cash Consideration by the amount of funds necessary (up to $20,000,000) for the Company to pay (i) the Cash Consideration, (ii) any amounts paid in connection with the Warrant Amendment (described below), and (iii) theWholesome Transaction, Costs (as defined in the Agreement) in exchange for a dollar-for-dollar increase in the Ordinary Shares Consideration.

In addition, the Agreement contemplates that immediately following the Closing, the Company’s sponsor, Act II Global LLC (the “Sponsor”), will place 2,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares (which will be converted at Closing from Class B ordinary shares of the Company currently held by the Sponsor) (the “Escrowed Sponsor Shares”) into escrow, which will be held in escrow by the Company’s transfer agent. The Escrowed Sponsor Shares will be released to the Sponsor upon the earliest to occur of (i) the volume weighted-average per-share trading price of Class A Ordinary Shares being at or above $20.00 per share for twenty (20) trading days in any thirty (30)-trading day continuous trading period during the Escrow Period, (ii) a change in control of the Company, and (iii) 5-year anniversary of the Closing.

Debt Financing

On December 19, 2019, in connection with entering into the Agreement, the Companyon February 5, 2021, we entered into a commitment letter, as amended on May 8, 2020an amendment and restatement agreement (the “Commitment Letter”“Amendment Agreement”), with TD Securities (USA) LLC (“TDSL”), as left lead arranger and book runner, The Toronto-Dominion Bank, New York Branch (“TDNY”), and Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, (“TDTX”which amended and restated our existing senior secured loan agreement dated as of June 25, 2020 (as amended on September 4, 2020, the “Existing Credit Agreement,” and as further amended by the Amendment Agreement, the “Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”), by Toronto Dominion (Texas), LLC, as administrative agent. Pursuant toagent, certain lenders signatory thereto and certain other parties.

The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement provides for senior secured financing consisting of the Commitment Letter, TDSL agreed to arrange and TDNY committed to provide the Company with (i)following credit facilities: (a) a senior secured term loan facility in the aggregate principal amount of $375 million (the “Term Loan Facility”); and (b) a revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $185,000,000 (the “Term Facility”) and (ii) a senior secured revolving credit facility of up to $50,000,000$75 million (the “Revolving Facility,” and together with the Term Loan Facility, the “Credit Facilities”). The Revolving Facility has a $15 million sub-facility for the issuance of letters of credit and a $15 million sublimit for swing line loans. We used the proceeds ofunder the Term Loan Facility on the Closing Date (as defined in the Agreement) may be used (x) to fund the Transactions,(i) repay and (y) torefinance existing indebtedness of WSO Investments; (ii) pay the cash consideration for the Wholesome Transaction; (iii) repay and refinance outstanding borrowings under the Existing Credit Agreement; and (iv) pay fees costs and expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions. Up to $5,000,000 of the proceeds of the Revolving Facility (which may be increased) may be used on the Closing Date for general corporate purposes and to backstop or replace letters of credit.foregoing. The proceeds of the Revolving Facility after the Closing Date maycan be used to finance working capital needs, for general corporate purposes, and for working capital and general corporate purposes, including for capital expenditures. The availability ofadjustments payable under the borrowingsWholesome Purchase Agreement.
Loans outstanding under the Credit Facilities isaccrue interest at a rate per annum equal to (i) with respect to the Revolving Facility and letters of credit, (A) 2.75%, in the case of base rate advances, and (B) 3.75% in the case of LIBOR advances, and (ii) with respect to the Term Loan Facility, (A) 3.50%, in the case of base rate advances, and (B) 4.50% in the case of LIBOR advances, with a LIBOR floor of 1.00% with respect to the Term Loan Facility, and 0.00% with respect to the Revolving Facility and letters of credit, and base rate based on the highest of the prime rate, the federal funds rate plus 0.50%, LIBOR for a one-month interest period plus 1.00%, and with respect to the Revolving Facility and letters of credit, 0.00%, or with respect to the Term Loan Facility, 2.0%, and undrawn amounts under the Revolving Facility will accrue a commitment fee at a rate per annum equal to 0.50% on the average daily undrawn portion of the commitments thereunder. As of March 31, 2021, there were $2.1 million of outstanding letters of credit that reduced our availability under the revolving credit facility. Our unamortized debt issuance costs related to the revolving credit facility were $2.1 million as of March 31, 2021 and are included in other assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheet.
The obligations under the Credit Facilities are guaranteed by certain direct or indirect wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries of the Company, other than certain excluded subsidiaries, including, but not limited to, immaterial subsidiaries and foreign subsidiaries. The Credit Facilities are secured by substantially all of the personal property of the Company and the guarantor subsidiaries (in each case, subject to certain exclusions and qualifications).

