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

 

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 20212022

 

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

 

For the transition period from              to              

 

Commission File Number: 001-40959

 

TKB CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES 1

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Cayman Islands 98-1601095
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

400 Continental Blvd, Suite 600

El Segundo, CA 90245

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 310-426-2055

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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

 

Title of each class 

Trading Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share and one-half of one redeemable warrant USCTU The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC
Class A ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share USCT The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC
Redeemable warrants, each warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share, each at an exercise price of $11.50 per share USCTW The 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 15 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 15 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 filerSmaller 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 December 8, 2021,November 9, 2022, there were 23,000,000 Class A ordinary shares issued and outstanding, and 5,750,000 Class B ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value per share, issued and outstanding.

 

 

 

 

 

TKB CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES 1

Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q

Table of Contents

 

 Page No.
PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION1
 
Item 1.Financial Statements 1
    
Condensed Balance SheetSheets as of September 30, 2022 (unaudited) and December 31, 2021 (unaudited)(audited) 1
    
Condensed Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, for the three months ended September 30, 2021, (unaudited) and for the period from April 20, 2021 (Inception)(inception) through September 30, 2021 (unaudited) 2
    
Condensed StatementStatements of Changes in Shareholder’s Equity (Deficit)Shareholders’ Deficit for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and for the period from April 20, 2021 (Inception)(inception) through September 30, 2021 (unaudited) 3
    
Condensed StatementStatements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and for the period from April 20, 2021 (Inception)(inception) through September 30, 2021 (unaudited) 4
    
Notes to Condensed Financial Statements (unaudited) 5
    
Item 2.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 1524
    
Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 1829
    
Item 4.Controls and Procedures 1830
    
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION31
 
Item 1.Legal Proceedings 2031
    
Item 1A.Risk Factors 2031
    
Item 2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds 2031
    
Item 3.Defaults Upon Senior Securities 2031
    
Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures 2031
    
Item 5.Other Information 2031
    
Item 6.Exhibits 2132
    
SIGNATURES 2233

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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Financial Statements

TKB CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES 1
CONDENSED BALANCE SHEET

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

(Unaudited)SHEETS

 

     
ASSETS   
Non-current assets    
Deferred offering costs $466,009 
Total Assets $466,009 
     
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT    
Current liabilities    
Accrued expenses $32,939 
Accrued offering costs  251,724 
Promissory note – related party  208,580 
Total Liabilities  493,243 
     
Commitments and contingencies    
     
Shareholders’ Deficit    
Preference shares, $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; NaN issued and outstanding  0 
Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value; 200,000,000 shares authorized; NaN issued and outstanding  0 
Class B ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized; 5,750,000 shares issued and outstanding (1)  575 
Additional paid-in capital  24,425 
Accumulated deficit  (52,234)
Total Shareholders’ Deficit  (27,234)
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT $466,009 

(1)Includes up to 750,000 Class B ordinary shares that were subject to forfeiture if the underwriters’ over-allotment option was not exercised in full or in part (see Note 5).
         
  September 30,
2022
  December 31,
2021
 
  (Unaudited)  (Audited) 
ASSETS        
Cash $286,110  $750,562 
Prepaid expenses  412,473   416,760 
Total Current Assets  698,583   1,167,322 
         
Non-current assets        
Cash and marketable securities held in Trust Account  236,003,266   234,603,942 
Prepaid expenses – non-current  26,541   322,740 
TOTAL ASSETS $236,728,390  $236,094,004 
         
LIABILITIES, CLASS A SHARES SUBJECT TO POSSIBLE REDEMPTION AND SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT        
Current liabilities        
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $580,220  $42,598 
Accrued offering costs  78,000   311,068 
Total Current Liabilities  658,220   353,666 
         
Warrant liabilities  1,557,500   10,680,000 
Deferred underwriter fee payable  8,800,000   8,800,000 
Total liabilities  11,015,720   19,833,666 
         
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 8)        
Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption; $0.0001 par value; 200,000,000 shares authorized; 23,000,000 shares issued and outstanding at redemption value of $10.26 and $10.20 per share at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively  236,003,266   234,600,000 
         
SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT        
Preference shares, $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; no issued and outstanding  -   - 
Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value; 200,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding (excluding 23,000,000 shares subject to possible redemption)  -   - 
Class B ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized; 5,750,000 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021  575   575 
Additional paid-in capital  -   - 
Accumulated deficit  (10,291,171)  (18,340,237)
Total Shareholders’ Deficit  (10,290,596)  (18,339,662)
LIABILITIES, CLASS A SHARES SUBJECT TO POSSIBLE REDEMPTION AND SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT $236,728,390  $236,094,004 

 

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

 

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TKB CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES 1
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)

 

       
  Three Months Ended
September 30,
  For the
Period from
April 20, 2021
(Inception) Through
September 30,
 
  2021  2021 
Formation, general and administrative expenses $44,168  $52,234 
Net loss  (44,168)  (52,234)
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding(1)   5,000,000   5,000,000 
Basic and diluted net loss per Class B ordinary shares  (0.01)  (0.01)

(1)Excludes up to 750,000 Class B ordinary shares that were subject to forfeiture if the underwriters’ over-allotment option was not exercised in full or in part (see Note 5).
                 
  Three months ended
September 30,
2022
  Three months ended
September 30,
2021
  Nine months ended
September 30,
2022
  For the
period from
April 20, 2021
(inception) through
September 30,
2021
 
Formation and operating costs $313,681  $44,168  $1,069,492  $52,234 
Loss from operations  (313,681)  (44,168)  (1,069,492)  (52,234)
                 
Other income:                
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities  2,222,775   -   9,122,500   - 
Interest income on marketable securities held in Trust Account  1,058,906   -   1,399,324   - 
Other income  3,281,681   -   10,521,824   - 
                 
Net income (loss) $2,968,000  $(44,168) $9,452,332  $(52,234)
                 
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding, Class A ordinary shares  23,000,000   -   23,000,000   - 
                 
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share, Class A ordinary shares $0.10  $-  $0.33  $- 
                 
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding, Class B ordinary shares  5,750,000   5,000,000   5,750,000   5,000,000 
                 
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share, Class B ordinary shares $0.10  $(0.01) $0.33  $(0.01)

 

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

 


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TKB CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES 1
CONDENSED STATEMENTSTATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDER’S EQUITY (DEFICIT)
SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

(Unaudited)

THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

                     
  

Class B

Ordinary Shares

  

Additional

Paid-in

  Accumulated  

Total

Shareholders’

 
  Shares  Amount  Capital  Deficit  Deficit 
Balance — January 1, 2022  5,750,000  $575  $-  $(18,340,237) $(18,339,662)
                     
Net income  -   -   -   2,488,362   2,488,362 
                     
Balance — March 31, 2022  5,750,000  $575  $-  $(15,851,875) $(15,851,300)
                     
Re-measurement of Class A ordinary shares to possible redemption amount  -   -   -   (344,360)  (344,360)
                     
Net income  -   -   -   3,995,970   3,995,970 
                     
Balance — June 30, 2022  5,750,000  $575  $-  $(12,200,265) $(12,199,690)
                     
Re-measurement of Class A ordinary shares to possible redemption amount  -   -   -   (1,058,906)  (1,058,906)
                     
Net income  -   -   -   2,968,000   2,968,000 
                     
Balance — September 30, 2022  5,750,000  $575  $-  $(10,291,171) $(10,290,596)

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2021, AND

FOR THE PERIOD FROM APRIL 20, 2021 (INCEPTION) THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
(Unaudited)

 

                      
  

Class A

Ordinary Shares

  

Class B

Ordinary Shares

  

Additional

Paid in

  Accumulated  

Total

Stockholders’
Equity

 
  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Capital  Deficit  (Deficit) 
Balance — April 20, 2021 (inception)    $     $  $  $  $ 
Issuance of Class B ordinary shares to Sponsor(1)        5,750,000   575   24,425      25,000 
Net loss                 (7,341)  (7,341)
Balance — April 29, 2021 (audited)        5,750,000   575   24,425   (7,341)  17,659 
Net loss                 (725)  (725)
Balance — June 30, 2021 (inception)        5,750,000   575   24,425   (8,066)  16,934 
Net loss                 (44,168)  (44,168)
Balance — September 30, 2021    $   5,750,000  $575  $24,425  $(52,234) $(27,234)

(1)Includes up to 750,000 Class B ordinary shares that were subject to forfeiture if the underwriters’ over-allotment option was not exercised in full or in part (see Note 5).
  Class B
Ordinary Shares
  Additional
Paid-in
  Accumulated  Total
Shareholders’
 
  Shares  Amount  Capital  Deficit  Deficit 
Balance — April 20, 2021 (inception)  -  $-  $-  $-  $- 
                     
Issuance of Class B ordinary shares to Sponsor  5,750,000   575   24,425       25,000 
                     
Net loss  -   -   -   (8,066)  (8,066)
                     
Balance — June 30, 2021  5,750,000  $575  $24,425  $(8,066) $16,934 
                     
Net loss  -   -   -   (44,168)  (44,168)
                     
Balance — September 30, 2021  5,750,000  $575  $24,425  $(52,234) $(27,234)

 

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

 


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TKB CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES 1
CONDENSED STATEMENTSTATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE PERIOD FROM APRIL 20, 2021 (INCEPTION) THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

        
     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2022
  For the
period from
April 20, 2021
(inception) through
September 30,
2021
 
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:           
Net loss $(52,234)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities

    
Net income (loss) $9,452,332  $(52,234)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities:        
Expenses paid by Sponsor under promissory note  19,295   -   19,295 
Interest income on marketable securities held in Trust Account  (1,399,324)  - 
Change in fair value of warrant liability  (9,122,500)  - 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:            
Accrued expenses  32,939 
Prepaid expenses  300,486   - 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses  324,639   32,939 
Net cash used in operating activities  0   (444,367)  - 
        
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:        
Payment of offering costs  (20,085)  - 
Net cash used in Financing activities  (20,085)  - 
            
Net Change in Cash  0   (464,452)  - 
Cash – Beginning  0   750,562   - 
Cash – Ending $0  $286,110  $- 
            
Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities:    
Non-cash investing and financing activities        
Deferred offering costs included in accrued offering costs $251,724  $-  $251,724 
Deferred offering costs paid by Sponsor for Class B ordinary shares $25,000  $-  $25,000 
Deferred offering costs paid by Sponsor under promissory note $208,580  $-  $208,580 
Re-measurement of Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption amount $1,403,266  $- 

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

 

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TKB CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES 1

NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

2022
(Unaudited)

 

Note 1 — Description of Organization and Business Operations

Organization and General

 

TKB Critical Technologies 1 (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company on April 20, 2021. The Company was incorporatedformed for the purpose of entering into a merger, capital stockshare exchange, asset acquisition, stockshare purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Business Combination”).

 

The Company is not limited to a particular industry or geographic location 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 all of the risks associated with early stage and emerging growth companies.

 

As of September 30, 2021,2022, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from April 20, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 20212022 relates to the Company’s formation and theits initial public offering (“Initial Public Offering”(the “IPO”), which is described below.below and, subsequent to the IPO, identifying a target company for a Business Combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of athe Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company generates non-operating income from the marketable securities held in the form of interest income from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.

FinancingTrust Account (defined below).

 

The registration statement for the Company’s Initial Public OfferingIPO was declared effective on October 26, 2021 (the “Effective Date”). On October 29, 2021, the Company consummated its Initial Public Offeringthe IPO of 23,000,000 units (the “Units”), including the issuance of 3,000,000 Units as a result ofthat were issued pursuant to the underwriters’ exercise of their over-allotment option in full, (see Note 8), at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $230,000,000 (see, which is discussed in Note 3).

3. Simultaneously with the consummationclosing of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Units,IPO, the Company consummated the private placement sale (“Private Placement”) of an aggregate of 10,750,000 warrants (“Private Placement Warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) to TKB Sponsor I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Sponsor”), at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant in a private placement to TKB Sponsor I, LLC (the “Sponsor”), generating total proceeds of $10,750,000.

 

Transaction costs of the Initial Public OfferingIPO amounted to $20,129,39421,140,059, consisting of $3,850,000 of underwriting discount, $8,800,000 of deferred underwriting discount, $741,628 of actual offering costs, and $6,737,7657,748,431 excess fair value of founder shares. Of the transaction costs, $1,274,253 is included within accumulated deficitFounder Shares (as defined in Note 5) and $18,855,140741,628 is included inof offering costs. Of these amounts, $19,774,814 was recorded to additional paid-in capital.capital and $1,365,245 costs related to the warrant liability was expensed immediately using the residual allocation method.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

At September 30, 2021, the Company had 0 cash and working capital deficit of $493,243. On October 29, 2021, the Company consummated its Initial Public Offering of 23,000,000 Units at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $230.0 million. Simultaneously withFollowing the closing of the Initial Public Offering,IPO on October 29, 2021, $234,600,000 ($10.20 per Unit) from the Company consummated the Private Placement of 10,750,000 Private Placement Warrants at a purchase price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant, generating grossnet proceeds of $10,750,000.

The Company’s liquidity needs prior to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering were satisfied through the proceeds of $25,000 from the sale of the founder shares (see Note 5),Units in the IPO and a loan of $208,580 as of September 30, 2021 under an unsecured and noninterest bearing promissory note (see Note 5). Subsequent to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, the Company’s liquidity will be satisfied through the net proceeds from the consummationsale of the Private Placement held outsideWarrants was placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”), located in the United States which is invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the trust account (“Trust Account”)Investment Company Act, with Continental Stock Transfer & Trusta maturity of 185 days or less or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by the Company actingmeeting the conditions of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as trustee.determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) the redemption of any Public Shares (as defined below) properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, and (iii) the redemption of the Company’s Public Shares if the Company is unable to complete the initial Business Combination within 15 months from October 29, 2021 (or any extended period of time that the Company may have to consummate an initial Business Combination as a result of an amendment to its Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association) (the “Combination Period”), the closing of the IPO.

 

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Based onThe Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the foregoing, management believesspecific application of the net proceeds of the IPO 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 complete a Business Combination. The Company must complete a Business Combination with one or more operating businesses or assets that together have sufficient working capital and borrowing capacityan aggregate fair market value equal to meet its needs through the earlierat least 80% of the net assets held in the Trust Account (excluding the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on the income earned on the Trust Account) at the time of the Company’s signing a definitive agreement in connection with its initial Business Combination. The Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires an interest in the target business or assets sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”).

The Company will provide its holders of the outstanding Public Shares (the “public shareholders”) with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the completion of a Business Combination either (i) in connection with a general meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek shareholder approval of a Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company. The public shareholder will be entitled to redeem their Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account ($10.20 per Public Share initially, plus any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its tax obligations and which interest shall be net of taxes payable), calculated as of two business days prior to the completion of the Business Combination. The per-share amount to be distributed to public shareholders who redeem their Public Shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions the Company will pay to the underwriters (as discussed in Note 8). There will be no redemption rights upon the completion of a Business Combination with respect to the Company’s warrants.

The Company will only proceed with a Business Combination if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 either prior to or upon such consummation of a Business Combination or one year from this filing. Over this time period,and, if the Company seeks shareholder approval. If the Company seeks shareholder approval, the Company will complete its Business Combination only if the Company receives approval pursuant to an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law, which requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shareholders who attend and vote at a general meeting of the Company, or (ii) if so, authorized by the Company’s articles of association, a unanimous written resolution of the shareholders. If a shareholder vote is not required by applicable law or stock exchange rules and the Company does not decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination. If, however, shareholder approval of the transaction is required by applicable law or stock exchange rules, or the Company decides to obtain shareholder approval for business or other reasons, the Company will offer to redeem shares in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to the proxy rules and not pursuant to the tender offer rules. If the Company seeks shareholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor has agreed to vote its Founder Shares, and any Public Shares purchased during or after the IPO in favor of approving a Business Combination. Additionally, each public shareholder may elect to redeem their Public Shares irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction or do not vote at all.

Notwithstanding the above, if the Company seeks shareholder approval of a Business Combination and it does not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association provides that a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), will be usingrestricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% or more of the Public Shares, without the prior consent of the Company.

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The Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company provides that only Public Shares and not any Founder Shares are entitled to redemption rights. In addition, the Sponsor has agreed (a) to waive its redemption rights with respect to its Founder Shares and Public Shares held by it in connection with the completion of a Business Combination and (b) not to propose an amendment to the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (i) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with the Company’s initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of its Public Shares if the Company does not complete a Business Combination or (ii) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity, unless the Company provides the public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares in conjunction with any such amendment.

If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, 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 earned on the funds held outsidein the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its tax obligations (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses, which interest shall be net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining shareholders and the Company’s board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to the Company’s obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to the Company’s warrants, which will expire worthless if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period.

The Sponsor has agreed to waive its liquidation rights with respect to the Founder Shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. However, if the Sponsor acquires Public Shares in or after the Proposed Public Offering, such Public Shares will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. The underwriter has agreed to waive it right to its deferred underwriting commission held in the Trust Account in the event the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, and in such event, such amounts will be included with the other funds held in the Trust Account that will be available to fund the redemption of the Public Shares. In the event of such distribution, it is possible that the per share value of the assets remaining available for distribution will be less than the Proposed Public Offering price per Unit ($10.00).

The Sponsor has agreed to be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered (other than its independent registered public accounting firm) or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below (1) $10.20 per Public Share or (2) such lesser amount per Public Share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, in each case net of the interest which may be withdrawn to pay franchise and income taxes. This liability will not apply with respect to claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account and will not apply as to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriter of the Proposed Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Moreover, in the event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, the Sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for paying existing accounts payable and accrued liabilities, identifying and evaluating prospective initial Business Combination candidates, performingsuch third-party claims. The Company will seek to reduce the possibility that the Sponsor will have to indemnify the Trust Account due diligence onto claims of creditors by endeavoring to have all vendors, service providers (except the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm), prospective target businesses paying for travel expenditures, selectingand other entities with which the targetCompany does business, execute agreements with the Company waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to merge with or acquire,monies held in the Trust Account.

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Liquidity and structuring, negotiatingGoing Concern

As of September 30, 2022, the Company had $286,110 cash and consummating the Business Combination.working capital of $40,363. The Company does not believehas incurred and expects to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of its financing and acquisition plans. The Company expects that it will need to raise additional capital through loans or additional investments from its Sponsor, shareholders, 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 orderwhatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion, to meet the expenditures required for operating the business. However, if the Company’s estimate of the costs of identifying a target business, undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating an initial Business Combination are less than the actual amount necessary to do so,working capital needs. Accordingly, the Company may have insufficient funds available to operate the business prior to the initial Business Combination. Moreover, the Company may neednot be able to obtain additional financing either to complete the initial Business Combination or to redeem a significant number of our public shares upon completion of the initial Business Combination, in which casefinancing. If the Company is unable to raise additional capital, it may issuebe required to take additional securities or incur debt in connection with such initial Business Combination.

There is nomeasures 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 plansability to consummate an initial Business Combination will be successful.continue as a going concern. The condensed financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

The Company assessed going concern considerations in accordance with Financial Accounting Standard Board’s Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 205-40. “Basis of Presentation - Going Concern”. The Company has until January 29, 2023 (absent any extensions of such period by the Company’s shareholders) to consummate a Business Combination. While the Company intends to complete the proposed Business Combination before the mandatory liquidation date, it is uncertain that the Company will be able to consummate a Business Combination by that time. If a Business Combination is not consummated by that date, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution of the Company. Management has determined that the liquidity condition and mandatory liquidation, should a Business Combination not occur, and potential subsequent dissolution, raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should the Company be required to liquidate after January 29, 2023.

 

Risks and Uncertainties

 

Management continues to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the COVID-19 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 condensed financial statements. The condensed financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

In February 2022, the Russian Federation and Belarus commenced a military action with the country of Ukraine. As a result of this action, various nations, including the United States, have instituted economic sanctions against the Russian Federation and Belarus. Further, the impact of this action and related sanctions on the world economy are not determinable as of the date of these financial statements. The specific impact on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows is also not determinable as of the date of these condensed financial statements.

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Note 2 Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying financial statements are presented in U.S. dollars in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements as of September 30, 2021 and for the period from April 20, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 20212022 have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP for interim financial information and Article 8 of Regulation S-X. Certain information or footnote disclosures normally included in 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, of the Company,accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements include all adjustments, (consistingconsisting of a normal accruals) consideredrecurring nature, which are necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operatingof the financial position, operating results and cash flows for the period from April 20, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2021 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the period ending December 31, 2021. periods presented.