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The Credit Facilities require us to make certain mandatory prepayments, with (i) 100% of net cash proceeds of all non-ordinary course asset sales or other dispositions of property in excess of $5 million in any fiscal year, subject to the satisfaction ofability to reinvest such proceeds and certain customary conditions, including the consummationother exceptions, (ii) 100% of the Transactions.

Private Placement Transactions

In connectionnet cash proceeds of any debt incurrence, other than debt permitted under the definitive agreements (but excluding debt incurred to refinance the Credit Facilities) and (iii) 50% of “Excess Cash Flow,” as defined in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, with a reduction to 25% if the foregoing Agreement, on February 12, 2020,total net leverage ratio for the Company entered into subscription agreements with certain investors (collectively,fiscal year is less than or equal to 3.50 to 1.00 but greater than 3.00 to 1.00, and a reduction to 0% if the “Private Placement Investors”) pursuanttotal net leverage ratio for the fiscal year is less than or equal to which, among other things, such investors agreed3.00 to subscribe for and purchase, and the Company agreed1.00. We are also required to issue and sellmake quarterly amortization payments equal to such investors, 7,500,0000.25% per annum of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”)original principal amount of the Term Loan Facility (subject to reductions by optional and warrants representingmandatory prepayments of the right to purchase 2,631,750 Class A Ordinary Shares (the “Warrants”) for gross proceedsloans).

As of approximately $75,000,000 (the “Private Placement”). The Company granted certain customary registration rights to the Private Placement Investors.


The Class A Ordinary Shares and Warrants to be offered and solddate of the amendment of the credit facilities, the aggregate unamortized debt issuance costs totaled $6.2 million, of which $4.4 million were expensed as a loss on extinguishment of debt. Additionally, in connection with the Private Placement have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in reliance upon the exemption provided in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Regulation D or Regulation S promulgated thereunder without any form of general solicitation or general advertising. The Private Placement is contingent upon, among other things, the closing of the Transactions. The proceeds from the Private Placement will be used to fund a portion of the Aggregate Cash Obligations (as defined under the Agreement) for the Transactions.

In connection with the above agreements, the Company has agreed to put forth a proposal to the Company’s public warrant holders to considerAmended and vote upon an amendment (the “Warrant Amendment”) to the existing warrant agreement that governs all of the Company’s outstanding warrants to provide that, immediately prior to the Closing, (i) each of the Company’s outstanding warrants, which currently entitle the holder thereof to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, will become exercisable for one-half of one share at an exercise price of $5.75 per one-half share ($11.50 per whole share) and (ii) each holder of a warrant will receive, for each such warrant, a cash payment of $0.75 (although the holders of the Private Placement warrants have waived their rights to receive such payment).

Sponsor Support Agreement

In connection with theRestated Credit Agreement, the Company the Sponsor, and the Sellers entered into a Sponsor Support Agreement on December 19, 2019, as amended on February 12, 2020 (the “Sponsor Support Agreement”), pursuant to which the Sponsor agreedpaid fees to certain covenantslenders of $3.8 million, which are considered debt discount, all of which were deferred, and agreements relatedincurred transaction costs of $8.9 million, of which $7.8 million was deferred and $1.1 million was expensed as part of loss on extinguishment and debt transaction costs.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to the Transactions, particularly with respect to taking supportive actions to consummate the Transactionshave a current or future material effect on its financial condition, changes in financial condition, income or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.
Contractual Obligations
The table below includes our future payments for debt and to designate twointerest as of March 31, 2021, which were materially affected by the Sellers’ directors to the board of directors of the Company, to be effective at the Closing. In addition, the Sponsor irrevocably waived its anti-dilution protections under the Company’s Amended and Restated MemorandumCredit Agreement, as further described under Indebtedness (in thousands):
Payments Due for the 12-Month Period Ended March 31,
 Total20222023202420252026Thereafter
Debt$400,000 $3,750 $3,750 $3,750 $3,750 $28,750 $356,250 
Interest on debt143,495 21,816 21,610 21,457 21,296 20,835 36,481 
Total$543,495 $25,566 $25,360 $25,207 $25,046 $49,585 $392,731 

Critical Accounting Policies and Articles of Association in connection with any new issuances of Ordinary Shares.

In accordance with the terms of the Sponsor Support Agreement, the Sponsor will forfeit (i) 3,000,000 Class B ordinary shares of the Company;Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 1 to our unaudited condensed consolidated and (ii) 6,750,000 warrants to purchase Class A Ordinary Shares at a price of $11.50 per share (the “Founder Warrants”) immediately following the Closing; and the Sponsor has waived any rights that it might otherwise have to receive any cash payment with respect to its Founder Warrants.

Registration Statement

In connection with the proposed business combination and warrant amendment, the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-4 with the SEC, which was declared effective on May 13, 2020. The definitive proxy statement/prospectus is first being mailed to the Company’s shareholders and warrant holders on or about May 15, 2020.

Results of Operations

We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. Our only activities from inception through March 31, 2020 were organizational activities, those necessary to preparecombined financial statements for the Initial Public Offering, described below, the Company’s search for a target business with which to complete a Business Combination and activities in connection with the proposed Transactions. We do not expect to generate any operating revenues until after the completion of our initial Business Combination. We generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on marketable securities. We are incurring expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses in connection with completing a Business Combination.

For the three months ended March 31, 2020, we had net income2021 for discussion of $179,260, which consistsour accounting policy regarding the accounting for Private Warrants.

Other than the addition of interest income on marketable securities heldour accounting policy for Private Warrants, there have been no changes to critical accounting policies and estimates from those disclosed in the Trust Account of $754,199, offset by operating costs of $574,939.

For the three months ended March 31, 2019, we incurred a net loss of $15,517, which consisted of operating costs.

In December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus was reported to have surfaced in Wuhan, China, which hasour audited consolidated and is continuing to spread throughout China and other parts of the world, including the United States. On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern.” On January 31, 2020, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M. Azar II declared a public health emergencycombined financial statements for the United States to aid the U.S. healthcare community in responding to COVID-19, and on March 11, 2020 the World Health Organization characterized the outbreak as a “pandemic”. Since the outbreak of the virus, the United States has imposed a travel ban on certain countries in Europe and Asia. On March 20, 2020, President Trump imposed additional travel restrictions, including the closure of both the Canadian and Mexican borders to any non-essential travel. A significant outbreak of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases could result in a widespread health crisis that could adversely affect the economies and financial markets worldwide, and the business of any potential target business with which we consummate a business combination could be materially and adversely affected. Furthermore, we may be unable to complete a business combination if continued concerns relating to COVID-19 restrict travel, limit the ability to have meetings with potential investors or the target company’s personnel, vendors and services providers are unavailable to negotiate and consummate a transaction in a timely manner. The extent to which COVID-19 impacts our search for a business combination will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted, including new information which may emerge concerning the severity of COVID-19 and the actions to contain COVID-19 or treat its impact, among others. If the disruptions posed by COVID-19 or other matters of global concern continue for an extensive period of time, our ability to consummate a business combination, or the operations of a target business with which we ultimately consummate a business combination, may be materially adversely affected.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Until the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, the Company’s only source of liquidity was an initial purchase of ordinary shares by the Sponsor and loans from our Sponsor.


On April 30, 2019, we consummated the Initial Public Offering of 30,000,000 Units, inclusive of the underwriters’ election to partially exercise their option to purchase an additional 3,900,000 Units, at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $300,000,000. Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we consummated the sale of 6,750,000 Private Placement Warrants to the Sponsor at a price of $1.00 per warrant, generating gross proceeds of $6,750,000.

Following the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, a total of $300,000,000 was placed in the Trust Account. We incurred $16,614,355 in transaction costs, including $5,220,000 of underwriting fees, $11,280,000 of deferred underwriting fees and $114,355 of other costs.

For the three monthsfiscal year ended March 31, 2020, cash used in operating activities was $422,635. Net income of $179,260 was impacted by interest earned on marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $754,199, amortization of right of use asset of $33,878 and changes in operating assets and liabilities, which provided $118,426 of cash.

As of March 31, 2020, we had cash and marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $305,037,224. We may withdraw interest to pay our income taxes, if any. We intend to use substantially all of the funds held in the Trust Account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the Trust Account (which interest shall be net of taxes payable and excluding deferred underwriting fees) to complete our Business Combination. To the extent that our share capital is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to complete a Business Combination, the remaining proceeds held in the Trust Account will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business or businesses, make other acquisitions and pursue our growth strategies.