The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 8-K and the final prospectus10-K filed by the Company with the SEC on November 4, 2021March 14, 2022. The interim results for the three and October 28, 2021, respectively.nine months ended September 30, 2022 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the period ending December 31, 2022 or for any future period.

 

Emerging Growth Company

 

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”), and it may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.

 

Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such election to opt out is irrevocable. 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 financial statements with another public company, which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company that has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.

 

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Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of the condensed financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires the Company’s management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and 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 confirming events. One of the more significant accounting estimates included in these condensed financial statements is the determination of the fair value of the warrant liabilities. Such estimates may be subject to change as more current information becomes available. Accordingly, the actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.

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Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Company did had $0286,110t have any and $750,562 of operating cash equivalents as of September 30, 2021.2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. As of September 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021, the company had no cash equivalents.

 

Deferred Offering CostsMarketable Securities Held in Trust Account

 

The Company complies withFollowing the requirementsclosing of the FASB ASC 340-10-S99-1 and Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5A — “Expenses of Offering.” Deferred offering costs at September 30,IPO on October 29, 2021, an amount of $466,009234,600,000, consist of costs that are directly related to from the Initial Public Offering. The Company has concluded that a portionnet proceeds of the transaction costs which directly relate tosale of the Initial Public OfferingUnits in the IPO and the sale of the Private Placement should be allocated to the warrants upon their issuance, based on their relative fair value against total proceeds and recognized as transaction costsWarrants was placed in the statementTrust Account and may be invested only in U.S. government securities with a maturity of operations.185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations. The remaining costs were chargedTrust Account is intended as a holding place for funds pending the earliest to temporary shareholder’s equity uponoccur of: (i) the completion of the Initialinitial Business Combination; (ii) the redemption of any Public Offering. Shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (A) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of the Public Shares if the Company does not complete the initial Business Combination within the Combination Period or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity; or (iii) absent an initial Business Combination within the Combination Period, the return of the funds held in the Trust Account to the public shareholders as part of redemption of the Public Shares. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, substantially all of the assets held in the money market funds were invested primarily in U.S. Treasury securities.

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Net Loss Per Ordinary ShareOffering Costs Associated with IPO

 

Net loss per ordinary share is computed by dividing net loss applicableOffering costs consisted of legal, accounting and other expenses incurred through the IPO that were directly related to ordinary shareholders by the weighted average numberIPO. Offering costs were allocated to the separable financial instruments issued in the IPO based on a relative fair value basis, compared to total proceeds received. Offering costs allocated to warrant liabilities were expensed as incurred in the statements of operations. Offering costs associated with the Class A ordinary shares outstanding during the period, excludingissued were initially charged to temporary equity and then accreted to ordinary shares subject to forfeiture, plus, toredemption upon the extent dilutive, the incremental number of ordinary shares to settle warrants, as calculated using the treasury stock method. Weighted average ordinary shares were reduced for the effect of an aggregate of 750,000 Founder Shares that were subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option was not exercised in full or in part by the underwriters (see Note 3). At September 30, 2021, the Company did not have any dilutive securities and other contracts that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into ordinary shares and then share in the earningscompletion of the Company under the treasury stock method. As a result, diluted loss per ordinary share is the same as basic ordinary share for the periods presented.IPO. Accordingly, on October 29, 2021, offering costs totaling $21,140,038

Concentration (consisting of Credit Risk$3,850,000

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consistunderwriting fees, $8,800,000 of a cash account in a financial institution, which, at times, may exceed Federally insured limits. Exposure to cash and cash equivalents credit risk is reduced by placing such deposits with major financial institutions and monitoring their credit ratings. At September 30, 2021, the Company has no experienced losses on this account and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such account.deferred underwriting fees, $7,748,431

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The excess fair value of the Company’s assetsFounder Shares and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurement,” approximates the carrying amounts represented$741,607 of actual offering costs, with $1,365,245 included in the balance sheet, primarily due to their short-term nature.

The Company applies ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement (“ASC 820”), which establishes a frameworkstatement of operations for measuring fair value and clarifies the definition of fair value within that framework. ASC 820 defines fair valueperiod ending December 31, 2021 as an exit price, which isallocation for the price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability in the Company’s principal or most advantageous market in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. The fair value hierarchy established in ASC 820 generally requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability and are developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the entity’s own assumptions based on market dataPublic Warrants and the entity’s judgments about the assumptions that market participants would usePrivate Placement Warrants, and $19,774,793 included in pricing the asset or liability and are to be developed based on the best information available in the circumstances.additional paid-in capital).

The valuation hierarchy is composed of three levels. The classification within the valuation hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The levels within the valuation hierarchy are described below:

Level 1 – Assets and liabilities with unadjusted, quoted prices listed on active market exchanges. Inputs to the fair value measurement are observable inputs, such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 – Inputs to the fair value measurement are determined using prices for recently traded assets and liabilities with similar underlying terms, as well as direct or indirect observable inputs, such as interest rates and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals.

Level 3 – Inputs to the fair value measurement are unobservable inputs, such as estimates, assumptions, and valuation techniques when little or no market data exists for the assets or liabilities.

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Derivative Financial Instruments

 

The Company evaluates its financial instruments to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives in accordance with ASC Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging”. For derivative financial instruments that are accounted for as liabilities, the derivative instrument is initially recorded at its fair value on the grant date and is then re-valued at each reporting date, with changes in the fair value reported in the statements of operations. The classification of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is evaluated at the end of each reporting period. Derivative liabilities are classified in the condensed balance sheetsheets as current or non-current based on whether or not net cashnet-cash settlement or conversion of the instrument could be required within 12 months of the balance sheet date.

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Warrant Liabilities

The accounting treatmentCompany accounts for the Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants exercisable for the Company’s ordinary shares that are not indexed to its own shares as liabilities at fair value on the balance sheets. The Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants are subject to remeasurement at each balance sheet date and any change in fair value is recognized as a component of derivativeother income (expense), net on the condensed statements of operations. The Company will continue to adjust the liability for changes in fair value until the earlier of the exercise or expiration of the Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants. At that time, the portion of the warrant liability related to the Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants will be reclassified to additional paid-in capital.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments requiredunder ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurement” (“ASC 820”), approximates the carrying amounts represented in the condensed balance sheets, primarily due to their short-term nature, except warrant liabilities.

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received for sale of an asset or paid for transfer of a liability, in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. GAAP establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). These tiers include:

Level 1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical instruments in active markets;

Level 2, defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable such as quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and

Level 3, defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions, such as valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable.

In some circumstances, the inputs used to measure fair value might be categorized within different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In those instances, the fair value measurement is categorized in its entirety in the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption

The Company recordaccounts for its Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in ASC 480. Class A ordinary shares subject to mandatory redemption is classified as a derivative liability instrument and is measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable ordinary shares (including ordinary shares that features redemption rights that is either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the closingoccurrence 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’ deficit. The Company’s Class A ordinary shares features certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Initial Public Offering.Company’s control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, upon consummatingat September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the Initial Public Offering onshareholders’ deficit section of the Company’s condensed balance sheets.

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The Company recognizes changes in redemption value at the end of each reporting period and adjusts the carrying value of redeemable ordinary shares to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Such changes are reflected in additional paid-in capital, or in the absence of additional capital, in accumulated deficit. On October 29, 2021, the Company recorded an accretion of $35,299,793, $7,612,755 of which was recorded in additional paid-in capital and $27,687,038 was recorded in accumulated deficit.

As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Class A ordinary shares, classified each warrant as a liability at its fair value and the warrants were allocated a portion of the proceeds from the issuance of the Units equal to its fair value determined by the Monte Carlo simulation. This liability is subject to re-measurement at each balance sheet date. With each such re-measurement, the warrant liability will be adjusted to fair value, with the change in fair value recognizedtemporary equity in the Company’s statement of operations. The Company will reassesscondensed balance sheets, are reconciled in the classification at each balance sheet date. If the classification changes as a result of events during the period, the warrants will be reclassified as of the date of the event that causes the reclassification.following table:

Schedule of temporary equity balance sheet    
Gross proceeds from IPO $230,000,000 
Less:    
Proceeds allocated to public warrants  (10,925,000)
Offering costs allocated to Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption  (19,774,793)
Plus:    
Re-measurement of carrying value to redemption value  35,299,793 
Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption at December 31, 2021 and March 31, 2022  234,600,000 
Plus:    
Re-measurement of carrying value to redemption value  344,360 
Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption at June 30, 2022 $234,944,360 
Plus:    
Re-measurement of carrying value to redemption value  1,058,906 
Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption at September 30, 2022 $236,003,266 

 

Income Taxes

 

The Company accountsfollows the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes in accordance with the provisions ofunder ASC Topic 740, “Income Taxes” (“ASC 740”). Under the asset and liability method, as required by this accounting standard, deferredDeferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expectedestimated future tax consequences of temporaryattributable to differences between the financial statements carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities in the financial statements and their respective tax basis.bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted income tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the period when assetsyears in which those temporary differences are realizedexpected to be recovered or liability is settled. AnyThe effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in the operation of statementincome in the period that includesincluded the enactment date. Deferred tax assetsValuation allowances are reduced by a valuation allowanceestablished, when in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of thenecessary, to reduce deferred tax assets will notto the amount expected to be realized.

 

FASB ASC 740 prescribes a comprehensive modelrecognition threshold and a measurement attribute for how companies should recognize, measure, present, and disclose in theirthe financial statement uncertainrecognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken onin a tax return. Under ASC 740, tax positions must initiallyFor those benefits to be recognized, in the financial statements when it isa tax position must be more likely than not the position willto be sustained upon examination by the taxtaxing authorities. Such tax positions must initially and subsequently be measured as the largest amount of tax benefit that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement with the tax authority assuming full knowledge of the position and relevant facts. The Company’s management determined that the Cayman Islands is the Company’s only major tax jurisdiction. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. There were 0no unrecognized tax benefits and 0no amounts accrued for interest and penalties as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position.

 

ThereThe Company is currently no taxation imposed onconsidered an exempted Cayman Islands company 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 period presented.

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Net Income (loss) Per Ordinary Share

The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC Topic 260, “Earnings Per Share”. Net income (loss) per ordinary share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the Governmentweighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding for the period. The Company has two classes of ordinary shares, which are referred to as Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares. Income and losses are shared pro rata between the two classes of ordinary shares. Accretion associated with the redeemable Class A ordinary shares is excluded from earnings per share as the redemption value approximates fair value. The calculation of diluted income (loss) per share does not consider the effect of the Cayman Islands. In accordancewarrants issued in connection with Cayman income tax regulations, income taxesthe (i) IPO and (ii) the private placement since the exercise of the warrants is contingent upon the occurrence of future events. The warrants are not levied on the Company. Consequently, income taxes are not reflectedexercisable to purchase 22,250,000 Class A ordinary shares in the Company’s financial statement. aggregate. As of September 30, 2022, the Company did not have any dilutive securities or other contracts that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into ordinary shares and then share in the earnings of the Company.

The Company’s management does not expectfollowing table reflects the calculation of basic and diluted net income (loss) per ordinary share (in dollars, except per share amounts):

Schedule of earnings per share, basic and diluted                                
  Three Months Ended
September 30,
2022
  Three Months Ended
September 30,
2021
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2022
  For the
period from
April 20, 2021
(inception) through
September 30,
2021
 
  Class A  Class B  Class A  Class B  Class A  Class B  Class A  Class B 
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per common share                                
Numerator:                                
Allocation of net income (loss), as adjusted $2,374,400  $593,600  $-  $(44,168) $7,561,866  $1,890,466  $-  $(52,234)
Denominator:                                
Basic and diluted weighted average common shares outstanding  23,000,000   5,750,000   -   5,000,000   23,000,000   5,750,000   -   5,000,000 
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per common share $0.10  $0.10  $-  $(0.01) $0.33  $0.33  $-  $(0.01)

Deferred Legal Fee

The Company incurred $60,957 and $242,217 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively, of deferred legal fees that will be payable upon the total amountconsummation of unrecognized tax benefits will materially changea Business Combination. As of September 30, 2022, the Company had $455,200 in deferred legal fees, which is included in accounts payable and accrued expenses in the accompanying condensed balance sheets.

Related Parties

Parties, which can be a corporation or an individual, are considered to be related if the Company has the ability, directly or indirectly, to control the other party or exercise significant influence over the next twelve months.other party in making financial and operational decisions. Companies are also considered to be related if they are subject to common control or common significant influence.

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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 Corporation coverage of $250,000. The Company has not experienced losses on this account.

 

Recent Accounting PronouncementsStandards

 

In August 2020, the FASB issued a new standard (ASU 2020-06) to reduce the complexity ofASU No. 2020-06, “Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity” (“ASU 2020-06”), which simplifies accounting for convertible debt and other equity-linked instruments. Forinstruments by removing major separation models required under current GAAP. ASU 2020-06 removes certain convertible debt instruments with a cash conversion feature, the changessettlement conditions that are a trade-off between simplifications in the accounting model (no separation of an “equity” componentrequired for equity contracts to impute a market interest rate, and simpler analysis of embedded equity features) and a potentially adverse impact to diluted EPS by requiring the use of the if-converted method. The new standard will also impact other financial instruments commonly issued by both public and private companies. For example, the separation model for beneficial conversion features is eliminated simplifying the analysis for issuers of convertible debt and convertible preferred shares. Also, certain specific requirements to achieve equity classification and/or qualify for the derivative scope exception, for contracts indexed to an entity’s own equity are removed, enabling more freestanding instruments and embedded features to avoid mark-to-market accounting. The new standardit also simplifies the diluted earnings per share calculation in certain areas. ASU 2020-06 is effective for companies that are SEC filers (except for Smaller Reporting Companies) for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021 and2023, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently assessing the impact, if any, that year,ASU 2020-06 would have on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In June 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-03, ASC Subtopic 820 “Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale Restrictions”. The ASU amends ASC 820 to clarify that a contractual sales restriction is not considered in measuring an equity security at fair value and twoto introduce new disclosure requirements for equity securities subject to contractual sale restrictions that are measured at fair value. The ASU applies to both holders and issuers of equity and equity-linked securities measured at fair value. The amendments in this ASU are effective for the Company in fiscal years later for other companies. Companies can early adopt the standard at the start of a fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2020. The standard can either be adopted on a modified retrospective or a full retrospective basis.2023, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently reviewingassessing the newly issued standard andimpact, if any, that ASU 2022-03 would have on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Management does not believe it will materially impactthat any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company.Company’s financial statements.

 

Note 3 Initial Public Offering

 

OnIn connection with the Company’s IPO, on October 29, 2021, the Company consummated its Initial Public Offering ofsold 23,000,000 units (the “Units”), including the issuanceUnits at a price of $3,000,00010.00 Units as a result of the underwriters’ exercise of their over-allotment option in full.per Unit. Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Ordinary(“Public Shares”, and the Class A Ordinary Shares sold as a part of the Units, the “Public Shares”), and one-half of one redeemable warrant of the Company (each(“Public Warrants”). Each whole warrant, a “Warrant”), with eachPublic Warrant entitlingentitles the holder thereof to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share forordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. The Units were sold at a priceadjustment (see Note 7).

An aggregate of $10.0010.20 per Unit generating gross proceeds tosold in the IPO was deposited into the Trust Account and invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185 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. As of October 29, 2021, an aggregate of $230,000,000234,600,000 (see Note 9).of the IPO proceeds and proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Warrants was held in the Trust Account, representing an overfunding of the trust account of 102.0% of the IPO size.

Transaction costs as of the IPO date amounted to $21,140,059, consisting of $3,850,000 of underwriting discount, $8,800,000 of deferred underwriting discount, $7,748,431 excess fair value of Founder Shares and $741,628 of offering costs.

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Note 4 Private Placement

 

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering,IPO, the Sponsor purchased an aggregate of 10,750,000 Private Placement Warrants at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant ($10,750,000 in the aggregate) (see Note 9). Each Private Placement Warrant is exercisable for one Class A Ordinary Shareordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment (see Note 6)7). A portion of the proceeds from the Private Placement Warrants were added to the proceeds from the Initial Public OfferingIPO to be held in the Trust Account. If the Company does not complete an Initiala Business Combination within 15 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering,Combination Period, the proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Warrants held in the Trust Account will be used to fund the redemption of the Public Shares (subject to the requirements of applicable law), and the Private Placement Warrants will expire worthless.

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Note 5 Related Party Transactions

 

Founder Shares

 

In April 2021, the Sponsor purchased 5,750,000 shares of the Company’s Class B ordinary shares (the “Founder Shares”) for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000. The Founder Shares included an aggregate of up to 750,000 shares subject to forfeiture by the Sponsor to the extent that the underwriters’ overallotment option was not exercised in full or in part, so that the number of Founder Shares collectively represents 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding ordinary shares after the Initial Public Offering.IPO. Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering,IPO, the underwriters exercised the over-allotment option in full. Accordingly, 750,000 Founder Shares are no longer subject to forfeiture (see Note 9).forfeiture.

 

The Sponsor has agreed, subject to certain limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of the Founder Shares until the earlier of (A) one year after the completion of a Business Combination or (B) subsequent to a Business Combination, (x) if the last reported sale price of the Class A Ordinary Sharesordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after a Business Combination, or (y) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, stockshare exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A Ordinary Sharesordinary shares for cash, securities or other property.

 

On October 8, 2021, the Sponsor entered into agreements with each of Apollo Capital Management, L.P. with certain funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Capital Management, L.P. (collectively, “Apollo”), certain funds managed by Atalaya Capital Management, LP (“Atalaya”) and Meteora Capital Partners, L.P. and funds affiliated with Meteora Capital Partners, L.P. (collectively “Meteora) (individually and collectively, the “anchor investors”). Each of the anchor investors purchased 9.9% of the Units in the Initial Public OfferingIPO (excluding Units issued in connection with the exercise of the over-allotment option). Each of Apollo and Atalaya agreed to purchase interests in the Sponsor representing approximately 7% of the Founder Shares and Private Placement Warrants at approximately the cost of such securities to the Sponsor, with the Sponsor’s obligation to sell some or all of such interests conditioned upon such anchor investor’s purchase of the Units.

 

Meteora entered into a separate agreement with the Sponsor pursuant to which it agreed to purchase interests in the Sponsor representing approximately 6.4% of the Founder Shares for approximately 3.7% of the cost of the Founder Shares and Private Placement Warrants to the Sponsor.

 

The anchor investors acquired from the Sponsor an indirect economic interest in an aggregate of 1,020,0001,173,000 Founder Shares at the original purchase price that the Sponsor paid for the Founder Shares. The Sponsor has agreed to distribute the Founder Shares to the anchor investors after the completion of a Business Combination. The Company estimates the aggregate fair value of the Founder Shares attributable to the anchor investors to be approximately $6,742,2007,753,530, or $6.61 per share.

 

The excess of the fair value of the Founder Shares was determined to be an offering cost in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5A. Accordingly, the offering cost was allocated to the separable financial instruments issued in the Initial Public OfferingIPO based on a relative fair value basis, compared to total proceeds received. Offering costs allocated to derivative warrant liabilities were expensed as incurred in the statement of operations.operations for the period ended December 31, 2021. Offering costs allocated to the Public Shares were charged to shareholder’s deficit upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering.IPO.

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Forward Purchase Agreements

 

The Company entered into separate forward purchase agreements (the “Forward Purchase Agreements”) with Apollo and Atalaya (“the “Forward Purchasers”) on August 13, 2021 and August 4, 2021, respectively.The Forward Purchase Agreements provide, at the Company’s option, for the aggregate purchase of up to $9,600,000 Class A Ordinary Sharesordinary shares and 4,800,000 warrants to purchase Class A Ordinary Sharesordinary shares for an aggregate price of $96.0 million ($10.00 for one Class A Ordinary Shareordinary share and one-half of one redeemable Warrant), in private placements that will close concurrently with the closing of the Initial Business Combination.our initial business combination. The forward purchase shares and forward purchase warrants will be identical to the Class A Ordinary Sharesordinary shares and Public Warrants included in the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering.IPO. Each Forward Purchaser’s commitment under its Forward Purchase Agreement is subject to certain conditions including investment committee approval.

 

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Promissory Note – Related Party

 

In April 2021, the CompanySponsor issued an unsecured promissory note to the SponsorCompany (the “Promissory Note”), pursuant to which the Company may borrow up to an aggregate principal amount of $300,000.