As of March 31, 2020, we had cash of $583,196. We intend to use the funds held outside the Trust Account primarily to identify and evaluate target businesses, perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses, travel to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses or their representatives or owners, review corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, structure, negotiate and complete a Business Combination.

In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with a 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 funds as may be required. If we complete a Business Combination, we would repay such loaned amounts. In the event that a 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, at a price of $1.00 per warrant unit at the option of the lender. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants.

We will need to raise additional capital through loans or additional investments from our Sponsor, officers, directors, or third parties. Our officers, directors and Sponsor may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion, to meet our working capital needs. Accordingly, we may not be able to obtain additional financing. If we are unable to raise additional capital, we may be required to take additional measures to conserve liquidity, which could include, but not necessarily be limited to, curtailing operations, suspending the pursuit of a potential transaction, and reducing overhead expenses. We cannot provide any assurance that new financing will be available to us on commercially acceptable terms, if at all. These conditions raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

Off-balance sheet financing arrangements

We have no obligations, assets or liabilities, which would be considered off-balance sheet arrangements as of MarchDecember 31, 2020. We do not participate in transactions that create relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, often referred to as variable interest entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements. We have not entered into any off-balance sheet financing arrangements, established any special purpose entities, guaranteed any debt or commitments of other entities, or purchased any non-financial assets.

Contractual obligations

We do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, or long-term liabilities, other than: (a) an agreement to pay the Sponsor a monthly fee of $10,000 for office space,For information regarding our critical accounting policies and administrativeaccounting pronouncements, see our unaudited condensed consolidated and support services, provided to the Company. We began incurring these fees on April 25, 2019 and will continue to incur these fees monthly until the earlier of the completion of a Business Combination and the Company’s liquidation; and (b) a sub-lease agreement providing the Company with office space. The sub-lease provided that the Company’s occupancy begins January 2020 with monthly rental payments of $19,000 commencing May 1, 2020. The sub-lease terminates on July 13, 2021.

The underwriters are entitled to a deferred fee of $11,280,000. The deferred fee will be forfeited by the underwriters solely in the event that we fail to complete a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.

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Critical Accounting Policies

The preparation of condensedcombined financial statements and the related disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires managementnotes to make estimatesthose statements included under Item 1. hereof and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and income and expenses during the periods reported. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. We have identified the following critical accounting policies:

Ordinary shares subject to redemption

We account for our ordinary shares subject to possible conversion in accordance with the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Ordinary shares subject to mandatory redemption are classified as a liability instrument and are measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable ordinary shares (including ordinary shares that feature redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within our control) are classified as temporary equity. At all other times, ordinary shares are classified as shareholders’ equity. Our ordinary shares feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of our control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, ordinary shares subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ equity section of our condensed balance sheets.

Net income (loss) per ordinary share

We apply the two-class method in calculating earnings per share. Ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, which are not currently redeemable and are not redeemable at fair value, have been excluded from the calculation of basic net income (loss) per ordinary share since such shares, if redeemed, only participate in their pro rata share of the Trust Account earnings. Our net income is adjusted for the portion of income that is attributable to ordinary shares subject to redemption, as these shares only participate in the earnings of the Trust Account and not our income or losses.

Recent accounting pronouncements

Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect2020 Annual Report on our condensed financial statements.

Form 10-K.

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Item 3.       QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

As of March 31, 2020, we were not subject to any market or interest rate risk. Following the consummation of our Initial Public Offering, the net proceeds of our Initial Public Offering, including amounts in the Trust Account, have been invested in U.S. government treasury bills, notes or bonds with a maturity of 180 days or less or in certain money market funds that invest solely in U.S. treasuries. Due to the short-term nature of these investments, we believe there will be no associated material exposure to interest rate risk.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
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Item 4.       CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Controls and Procedures

Controls and Procedures
Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures that are 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 our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As requiredof the end of the period covered by Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we conducted an evaluation, under the Exchange Act,supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2020. Based upon their evaluation, our(as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act). The Company’s management and the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that ourthe Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as definedwere not effective as of March 31, 2021 in Rules 13a-15 (e)providing them with material information relating to the Company and 15d-15 (e)its consolidated subsidiaries required to be disclosed in the reports we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act) were effective.