The Promissory Note iswas non-interest bearing and payable on the earlier of December 31, 2021 or the consummation of the Initial Public Offering.IPO. On October 29, 2021, the Company repaid the Sponsor $300,000 for amounts outstanding under the Promissory Note. However, the promissory note balance on October 29, 2021 was $279,597 and, as such, the Company recorded a $20,403 related party receivable for the over-payment. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there was $were 208,580no amounts outstanding under the Promissory Note.Note, as all such amounts were paid.

 

Administrative Services Agreement

 

The Company has entered into an agreement commencing on November 28, 2021 with Tartavull Klein Blatteis Capital, LLC (“TKB Capital”), an affiliate of the Sponsor, pursuant to which the Company will pay TKB Capital a total of $10,000 per month for office space, secretarial and administrative services provided to the Company. Upon completion of the initial Business Combination or the Company’s liquidation, the Company will cease paying these monthly fees. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company incurred $30,000 and $90,000 of fees for these services, of which $30,000 and $80,000 is included in accrued expenses in the accompanying condensed balance sheets, respectively. For the three months ended September 30, 2021 and for the period from April 20, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2021, the Company did not incur any fees for these services.

 

Related Party Loans

 

In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor, certain of the Company’s officers and directors or any of their affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”). If the Company completes a Business Combination, the Company wouldwill repay the Working Capital Loans out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to the Company. Otherwise, the Working Capital Loans would be repaid only out of funds held outside the Trust Account. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans, but no proceeds held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. The Working Capital Loans would either be repaid upon consummation of a Business Combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $1,500,000 of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into warrants of the post Business Combination entity at a price of $1.00 per warrant. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, no Working Capital Loans were outstanding.

 

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Note 6 — Shareholders’ EquityDeficit

 

Preference Shares — The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 preference shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share with such designation, rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the Company’s board of directors. At September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there were 0no preference shares issued or outstanding.

 

Class A Ordinary Shares — The Company is authorized to issue 200,000,000 Class A Ordinary Sharesordinary shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share. Holders of the Company’s Class A Ordinary Sharesordinary shares are entitled to one vote for each share. At September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there were 0no Class A Ordinary Sharesordinary shares issued and outstanding.outstanding, excluding 23,000,000 Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption as presented in temporary equity.

 

Class B Ordinary Shares — The Company is authorized to issue 20,000,000 Class B ordinary shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share (the “Class B Ordinary Shares”).share. At September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there were 5,750,000 Class B Ordinary Sharesordinary shares issued and outstanding. Holders of Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares will vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of shareholders except as required by law.

 

Ordinary shareholders of record are entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters to be voted on by shareholders and holders of Class A Ordinary Sharesordinary shares and holders of Class B Ordinary Sharesordinary shares will vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders except as required by law; provided that only holders of Class B Ordinary Sharesordinary shares will have the right to vote on the appointment of directors prior to or in connection with the completion of the Initialinitial Business Combination.

 

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The Class B Ordinary Sharesordinary shares will automatically convert into Class A Ordinary Sharesordinary shares at the time of a Business Combination on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment. In the case that additional Class A Ordinary Shares,ordinary shares, or equity-linked securities, are issued or deemed issued in excess of the amounts offered in the Initial Public OfferingIPO and related to the closing of a Business Combination, the ratio at which Class B Ordinary Sharesordinary shares shall convert into Class A Ordinary Sharesordinary shares will be adjusted (unless the holders of a majority of the outstanding Class B Ordinary Shares agreeordinary shares to waive such adjustment with respect to any such issuance or deemed issuance) so that the number of Class A Ordinary Sharesordinary shares issuable upon conversion of all Class B Ordinary Sharesordinary shares will equal, in the aggregate, on an as-converted basis, 20% of the sum of the total number of all Ordinary Sharesordinary shares outstanding upon the completion of the Initial Public OfferingIPO plus all Class A Ordinary Sharesordinary shares and equity-linked securities issued or deemed issued by the Company in connection with or in relation to the consummation of the initial Business Combination, excluding any forward purchase securities, any Class A Ordinary Sharesordinary shares or equity-linked securities exercisable for or convertible into Class A Ordinary Sharesordinary shares issued, or to be issued, to any seller in the initial Business Combination and any private placement warrants issued to the Sponsor upon conversion of Working Capital Loans. In no event will the Class B Ordinary Sharesordinary shares convert into Class A Ordinary Sharesordinary shares at a rate of less than one to one.

 

Note 7 — Warrant Liabilities

 

The Company will accountaccounts for the 22,250,000 warrants that were issued in the Initial Public OfferingIPO (representing 11,500,000 Public Warrants and 10,750,000 Private Placement Warrants) in accordance with the guidance contained in ASC 815-40. Such guidance provides that because the warrants do not meet the criteria for equity treatment thereunder, each warrant must be recorded as a liability. The warrants do not meet the criteria to be considered indexed to the Company’s ordinary shares due to settlement provisions that result in holders of warrants receiving variable settlement amounts determined by the reference table. Additionally, an event that is not within the Company’s control could require net cash settlement, thus precluding equity classification. Accordingly, the Company will classify each warrant as a liability at its fair value. This liability is subject to re-measurement at each balance sheet date. With each such re-measurement, the warrant liability will be adjusted to fair value, with the change in fair value recognized in the Company’s statementstatements of operations.

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Warrants — Public Warrants may only be exercised for a whole number of Class A Ordinary Shares.ordinary shares. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the Units and only whole warrants will trade. Accordingly, unless holders purchase at least two Units, they will not be able to receive or trade a whole warrant. The Public Warrants will become exercisable 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination.

 

The Company will not be obligated to deliver any Class A Ordinary Sharesordinary shares pursuant to the exercise of a Public Warrant and will have no obligation to settle such Public Warrant exercise unless a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to the Class A Ordinary Sharesordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants is then effective and a prospectus relating thereto is current, subject to the Company satisfying its obligations with respect to registration, or a valid exemption from registration is available. No Public Warrant will be exercisable, and the Company will not be obligated to issue any Class A Ordinary Sharesordinary shares upon exercise of a Public Warrant unless the Class A Ordinary Sharesordinary shares issuable upon such Public Warrant exercise has been registered, qualified or deemed to be exempt under the securities laws of the state of residence of the registered holder of the Public Warrants.

 

The Company has agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 20 business days after the closing of a Business Combination, it will use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC a post-effective amendment to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a partfiled in connection with its IPO or a new registration statement covering registration under the Securities Act, of the Class A Ordinary Sharesordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants, and the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the same to become effective within 60 business days after the closing of a Business Combination, and to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement and a current prospectus relating to those Class A Ordinary Sharesordinary shares until the Public Warrants expire or are redeemed, as specified in the warrant agreement; provided that if the Class A Ordinary Sharesordinary shares is at the time of any exercise of a Public Warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that they satisfy the definition of a “covered security” under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act, the Company may, at its option, require holders of Public Warrants who exercise their warrants to do so on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act and, in the event the Company so elects, the Company will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement, but it will use its commercially reasonably efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available. If a registration statement covering the Class A Ordinary Sharesordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants is not effective by the 60th day after the closing of a Business Combination, Public Warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when the Company will have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise Public Warrants on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act or another exemption, but the Company will use its commercially reasonably efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available.

 

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Redemption of warrants when the price per Class A Ordinary Shareordinary share equals or exceeds $18.00.Once the Public Warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the Public Warrants:

 

 in whole and not in part;

 at a price of $0.01 per warrant;

 upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption to each warrant holder; and

 if, and only if, the last reported sale price of the Class A Ordinary Shareordinary share equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending three trading days before the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders.

If and when the Public Warrants become redeemable by the Company, it may exercise its redemption right even if the Company is unable to register or qualify the underlying securities for sale under all applicable state securities laws.

 

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Redemption of warrants when the price per Class A Ordinary Shareordinary share equals or exceeds $10.00. Once the Public Warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the Public Warrants:

 

 in whole and not in part;

 at a price of $0.10 per warrant;

 upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption to each warrant holder; provided that holders will be able to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis prior to redemption and receive that number of shares based on the redemption date and the fair market value of the Class A Ordinary Share;ordinary share;

 if, and only if, the last reported sale price of the Class A Ordinary Shareordinary share equals or exceeds $10.00 per share (as adjusted per share sub-divisions, share dividends, reorganizations, reclassifications, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within the 30-trading day period ending three trading days before the Company send the notice of redemption to the warrant holders; and

 if the last reported sale price of the Class A Ordinary Shareordinary share for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders is less than $18.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like), the Private Placement Warrants must also be concurrently called for redemption on the same terms as the outstanding Public Warrants, as described above.

In addition, if (x) the Company issues additional Class A Ordinary Sharesordinary shares or equity-linked securities (excluding the forward purchase securities) for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of a Business Combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.20 per Class A Ordinary Shareordinary 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”), (y) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of a Business Combination on the date of the consummation of a Business Combination (net of redemptions), and (z) the volume weighted average trading price of the Class A Ordinary Sharesordinary shares during the 20 trading day period starting on the trading day prior to the day on which the Company consummates a Business Combination (such price, the “Market Value”) is below $9.20 per share, then the exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price, the $18.00 per share redemption trigger price described above under “Redemption of Warrantswarrants when the price per Class A Ordinary Shareordinary share equals or exceeds $18.00” and “Redemption of Warrantswarrants when the price per Class A Ordinary Shareordinary share equals or exceeds $10.00” will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 180% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price, and the $10.00 per share redemption trigger price described above under “Redemption of Warrantswarrants when the price per Class A Ordinary Shareordinary share equals or exceeds $10.00” will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price.

 

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The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants underlying the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering,IPO, except that the Private Placement Warrants and the Class A Ordinary Sharesordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants are not transferable, assignable or saleable until 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination, subject to certain limited exceptions. Additionally, the Private Placement Warrants are exercisable for cash or on a cashless basis, at the holder’s option, and beare non-redeemable so long as they are held by the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees (except for a number of Class A Ordinary Sharesordinary shares as described above)above under “Redemption of warrants when the price per Class A ordinary share equals or exceeds $10.00”). If the Private Placement Warrants are held by someone other than the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees, the Private Placement Warrants will be redeemable by the Company in all redemption scenarios and exercisable by such holders on the same basis as the Public Warrants.

 

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Note 8 — Commitments and Contingencies

 

Registration Rights

 

The holders of the Founder Shares, Private Placement Warrants, warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans and forward purchase securities that may be issued pursuant to the forward purchase agreements that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans (and any Class A Ordinary Sharesordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of the Working Capital Loans and upon conversion of the Founder Shares) are entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement that was signed on the effective date of the Initial Public Offering,IPO, requiring the Company to register such securities for resale. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that the Company register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the completion of a Business Combination and rights to require the Company to register for resale such securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

 

Underwriting Agreement

 

The Company granted the underwriters a 45-day option from the date of the Initial Public OfferingIPO to purchase up to 3,000,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments at the Initial Public OfferingIPO price less the underwriting discount. On October 29, 2021 the underwriters exercised the over-allotment option in full, generating an additional $30,000,000 in gross proceeds. As a result of the over-allotment being exercised in full, the Sponsor did not forfeit any Founder Shares back to the Company. The underwriters were paid a cash underwriting discount of $3,850,000 in the aggregate at the closing of the Initial Public Offering.IPO. In addition, $0.35$0.35 per Unit, or $8,050,000, and $750,000 of deferred underwriting commissions ($8,800,000 in the aggregate,aggregate) is payable to the underwriters for deferred underwriting commissions. The deferred fee is payable to the underwriters from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event that the Company completes a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.

 

Broker Dealer Agreements

The Company entered into seven broker dealer agreements through September 30, 2022, for the purposes of identifying a target company (“Target”) in connection with the Business Combination.

With respect to five of the seven broker dealer agreements, the broker dealer (“Finder”) will identify potential Targets that have not already been identified by the Company. In the event that the Company already knows the Target, the Company will inform the Finder and the agreement will be terminated. However, the Company may enter into another agreement with the Finder for a known Target if the Company believes the Finder can add substantial value with respect to the pursuit of the known Target. The Finder will act exclusively for the Company with respect to all activities related to the pursuit of a Target once identified. If the Company consummates a Business Combination with the Target, the Company will pay the Finder a base success fee of $350,000or, in lieu of the base success fee an introduction fee, if, in addition to first identifying a Target, the Finder also provides the Company an introduction to a pre-existing relationship with a person that ultimately serves as a member of the Target’s Board of Directors or senior executive management. The introduction fee will be $1,000,000if the Target has initiated a competitive process with respect to a strategic alternative or 0.5% of the pre-money equity value of the Target if the Target has not initiated a competitive process with respect to a strategic alternative. Payment to the Finder is dependent upon the closing of a Business Combination.

On September 9, 2022, the Company entered into its sixth broker dealer agreement, for the purposes of identifying a Target in connection with the Business Combination, pursuant to which the Finder will identify potential Targets that have not already been identified by the Company. Upon the closing of a Business Combination between the Company and a Target introduced to the Company by the Finder, the Finder will be entitled to a commission fee equal to one percent (1.0%) of the pre-money valuation of the Target as stated in the Agreement and Plan of Merger to entered into by the Company and the Target.

On September 28, 2022, the Company entered into its seventh broker dealer agreement, for the purposes of identifying a Target in connection with the Business Combination. The Finder will identify potential Targets that have not already been identified by the Company. In connection with Business Combination, the Finder will be entitled to a commission fee equal to $1,000,000 or 100,000 Founder Shares currently held by the Sponsor. Payment to the Finder is dependent upon the closing of a Business Combination.

As of September 30, 2022, the Company did not accrue any amounts related to any broker dealer agreements.

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Consulting Agreements

The Company entered into seventeen consulting agreements through September 30, 2022.

With respect to sixteen of the seventeen consulting agreements, during the term of each agreement, the consultant (“Consultant”) will advise the Company concerning matters related to qualifying Business Combinations, including services such as valuation, diligence and general advice with respect to the business, operations and financial conditions of any such counterparty to a qualifying Business Combination. Upon closing of an initial Business Combination, the Company will pay the Consultant a base fee of $350,000. In lieu of, and not in addition to the base fee, the Company will pay a bonus fee of $1,000,000 if the Company and the Consultant mutually determine and agree that the Consultant will provide advice or services that are of a different kind than those contemplated in the agreement. In lieu of and not in addition to the base fee and bonus fee, the Company will pay to the Consultant an additional fee equal to 0.5% of the pre-money equity value of the Target if the Company and the Consultant mutually determine and agree that the Consultant provided, or will provide, material support in connection with the evaluation, negotiation, execution or marketing of an initial Business Combination that is ultimately consummated by the Company. Payment to the Consultant is dependent upon the closing of an initial Business Combination.

On August 3, 2022, the company entered into a consulting agreement. During the term of this agreement, the Consultant will advise the Company concerning matters related to qualifying Business Combinations, including services such as valuation, diligence and general advice with respect to the business, operations and financial conditions of any such counterparty to a qualifying Business Combination. As consideration for the services performed by the Consultant during the term of the agreement, upon the closing of an initial Business Combination, the Company shall pay to the Consultant a fee equal to one percent (1%) of the pre-money equity value of the Target, as stated in the Agreement and Plan of Merger executed between the Company and the Target (which such pre-money equity value shall be determined in a manner consistent with disclosures set forth in the proxy statement/prospectus filed in connection with such initial Business Combination). Payment to the Consultant is dependent upon the closing of an initial Business Combination.

As of September 30, 2022, no work has been performed related to any of the consulting agreements and thus the Company did not accrue any amounts related to these agreements.

Vendor Agreement

On August 26, 2021, the Company entered into an agreement with a vendor to provide services and support in connection with finding and completing a successful Business Combination. In connection with these services, the Company agreed to pay the vendor $250,000 per annum. It is also agreed that the vendor could earn up to 45,000 common shares over the term of the agreement.

On August 16, 2022, the Company amended the agreement whereby it agreed to pay the vendor $125 per hour payable upon the completion of a successful Business Combination.

On October 7, 2022, the Company terminated the original agreement and entered into a new agreement with the vendor, pursuant to which the Company agreed to pay the vendor $125 per hour and the Sponsor assigned 23,883 Class B ordinary shares to the vendor, effective upon the completion of a successful Business Combination.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company incurred $58,764 and $186,852 in fees for these services, of which $37,931 is included in accounts payable and accrued expenses in the accompanying condensed balance sheet as of September 30, 2022.

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Note 9Fair Value Measurements

The following table presents information about the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value:

Schedule of fair value liabilities measured on recurring basis           
Description Level  

September 30,

2022

  

December 31,

2021

 
Assets:           
Cash and marketable securities held in trust account 1  $236,003,266  $234,603,942 
            
Liabilities:           
Warrant liability – Public Warrants 1   805,000   5,520,000 
Warrant liability – Private Placement Warrants 2   752,500   5,160,000 

The warrants were accounted for as liabilities in accordance with ASC 815-40 and are presented within warrant liabilities in the accompanying condensed balance sheets. The warrant liabilities are measured at fair value at inception and on a recurring basis, with changes in fair value presented within the condensed statements of operations.

As of September 30, 2022, the aggregate values of the Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants were $805,000 and $752,500, respectively, based on a fair value of $0.07 per warrant. As of December 31, 2021, the aggregate values of the Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants were $5,520,000 and $5,160,000, respectively, based on a fair value of $0.48 per warrant.

The following table presents the changes in the fair value of warrant liabilities:

Schedule of changes in the fair value of warrant liabilities            
  Private
Placement
  Public  Warrant
Liabilities
 
Fair value as of January 1, 2022 $5,160,000  $5,520,000  $10,680,000 
Change in fair value  (1,397,500)  (1,495,000)  (2,892,500)
Fair value as of March 31, 2022  3,762,500   4,025,000   7,787,500 
Change in fair value  (1,936,075)  (2,071,150)  (4,007,225)
Fair value as of June 30, 2022  1,826,425   1,953,850   3,780,275 
Change in fair value  (1,073,925)  (1,148,850)  (2,222,775)
Fair value as of September 30, 2022 $752,500  $805,000  $1,557,500 

For periods subsequent to the detachment of the Public Warrants from the Units, the close price of the Public Warrant will be used as the fair value as of each relevant date. The subsequent measurements of the Private Placement Warrants are classified as Level 2 due to the use of an observable market quote for a similar asset in an active market under the ticker USCTW. For September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Public Warrants have detached from the Units, and the closing price is utilized as the fair value.

Transfers to/from Levels 1, 2 and 3 are recognized at the end of the reporting period in which a change in valuation technique or methodology occurs. There were no transfers to/from Levels 1, 2, and 3 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022.

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Note 10Subsequent Events

 

Management has evaluated the impact of subsequent events through the date that the unaudited condensed financial statements were issued. Based upon this review, other than the below, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the unaudited condensed financial statements, other than as described below:statements.

 

OnAs described in Note 8, on October 29, 2021,7, 2022, the Company consummated its Initial Public Offering ofterminated the original agreement and entered into a new agreement with the vendor, pursuant to which the Company agreed to pay the vendor $125 per hour and the Sponsor assigned 23,000,00023,883 Units, including the issuance of 3,000,000 Units as a result of the underwriters’ exercise of their over-allotment option in full. Each Unit consists of one Class A Ordinary Share, and one-half of one redeemable Warrant, with each Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share for $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceedsB ordinary shares to the Companyvendor, effective upon the completion of $230,000,000 (see Note 3).a successful Business Combination. 

 

On October 29, 2021, simultaneously25, 2022, the Company entered into a consulting agreement. During the term of this agreement, the consultant (“Consultant”) will advise the Company concerning matters related to qualifying Business Combinations, including services such as valuation, diligence and general advice with respect to the business, operations and financial conditions of any such counterparty to a qualifying Business Combination. In consideration for the services performed by the Consultant during the term, upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering,an initial business combination, the Company completed the Private Placement of an aggregate of 10,750,000 Private Placement Warrantsshall pay to the SponsorConsultant in shares at a purchase price of $close, 1.00100,000 per Private Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $10,750,000 (see Note 4).

Upon the closingshares of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement, a total of $234,600,000 was deposited in the Trust Account.surviving entity.