ChangesAct of 1934, as amended.

Based on the views expressed in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

During the most recently completed fiscal quarter,SEC’s Staff Statement of April 12, 2021 in which the SEC staff clarified its interpretations of certain generally accepted accounting principles related to certain terms common in warrants issued by Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (“SPACs”), the Company determined that the Private Warrants should be treated as derivative liabilities rather than as components of equity, as previously presented. We identified a material weakness in our controls over the accounting for warrants. The Company’s controls to evaluate the accounting for complex financial instruments, such as the issuance of warrants, did not operate effectively to appropriately apply the provisions of ASC 815-40. This material weakness did not result in a material error in our accounting for warrants. However, it was determined that there has been no changewas a reasonable possibility that the error could have resulted in a material amount. Based on our assessment, management concluded that, as of March 31, 2021, our internal control over financial reporting was not effective.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
In response to this material weakness, the Company’s management took immediate action to correct for the accounting for the Private Warrants prior to the issuance of these financial statements. In connection with correcting its accounting for the Private Warrants, the Company has implemented additional review procedures and additional training and enhancements related to the accounting for equity and liability instruments (including those with warrants) to determine proper accounting in accordance with GAAP.
The Company’s remediation plan has been implemented. However, the material weakness cannot be considered remediated until the controls operate for a sufficient period and management has concluded, through testing, that hasour internal controls are operating effectively. While management believes that the remedial efforts will resolve the identified material weakness, there is no assurance that management’s remedial efforts conducted to date will be sufficient or that additional remedial actions will not be necessary.
There have been no other changes in internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2021 that have materially affected, or isare reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.


PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

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Item 1.       LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

We are from timeLegal Proceedings.

There have been no material developments in our legal proceedings since we filed our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020. Refer to time subject to various claims, lawsuits and other legal and administrative proceedings arising“Part I. Item 3. Legal Proceedings” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the ordinary course of business. Some of these claims, lawsuits and other proceedings may involve highly complex issues that are subject to substantial uncertainties, and could result in damages, fines, penalties, non-monetary sanctions or relief. However, we do not consider any such claims, lawsuits or proceedings that are currently pending, individually or in the aggregate, to be material to our business or likely to result in a material adverse effect on our future operating results, financial condition or cash flows.

Elstein v. Simon et al., Index No. 603599/year ended December 31 2020 (Nassau Cnty. Mar. 6, 2020). By complaint filed March 6, 2020, a shareholder brought an individual and derivative suit with respect to the Business Combination. The plaintiff brings three derivative claims under Cayman Islands law: (I) breaches of fiduciary duties as to the individual director defendants; (II) failure to disclose materialfor additional information regarding the Business Combination as to the individual director defendants; and (III) aiding and abetting director defendants’ breaches of fiduciary duties as to Flavors Holdings, also named as a defendant. The plaintiff alleges that the individual defendants breached their fiduciary duties by acting in their own self-interest in causing or facilitating the Business Combination agreement, that Flavors Holdings aided and abetted such breaches, and that such conflicts of interest and breaches, and other allegedly material information, were not disclosed to shareholders. The plaintiff also brings one direct negligent misrepresentation claim under New York common law alleging that the proxy statement filed on February 14, 2020, soliciting the shareholder vote contained false and misleading statements and omissions. We believe that these claims are without merit and will defend against them vigorously.

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Item 1A.   RISK FACTORS.

FactorsRisk Factors.

We discuss in our filings with the SEC various risks that could causemay materially affect our actual results to differ materially from thosebusiness. The materialization of any risks and uncertainties identified in forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report include the risk factors describedreport together with those previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 filed2020 and our other filings with the SEC or those that are presently unforeseen could result in significant adverse effects on March 30, 2020. Asour financial condition, results of the dateoperations and cash flows. See “Part 1, Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of this Quarterly Report, thereFinancial Condition and Results of Operations—Forward-looking Statements.” There have been no material changes toin the risk factors previously disclosed in ourthe section entitled “Item 1A-Risk Factors” of the Annual Report filedon Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, including the risk factors incorporated by reference therein, other than those listed in this section.
We recently identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting and determined that our disclosure controls and procedures were ineffective which, if not remediated, may result in material misstatements of our consolidated financial statements or cause us to fail to meet our periodic reporting obligations.
We identified a material weakness in our controls over the accounting for the Private Warrants issued in connection with the SEC.