 

On October 29, 2021,31, 2022, the company entered into a consulting agreement. During the term of this agreement, the Consultant will advise the Company repaidconcerning matters related to qualifying Business Combinations, including services such as valuation, diligence and general advice with respect to the Sponsor $300,000business, operations and financial conditions of any such counterparty to a qualifying Business Combination (the “Services”). In consideration for amounts outstanding under the Promissory Note. AsServices performed by the Consultant during the term, upon the closing of a resultBusiness Combination, the Company shall pay to the Consultant either (i) 0.5% of the over-payment,pre-money equity value of the Company has recordedtarget company acquired in such Business Combination (which such pre-money equity value shall be determined in a $20,403 related party receivable related tomanner consistent with disclosures set forth in the timing of invoice payments by the Sponsor.proxy statement/prospectus for such Business Combination) or (ii) $1,000,000, whichever is greater.

 

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

References to “TKB,” “our,” “us” or “we” refer to TKB Critical Technologies 1. The following discussion and analysis of TKB’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the unaudited financial statements and the notes thereto contained in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of many factors.

 

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

 

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” and “continue,” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. Such statements include, but are not limited to, possible business combinations and the financing thereof, and related matters, as well as all other statements other than statements of historical fact included in this Form 10-Q. Factors that might cause or contribute to such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, those described in our other Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings. Except as expressly required by applicable securities law, we disclaim any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

Overview

 

We are a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company and formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses, (the “Initial Business Combination”). Our sponsor is TKB Sponsor I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Sponsor”). We have not selected any Initial Business Combination target andwhich we have not, nor has anyone onrefer to throughout this Quarterly Report as our behalf, engaged in any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any targetinitial business with respect to an Initial Business Combination with us.combination. While we may pursue an Initial Business Combinationinitial business combination target in any industry, we currently intend to concentrate our efforts in identifying businesses that provide critical technologies in the industrial base supply chain recognized by the United States Government to maintain technological leadership, national security, and supply chain independence. Such vital technologies include, but are not limited to, advanced manufacturing, artificial intelligence, automation, data security, energy storage and power management, financial technology (payment solution), industrial software, internet of things (“IoT”), microelectronics, robotics, and wireless communications equipment.

 

The registration statement for our initial public offering (“IPO”) was declared effective on October 26, 2021. On October 29, 2021, we consummated our IPO of 23,000,000 units (the “Units”), including the issuance of 3,000,000 Units asadditional shares in connection with a resultbusiness combination to the owners of the underwriters’ exercise of their over-allotment option in full. Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”), and one-half of one redeemable warrant of the Company (each whole warrant, a “Warrant”), with each Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share for $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceedstarget or other investors, including pursuant to the Company of $230,000,000.forward purchase agreements:

 

Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, pursuant to the Private Placement, the Company completed the private sale of an aggregate 10,750,000 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) to the Sponsor at a purchase price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $10,750,000.

may significantly dilute the equity interest of investors in our IPO, 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;

 

Transaction costs amounted to $20,129,394, consisting of $3,850,000 of underwriting discounts and commissions, $8,800,000 of deferred underwriting fees, $741,628 of other offering costs and $6,737,765 excess fair value of anchor investor shares. In addition, at October 29, 2021, cash of $1,674,181 was held outside of the Trust Account (as defined below) and is available for working capital purposes.

may subordinate the rights of holders of Class A ordinary shares if preference shares are issued with rights senior to those afforded our Class A ordinary shares;

 

could cause a change in control if a substantial number of Class A 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;

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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

In connection with

may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our Class A ordinary shares and/or warrants.

Similarly, if we issue debt securities or otherwise incur significant debt to bank or other lenders or the closingowners of the IPO on October 29, 2021, a total of $234,600,000 ($10.20 per Unit), comprised of $226,150,000 of the proceeds from the IPO (which amount includes $8,800,000 of the deferred underwriting discounts and commissions) and $8,450,000 of the proceeds of the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, was placed in a trust account at J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee (the “Trust Account”) located in the United States and 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 185 days or less, or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund meeting certain conditions of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of an Initial Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of the funds in the Trust Account to the Company’s shareholders as otherwise permitted under our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the “Amended Charter”).target, it could result in:

 

default and foreclosure on the combined company’s assets if its operating revenues after the initial Business Combination are insufficient to repay TKB’s debt obligations assumed by the combined company;

If we have not consummated an Initial Business Combination within 15 months from

acceleration of our obligations to repay the indebtedness even if we make all principal and interest payments when due if we breach certain covenants that require the maintenance of certain financial ratios or reserves without a waiver or renegotiation of that covenant;

our immediate payment of all principal and accrued interest, if any, if the debt is payable on demand;

our inability to obtain necessary additional financing if the debt contains covenants restricting our ability to obtain such financing while the debt is outstanding;

our inability to pay dividends on our Class A 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 Class A 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 incur significant costs in the closingpursuit of our IPO (or any extended period of timeinitial business combination. We cannot assure you that we may haveour plans to consummate an Initial Business Combinationraise capital or to complete our initial business combination will be successful. These factors, among others, raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a result of an amendment to our Amended Charter (such extended period of time, an “Extension Period”)), we will: (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us to pay our taxes, if any (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of the then-outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any); and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining shareholders and our board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to our warrants, which will expire worthless if we fail to consummate an Initial Business Combination within 15 months from the closing of our IPO or during any Extension Period.going concern.

 

Results of Operations

 

We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. Our only activities from April 20, 2021 (inception) to September 30, 20212022 have been organizational activities and those necessary to prepare for theour IPO. We dowill not expect to generate any operating revenues until after completion of our Initial Business Combination.initial business combination. We will generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on cash and cash equivalentsequivalents. Our expenses have increased substantially after the IPO. We expect to incur increased expensesclosing of our IPO as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as costsfor due diligence expenses.

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For the three months ended September 30, 2022, we had net income of $2,968,000 which consists of the change in fair value of warrant liabilities of $2,222,775, interest earned on marketable securities held in the pursuitTrust Account of our Initial Business Combination.$1,058,906, offset by formation and operational costs of $313,681.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we had net income of $9,452,332 which consists of the change in fair value of warrant liabilities of $9,122,500, interest earned on marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $1,399,324, offset by formation and operational costs of $1,069,492.

 

For the three months ended September 30, 2021, we had a net loss of $44,168. For the period from April 20, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2021, we had a net loss of $52,234.

 

Liquidity and Capital ResourcesResources; Going Concern

 

At September 30, 2021, we had no cashUntil the consummation of our IPO, our only source of liquidity was an initial purchase of Class B ordinary shares (“Founder Shares”) by our sponsor, TKB Sponsor, LLC, for $25,000 and working capital deficita $300,000 loan from our sponsor which was repaid in full in connection with the closing of $493,243. the IPO.

On October 29, 2021, the Company closed itswe consummated our IPO of 23,000,000 Unitsunits, at $10.00 per Unit,unit, which included the full exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option in the amount of 3,000,000 units, generating gross proceeds of $230 million. $230,000,000.

Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Company consummatedcompleted the Private Placementprivate sale of an aggregate of 10,750,000 Private Placement Warrantswarrants to our sponsor at a purchase price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant,private placement warrant, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $10,750,000.

 

The Company’s liquidity needs prior to the consummationA total of $234,600,000 of the proceeds from the IPO were satisfied through the proceeds of $25,000 fromand the sale of the Founder Shares andprivate placement warrants were placed in a loan of $208,580 under an unsecured and noninterest bearing promissory noteU.S.-based trust account at J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as of September 30, 2021. Subsequent to the consummation of the IPO, the Company’s liquidity will be satisfied through the net proceeds from the consummation of the IPO and the Private Placement held outside of the Trust Account. In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with an Initial Business Combination, Sponsor, an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company’s officers and directors or their affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”). To date, there were no amounts outstanding under any Working Capital Loan.trustee.

 

Transaction costs of the IPO amounted to $21,140,059, consisting of $3,850,000 of underwriting discount, $8,800,000 of deferred underwriting discount, $7,748,431 excess fair value of Founder Shares and $741,628 of actual offering costs. Of these amounts, $19,774,814 was recorded to additional paid-in capital and $1,365,245 costs related to the warrant liability was expensed immediately using the residual allocation method.

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BasedFor the nine months ended September 30, 2022, net cash used in operating activities was $444,367. Net income of $9,452,332 was adjusted by $1,399,324 of interest income on marketable securities held in trust, $9,122,500 change in fair value of warrant liabilities, and $625,125 changes in operating assets and liabilities.

For the foregoing, management believes thatperiod from April 20, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2021, the Company will have sufficient working capital and borrowing capacity to meet its needs through the earlierhad no operating activities. Net loss of the consummation of an Initial Business Combination or one year from this filing. Over this time period,$52,234 was adjusted by $19,295 expenses paid by the Company will be usingwith funds borrowed from Sponsor pursuant to the Promissory Note and $32,939 changes in operating liabilities.

As of September 30, 2022, we had marketable securities held in the trust account of $236,003,266 (including approximately $1,403,266 of interest income) consisting of securities held in a money market fund that invests in U.S. Treasury securities with a maturity of 185 days or less.

As of September 30, 2022, we had cash of $286,110 held outside the trust account. We intend to use the funds held outside of the Trust Account for paying existing accounts payabletrust account primarily to identify and accrued liabilities, identifying and evaluating prospective Initial Business Combination candidates, performingevaluate target businesses, perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selectingto 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, and structure, negotiate and complete a business to merge with or acquire, and structuring, negotiating and consummating the Initial Business Combination. The Company does not believe itcombination.

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We expect that we will need to raise additional funds in order to meet the expenditures required for operating the business. However, if the Company’s estimate of theour business prior to our initial business combination. We expect to incur significant costs ofrelated to identifying a target business, undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating an Initial Business Combinationinitial business combination. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of time within one year from the date that the financial statements are less than the actual amount necessaryissued. In order to do so, the Company may have insufficient funds available to operate the business prior to the Initial Business Combination. Moreover, the Company may need to obtain additional financing either to complete the Initial Business Combinationfund working capital deficiencies or to redeem a significant number of our public shares upon completion of the Initial Business Combination, in which case the Company may issue additional securities or incur debtfinance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination, our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. If we complete our initial business combination, we will repay such Initialloaned amounts. In the event that our initial business combination does not close, we may use a portion of the working capital held outside the trust account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from our trust account would be used for such repayment. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into warrants of the post business combination entity at a price of $1.00 per warrant at the option of the lender. The warrants would be identical to the private placement warrants. The terms of such loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. Prior to the completion of our initial business combination, we do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor as we do not believe third parties will be willing to loan such funds and provide a waiver against any and all rights to seek access to funds in our trust account.