Business Combination. Based on the material weakness, management concluded that, as of March 31, 2021, our internal control over financial reporting was not effective and our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective.
Although our remediation plan has been implemented and was completed as of the filing date of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 30, 2021, the material weakness cannot be considered remediated until the controls operate for a sufficient period and management has concluded, through testing, that our internal controls are operating effectively. While management believes that the remedial efforts will resolve the identified material weakness, there is no assurance that management’s efforts conducted to date will be sufficient or that additional actions will not be necessary. In addition, there can be no assurance that additional material weaknesses will not be identified in the future. If we are unsuccessful in remediating our existing or any future material weaknesses or other deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting or disclosure controls and procedures, our business, reputation, results of operations, liquidity, financial condition, ability to access the capital markets, perceptions of our creditworthiness, and stock price could be adversely affected.
Our Private Warrants are accounted for as liabilities and changes in the value of these warrants could have a material effect on our financial results.
At each reporting period, the fair value of the warrant liabilities for the Private Warrants will be remeasured and the change in the fair value of the liability will be recorded as other income (expense) in our statement of operations. Changes in the inputs and assumptions for the valuation model we use to determine the fair value of such liability may have a material impact on the estimated fair value of the derivative liability. The share price of our common stock represents the primary underlying variable that impacts the value of the derivative instruments. Additional factors that impact the value of the derivative instruments include the volatility of our stock price and publicly traded warrants and interest rates. As a result, our consolidated financial statements and results of operations will fluctuate quarterly, based on various factors, such as the share price of our common stock, many of which are outside of our control. In addition, we may change the underlying assumptions used in our valuation model, which could result in significant fluctuations in our results of operations. If our stock price is volatile, we expect that we will recognize non-cash gains or losses on the Private Warrants each reporting period and that the amount of such gains or losses could be material. The impact of changes in fair value on earnings may have an adverse effect on the market price of our common stock.

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Item 2.       UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

None.

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Item 3.       DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

None.

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Item 4.       MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.

Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.

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Item 5.       OTHER INFORMATION.

Other Information.

None.

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Item 6.        EXHIBITS.

Exhibits.

The following exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

No.
No.Description of Exhibit
2.110.1
2.2Amendment No. 2 to Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2020, by and among the Company, Flavors Holdings Inc., MW Holdings I LLC, MW Holdings III LLC, Mafco Foreign Holdings, Inc., and Project Taste Intermediate LLC(4)
3.1Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association(5)
10.1Amendment No.1 to Sponsor Support Agreement, dated as of February 12, 2020, by and among the Company, Act II Global LLC, Flavors Holdings Inc., MW Holdings I LLC, MW Holdings III LLC, Mafco Foreign Holdings, Inc. and the other individual parties thereto(2)
10.2Subscription Agreement, dated as of February 12, 2020, by and between the Company and the signatories thereto(3)
10.3Commitment Letter Consent Letter, dated May 8, 2020, by and among the Company, The Toronto-Dominion Bank, New York Branch, TD Securities (USA) LLC, and Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC(6)
31.1*Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15(d)-14(a), as adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2*Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15(d)-14(a), as adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1**Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.2**Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
101.INS*XBRL Instance Document
101.CAL*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.SCH*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.DEF*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document
101.PRE*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

*Filed herewith.
**Furnished.

(1)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed by the Company with the SEC on February 13, 2020
(2)Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the SEC on February 13, 2020.8, 2021)
(3)10.2*+Incorporated
31.1*
31.2*
32.1**
32.2**
101.INS*XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL Document
101.SCH*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document
101.PRE*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
104*The cover page for the Company’s CurrentQuarterly Report on Form 8-K, filed by the Company with the SEC on February 13, 2020.10-Q has been formatted in Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101
(4)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed by the Company with the SEC on May 11, 2020.
(5)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed by the Company with the SEC on May 1, 2019.Filed herewith.
(6)**Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed by the Company with the SEC on May 11, 2020.Furnished herewith.
+Indicates a management or compensatory plan


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

ACT II GLOBAL ACQUISITION CORP.
Whole Earth Brands, Inc.
/s/ Albert Manzone
Date: May 15, 202014, 2021Name:/s/ John CarrollAlbert Manzone
Name:Title: John Carroll
Title:Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Andrew Rusie
Date: May 15, 202014, 2021Name:/s/ Ira J. LamelAndrew Rusie
Name:Title:Ira J. Lamel
Title:Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

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