The Company’s assessed going concern considerations in accordance with Financial Accounting Standard Board’s Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 205-40. “Basis of Presentation - Going Concern”. The Company has until January 29, 2023 (absent any extensions of such period by the Company’s public shareholders) to consummate a Business Combination. While the Company intends to complete a Business Combination by such date, it is uncertain that the Company will be able to consummate the proposed Business Combination by that time. If a Business Combination is not consummated by this date, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution of the Company. Management has determined that the liquidity condition and mandatory liquidation, should a Business Combination not occur, and potential subsequent dissolution, raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should the Company be required to liquidate after January 29, 2023.

Off-Balance Sheet Financing Arrangements

We have no obligations, assets or liabilities, which would be considered off-balance sheet arrangements as of September 30, 2022. 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

 

Registration RightsWe do not have any long-term debt obligations, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations, purchase obligations or other long-term liabilities, other than described below.

We have an agreement to pay our sponsor a monthly fee of $10,000 for office space, utilities and administrative support. We began incurring these fees on October 29, 2021 and will continue to incur these fees monthly until the earlier of the completion of the Business Combination and our liquidation.

 

The holdersunderwriters of the Founder Shares, Private Placement Warrants, warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans and forward purchase securities that may be issued pursuant to the forward purchase agreements (and any Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of the Working Capital Loans and upon conversion of the Founder Shares)IPO are entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement that was signed on the effective date of the IPO, requiring the Company to register such securities for resale. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that the Company register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the completion of an Initial Business Combination and rights to require the Company to register for resale such securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

Underwriting Agreement

The Company granted the underwriters a 45-day option from the date of the IPO to purchase up to 3,000,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments at the IPO price less the underwriting discount. On October 29, 2021 the underwriters exercised the over-allotment option in full, generating an additional $30,000,000 in gross proceeds. As a result of the over-allotment being exercised in full, the Sponsor did not forfeit any Founder Shares back to the Company. The underwriters were paid a cash underwriting discount of $3,850,000 in the aggregate at the closing of the IPO. In addition, $0.35 per Unit, or $8,800,000 in the aggregate, is payable to the underwriters for deferred underwriting commissions.fee $8,800,000. The deferred fee iswill become payable to the underwriters from the amounts held in the Trust Accounttrust account solely in the event that the Company completes an Initial Business Combination,we complete our initial business combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.

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Critical Accounting Policies

 

The preparation of condensed financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates 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:

 

Deferred Offering Costs AssociatedWarrant Liabilities

The Company accounts for the warrants as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the warrant’s specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (“ASC 480”) and ASC 815. The assessment considers whether the warrants are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 48, meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the warrants meet all of the requirements from equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the warrants are indexed to the Company’s own ordinary shares, among other conditions for equity classification. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgement, is conducted at the time of warrant issuance and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while the warrants are outstanding.

For issued or modified warrants that meet all of the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as a component of additional paid-in capital at the time of issuance. For issued or modified warrants that do not meet all the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded at their initial fair value on the date of issuance, and each balance sheet date thereafter. Changes in the estimated fair value of the warrants are recognized as a non-cash gain or loss on the statements of operations. See Note 9 for valuation methodology of warrants.

Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption

The Company accounts for its ordinary shares subject to possible redemption in accordance with the IPOguidance 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 the Company’s control) are classified as temporary equity. At all other times, ordinary shares are classified as shareholders’ deficit. The Company’s ordinary shares feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, ordinary shares subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ deficit section of the Company’s condensed balance sheets.

The Company recognizes changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying value of redeemable ordinary shares to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Increases or decreases in the carrying amount of redeemable ordinary shares are affected by charges against additional paid in capital and accumulated deficit.

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Net Income (loss) Per Ordinary Share

 

The Company complies with theaccounting and disclosure requirements of the FASB ASC 340-10-S99-1 and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5A — “Expenses of Offering.” Deferred offering costs at September 30, 2021 of $466,009, consist of costs that are directly related to the IPO. The Company has concluded that a portion of the transaction costs which directly relate to the IPO and Private Placement should be allocated to the warrants upon their issuance, based on their relative fair value against total proceeds and recognized as transaction costs in the statement of operations. The remaining costs were charged to temporary shareholder’s equity upon completion of the IPO. 

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260, “Earnings Per Share”. Net Loss Per Common Share

Net lossincome (loss) per ordinary share is computed by dividing net loss applicable to ordinary shareholdersincome (loss) by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding duringfor the period, excluding ordinary shares subject to forfeiture, plus, to the extent dilutive, the incremental numberperiod. The Company has two classes of ordinary shares, which are referred to settle warrants, as calculated using the treasury stock method. Weighted averageClass A ordinary shares were reduced forand Class B ordinary shares. Income and losses are shared pro rata between the two classes of ordinary shares. Accretion associated with the redeemable Class A ordinary shares is excluded from earnings per share as the redemption value approximates fair value. The calculation of diluted income (loss) per share does not consider the effect of an aggregatethe warrants issued in connection with the (i) IPO and (ii) the private placement since the exercise of 750,000 Founder Shares that were subjectthe warrants is contingent upon the occurrence of future events. The warrants are exercisable to forfeiture ifpurchase 22,250,000 Class A ordinary shares in the over-allotment option was not exercised in full or in part by the underwriters. Ataggregate. As of September 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company did not have any dilutive securities andor other contracts that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into ordinary shares and then share in the earnings of the Company under the treasury stock method. As a result, diluted loss per ordinary share is the same as basic ordinary share for the periods presented.Company.

 

ImpactRecent Accounting Standards

In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-06, “Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity” (“ASU 2020-06”), which simplifies accounting for convertible instruments by removing major separation models required under current GAAP. ASU 2020-06 removes certain settlement conditions that are required for equity contracts to qualify for the derivative scope exception and it also simplifies the diluted earnings per share calculation in certain areas. ASU 2020-06 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently assessing the impact, if any, that ASU 2020-06 would have on its financial position, results of COVID-19operations or cash flows.

In June 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-03, ASC Subtopic 820 “Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale Restrictions”. The ASU amends ASC 820 to clarify that a contractual sales restriction is not considered in measuring an equity security at fair value and to introduce new disclosure requirements for equity securities subject to contractual sale restrictions that are measured at fair value. The ASU applies to both holders and issuers of equity and equity-linked securities measured at fair value. The amendments in this ASU are effective for the Company in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently assessing the impact, if any, that ASU 2022-03 would have on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

Management continues to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and has concludeddoes not believe that while it is reasonably possible that the virus couldany other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a negativematerial effect on ourthe Company’s financial position, results of operations and/or search for a target company, the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the balance sheet date. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.statements.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.

JOBS Act

On April 5, 2012, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”) was signed into law. The JOBS Act contains provisions that, among other things, relax certain reporting requirements for qualifying public companies. We qualify as an “emerging growth company” under the JOBS Act and are allowed to comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements based on the effective date for private (not publicly traded) companies. We elected to delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards, and as a result, we may not comply with new or revised accounting standards on the relevant dates on which adoption of such standards is required for non-emerging growth companies. As a result, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements as of public company effective dates.

As an “emerging growth company,” we are not required to, among other things, (i) provide an auditor’s attestation report on our system of internal controls over financial reporting, (ii) provide all of the compensation disclosure that may be required of non-emerging growth public companies, (iii) comply with any requirement that may be adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report providing additional information about the audit and the financial statements (auditor discussion and analysis), and (iv) disclose comparisons of the chief executive officer’s compensation to median employee compensation. These exemptions will apply for a period of five (5) years following the completion of our IPO or until we otherwise no longer qualify as an “emerging growth company.”

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

We are a smaller reporting company as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act. As a result, pursuant to Item 305(e) of Regulation S-K, we are not required to provide the information required by this Item.

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Item 4. Controls and Procedures

 

Evaluation of Disclosure 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 companyour reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our co-principal executive officersCo-Chief Executive Officers and principal financial officer,our Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

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UnderAs required by Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the supervisionExchange Act, our Co-Chief Executive Officers and with the participation of our management, including our co-principal executive officers and principal financial officer, we conductedChief Financial Officer carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2021, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act.2022. Based on thisupon their evaluation, our co-principal executive officersCo-Chief Executive Officers and principal financial officerour Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) were effective.not effective, due to the material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting related to the Company’s accounting for complex financial instruments. As a result, we performed additional analysis as deemed necessary to ensure that our financial statements were prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Accordingly, management believes that the financial statements included in this Form 10-Q present fairly in all material respects our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the period presented.

 

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 20212022 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.reporting, with the exception noted below.

 

The co-principal executive officers and principal financial and accounting officer performed additional post-closing review procedures including reviewing historical filings and consulting with subject matter experts related to the accounting for complex financial instruments. While we have processes to properly identify and evaluate the appropriate accounting technical pronouncements and other literature for all significant or unusual transactions, we have improved, and will continue to improve, these processes to ensure that the nuances of such transactions are effectively evaluated in the context of the increasingly complex accounting standards.

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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

 

None.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

 

In addition toAs of the other information set forth indate of this Quarterly Report, on Form 10-Q, you should carefully consider the risks discussed in our final prospectus filed with the SEC on October 28, 2021 (“Final Prospectus”). Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition or future results. Therethere have been no material changes in the risk factors discussed in our Final Prospectus.Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 14, 2022 or our Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2022 and June 30, 2022 filed with the SEC on May 12, 2022 and August 12, 2022, respectively.

 

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

None.

 

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

 

None.

 

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 5. Other Information

 

None.

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Item 6. Exhibits

 

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

 

No.Description of Exhibits
31.1*Certification of Co-Principal Executive Officer and 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
  
31.2*Certification of Co-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
  
32.1**Certification of Co-Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial 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 Co-Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
  
101.INSInline XBRL Instance Document
  
101.SCHInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
  
101.CALInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
  
101.DEFInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Document
  
101.LABInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
  
101.PREInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
  
104Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

 

*Filed herewith.

**Furnished.

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SIGNATURE

 

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

 

 TKB CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES 1
   
 By:/s/ Angela Blatteis
  Name:Angela Blatteis
  Title:Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

Dated: December 8, 2021

 

Dated: November 9, 2022

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